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PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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PHYSICAL SCIENCES

PAPER II

1. The function y  x log ( x) has   

 x,  x
2 2
(A) zeroes at x = 0 and x = 1 and a minimum in 4. If f ( x)   then the
   x,  3
between. x
(B) zeroes at x = 0 and x = 1 and a maximum in  2 2
between. coefficient a0 in the Fourier expansion of f(x) is
(C) a singularity at x = 0 and increases
monotonically for x > 0, faster than y = x. (A) 2
(D) a singularity at x = 0 and increases (B) 0
monotonically for x > 0, slower than y = x. (C) 2 
(D) 1

 5. The eigenvalues of a real, symmetric matrix M

2. Let A  yz iˆ  xy ˆj  zx kˆ where iˆ, ˆj, kˆ are three are 2, 2  2 and 2  2 .
unit vectors along the three rectangular cartesian axes. The corresponding eigenvectors (normalised) are
For a circle of radius Rlying on the x - y plane with the

centre at the origin,  A . d r [where the integral is to be  1  1   1 
taken over the circumference of the circle in an      
 0 ,  2  and   2 
anticlockwise direction] is 1  1   1 
     
R3
(A)
3 respectively. The matrix M is
2R3
(B)
3 2 1 0
(C) R
3  
(A)  1 2 1 
 0 1 2
(D) 0  

2 1 1
 
(B)  1 2 0 
1 0 2
 
 
3. The dimension of 3 ( p) , where p is the 2 0 1
momentum is  
(C)  0 2 1 
(A) M 3 L3 T 3 1 1 2
 
(B) M 3 L  3 T 3  1  2 0 
 
(C) M  3 L 3 T 3
(D)   2 2 2
 
(D) No dimension  0 2 2 

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6. The orthonormal set of vectors 1 , 2 and 3 9. The Earth executes bounded motion round the
form a basis in a linear vector space. An operator A Sun if the total energy E of the Earth
transforms 1 to 2 , 2 to 3 and  3 to 1 . The (A) E > 0
matrix representation of A in the above basis is given by, (B) E < 0
 0 i i  (C) E = 0
 
(A)  i 0 i  (D) E >>0
0 i 0
 
1 0 0
 
(B)  0 1 0 
0 0 1
 
 1 0 1 10. Two particles of equal mass have velocities
   
(C)  0 1 1  v1  2 iˆ m / s and v2  2 ˆj m / s . First particle has an
 1 0 1 
 

 
acceleration a1  3 iˆ  3 ˆj m / s 2 , while the second
0 0 1 particle moves without any acceleration. The centre of
  mass of the system of two particles moves on
(D)  1 0 0 
0 1 0 (A) a circle
 
(B) a parabola
(C) a straight line
7. r m ein  , where m is a positive integer, is an
(D) an ellipse
analytic function in the complex z-plane if
(A) m = n
(B) m = –n
(C) m   n
(D) n = 0
11. A block of mass M is floating in a liquid of
 density being partially immersed. The block is pushed
8. If  k ( x ) f * ( x ) g ( x) dx is to be taken as an slightly into the liquid and then released. The time
 period of its harmonic oscillation obeys the relationship
inner product of any two functions f(x) and g(x) in the
space of square integrable complex functions of real M
(A) T 
variable x then a valid choice of k(x) is 
(A) x3

x2 (B) T 
M
(B) e2

x2 (C) T  M
(C) e 2
M
(D) eix (D) T 

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12. Consider the Lagrangian of a classical simple

15. The Lagrangian for a system of three particles is
harmonic oscillator. Which one of the following terms,
when added to the Lagrangian, will not change the
equation of motion? (k is a constant).
1
   
L  q12  q22  q32   2 q12  q22  q32  q1 q3 . One
2
of the eigenfrequencies is given by
(A) x + k
(B) x  k x (A) 
(C) x  k 
(B)
2
(D) x  k x
2

(C) 2
13. Generalized co-ordinate can be of any dimension.
 2 
1/4
2
However (D)
(A) the product of generalized co-ordinate and
generalized momentum is always of
dimension M L2 T 1 .
(B) dimension of the work done depends on the 16. A particle of nest mass m0 has an energy 2m0 c 2 .
dimension of the generalized force. It is moving with a velocity of
(C) the generalized momentum is always of the
c
dimension M LT 1 . (A)
2
(D) the generalized force is always of the
c
dimension M L2 T  2 . (B)
2
14. A body of mass m is sliding down a frictionless c
(C)
inclined plane of angle with the horizontal. A massless 3
spring of stiffness constant k and equilibrium length l 3c
attaches the body to the apex P of the plane, as shown in (D)
2
the figure. If the distance of the body from the apex P of
the plane is x, a possible Lagrangian of the system will
be
P
17. A small bar magnet falls under gravity through a
k
horizontal loop of conducting wire. The induced e.m.f.
x in the wire
m

 (A) will oscillate rapidly, averaging out to zero.

1 (B) will increase to a maximum and then

(A) L  m x 2  mg cos   kx decrease, maintaining the same direction.
2
(B) L  m x 2  2 mg cos   2 kx (C) will increase to a maximum, flip direction
and then decrease.
(C) L  m x  2mg cos   2 kx
2

1 (D) will increase sharply as the magnet begins

(D) L  m x 2  mg sin   kx to fall and then decrease monotonically.
2
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18. A possible vector potential A  x, y, z  21. A monochromatic plane electromagnetic wave
corresponding to a constant magnetic field 2B along the in free space with amplitude of electric field 1V/m is
positive y-axis is normally incident on a fully reflecting mirror. The


(A) A  2 B xiˆ  z kˆ  pressure on the mirror is (with 0  9  10 12 F/m)


(B) A  B xiˆ  y kˆ  (A) 4·5  1012 N / m2


(C) A   B z iˆ  x kˆ  (B) 6  10 12 N / m 2


(D) A  2 B y iˆ  x kˆ  (C) 9  10 12 N / m 2

(D) 18  10 12 N / m 2

19. A proton P and an alpha particle  undergo a

collision and recoil with equal (nonrelativistic) momenta
in opposite directions. The ratio of the electromagnetic
power radiated by them, i.e., P Pp is approximately 22. Electric field in a region due to a static charge

distribution is E   r 3 rˆ , where  is some constant.
(A) 4 Total charge contained in a sphere of radius R around the
1 origin is proportional to
(B)
16 3
(A) R
1 4
(C) (B) R
4 5
(C) R
1
(D)
2 (D) R 6

20. An unpolarized light falls on a glass plate at an 23. A point charge is at rest close to a grounded
angle of incidence equal to Brewster’s angle. The spherical metal shell, but without touching it. Electric
reflected ray is field due to this point charge at a very large distance r
from the charge varies as
(A) linearly polarized perpendicular to the plane 1
of incidence. (A)
r
(B) linearly polarized parallel to the plane of 1
incidence. (B)
r1·5
(C) circularly polarized perpendicular to the 1
plane of incidence. (C)
r2
(D) circularly polarized parallel to the plane of 1
incidence. (D)
r3
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24. The strength of magnetic field at the centre of a 27. The state of polarisation of light with the electric

regular hexagon of side a carrying a current I is field vector E  E0 cos  k z   t  iˆ  ˆj  is

3 0 I (A) linearly polarized along z-direction.

(A)
2  a (B) circularly polarized.
(C) elliptically polarized with the major axis
 I
(B) 3 0 along x-axis.
 a
(D) linearly polarized at – 45° to x-axis.
0 I
(C) 3
 a
28. In inorganic scintillation detectors, one uses
0 I
(D) 3 Sodium Iodide and not Sodium Chloride because
2 a
(A) NaCl is hygroscopic but NaI is not.
25. Let the electric field produced by the charge qi (B) Atomic number of Iodine is higher than that

be given by Ei . The electric field produced by  qi is of Chlorine.
 i
given by the vector sum  Ei . This happens because
(C) Chlorine is more corrosive than Iodine.
i (D) NaI has more closely packed crystal structure
(A) Maxwell’s equations are Lorentz invariant. than that of NaCl.
(B) electric field is a gauge invariant quantity.
(C) total charge is conserved.
(D) Maxwell’s equations are linear differential 29. Three defective coins, for each of which the
equations. probability of a head turning up is 60%, are tossed
simultaneously. What is the probability that there will
26. A particle of mass m and charge q is released from be two heads and a tail?
a distance d from an infinite grounded conducting plane
(A) 1·6
with initial velocity zero. If the gravitational force on the
(B) 0·450
particle can be neglected than its velocity, when it is at
d (C) 0·432
a distance from the plane, is given by
2 (D) 0·144
2
1 q
(A) v 
d 8 0 m
30. In atomic absorption spectroscopy, which of the
q2
(B) v  following is the generally used radiation source?
8 0 d
(A) Tungsten lamp
q2
(C) v  (B) Xenon mercury arc lamp
4 0 m d
(C) Hollow cathode lamp
q
(D) v  (D) Hydrogen or deuterium discharge lamp
4 0 m d
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31. Which of the following functions cannot be 34. For three non-identical spin half particles what are
  
fitted with experimental data by linear least square 
the possible eigenvalues of the operator S1  S 2 · S3 
method even after variable transformation? (in the unit of  )
2

(A) y  a sin (bx ) 1

(A) 1, 0,
a 2
(B) y  2  bx
x (B) 1, 0,  1
 bx
(C) y  ae
1 1
(C)  , 0, 
(D) y  a sin h x 2 2
3
(D) 0, 1,
2

n
32. If the output of the system is y  n    x k  35. An electron is in the state  3, 2,  2 of the hydrogen
k 
with an input of x (n) , then the system will work as atom. The probability current for this electron is

(A) an accumulator (A) identically zero.

(B) an adder (B) directed radially inwards.

(C) a subtractor (C) a circulation round the nucleus.

(D) a multiplier (D) a sinusoidal variation with the azimuthal

angle 

36. A fine platinum needle is brought close to a metal

33. The wave function for a quantum particle is
surface in vacuum and a potential is supplied between
written as
the metal and the needle, so that electrons can tunnel
  x, t    1  x  exp  i E1 t /     2  x  exp  i E2 t /   ,
across the gap between the needle and the metal surface.
where  1  x  and  2  x  are real, and are solutions of
If x be the separation between the tip of the needle and
the time-independent SchrÕ˙Ëdinger equation with energy
the nearest point on the surface, the current I in the
eigenvalues E1 and E2 respectively.   x, t  represents
needle can be written in terms of two positive constants
(A) a stationary state. I 0 and as
(B) a non-stationary state.
(A) I  I 0   x
(C) an eigenstate of the same Hamiltonian with
(B) I  I 0 cos  x
eigenvalue E1  E2 .
(C) log I  I 0   x
(D) a state in which the expectation value of
momentum is zero. (D) log I  I 0   x
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37. A particle is confined in a one-dimensional 40. A one-dimensional harmonic oscillator of mass

infinite square well of length L. The expectation value m and ground state energy E0 is subjected to a
of the momentum operator with respect to the ground perturbation  p 2  H  , where p is the momentum and
state wavefunction is is a small positive quantity. The increase in the ground
state energy is
(A) 0
 m E0
(A)
(B)
 
2L 2  E0
(B)
 m
(C)
L (C) 2 m E0

(D) (D)  m E0
L

41. The different terms in the Born-Neumann series

correspond to

(A) multiple expansion of the potential.

38. If Lˆ x , Lˆ y and Lˆ z represent the angular
momentum operators, then the commutator (B) multiple scattering inside the target.
 Lˆ x ,  Lˆ x , Lˆ y   evaluates to
   (C) energy levels of bound states in the target.

(A)  2 Lˆ y (D) successive angular momentum states in the

incident beam.
(B)  2 Lˆz
42. An ideal gas is subjected to the cycle ABCA
(C)  2 Lˆ 2x Lˆ y
shown in the pV diagram below:
(D) zero p
A B
2P0

P0 C
39. A gas of free electrons is confined in a cubical V0 2V0 V
box of side 100 nm. The escape velocity of these where the change from C to A is isothermal. The work
electrons may be estimated as around done by the gas in this cycle is

(A) 1 m s 1 (A) 1  ln 2  P0 V
(B) 1 mm s 1 (B) 2 ln 2 P0 V0

(C) 10 m s 1 (C) 2 1  ln 2  P0 V0

(D) 1 km s 1 (D) 4 P0 V0
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43. Number of photons radiated per unit time per 46. A gas mixture consists of 2 moles of oxygen and
unit area of a blackbody at temperature T is proportional 4 moles of argon at temperature T. Neglecting all
to vibrational modes the total internal energy of the system
is
(A) T
(A) 15 RT
(B) T 2
(B) 11 RT
(C) T 3
(C) 9 RT
4
(D) T
(D) 7 RT

47. For an adiabatic process of an ideal monatomic

gas, consisting of molecules of mass m, the speed of
sound is given by
44. For a two-dimensional photon gas of energy E,
the density of states is proportional to 5 kB T
(A)
4m
(A) E
3m k B T
(B) E 3/2 (B)
4
2
(C) E
5 kB T
(D) E (C)
3m

4m
(D) 3 kB T

45. It is necessary to apply quantum statistics to a 48. In a system of N photons, half of them are
system of particles if polarised in the horizontal direction and the rest in
(A) there is substantial overlap between the vertical direction. The entropy of the system for N > > 1
wavefunctions of the particles. is
(A) 0
(B) the mean free path of the particles is
comparable to the inter-particle separation. (B) kB N ln N
kB N
(C) the particles have identical mass and charge. (C) ln 2
2
(D) the particles are interacting with each other. (D) kB N ln 2
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49. If a process is isobaric then its infinitesimal 50. Consider a linear simple harmonic oscillator of
change of enthalpy  H is mass m and frequency . The number of microstates in
the energy range E and E + E is given as
(A) zero.
1
(B) equal to the work done by the system. (A) E E
h
(C) equal to the change in internal energy  U of
1
the system. (B) E E
h
(D) equal to the heat absorbed by the system. 1
(C) E
h
1 3/2
(D) E E
h
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