Previous Year Question Paper

BT-201 (GS) – Engineering Physics

December 2022COMMONSEMESTER-1
December 2022
Max Marks: 70
Duration: 3 Hours
Instructions:

Attempt any five questions.

All questions carry equal marks.

Q.1
a)Unit 1

Explain the Heisenberg's uncertainty principle in detail.

b)Unit 1

Deduce the relation between phase and group velocities.

Q.2
a)Unit 1

Obtain the time independent Schrodinger wave equation.

b)Unit 2

How the Newton's rings are formed? Deduce the expression for diameter of dark and bright fringes.

Q.3
a)Unit 2

Describe the construction and working of Mach-Zehnder interferometer.

b)Unit 2

Explain about the diffraction grating. A parallel beam of Sodium light incident on plane transmission grating having 4250 lines per centimeter and a second order spectral line is observed at an angle of 30°. Find the wavelength of Sodium light.

Q.4
a)Unit 3

What is P-N junction diode? Discuss its I-V characteristics.

b)Unit 3

Explain the construction and working of solar cell with neat diagrams.

Q.5
a)Unit 3

Derive an expression for Hall coefficient and Hall voltage.

b)Unit 4

Derive the relationship between Einstein A and B coefficients.

Q.6
a)Unit 4

Explain the construction and working of He-Ne laser.

b)Unit 4

Explain the numerical aperture of an optical fiber. Calculate the numerical aperture of a fiber with refractive indices of core and cladding are 1.55 and 1.50, respectively.

Q.7
a)Unit 5

State and explain Stoke's and Gauss theorem.

b)Unit 5

Derive Maxwell equations in vacuum.

Q.8
Unit 1/2/3/4

Write short notes on any two: a) Physical significance of wave function b) Young's double slit experiment c) Bloch's theorem d) Properties of Laser Light