Date:10/02/2022 Enrolment No.

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RK UNIVERSITY
B.TECH./SEM-I/REGULAR/FEB-2022

APS121: APPLIED SCIENCE

Time: 10:30 AM TO 01:30 PM Total Marks: 100

Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
4. Programmable calculator is not permissible.

SECTION – I

Q.1 (a) Select the most appropriate option: (Each of one mark) 06
1. The infrasound waves are having frequency less than
a. 20 Hz
b. 20 KHz
c. 2 HZ
d. 2 KHz
2. The sound waves having frequency greater than 20 KHz are called
a. Audible Sound
b. Ultrasound
c. Infrasound
d. Noise
3. The full form of SONAR is ______________
a. Sound Navigation and Ranging
b. Sound Navigation and Reflection
c. Sound Navigation and Radiation
d. Sound Navigation and Refraction
4. Which of the following is an example of crystalline solid?
a. Copper
b. Rubber
c. Plastic
d. Glass
5. The reciprocal of Resistivity is___________
a. Conductivity
b. Permeability
c. Permittivity
d. Transitivity

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 6. What is the coordination number of Body centred cubic structure?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 6
d. 8

(b) Answer following questions: (Each of two mark) 10

1. Explain Drift velocity and Electrical resistivity.
2. Draw following miller plane
1. (0 0 1)
2. (0 1 0)
3. Compare: Conduction and Convection.
4. Calculate the reverberation time of hall with volume of 1500 m 3 and
total absorption is equivalent to 100 m2 Sabine.
5. Calculate the intensity level of a turbine whose sound intensity is
1000 W m-2 when it is under operation. Given that the standard
intensity level is 10-12 W m-2.

Q.2 (a) Draw Seven Crystal system. 06

(b) Calculate the coordination number in simple cubic, body centred 05
cubic and face centred cubic structures.
(c) Explain Loudness and Pitch of sound. 05
OR
Q.2 (a) Derive the expression for Bragg’s Law. 06
(b) Derive the expression for Wiedemann Franz Law. 05
(c) What are waves? Explain the properties of waves. 05

Q.3 (a) Derive atomic packing factor of simple cubic and body centred cubic 06
structure and face centred cubic.
(b) What is the Magnetostriction effect? Explain the construction and 06
working of the Magnetostriction method with a proper circuit
diagram.
(c) Derive the relation between Interplanar distance and Interatomic 06
distance of simple cubic structure.
OR
Q.3 (a) Explain classical theory of free electrons. 06
(b) The volume of a room is 800 m 3. The wall area of the room is 300 06
m2, the floor area is 200 m2 and the ceiling area is 150 m2. The
average sound absorption coefficient (i) for the wall is 0.02, (ii) for
the ceiling is, 0.4 and (iii) for the floor is 0.03. Calculate the average
sound absorption coefficient and the reverberation time.
(c) The lattice constant of a cubic lattice is 4.26 Å. Find the lattice 06
spacings between (1 1 0) and (3 2 1) lattice planes.

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 SECTION – II

Q.4 (a) Select the most appropriate option: (Each of one mark) 06
1. The full form of EMF is _______Motive Force
a. Electrical
b. Electro
c. Energy
d. Elastic
2. The unit of electrical current is _______
a. A/m
b. Am
c. A
d. Am2
3. In fluorescence, Molecules absorbs the light and emit light of
same_________
a. Amplitude
b. Speed
c. Wavelength
d. Frequency
4. Certain substances which continue to glow for some time even after
the external light is cut off are known as
a. fluorescence
b. chemiluminescence
c. phosphorescence
d. bioluminescent
5. The temperature at which the material changes from normal state
to superconducting state as it is cooled is called______________
a. Transition temperature
b. Critical temperature
c. Normal temperature
d. Conducting temperature
6. Tesla is unit of _______
a. Critical current
b. Critical mass
c. Critical magnetic field
d. Critical length

(b) Answer following questions: (Each of two mark) 10

1. Discuss Standard electrode potential of a cell
2. Write down applications of Meissner effect.
3. Explain Superconductors.
4. Write note on fluorescence.
5. Explain Quantum efficiency.

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Q.5 (a) Explain YBCO superconductor. 06
(b) Explain: Nernst theorem 05
(c) Discuss Meissner effect. 05
OR
Q.5 (a) Write down the properties of Superconductors. 06
(b) What is photosensitization? Explain photosensitization in detail. 05
(c) Discuss applications of Superconductors. 05

Q.6 (a) Explain in detail the Luminescence. 06

(b) Discuss types of Electrochemical cells. 06
(c) Write a note on Type-I superconductor. 06
OR
Q.6 (a) State and Prove Lambert-beer’s law of photochemistry. 06
(b) Derive the relation between G, H and K. 06
(c) Write a note on Type-II superconductor. 06

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