Modern Physics - Test
Modern Physics - Test
Modern Physics - Test
SECTION B
7. Pure silicon at 300 K has equal electron and hole concentrations of 1.5 x 1016 /m3, Doping by 2
Indium increase the hole concentration to 4.5 x 1022 /m3. Calculate the new electron
concentration in the doped silicon.
8. State two characteristics of nuclear force. Why does the binding energy per nucleon decrease 2
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with increase in mass number for heavy nuclei like U?
9. In a photoelectric effect experiment the graph between the stopping 2
potential ‘V’ and frequency
of the incident radiations on two different metal plates P and Q are
shown in the figure.
i) Which of the two metal plates, P and Q has greater value of work
function?
ii) What does the slope of the lines depict?
10. When a hydrogen atom is raised from the ground state to an excited state how K.E and P.E 2
changes?
11. Explain laws of photoelectric emission on the basis of Einstein’s photoelectric equation. 2
12. A nucleus of mass number A has a mass defect. Give the formula, for the binding energy per 2
nucleon of this nucleus?
13. What is meant by the tern doping of an intrinsic semiconductor? How does it affect the 2
conductivity of a semiconductor?
14. The energy of an electron in an excited hydrogen atom is -3.4 eV. What is the angular 2
momentum of the electron according to Bohr’s Theory? Planck’s constant h= 6.67x10-34 Js.
15. Monochromatic light of frequency 6 x1014 Hz is produced by a laser. The power emitted is 2.0 2
x 10–3 W. Estimate the number of photons emitted per second on an average by the source.
M (H) = 1.007825 u
18. Explain the formation i)’potential barrier’ and ii) ‘depletion region’ in a p-n junction diode. 3
How does the width of the depletion region vary with increase in forward bias?
Draw forward bias and reverse bias characteristics.
19. What is the need of rectification? With the help of a circuit diagram, explain the working of a 3
full wave rectifier. Draw its input and output wave forms.
20. Calculate the Binding energy and Binding energy per nucleon of 7N14. 3
mH = 1.007825 u mn = 1.008665 u m (N) = 14.00307 u
21. State the postulates of Bohr’s model of hydrogen atom. The electron, in a given Bohr orbit has a 3
total energy of -1.5 eV. Calculate its: (i) Kinetic Energy.(ii) Potential energy.
22. Obtain the expression for the wavelength of de-Broglie wave associated with an electron 3
accelerated from rest through a potential difference V.
Plot the de-Broglie wavelength (λ) as a function of 1/√ V (V is the accelerating potential) for
two particles having the same charge.
Which of the two represents the particle of heavier mass?
23. Calculate the current in the circuit.
24. Obtain an expression for the frequency of radiation emitted when a hydrogen atom de-excites 3
from level n to level (n–1). For large n, show that this frequency equals the classical frequency
of revolution of the electron in the orbit.
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