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STUDY MATERIAL

APPLIED PHYSICS

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TTA DIRECT RECRUITMENT 2016

SYLLABUS
Measurement Units and Dimensions; Waves, Acoustics, Ultrasonics;
Light; Laser and its applications; Atomic Structure and Energy Levels.
Examination Pattern & Schemes
Paper

Subjects

No. of Questions

Part-I

General Ability Test

20

20

Part-II

Basic Engineering

90

90

3 Hours

Part-III

Specialization

90

90

10am to 1pm

Total

200

Marks

Duration

200

All questions will be MCQ-Multiple Choice OBJECTIVE Question

NEGATIVE MARKING applicable for EACH Questions

Sectional Qualifying Marks

OVERALL CUTOFF

PART

General

SC/ST/OBC

Part-I

30%

20%

Part-II

30%

20%

Part-III

30%

20%

General

SC/ST/OBC

40%

33%

NOTE : Candidate obtaining LESS than minimum qualifying marks in any of the three parts as well as in
OVERALL shall not be considered into FINAL merit LIST.
NO INTERVIEW PROCESS after Online examinations.

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CONTENTS
1.

MEASUREMENT UNITS AND DIMENSION .

5-10

2.

ACOUSTICS, ULTRASONICS & LASER ..

11-19

3.

ATOMIC STRUCTURE AND ENERGY LEVELS ..

20-30

4.

RAY OF LIGHT .

31-33

5.

WAVE AND SOUND

34-44

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CHAPTER-1
MEASUREMENT UNITS AND DIMENSION
Measurement is the assignment of a number to a characteristic of an object or event, which can be
compared with other objects or events
Estimation is using your knowledge of something similar in size or amount to determine the size of the
new object.

Helps to make a rough measurement of an object.

Usefully when you are in a hurry and exact numbers are not required.

Limits of Measurement

Accuracy and Precision

I.
Accuracy - a measure of how close a measurement is to the true value of the
quantity being measured.
Example: Accuracy
Who is more accurate when measuring a book that has a true length of 17.0cm?

Mr. X:
17.0cm, 16.0cm, 18.0cm, 15.0cm
Mr. Y:
15.5cm, 15.0cm, 15.2cm, 15.3cm
II.

Precision a measure of how close a series of measurements are to one another. A

measure of how exact a measurement is.

Example: Precision
Who is more precise when measuring the same 17.0cm book?
Mr. X:
17.0cm, 16.0cm, 18.0cm, 15.0cm
Mr. Y:
15.5cm, 15.0cm, 15.2cm, 15.3cm
Basic Types of Measurement
Length: Measures distance between objects
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Volume: Measures the amount of space something takes up

Mass:

Measures the amount of matter in an object

Other Types of measurement include

time

temperature

density

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Measurement System Comparisons

All Measurement systems have standards. Standards are exact quantities that everyone agrees to use as a
basis of comparison.
Length : Length is the distance between two points.
Does not matter if it is width, height, depth, etc.
All are length measurements.
The basic unit of length in the SI System is the
meter.
The meter is about the length of the English yard
(3 feet).
Area is a variation of a length measurement.

Area is length x width.

Expressed in units2 (m2, cm2, mm2 etc.)

Mass :Mass is a measurement of the amount of matter in an object.

Basic unit of mass is the gram. There are

454 grams in one pound.

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Weight and mass are related, but NOT the same.

Weight is the pull of gravity on an object

The greater the mass, the larger the pull of gravity.

Volume : Volume is a measurement of the amount of space something takes up.

The basic unit used for volume is the liter. This unit is used for the volumes of liquids.

Volumes of solids are figured using this formula

(L)ength x (W)idth x (H)eight

Temperature :Temperature is a measure of the kinetic energy of the atoms in an object.

Temperature is measured with a thermometer and measured in Celsius or Kelvin.

Celsius ranges from 0 (freezing) to 100 (boiling).

The Kelvin scale begins at absolute zero, or 0 K. At 0 Kelvin no more heat can be
removed from an object.

To convert to Kelvin you add 273 degrees to the Celsius reading.

Freezing in Kelvin is 273 K, boiling is 373 K.

Why use the SI System?

In the U.S. we use the English or Standard System, most of the rest of the world uses the Metric
or SI System.
The SI (International System of Units) system is the form of measurement typically used by
scientists.

In the English system you have to remember so many numbers . . .

12 inches in a foot

3 feet in a yard

5,280 feet in a mile

16 ounces in a pound

4 quarts to a gallon
SI System

In the SI System you only have to remember one number.

The SI System is based on the number 10.

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The UNIT becomes whichever type of measurement you are making. (mass, volume, or
length)
It is the same system regardless if you are measuring length, mass, or volume.

The SI system is much easier

For example in the metric system if you wanted to know how many centimeters were in 3 meters,
what would you do?
1. Find the unit you have (meters).
2. Find the unit you are changing to (centimeters).
3. Count the number of units in-between (2).
4. Move the decimal point that many spaces, in the same direction you counted (right).
3 meters = 300 cm
Things to Remember

All measurements need a number and a unit.

Basic units of Measurement (meter, liter, gram)

How to convert metric units.

SI Unit Prefixes

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The Seven Base SI Units

Derived SI Units (examples)

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Significant Figures

The significant figures in a measurement include all of the digits that are known, plus one last
digit that is estimated.

Finding the Number of Sig Figs:

When the decimal is present, start counting from the left.

When the decimal is absent, start counting from the right.

Zeroes encountered before a non-zero digit do not count.

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