2007 PH: Physics Duration : Three Hours Maximum Marks :150 Read the following instructions carefully. This question paper contains 85 objective type questions. Q.1 to Q.20 carry one mark each and Q.21 to Q.85 carry two marks each, Attempt all the questions. Questions must be answered on Objective Response Sheet (ORS) by darkening the appropriate bubble (marked A, B, C, D) using HB pencil agait t the question number on the left hand side of the ORS. Each question has only one correct answer. In case you wish to change an answer, erase the old answer completely. Wrong answers will cary NEGATIVE marks. In Q.1 to Q20, 0.25 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. In Q.21 to Q.76, Q.78, Q.80, Q.82 and in Q.84, 0.5 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. However, there is no negative marking in Q.77, Q.79, Q.81, Q.83 and in Q.85. More than one answer bubbled against a question will be taken as an incorrect response. Unattempted questions will not carry any marks. Write your registration number, your name and name of the examination centre at the specified locations on the right half of the ORS. Using HB peneil, darken the appropriate bubble under each digit of your registration number and the letters corresponding to your paper code. Calculator is allowed in the examination hall. Charts, graph sheets or tables are NOT allowed in the examination hall. Rough work can be done on the question paper itself. Adi at the end of the question paper for rough work. jonally blank pages are given This question paper contains 20 printed pages including pages for rough work. Please check all pages and report, if there is any discrepancy. PH-1/20 ‘8/121 Food/06-PH-1Ame use! ‘constant d formulae Speed of light in free space 3.0 x 10'ms" Atomic mass unit 1.66 x107” kg. Avogadro's number 6.02 x 10" mole“! Bohr magneton 9.27% 107 Am? Boltzmann constant 1.38 x 1075 Kt Electron charge Planck's constant Rest mass of electron 9.11 x 10°! kg. Reduced Planck's constant (h/2) 1.05 x 105s Permeability of free space 1.26 x 10° N A? of free space 8.85 x 10 CN m? ‘V operator in spherical coordinates: Ql Q2 Q3 Q4 Qs Q.1-Q. 20 carry one mark each, The eigenvalues of @ matrix are i, -2i and 3i. The matrix is (A) unitary, (B) anti-unitary. (C) Hermitian. (D) anti-Hermitian. A space station moving in a circular orbit around the Earth goes into a new bound orbit by firing its engine radially outwards. This orbit is (A)a larger circle. (B) a smaller circle. (©anellipse. (D)a parabola. A power amplifier gives 150W output for an input of 1.5W. The gain, in dB, is (a) 10 (B)20 (©) 54 (D) 100 Four point charges are placed in a plane at the following positions: +O at(1, 0), Oat 1,0), + at (0, 1) and -Q at 0, -I). At large distances the electrostatic potential due to this charge distribution will be dominated by the (A) monopole moment, (B) dipole moment. (C) quadrupole moment. (D) octopole moment. A charged capacitor (C) is connected in series with an inductor (L). When the displacement current reduces to zero, the energy of the LC circuit is (A) stored entirely in its magnetic field. (B) stored entirely in its electric field. (C) distributed equally among its electric and magnetic fields. (D) radiated out of the cireuit PH-2/20 1121 FoodI06-PH-1BQ6 Q7 Qs Qo Q10 Qu Match the following P, Franck-Hertz experiment 1. electronic excitation of molecules Q. Hartree-Fock method 2. wave function of atoms R. Stern-Gerlach experiment 3. spin angular momentum of atoms S. Franck-Condon pri 4. energy levels in atoms (A) (B) © () P-4 Pl P3 P-4 Q2 Q4 Q2 QI R3 R3 R4 R3 S-1 $2 Sl S2 ‘The wavefunction of a particle, ing in a one-dimensional time-independent potential V(x), is given by y(x)=e™""*, where a and 6 are constants. This means that the potential M(x) is of the form (A) Vahex (B) Vier © V)=0 O)Va@)ce* “The Dy and D> lines of Na (3°Pi2 > 3°Si2, 3°Ps2—> 3°12) will split on the application of a weak magnetic field into (A) 4 and 6 lines respectively. (B)3 lines each. (C) 6 and 4 lines respectively. (D) 6 lines each. In a He-Ne laser, the laser transition takes place in (A) He only. (B) Ne only. (C) Ne first, then in He. (D) He first, then in Ne, “The partition function of a single gas molecule is Z, . The partition function of N such non-interacting gas molecules is then given by (@.)" B) (z,)" cy a) Z, ©) MZ, wy le (8) (J © N@.) os ‘A solid superconductor is placed in an external magnetic field and then cooled below its critical temperature. The superconductor (A) retains its magnetic flux because the surface current supports it. (B) expels out its magnetic flux because it behaves like a paramagnetic mater (©) expels out its magnetic flux because it behaves like an anti- ferromagnetic material. (D) expels out its magnetic flux because the surface current induces a field in the direction opposite to the applied magnetic field. PH-3/20Quiz Q3 Qua Qs Qi6 Qu7 Qs A particle with energy Eis in a time-independent double well Potential as shown in the figure. Which of the following statements about the particle is NOT. x cai . AT I always be in a bound state, of finding the particle in one well will be time-dependent. (C) The particle will be confined to any one of the wells. (D) The particle can tunnel from one well to the other, and back. Itis necessary to apply quantum statistics to a system of particles if (A) there is substantial overlap between the wavefunctions of the particles. (B) the mean free path of the particles is comparable to the inter-particle separation. (C) the particles have identical mass and charge. (D) the particles are interacting. ‘When liquid oxygen is poured down close to a strong bar magnet, the oxygen stream is (A) repelled towards the lower field because itis (B) attracted towards the higher field because it is diamagné (C) repelled towards the lower field because it is paramagnetic. (D) attracted towards the higher field because it is paramagnetic. Fission fragments are generally radioactive as (A) they have excess of neutrons. (B) they have excess of protons. (C) they are products of radi nuclides. (D) their total kinetic energy is of the order of 200 MeV. Ina typical mpn transistor the doping concentrations in emitter, base and collector regions are Ce, Ca and C. respectively. These satisfy the relation, (A)Ce>Co>Ca (B)Ce>Ca> Ceo (C)Co>Ca>Ce_ (D) Ce=Ce > Co ‘The allowed states for He (2p*) configuration are (A) !So, *S1, 'Pi, Pota, 'Dz and °Ds23 (B)'So, *Pa2 and 'D; (© 'Prand *Po2 (D)'So and 'P; ‘The energy levels of a particle of mass m in @ potential of the form VQ) = @, x50 = dma, x>0 are given, in terms of quantum number n= 0,1,2,3,.... by (A) (+4) ho (B)Gn+t)no (©) Rn+3)nw —(D) (n +3) PH-420Quy Q20 Q21 Q22 Q23 Q24 The electromagnetic field due to a point charge must be described by Lignard- Weichert potentials when (A) the point charge is highly accelerated. (B) the electric and magnetic fields are not perpendicular. (C) the point charge is moving with velocity close to that of light. (D) the calculation is done for the radiation zone, i.e. far away from the charge. The strangeness quantum number is conserved in (A) strong, weak and electromagnetic interactions. (B) weak and electromagnetic interactions only. (C) strong and weak interactions only. (D) strong and electromagnetic interactions only. Q.21 to Q. 75 carry two marks each. 3 4 ‘The eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the matrix [; ‘1 are woes] asm osm) oem ‘A vector field is defined everywhere as tit zk. The net flux of F associated with a cube of side L, with one vertex at the origin and sides along the positive X,Y, and Z axes, is (2 (Bal? (©) BL () 101? (B) ¥-7 =2 and YP] (D) 9-7 =3 and YF] f r Consider a vector 5 = 21 +3}-+2k in the coordinate system (i, j,#). The axes are rotated anti-clockwise about the Y axis by an angle of 60°. The vector in the (A) (V3) 4371+ +E B) +Y3)i+ 37+ 0-V3)F © 0-V3)'+ G+ V3) +28 (D) (-V3)i"+ B= V3)j' + 2k PH-S/2025 The costour integral §45 = is to be evaluated on a circle of radius 2a centered at ical vii evo seibalisly tein points (B) ia and -ia ee D) Le a YE 7 a oe Inverse Laplace transform of oat (A) cos2x+4sin2x (B) cosx+tsinx ©) cosh Ssinh x (©) cosh2x + 4sinh2x Q.27 The points, where the series solution of the Legendre differential equation 4 phe aig 3 73 (l-x Vat ae + 35 thy= 0 will diverge, are ‘encie 3 5 (A) Oand1 (B) Oand-1 (© -land1 ©) 5 and > 78 solution ofthe differential equation xe y =x*, with the boundary condition that yelatx=lis (A) y=5x*- Q29 Match the following P. rest mass 1. timelike vector Q. charge 2. Lorentz invariant R. four-momentum 3. tensor of rank 2 S. electromagnetic field 4. conserved and Lorentz invariant a) ®) © ©) P2 P-4 P2 P-4 Q4 Q2 Q4 Q2 R3 RI Rel RB S-1 $3 $3 SI PH-6/20Q30 Q3l Q32 ‘The moment of inertia of a uniform sphere of radius r about an axis passing through its centre is given by 24.0) ; s\3 A rigid sphere of uniform mass density p and radius R has two smaller spheres of radius R/2 hollowed out of it, as shown in the figure. The = moment of inertia of the resulting body about the Y axis is ws @ Be om oe itu 4 12 12 4 “The Lagrangian of a particle of mass m is a (a z -3((¢) (4) (3) He +y')+W sinaot, where V, W and o are constants. The conserved quantities are (A) energy and z-component of linear momentum only. (B) energy and 2-component of angular momentum only. (C) z-components of both linear and angular momenta only. (D) energy and z-components of both linear and angular momenta. ‘Three particles of mass m each situated at x,(¢), x,(¢) and x,(t) respectively are connected by two springs of spring constant k and un-stretched length ¢. The system is free to oscillate only in one dimension along the straight line joining all the three particles. The Lagrangian of the system is o 1058) Hie Seon ® 1-94) (Sy +B) | Koso Klan 07 03a) oa © a vis ye a |e aie 8 |S Hiss Sno? PH-7/20Q33 Q34 Q35 Q36 Q37 Q38 ‘The Hamiltonian of a particle is H = oe Pq, where q is the generalized coordinate and pis the corresponding canonical momentum. The Lagrangian is watg.) oF) -3-] A toroidal coil has NV closely-wound turns. Assume the current through the coil to be / and the toroid is filled with a magnetic material of relative permittivity 4,. The magnitude of magnetic induction 8 inside the toroid, at a radial distance r from the axis, is given by (A) Hor (© Maal (D) 2u,0Nir 2ar An electromagnetic wave with E(z,t) = £,cos(wt—kz)/ is traveling in free space and crosses a disc of radius 2 m placed perpendicular to the z-axis. If E, = 60 V m"', the average power, in Watt, crossing the disc along the z-direction is (A)30 (6) 60 (C) 120 (D) 270 Can the following scalar and vector potentials describe an electromagnetic field? 9G) = 32-41 AGS,t) = (2x-an)i +(y-22)} + (2-2xe* )k where @ is a constant, (A) Yes, in the Coulomb gauge. (B) Yes, in the Lorentz gauge. (©) Yes, provided @ =0. (D) No. Fora particle of mass m in a one-dimensional harmonie oscillator potential of the form V(x) =Lmo"x*, the first excited energy eigenstate is (x) = xe". The value ofais (A) mo/4h (B) mo/3h (C) mo/2h (D) 2m@/3h If [xp J=ih, the value of [2°,p] is (A) 2inx* (B) ~ 2ihx? (©) 3inx* (D) -3ifx? PH-8/20Q39 Q40 Qa4l Qaz Q43 ‘There are only three bound states for a particle of mass m in a one-dimensional potential well of the form shown in the figure. The depth Yo of the potential satisfies ‘An atomic state of hydrogen is represented by the following wavefunction: 3/3 14 Be Vg veoor=e( 2} (Lem eoe. ‘where ay is a constant. The quantum numbers of the state are (A) £=0,m=0,n (©) f=1,m=0,n= @) @) ‘Three operators X, Y and Z satisfy the commutation relations [xy]=inz, [¥,2Z]=inx and [Z,X]=inY - ‘The set ofall possible eigenvalues of the operator Z., in units of A, is 1 By {! ®) { i Te p) {444 © { he i ‘A heat pump working on the Carnot cycle maintains the inside temperature of a house at 22° C by supplying 450 kJ s". Ifthe outside temperature is 0° C, the heat taken, in kJ s", from the outside air is approximately (A) (0, #1, 42, 23, a 0,2. o {oe} eee’ 2 (ay4s7 (B)470 (©) 467 (D) 417 “The vapour pressure p (in mm of Hg) ofa solid, at temperature 7, is expressed by 3 -3863/T and that of its liquid phase by In p=19-3063/T . The triple point (in Kelvin) of the material is (A) 185 (B) 190 (© 195 (D) 200 PH-9/20 5/121 Foodi05-PH-2Q44 Q45 46 Qa7 Q48 49 Q50 where a is a constant. 2 The entropy S and the pressure P of the photon gas are The free energy for a photon gas is given by F = 3) B) s-!avré (8) s-lavr', P ©)s-lar, P A system has energy levels Eo, 2, 3£o,..., where the excited states are triply degenerate. Four non-interacting bosons are placed in this system. If the total energy of these bosons is SE , the number of microstates is (2 (B)3 «4 @) 5 In accordance with the selection rules for electric dipole transitions, the 4°P, state of helium can decay by photon emission to the states (A) 2!So, 2'P; and 3'D> (B) 3!P), 3'D; and 3'So (C) 3°Pa, 3°Ds and 3°Po (D) 2°S:, 3°; and 3°, If an atom is in the *D, state, the angle between its orbital and spin angular momentum vectors ( Land S) is aad 2. ad ava A) 008" Fe ©) cos" © cos ©) cos ‘The hyperfine structure of Na (3*Paz)_ with nuclear spin / = 3/2 has (A) 1 state. (B)2 states. (© 3 states. (D)4 states. ‘The allowed rotational energy levels of a rigid hetero-nuclear diatomic molecule are expressed ase, = BJ(J +1), where B is the rotational constant and J is a rotational ‘quantum number. Ina system of such diatomic molecules of reduced mass j1, some of the atoms of one clement are replaced by a heavier isotope, such that the reduced mass is changed to 1.051. In the rotational spectrum of the system, the shift in the spectral line, corresponding to a transition J= 4 J=5, is (A) 0.475 B (B) 0.50 B (© 0958 (D) 1.08 ‘The number of fundamental vibrational modes of CO; molecule is (A) four: 2 are Raman active and 2 are infrared active. 1 is Raman active and 3 are infrared active. is Raman active and 2 are infrared active. are Raman active and 1 is frared a PH-1020Qst Q52 Q33 Qs4 Q55 A piece of paraffin is placed in a uniform magnetic field H,. The sample contains hydrogen nuclei of mass m, which interact only with external magnetic field. An additional oscillating magnetic field is applied to observe resonance absorption. If g is the g-factor of the hydrogen nucleus, the frequency, at which resonance absorption takes place, is given by 3g,eHy 3g,eH, eH, eH, 2 ae Ae (D) 2 zm iF es ™, Ae 2am, 4zm, ~ ‘The solid phase of an clement follows van der Waals bonding with inter-atomic potential V(r) =-2 + 2, me where P and Q are constants. The bond length can be expressed as of of ofs) o(6) Consider the atomic packing factor (APF) of the following crystal structures: P. Simple Cubic Q. Body Centred Cubic R. Face Centred Cubic S. Diamond T. Hexagonal Close Packed Which two of the above structures have equal APF? (A) P and Q (B)S and T (C) Rand (D) Rand T In a powder diffraction pattern recorded from a face-centred cubic sample using x- rays, the first peak appears at 30°. The second peak will appear at (A) 32.8° (B) 33.7" (©) 34.8° (D) 35.3° Variation of electrical resistivity p with temperature T of three solids is sketched (on different scales) in the figure, as curves P,Q and R. Which one of the following statements describes the variations most appropriately? (A) Pis for a superconductor, and R for a semiconductor. (B) Qis for a superconductor, and P for a conductor. (C) Qis for a superconductor, and R for a conductor. (D) Ris for a superconductor, and P for a conductor. PH-11/2056 Qs7 Qs8 Qs9 Q.60 Q61 Q62 ‘An extrinsic semiconductor sample of cross-section A and length L is doped in such a way that the doping concentration varies as N.,(x) = No; ex{-4). where No is a constant. Assume that the mobility ,« of the majority carriers remains constant . The resistance R of the sample is given by L WRT [expq1.o)—1] (B) R=——[exp(l.0)-1] L © Rey Se (D) R= fae AA ferromagnetic mixture of iron and copper having 75% atoms of Fe exhibits a saturation magnetization of 1.3x10° A m'. Assume that the total number of atoms: per unit volume is 8x 10m”. The magnetic moment of an iron atom, in terms of the Bohr Magneton, is (LT (B)23 © 29 (@) 38 Half life ofa radio-isotope is 410" years. If there are 10° radioactive nuclei in a sample today, the number of such nuclei in the sample 4% 10” years ago were (A) 128%10° (B) 256x10° (C) 512x10” (D) 102410" In the deuterium + tritium (d + 9 fusion more energy is released as compared to deuterium + deuterium (d +d) fusion because (A) tritium is radioact (B) more nucleons participate in fusion. (Othe Coulomb barrier is lower for the d + 1 system than d+ d system (D) the reaction product ‘He is more tightly bound. According to the shell model the ground state spin of the 'O nucleus is Bn s* 3h So E S = (D) = Os @) 2 © 2 oie A relativistic particle travels a length of 3x10" m in air before decaying. The decay process of the particle is dominated by (A) strong interactions. (B) electromagnetic interactions. (©) weak interactions. (D) gravitational interactions. ‘The strange baryon 5” has the quark structure (A) uds (B) und (© mus (D) we PH-12/202.63 Q64 Q65 2.66 Q67 Anneutron scatters elastically from a heavy nucleus. The initi neutron have the (A) same energy. (B) same energy and linear momentum. (©) same energy and angular momentum, (D) same linear and angular momenta. The circuit shown is based on ideal operational amplifiers. It acts as a (A) subtractor. (C) adder. Identify the function F generated by the logic network shown (A)F=(K+Y)Z (©F=ZY(¥+X) In the circuit shown, the ports Q: and Q: are in the state Q= 1, Q=0. The circuit is now subjected to two complete clock (B) buffer amplifier. (©) divider. (B)F=Z+¥+¥X (D) F= XYZ f pulses. The state of these ports. §=— [1 °—fax now becomes (A)Q=1,Qi=0 — (B)Q=0,Qi=1 (C) Q=1, The registers Qo, Qc, Qu and Qu shown in the figure are initially in the state 1010 respectively. An input ‘sequence SI = 0101 is applied. After two clock pulses, the state of the shift registers (in the same sequence QpQcQz Qa) is (A) 1001, (B) 0100 (©) 0110 PH-13/20 =1 (@) Q@=0,Q:=0 jeux si o101 (D) 1010Q68 Q69 Q70 For the circuit shown, the potential i es difference (in Volts) across Riis 38V Rasa = 76y (A) 48 (B) s2 (C) 56 (D) 65 In the circuit shown, the voltage at test point P P is 12 V and the voltage between gate and Voo= 16 V source is -2V. The value of R (in kO) is ae 2kQ R Pia (A) 42 (B) 48 (©) 56 (D) 70 ‘When an input voltage V; , ofthe form shown, is applied to the circuit given below, the output voltage Vis of the form (A) Rv 5 ov NS © Rv -. ees SS PH-14720‘Common Data Questions Common Data for Questions 71,72,73: particle of mass m is confined in the ground state of a one-dimensional box, extending from aX p08, x=-2L to x=+2L. The wavefunction of the particle in this state is y(x) = a where y, is a constant. Q71 The normalization factor y, of this wavefunction is 2 1 of (B) aE «) ee (D) Q72__ The energy eigenvalue corresponding to this state is nxt x’ 4mL 16mi ax Oo ®) Q73 The expectation value of p? (p is the momentum operator) in this state is eee net (A) 0 = ae (a) Oe Shera Common Data for Questions 74, 75 : ‘The Fresnel relations between the amplitudes of incident and reflected electromagnetic waves at an interface between air and a dielectric of refractive index 1, are irons = SOT HCO pret andy tnd HOST 608i presen cosr + 108i 0s + 0s! ‘The subscripts || and refer to polarization, parallel and normal to the plane of incidence respectively. Here, i and r are the angles of incidence and refraction respectively. Q.74 The condition for the reflected ray to be completely polarized is (A) 0081 = cosr (B) cosi = pcosr (©) ucosi =—cosr (D) cosi=~sreosr Q75 For normal incidence at an air-glass interface with 1.5 the fraction of energy reflected is given by (A) 0.40 (B) 0.20 (©) 0.16 (D) 0.04 PIL-1S20Linked Answer Questions: Q.76 to Q.85 carry two marks each. ‘Statement for Linked Answer Questions 76 & 77; In the laboratory frame, a particle P of rest mass m is moving in the positive x direction with a speed of = It approaches an identical particle Q, moving in the negative x direction with a speed of 22 Q76 The speed of the particle Pin the rest frame of the particle Q is we @ ox o & Q77 The ‘energy of the particle P in the rest frame. of the particle Q is jg) Tod: u 2 Cy D) me? (B) qme’ © 3% @) pe ‘Statement for Linked Answer ‘Questions 78 & 79 ‘The atomic density of a solid is 5.85x10™m’. Its electrical resi: ity is 1.610% 2m, Assume that electrical conduction is described by the Drude model (classical theory), and that each atom contributes one conduction electron, Q78 The drift mobility (in m? V's") of the conduction electrons is (A) 6.67107 (B) 6.6710 (C) 7.63x107 (D) 7.63«10° 2.79 The relaxation time (mean free time), in seconds, of the conduction electrons is (A) 3.9810" (B) 3.7910" ©) 284x107 (D) 2.64x10"" Statement for Linked Answer Questions 80 & 81: A sphere of radius R carries a polarization P = kF , where k is a constant and F is ‘measured from the centre of the sphere. Q80 The bound surface and volume charge densities are given, respectively, by (A) ~Afp] and 3k (B)) AF] and -3k — (C)_KP| and 4k (D)- Af] and 4nkR Q81 The electric field E ata point * outside the sphere is given by (A) E=0 ARR = 1°) © E= PH-16/20Statement for Linked Answer Questions 82 & 83: An ensemble of quantum harmonic oscillators is kept at a finite temperature T= 1/k,f. 282 The partition function ofa single oscillator with energy levels (n+ Pha is given by inert Aner (A) 2 = oe ®) 2 eer ©) 2 = oie I¥e Q83 The average number of energy quanta of the oscillators is given by 1 phe A) =-$ Statement for Linked Answer Questions 84 & 85: A.16 HA beam of alpha particles, having cross-sectional area 10“ m*, is incident on a shodium target of thickness 1 jim. This produces neutrons through the reaction @+"Rh Pd +3n, Q.84 The number of alpha particles hitting the target per second is (A) 0.5 « 10" (B)1.0x 10" (©) 2.0x 10” (D) 4.0 10” Ifthe density of rhodium is Q85 The neutrons are observed at the rate of 1.806 x 10° (in barns) is approximated as 10* kg m” the cross-section for the rea (or (B02 (©) 04 (©) 08 END OF THE QUESTION PAPER Space for Rough Work PH-17/20