Jam Full Length Test - 01

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ALL INDIA TEST SERIES
IIT - JAM – 2021 (Physics)
Full Length Test – 01
05-01-2021
TIME: 3 HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
Section A: This section contains a total of 30 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)

carrying one or two marks each. Each MCQ type question has four choices out of which
only one choice is the correct answer.
1 rd 2
There will be negative marking @ for one marks MCQ and rd negative marks
3 3
for two marks MCQ for each wrong answer.
Section B: This section contains a total of 10 Multiple Select Questions (MSQ) carrying
two marks each. Each MSQ type question is similar to MCQ but with a difference that
there may be one or more than one choice(s) that are correct out of the four given
choices. The candidate gets full credit if he/she selects all the correct answers only and no
wrong answers.
Section C: This section contains a total of 20 Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions
carrying one or two marks each. For these NAT type questions, the answer is a signed
real number which needs to be entered using the virtual keyboard on the monitor. No
choices will be shown for these types of questions.
Note: There will be no negative marking for Section B and Section C.
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Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
Q1-Q10 Carry One Mark each. (1/3 negative marks for each wrong answer)
 
Q1.  
What is the electric flux  E  d a through a quarter-cylinder of height H (as shown in
the figure) due to an infinitely long line charge along the axis of the cylinder with a
0
charge density of Q ?
HQ HQ
(a) (b)
0 4 0
H Q
H0 4H
(c) (d)
4Q Q 0
Q2. If the operators A and B commutes and A  = a  , then which of the following is
true?
(a) B  and B 2  are not Eigen vectors of A
(b) B  and B 2  are not Eigen vectors of A with Eigen value a .
(c) B  and B 2  are not Eigen vectors of A and Eigen values a and a 2 respectively.
(d) B  is Eigen vector of A with Eigen value a but B 2  is not Eigen vector of A
Q3. In YDSE , the separation between the slits is halved and the distance between the slits and
the screen is doubled. The fringe width is
(a) unchanged (b) halved (c) doubled (d) quadrupled
Q4. For the arrangement shown in figure the coefficient of friction between the two blocks is
 . If both the blocks are identical and moving. Then the acceleration of each block is
m
F
m
Smooth
F F F
(a)  2 g (b) (c)  g (d) zero
2m 2m 2m
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Q5. Consider a cylinder of height h and radius a, closed at both ends, centered at the origin.
Let r  iˆx  ˆjy  kˆz be the position vector and n̂ be a unit vector normal to the surface.
The surface integral  r  nˆ ds over the closed surface of the cylinder is

S
2
(a) 2πa (a + h) (b) 3πa2h (c) 2 πa2h (d) zero
Q6. Consider the digital circuit shown below in which the input C is always low (0).
A
B Z
C
(Low)
The truth table for the circuit can be written as
A B Z
0 0
0 1
1 0
1 1
The entries in the Z column (vertically) are
(a) 1010 (b) 0101 (c) 1111 (d) 1011
Q7. Let X be a column vector of dimension n  1 with at least one non-zero entry. The
number of non-zero eigenvalues of the matrix M  XX T is
(a) 0 (b) n (c) 1 (d) n  1
Q8. A diffraction pattern is produced by a pair of 0.30mm wide slits. The third, sixth and
ninth order maxima of the double slit pattern are missing. What is the separation between
slits?
(a) 0.9 mm (b) 1.8 mm (c) 0.9 cm (d) 1.0 cm
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Q9. The entropy function of a system is given by S E   aEE0  E  where a and E0 are
positive constants. The temperature of the system is
(a) Negative for some energies (b) Increases monotonically with energy
(c) Decreases monotonically with energy (d) Zero
Q10. In a YDSE , the slits are at a distance 2 L from each other and the screen is at a distance
D from the slits . If a glass slab of refractive index  and thickness d is placed in the
path of one of the beams, the minimum value of  for the central fringe to be dark is
D D
(a) (b)
   1 D L
2 2
   1 L
 
(c) (d)
   1 2    1
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Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
Q11-Q30 Carry Two Mark each. (1/3 negative marks for each wrong answer)
Q11. A monochromatic plane wave of wavelength   600 m is propagating in the direction
  
as shown in the figure below. Ei , Er and Et denote, incident, reflected, and transmitted
electric field vectors associated with the wave.
Ei
Er
kr
Hi  
Hr
ki i  r
 r  1 0
0 r  45 X
Ht
19  20 Et

kt
Z

The angle of incidence i and the expression for Ei are
 10  x  z 
4
 E0 j
(a) 60 and Ei 
0
 ax  az  e 3 2 V / m
ˆ ˆ
2
 10 z4
 E0 j
(b) 45 and Ei 
0
 aˆ x  aˆ z  e 3 2 V / m
2
 10  x  z 
4
 E0 j
(c) 45 and Ei 
0
 aˆ x  aˆ z  e 3 2 V / m
2
 10 z 4
 E j
(d) 60 and Ei  0  aˆ x  aˆ z  e 3 2 V / m
0
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Q12. Two events in S frame is separated by space coordinate x2  x1  L and by time
coordinate t2  t1  T . What will be difference in time coordinate measured from S 
which is moving with speed v with respect to S frame

v v v
T L T L T L
(a) (b) c2 (c) c2 (d) c2
v2 v2 v2 v2
1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
c c c c
Q13. A gun which fires small balls of mass 20 g is firing 20 balls per second on the smooth
horizontal table surface ABCD . If the collision is perfectly elastic and balls are striking at
the center of table with a speed of 5 m / s at an angle of 600 with the vertical just before
collision, then force exerted by one the legs on ground is (assume total weight of the table
is 0  2 kg )
D C
(a) 0  5 N
(b) 1N
A B
(c) 0  25 N
(d) 0  75 N
Q14. A thin paper of thickness 0.02mm having refractive index 1.45 is pasted across one of
the slites in YDSE . The paper tram it 4 / 9 of the light falling on it. The ratio of the
maximum intensity to the minimum intensity in the fringe pattern will be
(a) 16 (b) 25 (c) 49 (d) 64
Q15. In the circuit shown below the knee current of the ideal Zener diode is 10 mA . To
maintain 5V across RL , the minimum value of RL

in  and the minimum power rating of the Zener 100
diode in mW , respectively, are
10V 
I Load
(a) 125 and 125 VZ  5V RL
(b) 125 and 250
(c) 250 and 125  
(d) 250 and 250
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Q16. Three balls A , B and C of masses 2 kg , 4 kg and 8kg , respectively, move along the
same straight line and in the same direction, with velocities 4 m / s ,1 m / s and 3/ 4 m / s .
If A collides with B and subsequently B collides
with C , find the velocity of ball A and ball B after A B C
collision respectively, taking the coefficient of

restitution as unity.
(a) 3 m / s , 9 / 4 m / s (b) 0 m / s , 3 m / s
(c) 3 m / s , 0 m / s (d) 0 m / s , 0 m / s
m2
Q17. A function y  z  satisfies the ordinary differential equation y 
1
y  2 y  0, where
z z
m  0, 1, 2, 3, ..... Consider the four statements P, Q, R, S as given below.
P: z m and z  m are linearly independent solutions for all values of m

Q: z m and z  m are linearly independent solutions for all values of m  0
R: ln z and 1 are linearly independent solutions for m  0
S: z m and ln z are linearly independent solutions for all values of m
The correct option for the combination of valid statements is
(a) P, R and S only (b) P and R only (c) Q and R only (d) R and S only
Q18. In the Op-Amp circuit shown, assume that the diode current follows the equation
I  I 0 exp V / VT  . For Vi  2 V , Vo  V01 and for Vi  8 V , Vo  V02 . The relationship
between V01 and V02 is
(a) V02  2V01 2 k

Vi 
Vo
(b) V02  e 2V01 
(c) V01  V02  2VT ln 2
(d) V01  V02  VT ln 2
Q19. The coefficient of eikx in the Fourier expansion of u  x   A sin 2  x  for k  2 is
A A A A
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 4 2 2
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m 2 x 2
Q20. At time t  0 a particle in harmonic oscillator potential V  x   has wave
2
1 1
1 where m is orthonormal Eigen state of energy then   x, t 
2
function   0 
2 2
oscillates with frequency
 3
(a) (b)  (c)  (d) 2
2 2
Q21. A region shown below contains a perfect conducting half-space and air. The surface
 
current K s on the surface of the perfect conductor is K s  2 xˆ amperes per meter. The

tangential H field in the air just above the perfect conductor is
y

KS Air
x
Prefect conductor
(a) 2  xˆ  zˆ  ampere per meter (b) 2xˆ ampere per meter
(c) 2zˆ ampere per meter (d) 2zˆ ampere per meter
Q22. Consider a triatomic molecule of the shape shown in the figure in three dimensions. The
heat capacity of this molecule at high temperature (temperature much
higher than the vibrational and rotational energy scales of the molecule
but lower than its bond dissociation energies) is:
3 9
(a) kB (b) 3k B (c) kB (d) 6k B
2 2
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Q23. A particle in the infinite square well
0 0 xa
V  x  
 otherwise
is prepared in a state with the wave function
 A x 3 x 
  x    3sin  sin  0 xa
  x   4 a a 

 otherwise
If energy is measured on state  and E0 is ground state energy, then average value of
energy on state  is given by

(a) 1.5 E0 (b) 1.8E0 (c) 2 E0 (d) 8.2 E0
Q24. A thin rod of length 4l and mass 4m is bent at the points as shown in the figure. What is
the moments of inertia of the rod about the axis passing through point O and
perpendicular to the plane of the paper.
O
0 l 900
90
l l l
M l2 10 M l 2 M l2 M l2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 12 24
Q25. The Boolean expression  X  Y   X  Y    XY   X simplifies to
(a) X (b) Y (c) XY (d) X  Y

Q26. Consider N non-interacting, distinguishable particles in a two-level system at
temperature T . The energies of the levels are 0 and  , where   0 . In the high
temperature limit  k BT    , what is the population of particles in the level with energy
?
N N 3N
(a) (b) N (c) (d)
2 4 4
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Q27. Assuming that the op-amp in the circuit shown is ideal, V0 is given by
3R
V1 
R V
0
2R V2 
R
5 5 3 7 11
(a) V1  3V2 (b) 2V1  V2 (c)  V1  V2 (d) 3V1  V2
2 2 2 2 2
Q28. In the nuclear reaction 0 n1  5 B10  3 Li 7  2 He 4 a slow moving neutron  Kn  0
strikes a boron at rest. After reaction  -particle is observed to have a speed of
9.3  106 m / s . Find the Q value of the reaction in MeV . Given masses are
M He  4.0026 amu and M Li  7.0160 amu .
(a) 11.83 (b) 2.83 (c) 13.83 (d) 24.83

Q29. Which among the following sets of Maxwell relations is correct? (U-internal energy,
H-enthalpy, A-Helmholtz free energy and G-Gibbs free energy)
 U   U   H   H 
(a) T    and P    (b) V    and T   
 V  S  S V  P  S  S  P
 G   G   A   A 
(c) P    and V    (d) P    and S   
 V T  P  S  S T  P V
Q30. A charged particle (proton) is introduced at the origin  x  0, y  0, z  0  with a given


initial velocity v . In which case will the particle move in a straight line with constant
velocity? (The quantities E0 , B0 are positive in magnitude)
 E    E  
(a) v  0 yˆ , E   E0 yˆ , B  B0 zˆ (b) v  0 yˆ , E   E0 xˆ , B  B0 yˆ
B0 B0
 E    E  
(c) v  2 0 yˆ , E   E0 xˆ , B  B0 zˆ (d) v  0 yˆ , E   E0 xˆ , B  B0 zˆ
B0 B0
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Multiple Select Type Questions (MSQ)
Q31-Q40 Carry Two Marks each (No negative marking for any wrong answer)
Q31. Which of the following expressions does not represents an electric field due to a time
varying magnetic field?
(a) K  xxˆ  yyˆ  zzˆ  (b) K  xxˆ  yyˆ  zzˆ 
(c) K  xxˆ  yyˆ  (d) K  yyˆ  xyˆ  2 zzˆ 
Q32. For the network shown in figure, which of the following statements are true: (use
re  6  )  20V
470 k 2.2 k   120,VBE  0.7 V , ro  

Io
  v
Ii 10  A
0
10  A
vi   Zo
Zi
0.56 k CE  10  F
(a) Input impedance is  0.72 k  (b) Output impedance is 2.2 k 

(c) Voltage gain is  367 (d) Current gain is  120
Q33. If R is the radius of the earth  is mean density and G the gravitational constant, then
the earth’s surface potential will be nearly equal to
 G 4 4 4 R
(a)  (b)   R 3  G (c)   R 2G (d)   G
R 2
3 3 3 
Q34. All surface shown in figure are smooth. System is released from rest. x and y
components of acceleration of center of mass are m1
x
mm g m1m2 g
(a)  acm  x  1 2 (b)  acm  x 
m1  m2  m1  m2 
2
y
2
m2
 m2   m2 
(c)  acm  y   g (d)  acm  y   g
 m1  m2   m1  m2 
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Q35. Consider a spherical dielectric material of radius ‘ a ’ centered at origin. If the

polarization vector, P  P0 eˆx , where P0 is a constant of appropriate dimensions ( eˆx , eˆy ,
and eˆz are unit vectors in Cartesian- coordinate system). Which of the following
statements are true?
(a) The bound volume charge density is zero.
(b) The bound surface charge density is zero at  0, 0, a  .
(c) The electric field is zero inside the dielectric

(d) The sign of the surface charge density changes over the surface.
Q36. The relation between the nuclear radius ( R ) and the mass number ( A ) given by
R  1.2 A1/ 3 fm , implies that
(a) The nuclear force is change independent
(b) The surface energy per nucleon depends on A
(c) The central density of nuclei is independent of A
(d) The attractive part of the nuclear force has a long range
Q37. Two real capacitors of equal capacitance C1  C2  are shown in the figure below.
Initially, while the switch S is open, one of the capacitors is uncharged and the other
carries charge Q0` . The energy stored in the charged capacitors is U 0 . Sometime after the
switch is closed, the capacitors C1 and C2 carry S
charges Q1 and Q2 , respectively; the voltages across

C1 C2
the capacitors are V1 and V2 ; and the energies stored
in the capacitors are U1 and U 2 . Which of the
following statements are CORRECT?
(a) Q0 
1
Q1  Q2  (b) V1  V2 (c) U1  U 2 (d) U 0  U1  U 2
2
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Q38. The electric field of an electromagnetic wave is

E  z , t   Eo cos  kz  t  iˆ  2 Eo Sin t  kz  ˆj ,
Where  and k are positive constants. This represents

(a) A linearly polarized wave traveling in the positive z -direction.
(b) A circularly polarized wave traveling in the negative z -direction.
(c) An elliptically polarized wave traveling in the negative z -direction.
(d) An un-polarized wave traveling in the positive z -direction.
Q39. If the average energy is U and partition function is Z of a one dimensional quantum
oscillator of frequency  and in contact with a heat bath at temperature T . Which of the
following is / are correct?
1 1  1 1 
(a) U   coth     (b) U   sinh    
2 2  2 2 
1 1  1
(c) U   tanh     (d) Z 
2 2     
2 sinh  
 2 
Q40. In the Compton effect, a photon with energy E scatters through a 90 0 angle from a
stationary electron of mass m . Then which of the following is correct statement?
E  mc 2 E2
(a) Energy of scattered photon is (b) Energy of scattered photon is
E  mc 2 E  mc 2
E  mc 2 E2
(c) Energy of recoil electron (d) Energy of recoil electron
E  mc 2 E  mc 2
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Numerical Answer Type Questions (NAT)
Q41-Q50 Carry One Mark each (No negative marking for any wrong answer).
Q41. A conducting circular loop is placed in a uniform magnetic field of 0.02 Tesla , with its
plane perpendicular to the field. If the radius of the loop starts shrinking at a constant
rate 1.0 mm / sec , then the e.m.f. induced in the loop, at the instant when the radius is
4.0 cm will be__________________ V (write nearest integer only)
0; 0  x  a,0  y  b
Q42. V  x, y   
; otherwise
 2 2
If b  2a , the energy of first excited state is given by  the value of  is given
ma 2
by__________
Q43. Light of wavelength 680nm is incident normally on a detraction grating having
4000 lines / cm. The diffraction angle (in degrees) corresponding to the third-order
maximum is ___________. (Round off to 2 decimal places)
Q44. A uniform plane wave of frequency 1.6 kHz is propagating in a medium having
  38.2 MS / m ,    0 and    0 . Then the skin depth is______________ mm
(write upto three decimal places)
Q45. When a metal plate is exposed to a monochromatic beam of light of wavelength 400 nm ,
a negative potential of 1.1V is needed to stop the photocurrent. the threshold wavelength
for the metal is   109 m _____________

Q46. The number of distinct ways of placing four indistinguishable balls into five
distinguishable boxes is ___________.
Q47. At T  300 K , the hole mobility of a semiconductor  P  500 cm 2 / V .s and
kT
 26mV . The hole diffusion constant DP in cm 2 / s is ___________
q
Q48. The average time that an atom retains excitation energy before re-emitting it in the form
of electromagnetic radiations is 10 8 sec . The limits of accuracy with the excitation
energy of the emitted radiation can be   108 eV then value of  is_____________
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Q49. The current gain of the transistor in the following circuit is  dc  120 . The value of
collector current I C is_______________ mA . (Answer must be upto two decimal points)

12V
(Take VBE  0.7 V )
3 k
150 k 
vo
20  F 20  F
vi
3 k
Q50. An experiment is done to determine the half life of a radioactive substance that emits one
beta particle in each decay process. Measurements show that on average 8.4 beta
particles are emitted each second by 2.5 mg of the substance. The atomic weight of the
substance is 230 . Half life of the substance is_____________ 1017 sec . (Answer upto
two decimal points)
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Numerical Answer Type Questions (NAT)
Q51-Q60 Carry Two Mark each (No negative marking for any wrong answer).
Q51. A series LCR circuit is operated at a frequency different from its resonant frequency.
The operating frequency is such that the current leads the supply voltage. The magnitude
of current is half the value at resonance. If the values of L , C and R are 1H ,1F and
1 , respectively, the operating angular frequency (in rad / s ) is ___________
Q52. A block of mass m is placed on a surface with a vertical cross section given by
y  x3 / 6 . If the coefficient of friction is 0  5 , the maximum height above the ground at
which the block can placed without slipping is__________
Q53. Consider an abrupt PN junction  at T  300 K  shown in the figure. The depletion region
width X n on the N -side of the junction is 0  2  m and the permittivity of silicon   si  is
1  044  1012 F / cm . At the junction, the approximate value of the peak electric field
 in kV / cm  is ______________
P + -region N -region
Xn
N A  N D N D  1016 / cm3
Q54. An object of 2 cm height is placed at a distance of 30cm in front of a concave mirror with
radius of curvature 40 cm . The height of the image is _____________ cm .
Q55. The capacitance of an air-filled parallel plate capacitor is 60 pF . When a dielectric slab
whose thickness is half the distance between the plates, is placed on one of the plates
covering it entirely, the capacitance becomes 86 pF . Neglecting the fringing effects, the
relative permittivity of the dielectric is________(upto 2 decimal places)
Q56. A rocket of mass 40 kg has 160 kg fuel. The exhaust velocity of the fuel is
2  0 km / s . The rate of consumption of fuel is 4 kg / s . The ultimate vertical speed
gained by the rocket  g  10 m / s 2  is_____________
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Q57. A solution contains a mixture of two isotopes A (Half life  10 days) and B (Half life
 5 days). If total activity of mixture is 1010 disintegration per second at t  0 and after
20 days it reduces to 20% , then the initial activity of A is____________ 1010 dps .
(Answer upto two decimal point).
Q58. A particle of unit mass moves along the x -axis under the influence of a potential,
V  x   x  x  4  . The particle is found to be in stable equilibrium at the point. The
angular frequency of oscillation of the particle is______________

Q59. The volume under the surface z  x, y   x  y and above the triangle in the x  y plane
defined by 0  y  x and 0  x  12 is ________
Q60. A thin disc has mass M radius R and mass per unit area   kr 2 where r is the
distance from center. Its moment of inertia about an axis through its centre of mass,
perpendicular to its plane is  MR 2 find the value of  is______________
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Section A: This section contains a total of 30 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)

(b) B  and B 2  are not Eigen vectors of A with Eigen value a .

The surface integral  r  nˆ ds over the closed surface of the cylinder is

coordinate t2  t1  T . What will be difference in time coordinate measured from S 

which is moving with speed v with respect to S frame

maintain 5V across RL , the minimum value of RL

collision respectively, taking the coefficient of

P: z m and z  m are linearly independent solutions for all values of m

between V01 and V02 is

(a) V02  2V01 2 k

(d) V01  V02  VT ln 2

(a) 2  xˆ  zˆ  ampere per meter (b) 2xˆ ampere per meter

energy on state  is given by

Q25. The Boolean expression  X  Y   X  Y    XY   X simplifies to

(a) X (b) Y (c) XY (d) X  Y

(a) 11.83 (b) 2.83 (c) 13.83 (d) 24.83

Q30. A charged particle (proton) is introduced at the origin  x  0, y  0, z  0  with a given

470 k 2.2 k   120,VBE  0.7 V , ro  

(a) Input impedance is  0.72 k  (b) Output impedance is 2.2 k 

(c) The electric field is zero inside the dielectric

switch is closed, the capacitors C1 and C2 carry S

charges Q1 and Q2 , respectively; the voltages across

Where  and k are positive constants. This represents

for the metal is   109 m _____________

collector current I C is_______________ mA . (Answer must be upto two decimal points)

width X n on the N -side of the junction is 0  2  m and the permittivity of silicon   si  is

2  0 km / s . The rate of consumption of fuel is 4 kg / s . The ultimate vertical speed

gained by the rocket  g  10 m / s 2  is_____________

angular frequency of oscillation of the particle is______________

defined by 0  y  x and 0  x  12 is ________

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