IAS Mains Physics 1990
IAS Mains Physics 1990
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4.(a) A pipe of varying diameter is used to lift water by 7 m the area of cross-section of th
base is 125 cm2 and the pressure here is 2.5 x I 05 N/m2. The area of cross-section of
top is 25 cm2 . The rate of flow of water is 3 x 10-2 m3 /s. Calculate エィ・ーイウオ AゥV\セ@
neg! ecting energy losses.
(b) Write down the Maxwell-Bolzmann law for the distribution of speeds c of 4
the distribution graphically for the temperatures T and 2T; also write セ セ@
average value of c3
(c) Discuss how stars arc classified on the basis of their spectr t ention what different
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Time Allowed: 3 Hours MaxittmmMarks: 300
Candidates should attempt Question 1 and 5 which are compulsory, and any three of the remaining
questions selecting at least one question from each Section
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Answer any three of the following:
A charged particle moving horizontally towards the east with a Hゥセ ・@ •
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region where there is a horizontal electric field E intensity I 0 t ected towards the north as
also a magnetic field B. The particle continues to move in e s ·rection as before. What can
you san about the field B? Is it complete! y determine · be the path, of particle if the
magnetic Field be switched off?
(b) State de Brogue hp otl iesi s and use it to deduce エᄆ セ ・ョ@ vels of a particle in a one-dimensional
box. Calculate the mean energy per electro if electrons arc enclosed in a long -chain
molecule of length 50 A.
(c) Starting from Biot-Savart law, calculat e m etic field at the centre of a solenoid of I ength I
meter, radius 2 em and having 252 i : centimeter, the current through the solenoid being I
ampere.
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(d) State the important points in Bo 's of the hydrogen atom winch depart from classical ide as.
Flow is the ide a of Bohr orbt s in Schrodinger' s wave mechanics?
2. (a) The components of an field in vacuo are given as
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a, b, c, and f are constants x,y,z, the rectangular cartesian coordinates and セ]ゥKNj@ z?. Using
asic equations obeyed by the electro static fie! d in vacuo, find he relations between a,b, c and f
etermine the charge density at a general point in space. Would that explain the observed field?
(b) A circular coil of wire having I 00 turns and radius I 0 em is rotating about a vertical axis in its own
pi ane unifonnly at rate of 4 80 revolutions per minute. There is a horizontal magnetic field of
intensity 0.0 I Wb/m2. The terminals of the coil are connected to the ends of an inductor having
inductance 0.01 henry. Assuming that the resistance in the circuit can be neglected, find the current
in the circuit at the instant the plane of the rotating coil is perpendicular to the magnetic field.
3. Write brief scientific notes on any three of following:
(a) Ferrimagnetism and ferrites.
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(b) Elementary partie! es and their classification.
(c) Linear particle accelerators.
(d) Logic gates and their applications.
(e) Transistor as an amplifier.
4. What are the transitions leading to the emission of the D lines of So diwn? Deduce the expression for
the Lande splitting factor. g and calculate its values for the states involved in the emission of D lines.
Hence find the change of energies of these levels when a so di wn source is placed in a magnetic field
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they arise and how temperature affects their intensities.
Give an example of nuclear fusion and explain how energy ·
fusion reactions are often brought about by height temp erat s.
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and the relevance of quantwn effect in this.
(c) What is superconductivity? In what kind of material sf!}.
· to occur? Name some parameters
which characterise a superconductor. Cite セ@ or use if we succeed in making
superconductors with T, not far atmospheric te er. e.
(d) Two isotopes of oxygen have nuclear mas " 15. a.m. u. and 179 94 76 8 am. u. Calculate the
binding energy per nucleon in the tw as n eV. What do you expect about the relative
abundances of the two isotopes?
6. Set up S chrodinger' s equation for セ ・@ si onal harmonic oscillator. Assuming that the solution
is of the from 'I'= Ae...i) ヲ セHx・イ@ · a constant and f(x) is a polynomial in x, find the energy
ei gen values and the groun · nction. Comment on the relation between the ground slate
energy and Heisenberg'3 t principle.
7.(a) State the laws foll owe · a, ecay by different radioactive nuclei and outline the theory which
explained a.-deca
(b) ・ッ @セ 600 years and the daughter nucleus Radon also decays with a half-life of
sure containing radium and radon gas, the amount of radon appears to be
atlons extending over a week. Explain this and calculate the ratio of the numbers
ill the amount of radon remain the same even after 40 0 years?
8. p-n Junction prepared? Explain the charge and potential distributions in such a junction in
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Explain how a p-n junction can be used to build a solar cell.
·be the mechanism of the increase of conductivity of Germanium by doping it with Arsenic.