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PHYSICAL SCIENCES
PAPER II
1. The coherence length of laser light is 5. A particle of mass m and charge q moves in the
(A) directly proportional to the length of the equatorial plane of a magnetic dipole . It is given that
active lasing medium.  μ sin θ
the dipole’s vector potential is A  2
φ̂ , where
(B) directly proportional to the width of the 4πr
spectral line. (r, , ) denote the spherical polar coordinates. If, at
(C) inversely proportional to the width of the t = 0, the particle starts from infinity with a speed v0 and
spectral line. an impact parameter b, the instantaneous speed v(t) is
(D) inversely proportional to the length of the given by
active lasing medium.
(A) v (t )  v0

2 2   2
2. Four equal negative charges occupy the corners of (B) v (t )  v0  q A  r (t ) 
a square. At the centre of this charge distribution a test
m
t 
2 
(C) v (t )  v0  q  A  r   t    · rˆ  t   dt 
positive charge is placed. Which of the following 2 2
statements about the test charge is true? m 0
(A) It is in stable equilibrium t   
2
2 2
(D) v (t )  v0  q    A  r  t     · rˆ  t  dt 
(B) It is in unstable equilibrium m  
0
(C) It is in neutral equilibrium
6. A one dimensional “crystal-lattice” of lattice
(D) It is not in any equilibrium
spacing a and length L contains N uniformly spaced
lattice points (atomic sites). Consider periodic boundary
condition imposed on the wave function of an electron
3. Consider a system of 100 non-interacting spins in travelling in such a lattice. Taking ‘spin’ of an electron
presence of a magnetic field B. Each spin has a probability into account, the energy-band will be completely ‘filled’
when the band contains
of 0·51 of pointing parallel to B and the rest pointing
antiparallel to B. If  M is the standard deviation to the (A) no quantum states.
above system and M is the average total magnetic (B) 2N quantum states.
M
moment, then the ratio will be (C) N quantum states.
M
(A) 5
(D) N quantum states.
(B) 10 2
(C) 0·01 7. Suppose the yz - plane forms a chargeless boundary
–2 between two media of permittivities Eleft and Eright, where
(D) 5 × 10
Eleft : Eright = 1 : 2. If the uniform electric field on the left

 
is Eleft  C iˆ  ˆj  kˆ ; (where C is constant), the electric
field on the right Eright is
4. A particle leaving a cyclotron has a total relativistic
energy of 10 GeV and momentum of 8 GeV/c. What is (A)
1
2

C iˆ  ˆj  kˆ 
the rest mass of the particle?
(A) 0·25 GeV/c2 
(B) 2C iˆ  ˆj  kˆ 
(B) 1·20 GeV/c2 1 
(C)  C iˆ  jˆ  kˆ 
(C) 2·00 GeV/c2 2 

(D) 6·00 GeV/c2 (D) C iˆ 

1
2

ˆj  kˆ 
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8. Temperature of star’s surface is determined from 10. Assume that the heat capacity at constant volume
its spectrum on the basis of
of a metal varies as aT  bT 3 for low temperature. Then,
(A) Fraunhoffer lines the variation of entropy with temperature will be
(B) Infrared emission bands 2
(C) Doppler shift (A) aT  bT
2
(D) Ultraviolet emission lines
(B) aT  bT 3

bT 3
(C) aT 
3
bT 2
(D) a 
2

π θ
9. The diagram below indicates the profile of a wave 11. If u  log tan    , then must be equal to
 4 2
packet propagating as shown in one-dimension, at time
t=0  π iu 
(A) i log tan h   
4 2 

 π iu 
(B)  i log tan   
4 2
i π u
(C) log tan   
x 4  4 2
After some time, at t = t, the most likely profile of π 
this wavepacket would be (D)  i log tan   iu 
4 
(A) 
12. In a Cooper pair there is
(A) pairing of a proton and a neutron mediated
by an electron.
x (B) pairing of two electrons mediated by phonon.
(C) pairing of two electrons mediated by photon.
(B) 
(D) pairing of two protons mediated by an
electron.

13. An LC circuit is of frequency of oscillation 0,

x uses a parallel plate capacitor with vacuum in between.
The distance between the plates is now doubled and the
(C)  gap filled with a material of dielectric constant k. The
new frequency of oscillation is
2
(A) ω0
k
x 2
(B) ω0
(D)  k
k
(C) ω0
2
k
x
(D) ω0
2
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14. Consider a system of two atoms each having any 18. Â is a hermitian operator in an n-dimensional
3 quantum states of energies 0, E and 2E. The system is
in contact with a heat reservoir at temperature T. If the
vector space V.  i   is the set of eigenvalues of this
operator, where  i   i 1 for all i. Then for any   V
particles obey Fermi-Dirac Statistics, then the partition
k 1
function in terms of A  1  e  E  e 2 E will be  Aˆ 
lim k
is
(A) 2A k 
 Aˆ 
(B) A2 (A)  n
A (B) 1
(C)
2
(D) e  E A 1   2
(C)
2
n
 i
15. An atom with one outer electron having angular (D) i 1
momentum l is placed in a weak magnetic field. The n
number of energy level into which the higher angular
momentum state splits is 19. Leakage current approximately doubles for every
(A) 2l+ 2 10ºC increase in the temperature of a transistor. If a Si
(B) 2l+ 1 transistor has its leakage current 45·25 A at 90º, find
(C) 2l ICBO at 25ºC.
(D) 2l– 2 (A) 500 A
(B) 50 A
(C) 500 nA
16. The magnetic field corresponding to the vector (D) 50 nA
   r̂ 
potential A  F  r  2 (where F is constant vector) is
r
 20. Consider a one-dimensional potential V(x) such
(A) 2 F that V(x) < 0 for all x. This has a bound state if
 (A) V(x) has a unique minimum.
(B) 2 F
 30  (B) V ( x ) vanishes at the minimum value of
(C) 2 F  4 r V(x).
r
 30  (C) the wave function  ( x )  0 in the limits
(D) 2 F  4 r x   .
r
(D) the energy E is also negative, i.e. E < 0.

RT  a 
17. For equation of state P  exp   , 21. The Sun is approximately 25,000 light-years away
V b  RTV  from the centre of the Milky Way and moves around it,
the critical volume and temperature are respectively in an approximately circular path, in roughly 170 million
a years. Given that sunlight takes approximately 8 min to
(A) Vc  3b, Tc 
2bR reach the Earth, what is the ratio of the masses of the
a galaxy and the Sun?
(B) Vc  2b, Tc 
2bR (A) 1·5  1011
a (B) 5  1011
(C) Vc  2b, Tc 
4bR
(C) 1·5  1012
3a
(D) Vc  2b, Tc  (D) 5  1010
2bR
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22. The interatomic potential between H-atoms has a 26. In the table below, the elementary particles P – S
are identified by the interactions they participate in,
range of approximately 4Å. If a gas of H-atoms is in
which are marked by tic () marks. Dashes indicate
thermal equilibrium, what is the temperature T below non-participation.
which the atom-atom scattering is overwhelmingly Particle Gravity Weak Electromagnetic Strong
dominated by the S-wave amplitude? P    
(A) 1K Q  –  
(B) 10K R   – 
(C) 20 K
S    –
(D) 50 K
The particle which is not found in Nature is
(A) P
23. A static, spherically symmetric charge distribution (B) Q
A  kr
is given by f (r )  e , where A and k are positive (C) R
r
(D) S
constants. The electrostatic potential corresponding to
this charge distribution varies with r as 27. For detection of neutron, the ionization chamber
is filled with
 kr (A) Phosphorus
(A) re
(B) Benzene
1  kr (C) Sodium chloride
(B) e
r (D) Boron trifluoride
1  kr
(C) 2 e 28. A heat pump working on the carnot cycle maintains
r the inside temperature of a house at 22ºC by supplying
(D)
1
r

1  e kr  power at 450 kJ/sec. If the outside temperature is 0ºC,
the heat taken in kJ/sec from the outside air is
approximately

24. In Bose-Einstein condensates, the particles (A) 489

(B) 250
(A) have large and positive chemical potential.
(C) 467
(B) have overlapping wave functions.
(D) 417
(C) have strong inter-particle attraction.
(D) condense in real space. 1 qt
29. Using the gauge function λ   ,
4πε0 r
 1 qt
transform the potential V(r, t) = 0; A  r , t    rˆ
25. The signal f (t) is defined by, 4πε0 r 2


1,  1  t  1
f (t )  0, Otherwise . (A) V   
1 q 
; A  0
Two of the angular frequencies at which its Fourier 4πε0 r

transform becomes zero are, 1 q 

(B) V   ; A  0
π 3π 4πε0 r
(A) and
2 2
(B)  and 2 1 q  1 2qt
(C) V    ; A  rˆ
4πε0 r 4πε0 r 2
(C) 0 and 
5π 1 q  1 2qt
(D) 2 and (D) V   ; A   rˆ
2 4πε0 r 4πε0 r 2
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2
6 x  cos x 34. If the partition function of a harmonic oscillator
30. The value of the integral I   dx , by
3
x  sin x with frequency  at a temperature T is kT , the free
assuming that the integration constant is zero, is 
energy of N such independent oscillator is
(A) 2 ln ( x  cos x )
3 (A) 3 NkT
(B) 3 ln ( x  sin x ) 2
3
(C) 3 ln ( x  cos x ) (B) kT ln 
3 kT
(D) 2 ln ( x  sin x )
(C) NkT ln 
kT

(D) NkT ln 
31. The Hamiltonian for a particle in one-dimension
2 2kT
is given by H  x , p   p  λ px  λ x 2 , where m, are
2m 2
constants. The corresponding Lagrangian is

m λ
(A) L   x  λx 2  x 2
2 2
m 2 λ 2
(B) L  x  x
2 2 35. The primitive translation vectors for a periodic
 
m λ
(C) L  x 2  λ mx x  x 2 lattice in three dimensions are a  2 iˆ, b  iˆ  2 ˆj and
2 2 
c  kˆ . The corresponding reciprocal lattice vectors are:
λ  π  
(A) A  π iˆ  ˆj, B  π ˆj, C  2π kˆ
m
(D) L   x  λx 2  λ mx x  x 2 2
2 2
  π 
(B) A  π j , B  π iˆ  ˆj, C  π kˆ
ˆ
2
32. You wish to pick a substance for a photocell   π 
operable with visible light. Which of the following will (C) A  π kˆ, B  π iˆ  ˆj , C  π ˆj
2
do (work function in parentheses)?  π  
(A) Tungsten (4·5 eV) (D) A  k , B  π j  π kˆ, C  2π iˆ
ˆ ˆ
2
(B) Barium (2·5 eV)
(C) Lithium (2·3 eV)
(D) Cesium (1·9 eV)

33. A particle of charge q is released with a velocity


v parallel to a current I flowing through a thin wire. The
36. Consider the two functions of real variables x, y
wire also carries a linear charge density . If the particle
 
12
 3 2 2 2 
continues to travel parallel to the wire, then f  x, y    x  3y x  iy 3 x  y 
 
 λ
g  x , y    x  y  2ixy   x  iy  4 
(A) v  2 2
2
6
μ0 0 I
 λ
(B) v  If z = x + iy is a complex variable, then
2μ0 0 I
(A) f(x, y) is non-analytic while g(x, y) is analytic.
 2λ
(C) v  (B) g(x, y) is non-analytic while f(x, y) is analytic.
μ0 0 I
 πλ (C) neither of f(x, y) and g(x, y) is analytic.
(D) v 
μ0 0 I (D) Both are analytic
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37. The complex number N1  1  3 i , and the 40. A particle restricted to x0,  has the wave
n x
function  x  x  e  where , n are constants. If the
complex number N 2  1  3 i . Then the value of 
 N1 
10 potential V(x) satisfies Lt V  x 0 , then
x 
  is
 N2 
 2  nn1 2n 
3 3 (A) V  x  
2 m  x 2
 
x 
(A)   i
2 2
1 3  2  nn1 n 
(B)   i (B) V  x   
2 2 2 m  x 2 x 
1 2
(C)  
 2  nn1 n1
i
(C) V  x 
4 3 
2 m  x 2 x 
1 2
(D)   i
2 3
2  nn1 n1
(D) V  x  2m  2  x 
 x 

41. Consider a rectangular waveguide with transverse

dimension 1m × 2m driven with an angular frequency
 = 109 rad/sec. Which transverse electric (TE) modes
will propagate in this waveguide?
38. The ground state spin and parity of 17 O nucleus,
(A) TE01, TE11, TE20
as predicted by the shell model, are respectively
(B) TE01, TE10, TE02
1
(A) , even (C) TE01, TE10, TE22
2
(D) TE01, TE10, TE11
5
(B) , odd
2
5 42. An electric field of 100 V/m is applied to a sample
(C) , even of n-type semiconductor whose Hall Coefficient is
2
– 0·0125 m 3. Assume electron mobility to be
1
(D) , odd 0·36 m2 V–1 s–1, the current density in the sample will be
2
(A) 2880 A/m2
(B) 3280 A/m2
(C) 3640 A/m2
(D) 2460 A/m2

43. A nuclear transition with nuclear spin and parity

39. The largest analog output voltage from a 6-bit 3 5
follows  . The electric and magnetic multipole
digital to analog converter (DAC) which produces 1·0 V 2 2
output for a digital input of 010100 is radiation from the nuclear transition is
(A) 1·6 V (A) E1, M2, E3, M4
(B) 2·9 V (B) M1, E2, M3, E4
(C) 3·15 V (C) E1, E2, E3, E4
(D) 5·06 V (D) M1, M2, E1, E2
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47. Consider the circuits shown in figures (a) & (b)

44. The solution of the differential equation
below. 2k
dy
 3y  1 , with y = 0 when x = 0 is 10k
dx 10 V
(A)
1
31 e
3x
 5V

(B)
1
31 e
3 x
 figure (a)

 
1 3 x 1k
(C) e 1
3 10 k

(D)
3
1 3x
e 1  5V 10 V

figure (b)
If the transistors in figures (a) and (b) have current
gain (dc) of 100 and 10 respectively, then they operate
in the
45. If n is the number of atoms in the unit cell of a
cubic system, NA and MA are the Avogadro number and (A) active region and saturation region
atomic weight respectively and is the density of the respectively.
element, then the lattice constant is given by (B) saturation region and active region
respectively.
1/3
 MA ρ  (C) saturation region in both cases.
(A)  
 n NA  (D) active region in both cases.
1/3
 n NA 
(B)  
 MA ρ 
1/3
 n MA 
(C)  
 NA ρ 
1/3
 ρ NA 
(D)   48. Consider the following Karnaugh map of four
 MA n 
variables:
CD CD CD CD
AB 1 1
AB 1 1 1 1
AB 1 1 1 1
46. For a plane wave of angular frequency  and

propagating vector K propagating in the medium of AB 1
permittivity  and a permeability  Maxwell’s equations The simplified expression of the above Boolean
reduce to variables will be
         
(A) K ·E  0; K ·H  0; K  E  ωε H ; K  H  ωμE (A) B+AC+ACD
         
(B) K ·E  0; K ·H  0; K  E  ω ε H ; K  H  ωμE (B) A+BC+ACD
         
(C) K ·E  0; K ·H  0; K  E  ωμ H ; K  H  ωε E (C) B+AC+ACD
         
(D) K·E  0; K·H  0; K  E  ωμH ; K  H  ωε E (D) B+AC+ACD
16-II Y–10
49. Which of the followings is the correct statement(s) 54. According to Debye theory, the heat capacity of a
for neutron detection? two-dimensional solid at low temperature is proportional
I. Neutron can cause flourescence directly. to
II. Neutrons trigger Geiger counters.
(A) T 3
III. Neutron counters are ionisation chambers with
electrodes coated with boron. (B) T
IV. Neutrons can be detected with 3He proportional (C) T 2
counters.
(D) T 6
(A) I & IV
(B) II & III
(C) III only 55.  nlm r,, denotes the stationary state wave
(D) III & IV
function of a hydrogen atom. The atom is in a state
  2,1,1 2  2,1,1 . Which of the following
50. A flux of 10 neutrons/m emerges each second
12 2 1
from a port in a nuclear reactor. If these neutrons obey 5
MB (Maxwell-Boltzmann) distribution corresponding statements is true?
to T=300K, the density of neutrons in the beam will be (A)  is a energy eigenfunction.
approximately
(B) Expectation value of LZ is zero.
(A) 10 8 m –3
(C)  is not an eigenfunction of L2.
(B) 10 6 m –3
(D) Expectation value of energy is zero.
(C) 10 4 m –3
(D) 10 10 m –3
56. A quantum paricle is trapped in a one-dimensional
51. What is the derivative of the function y = g x with well between x =0 and x=L. At t=0 the wave function is
respect to x?
given by
(A) x g x–1
(B) x ln g
  x,0  x L  x , for 0  x  a
30
(C) g x ln g
L5
(D) x g ln g
=0 , otherwise
52. The quark wavefunction of a   particle is
antisymmetric because of Which of the following statements is true?
(A) spin
(A) Measurement of energy of the system will
(B) isospin yield a definite value.
(C) strangeness (B) The expectation value of energy is
(D) colour independent of time.
(C) The expectation value of position is
53. A square loop of wire, with sides of length a, lies
in the first quadrant of the x y - plane, with one corner at independent of time.
the origin. In this region there is a nonuniform time 
(D) The expectation value of momentum > .
dependent magnetic field B  y, t   k y t zˆ (where k is
4 3 L
constant). The e.m.f. induced in the loop is
1 6 57. The Lagrangian of a system is given by
(A)  k t a
5 1 1
3 2 6 L  q 2  qq  q 2 . It corresponds to motion of a
(B)  k t a 2 2
5 (A) harmonic oscillator
3 2 6
(C) k t a (B) damped harmonic oscillator
5
2 2 6 (C) anharmonic oscillator
(D) kt a (D) system with unbound motion
5
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58. Which of the following quantities is invariant 62. A system has three energy levels of energy 0,
under Lorentz transformation? 100KB and 200 KB with degeneracies of 1, 3 and 5
(A) Charge density respectively. Then, the average energy at a temperature
of 100K will be
(B) Charge
(C) Current (A) 78·3KB
(D) Electric field (B) 88·3KB
(C) 100KB
59. If the co-efficient of stimulated emission for a
particular transition is 2·1×1019 m3w–1s–3 and the emitted (D) 68·3KB
photon is at wavelength 3000 Å, then the lifetime of the
excited sate is approximately 63. The correct matching pair of various types of
(A) 20 ns measuring devices with its approximate measuring range
is
(B) 40 ns
(A) Pirani gauge ....... 10 –12 –10 –3 torr
(C) 60 ns
(B) Penning gauge ....... 10 –5 –10 –1 torr
(D) 80 ns
(C) Knudsen gauge ....... 10 –8 –10 –2 torr
(D) Ionisation gauge ....... 10 –6 –10 –3 torr
60. A particle of mass m moves in one-dimension and
1
is subjected to a potential V ( x )  mω2 x2 . It is given 64. A wattmeter has a full scale range of 2500 W. It
2
that the particle is in a state  such that  ˆ   0, has an error ±1% of the true value. What would be the
range of readings if true power is 1250 W?
where ̂ is the party operator. The lowest possible
(A) 1225 W – 1275 W
esxpectation value of the energy for such a state is
(B) 1245 W – 1255 W
(A)  ω (C) 1200 W – 1300 W
1 (D) 1237·5 W – 1262·5 W
(B) ω
2
3 65. A person in a jet plane is flying along the Equator
(C) ω
2 due East with a speed of 450m/s. The magnitude of the
(D) 2  ω Coriolis acceleration is
(A) 0·036 m/s2
61. A two-dimensional box in a uniform magnetic
(B) 0·048m/s2
N 1
field B contains localized spin particles with
2 2 (C) 1·148m/s2
N
magnetic moment , and spineless particles, which (D) 0·0648m/s2
2
do not interact with each other. The average energy of the
66. If a 2 × 2 real matrix has a positive value of the
system at temperature T is
determinant and negative value of trace, then which of
1  μB
(A) 3 NkT  N μ B sin h   the following statements is always true?
2  kT  (A) One of the eigenvalue is positive and the
1  μB other is negative.
(B) NkT  N μ B sin h  
2  kT  (B) Both the eigenvalues are real and negative.
1 1  μB (C) Real parts of both the eigenvalues are
(C) NkT  N μ B sin h  
2 2  kT  positive.

3 1  μB (D) Real parts of both the eigenvalues are

(D) NkT  N μ B sin h   negative.
2 2  kT 
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67. The potential energy function for the force between 71. A photon of energy 3 MeV strikes an electron at
two atoms separated by ‘x’, in a diatomic molecule can rest and is scattered with energy 2·8 MeV. The speed of
a b the scattered photon with respect to the recoiling electron
be approximated by U  x    6 , where a and b
12
x x will be
are positive constants. The minimum of U  x  occurs at
(A) 0·6 c
5/6
a (B) 0·8c
(A)  
b
(C) c
1/5
 2a  (D) 0·2 c
(B)  
 b 
1/2
 2a 
(C)   72. The mean and variance of a 2 distribution with 8
 b  degrees of freedom are,
1/6
 2a  (A) 4, 8
(D)  
 b  (B) 8, 16
(C) 16, 8
68. A current of 10mA flows in an infinitely long (D) 8, 4
straight wire along the axis of a hemisphere of radius a
metre. The value of     B  . d s over the hemispherical

73. Which of the following excited states of a hydrogen
surface s
atom has the highest lifetime?
(A) μ0 wb (A) 2p
(B) 2·5μ0 wb (B) 2s
(C) 10μ0 wb (C) 3s
(D) 0·01μ0 wb (D) 3k

74. A narrow T-shaped tunnel is excavated inside the

69. The radial wave function of the electron in the
Earth as shown the figure below. A man X falls into the
exp  r / a0  tunnel at one end as shown. Subsequently
ground state of a hydrogen atom is R10 (r )  , 123456789012345678901234
3
π a0 123456789012345678901234
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


where a0 is the first Bohr radius. The radial distance r at 123456789012345678901234

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which the electron is most likely to be found is given by 123456789012345678901234
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70. A 4-bit analog to digital converter is designed to (A) he will shoot out of the opposite end of the
digitize analog signals ranging from 0V to 10V. For this tunnel.
converter, the binary output corresponding to an input of (B) he will execute simple harmonic motion in
9·33V is the tunnel and never come out of it.
(A) 1000 (C) he will fall through the T-junction and reach
(B) 1100 the centre of the Earth.
(C) 1110 (D) he will reach the opposite end of the tunnel
(D) 1111 and remain there.
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75. For the given vectors V1  2 iˆ  jˆ  kˆ , 79. Which one is the expression of velocity (v) of a
  relativistic particle?
V2  iˆ  2 ˆj  2kˆ and V3  3 iˆ  4 ˆj  2kˆ , what is the
   pc
projection of V1  V3 in the direction of V2 ? (A) v 
2 2 2
p  m0 c
3
(A) pc
8 (B) v  2 2 2
p  m0 c
17
(B)
3 2pc
(C) v 
2 2 2
3 p  m0 c
(C)
8 pc
(D) v 
17 2 2 2
p  m0 c
(D)
3
 2
80. A Lambda hyperon  1115 MeV / c cannot 
have the decay   π°+1°n , where the pion has mass
  0 1
76. If A  1 0 , then e Ax will be 2
135 MeV / c , because of conservation of

 
(A) energy
cos x sin x
(A)  sin x cos x (B) baryon number
(C) angular momentum
(B)   cos x sin x 
sin x cos x (D) isospin

(C)  cos x  sin x 

sin x cos x 81. In order to obtain a solution of the differential
2
d v dv
equation 2  v1  0 involving voltages v(t) and
(D)  sin x  cos x 
2 dt
cos x sin x dt
v1, an operational amplifier circuit would require at least
(A) 2 OP-AMP integrators and one OP-AMP
77. The universality of weak interactions can be
Adder.
inferred from a comparison of the lifetimes of
(B) 2 OP-AMP differentiators and one OP-AMP
(A) isolated neutron and isolated pion (). Adder.
(B) alpha decay and muon decay. (C) 1 OP-AMP integrator and one OP-AMP
(C) neutrino and isolated neutron. Adder.
(D) muon and isolated neutron. (D) 1 OP-AMP integrator, one OP-AMP
differentiator and one OP-AMP Adder.
78. A charge q is located at a point P at a distance
a   R  from the origin O of a grounded spherical 82. A plane matter wave scatters from a small target.
conductor of radius R. If a charge q  located at a distance The Optical Theorem tells us that
b from the origin on the OP line acts as an image charge (A) only the l=0 partial waves contribute to the
then the relation between these two charges are scattering cross-section.
b (B) the total scattering cross-section is
(A) q   q
a proportional to the imaginary part of the
scattering amplitude in the forward direction.
(B) q   q 
(C) the total scattering cross-section is
a proportional to the imaginary part of the
(C) q   q
b differential scattering cross-section in the
forward direction.
a
(D) q   q (D) All of the above
b
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83. A system of three non-identical spin ½ particle 86. An electron with energy E and wave-vector k is
  
(with spin operators S1, S2 and S3 ) are governed by the moving in a periodic lattice. The energy dispersion
   
 
Hamiltonian H  B S1  S2 · S3 . B is a constant. Largest  
relation is given by  E - f  E    E - g E , k   0.
eigenvalue of this system and the associated degeneracies
Where f (E) is a function of energy alone and
are  
g(E, k ) depends on E and k both. The effective mass of
3 the electron will be infinite for energies obtained by
(A) B and 4
2 solving the equation,
3
(B) B and 3 (A) g(E, k ) = 0
2
1 and 4 (B) f(E) = 0
(C) B
2 (C) E – f(E) = 0
1 (D) E – g(E, k ) = 0
(D) B and 2
2

87. Probability density of a random variable x is

given by
1
ρx  δ  x  1  2 δ  x   3 δ  x  1  4 δ  x  2   ,
10 
84. Photons of wavelength 600nm are emitted from what is the mean of x?
the Sun and strike the Earth with an intensity of
(A) 1·5
approximately 1·4 kW/m2. The radiation pressure exerted
by these photons is approximately (B) 0·8
–5 3
(A) 0·46 × 10 N/m (C) 1·2
(B) 0·93 × 10–11 N/m3
(D) 1·0
(C) 0·46 × 106 N/m3
(D) 0·93 × 102 N/m3
88. A child of mass 3m sits on a swing, the base of
which has mass m, while the rope (of length l) has a
negligible mass. An older child pulls back the swing
(with the child) until the rope makes an angle of half-a-
radian with the vertical, and, then, pushes with a force mg
along the arc of a circle until the rope is exactly vertical,
85. Electric dipole approximation of electromagnetic and releases it. If the rope was always taut, for how long
(EM) wave induced atomic transition is applicable when did the child push?
the
(A) wavelength of the inducing EM wave is π l
(A)
much smaller than the atomic size. 3 g
(B) wavelength of the inducing EM wave is l
equal to the average radius of the valence (B)
electron.
g
(C) wavelength of the inducing EM wave is 2l
twice the value of the average radius of the (C) π
3g
valence electron.
(D) wavelength of the inducing the inducing EM 2l
(D)
wave is much larger than the atomic size. 3g
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89. A matrix M, written in a set of basis vectors 92. Two quantum particles of mass m each are confined

1 , 2  is given by M  1   . In a new basis, given
1
to one-dimension and are subjected to a potential

 1  2  and II  1  2  the matrix will V  x   kx 2 . If the inter-particle potential is given by

1 1 1
by I 
2 2 2
assume the form: V  x1, x2  kx1 x2 when x1,2 are their instantaneous

 0 positions and  is a constant with  1 , then the energy

(A) 
 
0

0 

eigenvalues are   k m 
(B) 
 0    1  1
(A) En1,n2     1  n1  2   1  n2  2 

    
 1 0 
(C)  (B) En1,n2    n1 1 n2 1 1
 0 1
 
(C) En1,n2    n1 1  n2 1 1
2 2
1   
(D) 
 1 
 2 1 2  1 
(D) En1,n2    1  n1  2   1  n2  2 
    

90. A relativistic particle of rest mass m0 moving with

  93. A 24V, 600mW, Zener diode is used for providing
  a 24V stabilized supply to a variable load.
 1 
velocity xi , its Lagrangian is  where γ 
i  R
 x x 
 1 i 2 
 c 
1 RL
(A) L  m 0 x i x  γ  xi 
i VZ
2

(B) L  m 0 c 2  γ  1  V  xi  Assuming for a proper zener action, a minimum of 10mA

must flow through the Zener. If the input voltage is 32V.
1 What would be the value of R and maximum load
(C) L   m 0 c 2  V  xi  current?
γ
1 (A) 320 , 10 mA
(D) L  m0 xi x i γ  V  xi  (B) 400 , 15 mA
2
(C) 400 , 10 mA
(D) 320 , 15 mA
91. A beam of electrons in one-dimension is incident
on a square barrier of width a and height V0. If V0 and a
can be controlled externally, the tunnelling current will
be more accurately controlled by the same per cent 94. Experimentally, it is observed that the heat capacity
variation in 3
2 +bT3
of crystalline EuO varies as CV =aT for
(A) V0
0  T<70K . Then EuO is a/an
(B) V0 a (A) paramagnet
(B) ferromagnet
(C) a
(C) antiferromagnet
(D) either V0 or a (D) ferrimagnet
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95. The value of  and  for the canonical 98. If differential amplifier has a differential gain of
transformation Q  q α cos β p, P  q α sin β p are 20,000, CMRR=80dB, then common mode gain is
1 (A) 2
(A) α  , β  1
2
1 (B) 1
(B) α  1, β  1
2 (C)
1 2
(C) α  , β  2
2 (D) 0
1
(D) α  2, β 
2

96. The Lagrangian of a particle of mass m moving 99. If the gravitational force is assumed to vary
1 inversely as the nth power of distance r, then the time
along the x-axis is given by L  m x 2  qx 2  αx with
2 period of a planet depends upon r as
q,α  0 . What type of motion the particle will execute? n
(A) r
(A) A harmonic oscillator with equilibrium point
n
at (0, 0). (B) r
n 1
(B) A harmonic oscillator with equilibrium point
on positive x-axis. (C) r 2
n 1
(C) A harmonic oscillator with equilibrium point
(D) r 2
on negative x-axis.
(D) An anharmonic oscillator with equilibrium
point at (0, 0).

97. A particle is executing small oscillations and its 100. A particle of mass m moving in 3 dimensions is
Lagrangian is characterized by the Lagrangian

L
1 2 1 2 1 2
2
q1  q2  q3  q12  q22  q32  α q1 q2 . Which
2 2
L

m 2
2

 

x  y 2  z 2  σ J z , where is a constant and
J  mr  r is the angular momentum. The Poisson
of the following one is not a small oscillation frequency
for normal modes? bracket [ x , y ] is
2σ
(A) 2α (A)
m
(B) 0
(B) 2α
2σ
(C)
(C) 2 m
σ
(D) α2 (D)
m
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