List of top Geophysics Questions

A zone plate

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\[ \begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \textbf{List-I} & \textbf{List-II} \\ \hline (A) \; \text{Circular Fringes} & (I) \; \text{Nicol prism} \\ (B) \; \text{Straight parallel and equidistant interference pattern} & (II) \; \text{Newton's Ring experiment} \\ (C) \; \text{Polarizer} & (III) \; \text{Interference in wedge-shaped film} \\ (D) \; \text{E-ray and O-ray travel with same speed} & (IV) \; \text{Optic axis} \\ \hline \end{array} \]
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A long coaxial cable carries current 'I' (current flows down the surface of inner cylinder of radius 'r1' and back along the outer cylinder of radius 'r2'). The magnetic energy stored in a section of length 'L' is

Which of the following orders in a double slit Fraunhofer diffraction pattern will be missing if the slit width is 0.12 mm and slits are 0.6 mm apart?

Sunlight is reflected from a material. The reflected light is 100% polarized at a certain instant. Assuming refractive index of material equal to 1.732, the angle between the sun and the horizon at that instant is

Work done in compressing adiabatically 1g of air, initially at NTP to one fourth of its original volume is: (take density of air = 0.0001465 g/cm³ and \(\gamma\) = 1.5)

The magnetic polarization results in a bound current Jb
(A) which is associated with magnetization of the material.
(B) which involves spin and orbital motion of electrons.
(C) which is the result of linear motion of charge when electric polarization changes.
(D) which is given by \( \nabla \times \vec{M} \) (where \( \vec{M} \) is magnetization).
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If J, E and I are the angular momentum, kinetic energy of rotation and moment of inertia respectively, then which of following is incorrect?

Which of following is true in a LCR circuit?
(A) In purely inductive circuit (R = 0), Quality factor is infinite.
(B) Resistance 'R' is alone responsible for damping of oscillations.
(C) Discharge of capacitor is not oscillatory in character.
(D) Q-factor is measure of sharpness of resonance in case of a driven oscillator.
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At a temperature of 47°C the thermal voltage is (Given value of Boltzmann's constant = 1.38 x10\(^{-23}\) joule/°K):

Change of entropy of a perfect gas for isochoric process is

Two tuning forks produce 6 beats per second when sounded together. One of the fork is in unison with 1.5 m length of wire and the other with 2.0 m length of wire. The frequencies of forks are:

The ratio of adiabatic to the isobaric coefficient of expansion is

The condition for bright ring in the Newton's Ring arrangement is (where 't' is thickness of film, m is order and \(\lambda\) is wavelength):

Which of following is correct form of first TdS equation ?

Match List-I with List-II

\[ \begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \textbf{List-I} & \textbf{List-II} \\ \hline (A) \; \text{Displacement current } (J_d) & (I) \; \frac{\epsilon_0}{2} \int E^2 d\tau \\ (B) \; \text{Poynting vector} & (II) \; \nabla \cdot \vec{E} = \frac{\rho}{\epsilon_0} \\ (C) \; \text{Energy stored in electric field } (\vec{E}) & (III) \; \frac{1}{\mu_0}(\vec{E} \times \vec{B}) \\ (D) \; \text{Gauss's Law} & (IV) \; \epsilon_0 \frac{\partial \vec{E}}{\partial t} \\ \hline \end{array} \]
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Match List-I with List-II

\[ \begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \textbf{List-I} & \textbf{List-II} \\ \hline (A) \; \text{Force} & (I) \; \text{Torque} \\ (B) \; \text{Distance covered} & (II) \; \text{Angle described} \\ (C) \; \text{Mass} & (III) \; \text{Moment of inertia} \\ (D) \; \text{Linear velocity} & (IV) \; \text{Angular velocity} \\ \hline \end{array} \]
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A wave of frequency 500 Hz is travelling with a velocity 1000 m/s. How far are two points situated in wave whose displacement differ in phase by \( \frac{\pi}{3} \)?

Match List-I with List-II

\[ \begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \textbf{List-I} & \textbf{List-II} \\ \hline (A) \; \text{Classius Clapeyron equation} & (I) \; PV^\gamma = \text{constant} \\ (B) \; \text{Gibbs Function} & (II) \; U + PV \\ (C) \; \text{Enthalpy} & (III) \; U - TS + PV \\ (D) \; \text{Adiabatic change in Perfect Gas} & (IV) \; \dfrac{dP}{dT} = \dfrac{L}{T (V_2 - V_1)} \\ \hline \end{array} \]
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of a laser light?

In order to produce LASER, the correct sequence of processes given below will be
(A) Pumping
(B) Population inversion
(C) Stimulated emission
(D) Light Amplification
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The Rayleigh Jean's Law,
(A) agrees well with experimental results at low frequencies.
(B) agrees well with experimental results at longer. wavelengths.
(C) shows ultra-violet catastrophe at higher frequencies.
(D) agrees well with experimental results at higher frequencies.
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The energy radiated per minute from the filament of an incandescent lamp at 2000 K, surface area \( 4 \times 10^{-5} \) m² and relative emittance is 0.85, will be (Given Stefan's constant \( \sigma = 5.7 \times 10^{-8} \) Jm⁻²s⁻¹K⁻⁴)

Which of following Maxwell's equation shows non existence of magnetic monopoles?

Two satellites A and B of mass 'M' are orbiting the earth in circular orbits at altitudes 2R and 5R respectively, where R is the radius of the earth. The ratio of kinetic energies of satellite A and B will be