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ALL INDIA TEST SERIES
FOR
CSIR - JRF (PHYSICS) December - 2020
Full Length Test – 04
31-05-2020
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
TIME: 3 HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 200
Part 'A' This part shall carry 20 questions pertaining to General Aptitude with emphasis,
On logical reasoning, graphical, analysis, analytical and numerical ability, quantitative
comparison, series formation, puzzles etc. The candidates shall be required to answer any
15 questions. Each question shall be of two marks. The total marks allocated to this
section shall be 30 out of 200.
Part 'B' This part shall contain 25 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) generally
covering the topics given in the Part ‘A’ (CORE) of syllabus. All questions are
compulsory. Each question shall be of 3.5 Marks. The total marks allocated to this
section shall be 70 out of 200.
Part 'C' This part shall contain 30 questions from Part ‘B’(Advanced) that are designed
to test a candidate's knowledge of scientific concepts and/or application of the scientific
concepts. The questions shall be of analytical nature where a candidate is expected to
apply the scientific knowledge to arrive at the solution to the given scientific problem. A
candidate shall be required to answer any 20. Each question shall be of 5 Marks. The total
marks allocated to this section shall be 100 out of 200.
There will be negative marking @25% for each wrong answer.

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PART A
ANSWER ANY 15 QUESTONS
Q1. In a town consisting of three localities P, Q and R , the population of localities P, Q and
R are in the ratio 3 : 8 : 9 . In locality P 90% of the people are literate, in locality
Q,30% of the people are illiterate. If 80% of the people in locality R are literate, the
literacy percentage of the town is
(a) 61.5% (b) 78% (c) 75% (d) 77.5%
Q2. The number of triangles in the figure shown is

(a) 16 (b) 28 (c) 30 (d) 24


Q3. A step-by-step multiplication is shown below

2 a b
 c 3
7 0 2
d 0 2
d 7 2 2
The value of  a  b  c  d  is

(a) 15 (b) 17 (c) 19 (d) 21


Q4. If x is the sum of all three digit numbers which on being divided by 7 , leaves a
remainder equal to 3 , then the value of x is
(a) 70720 (b) 70725 (c) 70728 (d) 70729
Q5. The difference between the number of diagonals of two regular polygons A and B is 15 .
If the number of sides of polygon B is 8 , then the number of sides of polygon A is
(a) 7 (b) 9 (c) 10 (d) 11
 1
Q6. Let x be a positive integer satisfying x 244  x 244  2 then the value of  x   is
 x
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

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Q7. A and B are two solid spheres such that the surface area of B is 300% higher than the
surface area of A . The volume of A is found to be K % lower than the volume of B .
The value of K must be
(a) 85.5 (b) 92.5 (c) 90.5 (d) 87.5
Q8. If two fair dice are rolled then what is the conditional probability that the first dice lands
on 6 given that the sum of numbers on the two die is 8 ?
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 4 5 6
Q9. In the figure given below, the value of angle BCD is equal to
D

A 300 700

B
(a) 700 (b) 750 (c) 800 (d) 900
Q10. A ladder PQ is falling on a vertical wall as shown in the figure. At the instant shown in
the figure the distance OP  40m and OQ  20m . If at this instant the speed of end Q is
40m / s , then the speed of end P is Q

20m

O 40 m P
(a) 20 m / s (b) 22 m / s (c) 16 m / s (d) 18 m / s
Q11. In the figure shown, a quadrilateral is inscribed in a circle. What is the area (in square
unit) of the shaded region?

6 3units
6 units

6 units

6 3units


(a) 9   3  
(b) 3 4  3 3  
(c) 3 3  4 3  (d) 9  3  

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Q12. A two digit number is 9 more than four times of the number obtained by interchanging
its digits. If the product of digits in the two-digit number is 8 , then what is the number?
(a) 81 (b) 42 (c) 24 (d) 18
Q13. What will be the next term (?) in the following series?
2,10,30, 68,130,?....
(a) 220 (b) 221 (c) 222 (d) 224
Q14. What is the unit digit of the number 7102  389 ?
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 7
Q15. A shopkeeper sells two computers at the same price, making a profit of 30% on one and
a loss of 30% on the other. What is the net loss or profit percentage on the transaction?
(a) 6% loss (b) 6% gain (c) 9% loss (d) 9% gain
Q16. What should come next (?) in the following letter series
BHL, CFN , DDP, EBR,?,...
(a) FAQ (b) FZT (c) FYU (d) FXV
Q17. If 5 tractors can plough 5 hectares of land in 5 days, then what is the number of tractors
required to plough 100 hectares in 50 days?
(a) 100 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 5
Q18. Five girls are sitting on a bench for a photograph. Seema is to the left of Rani and to the
right of Bindu. Mary is to the right of Rani. Reeta is between Rani and Mary. Which of
the following statements is correct?
(a) Seema is on the extreme right position.
(b) Rani’s position is third from left.
(c) There are two persons between Rani and Bindu.
(d) Bindu is to the right of Reeta.
Q19. A man can row at a speed of xkm / hr in still water. If in a stream which is flowing at a
speed of ykm / hr it takes him z hours to row to a place of back, then what is the
distance between the two places?

(a)
z  x2  y2 
(b)
z  x2  y 2 
(c)
x2  y2
(d)

z x2  y 2 
2y 2y 2 zx 2x

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Q20. Which number should replace the question mark (?) in the third figure?

7 5 9

2 3 6 2 5 4
17 11 ?

9 6 10 4 7 6
(a) 9 (b) 11 (c) 13 (d) 17

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PART B
ANSWER ANY 20 QUESTONS
Q21. The vector field xziˆ  yˆj in cylindrical polar coordinates is

(a)  z cos 2   sin 2  eˆ    sin  cos  1  z eˆ

(b)  z cos 2   sin 2  eˆ    sin  cos  1  z eˆ

(c)  z sin 2   cos 2  eˆ    sin  cos  1  z eˆ

(d)  z sin 2   cos 2  eˆ    sin  cos  1  z eˆ

Q22. The   decays at rest to   and v . Assuming the neutrino to be massless, the

momentum of the neutrino is  in MeV / c  . ( m  139 MeV / c 2 , m  105 MeV / c 2 )

(a) 25 (b) 30 (c) 35 (d) 40


Q23. In the table shown List I and II respectively contain terms appearing on the left-hand side
and right-hand side of Maxwell’s equations (in their standard form). Match the left-hand
side with the corresponding right-hand side.

List I List II
 
1 D P 0
 
2  E Q f
  
3 B R B

t
  
4  H S  D
Jf 
t

(a) 1  P , 2  R ,3  Q , 4  S (b) 1  Q , 2  R ,3  P , 4  S
(c) 1  Q , 2  S ,3  P , 4  R (d) 1  R , 2  Q ,3  S , 4  P

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Q24. If the root-mean-squared momentum of a particle in the ground state ( n  0 ) of a one-
dimensional simple harmonic potential is p0 , then its root-mean-squared momentum in

the nth excited state is

m  m 
(a) Prms  2n  1 (b) Prms  2n
2 2

m  m 
(c) Prms  n 1 (d) Prms  n
2 2
b
Q25. A particle of unit mass moves in a potential V  x   ax  , where a and b are positive
x
constants. The angular frequency of small oscillations about the minimum of the potential
is
1 1 1 1
 a3  4  b3  4  a3  2  b3  2
(a)   2   (b)   2   (c)   2   (d)   2  
b a b a

1/ 2 1/ 2 1/ 2 
 
Q26. Consider the matrix A given by A   1/ 2 0 1/ 2 
 
1/ 2 1/ 2 1/ 2 

Which of the following option is correct about this matrix?


(a) The product of the determinants of A and its transpose AT is 1 .
(b) The eigenvalues of A are either purely imaginary or zero.
1 0 0
(c) Matrix A is similar to the diagonal matrix D  0 2i 0 
0 0 2i 

1 0 0 
(d) Matrix A is similar to the diagonal matrix D  0 i 0 
0 0 i 

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Q27. An electron  q1  is moving in free space with velocity 105 m / s towards a stationary

electron  q2  far away. The closet distance that this moving electron gets to the

stationary electron before the repulsive force diverts its path is:
[Given mass of electron m  9.111031 kg . Charge of electron e  1.6 1019 C and

permittivity  0  1/ 36   109 F / m ]

(a) 2  108 m (b) 3  108 m (c) 4  108 m (d) 5  108 m


Q28. Consider the following two experiments:
Experiment I: A pair of die is thrown 6 times. Let P1 be the probability of getting a

doublet on 5 throws (a doublet on a throw means same number on both die).


Experiment II: A coin is tossed 6 times. Let P2 be the probability of getting a head on
4 throws.
The ratio of P1 and P2 is
1 2 1 2
(a) 5 (b) 5 (c) (d)
2 3 26 36
Q29. Five positive charges of magnitude q are arranged symmetrically around the
circumference of a circle of radius r. What is the magnitude of the electric field at the
center of the circle?
( k  1 4 0 )

(a) 0 (b) kq / r 2 (c) 5kq / r 2 (d) kq / r 2 cos2 / 5


Q30. Consider a potential barrier A of height V0 and width b , and another potential barrier B

of height 4V0 and the same width b . The ratio TA / TB of tunnelling probabilities TA and

TB , through barriers A and B respectively, for a particle of energy V0 /10 is best


approximated by

 
(a) exp  1.99  0.99 
  (b) exp 
  4.9  0.9 
 
(c) exp  3.9  0.9   (d) exp   2.9  0.9  
   

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Q31. A chain of length l , mass m , fall vertically on a table. The force on the chain, applied by
3
the table, when th of the chain length is on the table is
4
5 mg 3 mg
(a) mg (upwards (b) (upward) (c) mg (upward) (d) (downward)
4 4 2 2
Q32. Two long, identical bar magnets are placed under a horizontal piece of paper, as shown in
the figure. The paper is covered with iron filings. When
N N
the two north poles are a small distance apart and
touching the paper, the iron filings move into a pattern
that shows the magnetic field lines. Which of the
following best illustrates the pattern that results?
S S

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

Q33. Each of the two isolated vessels, A and B of fixed volumes, contains N molecules of a
perfect monatomic gas at a pressure P . The temperatures of A and B are T1 and T2 ,
respectively. The two vessels are brought into thermal contact. At equilibrium, the
change in entropy is
3   2  22  3  
(a) k B ln  1  (b) k B ln 2 
2  412  2  1 

3  1  2 2 
(c) k B ln   (d) 2 NkB
2  41 2 

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Q34. A particle of mass m and coordinate q and momentum p has the Hamiltonian

p2
H
2  m  q

Where  is a constant. The Lagrangian for the system is given by


1  1 2  2
(a) L  mq 2  qq 2 (b) L  mq  qq
2 2 2 2
mq 2  q 2 mq 2  q 2
(c) L   (d) L  
2  m  q  2  m  q 
2 2
2 2

Q35. One mole of an ideal gas is carried from temperature T1 and molar volume V1 to

temperature T2 and volume V2 . Then the change in entropy is given by

V2 T2
(a) S  R ln (b) S  CV ln
V1 T1
T V T V
(c) S  Cv ln 2  R ln 2 (d) S  Cv ln 2  R ln 2
T1 V1 T1 V1
Q36. The inverting OP-AMP shown in the figure has an open-loop gain of 100 . The closed
loop gain V0 / VS is R2  1 k 
(a) 6.0 R1  1 k 
(b) 7.0 
VS Vi 
 V0
(c) 8.0
(d) 9.0
Q37. If a crystal contains phonons, electrons and magnons, then its specific heat at low
temperature and in long wavelength regions depends on temperature as
(a) BT 3 (b) AT  BT 3
(c) AT  BT 3   T 3/ 2 (d) BT 3   T 3/ 2

Q38. If m n   m,n , the two vectors 1  a n and 2  b n  c m are orthonormal if

(a) a  1, b  1/ 2, c  1/ 2 (b) a  1, b  1, c  0


(c) a  1, b  0, c  1 (d) a  1, b  1/ 2, c  1/ 2

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Q39. The op-amp circuit shown in the figure is a filter. The type of filter and its cut-off
frequency are respectively 10 k 
10 k 

Vi 
1 F 1k

(a) High pass, 1000 rad / sec (b) Low pass, 1000 rad / sec
(c) High pass, 10000 rad / sec (d) Low pass, 10000 rad / sec

s2
Q40. The inverse Laplace transform of is
 s 2  4  s 2  1
1 2 1 2
(a) sin 2t  sin t (b) cos 2t  cos t
3 3 3 3
2 1 2 1
(c) sin 2t  cos t (d) sin 2t  sin t
3 3 3 3
Q41. A sequential circuit using D Flip-Flop and logic gates is shown in the figure, where X
and Y are the inputs and Z is the output. The circuit is

X  Q Z
D
CLK

Y Q Z

(a) S  R Flip-Flop with inputs X  R and Y  S


(b) S  R Flip-Flop with inputs X  S and Y  R
(c) J  K Flip-Flop with inputs X  J and Y  K
(d) J  K Flip-Flop with inputs X  K and Y  J

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Q42. The Coulomb potential V  r   e / r of a hydrogen atom is perturbed by adding
2

H   bx (where b is a constant) to the Hamiltonian. The first order correction to the


1
ground state energy is (The ground state wavefunction is  0  e  r / a0 )
a 3
0

ba0
(a) 0 (b) ba0 (c) (d) 2ba0
2

1  i 3 
21

Q43. Let z  be a complex number. What is magnitude of Z ?


 i  1
38

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4


Q44. The ground state spectral term of Nitrogen atom is
(a) 4 S1 (b) 4 D5/ 2 (c) 4 S1/ 2 (d) 4 S3/ 2
Q45. Consider a three level single particle system with six microstates with energies
0,  ,  ,  , 2 and 2 . What is the mean energy of the system if it is in equilibrium with a
heat both at temperature T ?

  3e    4e 2     3e    3e 2  
(a)   (b)  
1  3e    2e   1  2e    3e  

 14 e   e 2  
(c)   (d)   6
1  3e    e 2 

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PART C
ANSWER ANY 20 QUESTONS
Q46. The expressions for an electric field in free space is E  E0  xˆ  yˆ  j 2 zˆ  e j t  kx  ky  ,

where x, y, z represent the spatial coordinates , t represents time, and  , k are constants.
This electric field
(a) does not represent a plane wave
(b) represents a circularly polarized plane wave propagating normal to the z -axis
(c) represents an elliptically polarized plane wave propagating along the x  y plane
(d) represents a linearly polarized plane wave.
Q47. Match List I and List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below in the
Lists:
List I List II
A. Temperature of inversion in Joule- 1.  U 
  0
Thomson effect is related to  V T
B. For perfect gases 2.  T  1  2a 
     b
 P  H C P  RT 
C. For a perfect gas, Joule-Thomson 3. 
PV T  0
effect vanishes because P

D. Deviation from Boyle’s law implies 4.  V 


T V   0
 T 
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 2 4 1 3
(b) 3 1 4 2
(c) 2 1 4 3
(d) 3 4 1 2

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Q48. Consider the potential
  
V  r    i V0 a 3    r  ri 
3


where ri are the position vectors of the vertices of a cube of length a centered at the

2
origin and V0 is a constant. If V0 a 2  , the differential scattering cross-section, in the
m
low-energy limit, is
4m2V02 a 6 8m 2V02 a 6 16m2V02 a 6 32m 2V02 a 6
(a) (b) (c) (d)
 2 4  2 4  2 4  2 4
1 Q2
Q49. If generating function F1 (q, Q)  qQ  m q 
2
.
2 4m
Which one is correct transformation rule?
p  m q p  m q
(a) Q  p  m q, P  (b) Q  p  m q, P 
2m 2m
 p  m q   p  m q 
(c) Q  ( p  m q ), P    (d) Q  p  m q, P    
 2m   2m 
Q50. An atomic transition line with wavelength 300 nm is observed to be split into three
components, is a spectrum of light from a sun spot. Adjacent components are separated
by 1.5 pm . The strength of the magnetic field in the sun spot is

(use  B  9.17 1024 JT 1 )

(a) 1.5T (b) 1.1T (c) 0.82 T (d) 0.36 T

Q51. The third coefficient of Taylor Series of the function f  x   ln 1   cos x  1  about

x  0 is
1 1 1 1
(a) (b)  (c)  (d) 
45 12 45 36
2
p x2 p y m 2 ( x 2  y 2 )
Q52. The Hamiltonian of the system is given by H    .
2m 2m 2
If S 
1
2m
 
px p y  m 2 2 xy then  S , H  is given by

(a) 0 (b)   p x y  p y x  (c)   p x y  p y x  (d)   p x y  p y x 

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Q53. In the He  Ne laser (three level laser), the energy spacing between the upper and lower
levels E2  E1  2.26eV in the Neon atom. If the optical pumping operation stops, the

temperature at which the ratio of the population of upper level E2 and the lower level E1

become 1/10 is
(a) 1.14 104 K (b) 2.23 103 K (c) 8.4 104 K (d) 6.25 103 K
Q54. Consider a two level system with energy level E  0,  . A single particle is put into the

system. Let P0 and P1 are the probability of finding system in ground state and excited

state, respectively. At what temperature the ratio P0 / P1 will be equal to 1/ 3 ?

  3.5 0.28
(a) T  (b) T   (c) T  (d) T 
k B ln 3 / 4 k B ln 3 kB kB

Q55. The permittivity of water at optical frequencies is 1.75  0 . It is found that an isotropic

light source at a distance d under water forms an illuminated circular area of radius 5 m ,
as shown in the figure. The critical angle is C .

5m

Air

C
Water d

Light
Source
The value of d is:
(a) 2.33 m (b) 3.33 m (c) 4.33 m (d) 4.33 m

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Q56. The plot of potential V  x  vs x in one dimension is as shown in the figure.

Then the phase curve is given by

P  x P  x
(a) (b)

x x

P  x P  x
(c) (d)
x x

Q57. When a DC voltage of 1.5V is applied across the Josephson junction an AC current is
produced. The frequency of the AC current is
(a) 435 MHz (b) 510 MHz (c) 620 MHz (d) 725 MHz
Q58. A uniformly charged sphere of total charge Q expands and contracts between radii R1
and R2 at a frequency f. The total power radiated by the sphere is

(a) proportional to Q (b) proportional to f 4


(c) proportional to R2 / R1  (d) zero
Q59. In the historic experiment of Davison and Germer electron of 54eV at normal incident
on a crystal showed a peak at reflection angle   400 . Neutron would also show a peak
at   400 for the same order at energy
(a) 0.03eV (b) 0.3eV (c) 0.11eV (d) 1.2 eV

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Q60. Using the trial function
 A  a 2  x 2  , a  x  a
  x  
 0 otherwise
the ground state energy of a one-dimensional harmonic oscillator is
5  1  10
(a)  (b) (c)  (d)
14 2 2 2 7
Q61. The density of state function for electrons in metal is given by
g  E  dE  12.5  1027 E1/ 2 dE

The electron concentration is 9  1028 electrons per cubic meter. The Fermi energy at
T  0 K is
(a) 1.2eV (b) 4.9eV (c) 6.8 eV (d) 7.2 eV
Q62. A small circular wire loop of radius a is located at the center of a much larger circular
wire loop of radius b as shown in the figure. The larger loop carries an alternating current
I  I 0 cos  t , where I 0 and  are constants. The magnetic field generated by the current

in the large loop induces in the small loop an emf that is approximately equal to which
of the following?

2a 2b

  I  a 2   I  a 2
(a)  0 0   cos  t (b)  0 0   sin  t
 2  b  2  b

  I  a   I  a
(c)  0 0  2  sin  t (d)  0 0  2 cos  t
 2 b  2 b
Q63. Which of the following is an allowed decay process
(a)     0   (b)    p   

(c)        0 (d)    e   e   

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Q64. The Fourier transform of f  x   e ax , a  0 is
2

1  2 / 2 a 1  2 / a 1  2 / 4 a 1  2 / 3 a
(a) e (b) e e (c) (d) e
2a 2a 2a 2a
 a,  1  x  1
Q65.   x  and   x  which is defined as   x   
 0, otherwise
bx  c,  1  x  1
And   x    the condition on a, b, c (real numbers) such that
 0, otherwise
  x  and   x  are orthonormal vector are

1 1 1 1 1
(a) a  , b  0, c  (b) a  ,b  ,c 
2 2 2 2 2

1 3 1 1 3
(c) a  ,b  ,c  (d) a  ,b  ,c  0
2 2 2 2 2

Q66. Consider the alpha particle decay 230


Th90 226 Ra88   and use the following expression
to calculate the binding energy B
z  z  1 N  Z a
B  av A  as A2 / 3  ac 1/ 3
 aa p A3/ 4
A A
where the values for the constants av , as , ac , aa and a p are respectively 15.5,16.8, 0.72, 23

and 34.5MeV . Given that the total binding energy of the alpha particle is 28.3MeV . If
226
the thorium nucleus was at rest, the kinetic energy of the daughter nucleus Ra is
(a) 20.2 MeV (b) 10.4 MeV (c) 1.2 MeV (d) 0.4 MeV
Q67. In the circuit shown, the breakdown voltage and the maximum current of the Zener diode
are 20V and 60 mA , respectively. The values of R1
R1 and RL are 200  and 1k , respectively.
Vi  RL
What is the range of Vi that will maintain the 

Zener diode in the ‘on’ state?


(a) 22V to 34V (b) 24V to 36V (c) 18V to 24V (d) 20V to 28V

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Q68. For anharmonic diatomic molecule the vibrational energy levels are written as

 v  e   1/ 2   e xe   1/ 2 
2
cm 1 

The highest vibrational quantum number   is

1 1 2 1 1 1 1
(a)  (b) 1 (c)  (d) 
xe 2 xe 2 xe 2 2 xe 2
1 3
Q69. Energy of the ground electronic state S 0 is E and that of first excited state S1 of an
atom is 2E . The fraction of excited atoms at temperature T Kelvin is
 2E   2E 
exp    exp   
(a)  kBT 
(b)  k BT 
 E   2E   E   2E 
exp     exp    3exp     3exp   
 kBT   kBT   k BT   k BT 
 2E   2E 
3exp    exp   
(c)  kBT 
(d)  k BT 
 E   2E   E   2E 
exp     3exp    3exp     exp   
 k BT   k BT   k BT   k BT 
Q70. For the DC analysis of the Common-Emitter amplifier shown, neglect the base current
and assume that the emitter and collector current are equal. Given that
VT  25 mV , VBE  0.7 V , and the BJT output resistance ro is practically infinite. Under
these conditions, the magnitude of VCC  12V
voltage gain Av  Vo / Vi is: 73kΩ
RC 2 k 10  F
R1 
(a) 30 10μF C2
(b) 80
C1 RL
(c) 130 2 k V0
Vi RE CE
(d) 180 R2 8k
47kΩ 100μF

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Q71. The solution of the one-dimensional wave problem
9u xx  utt , 0  x  5, t  0,

u  0, t   0 and u  5, t   0,

u  x, 0   4sin  x   sin  2 x   3sin  5 x  ,

u  x, 0   0
(a) u  x, t   4 cos  3 t  sin  x   cos  6 t  sin  2 x   3cos 15 t  sin  5 x 

(b) u  x, t   4 cos  3 t  sin  x   cos  6 t  sin  2 x   3cos 15 t  sin  5 x 

(c) u  x, t   4 cos  3 t  sin  x   cos  6 t  sin  2 x   3cos 15 t  sin  5 x 

(d) u  x, t   4 cos  3 t  sin  x   cos  6 t  sin  2 x   3cos 15 t  sin  5 x 


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Q72. According to shell model, the spin and parity of Sc21 nuclei in the first excited state is
   
5 3 7 7
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
2 2 2 2
Q73. The experimentally measured value of the fine structure constant is
e2 1
 
c 137.03604 11

the number of significant figures to which  known is


(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 11
Q74. The Fourier transform of the function
  e  t , t 0
h t   
 0, t0
is given by
 
(a) H  f   e
j tan 1  2 f /  
(b) H  f   e
j tan 1  2 f /  

 2   2 f   2   2 f 
2 2

 
(c) H  f   e
j tan 1  2 f /  
(d) H  f   e
j tan 1  2 f /  

 2   2 f   2   2 f 
2 2

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Q75. The specific heat  c  of a substance is found to vary with temperature T 

as, c     T 2 , where T is celsius temperature. At what temperature does the specific


heat of the substance becomes equal to the mean specific heat of the substance in a
temperature range between 0 and T0 ?

T0 T0 T0 T0
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 2 3 3
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