JAM Test Series 4 of Career Endeavour

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2. Section-A contains 30 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ). Each question has 4 choices (a), (b), (c) and (d),
for its answer, out of which ONLY ONE is correct. From Q.1 to Q.10 carries 1 Marks and Q.11 to Q.30
carries 2 Marks each.
3. Section-B contains 10 Multiple Select Questions(MSQ). Each question has 4 choices (a), (b), (c) and (d)
for its answer, out of which ONE or MORE than ONE is/are correct. For each correct answer you will be
awarded 2 marks.
4. Section-C contains 20 Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions. From Q.41 to Q.50 carries 1 Mark each
and Q.51 to Q.60 carries 2 Marks each. For each NAT type question, the value of answer in between 0 to
9.
5. In all sections, questions not attempted will result in zero mark. In Section–A (MCQ), wrong answer will
result in negative marks. For all 1 mark questions, 1/3 marks will be deducted for each wrong answer. For
all 2 marks questions, 2/3 marks will be deducted for each wrong answer. In Section–B (MSQ),there is no
negative and no partial marking provisions. There is no negative marking in Section –C (NAT) as well.
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Section-A : Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
Q.1 to Q.10 : Carry 1 Mark each.

1. A gas of molecules each having mass ‘m’ is in thermal equilibrium at a temperature T. Let vx and v y be the

Cartesian components of velocity v of a molecule. The mean value of (vx  v y )3 is
2 1
(a) 0 (b) k BT (c) 2 k BT (d) k BT
3 3
2. The equation of tangent plane to the surface z  x 2  4 y 2 at the point  2,1,8  is
(a) 4 x  8 y  z  8 (b) 4 x  8 y  z  8 (c) 4 x  8 y  z  17 (d) 4 x  8 y  z  17
1  iz
3. If z  x  iy and   , then   1 implies that in the complex plane
z i
(a) z lies on the real axis (b) z lies on the imaginary axis
(c) z lies on the unit circle (d) none of these
4. Two tuning fork are used to produce lissajous figure as shown below.
y
If the frequency of one fork used is 300 Hz and other is 596 Hz, it is found that above lissajous figure
changes its shape. The time interval after which it will repeats itself is
(a) 0.25 sec (b) 0.50 sec (c) 1 sec (d) 0.1 sec
5. A block of m slides on horizontal surface as shown in figure with initial velocity v0. Coefficient of friction
y
 0 x0
between the surface and block is   
 x x  0 m
v0
The block will stop at x equal to x
0
v02 v0 v0 2v0
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 g g  2 g g
6. A sphere has uniform polarization P . If a spherical portion is cut from the sphere as shown in figure, field inside
the cavity will be
  
P 2P P
(a)  (b)  (c)  (d) 0
3 0 3 0 60
7. Assuming that the diodes are ideal in figure, the current in D1 is
1 k 1 k
D1 D2
5V
8V
(a) 8 mA (b) 5 mA (c) 0 mA (d) –3 mA
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8. The binding energy per nucleon of deutron  H  and helium nucleus 

2
1
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2 He  is 1.1 MeV and 7 MeV respec-
tively. If two deutron nuclei react to form a single helium nucleus, then the energy released is
(a) 13.9 MeV (b) 26.9 MeV (c) 23.6 MeV (d) 19.2 MeV
9. A substance with face-centred cubic lattice has density 6250 kg/m3 and molecular weight 60.2. The lattice
constant a is [Give Avogadro number 6.02×106 (kg.mole)–1]
(a) 2 Å (b) 4 Å (c) 6 Å (d) 10 Å
10. What is the ratio of the power emitted by the two spherical stars (considering both as black body) at the same
temperature if their radius are in the ratio 2 : 1?
(a) 1 : 4 (b) 4 : 1 (c) 2 : 1 (d) 1 : 2
Q.11 to Q.30 : Carry 2 Marks each.

11. Two finite, identical, solid bodies of constant heat capacity per body, C, are used as heat source to drive heat
engine. Their initial temperature are T1 and T2 respectively. If T f is the final temperature of the system, then
which of the following is CORRECT ?
T1  T2
(a) T f  T1 T2 (b) T f  T1 T2 (c) T f  T1 T2 (d) T f 
2
12. The equation of a state for a gas is
 N2 
 P   V  N    N k BT ,
 V2 
where P, V , T , N and k B have standard means. If the value of critical pressure is 2 units and critical volume
is 4 units, the value of the critical temperature (in terms of the 1 N k B ) is
(a) 3/8 (b) 3/64 (c) 64/3 (d) 8/3
13. If P and Q are 3×3 square matrices. Q is used to diagonalise the matrix P i.e. Q 1PQ  DP . If Trace P =
2
9 and det DP  12 . Then the value of det  e P  is
 
6 36
(a) e (b) e (c) e41 (d) e1
14. Consider the fourier series of f  x  where

  x   x  0
f  x  
  x 0 x
1 1 1 1
Then the value of     ......... is equal to
12 32 52 72
2 2 3 3
(a)  (b) (c) (d) 
8 8 8 8
  
15. The value of  F  dS , where F  yziˆ  yjˆ  3 y 2kˆ and ‘S’ is the surface of the solid bounded by
S
x 2  y 2  4, z  x  3 and z  x  2 is
(a) 20  (b) 20  (c) 10  (d) 10 
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16. A particle of mass m moves on a plane along orbit r  Ae k . If v be instantaneous speed of the particle then
its angular momentum about origin is
mvr
(a) m v r (b) m v r k (c) m v r 1  k 2 (d)
1 k 2
17. A light beam of diameter 4mm, having frequency in range  4.30  4.32   1014 Hz , falls normally on grating.
Number of lines ruled per meter of the grating that can be used to resolve first order spectrum of the incident
light is
(a) 21500 (b) 53750 (c) 45400 (d) 45786
18. An object of specific gravity is hung from a thin steel wire. The fundamental frequency for transverse standing
waves in the wire is 300 Hz. The object is immersed in water so that one half of its volume is submerged. The
new fundamental frequency in Hz is
1/2 1/2
 2   w   2   2   2 1 
(a) 300   (b) 300   (c) 300   (d) 300  
 2   2 1   2  w   2 
19. A uniform chain of length L is released from position shown in figure on smooth table. The chain will skip off the
 dx 
table in time use   ln x  x 2  a 2 
 x 2  a2  L/2
L L
(a) ln 2 (b) ln (2  3) L/2
g g
L  4 3  L  2 3 
(c) ln   (d) ln  
g  2  g  2 
20. A particle of mass m is projected with speed v at angle 60º with horizontal. Angular momentum of particle
about the point of projection at the moment velocity makes an angle 30º with acceleration is
3 mv3 3 3 mv 3 3 mv3 3 mv3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2g g 4g 8g
21. A capacitor of capacitance C is charged to potential difference V, and it is connected across an ideal inductor
of inductance L. Energy stored in inductor at time t will be
1 t 1 t 1 2t 1 t
(a) CV 2 sin 2 2
(b) CV sin (c) CV 2 sin (d) CV 2 cos
2 LC 2 LC 2 LC 2 LC
22. Region z  0 is filled with uniform dielectric of dielectric constant  r . There exists a uniform electric field

E   iˆ   ˆj   kˆ in z  0 region. Potential difference between points (0, 0, d ) and (0, 0,  d ) is
 1 2 d  1 d
(a)  d  1    (b)  (c)  d  1    (d) 
 r  r  r  r
23. An annular ring of inner and outer radii R1 and R2 carries a current I flowing uniformly on it as shown in figure.
Magnetic field at the centre of loop is
0 I 2 0 I
(a) 2  R  R  (b) R  R R2
1 2 1 2
R1
0 I 0 I R2
(c) R  R (d) 2  R  R  ln R
1 2 2 1 1
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24. If 1 and 2 are normalised eigenfunctions corresponding to the same eigenvalue and if  1*2 dv  d , where
d is real, then the normalised linear combination of 1 and 2 which is orthogonal to 1 is
 d1  2   d1  2  1  d2 1  d2

(a) (b) (c) (d)
1 d 2 1 d 2 1 d 2 1 d 2
25. Consider a neutron which is confined to an infinite potential well of width a = 8 fm. At line t = 0 the neutron is
assumed to be in the state
4 x 2  2 x  8  3 x 
  x, 0   sin   sin   sin  
7a  a  7a  a  7a  a 
If an energy measurement is carried out on the system, then its average value is
6 2 2  2 2 3 2  2 7 2  2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
ma 2 ma 2 ma 2 2ma 2
26. A particle bound in a one-dimensional potential have a wav function
 5ikx a a
 A e cos  3 x /a  
2
x
2
  x  
0 a
x 
 2
a
then the probability of finding the particle between x = 0 and x  is
4
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
(a)  (b)  (c)  (d) 
2 3 2 3 3 2 3 2
27. The transistor shunt regulator shown in the figure has a regulated output voltage of 10 V, when the input varies
from 20 V to 30 V. The relevant parameters for the zener diode and the transistor are :
VZ  9.5V, VBE  0.5V,   99
Neglect the current through R B . Then the maximum power dissipated in the zener diode (PZ ) and the transis-
tor (PT ) are
20
IZ IC
VZ
Vin
Vout = 10V
20-30V
RB VBE
(a) PZ  75mW, PT  7.9 W (b) PZ  85 mW, PT  8.9 W

(c) PZ  95 mW, PT  9.9 W (d) PZ  115mW, PT  11.9 W
28. The half-life period of a radio-active element X is same as the mean life time of another radioactive element Y.
Initially they have same number of atoms. Then
(a) X and Y decays at same rate always (b) X will decay faster than Y
(c) Y will decay faster than X (d) X and Y have same decay rate initially
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29. Assuming the potential seen by neutron in a nucleus to be schematically representd by a one-dimensional,
infinite rigid walls potential of length 10 fm, then the minimum kinetic energy of the neutron is (Assume the
2
neutron to be non-relativisitc i.e. E  mn c and mn c 2  939.57 MeV, c  197.3 MeV fm )
(a) 2.04 MeV (b) 3.04 MeV (c) 1.5 MeV (d) 0.4 MeV
i
30. Consider the following quantum mechanical operator Aˆ  xˆ  pˆ x

The eigenfunction of the operator will be of the following form:
(a) exponentially decaying (b) exponentially growing
(c) sinusoidally varying (d) Gaussian
Section-B : Multiple Select Questions (MSQ)

31. Consider an ensemble in contact with a thermal reservoir at temperature T of microscopic quantum mechanical
systems with two energy levels  E and  E . Which of the following is/are CORRECT ?
(a) The average energy is  E tanh ( E /k BT )
(b) The average energy is  E coth ( E /k BT )
(c) The entropy at very high temperature is k B ln 2
(d) The entropy at very high temperature is k B ln 3
32. Two Carnot engines are connected in series with the source at 800 K and the sink at 200 K. If the heat goes
into the system is double than the workdone by the second reservoir, which of the following is/are correct ?
(The diagram is given for the reference).
T1 = 800 K
Q1
1 W1
Q2
T2
Q2
2 W2
Q3
T3 = 200 K
1 3  5
(a) Q2  3 Q3 (b) Q2  2 Q3 (c)   8 (d) 1 
2 2 8
 
33. Consider the two forces F1  2 xiˆ  2 yzjˆ  y 2kˆ and F2  yiˆ  xjˆ . Then
y
B(1,1)
A (–1, –1)
 
(a) F1 and F2 are both conservative

(b) F1  is conservative but not F2
(c) If F1 acts on an object moving along the path, as shown in figure does no work
(d) If F2 acts on an object moving along the same path does  2  J of work
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dy
34. If y  x  is the solution of the differential equation  x  y  y 2 log x with y 1  1 , then
dx
(a) y  x  is defined and finite in the range   x  0
(b) y  x  is defined and finite in the range 0  x  3
(c) y  x  is defined and finite in the range x  3
(d) y  x  blows up at x = e
35. A liquid has refractive index n = 1.44. If a ray from a light source dipped inside liquid incident on the liquid
air surface at an angle   55.22º , then which of the following statement(s) is/are CORRECT ?
Air
n = 1.44

(a) Refracted light is completely polarized

(b) Reflected light is completely polarized
(c) Refracted light is partially plane polarized
(d) Reflected light is partially polarized perpendicular to the plane
36. A thin rod of length l and mass m is released from position shown in figure on smooth horizontal surface.
If collision is elastic then which of the following options is/are correct ?
(a) After collision centre of rod rises to a height less than h. 30º
(b) Speed of centre of rod just after collision is 2gh
(c) Angular momentum is conserved during collision
h
about lower end of the rod but not about centre of rod.
(d) Impulsive force on the rod from surface due to collision
is greater than mg.
37. In figure shown shaded region is a thin plate of mass density    x . Which of the following statements
is/are correct ?
 8 2a 
(a) Coordinate of COM is  a,  y
 15 3 
a
3
a
(b) Mass of the plate is x2
4 y= a
 a5 a x
(c) I xx 
8
 a4
(d) I xy  
3
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38. Consider a spinless particle of mass m confined in a rectangular box of sides a,b,c with potential given as
0 0  x  a, 0  y  b, 0  z  c
V  x, y, z   
 elsewhere
then the correct statements is/are
 2 2  1 1 1
(a) zero point energy of the particle is E0   2 2 2
2m  a b c 
8   x   2 y    z 
(b) first excited state wave function can be written as   x, y , z   sin   sin   sin  
abc  a   b   c 
with degeneracy three.
8  2 x    y    z 
(c) first excited state wave function can be written as   x, y , z   sin   sin   sin  
abc  a   b   c 
with degeneracy three
9 2 2
(d) If a = b = c, then second excited state is three fold degenerate with energy E 
2ma 2
39. A spaceship moves away from Earth with speed v and fires a shuttle craft in the forward direction at a
speed v relative to the spaceship. The pilot of the shuttle craft launches a probe in the forward direction
at speed v relative to the shuttle craft.
2v
(a) The speed of the shuttle craft relative to the Earth 
1  2
 3 2 
(b) The speed of the probe relative to the Earth   2 
v
 1  3 
2v
(c) The speed of the shuttle craft relative to the Earth 
1  2
 3  2 
(d) The speed of the probe relative to the Earth   2 
v
 1  3 
40. A solid sphere of radius R has volume charge density 3 0 and surface charge density  0 R . Which of
the following statements is/are correct [take reference point at infinity]
 0 R
(a) Electgric field and potential at centre are zero and 2  respectively
0
(b) Electric field and potential at centre are both zero.

(c) Electric field and potential are both zero outside the sphere.
(d) Electric field is zero but potential is constant outside sphere.
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Section-C : Numerical Answer Type (NAT)
Q.41 to Q.50 : Carry 1 Mark each.
41. In a certain process, the temperature (T ) and entropy ( S ) are related by T  S 2 . If the heat capacity in
ferms of the entropy for this process is (  S /n) . The value of n is __________ .
42. The system of equations,
x  3 y  2z  k
2x  y  4z  4
5 x  14 z  10
has unique solution for k equal to __________ .
43. The equation of stationary wave is given by y  5cos  3x  sin 40  t cm, y represents the displacement of
a particle at the distance x from the origin and at the time t. If it vibrate making four loop, length of the
rope is __________ (cm).
44. A thin hollow sphere rolls on a horizontal surface without slipping x% of its kinetic energy is rotational then
value of x is __________ .
45. A rocket of mass M 0 blasts off at t  0 in upward direction in pressure of uniform gravity a1 and a2 are
acceleration of rocket at initial moment and at the moment its mass becomes M 0 /2 . If fuel is ejected at
2gM 0
constant rate   with velocity u with respect to rocket, then value of a1 /a2 is __________ .
u
46. An electric dipole of dipole moment p is placed along the axis of a uniformly charged ring of radius R and
 pQ
total charge Q. Force on the dipole is , if its distance from centre of ring is R 2 , then value
4  0 R3
of  is __________ .
47. An electromagnetic wave of intensity I is incident at 60º to normal of a fully reflecting surface. Pressure on
the surface is kI/c, value of k is __________ .
48. Propagation constant of an electromagnetic wave in a medium is k  2  3i . Ratio of wave length in medium
to skin depth is __________ .
49. High energy shows   -rays  are scattered from electrons initially at rest. Assume the photons are
backscattered and their energies are much larger than the electrons rest mass energy, i.e. E  mec 2 , then
the wavelength shift is ________________×10–12 m.
50. Electrons emitted from a hot filament are accelarated through a voltage drop of 100 V. The wavelength of
0
the electron is (in the units of A ) _________________
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51. If the boiling point of the water is 90 ºC at a hill, the decrease in the atmospheric pressure at the hill __________%.
(To nearest integer). (Take latent heat of vaporization of water as 2270 kJ/kg and the change in the specific
volume at the boiling point to be 1.2 m3/kg).
x1/3
dI
52. If I   t 2 dt then  ......................
0
dx
1 1
53. If f  0   2, f '    1 and f "  2   2 then f   is equal to __________ .
2 2
54. A line source of quasi-monochromatic light (= 500 nm) generates a fringe system on a screen 2m away
when the source is just above and parallel to a polished glass plate. If the bright fringes have a peak-to-
peak separation of 0.667 mm, how high is the source above the plate? __________ (mm).
55. From a semicircular plate of radius R and mass M a rectangular plate of maximum possible area is cut.
Moment of inertia of rectangular plate about an axis through its centre and perpendicular to its plane is
k mR 2 , value of k is __________.
56. Two identical blocks of mass m are connected by a compressed spring of force constant k. The blocks
are also connected by a thread which is burned at a certain moment. If the centre of mass of this system
 mg 7 mg
jumps to height for initial compression , then value of  is __________.
k k
1 1 1
57. Consider a state   1  2  3 , which is given in terms of three orthonormal
15 3 5
 
eigenstates 1 , 2 and 3 of an operator B̂ such that Bˆ n  3n 2  1 n . Then the expectation
value of B̂ for the state  is __________________
58. The output voltage for the circuit is _____________V.
100k
– 22k
–
Vin = 1.5V + V0
+
59. A metallic conductor carries a current of 1.0 amp. Its area of cross-section is 1.0 cm2. The specific
resistance of the conductor is 1.7×10–6 ohm-cm. The electric field inside the conductor is
________________×10–4 Volt/m.
60. Assuming that the rest radius of earth is 6, 400 km and its orbital speed about the sun is 0.6c m/s, the
amount of by which earth’s diameter appear to be shortened to an observer on the sun, due to earth’s
orbital motion is ________________km.
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IIT-JAM PHYSICA-PH
Date : 16-01-2018
TEST SERIES - 4
FULL LENGTH TEST-1
ANSWER KEY
Section-A : Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
1. (a) 2. (a) 3. (a) 4. (a) 5. (b)

6. (d) 7. (c) 8. (c) 9. (b) 10. (b)
11. (b) 12. (c) 13. (c) 14. (b) 15. (b)
16. (d) 17. (b) 18. (a) 19. (b) 20. (c)
21. (a) 22. (c) 23. (d) 24. (a) 25. (c)
26. (b) 27. (c) 28. (c) 29. (a) 30. (d)
Section-B : Multiple Select Questions (MSQ)
31. (a),(c) 32. (a), (c) 33. (b), (c), (d) 34. (c), (d) 35. (c), (d)
36. (a), (c), (d) 37. (a), (b), (c) 38. (a), (b), (c), (d) 39. (a),(d) 40. (a,c)
Section-C : Numerical Answer Type (NAT)
41. (2) 42. (2) 43. (12) 44. (27.70-27.80)

45. (3) 46. (0) 47. (0.5) 48. (9.40-9.45)
49. (2.426) 50. (1.18 to 1.25) 51. (50) 52. (0.30 to 0.35)
53. (2.25) 54. (0.75) 55. (0.13 to 0.14) 56. (8)
57. (15) 58. (-6.78 to -6.84) 59. (1.5 to 1.9) 60. (2560)

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Section-A : Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)

Q.1 to Q.10 : Carry 1 Mark each.

(a) 8 mA (b) 5 mA (c) 0 mA (d) –3 mA

8. The binding energy per nucleon of deutron  H  and helium nucleus 

Q.11 to Q.30 : Carry 2 Marks each.

14. Consider the fourier series of f  x  where

 d1  2   d1  2  1  d2 1  d2

(a) PZ  75mW, PT  7.9 W (b) PZ  85 mW, PT  8.9 W

Q.31 to Q.40 : Carry 2 Marks each.

(a) Refracted light is completely polarized

(b) Electric field and potential at centre are both zero.

Section-C : Numerical Answer Type (NAT)

Q.41 to Q.50 : Carry 1 Mark each.

Q.51 to Q.60 : Carry 2 Marks each.

value of B̂ for the state  is __________________

58. The output voltage for the circuit is _____________V.

FULL LENGTH TEST-1

Section-A : Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)

1. (a) 2. (a) 3. (a) 4. (a) 5. (b)

Section-B : Multiple Select Questions (MSQ)

Section-C : Numerical Answer Type (NAT)

41. (2) 42. (2) 43. (12) 44. (27.70-27.80)

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