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Indian National Physics Olympiad - 2012
Solutions
Please note that alternate/equivalent solutions may exist. Brief solutions are given below.
1. (a)
i+1
=
7
13

i
+
6
13
v
r
(b)

=
v
r
Argument : Initially
i
increases until it reaches a value v =

r, i.e. the speed

of the falling ball. Thereafter the ball merely touches the sphere and does not
impart it any momentum.
(c)
i
=
v
r
_
1
_
7
13
_
i
_
i =0,1,2,3,......
or
i
=
v
r
_
1
_
7
13
_
i1
_
i =1,2,3,......
(d)

=
v
r
2. (a) v
y
=
R
2
(2x + R)
2
v
x
(b) See gure below:
v
y
v
x
x
0
0.5
1
0
0.25
R/2
R
(c) Speed = 2.22 km hr
1
3. (a) =
m
a
g
R
( 1)

(b) For m
a
= 29.0 kgkmol
1
; = approx 10 Kkm
1
(c) =

1
(d) approximately 30.0 km
(e) p
s
= p
s0
exp
_
Lm
v
R
_
1
T
s0

1
T
__
where T
s0
and p
s0
are the initial points for the integration. A convenient choice
would be the triple point of water.
1
w
w
w
.
1
0
0
m
a
r
k
s
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(f) At z
c
atmospheric pressure should be equal to saturation pressure. Condition is
p
0
_
T
0
z
c
T
0
_
/1
= p
s0
exp
_
Lm
v
R
_
1
T
s0

1
T
0
z
c
__
4. (a) Magnetic eld =
_

0
NI
l

k < r
0 > r
Value of magnetic eld =
_
1.26 10
2
T < r
0 > r
where is the radial distance.
(b) L =

0
N
2
r
2
l
Value of L = 1.97 10
2
H
(c) E = 3.95 J
(d) i =
e
R
(1 e
Rt/L
) + i
0
e
Rt/L
if i
0
= 0
(e) e = iR + L
di
dt
i
Lv
l + vt
where L =
0
N
2
r
2
/(l + vt)
(f) Electric eld =
_

0
Ni
0

2l
sin(t) < r

0
Ni
0
r
2
2l
sin(t) > r
(g) The plot of E with radial distance:
r
0.04 V/m
E
l
e
c
t
r
i
c

f
i
e
l
d
radial distance
Lines of forces: Note, the lines of force are dense upto = r and increasingly sparse
thereafter.
r
2
w
w
w
.
1
0
0
m
a
r
k
s
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5. (a) Since
0
< E
b
, hence no ionisation by a single photon is possible.
(b) Speed of electron =

eF
0
m
sin(t)

(c) Average kinetic energy =

e
2
F
2
0
4m
2
(d) F
0
= 1.5 10
3
V m
1
(e) Potential energy =
e
2
4
0
r
+ eF
0
z
(f) See gure below:
V(z)
z
0.5 0.5
0 1
1
21
0.22
0.22
19
(g) F
0
=
E
2

0
e
3
(h) approx 174 Vm
1
which is physically possible.
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w
w
w
.
1
0
0
m
a
r
k
s
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