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CODE: 196202/166202 TIME: 3 Hrs

NOVEMBER 2019 MAX. MARKS: 75
PART A (10 x 2=20)
Answer any TEN questions.

1. State Newton’s first law of motion.

2. Define centre of mass.
3. What are generalized coordinates?
4. Define Hamiltonian of a system.
5. What is a canonical transformation?
6. What do you mean by a rigid body?
7. What is meant by principal axes and principal point?
8. What is stable and unstable equilibrium?.
9. What are normal modes of vibration?
10. What are inertial and non-inertial frames?
11. What is proper length?
12. State the postulates of special theory of relativity.

PART B (5 x 5=25)
Answer any FIVE questions.

13. State and prove D’Alembert’s principle.

14. Find the Lagrange’s equation of motion of bob of a simple pendulum.
15. State and explain Hamilton-Jacobi equation.
16. Obtain the expression for the angular momentum of a rigid body.
17. Explain briefly about the stable and unstable equilibrium.
18. Briefly explain about the normal modes of vibration and normal co-ordinates of a system.
19. Deduce the expression for the addition of velocities in relativistic mechanics.
20. Explain time dilation and length contraction.

PART C (3 x 10=30)
Answer any THREE questions.
21. Using Newton’s laws of motion, deduce the conservation laws for a system of particles.
Discuss the assumptions involved and failure of Newton’s third law.
22. If F (q,p,t) and G (q,p,t) are two integrals of motion, show that the Poisson bracket. [F,G] is also
an integral of motion.
23. Explain the precessional motion with and without nutation in the case of a spinning heavy
symmetric top with one point fixed.
24. Derive the expression for normal modes and normal co-ordinates of longitudinal vibrations of
CO 2 molecule.
25. Write the Maxwell’s equations in terms of vector potential and show that these equations are
invariance under gauge transformations. Discuss the significance of these transformations.
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