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Mukund Pandya, M.Sc.
OTA ID#: 104664

Education Experience: BSc, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Vikram Uni. Ujjain, 1975
MSc, Physics, Vikram Uni. Ujjain, 1977
BEd, Science, Bhopal University Bhopal, 1983
MA, Sociology, Ravishankar University Raipur, 1986
Focus of Study: To increase my understanding of the various concepts of physics.
Work Experience: Working as physics tutor to prepare the students for various competitive entrance examinations like IITJEE, PMT, and AIEEE.

Worked as Physics Lecturer in various Schools of Education department of ‘Bhilai Steel Plant” Bhilai, from July 1978 to February 2005. (Retired Voluntarily)

Worked as Physics Teacher in Hindi Higher Sec. School, Dahod, (Gujarat) for one year 1977-1978.
Skills & Achievements: Solving the problems mostly using basic fundamentals.
Participated as resource Person for various seminars conducted for teachers by Education department of B.S.P.
Outside Interests: Indian Classical Music.
Postings Answered: 989
Cumulative OTA Rating: 5/5  What is OTA Rating?
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  1. 25 Multiple Choice question all mechanics, Fully explained - 1. A bicycle travels 141 m along a circular track of radius 15m. What is the angular displacement in radians of the bicycle from its starting position? a. 1.0 rad b. 1.5 rad c. 3.0 rad d. 4.7 ra ...
  2. Electricity: Power Generation by Wind Turbine. - Assume a wind turbine with a hub 50 meters above the ground, a rotor diameter of 65 meters and a wind-conversion efficiency of 25 percent. The turbine operates in an area with an average wind-power de ...
  3. 25 Multiple choice questions based on alternating current and EM waves. - (See attached file for full problem description) --- 1. The current in a certain ac circuit is independent of the frequency at a given voltage. Which combination of elements is most likely to comp ...
  4. 25 MCQ: Thermal effects, fluid flow, Archimedes principle.. - 1. The density of the liquid flowing through the horizontal pipe in the drawing above is 1500 kg/m3. The speed of the fluid at pint A is 5.5 m/s while at point B it is 8.0 m/s. What is the difference ...
  5. Radioactivity - The half-life of tritium is approximately 12 years. What will be the molar ratio of tritium to helium-3 in a sealed sample after 25 years?
  6. 17 Problems All in Mechanics: Force, tension, energy, vel... - Question 1: A packing crate is placed on a plane inclined at an angle of 35o from horizontal. If the coefficient of static friction between the crate and the plane is 0.65, will the crate slide down t ...
  7. Basic Physic Questions - Question 1: A 3.0-g bullet traveling at 350 m/s hits a tree and slows down uniformly to a stop while penetrating a distance of 12 cm into the tree's trunk. What was the force exerted on the bullet in ...
  8. Values of tangent (tan A) of an angle - Consider the graph of y = tan x (see attached). (a) How does it show that the tangent of 90 degrees is undefined? (b) What are other undefined x values? (c) What is the value of the tangent of ...
  9. Physics - Resistance Problem - 1. This pre-lab explores the characteristics of wires in DC circuits. Keep in mind that an ordinary wire has low but finite resistance. For these questions assume the wire resistance is 0.1 Ohms, th ...
  10. Basic Physics Problems (Force; Acceleration; Friction; Energy: Kinetic, Mechanical, Potential) - Question 1: A 1.5-kg object moves up the y-axis at a constant speed. When it reaches the origin, the forces F1 = 5.0 N at 37o above the +x-axis, F2 = 2.5 N in the +x-direction, F3 = 3.5 N at 45o below ...
  11. Relation in radius and height of a cylinder of given volume - Suppose the volume of a cylinder (think about the volume of a can) is given by V = πr2h where r is the radius of the cylinder and h is the height of the cylinder. Now suppose the volume of the ca ...
  12. 11 MCQ: Thermal effects, fluid flow, buoyant force, etc - A tanker ship is filled with 2.25 x 105 m3 of gasoline at a refinery in southern Texas when the temperature is 17.2° C. When the ship arrives in New York City, the temperature is 1.3° C. If the coeffi ...
  13. Geometric series: Good learning - Use the geometric series of numbers 1, 2, 4, 8,…to find the following: What is r, the ratio between 2 consecutive terms? Can you please show how you get the answers in detail to help me Thanks. ...
  14. Hydostatics: Force and torque on a dam wall of reservoir - As the reservoir behind a dam is filled with water, the pressure that the water exerts on the dam increases. Eventually, the force on the dam becomes substantial, and it could cause the dam to collaps ...
  15. Work, Power and Enerhgy: Wind Turbines - Could you please explain what formula and step are involved and please provide (example) problem if possible? a)Assume a wind turbine with a hub 50 meters above the ground, a rotor diameter of 75 m ...
  16. 7 Multiple choice questions on various phenomenon of physics - Please assist with the attached problems that I am having problems solving. Any help is appreciated. Thank you. 1. The x and y components of a displacement vector are -3.00 m and +4.00 m, respectiv ...
  17. Electricity problems - 1. Two spherical drops of mercury each have a charge of 0.1 nC and a potential of 300v at the surface. The two drops merge to form a single drop. What is the potential at the surface of the new drop? ...
  18. Magnetic Field Intensity - 1. A disc of Radius a lies on x-y plane with the z axis through its center. Surface Charge of uniform density P (row ) lies on the disk, which rotates about the Z axis at an angular velocity (ohm ...
  19. Torque Problem - 5. A crane of mass mc = 3400 kg supports a load of ml = 11300 kg as in Figure. The crane is pivoted with a frictionless pin at A and rests against a smooth support at B. Find the reaction forces at A ...
  20. Problem Set - (See attached file for full problem description) --- 2. The leg and cast in Figure P4.18 weigh 270 N, with the center of mass as indicated by the blue arrow in the diagram. The counterbalance w ...
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