PHYSICS

UNIT TEST 1
I Answer all of the following questions 1x5=5

1. What is meant by conservation of charge?

2. Write the SI unit of charge.

3. When does the torque acting on an electric dipole is maximum in an external electric field?

4. What is the value of scattering angle for head on collision?

5. What are stationary electron orbits?

II Answer any three of the following questions 2x3=6

6. Define electric flux. Mention its mathematical expression.

7. Define an electric dipole moment. Is it a vector or scalar?

8. Draw the labelled diagram of Rutherford’s α-scattering experiment.

9. Draw the electric field lines for

i) q>0 (for positive charge)

ii) q<0 (for negative charge).

III Answer any three of the following questions 3x3=9

10. Mention the three methods of charging a body.

11. State and explain coulomb’s law in electrostatics. Write its mathematical expression in vector form.

12. Write any three properties of electric charge.

13. State Bohr’s postulates of Hydrogen atom.

IV Answer any two of the following questions 5x2=10

14. Obtain an expression for electric field intensity due to an electric dipole at any point on its axis.

15. Using Gauss‘s law obtain an expression for electric field due to a positively charged sphere at

i) outside the sphere ii) on its surface and iii) inside the sphere.

16. Using Bohrs postulates obtain an expression for radius of an electron in th n orbit.

V Answer any ONE of the following questions 5x1=5

17. Two charged spheres having 4µc and 6µc are kept 0.3m apart in air. Calculate the force between
them. Also calculate the force if a dielectric medium of constant 5 is introduced between the charges.

18. Calculate the wavelength of 2nd and 3rdmember of Balmer series of hydrogen atom. Given Rydberg
constant R=1.097x107 /m.