List of top Geophysics Questions

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\[ \begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \textbf{List-I} & \textbf{List-II} \\ \hline (A) \; \text{Displacement current } (J_d) & (I) \; \frac{\epsilon_0}{2} \int E^2 d\tau \\ (B) \; \text{Poynting vector} & (II) \; \nabla \cdot \vec{E} = \frac{\rho}{\epsilon_0} \\ (C) \; \text{Energy stored in electric field } (\vec{E}) & (III) \; \frac{1}{\mu_0}(\vec{E} \times \vec{B}) \\ (D) \; \text{Gauss's Law} & (IV) \; \epsilon_0 \frac{\partial \vec{E}}{\partial t} \\ \hline \end{array} \]
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An a. c. supply of 220V is applied to a half wave rectifier through a transformer of turn ratio 20:1. In this circuit the peak inverse voltage is:

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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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

Which of the following is/are correct about conservative and non-conservative forces?
(A) For conservative and non-conservative forces conservation of energy holds good.
(B) Friction is a conservative force.
(C) The work done by a conservative force in a closed path is zero.
(D) Friction is a non-conservative force.
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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):

A moving particle has coordinates (5t + 3, 6t, 5)m in frame S at any time 't'. The frame s' is moving with velocity (3\(\hat{i}\)+4\(\hat{j}\))m/s with respect to the frame S. Velocity of particle in frame s' is:

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a laser light?

Match List-I with List-II

\[ \begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \textbf{List-I} & \textbf{List-II} \\ \hline (A) \; \text{Zener diode} & (I) \; \text{Negative resistance region} \\ (B) \; \text{Tunnel diode} & (II) \; \text{Voltage regulator} \\ (C) \; \text{Rectifier} & (III) \; \text{Pulsating d.c.} \\ (D) \; \text{Light emitting diode} & (IV) \; \text{Gallium Arsenide phosphide (GaAsP)} \\ \hline \end{array} \]
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Which of following is correct form of first TdS equation ?

In common emitter connection, the collector leakage current in a transistor is 300\(\mu\)A. The leakage current in the transistor in common base arrangement will be (Given \(\beta\) = 130):

X- rays of wavelength 15 pm are scattered from a target. The wavelength of the X-rays scattered through 60° is (Given compton wavelength = 2.426 pm)

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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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)

Change of entropy of a perfect gas for isochoric process is

If J, E and I are the angular momentum, kinetic energy of rotation and moment of inertia respectively, then which of following is incorrect?

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 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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A power gain of 100 in decibel (db) is:

In Photo- electric effect
(A) There is no time interval (very small ~ 10⁻⁹s) between incidence of light and emissions of photo electrons.
(B) Higher the frequency of light, more is the kinetic energy of photo electrons emitted.
(C) A bright light yields more photo-electrons than dim light.
(D) Blue light emits slower electrons than red light.
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The ratio of adiabatic to the isobaric coefficient of expansion is

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

Given the following staff readings at two levels, determine the Reduced Level (RL) of B. 

Given: - RL of A = 150 m - Find RL of B

Given the bearing N30°W, determine the corresponding Whole Circle Bearing (WCB). \

 Given: - Bearing = N30°W - Find WCB