Applied Physics

Question Bank
Principles of Quantum Mechanics
1. Write notes on “Theory of Black Body Radiation".
2. What is black body? State Rayleigh-Jeans law of black body radiation.
3. Explain photoelectric effect. Discuss the laws of photoelectric effect.
4. Mention the ideas which prompted de Broglie to propose his concept of matter waves.
5. Explain the concept of dual nature of the light.
6. Derive an expression for the de Broglie wavelength of an electron.
7. Describe the experimental verification of matter waves using Davisson-Germer
experiment.
8. State and explain Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle.
9. Derive Schrödinger’s wave equation for the motion of an electron.
10. Show that the available energies of a free electron are quantized in a 1 dimensional
potential box.
11. Calculate the wavelength of matter wave associated with a neutron whose Kinetic
energy is 1.5 times the rest mass of electron. (Given that Mass of neutron = 1.676 x 10 -
27
kg, Mass of electron = 9.1 x10-31 kg, Planck's constant = 6.62x 10-34 J-sec, Velocity
of light = 3 x108 m/s).
12. Calculate the velocity and kinetic energy of an electron having wavelength of 0.21 nm.

13. A body has a mass of 0.55 gm and moves with a velocity 3.50x105 cm/s.What is the de
Broglie wavelength associated with it?

Sample Objective Questions

1. De-Broglie wavelength associated with a material particle is [ ]
a) Inversely proportional to momentum
b) Inversely proportional to its energy
c) Directly proportional to momentum
d) Directly proportional to its energy
2. The wave function is the [ ]
a) Quantity associated with all waves
b) Probability amplitude of finding the particle in space
c) Mathematical function with four variables
d) Real function
3. The energy of the hydrogen atom in the nth energy state is -2.7x 10-18/n2 joule. The
Energy required (in joule) to excite the atom from energy state n=1 to n=3 is [ ]
a) 2.17x8/9x10-18 b) 2.17x1/9x1018
b) 2.17x2/3x10-18 d) 2.17x1/3x10-18
4. If E1 the energy of the lowest state in a one dimensional box of length a and E2 is the
energy of the lowest state when the length of the box is halved, then [ ]
a) E2=2E2 b) E1 =2 E2
b) E2 =4 E1 d) E1 =4 E2
5. An electron is moving in a one dimensional box of length ‘a’. If ѱ 1 is the wave
function at x= a with n=1 and ѱ2 is that at x=a with n=2, then ѱ1/ ѱ2 is equal to
[ ]
√2
a) ∞ b) 0 c) √𝑎/2 d) 𝑎

DEPARTMRNT OF B S& H, BVRIT HYDERABAD College of Engineering for Women