Exam Details
Subject | geophysics | |
Paper | paper 3 | |
Exam / Course | combined geo-scientist and geologist | |
Department | ||
Organization | union public service commission | |
Position | geologist | |
Exam Date | 2016 | |
City, State | central government, |
Question Paper
1.
Draw the characteristic gamma-ray
spectra of Th and show their
energy peaks.
What are the places, in India, where
uranium and thorium ores are found 5
Discuss briefly the use of spinner
magnetometer for finding residual component of
magnetization.
Discuss briefly the ferrimagnetism in
minerals, and give at least one example.
When a ferrimagnetic material will
behave as paramagnetic material
Some of the high density oceanic
materials are having high velocity,
substantiate your answer with suitable
reason.
What is the principle of designing an
inverse filter to remove the water
reverberations due to first reflector.
What are the three adjustments made in
Bouguer gravity of land survey compared to
the Bouguer gravity at an ocean floor site.
What do you mean by a digital filter
Define Discrete Fourier Transform
and its Inverse Discrete Fourier
Transform (IDFT) for a given discrete
time series.
What is z-transform Explain the z-transform
for the sample values of a wavelet or sequence
of time series.
Discuss the energy sources and radiation
principles involved in electromagnetic remote
sensing techniques.
What will be the colour of water seen on
a photograph taken in a wavelength
between0·75µm- 1·3 µm? What is the
spatial resolution of IRS and Quickbird
sensors
If length between two photographs is
to be fixed as 0-85 km and speed of an
aeroplane is 170 km/hr, what should be
the time interval between the opening
of the shutter Find out how many
photographs will be snapped along a
profile line in 9 hours.
2.
Explain deconvolution.
Compute the inverse filter for the
normalized dipole 0.5) and show the
result of deconvolution of the signal
0.5, -1.5 using above
computed inverse filter response.
Write down the expression or Fourier
Transform for a 2·dimensional Bouguer
gravity anomaly.
Explain the role of low-pass and high
pass filters for the separation of region
and residual anomalies.
Show the example of 2-dimensional
maps of Bouguer, Regional and Residual
anomalies.
What do you mean by Auto-correlation
Find out the Auto-correlation o f finite
length wavelet. and plot
the same.
3. Define photogrammetry. Discuss briefly the
Importance of photogrammetry.
Derive an expression for parallax equation.
A tall building manifests a parallax difference
of 13-6 mm between its top and its base on
photographs taken from an altitude of 4000
metres above ground. I f the average photobase
is 108 mm, calculate the height of building.
•
4. Describe the working principle of a LaCaste·
Romberg gravimeter specially designed for
shipboard gravity survey.
What does the ocean floor magnetic
measurements indicate in terms of ocean floor
dynamics?
At a station 200 metres away from out-
cropping dyke, the spectrometric readings for
thorium and uranium are found to be as 25 and
36 counts/min. The constants k1 and k2 for
thorium and uranium channels are 0-6 and
0.13 respectively; and the stripping constants
for thorium y-rays in uranium channel is
one. Find the thorium and uranium contents in
parts per million.
What is that factor on which the strength of the
measured magnetic field depends in absorption
cell magnetometer Find out the gyro-
magnetic ratio of electron for measuring the
earth's magnetic field of 50000 gammas with
precessional frequency as 1400 kHz. How
aero-magnetic survey is earned out for base
metal exploration
5. Prove that Lx, Ly ihLz
where Lx Ly and Lz are the operators
corresponding to the and z-components
of the angular momentum respectively.
Find the energy levels of a particle of mass m
moving in the one-dimensional potential
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where ω is a real constant. Give reasons for
your answer.
Intensity I of e.m. waves passing through
a laser active medium is expressed
where α is absorption
coefficient and is a positive quantity;
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What is the basic requirement for am plifica
lion of e.m, waves?
The spatial part of e.m. field in a cubic cavity
of side l is governed by
∇^2 (Helmholtz equation).
K is propagation vector. Solution of the
equation yields
Kx Ky m/L ,Kz n/L are
integers and represent number or modes that standing wave has along the y and z-directions respectively. Find the length of a parallel plane cavity for the longitudinal modes under resonance condition.
Explain, how the change between Crystalline
and Amorphous structure is used 10 record
the data in CDRW (Phase Change Device
Technology).
Draw the voltage current characteristics for
solar cell with a variable load at fixed solar
insolation. Specify typical value of efficiency
for modem solar cells in common use
nowadays.
Draw a sketch for a non-inverting unity gain
amplifier using an operational amplifier and
minimum possible number of external
components.
Define the following:
Geo-stationary orbit
Gain of an antenna
SFR in a microcontroller
Quantization error AJOconverter
Thermister
6.
State the limitations of Einstein's theory
for heat capacity of solids. How were these
circumvented by Debye Obtain the expression for
heat capacity based on Debye's theory.
The state of a particle of mass m in an infinite square well potential in one dimension
0 x a
∞ elsewhere
is described by
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Normalize the wave function and find A.
If energy is measured in this state, what
is the probability of finding the particle
in the first excited state
What is the average value of energy in
this state?
7.
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Consider the transition from 2P(ml 1
to the low er 2S state of hydrogen atom. Using
the following data, find the radiative life time
of the 2P state. Given
Ratio of Einstein coefficients:
src='./qimages/7996-7a-ii.jpg'>
N longitudinal modes in a resonator of length,
are mode locked with constant difference, 6
and the modes have the same average amplitude, A.
The intensity of such a mode locked pulse is given
by
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where δω is frequency separation between two
modes.
Show that the temporal separation
between two mode locked pulses is equal
to one round trip 1ransil time of the
photon.
What is the length of a resonator to
achieve mode locked pulses having the
peak temporal separation of 10 ns
Assuming that time between the first
minim um and the first maximum is
approximately equal to the time duration,
td of the total gain profile (FNHM
find approximate number of oscillating
modes for td 0.1 ns.
8. a Draw functional block diagram of an eight
bit microprocessor and explain its working. Show
timing diagram for reading an instruction from
the memory and executing it.the memory and executing it.
Draw the truth table for logic expression
and realise it using basic logic gates.
Explain the uses of satellites placed in the
geostationary orbit and in the low altitude
orbit. What arc the cñ1cri1 used for selection
of uplink and downlink frequencies for the
satellite communication
Specify the most commonly used uplink and
downlink frequency bands for satellite communication.
Draw the characteristic gamma-ray
spectra of Th and show their
energy peaks.
What are the places, in India, where
uranium and thorium ores are found 5
Discuss briefly the use of spinner
magnetometer for finding residual component of
magnetization.
Discuss briefly the ferrimagnetism in
minerals, and give at least one example.
When a ferrimagnetic material will
behave as paramagnetic material
Some of the high density oceanic
materials are having high velocity,
substantiate your answer with suitable
reason.
What is the principle of designing an
inverse filter to remove the water
reverberations due to first reflector.
What are the three adjustments made in
Bouguer gravity of land survey compared to
the Bouguer gravity at an ocean floor site.
What do you mean by a digital filter
Define Discrete Fourier Transform
and its Inverse Discrete Fourier
Transform (IDFT) for a given discrete
time series.
What is z-transform Explain the z-transform
for the sample values of a wavelet or sequence
of time series.
Discuss the energy sources and radiation
principles involved in electromagnetic remote
sensing techniques.
What will be the colour of water seen on
a photograph taken in a wavelength
between0·75µm- 1·3 µm? What is the
spatial resolution of IRS and Quickbird
sensors
If length between two photographs is
to be fixed as 0-85 km and speed of an
aeroplane is 170 km/hr, what should be
the time interval between the opening
of the shutter Find out how many
photographs will be snapped along a
profile line in 9 hours.
2.
Explain deconvolution.
Compute the inverse filter for the
normalized dipole 0.5) and show the
result of deconvolution of the signal
0.5, -1.5 using above
computed inverse filter response.
Write down the expression or Fourier
Transform for a 2·dimensional Bouguer
gravity anomaly.
Explain the role of low-pass and high
pass filters for the separation of region
and residual anomalies.
Show the example of 2-dimensional
maps of Bouguer, Regional and Residual
anomalies.
What do you mean by Auto-correlation
Find out the Auto-correlation o f finite
length wavelet. and plot
the same.
3. Define photogrammetry. Discuss briefly the
Importance of photogrammetry.
Derive an expression for parallax equation.
A tall building manifests a parallax difference
of 13-6 mm between its top and its base on
photographs taken from an altitude of 4000
metres above ground. I f the average photobase
is 108 mm, calculate the height of building.
•
4. Describe the working principle of a LaCaste·
Romberg gravimeter specially designed for
shipboard gravity survey.
What does the ocean floor magnetic
measurements indicate in terms of ocean floor
dynamics?
At a station 200 metres away from out-
cropping dyke, the spectrometric readings for
thorium and uranium are found to be as 25 and
36 counts/min. The constants k1 and k2 for
thorium and uranium channels are 0-6 and
0.13 respectively; and the stripping constants
for thorium y-rays in uranium channel is
one. Find the thorium and uranium contents in
parts per million.
What is that factor on which the strength of the
measured magnetic field depends in absorption
cell magnetometer Find out the gyro-
magnetic ratio of electron for measuring the
earth's magnetic field of 50000 gammas with
precessional frequency as 1400 kHz. How
aero-magnetic survey is earned out for base
metal exploration
5. Prove that Lx, Ly ihLz
where Lx Ly and Lz are the operators
corresponding to the and z-components
of the angular momentum respectively.
Find the energy levels of a particle of mass m
moving in the one-dimensional potential
src='./qimages/7996-5b.jpg'>
where ω is a real constant. Give reasons for
your answer.
Intensity I of e.m. waves passing through
a laser active medium is expressed
where α is absorption
coefficient and is a positive quantity;
src='./qimages/7996-5c.jpg'>
What is the basic requirement for am plifica
lion of e.m, waves?
The spatial part of e.m. field in a cubic cavity
of side l is governed by
∇^2 (Helmholtz equation).
K is propagation vector. Solution of the
equation yields
Kx Ky m/L ,Kz n/L are
integers and represent number or modes that standing wave has along the y and z-directions respectively. Find the length of a parallel plane cavity for the longitudinal modes under resonance condition.
Explain, how the change between Crystalline
and Amorphous structure is used 10 record
the data in CDRW (Phase Change Device
Technology).
Draw the voltage current characteristics for
solar cell with a variable load at fixed solar
insolation. Specify typical value of efficiency
for modem solar cells in common use
nowadays.
Draw a sketch for a non-inverting unity gain
amplifier using an operational amplifier and
minimum possible number of external
components.
Define the following:
Geo-stationary orbit
Gain of an antenna
SFR in a microcontroller
Quantization error AJOconverter
Thermister
6.
State the limitations of Einstein's theory
for heat capacity of solids. How were these
circumvented by Debye Obtain the expression for
heat capacity based on Debye's theory.
The state of a particle of mass m in an infinite square well potential in one dimension
0 x a
∞ elsewhere
is described by
src='./qimages/7996-6b.jpg'>
Normalize the wave function and find A.
If energy is measured in this state, what
is the probability of finding the particle
in the first excited state
What is the average value of energy in
this state?
7.
src='./qimages/7996-7a-i.jpg'>
Consider the transition from 2P(ml 1
to the low er 2S state of hydrogen atom. Using
the following data, find the radiative life time
of the 2P state. Given
Ratio of Einstein coefficients:
src='./qimages/7996-7a-ii.jpg'>
N longitudinal modes in a resonator of length,
are mode locked with constant difference, 6
and the modes have the same average amplitude, A.
The intensity of such a mode locked pulse is given
by
src='./qimages/7996-7b.jpg'>
where δω is frequency separation between two
modes.
Show that the temporal separation
between two mode locked pulses is equal
to one round trip 1ransil time of the
photon.
What is the length of a resonator to
achieve mode locked pulses having the
peak temporal separation of 10 ns
Assuming that time between the first
minim um and the first maximum is
approximately equal to the time duration,
td of the total gain profile (FNHM
find approximate number of oscillating
modes for td 0.1 ns.
8. a Draw functional block diagram of an eight
bit microprocessor and explain its working. Show
timing diagram for reading an instruction from
the memory and executing it.the memory and executing it.
Draw the truth table for logic expression
and realise it using basic logic gates.
Explain the uses of satellites placed in the
geostationary orbit and in the low altitude
orbit. What arc the cñ1cri1 used for selection
of uplink and downlink frequencies for the
satellite communication
Specify the most commonly used uplink and
downlink frequency bands for satellite communication.