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PART-A
1. The most abundant element by mass in the 6. Three boys A, B and C kicked three balls
human body is horizontally from the edge of the roof of a
(a) carbon (b) hydrogen building. The horizontal distances traversed
by these balls before hitting the ground
(c) calcium (d) oxygen
2. A number of system consists of digits 0, 1, 2, 3, are d A , d B , dC respectively, with d A  d B  dC If
4 and 5. What is the decimal equivalent of 15 in t A , t B and tC are the times taken to hit the
this number system. ground respectively, then
(a) 15 (b) 13 (a) t A  t B  tC (b) t A  t B  tC
(c) 11 (d) 12 (c) t A  t B  tC (d) t A  t B  tC
3. A segment of circle (slightly greater than a 7. What is the minimum number of .cards you need
semicircle, whose centre is O) is given below. to uncover from the top of a well-shuffled deck
Identify the correct statement regarding the three of 52 playing cards, to ensure that you have two
angles A, B and C. cards of a suit
B
C (a) 41 (b) 15
A
(c) 7 (d) 5
O
170° 8. A swinging door is to be stopped by driving a
(a) A is equal to B but not equal to C. wedge between the floor and the door. The most
favorable position of the wedge is close to
(b) A, B and C are equal and have a value of 85°
the
(c) A, B and C are unequal.
(a) outer edge of the door because even a small
(d) A, B and C are each equal to 95°. frictional force can provide adequate torque
4. After bubbling air through pure water (pH = 7.0), to stop the door swing.
its pH decreased. Which of the following is (b) outer edge of the door because the frictional
responsible for the pH change force is the largest at the outer edge.
(a) Nitrogen (b) Carbon dioxide (c) hinged edge of the door because the moment
(c) Oxygen (d) Helium of force is smallest near the hinge.
5. Which of the following caused disruption of air- (d) hinged edge of the door because there is
traffic in Europe after the volcanic eruption in friction in the hinge.
Iceland in the year 2010
9. The simple representation of a detergent
(a) Risk of engine damage by volcanic ash. molecule is given below:
(b) Increased local temperature. Which one of the following representations
(c) Reduced visibility due to volcanic gases. describes the interaction of the detergent
(d) Presence of toxic gases. molecule in a system composed of grease and
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water. (a) 157 (b) 156
(c) 299 (d) 144
ionic
tail head 13. A room has a west-facing window with glass
panes. Which of the following is the most
(a) Air effective way to prevent the room from getting
Water
hot in summer?
(a) Cover the inside of the glass pane by a black
Grease
paper.
(b) Air (b) Cover the outside of the glass pane by an
Water aluminum foil.
Grease (c) Cover the outside of the glass pane by a
white thermocol sheet.
(c) Air
(d) Cover the inside of the glass pane by a white
Water
thermocol sheet.
14. A jar containing an iron block B was floating on
Grease
water in a bigger container. The block was taken
(d) Air out and put into water. As a result, the level of
water in the container will
Water

Grease B

10. The figure shows cumulative weight percent

curves for different types of sediments. Which (a) rise
type of sediment has the narrowest size (b) fall
distribution? (c) remain the same
100 (d) rise or fall depending upon the mass of the
Flood Dune
Gravel Sand block
Loess
Giacial 15. Suppose the Sun somehow becomes a black hole
Till
without change in its mass. Then this black hole
0 will pull into itself
size
(a) all the planets
(a) Dune sand (b) Glacial till (b) only mercury
(c) Flood gravel (d) Loess (c) all planets from mercury to mars
11. Which of the following animals does not have (d) none of the planets
modified legs used for flight?
16. Absolute water content in the air in the
(a) Sparrow (b) Bat equatorial region is measured to be 18 g irf3 and
(c) Flying squirrel (d) Butterfly the same is 4 g irf3 in the polar region. However,
12. A polypeptide of 300 amino acids has tyrosine the values of relative humidity reported are 60%
at the 157th position. If the tyrosine codon and 78%, respectively. This could be because
mutates to a nonsense codon, what would be (a) equatorial region is warmer and therefore the
the size of the polypeptide in this mutated atmosphere has a higher water holding
organism? capacity.
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(b) winds are stronger in the polar region. would be
(c) polar region is ice-covered and therefore its
atmosphere has a higher water content.
(d) of higher snowfall in the polar region. A B C
17. Oxidation of alcohols to acids involves formation (a) A> B > C (b) B > A > C
and cleavage of bonds. Which of the following (c) B > C > A (d) C > A > B
possibilities is valid in the process? 19. Parents with blood groups A and AB have two
(a) Formation of C=O bond and cleavage of O-H children. Which of the following cannot be the
and C-H bonds. blood groups of their children?
(b) Formation of C=O bonds and cleavage of O- (a) A and AB (b) B and AB (c)
H bond. A and B (d) O and B.
(c) Formation of C=O bonds and cleavage of C- 20. A long cylinder has an axially placed two-bladed
H bonds. fan spinning inside it. Bullets are shot through
(d) Formation of C=O bond and cleavage of O-H the cylinder at a constant rate. If the number of
and C-H bonds. blades is increased to four, the number of bullets
18. Droplets of a herbicide solution form various (a) missing the blades is halved.
shapes on a leaf as shown. (b) missing the blades is reduced by one-fourth.
Assuming that the droplets have the same (c) hitting the blades is doubled.
volume, the trend in the rates of herbicide uptake (d) hitting the blades remains the same.

PART-B
(COMPULSORY) EACH QUESTION CARRIES 3.5 MARKS
EACH WRONG ANSWER HAS APENALTY OF 25% OF MARKS

shown in the figure. The kinetic energy of the

21. Consider three polarizers P1 , P2 and P3
pendulum is
placed along an axis as shown in the figure.
The pass axis of P1 and P3 are at right angles to
l
each other while pass axis of P2 makes an angle 1
 with that of P1. A beam of unpolarized light of
m
intensity I0 is incident on P1 as shown. The
intensity of light emerging from P3 is
l
P1 P2 P3 2

(unpolarized) m
Is 1 2 2  2
(a) ml 1   2 
2
1 2 2 2
I0 (b) ml  21   2  212 cos(1   2 ) 
(a) 0 (b) 2
2
1 2 2
I0 I0 (c) ml 1  222  212 cos(1   2 ) 
(c) sin 2 2 (d) sin 2
2
2
8 4
1 2 2 2
22. A double pendulum consists of two point masses (d) ml  21   2  212 cos(1   2 ) 
2
m attached by massless strings of length l as
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23. In the operational amplifier circuit below, the 28. A static charge distribution gives rise to an
voltage at point A is
rˆ
+5V electric field of the form E   1  e  r / R ,
r2
1K
1V – where  and R are positive constants. The charge
1V + contained within a sphere of radius R, centered
1K at the origin is
1K
–5V
e e2
(a)  0 (b)  0
R2 R2
(a) 1.0V (b) 0.5V
(c) 0V (d) –5.0V R R2
(c) 4 0 (d)  0
e e
24. A point particle of mass m carrying an electric
charge q is attached to a spring of stiffness 29. A counter consists of four flip – flops connected
constant k. A constant electric field E along the as shown in the figure.
direction of the spring is switched on forr a time If the counter is initialized as A0 A1 A2 A3  0110 ,
interval T (where T  m / k ) . Neglecting the state after the next clock pulse is
(a) 1000 (b) 0001
radiation loss, the amplitude of oscillation after
the field is switched off is : (c) 0011 (d) 1100

(a) qE / k (b) qET 2 / m 30. In a Young’s double slit interface experiment,

the slits are at a distance 2L from each other and
(c) qE m / Tk 3 / 2 (d) qET / mk the screen is at a distance D from the slits. If a
25. A constant force F is applied to a relativistic glass slab of refractive index  and thickness d
particle of rest mass m. If the particle starts from is placed in the path of one of the beams, the
rest at t = 0, its speed after a time t is minimum value of d for the central fringe to be
dark is
 Ft 
(a) Ft/m (b) c tanh   D D
 mc  (a) 2 (b) (   1) L
2
(   1) D  L
Fct
(c) c 1  e Ft / mc  (d)  
F t  m2 c 2
2 2
(c) (   1) (d) 2(  1)
26. The potential of a diatomic molecule as a
function of the distance r between the atoms is 31. The pins 0, 1, 2 and 3 of part A of a microcontroller
a b are connected with resistors to drive an LED at
given by V (r )   6  12 . The value of the various intensities as shown in the figure. For
r r
potential at equilibrium separation between the Vcc  4.2V and a voltage drop of 1.2V across
atoms is:
the LED, the range (maximum current) and
(a) 4a 2 / b (b) 2a 2 / b resolution (step size) of the drive current are,
respectively.
(c) a 2 / 2b (d) a 2 / 4b
VCC
27. Four equal point charges are kept fixed at the 
four vertices of a square. How many neutral
A3
points (i.e., points where the electric field 0.75 k
A2
vanishes) will be found inside the square C 1.5 k
A1
(a) 3 (b) 4 3k
(c) 5 (d) 7 A0
6k
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(a) 4.0mA and 1.0mA 38. The internal energy E of a system is given by
(b) 15.0mA and 1.0mA bS 3
E , where b is a constant and other symbols
(c) 7.5mA and 0.5mA VN
(d) 4.0mA and 0.5mA have their usual meaning. The temperature of
the system is equal to
32. An unbiased dice is thrown three times
successively. The probability that the numbers bS 2 3bS 2
(a) (b)
of dots on the uppermost surface add up to 16 is VN VN
2
(a) 1/16 (b) 1/36 bS 3 S
(c) 2 (d)  
(c) 1/108 (d) 1/216 V N N

39. Consider a particle in a one dimensional potential
33. The generating function F ( x, t )   Pn ( x )t n that satisfies V(x) = V(–x). Let  0 and  1
n0
denote the ground and the first excited states,
for the Legendre polynomials Pn ( x) is
respectively, and let    0  0  1  1 be
F ( x, t )  (1  2 xt  t 2 ) 1/ 2 . The value of P3 ( 1) a normalized state with 0 and 1 being real
is
constants. The expectation value x of the
(a) 5/2 (b) 3/2
position operator x in the state  is given by
(c) +1 (d) –1
34. Given that the ground state energy of the (a)  02  0 x  0  12  1 x  1
hydrogen atom is –13.6eV, the ground state (b)  01   0 c  1   1 x  0 
energy of positronium (which is a bound state (c)  02  12
of an electron and positron) is
(d) 2 01
(a) +6.8eV (b) –6.8eV
40. A 3  3 matrix M has Tr[M] = 6, Tr[ M 2 ]  26 and
(c) –13.6eV (d) –27.2eV
Tr[M 3 ]  90 . Which of the following can be a
35. Two particles of identical mass move in circular
possible set of eigenvalues of M.
1 2
orbit under a central potential V (r )  kr . Let (a) {1, –1, 4} (b) {–1, 0, 7}
2
(c) {–1, 3, 4} (d) {2, 2, 2}
l1 and l2 be the angular momenta and r1 , r2 be
the radii of the orbits respectively. If l1 / l2  2 , 41. The perturbation H 1  bx 4 , where b is a
constant, is added to the one dimensional
the value of r1 / r2 is 1 2 2
harmonic oscillator potential V ( x)  m x .
(a) 2 (b) 1/ 2 2
(c) 2 (d) 1/2 Which of the following denotes the correction
to the ground state energy to first order in b .
36. The equation of the plane that is tangent to the
[Hint: The normalized ground state wave
surface xyz = 8 at the point (1, 2, 4) is
function of the one dimensional harmonic
(a) x + 2y + 4z = 12 (b) 4x + 2y + z = 12 1/ 4
 m   m x 2 / 2 
(c) x + 4y + 2z = 0 (d) x + y + z = 7 oscillator potential is  0    e .
  
37. The energy of first excited quantum state of a You may use the following integral
particle in the two – dimensional potential  1
2 n  ax2
n
2 
1
1 2 2 2  x e dx  a n  
V ( x, y )  m ( x  4 y ) is  2
2
(a) 2 (b) 3 3bh 2 3bh 2
(a) (b)
3 5 4m 2 2 2m 2 2
(c)  (d)  3bh 2
2 2 15bh2
(c) (d)
2 m 2 2 4m 2 2
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42. A battery powers two circuits C1 and C2 , as 45. A system of N noninteracting spin-1/2 particles
shown in the figure. is placed in an external magnetic field H. The
The total current I drawn from the battery is behavior of the entropy of the system as a
estimated by measuring the currents I1 and I 2 function of energy is given by
through the individual circuits. If I1 and I 2 are S
both 200 mA and if the errors in their
(a)
measurement are 3 mA and 4mA respectively,
the error in the estimate of I is
C2 C1
I E
+ –AH –BH
I2 I1
–
(b) S

(a) 7.0mA (b) 7.5mA

(c) 5.0mA (d) 10.5mA
43. Consider a Maxwellian distribution of the velocity
of the molecules of an ideal gas. Let
–AH E –B H
Vmp and Vrms denote the most probable velocity
and the root mean square velocity, respectively. (c) S
The magnitude of the ratio Vmp / Vrms is
(a) 1 (b) 2/3
(c) 2 / 3 (d) 3/2
44. If the number density of a free electron gas in –BH E –B H
three dimensions is increased eight times, its
S
Fermi temperature will (d)
(a) increase by a factor of 4
(b) decrease by a factor of 4
(c) increase by a factor of 8 –AH E
(d) decrease by a factor of 8

PART-C
46. A particle of mass m moves inside a bowl. If 47. An electron of energy 27GeV collides with a
the surface of the bowl is given by the equation proton of energy 820GeV. The heaviest particle
1 which can be produced in this collision has mass
z  a  x 2  y 2  , where a is a constant, the close to
2
Lagrangian of the particle is (a) 300GeV (b) 821GeV
1 (c) 850GeV (d) 1127GeV
(a) m r  r   gar
 
2 2 2 2

2 48. Let x1 (t ) and x2 (t ) be two linearly independent

1 d2x
(b) m 1  a r  r  r   
2 2 2 2 2
solutions of the differential equation
2 dt 2
dx dx (t )
1 2  f (t ) x  0 , and let w(t )  x1 (t ) 2
(c) m r 2  r 22  r 2 sin 2 2  gar 2
  dt dt
2
dx1 (t )
1  x2 (t ) . If w(0) = 1, then w(1) is given by
(d) m 1  a r  r  r   gar 
2 2 2 2 2 2
dt
2
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(a) 1 (b) e2 53. The graph of the function
(c) 1/e (d) 1/e2  1 for 2n  x  2n  1
f ( x)  
49. Assume that the free energy of a magnetic system 0 for 2n  1  x 2n  2
has an expansion in the order parameter M of the is (where n = 0, 1, 2, 3,…) is shown in figure. Its
form cM 6 , with a, b and c > 0. As the
Laplace transform f (s ) is
temperature is lowered below TC, the system
f(x)
undergoes a phase transition. The behavior of
the order parameter just below the transition, 1
where (T – TC) is very small, is best described by
x
(a) M  (TC  T ) 1/ 2 0 1 2 3 4 5

(b) M  (TC  T )1/ 2 1  e s 1  e s

(a) (b)
s s
(c) M  (TC  T )
1 1
(d) M  (TC  T )3 (c) s 1  e s  (d) s 1  e  s 
50. A planet of mass m moves in the inverse square 54. The energy levels of electrons of mass m and
central force field of the Sun of mass M. If the charge econfined in an areaA in the xy – plane
semi – major and semi – minor axes of the orbit with a uniform magnetic field B applied in the z –
are a and b, respectively, the total energy of the
 1  eB
planet is : direction are given by En   n   ,
 2  mc
GMm 1 1 n  0,1, 2,3,.... . The degeneracy of each level is
(a)  (b) GMm   
ab a b eBa
. The lowest level is completely filed and
( a  b) c
1 1
(c) GMm    (d) GMm (a  b) 2 2 N
a b the others are empty. The Fermi energy ,
2 mA
51. Let 0 and 1 denote the normalized eigenstates where N is the total number of electrons, is
corresponding to the ground and first excited (a) coincident with the n = 0 level
state of a one dimensional harmonic oscillator. (b) coincident with the n = 1 level
1 (c) midway between the n = 0 the n = 1 levels
The uncertainty p in the state  0  1 ,
2 (d) midway between the n = 1 and the n = 2 levels
is
55. An annulus of mass M made of a material of
(a) p  m / 2 (b) p  m / 2 uniform density has inner and outer radii a and b
respectively. Its principal moment of inertia along
(c) p  m (d) p  2m
the axis of symmetry perpendicular to the plane
52. A laser operating at 500nm is used to excite a of the annulus is :
molecule. If the stokes line is observed at 1 (b 4  a 4 )
770 cm–1, the approximate positions of the stokes (a) M 2
2 (b  a 2 )
and the anti – Stokes and the anti – Stokes lines
are 1
(b) M  (b 2  a 2 )
2
(a) 481.5nm and 520nm
1 2 2
(b) 481.5nm and 500nm (c) M (b  a )
2
(c) 500nm and 520nm 1 2 2
(d) 500nm and 600nm (d) M (b  a )
2
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3 Pz
dx
56. The value of the real integral I  3 x2  3x  2
is (d) z
3 2
(a) (b) ln  
2 5 60. According to the shell model the spin and
(c)  (d) 0 parity of the two nuclei 125 89
are,
51 Sb and 38 Sr
57. The minimum energy of an electron (the rest respectively,
mass of which is 0.5MeV) that can emit Cerenkov + +
 5  5
radiation while passing through water (of (a)   and  
refractive index 1.5) is approximately 2 2
+ +
(a) 1.0MeV (b) 3.0MeV  5  7
(b)   and  
(c) 0.6MeV (d) 0.5MeV  2  2
58. A heater and a thermocouple are used to measure + +
and control the temperature T of a sample at  7  5
(c)   and  
T0  250 C . A feedback circuit supplies power
2 2
P to the heater according to the equation  7
+
 7
+

dT (d)   and  
P  P0  G (T0  T )  D with appropriately 2 2
dt 61. The wave function of the particle at time t = 0
tuned values of the coefficients G and D. In order 1
to maintain temperature stability in the presence is given by  (0)   u1  u2  , where
2
of an external heat perturbation which causes
small but rapid fluctuations of temperature, it is u1 and u2 are the normalized eigenstates with
necessary to eigenvalues E1 and E2 respectively,, ( E2  E1 ) .
(a) decrease D (b) increase D (c) The shortest time after which  (t ) will
decrease G (d) increase G
become orthogonal to  (0) is
59. The trajectory on the zpz - plane (phase – space
trajectory) of a ball bouncing perfectly elastically  
off a hard surface at z = 0 is given by (a) 2( E  E ) (b) ( E  E )
2 1 2 1
approximately by (neglect friction):
2 2
Pz (c) (d)
2E2  E1 ( E2  E1 )
62. A gas of N non – interacting particles is in
(a)
z thermal equilibrium at temperature T. Each
particle can be in any of the possible non –
degenerate states
Pz
of energy 0, 2 and 4 . The average energy
per particle of the gas, when   1 , is
(b) z
(a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 2/3 (d) 
63. The first few terms in the Taylor series expansion
Pz

of the function f(x) = sin x around x  are
(c) 4
z
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2 3 49
1    1  1   25 Mn nucleus is
(a) 1+
  x   +  x   +  x   +...
2   4  2!  4  3! 4   (a) 4.9×10 -13 m (b) 4.9×10 -15 m
2 3
1    1  1   (c) 5.1×10 -13 m (d) 5.1×10 -15 m
(b) 1  x     x     x    ...
2   4  2! 4  3! 4  
68. The ratio of intensities of the D1 and D2 lines
3
  1  of sodium at high temperature is
(c)  x     x  
 4  3!  4 (a) 1:1 (b) 2:3
2 3
1  x x  (c) 1:3 (d) 1:2
(d) 1  x   .....
2 2! 3!  69. A constant perturbation as shown in the figure
64. A one-dimensional chain consists of a set of N below acts on a particle of mass m confined in
rods each of length a . When stretched by a an infinite potential well between 0 and L. The
load, each rod can align either parallel or first order correction to the ground state energy
perpendicular to the length of the chain. The of the particle is
energy of a rod is –when ‘aligned parallel to (a) V0 / 2 (b) 3V0 / 4
the length of the chain and is + when
(c) V0 / 4 (d) 3V0 / 2
perpendicular to it. When the chain is in thermal
equilibrium at temperature T, its average length 70. An atom of mass M can be excited to a state of
is mass M   by photon capture. The frequency
(a) Na/2 (b) Na of a photon which can cause this transition is
(a) c 2 / 2h (b) c 2 / h

(c) Na 1  e  2  / k BT
 (d) Na 1  e 2  / k BT

65. If the hyperfine interaction in an atom is given (c) 2 c2 / 2 Mh (d) (  2 M )c 2 / 2 Mh
   
by H  aS e .S p where Se and S p denote the 71. The excitations of a three – dimensional solid
electron and proton spins, respectively, the are bosonic in nature with their frequency  and
splitting between the 3 S1 and 1 S 0 state is wave – number k are related by k2 in the
large wavelength limit. If the chemical potential
(a) a 2 / 2 (b) a 2
is zero, the behavior of the specific heat of the
(c) a 2 / 2 (d) 2a 2 system at low temperature is proportional to
66. Consider a solenoid of radius R with n turns (a) T1/2 (b) T
per unit length, in which a time dependent 3/2
(c) T (d) T3
current I  I 0 (where  R / c  1 ) flows. The 72. Gas molecules of mass m are confined in a
magnitude of the electric field at a perpendicular cylinder of radius R and height L (with R>>L)
distance r< R from the axis of symmetry of the kept vertically in the Earth’s gravitational field.
solenoid, is The average energy of the gas at low temperature
1 (such that mgL  k BT ) is given by
(a) 0 0 nI 0 R 2 cos  t
(b)
2r
1 1 (a) Nk BT / 2 (b) 3 Nk BT / 2
(c) 0 nI 0 r sin  t (d) 0 nI 0 r cos  t
2r 2r (c) 2 Nk BT (d) 5 Nk BT / 2
67. The difference in the Coulomb energy between 73. The figure below shows a voltage regulator
the mirror nuclei 49
Cr and 49
Mn is 6.0MeV.. utilizing a Zener diode of breakdown voltage 5V
24 25
and a positive triangular wave input of amplitude
Assuming that the nuclei have a spherically
symmetric charge distribution and that e2 is 10V. For Vi  5V, the Zener regulates the output
approximately 1.0MeV-fm, the radius of the voltage by channeling the excess current i
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passing through the Zener diode. 74. A constant electric current I in an infinitely long
500 12 straight wire is suddenly switched on at t = 0.
Vi 10 The vector potential at a perpendicular distance
i 8

V(V)
6 r from the wire is given by
1K 4
 kˆ  I  1 
2
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2 r

A  0 ln  ct  c 2t 2  r 2  .


t(s)
The electric field at a distance (r<<ct) is
12
(a) 10 (a) 0
8 0 I 1 ˆ ˆ
i(mA)

6
4
(b) 2 t
2

ij 
2 c 0 I 1 ˆ ˆ
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 (c) 2 2 2
2
ij  
t(s) 2 c t  r
12 c 0 I
(b) 10 (d)  kˆ
8 2 c 2t 2  r 2
i(mA)

6
4
75. Monochromatic light of wavelength 660nm and
2 intensity 100mW/cm 2 falls on a solar cell of
00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
t(s) area 30cm 2 . The conversion efficiency of the
(c) 12 solar cell is 10%. If each converted photon results
10 in an electron – hole pair, what is the maximum
8
i(mA)

6 circuit current supplied by the solar cell?

4 8
2 (Take h = 6 .6 × 1 0 -3 4 J -s , c =3×10 m /s and
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
t(s)
e  1.6  10 19 C).
12 (a) 160mA
(d) 10 (b) 320mA
8
i(mA)

6 (c) 1600mA
4
2 (d) 3200mA
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
t(s)

ANSWERS
1. (d) 2. (c) 3. (b) 4. (b) 5. (a) 6. (d) 7. (a) 8. (a) 9. (c) 10. (a)
11. (a) 12. (c) 13. (c) 14. (b) 15. (d) 16. (a) 17. (c) 18. (c) 19. (d) 20. (d)
21. (c) 22. (b) 23. (b) 24. (b) 25. (d) 26. (d) 27. (c) 28. (c) 29. (c) 30. (d)
31. (c) 32. (b) 33. (d) 34. (b) 35. (a) 36. (b) 37. (d) 38. (b) 39. (b) 40. (c)
41. (a) 42. (a) 43. (c) 44. (a) 45. (b) 46. (d) 47. (b) 48. (d) 49. (b) 50. (a)
51. (c) 52. (a) 53. (c) 54. (a) 55. (d) 56. (b) 57. (c) 58. (a) 59. (a) 60. (d)
61. (b) 62. (a) 63. (b) 64. (c) 65. (b) 66. (d) 67. (b) 68. (d) 69. (b) 70. (d)
71. (c) 72. (d) 73. (b) 74. (d) 75. (a)
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EXPLANATIONS
21. Malus Law I  I 0 cos2 

I0 I0 2 I0 2 2 I0 2
I1  , I 2  cos  , I 3  cos  cos (90   )  I 3  sin 2
2 2 2 8
1 2 2 1
22. T1  ml 1 and T2  ml 2 12  22  212 cos(1   2 ) 
2 2
1 2 2 2
Total Kinetic Energy T  ml  21   2  21 2 cos(1   2 ) 
2
VA  1 VA  0 1
23.   0  2VA  1  VA 
1 1 2
dP qET
24. F   FT  P  mv qET  mv  v 
dt m

1 2 1 2 mv 2 q 2 E 2T 2
For the amplitude of oscillations, Kx  mv  x 2  
2 2 K mK

qET qET 2
x  ( K  m / T 2 )
mK m

dP mv mc  m2c2  2 1 m2c2 m2c2  F 2t 2

25. F  dt  Ft  P   2 2
F t    1  
1  v2 / c2 1  2 1  2 2 F 2t 2 F 2t 2

Ft F ct
 v
2 2 2 2
F t m c F t  m 2c2
2 2

a b V ( r ) 6 a 12b
26. V (r )   6
 12 ;  0  7  13  0
r r r r r

2b a b a2
r6   V (r )     
a  2b / a   2b / a 2 4b

     2

28.  E. ds  
q
 q   0  E. ds q   0   1  e
r / R
 r1 r
2
2
 
sin  d  d  q  4 0 1  e 1 , at r= R
0 0 0

29. Initially A0 A1 A2 A3 = 0110

For 1st Flip Flop, J = 0, k = 1, then the output = 0
For 2nd Flip Flop J = A0= 0, K = Q = 1, then the output =0

For 3rd Flip Flop J = Q =1, K = A1= 1, then the output =1

For 4th Flip Flop J= A2 = 1, K = Q = 1, then the output =1

The state after the clock pulse is 0011
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30. When a glass slab of refractive index µ and thickness t is introduced, the path difference become
n 
   1 d .For the central fringe to be dark, path difference = , n=1 d  2    1
2

31. For maximum current A3 A1 A2 A0

0 0 0 0

4.2  1.2 4.2  1.2 4.2  1.2 4.2  1.2

I max      7.5mA
0 1 3 6
A3 A1 A2 A0 4.2  1.2
For step size , I0   0.5mA
0 0 0 1 6
32. Favourable outcomes : (4,6,6), (6,4,6), (6,6,4), (5,5,6), (5,6,5), (6,5,5)
6 1
The probability of getting sum 16 is = 3

6 36

n 1
33. F ( x, t )   Pn ( x )t 
n0 1  2 xt  t 2

1 2 3 n
Put x=1 , 1  t   1  t  t  t       Pn (1)t
0

Comparing we get P3 (1)  1

 EH
34. E (Positronium)  E (Hydrogen)   6.8eV
m 2

1 1 1 L r2 r
35. Angular momentum L  mvr  mr 2 ; L  r 2  r  2
2 2 2

 4iˆ  2 ˆj  kˆ
36.   xyz  8 , Normal to the surface nˆ  
 21


The tangent to the plane at the point (1,2,4) is r  (iˆ  2 ˆj  4kˆ . nˆ  0 
ˆ ˆ ˆ
( x  1)iˆ  ( y  2) ˆj  ( z  4)kˆ  . 4i  2 j  k  0  4x  2 y  z  12
  21
37. Energy of the system, E   nx  1/ 2  x   n y  1/ 2   y

E   nx  1/ 2     n y  1/ 2  2

nx  n y nx , n y n x  2n y  3 / 2  

0 (0, 0) 3 / 2
1 (0, 1) 7  / 2
(1, 0) 5 / 2
The energy of the 1st excited state is 5 / 2
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 E  2 b
38. T   S   VN 3S
  N ,V

39. x   x    0  0  1  1 x  0  0  1  1 
x   01   0 x  1   1 x  0 
40. From the option (c), Tr(M) = –1 + 3 + 4 = 6; Tr(M2) = 1 + 9 + 16 = 26; Tr(M3) = –1+27+64 = 90
b 2
(1) 4
41. H   bx 4 ; E  b n x n 
4m 2 2
 6n2  6n  3
(1) 3b 2
For the ground state, n = 1  E 
4m 2 2
42. I1   200  3 mA; I 2   200  4 mA I1  I 2  (400  7)mA

2KT 3KT  vmp  2

43. Most probable velocity vmp  Root mean square velocity vrms 
m m vrms 3

2 2/3
44. Fermi Energy E f 
2m
 3 2 n 

If n is increased by eight times, Fermi energy is increased by 8 times. Since E f  n2 / 3

S  N  U  N   U   N   U   N U 
45.  ln     ln   , where    H .
NK 2N   2   2 N    2 
Entropy is symmetric about E.
1 1 1 2
46. Lagrangian L  m  r  r   z   mgz ; z  a  x  y   ar  r  2 z / a
2 2 2 2 2 2 2

2 2 2
1 ar 2 1
z  arr  L  m r 2  r 2 2  a 2 r 2 r 2  mg
  ; L  m  (1  a r )r  r   gar 
 
2 2 2 2 2 2

2 2 2
47. From the law of conservation of energy, the mass of the heaviest particle should be less than
847GeV/c2.
48. Given x1 and x2 are the solutions of the differential equation.
d 2 x1 2dx1 d 2 x2 2dx2
2
  f (t ) x1  0 —(1) and   f (t ) x2  0 —(2)
dt dt dt 2 dt
Multiply (2) by x1 and (1) by x2, then subtracting, we get
d
x1 
x2  x2 
x1  2( x1 x2  x2 x1 )  0   x1 x2  x2 x1   2( x1 x2  x2 x1 )  0
dt
dW
 2W  0 , since W (t )  x1 (t ) x2  x2 (t ) x1
dt
W (t )  W (0)e 2t , at t = 0, W(0) = 1 ; W (t )  e 2t
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F
49. F ( M , T )  a (T  TC ) M 2  bM 4  cM 6  2a (T  TC ) M  4bM 3  6cM 5
M
2 F
  2a(T  TC )  12bM 2  30cM 4  0 (T  TC )  M 2
M 2
mv 2 GMm GM GMm
50. For circular orbit,   v2  Total Energy E = KE + PE =
r r2 r 2r
GMm
Option (a)will give if a = b = r
2r
2 2 1  m m 
51. P  Px2  Px ; Px  0 ; Px   (2n1  1)  (2n2  1)  ; n1  0, n2  1
2 2 2 
1  4m 
Px2     m  Px  m
2 2 
52. Exciting line is at 500nm. Exciting line is in between stoke and antistoke lines.
 1 2 3
 Sx  sx  sx  sx
53. L  f ( x )    e f ( x )dx   e .1dx   e .0dx   e .1dx  ......
0 0 1 2

1 3
 e  sx   e  sx  1 s 2 s 3 s
   0     ........    1  e  e  e     
  s 0   s 2 s

1 1 
  
s  1  e s 
eB eBA
54. En   n  1/ 2  , n  0,1, 2.... and each level is split into
mc c
eB cN 2 N
E   n  1/ 2     n  1/ 2 
mc eBA mA
2 2 1
55. The moment of inertia of annular ring I  M (a  b ) , where a is the inner radius and b is the
2
outer radius.
m0 c 2 0.5c 2
57.   v / c  1/  ; E  mc 2    0.6MeV
1 v2 / c2 1 2

7
60. From shell model the last nucleon(proton) of 51Sb125 is in the state 1g7 / 2 , J  
2

7
From shell model the last nucleon(neutron) of 38Sr89 is in the state 1g7 / 2 , J  
2
1 1
61.  (0)   u1  u2  and  (t )   u1 e  iE1t /   u2 e  iE2t /  
2 2
Orthogonal condition is  (0)  (t )  0
e  iE1t /   e  iE2 t /   e  i ( E2  E1 )t /   1  ( E2  E1 )t /   
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62. Partition function Z  1  e2   e4   1  1  1  3 , since   1

e 2  e 4 
E   Es ps  2  4  2
s Z Z

( x  x0 )
63. Taylor expansion f ( x)  f ( x0 )  ( x  x0 ) f ( x0 )  f ( x0 )  .....
2!

f ( x0 )  sin  / 4  1/ 2 ; f ( x0 )  cos  / 4  1/ 2 ; f ( x0 )   sin  / 4  1/ 2

1  1 1 
f ( x)  1  ( x   / 4)  ( x   / 4)2  ( x   / 4)3 .......
2 2! 3! 

 0  e    Na
64. Average value of Length L   LPs  Na  e    e  
1  e 2 
s  

    a 2 a 2
65. H  aSe .S p , H  a Se .S p  S  S e2  S p2   S ( S  1)  3 / 2
2 2

a 2 3a 2
For 3S1, E  and For 1S0 , E  
4 4

a 2
So the splitting3 between the states is (1  3)  a 2
4
  d   d dB
66. For solenoid, B  0 nI 0 Sint and  E.dl   dt  B.ds E (2 r ) 
dt
( B r 2 )   r 2
dt

r
Magnitude of electric field, E   0 nI 0 cos t
2

2 3 e2
2 2 2 3 e2
67. For mirror nuclei, Ec  5 R (Z1  Z 2 )  R0  5 E ( Z1  Z 2 ) , R0  4.9  1015 m
0 c

I D1 2 1
68. Intensity is proportional to (2J+1)  
ID2 4 2
L/2 L
2 x (1) 2 V0 x 2 x
69.   sin ; E   H   L  sin 2   V0 sin 2
L L 0
2 L L L/2 L

L/2 L/2
2 V0  x V0 2 1  2 x L  V0
 sin 2  x  sin 
L 0 2 L 2 L 2  L 2 0 4

L/2 L
2 x
2 21 2 x L  V 3V
 V0 sin  V0 x  sin  0  E (1)  0
L 0 L L 2  L 2  L / 2 2 4
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70. Applying Law of conservation energy
2
h  mc 2  p 2 c 2  (m   )2 c 4   h  mc 2   p 2 c 2  (m  ) 2 c 4

 (  2m)c 4  (   2m )c 2
h 2 2  m 2 c 4  2 h mc 2  p 2 c 2  m 2 c 4   2 c 4  2m c 4 h    
2mc 2 2hm
71. For Dispersion relation   k s , the specific heat CV  T 3 / s
1
72. According to equi-partion theorem, each quadratic term contribute K B T energy
2
The average kinetic energy =5/2 KBT
 mgz

KT 1
 mgz e
0
mg 
(mg / KT ) 2
Average value of potential energy V   mgz
  KT
 1
KT
e
0
 mg / KT 

 ax 1
Using  xe dx 
a2
0 3 5
The average total energy  2 kT  kT  2 kT
73. When Zener is OFF, Zener current is zero. And when Zener is ON, zener current will flow.
 
A A  I  1 
74. E     E  
t t
E  kˆ 0 ln
2 t  r
ct  c 2 t 2  r 2 

 
0 I r 1 c 2 2t  0 I c
E  kˆ  c  E   kˆ
2 ct  c 2t 2  r 2 r  2 c 2 t 2  r 2  2 c t  r2
2 2