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ALL INDIA TEST SERIES


IIT - JAM – 2020 (Physics)
Full Length Test – 02
12-01-2021
TIME: 3 HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100

Section A: This section contains a total of 30 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)


carrying one or two marks each. Each MCQ type question has four choices out of which
only one choice is the correct answer.
1 rd 2
There will be negative marking @ for one marks MCQ and rd negative marks
3 3
for two marks MCQ for each wrong answer.
Section B: This section contains a total of 10 Multiple Select Questions (MSQ) carrying
two marks each. Each MSQ type question is similar to MCQ but with a difference that
there may be one or more than one choice(s) that are correct out of the four given
choices. The candidate gets full credit if he/she selects all the correct answers only and no
wrong answers.
Section C: This section contains a total of 20 Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions
carrying one or two marks each. For these NAT type questions, the answer is a signed
real number which needs to be entered using the virtual keyboard on the monitor. No
choices will be shown for these types of questions.
Note: There will be no negative marking for Section B and Section C.

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Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)


Q1-Q10 Carry One Mark each. (1/3 negative marks for each wrong answer)
Q1. Assume that a plane wave in air with an electric field

 
E  10cos t  3 x  3 z aˆ y V / m

is incident on a non-magnetic dielectric slab of relative permittivity 3 which covers the


region z  0 . The angle of transmission in the dielectric slab in degree in degree is :
(a) 15 (b) 30 (c) 45 (d) 60
x y x y
Q2. Consider the coordinate transformation x   , y . The relation between the
2 2
area elements dx dy  and dxdy is given by dxdy  j dxdy . The value of j is
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c)  1 (d)  2
Q3. A reversible Carnot engine is operated between temperatures T1 and T2 T2  T1  with a

photon gas as the working substance. The efficiency of the engine is


3/ 4 4/3
3T T T  T 
(a) 1  1 (b) 1  1 (c) 1   1  (d) 1   1 
4T2 T2  T2   T2 
Q4. A conducting spherical shell having inner radius a and outer radius b carries a net
charge Q . If a point charge q is placed at the center of this shell, what is the surface
charge density on the outer surface?
Qq Qq Q Qq
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 b 2 4 b 2 4 b 2 
4 b 2  a 2 
  
Q5.
 
 
If A and B are constant vectors, then  A  B  r is 
    
(a) A  B (b) A  B (c) r (d) zero
Q6. In a half-subtractor circuit with X and Y as inputs, the Borrow  M  and difference

( N  X  Y ) are given by
(a) M  X  Y , N  XY (b) M  XY , N  X  Y

(c) M  XY , N  X  Y (d) M  XY , N  X  Y

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Q7. The total binding energy of nuclei (except for light mass nuclei) having mass number A
is generally proportional to
(a) A1/ 3 (b) A2 / 3 (c) A (d) A2
Q8. The RC series circuit is shown in figure below. The capacitor is initially uncharged. At
time t  0 , the switch S is closed. The voltage across resistor 1sec after the circuit is
closed is: S R  2 k
(a) 60.8V t 0
(b) 62.8V 110V C  1000  F

(c) 64.8V
(d) 66.8V
Q9. A source of sound of frequency 600Hz is placed inside water. The speed of sound in
water is 1500 m / s and in air it is 300 m / s . The frequency of sound recorded by an
observer, who is standing in air, is
(a) 200 Hz (b) 3000 Hz (c) 120 Hz (d) 600 Hz
Q10. The components of full-wave voltage double circuit are
(a) 2 diodes and 1 capacitor (b) 4 diodes and 1 capacitor
(c) 2 diodes and 2 capacitor (d) 4 diodes and 2 capacitor

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Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)


Q11-Q30 Carry Two Mark each. (1/3 negative marks for each wrong answer)
Q11. In a pair of straight parallel bus bars of circular cross-section spaced 23 cm between
centres, each carry a current of 70, 000 A .The force required to withstand will be nearly.
(a) 4,800 N / m (b) 4, 620 N / m (c) 4, 400 N / m (d) 4, 260 N / m
Q12. When forces F1 , F2 and F3 are acting on a particle of mass m such that F2 and F3 are

mutually perpendicular, then the particle remains stationary. If the force F1 is now
removed, then the acceleration of the particle is
F1 F2 F3 F2  F3 F2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
m mF m m
Q13. A particle is in the ground state of an infinite square well potential given by,
0 for  a  x  a
V x   
 otherwise

a a
The probability to find the particle in the interval between x   and x  is
2 2
1 1 1 1 1 1
(a) (b)  (c)  (d)
2 2  2  
Q14. A supply of 250 V , 50Hz is applied to a series RC circuit. If the power absorbed by the
resistor be 400 W at 160 V , the value of the capacitor C will be nearly
(a) 30  5 F (b) 41 5 F (c) 64  0 F (d) 76  8 F

Q15. The coefficient of eikx in the Fourier expansion of u  x   A cos2  x  for k  2 is

A A A A
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 4 2 2
Q16. For a system at constant temperature and volume, which of the following statements is
correct at equilibrium?
(a) The Helmholtz free energy attains a local minimum.
(b) The Helmholtz free energy attains a local maximum.
(c) The Gibbs free energy attains a local minimum.
(d) The Gibbs free energy attains a local maximum.

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Q17. Consider the closed cylindrical Gaussian surface shown in figure. Suppose that the net
charge enclosed within this surface is 1 109 C and the electric flux out through the
N .m 2
portion of the surface marked A is 100 . The flux through the rest of the surface
C
is most nearly given by which of the following?
N .m 2
(a) 100
C
N .m 2
(b) 0
C 
N .m 2
(c) 10
C
N .m 2
(d) 200
C
Q18. An organ pipe P1 closed at one end vibrating in its first harmonic and another pipe P2

open at both ends vibrating in its third harmonic are in resonance with given tuning fork.
The ratio of the length of P1 to that of P2 is

8 3 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 8 6 3

Q19. If f  x   e  x and g x   x e  x , then


2 2

(a) f and g are differentiable everywhere


(b) f is differentiable everywhere but g is not
(c) g is differentiable everywhere but f is not
(d) g is discontinuous at x  0
Q20. A Ge BJT is biased in forward active mode. Assume VBE  0  7V , kT / q  25 mV and

1
reverse saturation current I S  1013 A . The value of (transconductance) of the BJT
re
(in mA / V ) is
(a) 5785 (b) 4785 (c) 3785 (d) 2785

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Q21. A system has two energy levels with energies ε and 2ε. The lower level is 4-fold
degenerate while the upper level is doubly degenerate. If there are N non-interacting
classical particles in the system, which is in thermodynamic equilibrium at a temperature
T the fraction of particles in the upper level is
1 1
(a) (b)
1  e  / k BT 1  2e  / k BT
1 1
(c)  / k BT
(d)
2e  4e 2  / k B T 2e  / k BT
 4e 2  / k B T
Q22. A thick spherical shell is filled with water. It is hung by a long thread and the water
slowly flows out of a hole at the bottom. The period of oscillation of spherical shell.
(a) Continuously decrease (b) First decrease and then increase
(c) Continuously increase (d) First increase and then decrease
Q23. The output F in the digital logic circuit shown in the figure is
XOR
X
Y AND

F

Z
(a) F  XYZ  XYZ XNOR (b) F  XYZ  XY Z

(c) F  XYZ  XYZ (d) F  XY Z  XYZ

Q24. Consider a system of two particles of masses m1  m and m2  2m . The force between

the two masses is function of distance between them given as f (r )rˆ , where r is position
vector between m1 and m2 . What is the expression for kinetic energy of the system with

respect to centre of mass R  X , Y , Z  reference frame.

(a)
2
X  Y  Z   2 x  y 2  z 2 
m  2  2  2 3m 2
(b)
2
x  y 2  z 2   m X 2  Y 2  Z 2 
3m 2
3

(c)
2
 X  Y  Z   x  y 2  z 2 
3m  2  2  2 m 2
3
(d)
3
 X  Y  Z   x  y 2  z 2 
m  2 2 2 m 2
3

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Q25. A certain system is found to have Gibbs free energy given by


 aP 
G ( P, T )  RT ln  5/ 2 
 ( RT ) 
Where a and R are constants then specific heat at constant Volume ( cV ) is given by

3 5 7 9
(a) R (b) R (c) R (d) R
2 2 2 2
Q26. A 2 kg mass is acted upon by a force which gives a time dependent displacement of
t2
x . The work done in the time interval 0 to t0 is
2
(a) 0.5 t0 (b) t0 (c) t02 (d) t03

Q27. A siren placed at a railway plate form is emitting sound of frequency 5 kHz . A passenger
sitting in a moving train A records a frequency of 5.5 kHz while the train approaches the
siren. During his return journey in a different train B he records a frequency of 6.0 kHz
while approximately in the same siren. The ratio of the velocity of train B to that train A
is
242 5 11
(a) (b) 2 (c) (d)
252 6 6
Q28. The ratio of binding energy of an alpha particle to that of a deuteron  H
2
1 is (Here

m p c 2  938.3MeV , mn c 2  939.6 MeV , m c 2  3727.2MeV and m c 2  1875.7MeV )

(a) 11 (b) 12 (c) 13 (d) 14


Q29. In the case of a forced vibration, the resonance wave becomes very sharp when the
(a) Damping force is small (b) Restoring force is small
(c) Applied oscillating force is small (d) Quality factor is small
Q30. A number of holes are drilled along a diameter of a disc of radius R. To get minimum
time period of oscillations, the discs should be suspended from a horizontal axis passing
through a hole whose distance from the center should be
R R R
(a) (b) (c) (d) Zero
2 2 2 2

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Multiple Select Type Questions (MSQ)


Q31-Q40 Carry Two Marks each (No negative marking for any wrong answer)
Q31. Consider an electromagnetic wave at the interface between two homogenous dielectric
media of dielectric constants  1 and  2 . Assuming  2  1 and no charges on the surface,
 
the electric field vector E and the displacement vector D in the two media satisfy the
following inequalities
       
(a) E 2  E1 (b) E 2  E1 (c) D2  D1 (d) D2  D1

Q32. A thin uniform rod of mass M and length L is positioned vertically


above an anchored frictionless pivot point, as shown above, and then
allowed to fall to the ground. Which of following is correct?
(a) When rod is at vertical position the total energy is MgL
(b) For is angular velocity  then total kinetic energy of rod is when it become
1
horizontal is ML2 2
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(c) Total energy (kinetic + potential) is conserve during motion.
(d) When rod become horizontal then linear speed of top point is 3gL

Q33. A simple harmonic motion is represented by y  a sin t . Which of the following


statements are true?
(a) The phase difference between displacement and velocity is  / 2 .
(b) The phase difference between displacement and acceleration is  .
(c) The magnitude of maximum acceleration is a 2 / 2 .
(d) The maximum velocity of the particle is at the extreme position.
Q34. An infinite solenoid with its axis of symmetry along the z -direction carries a steady
current I . Then which of the following statements are true?
(a) Magnetic field inside the solenoid is uniform
(b) Magnetic field outside the solenoid is zero

(c) The vector potential A varies as r inside the solenoid
 1
(d) The vector potential A varies as outside the solenoid
r

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Q35. If particle is interacted with central force, which of the following is correct
(a) The motion is confine in two-dimensional plane because angular momentum is
conserve.
(b) The work done due to force is independent of path.
(c) The time period for elliptical orbit always proportional a 3/ 2 . Where a is semi major
axis.
(d) The nature of orbit is only dependent on potential of system.
Q36. Which of the following statements are correct?
(a) A low pass filter passes low frequencies and stops high frequencies.
(b) A high pass filter passes high frequencies and rejects low frequencies.
(c) A band pass filter passes frequencies within a frequency band and attenuates
frequency outside band.
(d) A band stop filter passes frequencies within the band blocks/attenuates frequencies
outside a frequency band.
0; 0  x  a,0  y  b
Q37. V  x, y   
; otherwise
For b  2a , which of the following is/are correct
 2 2
(a) The ground state energy is
8ma 2
3 2 2
(b) The difference between first excited state and ground state energy is
8ma 2
(c) All energy state is non degenerate
5 2 2
(d) For energy level there is maximum 4 electrons can be adjusted .
2ma 2
Q38. Consider the following statements regarding the characteristics of entropy. Which of the
following options is / are correct?
(a) Entropy is a measure of disorder.
(b) Entropy changes during a reversible adiabatic process.
(c) Entropy of a system decreases in all irreversible processes.
(d) Change in entropy for a complete reversible thermodynamic cycle is zero

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Q39. Unpolarized light falls from air to a planer air-glass interface (refractive index of glass
is 1.5 ) at an angle 1 and the reflected light is observed to be plane polarized. Then which
of the following statement is true?
(a) The angle of incidence is 1  420

(b) The angle of incidence is 1  560


(c) Reflected light is polarized in the plane of incidence
(d) Reflected light is polarized perpendicular to the plane of incidence
Q40. Consider a cube of volume a3 and mass M which is situated such that origin O is at one
of the corner. Consider the cube has uniform density  , then which one is correct

2  a5
(a) The I XX component of moment of inertia tensor is
3
(b) The component I XX  IYY  I ZZ

Ma 2
(c) I XY  IYZ  I XZ  
4
2Ma 2
(d) I zz 
3

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Numerical Answer Type Questions (NAT)


Q41-Q50 Carry One Mark each (No negative marking for any wrong answer).
Q41. Consider a circuit comprising only resistors with constant resistance and ideal
independent DC voltage sources. If all the resistances are scaled down by a factor 10 ,
and all source voltages are scaled up by a factor 10 , the power dissipated in the circuit
scales up by a factor of ______________.
Q42. As shown in the figure, C is the arc from the point  3, 0  to the point  0,3 on the circle

x2  y 2  9 . The value of the integral

 y  2 yx  dx   2 xy  x 2  dy
2
is y
________(upto 2
C

decimal places)  0, 3 
C

x
 3, 0 

Q43. Two solid spheres of the same material and similar surface, where the radius of one
surface is four times of the other and when the Kelvin temperature of the large sphere is
twice that of the small one (Assume that the temperature of the spheres is so high that
absorption from the surroundings may be ignored). Ratio of power emitted from bigger to
smaller sphere is given by_________________
Q44. The decimal equivalent of binary number 101001 1011 is________________________
Q45. Effective number of lattice pain is in a triangular lattice is____________

Q46. A certain Lissajous pattern is produced by applying sinusoidal voltages to the vertical and
horizontal input terminals of CRO . The pattern makes five tangencies with the vertical
and three with the horizontal. If the frequency of the input voltage is 12 kHz then the
frequency of the signal applied to the vertical amplifier is__________ kHz

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Q47. A sample of Si has electron and hole mobility’s of 0.13 and 0.05 m 2V 1s 1 respectively

at 300 K . It is doped with P and Al with doping densities of 1.5  10 21 / m 3 and

2.5  10 21 / m 3 respectively. The conductivity of doped Si sample at 300 K

is_______________  1m 1
Q48. The total energy of black body radiation in cavity of volume V at temperature T is given

by u  aVT 4 , where a is constant then Helmholtz energy F is given by naVT 4 then


the value of n is __________
Q49. Given
d 2 f  x df  x 
2  f  x  0 ,
dx 2
dx
and boundary conditions f  0   1 and f 1  0 , the value of f  0.5 is __________ (up

to two decimal places) .


Q50. In a thermally insulated container, 0.01 kg of ice at 273 K is mixed with 0.1 kg of
water at 300 K . Neglecting the specific heat of the container, the change in the entropy
of the system in J / K on attaining thermal equilibrium (rounded off to two decimal
places) is____________

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Numerical Answer Type Questions (NAT)


Q51-Q60 Carry Two Mark each (No negative marking for any wrong answer).
Q51. A car is traveling at 72 km / h . If the length of an axis is 2 m and the vertical component

of the earth’s magnetic field is 40 Wb / m 2 , the e.m.f. generated in the axle of the car
is_________________ mV .
2m 2 x 2 if x  0
Q52. If potential is given by V  x    .
 if x  0

Then energy difference between two consecutive energy level is given as   find the
value of  is_______________ 

x e
2  x2
Q53. The integral dx is equal to_____________________(up to two decimal places).
0

Q54. In the circuit shown below the op-amps are ideal. Then, Vout in Volts is____________

1k  1k 
2V 

15V
15V

  Vout
 

1k  15V
15V
1V 
1k 
1k 

Q55. A 33 matrix has elements such that its trace is 11 and its determinant is 36. The
eigenvalues of the matrix are all known to be positive integers. The largest eigenvalues of
the matrix is____________________
Q56. The de-Broglie wavelength    of an electron in the 3rd Bohr orbit of hydrogen atom

related to the radius R of the orbit is  R then  is____________

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Q57. In the circuit shown below, the silicon npn transistor Q has a very high value of  . The
required value of R2 in k  to produce I C  1 mA is____________
VCC  3V


R1 IC
60k

 Q

R2
RE
500k

Q58. A fixed mortar fires a bomb at an angle of 530 above the horizontal with a muzzle
velocity of 80 ms 1 . A tank is advancing directly towards the mortar on level ground at a
constant speed of 5 m / s . The initial separation (at the instant mortar id fired) between

the mortar and tank, so that the tank would be hit is________(Take g  10 ms 2 )
Q59. The partition function of an ensemble at a temperature T is
N
  
Z   2 cosh 
 k BT 

where k B is the Boltzmann constant. The heat capacity of this ensemble at T  is
kB
X Nk B , where the value of X is __________ (up to two decimal places).

Q60. A hemispherical bowl just floats without sinking in a liquid of density 1 2 103 kg / m3 . If

the outer diameter and the density of the bowl are 1 m and 2 104 kg / m3 , respectively,
then the inner diameter of the bowl will be______________
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