EM WAVES + DUAL NATURE OF MATTER(a)
+ COMMUNICATION PRINCIPLES
Determine B0,(b) Find expressions for E and B.
F.M- 50
SECTION 1(10 X 3 = 30 MARKS)
1. Describe the experiment to study photoelectric effect
and explain the laws of photoelectric effect and the
significance of each.
2. An electron and a proton are possessing same amount
of K.E., which of the two have greater de-Broglie,
wavelength? Justify your answer. For what Kinetic
energy of a neutron will the associated de Broglie
wavelength be 5.6 A0?
3. How an amplitude modulated wave can be produced?
Derive the equation of an amplitude modulated wave
4. What does ‘LOS communciation¹ mean? Name the
types of waves that are used for this communication.
Give typical examples, with the help of suitable figure, of
communication systems that use space mode
propagation.
5. A transmitting antenna at the top of a tower has a
height 32m and the hight of the receiving
antenna is 50m. What is the maximum distance between
them for satisfactory communication in
LOS mode? Given radius of earth is 6400km
6. A message singnal of frequency 10 kHz and peak
voltage of 10 volts is used to modulate a carrier
of frequency 1 MHz and peak voltage of 20 volts.
Determine (a) modululation index, (b) the side
bands produced.
7. How would you experimentally show that EM waves
are transverse in nature?
8. State the principles of production of EM waves. An EM
wave of wavelength goes from vacuum
to a medium of refractive index n. What will be the
frequency of wave in the medium?
9. Compare the properties of electromagnetic
waves and mechanical waves.
10. Ultraviolet light of wavelength 350 nm and intensity
1W/m2 is directed at a potassium surface
having work function 2.2eV.
(i) Find the maximum kinetic energy of the
photoelectron.
(ii) If 0.5 percent of the incident photons produce
photoelectric effect, how many photoelectrons
per second are emitted from the potassium surface that
has an area 1cm2
SECTION 2 (8 X 2 = 16 MARKS)
11. The refractive index of medium is 1.5. A beam of
light of wavelength 6000 A° enters in the medium from
air. Find wavelength and frequency of light in the
medium.
12. An EM wave is travelling in vaccum. Amplitude of
the electric field vector is 5 × 104 V/m. Calculate
amplitude of magnetic field vector.
13. Suppose the electric field amplitude of an em wave is
E0 = 120 NC–1 and that its frequency is 50.0 MHz.
TIME-2 HOURS
14. A radio can tune into any station of frequency band
7.5 MHz to 10 MHz. Find the corresponding wave length
range.
15. The amplitude of the magnetic field vector of an
electromagnetic wave travelling in vacuum is
2.4mT. Frequency of the wave is 16 MHz. Find :
(i)Amplitude of electric field vector and
(ii) Wavelength of the wave.
16. If kinetic energy of thermal neutron is 1.5kT then
find the de-Broglie wavelength of waves associated with
a thermal neutron of mass m at temperature T kelvin
where k is boltzmann constant.
17. X-rays of wave length α fall on a photo sensitive
surface emitting electrons. Assuming that the work
function of the surface can be neglected, prove that the
de-Broglie wavelength of electrons emitted will be
√(hα/mc).
18. A nucleus of mass M initially at rest splits into two
fragments of masses 2M/3 & M/3 .Find the
ratio of de Broglie wavelength of the fragments.
SECTION 3 (4 X 1 =4 MARKS)
19. Write two differences between point to point
communication and broadcast mode of communication.
Give one example of each.
20. Plot amplitude v/s frequency for an amplitude
modulated signal.
21. Every EM wave has certain frequency. Name two
parameters of an em wave that oscillate with
this frequency. What is the phase difference between
electric and magnetic field vectors in an em wave?
22. Relative electric permittivity of a medium is 8 and
relative permeability is close to unity. What is
the speed of em waves in the medium.
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