BOARD OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

PORVORIM-GOA
April, 2018 Examinations

Programme: Engineering & Technology

Subject: Applied Physics-I(1004) [Old]

Time Duration: 3 Hrs. Max. Marks: 75

Instructions: 1) All Questions are compulsory.
2) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
3) Assume suitable additional data if required.

Q.No.1. Answer the following Questions: 10x1.5=15

a) Define least count of a measuring Instrument.
b) Define angular displacement.
c) Define centripetal force.
d) Define Elasticity.
e) Define adhesive force.
f) Define terminal velocity of body falling in liquid column.
g) Define Latent heat of fusion.
h) State Boyle’s Law.
i) Define Isothermal process.
j) Define Luminosity.

Q.No.2. Answer any four of the following Questions: 4 x 3 = 12

a) State principle of Homogeinity. Define constant error.
b) Verify the dimensional correctness of v2 = u2 + 2as; where
v - Final velocity; u - Initial velocity; a - acceleration; s
-Distant travelled.
c) State any six fundamental quantities.
d) A curved road of radius 200m is to be constructed such that
vehicle moving with speed of 80 Km/hr can move along
safely. Calculate angle of banking.
e) State and explain Newton’s law of Gravitation.
f) Define critical velocity of satellite, write the expression and
state the meaning of each term.

Q.No.3. Answer any four of the following Questions: 4 x 3 = 12

a) Escape velocity on surface of earth is 11.2 Km/hr. If mass of
earth is 80 times mass of moon and radius of earth is 4
times radius of moon, calculate escape velocity on surface of
moon.
b) Write any two applications of centrifugal force.
c) Calculate the maximum speed of vehicle which can move
along safely on a curved horizontal road of radius 350m if
the coefficient of friction between road and wheels of vehicle
is 0.35.
d) Define i) Stress ii) Strain.
e) Write the equation of surface tension. State the meaning of
each term. Give any two applications of surface tension.
f) A metal plate of area 2500 cm2 is kept on a layer of liquid of
thickness 3mm and coefficient of viscosity 1.6 NS/m 2. Find
the force required to move the plate with a velocity of 7
cm/sec.

Q.No.4. Answer any four of the following Questions: 4 x 3 = 12

a) A wire of radius 1.6mm extends by 2.2mm when subjected
to a load. Calculate the extension produced in wire of same
material and same length having radius 2.4mm if the same
mass is attached to it. ……2/-
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b) Define i) Factor of safety ii) Breaking stress.
c) Derive the equation for surface tension by capillary rise
method.
d) A tangential force of 9.8N on a surface area of 3000 cm2 of a
body and thickness of 15cm, which results in lateral
displacement of 1.5cm. Find modulus of rigidity.
e) Write the equation of Reynolds’s number, in terms of density
of liquid and coefficient of viscosity. Give the significance of
Reynolds’s number.
f) Why steel is more elastic than rubber? Explain.

Q.No.5. Answer ay four of the following Questions: 4 x 3 = 12

a) State and derive Gay Lussac’s law.
b) Explain with an example process of heat transfer by
convention.
c) A gas is at temperature of 10°C and pressure of 760mm of
mercury. Find the final temperature of gas if pressure is
increased to 800mm of mercury by keeping volume
constant.
d) Heat is conducted through a composite slab of two different
metals having thermal conductivities of 0.2 and 0.3
Kcal/m°CS and equal thickness. The outer faces are kept at
temperature of 0°C and 100°C respectively. Find the
temperature at interface.
e) If 50KJ of heat is added to 2Kg of wood its temperature rises
from 22°C to 48°C. Calculate specific heat of wood.
f) Define i) Coefficient of thermal conductivity ii) Adiabatic
process.

Q.No.6. Answer any four of the following Questions: 4 x 3 = 12

a) Obtain the equation PV=RT.
b) Draw the graph of temperature v/s time for thermal
conductivity of bad conductor by Lee’s disc method and
explain the graph.
c) A gas occupies a volume of 50cc at 37°C and 760 mm of
mercury pressure. If the gas is heated it occupies volume of
70cc and pressure becomes 800 mm of mercury. Find final
temperature.
d) State Snell’s law. Write the equation and state the meaning
of each term.
e) State and prove Inverse square law of Illumination.
f) The angle of Incidence for a ray of light travelling from air to
glass is 35° and corresponding angle of refraction is 22°.
Calculate refraction index of glass.

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