I B.Tech.

(2022-23) – II Semester - I Test - Engineering Physics (PHY 1071)

Scheme of Evaluation
Q1. The event which is likely to take place when a photon of energy equal to the difference in energy
between two levels is incident in a system is (0.5)
1. ** Absorption and emission

2. Absorption

3. Emission

4. Transmission.

Q2. If the velocity of a charged particle in perpendicular electric and magnetic field is 7.27 X 106m/s
and the Electric field is 6 X 106 N/C, what should be the value of magnetic field? (0.5)
1. 0.45 T
2. 0.70 T
3. **0.83 T
4. 0.94 T
Q3. Stimulated emission can take place from an atomic system in (0.5)
1. ground state only
2. metastable state only
3. ** any of the excited states
4. any state including ground state
Q4. A telescope has an aperture of 140 cm. The least angular separation for two stars which can be
resolved by a telescope for light of wavelength 5.6 x 10-7 m is (0.5)
1. 0.35 x 10-7 radian
2. 0.25 x 10-7 radian
3. 1.88 x 10-7 radian
4. **4.88 x 10-7 radian

Q5. In the phenomenon of interference, there is (0.5)

1. Annihilation of light energy

2. Addition of energy
3. Creation of energy
4. ** Redistribution energy

Q6. A certain grating has 104 slits with a spacing of d = 2100 nm. It is illuminated with yellow sodium
light ( = 589 nm). The highest order of maxima one can get in this situation is for (0.5)
1. m=5
2. m=2
3. m=4
4. **m=3

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Q7. Population inversion is important for the generation of a laser beam because it assures
that (0.5)
1. spontaneous emission exceeds stimulated emission

2. more photons are absorbed than emitted

3. photons do not collide with each other

4. ** more photons are emitted than absorbed

Q8. Spectacular colours are seen when oil is spliied on a wet road. This is due to (0.5)
1. ** Thin-film Interference

2. Diffraction
3. Dispersion
4. Stimulated emission
Q9. A sinusoidal electromagnetic wave of frequency 40.0 MHz travels in free space in the x direction.
At some point and at some instant, the electric field has its maximum value of 750 N/C. Then the
magnitude of the magnetic field at this position and time is (0.5)
1. **2.50 x 10-6 T
2. 2.25 x 1011 T
3. 3.00 x 1010 T
4. 1.88 x 10-5 T

Q10. A Fraunhofer diffraction pattern is produced on a screen located 1.00 m from a single slit. If a
light source of wavelength 500 nm is used and the distance from the center of the central bright
fringe to the first dark fringe is 0.005mm, then the slit width is (0.5)
1. ** 0.1 mm

2. 1.1 mm.

3. 0.3 mm

4. 0.01 mm

Q11. What is Rayleigh’s criterion for resolution of two closely placed objects? What is the expression
for the limiting angle of resolution for a circular aperture? (2)
When the central maximum of one image falls on the first minimum of another image, the images
are said to be just resolved. This limiting condition of resolution is known as Rayleigh’s criterion.
[ 1 mark]
Limiting angle of resolution of the circular aperture is
𝒎𝒊𝒏=𝟏.𝟐𝟐 /𝑫 (with meaning of terms)
[1 mark]
Q12. If the intensity of sunlight at the Earth’s surface under a fairly clear sky is 1000 W/m2, how
much electromagnetic energy per cubic meter is contained in sunlight?. (2)

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 [1 mark]

u =I/c = 3.33x10-6 J/m3

[1 mark]
Q13. Showing the atomic levels involved, explain the principle of operation[1ofmark]
He-Ne gas laser. (3)

[1 mark]
Electrons and ions in the electrical gas discharge occasionally collide with He-atoms, raising
them to level E3 (a metastable state). During collisions between He- and Ne- atoms, the
excitation energy of He-atom is transferred to Ne-atom (level E2), selectively populating E2 due
to resonant energy transfer. [1 mark]
Thus, population inversion occurs between levels E2 and E1. This population inversion is
maintained because (i) the metastability of level E3 ensures a ready supply of Ne-atoms in
level E2 and (ii) level E1 decays rapidly to Eo. Stimulated emission from level E2 to level E1
predominates, and red laser light is generated. [1 mark]
Q14. A possible means for making an airplane invisible to radar is to coat the plane (made of metal)
with an antireflective polymer. If radar waves have a wavelength of 3.00 cm and the index of
refraction of the polymer is 1.50, how thick would you make the coating?. (3)

[1.5 mark]

For m=0

[1.5 mark]

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