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Chapter 01 electrostatic

1. If the distance between two point is halved what will be the new value of force?
2. What is the effect of medium between the charge on electrostatic force?
3. Prove that coulombs fore is a mutual force?
4. Write characteristics of electric field line?
5. If a point charge q of mass m is released in a non- uniform electric field with field lines pointing
in the same direction will it make a rectilinear motion ?
6. Why electric field is zero inside a conductor?
7. Find electric field at a distance of 30cm from a 3micro C charge point?
8. Write a brief note of laser printer?
9. Explain the working of inkjet printers?
10. For what condition flux is maximum or minimum?
11. Is E is necessarily zero inside a charged rubber balloon is spherical assume that charge is
distributed uniformly over the surface?
12. What is the effect on electric field intensity if surface chare density of infinite sheet of charge is
increased?
13. Can different equipotential line cross?
14. What is the relation between voltage and energy ? what is the relation between potential
difference and electric energy?
15. Voltage are always measured between two points why?
16. How the unit of volts and electron related ? how do they differ?
17. How can you increase the capacitance of a capacitor?
18. A 6micro F capacitor is charge to a p.d of 120 V and then connected to an un-changed 4micro
capacitor . calculate the p.d across the capacitors?
19. You are provided with five capacitors of same capacitance which combination will you prefer to
obtain maximum capacitance? series ?parallel? also find the equivalent capacitance in both
case?
20. Will he energy stored in three capacitors be greater when they are connected in series or in
parallel
21. Water has a large dialectic constant but it is rarely used in capacitors. Explain why?
22. What is polarization and how dipoles are formed in dielectric?
23. Sketch the graphs of potential difference against time for a discharging capacitor a charging
capacitor?
24. Can the potential of a non-uniformly charge sphere be the same as that of a point charge?
25. Why it is dangerous to sit under a tree when it is lightening ?
26. Define relative permittivity what are its units can its value be less than one?
27. If the absolute potential at point is zero can electric intensity be zero or not?
28. Will the energy stored in three capacious be greater when they are connected in series or in
parallel?
29. If rhe distance between two point charge is halved what will be the new value of force?
30. What is principle behind the working of wind shield wipers of cars?
31. What change take place when polarization of dielectric occurs?
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CHAPTER 2 CUREENT ELECTRICITY

What happens to the drift velocity of electron and resistance R if the length of conductor is
doubled ?

1. How much charge flow in pocket calculator each minute when the currents 0.001a?
2. The resistance of a conductor is directly proportional to the potential deference applied to it
what do you think of this proportion?
3. What is the scope and validity of ohms law?
4. If aluminum and copper wires of the same length have the same resistance which has he larger
diameter? Why?
5. Why rise in temperature of a conductor is accompanied by a rise in resistance?
6. What is thermistor describe its fabrication and application?
7. Does the direction of emf provided by a battery depend on the direction of current flow
through the battery?
8. Under what circumstances can the terminal potential difference of a battery exceed its emf?
9. Where we want the maximum power transmission?
10. Find the heat dissipated through a bulb of 60w in two hour?
11. An ordinary bulb is marked 60watt 200 volts? What is the resistance?
12. A resistor of 50ohm has a p.d of 100v D.C across 1 hour. Calculate power and energy?
13. What is see beck effect?
14. Define inversion temperature . give its graphical representation?
15. Is the principle of conservation of charge applicable to electrical circuits ?
16. How the loop rules and junction rule are based on conservation of energy principle?
17. When Wheatstone bridge is balanced then no current flow through the galvanometer?
18. Why potentiometer is an accurate measuring instrument?
19. While analyzing a circuit the internal resistance of emf sources are ignored why?
20. Voltages are always measure between two points. Why ?
21. Define negative coefficient of temperature/
22. How is EEG graph is formed on CRO?
23. Why potiometer is an accurate measuring instrument?
24. Give advantage of wire wound reisitance?
25. A heavy=duty battery of truck maintains a current of 3A for 34ours how much charge flows from
the battery during this time?

CHAPTER 3 ELECTROMAGNETISM
1. What is magnetic field how can its direction be predicted?>
2. What is the force that a conductor of length l carrying current I experiences when placed a
magnetic field |B? what is the direction of this force?
3. If a current is passed through an upstretched spring will the spring contract or expand?
4. Define and explain magnetic flux discuss its different cases?
5. Find the magnetic field 1m away from a wire having current 1a through it?
6. What is difference between permeability and permittivity?
7. How does a current carrying coil behave like a bar magnet?
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8. What will be the path of charged particle moving in uniform magnetic field at any arbitrary angle
with the field?
9. How can neutrons be accelerated in a cyclotron?
10. A charged particle moves in a straight line through a particular region of space. Could there be
non-zero magnetic field in this region?
11. A current-carrying loop, free to turn , is placed in uniform magnetic field B. What will be its
orientation relative to B, in the equilibrium state?
12. Is it possible to orient a current loop in a uniform magnetic field such that the loop will not tend
to rotate? Explain
13. How the sensitivity of a galvanometer be increased?
14. Why a soft iron cylinder is placed inside the coil of galvanometer?
15. What are the advantages of AVO meter?
16. A wire carrying 2A current and has length of 10cm between the poles of a magnet is kept at an
angle of 30 degree to the uniform field of 0.6 T find the force acting on the wire?
17. An electron does not suffer any delection while passing through a region are you sure that there
is no magnetic field?
18. What is the nature of force between two parallel current carrying wire in same direction?
19. Suppose that a charge q is moving in a uniform magnatic field with a velocity v why is there no
work is there no work done by the magnetic force that acts on the charge q?
20. What are practical applications of magnetic field ?
21. What is the cyclotron frequency of a charged particle of mass m charge q moving in a manetic
field B?
22. Is it possible to orient a current loop in a uniform magnetic field such that the loop will not tend
to totate? Explain?
23. How does a current carrying coil behave like a bar magnet?
24. Diff between permeability and permittivity?
25. How can neutron be accelerated in cyclotron ?
26. What will be the path of charged particle moving in uniform magnetic field at any arbitrary angle
with the field ?
27. If a current is passed through an unstretched spring will the spring contract or expand?
Chapter no 14 electromagnetic induction
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1. Show that the relationship e= is dimensionally correct?
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2. Describe the function of electromagnetic seismometer?
3. Describe electromagnetic induction with simple experiments explain the factors effecting
magnitude and direction of induced emf?
4. Current is increasing in magnitude from A toB as shown in figure . what is the direction of
insduces current if any in the loop ?

A B

5. descrive lenses law. Show that this law is a manifestation of conservation of energy?

6.diff between dynamically induced emf and statically induced emf and statically induced emf?

1. What is the instantaneous value of emf induced in the wire?

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2. What is the direction of emf

3. Which end of the wire is at the highr electrical potential?
4. If the 5wb flux passes through the coil of 10 turs and a 3A current pass trough the coil what will
be the self inductance?
5. How elecromagntetic brake works
6. How eddy currents can be minimized in transformer
7. A pair of adjcacent coils has a mutual inductance of 1.5H if the the current in one coil changes
from 0 to 20A in o.5 s what is the change of flux limkage with other coil?
8. Why an A.c motor is also called induction motor?
9. What is meant by the armature to rotate in a radial magnetic field rather than a uniform one?
10. Which materials would be prefer while making transformer core , iron, solid, iron, isminated soft
iron. Aluminium?
11. What is reason using this material?
12. In a transformer there is no transfer of charge from the primary to the secondary how is then
the power transferred?
13. Why does back emf tend to decrease as the rae of doing work increase?
14. How electromagnetic induction is used in cook tops in electric ranges?
15. Can we use the eddy current in positive way ? what are the advatages of eddy current?
16. What factors limits the size of the back emf?
17. Draw the waveform of alternating current generator and mention at which time interval and
phase the value of A.C I maximum?
18. Does the induced emf in a circuit depend on the resisance of the circuit does the induced
current depend on the resistance of the circuit?
19. Will the output voltage of a generator changes if its speed of rotation is increased ?
Chapter 5 alternating current
1. Explain why it is difficult to measure the rate of change of current?
2. A sinusoidal current has rms (effective) value of 10A. What is the maximum peak value?
3. How many times per second will an incandescent lamp reach maximum brilliance when
connected to a 50Hz source?
4. If the peak value of sine wave is 1000 volts, what is the effective(Eeff) value?
5. Define mean, peak and rms values of sinusoidal current and voltage. Obtain mathematical
expression for rms value od current.
6. The peak voltage of an A.C supply is 300V. What is the rms voltage?
7. What is meant by phase of A.C
8. At what frequency wil an inductor of 1.0 H have a reactance of 500 ohm?
9. What determines the gradient of graph of inductive reactance against frequency?
10. What determines the gradient of graph of inductive reactance against frequency
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11. How A.C through an inductor derive its relation for phase lead and discuss power dissipation in
an inductor?
12. How much energy is consumed by a choke when is passed through it explain?
13. How does doubling the frequency affect the reactance of a capacitor?
14. Briefly explain power is RL ac series circuit?
15. What is electrical oscillator
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16. Explain briefly ampere-Maxwell equation ?

17. What is the principle of ECG?
18. What determines the gradient of graph of inductive reactance against frequency ?
19. How does doubling the frequency affect the reactance of an inductor and capacitor?
20. What is the source of transmitting EMW?
21. What is power factor ? what are its values for pure resistor capacitor and inductor circuits?
22. Define choke and give its uses?
23. What are the condition of resonance in parallel resonate circuit ?
24. Write down the characteristics of electromagnetic wave?
25. Explain shortly A.C through a resistor?
26. Write down the properties of series resonant circuit?
27. How does the voltage of A.C generator change with angular velocity?
Ch:16 Physics of solid
1. What do you know about glassy solids? Do they posses property to flow?
2. Distinguish between crystalline , amorphous?
3. Differentiate between tensile and volumetric strain?
4. Explain shear and bulk modulus in detail?
5. A 1.5cm length of pianos wire with a diameter of 0.025cm is stretched by attaching a 10kg
mass to one end . how fair is the wire stretched?
6. Draw a stress- strain curve and explain its different parts?
7. A force of 500N is applied to one end of a cylindrical steel rod of diametr0cm what is the
tensile stress?
8. How can be the conductivity of a semi conductor be raised?
9. Can a typical thermal excitation make insulators to conduct electricity?
10. Why it be advantages to use super conductor in MRI mechanism?
11. Discuss the superconductivity of a conductor with the help of curve?
12. Diff between hard and soft magnetic material with the help of curve?
13. Explain the term residual magnetism or residual flux?
14. What is coercive force?
15. Energy dissipated per cycle or steel is more than iron? Why?
16. Cast iron beams are used in bridge and building construction the lower part of the beam is
thicker than the upper part;. Why is it better for the lower part of the beam to be thicker
than the upper part ? give reasons for your anser including reference to the tensile and
compressive strength?
17. What do you know about domains?
18. What is hysteresis loss? Hysteresis loop>
19. Ehat do you know about forbideen gap?
20. Which one is more elastic rubber or iron?
21. Distingush between brittle and ductile substances?
22. Why polymer is also called poor crystalline?

Ch: 17 electronics
1. Diff b/w intrinsic and extrinsic semi conductor?
2. Explain semi conductor doping
3. A p type semiconductor has a large number of holes but still it is electrically neutral wh7y?
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4. A doped semiconductor has 2010silicon atoms and 10 trivalent atoms if the temperature is
25C how many free electrons and holes are there inside the semiconductor?
5. Diff b/w zener effect and avalanche effect?
6. Explain the significance of depletion layer in an equilibrium state in a PN junction give
energy band diagram?
7. What is meant by rectification?
8. Explain why in transistor the base in thin lightly doped and collector is large in size?
9. What is transistor its type and working?
10. The current flowing into the base of a transistor is 1oomicro A find its collector current its
emitter current and ratio if the value of current gain factor is 100?
11. Deduce the relation between anlpa and gamma?
12. Explain why CE configuration is commonly used in amplifier circuits?
13. Why transistor is called current amplification devise?
14. How transistor acts as a switch?
15. Explain working or transistor as an amplifier
16. What is meant knee voltage
17. Why base current week as campare to collector current
18. Why ordinary silicon diode does not emit light
19. A P type semiconductor has a large hole in it but still electrical neutral why
20. The anode of diode is 0.2 V positive with respect ro a its cathode is it forword biased
21. What is output characteristics curve of transistor?
22. Why the input resistance is low and output reistance is high
23. How did the width of depletion region is increased or decrease
Ch : 18 dawn of modern physis
1. Differentiate b/w inertial frame ofreference and non-inertial frame of reference?
2. Explain the terms. Simultaneity, time dialation , length contraction, relativistic mass
3. Application of time dilation and length contraction for space travel?
4. If the speed of light were infinite what would the equation of special theory of relativity
reduce to?
5. Imagine a world in which c-50 m/s how would the every day events appear to us?
6. State Einstein postulate of the special theory of relativity
7. The length of a space ship is measured to be exactly one third of its proper length what is
the speed of the space ship relative to rhe observer
8. What happens to total radiation from a black body if its absolute temperature is doubled
9. As a solid is heated and begins to glow why does it first appear red
10. What are the main features of the thermal radiation from black body \
11. The temperature of the human skin is app 35C what is the wavelength at which the peak
occurs in the radiation emitted from the skin
12. The rest mass of a photon is zero what can ou say about its momentum
13. If the photo electric effect is observed for one metal can you conclude that the effect wil
also be ovserved from another metal under the same conditions
14. What is work function in photo electric effect
15. What is photo electric effect .discuss its failure of classical physis and successof photon
concept in explaining effect
16. A metal whose work function is 3ev is illuminated by light of wavelength 3×10 7m calculate
the therhold frequency . the max energy , the stopping potential.
17. Why don’t we observe a Compton effect with visible light
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18. What is Compton effect develop a mathematical relation for the Compton wavelength shift?
19. A 50 kev x-ray is scattered through an angle of 90 degree what is the energy of the x-ray
after Compton scattering
20. Is it possible to crate single electron from energy?
21. What is annihilation of an electron and positron cerate a pair of photons rather than a single
photon
22. If electron and proton have same wavelength which one have greater speed
23. An electorn and proton are accelerated from rest through the same potential which one
haave longer wavelength
24. What is debroglie hypothis
25. How many type of electrons are used for imagining in electron microscope
26. How can the uncertaintiy in the position be reduced
27. Why must the rest mass of photon be zero explain
28. Will bright light eject more electron then a dimmer light 0f same color
29. Can pair production take place in vacuum if no why
30. Some star are observe to be reddish and some are bluish which one has larger
temperature?
31. Why don’t we observe Compton effect with visible light
32. Why ultraviolent radiation is harmful to skin while visible light are not
33. If measurements show a precise position for an electron can those measurement show
precise momentum also? Explain?
34. Does a light bulb at a temperature of 2500K produce as white a light as the sun at 600K
explain?
35. Since mass is a form of energy can we conclude that a compressed spring has more mass
than the same spring when it is not compressed?
36. If applied is i9ncreased can an object move with the speed of light
37. At what angle the intensity of diffraction electrons is maximum|?
38. What do you know about the Einstein equation for photo electrons for visible light?
39. Does a perfect black body exist if yes give its example?
40. Under what condition a particle move with the speed of light

Ch: 19 ATOMIC SPECTRA

1. Why does the spectrum of hydrogen consist of many lines even though a hydrogen atom has a
single electron?
2. Why do solid give rise to continuous spectrum while hot gases gibe rise to line spectrum?
3. Calculate the longest wavelength of radiation for the paschen series?
4. Is energy conserved when an atom emits a photon of light?
5. Define excitation energy and excitation potential?
6. Why it was necessary to quantize angular momentum in bohr model of the atom
7. Why x-ray have different properties from light even though both originate for orbital transition
of electrons in excited atoms
8. Crystal lattice can be examined with x-ray but not UV whay
9. A tungsten target is strunk by electrons that have been accelerated from rest through a 34kv
potential difference find the shortest wavelength of the radiation emitted?
10. How does a metastable stare differ from a normal exicited state of an atom?
11. Explain why laser action could not occur without population inversion between atomic level?
12. Write any two application of laser?
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13. Explain the principle of laser action?

14. Why does the spectrum of hydrogen spectral of many lines even though a hydrogen atom has
only a single electron?
15. Why do spectral line in the hydrogen atom become closer together farther away from the
nucleus?
16. Crystal lattice is examined with x-ray and not with UV why
17. Write a note on CAT scanner?
18. What is optical pumping?
19. Write some uses of laser in medical and industry?
20. Why do laser usually emit a single colour light
21. What are laser knives?
22. What is diff b/w normal invertion and population invertion
23. What is the significance of negative energy of electron in an orbit?
24. Under what condition electon emit energy?
25. How the stability of atom explain by bohr atomic model
26. What is the reason of dark line in line spectrum?

Ch: 20 nuclear physics

1. Unified atomic masss unit in kilogram
2. Unidied atomic mass unit in joules
3. Unified atomic mass unit in electron
4. Why are small and large nuclei unstable
5. Which element has maximum binding energy per nucleon and what this value is ?
6. What is meant by natural radioactivity? How are the natural radioactive radioactive radiations
classified into three type?
7. Define and explain half life of a radoactive element?
8. Why are neutrons such good projectiles for producing?
9. Brief critical mass and super-critical mass?
10. What happens when reactor is not operated in critical state?
11. What factors make a fusion reaction difficult to achieve?
12. Write a comprehensive note on hadrons leptons and quarks?
13. Proton and neutrons are formed what type of quarks show by diagram ?
14. Why does water is used to slow down the neutrons rather than lead?
15. How can radioactivity help in the treatment of cancer?
16. A particle which produces more ionization is less penetrating why?
17. Why neutron activated nucledes to decay by rather than ?
18. Which is chain reaction?
19. If a nucleus has a half life of 1 year does this mean that it will be completely decayed after 21
year explain?
20. Discuss the elementary particles and their classifications
21. What do you know about the basic forces of nature ? explainthir intraction?
22. How can wr diagnose and treat that diseases like cancer by using radiactive radiations?
23. State and explain radiation exposure and various methods used for its measurement?
24. What is nucleus fusion reaction explain radiation exposure and various methods used for its
measurement ?
25. Define mass spectrograph how can we separate the isotopes of an element by this method?
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