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DPP - 02 QUANTUM CHEMISTRY

1. The linear momentum of a particle described by the wave function e  ik is

(a) kh (b) -kh
(c) k  (d) -k 
2. The commutator of kinetic energy operator Tx and the momentum operator px for the one dimen-
sional case is
(a)  ih / 2  (b) (ih / 2)(d / dx)

(c) 0 (d) (ih / 2)x

3. The opearation of commutator [x, d/dx] on a function f(x) is equal to
(a) 0 (b) f(x) (c) –f(x) (d) x, df/dx
4. Which of the following pairs of operator commute
(a) x and (d/dx) (b) (d/dx) and (d2/dx2) +2(d/dx)
(c) x2(d/dx) and (d2/dx2) (d) x3 and (d/dx)
5. The value of [x, p], [px, py] respectively are (arbitary function state function)
(a) 0, 0 (b) 0, not zero (c) not zero (d) not zero, not zero
6. The “SQRT and SQR” operator
(a) Commute with each other (b) do not commute with each other
(c) cannot determine (d) None of these
7. The value of commutator (x 2 ,p2x ) is equal to

(a) (ih / 2)(xpx  p x x) (b) (ih / )(xpx  px x)

(c) 0 (d) 2ih / 

8. The operators S  are defined by S  S x  iS y , where Sx and S y are component of the sprin angu-
lar momentum operator. The commutator  Sz ,S  is
(a) S  (b) S  (c)  S (d)  S

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9. Consider the statement

(i) The value of {x, Lx} is 0
(ii) The value of comutator {x, y} is z
(iii) If two operator commute they have common set of eignfunction.
The correct statement above are
(a) i, ii (b) iii and ii (c) i, iii (d) none
10. The value of [A[B, C]] + [B, [C,A]] + [C, [A, B]] is equal to
(a) 1 (b) –1 (c) 0 (d) 
11. The value of commutator [Ly, pz]

(a)  ih / 2 p y (b)  ih / 2 pz

(c) 0 (d)  ih / 2 px

12. The operator L   L x  iL y where L x and L y are the x and y component of angular momentum. The
commutator [Lz, L–] is
(a) hL  / 2 (b) hL / 2

(c) hL  / 2 (d) hL  / 2

13. Given operator a  (1 / (x  ipx ) and a  (1 / x 2 ip x ) where x and px are the positon and linear

momentum operator, respectively the value of commutator  a ,a  is equal to

(a) ih / 2 (b) ih / 2 (c) h / 2 (d) h / 2

××××

ANSWERS
1.(d) 2.(c) 3.(c) 4.(b) 5.(a) 6.(b) 7.(b) 8.(b) 9.(c) 10.(c) 11.(d)
12.(a) 13.(c)

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