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HELPING NOTES FOR DOCTORS AND ENGINEERS OF THE FUTURE

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Muhammad Rizwan Ghani PHYSICS (Excluding Exercises)
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Ch. No. 12 Electrostatics

1. Define electron volt and prove that 1eV = 1.6 × 10-19 J
2. Define the dielectric constant of an insulator and mention its unit.
3. Define electric flux and give its unit.
4. Define electron volt. Give its mathematical form.
A capacitor of 6µF is connected to a potential difference of one volt. Find the energy stored in the
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capacitor?
6. State Gauss’s law and write formula for Gauss’s law.
7. What is the coulomb’s force between two similar charges if the distance between the charges is doubled?
8. What is the effect of medium between the charges on electrostatic force?
9. Define electric force and electrostatics.
10. Define Coulomb’s Law. Write its mathematical formula.
11. How many are the number of electrons in one coulomb charge?
12. Describe five properties of electric field lines.
13. What do you mean by Xerography? Explain.
14. What is photo conductor?
𝑛𝑒𝑤𝑡𝑜𝑛 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑡
15. Show that = 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟
𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑜𝑚𝑏
16. Convert one joule into electron volt.
17. What is the difference between electric and gravitational force?
18. Define capacitance and write its SI units.
19. Define unit of capacitance.
20. What is polarization and how dipoles are formed in dielectric?
21. What is time constant of a capacitor resistance circuit and prove that R.C = constant.
Ch. No. 13 Current Electricity
1. What is resistivity and how it depends upon the temperature?
2. Name two different effects of current.
3. Give two uses of potentiometer.
4. Define resistivity and give its S.I. units.
5. Write the formulas for series and parallel combinations of resistors?
6. What is conventional current and electronic current.
7. Write the value of equivalent resistance for three resistors R1, R2 and R3 When joined in (a) series, and
(b)parallel
8. Find the resistance of a filament in 500 W, 200 V light bulb.
9. What is meant by the term ‘Tolerance’? Explain
10. Which charges actually flow in case of conventional current?
11. Define Ohm’s law. Also define ohmic and non-ohmic devices.
12. Name two non-ohmic materials and draw their VI-graphs.
13. An ordinary bulb is marked 60 watts, 200 volts. What is its resistance?
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14. Define temperature co-efficient of resistivity.
15. Define tolerance, give an example.
16. How is rheostat used as potential divider?
17. What are thermistors? Write their
18. What is meant by an electromotive force (emf)? Give its unit.
19. Under what conditions emf of a cell and terminal potential difference become equal?
20. State Kirchhoff’s rules.
21. Write down the balance condition of Wheatstone bridge.
22. Why we prefer potentiometer in place of voltmeter for measuring potential difference?
Ch. No. 14 Electromagnetism
1. What are the uses of CRO?
2. What is Lorentz force and how can it be formulated?
3. Define magnetic flux and flux density.
4. What is a solenoid?
5. What is a stable galvanometer?
6. Define tesla. Write its mathematical formula.
7. ⃗ non-zero outside a solenoid?
Why is 𝐵
8. Define galvanometer and cathode ray oscilloscope.
9. Write main parts of CRO.
10. How brightness on the screen of CRO can be controlled?
11. What are the functions of Anodes in CRO?
12. What is the function of sweep generator in cathode ray oscilloscope?
13. What is time base generator?
14. Define galvanometer. Write down its principle.
15. Define current sensitivity of galvanometer.
16. How can galvanometer be made sensitive?
17. How can we increase the sensitivity of galvanometer?
18. Write a short note on “Digital Multimeter”.

Ch. No. 15 Electromagnetic Induction

1. What do you mean by back emf effect in a motor?
2. What is D.C. motor? Write its principle
3. Define self-inductance.
4. State Faraday’s law and Lenz’s law.
5. How does the voltage output of a generator change with its angular velocity?
6. A metal rod of length 0.25 T magnetic field. Find the emf produced in the rod.
7. What is hysteresis loss in transformer? Write formula for its efficiency.
8. Define self-inductance and its unit.
9. Write two similarities and two differences between motor and generator.
10. Define induced emf and induced current.
11. Write down two methods for determining the induced emf in a loop.
12. Write two methods to change flux for electromagnetic induction.
13. What is motional emf? Give its formula.
14. On what factors the induced current due to motional emf depend?
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15. Define Faraday’s and Lenz’s Law.
16. Define mutual induction. On what factors does mutual induction of the two coil depend?
17. Name the factors upon which the self-inductance depends.
18. Write the principle of electric generator.
19. What are the similarities between a motor and a generator?
20. What is difference between motor and generator?
21. Define back emf effect in motor. Also tell what happens when is over loaded?
22. Define step up and step down transformer.
23. Write down methods to improve the efficiency of transformer.
24. How the energy losses in transformer can be reduced?

Muhammad Rizwan Ghani

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