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PHYSICAL SCIENCES
PAPER II
2
6 x  cos x 5. The signal f(t) is defined by,
1. The value of the integral I   dx , by

3
x  sin x f (t )  1,  1  t  1 .
assuming that the integration constant is zero, is 0, Otherwise
Two of the angular frequencies at which its Fourier
(A) 2 ln ( x  cos x )
transform becomes zero are,
3
(B) 3 ln ( x  sin x ) π 3π
(A) and
3 2 2
(C) 3 ln ( x  cos x )
(B)  and 2
3
(D) 2 ln ( x  sin x )
(C) 0 and 
5π
(D) 2 and
2. What is the derivative of the function y = g x with 2
respect to x?
(A) x g x–1
(B) x ln g
(C) g x ln g
(D) x g ln g
6. Probability density of a random variable x is
given by
π θ 1
3. If u  log tan    , then must be equal to ρx  δ  x  1  2 δ  x   3 δ  x  1  4 δ  x  2   ,
 4 2 10 
what is the mean of x?
 π iu 
(A) i log tan h    (A) 1·5
4 2 
(B) 0·8
 π iu 
(B)  i log tan   
4 2 (C) 1·2
i π u (D) 1·0
(C) log tan   
4  4 2
π 
(D)  i log tan   iu 
4 

 
0 1
4. If A  1 0 , then e Ax will be 7. Consider the two functions of real variables x, y

 
12
 3 2 2 2 
f  x, y    x  3y x  iy 3 x  y 
(A)  cos
sin x cos x 
x sin x  

g  x , y    x  y  2ixy   x  iy  4 
2
2 2 6

(B)   cos x sin x 

sin x cos x
If z = x + iy is a complex variable, then

(C)  cos x  sin x 

sin x cos x (A) f(x, y) is non-analytic while g(x, y) is analytic.
(B) g(x, y) is non-analytic while f(x, y) is analytic.

(D)  sin x  cos x 

cos x sin x (C) neither of f(x, y) and g(x, y) is analytic.
(D) Both are analytic
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11. If a 2 × 2 real matrix has a positive value of the

8. The solution of the differential equation
determinant and negative value of trace, then which of
dy
 3y  1 , with y = 0 when x = 0 is the following statements is always true?
dx
(A)
1
3
1 e 
3x
 (A) One of the eigenvalue is positive and the
other is negative.

(B)
1
3
1 e 
3 x
 (B) Both the eigenvalues are real and negative.

 
(C) Real parts of both the eigenvalues are
1 3 x
(C) e 1 positive.
3

 
1 3x (D) Real parts of both the eigenvalues are
(D) e 1
3 negative.

9. The complex number N1  1  3 i , and the

complex number N 2  1  3 i . Then the value of 12. Â is a hermitian operator in an n-dimensional

  is the set of eigenvalues of this
10
 N1  vector space V.  i
  is
 N2  operator, where  i   i 1 for all i. Then for any   V
3 3 k 1
(A)   i  Aˆ 
2 2 lim k
is
k 
 Aˆ 
1 3
(B)   i (A)  n
2 2
1 2 (B) 1
(C)   i
4 3 1   2
(C)
1 2 2
(D)   i n
2 3  i
i 1
(D)
n


10. For the given vectors V1  2 iˆ  jˆ  kˆ ,
 
V2  iˆ  2 ˆj  2kˆ and V3  3 iˆ  4 ˆj  2kˆ , what is the
  
projection of V1  V3 in the direction of V2 ?
3 13. A person in a jet plane is flying along the Equator
(A)
8 due East with a speed of 450m/s. The magnitude of the
17 Coriolis acceleration is
(B)
3
(A) 0·036 m/s2
3
(C) (B) 0·048m/s2
8
(C) 1·148m/s2
17
(D) (D) 0·0648m/s2
3
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14. A particle of mass m and charge q moves in the 16. A narrow T-shaped tunnel is excavated inside the
equatorial plane of a magnetic dipole . It is given that Earth as shown the figure below. A man X falls into the
 μ sin θ
the dipole’s vector potential is A  φ̂ , where tunnel at one end as shown. Subsequently
2 123456789012345678901234
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4πr 123456789012345678901234X
(r, , ) denote the spherical polar coordinates. If, at 123456789012345678901234

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
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t = 0, the particle starts from infinity with a speed v0 and 123456789012345678901234
an impact parameter b, the instantaneous speed v(t) is 123456789012345678901234
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given by 123456789012345678901234
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(A) v (t )  v0 123456789012345678901234
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2 2  
2 123456789012345678901234
(B) v (t )  v0  q A  r (t )  123456789012345678901234
m
t  (A) he will shoot out of the opposite end of the
2 
(C) v (t )  v0  q  A  r   t    · rˆ  t   dt 
2 2 tunnel.
m 0
(B) he will execute simple harmonic motion in
t   
2 the tunnel and never come out of it.
(D) v 2 (t )  v02  q    A  r  t    · r  t  dt
   ˆ  
m 0 (C) he will fall through the T-junction and reach
the centre of the Earth.
(D) he will reach the opposite end of the tunnel
and remain there.

17. The Sun is approximately 25,000 light-years away

from the centre of the Milky Way and moves around it,
in an approximately circular path, in roughly 170 million
years. Given that sunlight takes approximately 8 min to
reach the Earth, what is the ratio of the masses of the
galaxy and the Sun?
15. A child of mass 3m sits on a swing, the base of (A) 1·5  1011
which has mass m, while the rope (of length l) has a
negligible mass. An older child pulls back the swing (B) 5  1011
(with the child) until the rope makes an angle of half-a- (C) 1·5  1012
radian with the vertical, and, then, pushes with a force mg (D) 5  1010
along the arc of a circle until the rope is exactly vertical,
and releases it. If the rope was always taut, for how long
did the child push?
π l 18. If the gravitational force is assumed to vary
(A)
3 g inversely as the nth power of distance r, then the time
period of a planet depends upon r as
l
(B) n
g (A) r
n
2l (B) r
(C) π n 1
3g
(C) r 2
2l n 1
(D) 2
3g (D) r
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19. Which of the following quantities is invariant 23. The Lagrangian of a system is given by
under Lorentz transformation? 1 1
(A) Charge density L  q 2  qq  q 2 . It corresponds to motion of a
2 2
(B) Charge (A) harmonic oscillator
(C) Current (B) damped harmonic oscillator
(D) Electric field (C) anharmonic oscillator
(D) system with unbound motion

24. The Lagrangian of a particle of mass m moving

20. A relativistic particle of rest mass m0 moving with
1
  along the x-axis is given by L  m x 2  qx 2  αx with
  2
 1  q,α  0 . What type of motion the particle will execute?
velocity xi , its Lagrangian is  where γ 
i  (A) A harmonic oscillator with equilibrium point
 xi x 
 1 
c 
2 at (0, 0).

1 (B) A harmonic oscillator with equilibrium point
(A) L  m 0 x i x  γ  xi 
i
2 on positive x-axis.
(C) A harmonic oscillator with equilibrium point
(B) L  m 0 c 2  γ  1  V  xi  on negative x-axis.
(D) An anharmonic oscillator with equilibrium
1
(C) L   m 0 c 2  V  xi  point at (0, 0).
γ
1
(D) L  m0 xi x i γ  V  xi 
2
25. The Hamiltonian for a particle in one-dimension
2
is given by H  x, p   p  λ px  λ x 2 , where m, are
21. Which one is the expression of velocity (v) of a 2m 2
relativistic particle? constants. The corresponding Lagrangian is
pc m λ
(A) v  (A) L   x  λx 2  x 2
2 2 2
p  m0 c 2 2
pc m 2 λ 2
(B) v  2 2 2 (B) L  x  x
p  m0 c 2 2
2pc m 2 λ
(C) v  (C) L  x  λ mx x  x 2
2 2 2 2 2
p  m0 c
m λ
(D) v 
pc (D) L   x  λx 2  λ mx x  x 2
2 2 2 2 2
p  m0 c
26. The value of  and  for the canonical
transformation Q  q α cos β p, P  q α sin β p are
22. A particle leaving a cyclotron has a total relativistic
1
energy of 10 GeV and momentum of 8 GeV/c. What is (A) α  , β  1
the rest mass of the particle? 2
1
(A) 0·25 GeV/c2 (B) α  1, β 
2
(B) 1·20 GeV/c2 1
(C) α  , β  2
(C) 2·00 GeV/c2 2
1
(D) 6·00 GeV/c2 (D) α  2, β 
2
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27. A particle of mass m moving in 3 dimensions is 31. In the table below, the elementary particles P – S
are identified by the interactions they participate in,
characterized by the Lagrangian
which are marked by tic () marks. Dashes indicate
L
m 2
 2 
 
x  y 2  z 2  σ J z , where is a constant and non-participation.
J  mr  r is the angular momentum. The Poisson Particle Gravity Weak Electromagnetic Strong
bracket [ x , y ] is P    
2σ Q  –  
(A)
m
R   – 
(B) 0
2σ S    –
(C)
m The particle which is not found in Nature is
σ (A) P
(D)
m (B) Q
(C) R
28. A particle is executing small oscillations and its
Lagrangian is (D) S

1 2 1 2 1 2
L q1  q2  q3  q12  q22  q32  α q1 q2 . Which 32. The quark wavefunction of a   particle is
2 2 2
antisymmetric because of
of the following one is not a small oscillation frequency
(A) spin
for normal modes?
(B) isospin
(A) 2α (C) strangeness
(B) 2α (D) colour

(C) 2 33. The universality of weak interactions can be

inferred from a comparison of the lifetimes of
(D) α2 (A) isolated neutron and isolated pion ().
(B) alpha decay and muon decay.

29. A Lambda hyperon  1115 MeV / c cannot
2
 (C) neutrino and isolated neutron.
have the decay   π°+1°n , where the pion has mass (D) muon and isolated neutron.
2
135 MeV / c , because of conservation of
(A) energy 34. A nuclear transition with nuclear spin and parity
(B) baryon number 3 5
follows  . The electric and magnetic multipole
(C) angular momentum 2 2
radiation from the nuclear transition is
(D) isospin
(A) E1, M2, E3, M4
(B) M1, E2, M3, E4
30. The ground state spin and parity of 17 O nucleus, (C) E1, E2, E3, E4
as predicted by the shell model, are respectively
(D) M1, M2, E1, E2
1
(A) , even
2 35. In a Cooper pair there is
5 (A) pairing of a proton and a neutron mediated
(B) , odd by an electron.
2
5 (B) pairing of two electrons mediated by phonon.
(C) , even
2 (C) pairing of two electrons mediated by photon.
1 (D) pairing of two protons mediated by an
(D) , odd electron.
2
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36. The potential energy function for the force between 39. A one dimensional “crystal-lattice” of lattice
spacing a and length L contains N uniformly spaced
two atoms separated by ‘x’, in a diatomic molecule can
lattice points (atomic sites). Consider periodic boundary
a b
be approximated by U  x    6 , where a and b condition imposed on the wave function of an electron
12
x x
are positive constants. The minimum of U  x  occurs at travelling in such a lattice. Taking ‘spin’ of an electron
into account, the energy-band will be completely ‘filled’
5/6
a when the band contains
(A)  
b
(A) no quantum states.
1/5
 2a 
(B)  
 b  (B) 2N quantum states.
1/2
 2a 
(C)   (C) N quantum states.
 b 
1/6
 2a  (D) N quantum states.
(D)   2
 b  
40. An electron with energy E and wave-vector k is
moving in a periodic lattice. The energy dispersion

 
relation is given by  E - f  E    E - g E , k   0.
37. The primitive translation vectors for a periodic
  Where f (E) is a function of energy alone and
lattice in three dimensions are a  2 iˆ, b  iˆ  2 ˆj and  
 g(E, k ) depends on E and k both. The effective mass of
c  kˆ . The corresponding reciprocal lattice vectors are:
 π   the electron will be infinite for energies obtained by
(A) A  π iˆ  ˆj, B  π ˆj, C  2π kˆ
2 solving the equation,
  π 
(B) A  π ˆj, B  π iˆ  ˆj, C  π kˆ (A) g(E, k ) = 0
2
  π 
(C) A  π kˆ , B  π iˆ  jˆ, C  π ˆj (B) f(E) = 0
2
 π  
(D) A  kˆ, B  π ˆj  π kˆ, C  2π iˆ (C) E – f(E) = 0
2
(D) E – g(E, k ) = 0

41. An atom with one outer electron having angular

momentum l is placed in a weak magnetic field. The
38. If n is the number of atoms in the unit cell of a number of energy level into which the higher angular
cubic system, NA and MA are the Avogadro number and momentum state splits is
atomic weight respectively and is the density of the
(A) 2l + 2
element, then the lattice constant is given by
(B) 2l + 1
1/3
 MA ρ  (C) 2l
(A)   (D) 2l – 2
 n NA 
1/3 42. The coherence length of laser light is
 n NA 
(B)   (A) directly proportional to the length of the
 MA ρ  active lasing medium.
1/3 (B) directly proportional to the width of the
 n MA 
(C)   spectral line.
 NA ρ  (C) inversely proportional to the width of the
1/3 spectral line.
 ρ NA 
(D)   (D) inversely proportional to the length of the
 MA n  active lasing medium.
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43. Electric dipole approximation of electromagnetic 47. A 24V, 600mW, Zener diode is used for providing
(EM) wave induced atomic transition is applicable when a 24V stabilized supply to a variable load.
the R
(A) wavelength of the inducing EM wave is
much smaller than the atomic size.
RL
(B) wavelength of the inducing EM wave is VZ
equal to the average radius of the valence
electron. Assuming for a proper zener action, a minimum of 10mA
(C) wavelength of the inducing EM wave is must flow through the Zener. If the input voltage is 32V.
twice the value of the average radius of the What would be the value of R and maximum load
valence electron. current?
(D) wavelength of the inducing the inducing EM (A) 320 , 10 mA
wave is much larger than the atomic size. (B) 400 , 15 mA
(C) 400 , 10 mA
(D) 320 , 15 mA
48. If differential amplifier has a differential gain of
20,000, CMRR=80dB, then common mode gain is
44. The interatomic potential between H-atoms has a
range of approximately 4Å. If a gas of H-atoms is in (A) 2

thermal equilibrium, what is the temperature T below (B) 1

which the atom-atom scattering is overwhelmingly 1
(C)
dominated by the S-wave amplitude? 2
(D) 0
(A) 1K
(B) 10K 49. Consider the circuits shown in figures (a) & (b)
(C) 20 K below. 2k
(D) 50 K 10k
10 V
5V

45. If the co-efficient of stimulated emission for a figure (a)

particular transition is 2·1×1019 m3w–1s–3 and the emitted
1k
photon is at wavelength 3000 Å, then the lifetime of the
excited sate is approximately 10 k
(A) 20 ns 10 V
5V
(B) 40 ns
(C) 60 ns
(D) 80 ns figure (b)
If the transistors in figures (a) and (b) have current
gain (dc) of 100 and 10 respectively, then they operate
in the
46. Which of the following excited states of a hydrogen
(A) active region and saturation region
atom has the highest lifetime?
respectively.
(A) 2p
(B) saturation region and active region
(B) 2s respectively.
(C) 3s (C) saturation region in both cases.
(D) 3k (D) active region in both cases.
16-II X–10
50. Consider the following Karnaugh map of four 54. You wish to pick a substance for a photocell
variables: operable with visible light. Which of the following will
CD CD CD CD do (work function in parentheses)?
(A) Tungsten (4·5 eV)
AB 1 1
(B) Barium (2·5 eV)
AB 1 1 1 1
(C) Lithium (2·3 eV)
AB 1 1 1 1 (D) Cesium (1·9 eV)
AB 1

The simplified expression of the above Boolean 55. The largest analog output voltage from a 6-bit
variables will be digital to analog converter (DAC) which produces 1·0 V
output for a digital input of 010100 is
(A) B+AC+ACD
(A) 1·6 V
(B) A+BC+ACD (B) 2·9 V
(C) B+AC+ACD (C) 3·15 V
(D) 5·06 V
(D) B+AC+ACD

56. In order to obtain a solution of the differential

2
51. A 4-bit analog to digital converter is designed to d v dv
digitize analog signals ranging from 0V to 10V. For this equation 2  2  v1  0 involving voltages v(t) and
dt dt
converter, the binary output corresponding to an input of
9·33V is v1, an operational amplifier circuit would require at least
(A) 1000 (A) 2 OP-AMP integrators and one OP-AMP
(B) 1100 Adder.
(C) 1110 (B) 2 OP-AMP differentiators and one OP-AMP
Adder.
(D) 1111
(C) 1 OP-AMP integrator and one OP-AMP
Adder.
(D) 1 OP-AMP integrator, one OP-AMP
52. Leakage current approximately doubles for every differentiator and one OP-AMP Adder.
10ºC increase in the temperature of a transistor. If a Si
transistor has its leakage current 45·25 A at 90º, find
ICBO at 25ºC. 57. The correct matching pair of various types of
(A) 500 A measuring devices with its approximate measuring range
is
(B) 50 A
(A) Pirani gauge ....... 10 –12 –10 –3 torr
(C) 500 nA
(B) Penning gauge ....... 10 –5 –10 –1 torr
(D) 50 nA
(C) Knudsen gauge ....... 10 –8 –10 –2 torr
(D) Ionisation gauge ....... 10 –6 –10 –3 torr

53. Experimentally, it is observed that the heat capacity

3
3 58. A wattmeter has a full scale range of 2500 W. It
of crystalline EuO varies as CV =aT 2 +bT for
has an error ±1% of the true value. What would be the
0  T<70K . Then EuO is a/an range of readings if true power is 1250 W?
(A) paramagnet (A) 1225 W – 1275 W
(B) ferromagnet (B) 1245 W – 1255 W
(C) antiferromagnet (C) 1200 W – 1300 W
(D) ferrimagnet (D) 1237·5 W – 1262·5 W
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59. Which of the followings is the correct statement(s) 64. A particle of charge q is released with a velocity

for neutron detection? v parallel to a current I flowing through a thin wire. The
I. Neutron can cause flourescence directly. wire also carries a linear charge density . If the particle
II. Neutrons trigger Geiger counters. continues to travel parallel to the wire, then
III. Neutron counters are ionisation chambers with  λ
electrodes coated with boron. (A) v 
μ0 0 I
IV. Neutrons can be detected with 3He proportional
 λ
counters. (B) v 
(A) I & IV
2μ0 0 I
 2λ
(B) II & III (C) v 
(C) III only μ0 0 I
(D) III & IV  πλ
(D) v 
μ0 0 I
60. The mean and variance of a 2 distribution with 8
degrees of freedom are,
(A) 4, 8 65. Consider a rectangular waveguide with transverse
dimension 1m × 2m driven with an angular frequency
(B) 8, 16
 = 109 rad/sec. Which transverse electric (TE) modes
(C) 16, 8 will propagate in this waveguide?
(D) 8, 4
(A) TE01, TE11, TE20
61. An electric field of 100V/m is applied to a sample (B) TE01, TE10, TE02
of n-type semiconductor whose Hall Coefficient is
(C) TE01, TE10, TE22
– 0·0125 m 3 . Assume electron mobility to be
0·36 m2 V–1 s–1, the current density in the sample will be (D) TE01, TE10, TE11
(A) 2880 A/m2
(B) 3280 A/m2 66. Suppose the yz - plane forms a chargeless boundary
between two media of permittivities Eleft and Eright, where
(C) 3640 A/m2
Eleft : Eright = 1 : 2. If the uniform electric field on the left

(D) 2460 A/m2
 
is Eleft  C iˆ  ˆj  kˆ ; (where C is constant), the electric
62. For detection of neutron, the ionization chamber field on the right Eright is
is filled with
(A) Phosphorus (A)
1
2

C iˆ  ˆj  kˆ 
 
(B) Benzene
(C) Sodium chloride (B) 2C iˆ  ˆj  kˆ
(D) Boron trifluoride 1 
(C)  C iˆ  jˆ  kˆ 
63. An LC circuit is of frequency of oscillation 0,  2 
uses a parallel plate capacitor with vacuum in between.
The distance between the plates is now doubled and the
(D) C iˆ 
1
2
ˆj  kˆ  
gap filled with a material of dielectric constant k. The
new frequency of oscillation is 67. For a plane wave of angular frequency  and

2 propagating vector K propagating in the medium of
(A) ω0 permittivity  and a permeability  Maxwell’s equations
k
reduce to
2          
(B) ω0 (A) K ·E  0; K ·H  0; K  E  ωε H ; K  H  ωμE
k
         
k (B) K ·E  0; K ·H  0; K  E  ω ε H ; K  H  ωμE
(C) ω0
2          
(C) K·E  0; K·H  0; K  E  ωμ H ; K  H  ωε E
k          
(D) ω0 (D) K ·E  0; K ·H  0; K  E  ωμH ; K  H  ωε E
2
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1 qt 71. A square loop of wire, with sides of length a, lies

68. Using the gauge function λ   ,
4πε0 r in the first quadrant of the x y - plane, with one corner at
 1 qt the origin. In this region there is a nonuniform time
transform the potential V (r, t) = 0; A  r , t    rˆ
dependent magnetic field B  y, t   k y t zˆ (where k is
4 3
4πε0 r 2
1 q  constant). The e.m.f. induced in the loop is
(A) V    ; A  0
4πε0 r 1 6
(A)  k t a
1 q  5
(B) V   ; A  0 3 2 6
4πε0 r (B)  k t a
5
1 q  1 2qt
(C) V    ; A  rˆ 3 2 6
4πε0 r 4πε0 r 2 (C) kt a
5
1 q  1 2qt 2 2 6
(D) V   ; A   rˆ (D) kt a
4πε0 r 4πε0 r 2 5
72. A current of 10mA flows in an infinitely long
straight wire along the axis of a hemisphere of radius a
metre. The value of     B  . d s over the hemispherical


69. The magnetic field corresponding to the vector surface s

   r̂  (A) μ0 wb
potential A  F  r  2 (where F is constant vector) is
r (B) 2·5μ0 wb

(A) 2 F (C) 10μ0 wb
 (D) 0·01μ0 wb
(B) 2 F
 30  73. Four equal negative charges occupy the corners of
(C) 2 F  4 r
r a square. At the centre of this charge distribution a test
 30  positive charge is placed. Which of the following
(D) 2 F  4 r statements about the test charge is true?
r
(A) It is in stable equilibrium
(B) It is in unstable equilibrium
(C) It is in neutral equilibrium
(D) It is not in any equilibrium
70. A static, spherically symmetric charge distribution
A  kr 74. A charge q is located at a point P at a distance
is given by f (r )  e , where A and k are positive
r a   R  from the origin O of a grounded spherical
constants. The electrostatic potential corresponding to
conductor of radius R. If a charge q located at a distance
this charge distribution varies with r as b from the origin on the OP line acts as an image charge
then the relation between these two charges are
 kr
(A) re
b
(A) q   q
1  kr a
(B) e
r (B) q   q 
1  kr a
(C) 2 e (C) q   q
r b
(D)
1
r

1  e kr  (D) q  
a
b
q
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75. A particle of mass m moves in one-dimension and 79. A photon of energy 3 MeV strikes an electron at
1 rest and is scattered with energy 2·8 MeV. The speed of
is subjected to a potential V ( x )  mω2 x2 . It is given
2 the scattered photon with respect to the recoiling electron
that the particle is in a state  such that  ˆ   0,
will be
where ̂ is the party operator. The lowest possible
(A) 0·6 c
esxpectation value of the energy for such a state is
(B) 0·8c
(A)  ω
1 (C) c
(B) ω
2 (D) 0·2 c
3
(C) ω 80. Photons of wavelength 600 nm are emitted from
2 the Sun and strike the Earth with an intensity of
(D) 2  ω approximately 1·4 kW/m2. The radiation pressure exerted
76. A system of three non-identical spin ½ particle by these photons is approximately
   (A) 0·46 × 10–5 N/m3
(with spin operators S1, S2 and S3 ) are governed by the
  
 
Hamiltonian H  B S1  S2 · S3 . B is a constant. Largest (B) 0·93 × 10–11 N/m3
(C) 0·46 × 106 N/m3
eigenvalue of this system and the associated degeneracies
(D) 0·93 × 102 N/m3
are
3
(A) B and 4 81.  nlm r,, denotes the stationary state wave
2
3 function of a hydrogen atom. The atom is in a state
  2,1,1 2  2,1,1 . Which of the following
(B) B and 3 1
2
5
(C)
1 and 4 statements is true?
B
2
(A)  is a energy eigenfunction.
1 (B) Expectation value of LZ is zero.
(D) B and 2
2
(C)  is not an eigenfunction of L2.
77. The radial wave function of the electron in the (D) Expectation value of energy is zero.
exp  r / a0 
ground state of a hydrogen atom is R10 (r )  ,
3
π a0 82. A matrix M, written in a set of basis vectors

1 , 2  is given by M  1   . In a new basis, given
where a0 is the first Bohr radius. The radial distance r at 1
which the electron is most likely to be found is given by
by I  1 1  2  and II  1  2  the matrix will
1
(A) 0·5 a0 2 2
(B) a0 assume the form:
(C) 1·5 a0
 0
(A) 
 
(D) zero
0
78. Consider a one-dimensional potential V(x) such
that V(x) < 0 for all x. This has a bound state if 0 
(B) 
(A) V(x) has a unique minimum.  0 
(B) V ( x ) vanishes at the minimum value of  1 0 
(C) 
V(x).  0 1
(C) the wave function  ( x )  0 in the limits
x   . 1 
(D) 
 1 
(D) the energy E is also negative, i.e. E < 0.
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85. The diagram below indicates the profile of a wave
83. Two quantum particles of mass m each are confined packet propagating as shown in one-dimension, at time
t=0
to one-dimension and are subjected to a potential

V  x  kx 2 . If the inter-particle potential is given by
1
2
V  x1 , x2  kx1 x2 when x1,2 are their instantaneous

positions and  is a constant with  1 , then the energy x


eigenvalues are   k m  After some time, at t = t, the most likely profile of
this wavepacket would be
  1  1 
(A) En1,n2     1  n1    1  n2  
(A) 
  2  2 

(B) En1,n2    n1 1 n2 1 1

 
(C) En1,n2    n1 1  n2 1 1
2 2
  x

 2 1 2  1  (B) 
(D) En1,n2     1  n1  2   1  n2  2 
    

x
(C) 

x
(D) 
84. A particle restricted to x0,  has the wave
n x
function  x  x  e  where ,n are constants. If the

x
potential V(x) satisfies Lt V  x 0 , then
x 

 2  nn1 2n  86. A plane matter wave scatters from a small target.

(A) V  x   
2 m  x 2 x  The Optical Theorem tells us that
(A) only the l=0 partial waves contribute to the
 2  nn1 n 
(B) V  x    scattering cross-section.
2 m  x 2 x  (B) the total scattering cross-section is
proportional to the imaginary part of the
 2  nn1 n1 scattering amplitude in the forward direction.
(C) V  x  
2 m  x 2 x  (C) the total scattering cross-section is
proportional to the imaginary part of the
 2  nn1 n1
differential scattering cross-section in the
(D) V  x  
2m  x 2 x 
forward direction.
(D) All of the above
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87. A quantum paricle is trapped in a one-dimensional 90. Assume that the heat capacity at constant volume
well between x =0 and x= L. At t=0 the wave function is
of a metal varies as aT  bT 3 for low temperature. Then,
given by
the variation of entropy with temperature will be

  x,0  x L  x , for 0  x  a
30 2
(A) aT  bT
L5 2

=0 , otherwise (B) aT  bT 3

bT 3
Which of the following statements is true? (C) aT 
3
(A) Measurement of energy of the system will
bT 2
yield a definite value. (D) a 
2
(B) The expectation value of energy is
independent of time. 91. A system has three energy levels of energy 0,
(C) The expectation value of position is 100KB and 200KB with degeneracies of 1, 3 and 5
independent of time. respectively. Then, the average energy at a temperature
of 100K will be

(D) The expectation value of momentum > .
L (A) 78·3KB
(B) 88·3KB
(C) 100KB
(D) 68·3KB
88. A beam of electrons in one-dimension is incident
on a square barrier of width a and height V0. If V0 and a 92. Consider a system of two atoms each having any
can be controlled externally, the tunnelling current will 3 quantum states of energies 0, E and 2E. The system is
be more accurately controlled by the same per cent in contact with a heat reservoir at temperature T. If the
variation in particles obey Fermi-Dirac Statistics, then the partition
(A) V0 function in terms of A  1  e  E  e 2 E will be
(A) 2A
(B) V0 a
(B) A2
(C) a
A
(C)
(D) either V0 or a 2
(D) e  E A

93. If the partition function of a harmonic oscillator

with frequency  at a temperature T is kT , the free


89. A flux of 10 12 neutrons/m 2 emerges each second energy of N such independent oscillator is
from a port in a nuclear reactor. If these neutrons obey
MB (Maxwell-Boltzmann) distribution corresponding (A) 3 NkT
2
to T=300K, the density of neutrons in the beam will be
approximately (B) kT ln 
(A) 10 m 8 –3 kT

(B) 10 6 m –3 (C) NkT ln 

kT
(C) 10 4 m –3
(D) NkT ln 
(D) 10 10 m –3 2kT
16-II X–16
94. A heat pump working on the carnot cycle maintains
97. For equation of state P 
RT  a 
the inside temperature of a house at 22ºC by supplying exp   ,
power at 450 kJ/sec. If the outside temperature is 0ºC, V b  RTV 
the heat taken in kJ/sec from the outside air is the critical volume and temperature are respectively
approximately a
(A) Vc  3b, Tc 
(A) 489 2bR
(B) 250 a
(B) Vc  2b, Tc 
(C) 467 2bR
(D) 417 a
(C) Vc  2b, Tc 
4bR
3a
(D) Vc  2b, Tc 
2bR

95. Temperature of star’s surface is determined from 98. Consider a system of 100 non-interacting spins in
its spectrum on the basis of presence of a magnetic field B. Each spin has a probability
(A) Fraunhoffer lines of 0·51 of pointing parallel to B and the rest pointing
(B) Infrared emission bands antiparallel to B. If  M is the standard deviation to the
(C) Doppler shift above system and M is the average total magnetic
M
(D) Ultraviolet emission lines moment, then the ratio will be
M
(A) 5
(B) 10
(C) 0·01
96. A two-dimensional box in a uniform magnetic (D) 5 × 10–2
N 1
field B contains localized spin particles with
2 2 99. According to Debye theory, the heat capacity of a
N
magnetic moment , and spineless particles, which two-dimensional solid at low temperature is proportional
2
do not interact with each other. The average energy of the to

system at temperature T is (A) T 3

(B) T
1  μB
(A) 3 NkT  N μ B sin h   (C) T 2
2  kT 
(D) T 6
1  μB
(B) NkT  N μ B sin h  
2  kT  100. In Bose-Einstein condensates, the particles
1 1  μB (A) have large and positive chemical potential.
(C) NkT  N μ B sin h  
2 2  kT  (B) have overlapping wave functions.
3 1  μB (C) have strong inter-particle attraction.
(D) NkT  N μ B sin h  
2 2 (D) condense in real space.
 kT 
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