CPH-101: FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS-I

UNIT-1:ELECTROMAGNETISM & BLACK BODY RADIATION

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Question Answer
No.
1 Electric field is denoted by which symbol? E
2 Magnetic field is denoted by which symbol? B
Which Electromagnetic wave is generally used in TV
3 Infrared waves
remotes?
4 Which Electromagnetic wave is generally used in oven? Micro waves

The phenomenon due to which white light splits

5 into seven colours on passing through a prism Dispersion
is called ________.
We generally use Prism to separate white light into ___
6 7
colours.
Which Electromagnetic wave is generated by radioactive
7 Gamma rays
atoms and in nuclear explosion?
8 What is the unit of Electric field? Newton/Coulomb
9 The structure of solids is investigated by using ____ rays. X- rays

The waves used by artificial satellites for communication is

10 Micro waves
_______
11 According to Faraday’s law, EMF stands for _____  Electromotive force

12 The Biotsavart's law is a general modification of _____ Ampere's law

13 The surface considered for Gauss’s law is called _____ Gaussian surface

14 The force per unit charge is known as _______ Electric Field

Electric flux through an area dA for an electric field E is

15 E.dA
given by _____
The net magnetic pole enclosed by any closed surface is
16 0
always ______
The flux of the magnetic field through any closed surface is
17 0
______
Ampere's law is used to calculate the __________ due to a
18 Magnetic field
given current distribution.
 According to _______ law, whenever the flux of magnetic
19 field through the area bounded by a closed conducting loop Faraday's
changes; an EMF is produced in the loop.
20 The SI unit of magnetic flux is ____ Weber
21 The EMF developed by a changing flux is called ______. Induced EMF

A body that absorbs all the radiation falling on it is called a

22 Blackbody
_________.
23 The unit of absorptive power is _______________ No unit/unit less

What relation between emissivity 'e' and Absorptive Power

24 e=a
'a' is given by Kirchhoff’s law?

The amount of emitted radiation is strongly influenced by

25 Constant
the wavelength even if temperature of the body is ______

The law governing the distribution of radiant energy over

26 wavelength for a black body at fixed temperature is referred Planck’s law
to as _______
A black body or blackbody
is an idealized physical
body that absorbs all
27 Define Black Body. incident electromagnetic
radiation, regardless of
frequency or angle of
incidence.
A changing electric field
28 What is Ampere’s Law?
produces magnetic field.

What is the numerical value of the peak wavelength (in

29 470 nano meters
nanometers) coming from the sun?

Are alpha and beta rays part of the electromagnetic

30 No, they are not.
spectrum?
31 What is the range of visible region in nano meters? 400 to 700 nano meters
They are waves which
32 What are Ultrasonic Waves? have frequency more than
20 Khz
33 Which waves are used to know to position of aircrafts? Radio Waves
 UNIT:2- WAVES & ULTRASONIC WAVES
The waves in which the
disturbance in the wave is
34 What are transverse waves? perpendicular to the
direction of propagation of
waves.
Which quantity related to tuning fork can be determined
35 Frequency
using Melde’s experiment?
Which sound waves having range of frequency in between
36 Audible sound
20Hz to 20kHz is called?
37 What is the most fundamental property of sound wave? Frequency
38 In which medium sound travels faster? Solid
39 What type of waves are Sound Waves? Longitudinal waves
What do we call the distance between two consecutive
40 Wavelength
compressions of a sound wave?
41 In which medium, sound cannot travel? Vacuum
What is the time taken by two consecutive compressions or
42 rarefactions to cross a fixed point in a sound wave known Time Period
as?

When two sound waves of same frequency colloid with

43 Resonance
each other, the phenomenon is known as?

The property of the mouth of resonator to allow the air to

44 escape less easily is denoted by the term ________ of the Acoustic conductivity
mouth.

According to the theory of Resonator, the frequency of the

45 resonator is inversely proportional to the square root of its Volume
_______.

In transverse mode of vibration, if number of loops are 6

46 then in longitudinal mode of vibration the number of loops 3
will be __.
47 Which powder is used in Kundt's tube? Lycopodium
Kundt's tube method is used to find the velocity of
48 Sound
________ in medium.
49 What is the frequency of ultrasonic waves? >20,000 Hz
50 What is the audible hearing limit of human? 20 Hz - 20 kHz
Quartz/Tourmaline/
51 Write name of any one piezo material.
Rochelle
 Sound waves of frequency less than 20 Hz is known as
52 Infrasonic
________.
Speed exceeding the speed of sound is known as
53 Supersonic
__________.

When pressure is applied to two opposite faces of a crystal

54 like quartz, equal and opposite charges develop on a pair of Piezoelectric effect
perpendicular faces. This effect is called as ____

When potential difference is applied to two opposite faces

of a crystal like quartz, there is either compression of
55 Inverse Piezoelectric effect
expansion of the crystal across a Perpendicular axis. This
effect is known as ________.

The change of length of a ferromagnetic substance when

56 Magnetostriction effect
placed parallel to magnetic field is known as ______.
57 Which waves are used to find the depth of sea? Ultrasonic
UNIT:3- D.C CIRCUITS & NETWORK THEOREMS
What is the unit of ‘R.L’ where R is resistance and L is The unit is that of time
58
inductance? (seconds)

It states that to obtain

maximum external power
from a source with a finite
internal resistance, the
59 State Maximum Power Transfer Theorem.
resistance of the load must
equal the resistance of the
source as viewed from its
output terminals.
It is a condition in which
the current in the circuit
60 What do you mean by resonance in electrical circuits?
either becomes maximum
or minimum.
Radio, Television etc for
61 Give some examples of LCR circuits?
tuning purposes.

The algebraic sum of the

total current entering a
62 State Kirchoff’s current law.
junction is equal to the total
current leaving the junction.
63 Unit of capacitance is _______ Farad
64 Unit of resistance is ____ Ohms

65 Unit of inductance is ____ Henry

66 How many capacitors are used in De Sauty's Method? 2

67 How many resistors are used in De Sauty's Method? 2

Any electrical circuit containing impedance and generators

68 Network
is called ______.
69 Branches with no source of emf are said to be ____ Passive

70 Branches containing sources are called ______ Active

71 De Sauty's method is used to compare the ________ Capacitance

72 In a DC Circuit, Inductive reactance would be_________ Zero

73 The unit of frequency is _____. Hertz

A ________ is a point or junction where two or more

74 Node
branches meet and are connected electrically.

A closed conducting path (or circuit) made of several

75 Loop/Mesh
branches is called _______ of an electrical network.

A ________ of network is defined as a section along which

76 Branch
the current remains constant.

The concept on which Superposition theorem is based is

77 Linearity
_______.

"The maximum power will be delivered to the load

resistance is equal to the internal resistance of the network Maximum Power Transfer
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delivering the power". The above statement is associated Theorem
with
UNIT:4- MECHANICS OF A SINGLE PARTICLE AND OF PARTICLES & MOTION
IN A CENTRAL FORCE FIELD
It states that “The square of
the orbital period of a
79 State Kepler’s Third Law. planet is proportional to the
cube of the semi-major axis
of its orbit”
Kepler's first law -
sometimes referred to as the
law of ellipses - explains
80 State Kepler’s First Law.
that planets are orbiting the
sun in a path described as
an ellipse.
What is the geometrical shape of the orbits of planets
81 Ellipse
orbiting around the Sun?
Energy, Angular
82 Which quantity is conserved in central force field motion?
momentum.
Motion of a rocket, motion
83 Give examples of variable mass systems. of all vehicles which run on
fuel.
For a system of particle if external force Fext=0 the linear
84 Constant
momentum P will be _____

85 The orbit of planets are ______ around the Sun. Elliptical

The motion of planets in the solar system is an example of

86 Angular Momentum
conservation of ____
The unit of measuring the momentum of a moving body is
87 kg.m/s
____
88 What do we get by the product of mass and velocity? Linear Momentum

The rate of change of momentum of an object is Net force applied on the

89
proportional to _____ body
The nature of the orbit is entirely determined by the value
90 Eccentricity
of _______ of the orbit.
Newton's third law of
91 A rocket works on the ________
motion
92 The SI unit of Force is ________. Newton
93 An ellipse is drawn around two points called ________. Focus
94 Kepler's first law is known as ________ The laws of orbits
95 Kepler's second law is known as ________ The law of areas
96 Kepler's third law is known as ________ The law of periods
Kepler's first law states that the orbits of the planets are
97 Ellipses
oval in shape or ________

A particle is moving on elliptical path under inverse square A function of angular

98
law force. The eccentricity of the orbit is ________ momentum

If value of energy is E>0, value of eccentricity ϵ >1, then

99 Hyperbola
nature of orbit will be ______.
If value of energy is E=0, value of eccentricity ϵ =1, then
100 Parabola
nature of orbit will be ______.

If value of energy is Ve min < E<0, value of eccentricity 0< ϵ

101 Ellipse
<1, then nature of orbit will be ______.

If value of energy is E= Ve min, value of eccentricity ϵ =0,

102 Circle
then nature of orbit will be ______.

If the path is long, after a sufficiently long time (as t →∞, e-

103 kt →∞), the velocity of the body becomes constant and is Terminal
g/k. This is called ______ velocity.

104 Torque N can be derived as _____ dL/dt

A system in which the distance between any two particles
105 Rigid
remains constant is called a ____ body.

The velocity that is sufficient for a body to escape from a

106 gravitational centre of attraction without undergoing any Escape velocity
further acceleration is called ______.

According to Kepler's third law of planetary motion, (area

107 Period of revolution
of the elliptic orbit/ areal velocity) is called______

Position x of any particle moving through a medium is

108 given as x= v0/k (1- e-kt). Here k represents ______ force Resistive
constant.