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PH3151 - Part-A Possible Questions

This document outlines potential exam questions for an Engineering Physics course covering various topics in mechanics, electromagnetism, oscillations, optics, lasers, quantum mechanics, and applied quantum mechanics. It lists over 100 short-answer questions organized under 14 main units that cover concepts such as multiparticle dynamics, rigid body rotation, electromagnetic waves, simple harmonic motion, interference, laser characteristics, matter waves, quantum wave equations, and resonant tunneling diodes.

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PH3151 - Part-A Possible Questions

This document outlines potential exam questions for an Engineering Physics course covering various topics in mechanics, electromagnetism, oscillations, optics, lasers, quantum mechanics, and applied quantum mechanics. It lists over 100 short-answer questions organized under 14 main units that cover concepts such as multiparticle dynamics, rigid body rotation, electromagnetic waves, simple harmonic motion, interference, laser characteristics, matter waves, quantum wave equations, and resonant tunneling diodes.

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DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES

PH3151 - ENGINEERING PHYSICS


PART-A POSSIBLE QUESTIONS

UNIT-1: MECHANICS
1. Define multiparticle dynamics.
2. What is centre of mass (CM)?
3. Define rigid body rotation.
4. Define moment of inertia of a particle.
5. Define moment of inertia of a rigid body.
6. What is radius of gyration?
7. State parallel axis theorem.
8. State perpendicular axis theorem.
9. Define angular momentum.
10. Define torque.
11. What is gyroscope?
12. What are the uses of gyroscope?
13. What is torsional pendulum?
14. What is double pendulum?
15. What is the difference between linear &non-linear oscillations?

UNIT-2: ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES


1. Define pointing vector.
2. Define intensity of EM wave
3. Define radiation pressure.
4. Give the Properties of Electromagnetic Waves
5. Write short notes on cell phone reception.
6. Define transmission co-efficient (T)
7. Define reflection co-efficient (T)
8. State the Gauss’s law.
9. State the Ampere’s circuit law.
10. State the Gauss divergence theorems
11. State the Stoke’s theorems.
12. Define magnetic flux density.
13. What is mean by electric displacement vector?
14. Define relative permeability.

UNIT-3:
OSCILLATIONS
1. Define simple harmonic motion.
2. What are the characteristics of simple harmonic motion?
3. What is resonance?
4. What is resonance?
5. What are the characteristics of progressive wave?
6. Define standing waves.
7. What are the characteristics of standing waves?
8. What are differences between progressive waves and stationary waves?

OPTICS
9. StateDoppler effect
10. State laws of reflection.
11. State laws of refraction
12. Give conditions of total internal reflection.
13. What is interference?
14. What is air wedge?
15. What is Michelson interferometer?
16. What are the applications of Michelson interferometer?

LASER
17. What are the characteristics of LASER?
18. What is meant by population inversion?
19. State some of the applications of laser in Engineering and industry field.
20. Distinguish between spontaneous and stimulated emission.
21. What are the conditions required for the laser action.
22. Can a two level system be used for the production of laser? Why?
23. What are the differences between homojunction and heterojunction laser.

UNIT-4: BASIC QUANTUM MECHANICES

1. Define Compton Effect and Compton shift.


2. What are the matter waves and Properties of matter waves.
3. What is meant by photon? Give any two properties.
4. How De-Broglie justified his concept?
5. Write an expression for the wavelength of matter waves? (or) What is de-Broglie’s wave
equation?
6. Write down Shrodinger's (i) time independent and (ii) time dependent equation for matter
waves
7. For a free particle moving within a one- dimensional potential box, the ground state energy
cannot be zero. Why?
8. Mention some of the physical significances of the wave function
9. What is meant by normalization of wave function?
10. Define eigen value and eigen function.
11. What is meant by degenerate and non – degenerate state?

UNIT-5: APPLIED QUANTUM MECHANICES

1. Define zero point energy of a harmonic oscillator.


2. Compare the energy values for a particle in a infinite potential well and the particle in a
harmonic oscillator.
3. What is meant by tunnelling effect?
4. What is the principle used in Resonant tunnelling diode?
5. When a Resonant tunnelling diode behaves as a normal diode?
6. What is meant by peak current and valley current?
7. What are the advantage and disadvantages of a Resonant tunnelling diode?
8. What are the applications of Resonant tunnelling diode?
9. State Bloch’s theorem.
10. What are transmission coefficient and reflection coefficient?

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