RAMNAGAR COLLEGE
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT-2024
B.SC.(HONS) 4-YEAR CCFUP
SUB.-PHYSICS; PAPER- PHSHMJ-2
TIME: 01 HOUR
TOTAL MARKS: 20
UNIT: I
(Marks: 10)
Answer two questions from each group:
Group-A 2×2 = 4
1. Find the centre of mass of a uniform solid hemisphere of radius ‘a’.
2. Show that 𝐹⃗ = (2𝑥𝑦 + 𝑧 3 )𝑖̂ + 𝑥 2 𝑗̂ + 3𝑥𝑧 2 𝑘̂ is a conservative force field. Find the
potential.
3. Prove that the areal velocity of a particle moving under a central force field is constant.
4. State and prove Kepler’s third law.
Group-B 2×3 = 6
5. Prove that the total angular momentum of a system of particles about any point ‘O’
equals the angular momentum of the total mass assumed to be located at the centre of
mass plus the angular momentum about the centre of mass.
6. Find the equation of motion of a particle relative to an observer on the earth’s surface.
7. Show that the differential scattering cross section [𝜎(𝜙)] and the total scattering cross
section [𝜎] for the scattering of a particle by a rigid elastic sphere are 𝑎2 /4 and 𝜋𝑟 2
respectively.
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8. Writing 𝑟 = 𝑢, show that the conservation of energy equation for central force becomes
𝑑𝑢 2 2𝑚(𝐸 − 𝑉)
( ) + 𝑢2 =
𝑑𝜃 𝐿2
where 𝐿 is the angular momentum, 𝑉(𝑟) is the potential energy.
