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Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 goes to Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 with one half to
Rainer Weiss
LIGO/VIRGO Collaboration
and the other half jointly to
Barry C. Barish
LIGO/VIRGO Collaboration
and
Kip S. Thorne
LIGO/VIRGO Collaboration
“for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves”
Read more at
https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2017/press.html
https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2017/popular-physicsprize2017.pdf
https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2017/advanced-physicsprize2017.pdf
Very Important Portions for class 12 Physics for CBSE Board Exam 2017
Please revise these portions thoroughly
- Electric Dipole : electric field due to a dipole on axial line and equatorial line, torque on a dipole in a uniform
electric field, work done in rotating a dipole, potential energy of a dipole in a uniform electric field.
- Gauss Theorem and applications
- Metre bridge experiments, Potentiometer principle and experiments
- Ampere’s circuit law and applications
- MCG and conversion to ammeter and voltmeter
- Cyclotron
- LCR series circuit and resonance, expression for resonant frequency, Q factor, Power factor
- Optical instruments (complete)
- Theory of interference, Young’s double slit experiment, expression for fringe width, graph
- LOGIC Gates (complete)
- Electromagnetic spectrum, production and uses of em waves
- Photo electric effect (compete: experimental setup for study of photoelectric effect, conclusions, Einstein’s equation and explanation to laws of PEE.)
- BE per nucleon vs atomic mass graph and explanation to release of energy during nuclear fission and fusion.
- CE transistor characteristics and CE transistor amplifier
- Need for modulation
- All block diagrams from “Communication”:
- Total internal reflection and applications
Want to pass the CBSE Physics Exam? Here’s how !
Did you get very low marks in Physics and finding it too difficult to get pass marks?
Here is a systematic and easy to follow plan to succeed. Just believe me, you can get pass mark by following the instructions religiously.
1. Don’t leave a single question.
During the cool off time go through all the questions and decide the questions known well to you and mark them to attempt in the first round. Then have a look at the questions which may take some time to solve or of which you have some idea but the answer is not completely known. The rest of questions can be kept for third round where you will write an answer with the concepts known to you based on the hints which you may get from the question itself.
Attempting all questions is very important, because if you write an answer there is a chance to get some marks but if you do not write there is no chance of getting any mark for the question.
2. Practice the frequently asked portions
Please go through “MUST PRACTICE PORTIONS FOR CLASS XII” and practise the portions thoroughly.
3. Practice the Diagrams
You can find a list of important diagrams here shortly.
- Electric field lines due to a points charge, a dipole, two negative charges, two positive charges etc.
- Electric field due to a dipole (axial position and equatorial position) diagram for derivation.
- Torque on a dipole in a uniform electric field
- Equipotential surfaces due to a point source, a line of charge and an electric dipole.
- Combination of resistors (in series and in parallel)
- Combination of cells. (diagram for derivation)
- Cyclotron
- Motional emf
- Mutual inductance of two solenoids
- AC generator
- AC circuit with R only
- AC circuit with L only
- AC circuit with C only
- LCR AC series circuit
- Impedance diagram
- LC oscillations
- Resonance in LCR series circuit
- Transformer
- Displacement current
- Ray diagram for image formation by Simple Microscope
- Ray diagram for image formation by Compound Microscope
- Ray diagram for image formation by Telescope in normal adjustment
- Ray diagram for image formation by Telescope when final image is at the least distance of distinct vision
- Prism formula
- Laws of reflection using Huygen’s wave theory
- Laws of reflection using Huygen’s wave theory
- Experimental arrangement for Young’s double slit experiment
- Expression for fringe width in Young’s double slit experiment
- Diffraction at a single slit
- Binding Energy per nucleon vs Mass number graph
- Distinction between conductors, insulators and semiconductors on the basis of energy band diagram.
- PN junction diode characteristics (circuit diagram and graph for forward bias and reverse bias)
- Half wave rectifier
- full wave rectifier
- zener diode as voltage regulator
- Transistor action
- Transistor characteristics in CE configuration (input characteristics and output characteristics)
- Transistor amplifier in CE configuration
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All Block diagrams from Communication (posted below)
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BOARD QUESTIONS FROM WAVE OPTICS (CBSE/AISSCE)
Download the collection of questions asked in previous CBSE board exams from the chapter Wave Optics.
Practising the previously asked questions is a good idea to prepare for the exams.
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Newton second law and pendulum
A pendulum is hanged in the car.
Car starts to move by constant acceleration
How to measure acceleration by angle the pendulum?
Asked Afshin
Answer
If the pendulum makes an angle θ with the vertical, then a = g tan θ
This is based on the idea of pseudo force experienced by a body in an accelerated frame of reference.
When a body is in an accelerated frame of reference, it feels as if it is acted upon by a force equal to its mass multiplied by the acceleration of the system. Please have a look at the diagram below.
Please feel free to ask further doubts on the topic via comments
reference books for the preparation of NGPE (national graduate physics examination)
Name a few reference books for the preparation of NGPE (national graduate physics examination) at B.Sc. level
Asked Abhivyakti
Click on the links below to download
NGPE-2013 Question Paper: Download
Click here to see NGPE 2012 Question Paper
Click here to see Solutions NGPE 2012
Click here to see NGPE 2011 Question Paper
Click here to see NGPE 2011 Section A answers
Click here to see Solutions NGPE2011
The following Books are recommended
Other than your regular BSc textbooks on,
- Mechanics
- Optics
- Modern Physics
- Heat and Thermodynamics
- Electronics
- Properties of matter
- Electricity
- Atomic and Nuclear Physics
You can take these …
- HC Verma’s Concepts of Physics Volume – 1
- HC Verma’s Concepts of Physics Volume – 2
- Resnick Halliday Fundamentals of Physics
- Irodov’s problems in physics
- University Physics
- Physics Formulae
And there are many … Try these first
Work Energy Problem
A 2kg hammer with a speed of 40m/s strikes a 100g nail driving it into a wooden block. If there is no dissipation of energy in this process and the frictional force applied by the wooden block is 8000N, how deep would be nail penetrate into the block?
Asked Jaisy