PHYSICS CHAPTER# 9, 10, 11 CLASS 1ST YEAR

1. CHOOSE BEST POSSIBLE ANSWER.

I. The appearance of Color in thin films is due to Diffraction Dispersion Interferenc Polarization
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II. A light ray traveling form denser to rarer 0° 90° 180° 45°
medium suffers a phase change of:
III. Sodium chloride in a flame gives out pure: Blue light Yellow Red light White light
light
IV. The power of the lens is measured in: Watt Joule Diopter Minutes
V. Critical angle is that incident angle in denser 0° 90° 180° 45°
medium for which angle of refraction is.
VI. At some angle of incidence, when angle of Phase Incident Refractive Critical
refraction becomes 90°, this angle is called: angle angle angle angle

VII. Specific heats of a gas at constant pressure and Cp < Cv Cp > Cv Cp = Cv none
at constant volume are respectively Cp and Cv :
VIII. Cloud formation in the atmosphere is example Adiabatic Isothermal Isochoric Isobaric
of: process process process process
IX. The amount of heat required raising the Specific Heat Calorie Joule
temperature of 1 kg of a substance through 1 K heat capacity
is called
2. ANSWER FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

I. Under what conditions two or more sources of light behave as coherent sources?
II. Can visible light produce interference fringes? Explain.
III. How would you distinguish between un-polarized and plane-polarized light?
IV. How would you manage to get more orders of spectra using a diffraction grating?
V. What do you understand by linear magnification and angular magnification? Explain how a convex lens
is used as a magnifier?
VI. How the light signal is transmitted through the optical fiber?
VII. If a person looking through microscope at the full moon, how would the appearance of moon be
changed by covering of objective lens?
VIII. Why is the average velocity of the molecules in a gas zero but the average of the square of velocities is
not zero?
IX. Specific heat of a gas at constant pressure is greater than specific heat at constant volume. Why?
X. What happens to the temperature of the room, when an air conditioner is left running on the table in the
middle of the room?
XI. Is it possible to construct a heat engine that will not expel heat into the atmosphere?
3. ANSWER IN DETAIL.

A. Define & Explain Carnot’s engine with working?

B. A mechanical engineer develops an engine working b/w two 3270C and 270C and he
claims to have efficiency of 52%. Does he claim correctly? Explain.