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Second Semester 2005
Full Marks: 100
Subject: Phys 124 (Physics II) Pass Marks: 45
Time: 3 hours
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable. The figure in the
margin indicates full marks.
Group (A) Long Questions (Any three) ×14 = 42)
(3×
1. What do you understand by time dilation? What is proper interval of time? Briefly discuss one experiment
in support of time dilation in special theory of relativity.
2. Derive and explain the law of radioactive disintegration. Also find the expression of decay constant in
terms of mean life time.
3. What is light? Discuss polarized light and optical rotation.
4. Consider the reconstruction of the hologram as formed by a plane wave traveling along a direction parallel
to the z-axis, Show it forms virtual and real image.