BASIC PHYSICS SC-103 (DIPLOMA IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING)

1. Define physical quantity, fundamental and derived quantities?

2. Explain the advantages of using the SI system of units?

3. Calculate the dimensional formula for various physical quantities?

4. Check the correctness of a physical equation using dimensional analysis?

5. Solve problems involving unit conversion, density, force, and energy?

6. Define accuracy and precision in measurements and represent significant figures correctly?

UNIT 2 - VECTORS:

1. Distinguish between scalar and vector quantities?

2. Represent and classify vectors (proper, equal, unit, negative, null, position vector)?

3. Resolve a vector into components using Lami's theorem and parallelogram law?

4. Calculate the magnitude and direction of a resultant vector using the parallelogram law?

5. Define scalar product and vector product of vectors?

6. Apply scalar product to calculate work done by force and power?

7. Apply vector product to calculate torque and area of parallelogram and triangle?

UNIT 3 - MECHANICS:

1. Define friction, normal reaction, and angle of friction?

2. Calculate acceleration, displacement, and time taken for a body to come to rest on a rough horizontal surface?

3. Analyze the motion of a body on a smooth and rough inclined plane?

4. Define projectile motion and differentiate between horizontal and oblique projection?

5. Derive expressions for the path of a projectile, maximum height, time of ascent, time of descent, time of flight, and horizontal range in oblique projection?

6. Define and relate angular displacement, angular velocity, and angular acceleration?

7. Convert between linear and angular velocity?

8. Define central force and express centripetal and centrifugal forces (without derivation)?

9. Explain the applications of centripetal and centrifugal forces (banking of roads, bending of cyclist, centrifuge)?

UNIT 4 - PROPERTIES OF MATTER:

1. Define elasticity, elastic body, stress, strain, and types of stress and strain?

2. Explain Hooke's law and derive Young's modulus?

3. Define cohesive and adhesive forces and surface tension?

4. Explain the angle of contact and capillarity?

5. Derive the formula for surface tension based on capillarity?

6. Describe the effect of temperature and impurity on surface tension?

7. Define viscosity and derive Newton's formula for viscous force?

8. Explain the effect of temperature on viscosity of liquids and gases?

9. Define streamline and turbulent flow, Reynold's number, equation of continuity, and Bernoulli's theorem?

10. Solve problems related to fluid motion?

UNIT 5 - CONSERVATION LAWS AND ENERGY SOURCES:

1. Define and differentiate between work, power, and energy?

2. Express potential energy and kinetic energy and derive their formulas?

3. Prove the work-energy theorem and the law of conservation of energy?

4. Explain the law of conservation of energy in the case of a freely falling body and simple pendulum?

5. Define non-renewable and renewable energy sources and their applications?

6. Discuss the greenhouse effect and energy conservation methods?

7. Solve problems related to work, power, energy, and energy conservation?

UNIT 6 - HEAT:

1. Explain thermal expansion of solids and define coefficients of expansion?

2. Convert between Centigrade and Fahrenheit temperatures?

3. Describe the working principle of a bimetallic strip and its applications?

4. State Boyle's law and explain the concept of absolute zero and absolute scale of temperature?

5. Explain Charles' law and derive the ideal gas equation?

6. Define isothermal and adiabatic processes and differentiate between them?

7. Define and distinguish between internal energy and external work done?

8. Derive the expression for work done and apply the first law of thermodynamics to isothermal and adiabatic processes?

9. Explain the second law of thermodynamics?

10. Define specific heats of a gas and solve related numerical problems?