1. Mathematical Physics Jam Part Test - A

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IIT - JAM – 2021 (Physics)
PART TEST – 01
Topic: Mathematical Physics
02-09-2020
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. The sum of the first n terms in the sequence 9, 99, 999, 9999,... is
10 10 n 10
(a)
9
10n  1  n (b)
9
10  1  n
9
10 10 n 10
(c)
9
10n  1  n (d)
9
10  1  n
9
Q2. Select the graph that schematically represents BOTH y  x 4 and y  x1/ 4 properly in the
interval 0  x  1
y y
1 1
(a) 4
(b)
x
x1/ 4
x1/ 4 x4
x
0 1 0
x
1
y y
1 1
(c) (d)
x1/ 4
x4 x4
x1/ 4 x
x 0
0 1 1
Q3. A real, invertible 3  3 matrix M has eigenvalues 1 , 2 , 3 and the corresponding
eigenvectors are X 1 , X 2 , X 3 respectively. Which one of the following is correct?
1
(a) M X i  X , for i  1, 2,3
i i
(b) M 1 X i  i X i , for i  1, 2,3
(c) The eigenvalues of M and M 1 are not related

1
(d) M 1 X i  X i , for i  1, 2,3
i
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d 2u  x 
Q4. The possible solution of 2
  2u  x  , for  real?
dx
(a) e  kx (b) sin kx (c) cos kx (d) tanh x
Q5. Which one of the following matrices does NOT represent a proper rotation in a plane?
  sin  cos    cos  sin  
(a)   (b)  
  cos  sin     sin  cos  
 sin  cos     sin  cos  

(c)   (d)  
  cos  sin     cos   sin  

Q6. If x  a
k 1
k sin kx , for   x   , the value of ak is
2k cos k  2sin k 2k cos k  2sin k

(a) (b)
k2 k2
2k cos k  2 sin k 2k cos k  2sin k
(c) (d)
k2 k2
 1
 0, x
2n

 1 1
Q7. Let f n  x    n,  x
 2n 2n
 1
 0, x
 2n

The value of lim

n  f n  x  sin xdx is

(a)  (b) 1 (c) 1 (d) 0

Q8. An n  n Symmetric matrix A is not a multiple of the identity matrix. Which one of the
following statements is always correct?
 
(a) nTr A2  TrA
2
 
(b) nTr A2  TrA
2
 
(c) nTr A2  TrA
2
 
(d) Tr A2  n TrA
2
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Q9. The complete solution of the D.E. y  2 y  3 y  e 2t is given as C1e  t  C 2 e 2t  C3e 3t .
The values of the coefficients C1 , C2 and C3 are:
1
(a) C1 , C3 are arbitrary and C 2  (b) C1 , C2 and C3 are arbitrary
3
1 1
(c) C2 , C3 are arbitrary and C1  (d) C1 , C2 are arbitrary and C3 
3 3
Q10. A particle moving in two dimensions satisfies the equations of motion
x  t   x  t   y  t 
y  t   x  t   y  t 
y 
with x  0   0 . What is the ratio of ?
x 
1 1 1
(a) 1  (b) 1  (c) 2 1 (d)
2 2 2 1
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Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)

Q11-Q30 Carry Two Mark each. (1/3 negative marks for each wrong answer)
Q11. What is the value of the following integral?
100 2
 
 /2
I
 
0
x 2sin x  2 dx
(a) 0.25 (b) 0050 (c) 0025 (d) 0.0025

Q12. Which of the following statements is correct?
n n!
Given    is the binomial coefficient
 m  m ! n  m  !
n n
(a) cos n  cos n     cos n  2  sin 2     cos n  4  sin 4   ...
 2 4
n n
(b) sin n    cos n 1  sin     cos n 3  sin 3   ...
1 3
n n
(c) cos n  cos n     cos n  2  sin 2     cos n  4  sin 4   ....
 2  4
n n
(d) sin n  cos n     cos n  2  sin 2     cos n  4  sin 4   ....
 2  4
Q13. Which one of the following functions has a discontinuity in the second derivative at
x  0 , where x is a real variable?
(a) f  x   x (b) f  x   x x (c) f  x   cos  x  (d) f  x   x
3 2
Q14. lim ln x x is equal to

x 0 
(a) 0 (b)  (c) e (d) 1

Q15. If P and Q are Hermitian matrices which of the following is/are true?
(A matrix P is Hermitian if P  P † , where the elements Pij†  Pji* )
(a) PQ  QP is always Hermitian (b) i  PQ  QP  is always Hermitian
(c) PQ is always Hermitian (d) PQ  QP is always Hermitian
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d2y dy
Q16. If a function y  x  is described by the initial-value problem 2
 5  6 y  0 , with
dx dx
 dy 
initial conditions y  0   2 and    0 , then the value of y at x  1 is
 dx  x 0
(Round off to 2 decimal places)
(a) 0.50 (b) 0.60 (c) 0.40 (d) 0.30
Q17. The element of a 4  4 matrix A are the products if its row and column indices Aij  ij
(where i, j  1, 2, 3, 4 ). The eigenvalues of A are
 14 14 14 14 
(a)  7, 7, 0, 0  (b)  7, 4,3, 0  (c)  30, 0, 0, 0  (d)  , , , 
 3 3 3 3
dy
Q18. The solution of the differential equation x  1  x  y  e x with the boundary
dx
condition y  x  1  0 , is
(a)
 x  1 e x (b)
 x  1 e x (c)
1  x  e x (d)  x  1 e  x
2
2 2
x x x
x   2 x  A cos t , where A is a constant. What
Q19. A forced simple harmonic oscillator is 
happens at resonance    to the amplitude of oscillations at t  
(a) Saturates to a finite value (b) Increases  t
(c) Increases with time as t (d) Increases exponentially with time

2 1 1
Q20. The operator A has a matrix representation   in the basis spanned by   and
1 2 0
0 1 1 1 1
  . In another basis spanned by   and   , the matrix representation of A
1 2 1 2  1
is
 2 0  3 0  3 1 3 0
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
 0 2 0 1  0 1 1 1
d
Q21. The operator  x   x  , where   x  is the Dirac delta function, acts on the space of
dx
real -valued square-integrable functions on the real line. This operator is equivalent to
(a)   x  (b)   x  (c) x (d) 0
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Q22. The vector field xziˆ  yˆj in cylindrical polar coordinates is
(a)  z cos 2   sin 2  eˆ    sin  cos  1  z eˆ
(b)  z cos 2   sin 2  eˆ    sin  cos  1  z eˆ
(c)  z sin 2   cos 2  eˆ    sin  cos  1  z eˆ
(d)  z sin 2   cos 2  eˆ    sin  cos  1  z eˆ
Q23. Four forces are given below in Cartesian and spherical polar coordinates
  ˆ  
(i) F1  K   (ii) F2  K  x 3 xˆ  y 3 yˆ 
r
   r 2 
(iii) F3  K  x 3 yˆ  y 3 zˆ  (iv) F4  K exp  2  rˆ
 R 
where K is a constant identify the incorrect option
 
(a) F1 is non conservative (b) F2 is conservative
 
(c) F3 is non conservative (d) F4 is non-conservative
Q24. Three sets of data A, B and C from an experiment, represented by  , and  , are
plotted on a log-log scale. Each of these are fitted with straight lines as shown in the
1000
figure.
100
C
B
10
1 

 A

0.1 1 10 100 1000
0.1
The functional dependence y  x  for the sets A, B and C are respectively
1 x 1
(a) , x and x 2 (b)  , x and 2 x (c) 2
, x and x 2 (d) x , x and x 2
x 2 x
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 1 1 1 
Q25. The unit normal vector of the point  , ,  on the surface of the ellipsoid
 3 3 3
x2 y 2 z 2
   1 is
a2 b2 c2
bciˆ  cajˆ  abkˆ aiˆ  bˆj  ckˆ

(a) (b)
a 2b 2  b 2 c 2  c 2 a 2 a2  b2  c2
biˆ  cˆj  akˆ b 2 c 2iˆ  c 2 a 2 ˆj  a 2b 2 kˆ

(c) (d)
a2  b2  c2 b 4 c 4  a 4 c 4  a 4b 4
Q26. Consider the line integral   xdy  ydx 

C
the integral being taken in a counterclockwise
direction over the closed curve C that forms the boundary of region R shown in the
figure below. The region R is the area enclosed by the union of a 2  3 rectangle and
semi-circle of radius 1 . The line integral y
evaluates to 3
(a) 6   / 2 2
(b) 8   1
(c) 12  
0
(d) 16   1 2 3 4 5 x
Q27. The third coefficient of Taylor Series of the function f  x   ln 1   cos x  1  about
x  0 is
1 1 1 1
(a) (b)  (c)  (d) 
45 12 45 36
Q28. The Taylor’s series of the function f  x   cos x is
2
x4 1 6 1 x4 1
(a) 1  x 2   x  .... (b)  2 x 2   x 6  ....
5 16 2 5 32
1 x2 2x4 1 6 x4 2 6
(c)    x  .... (d) 1  x 2   x  ....
2 2 3 40 3 45
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 1 1
Q29. Find lim   
x  0 sin x
 x
(a) 1 (b)  (c) 0 (d) 1
   x  y
4
Q30. The integral e x  y dxdy is
R
   
y
e3  e e3  e 1, 2 
(a)  (b)
5 5
 0,1 R  2,1
(c) 
e 3
e  (d) 
e 3
e  1, 0  x
5 5
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Multiple Select Type Questions (MSQ)

Q31-Q40 Carry Two Marks each (No negative marking for any wrong answer)
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 2n 2n 
Q31. Let z be a complex number given by z    sin  i cos  , then which of the
n 1  11 11 
following Options is correct ?
(a) The argument of z is  (b) The modulus of z is 2
2 
(c) The value of z is 1 (d) The argument of z is
2
Q32. Vector function A  2r cos  rˆ  rˆ is given in cylindrical coordinates. Then which of the
following statements are true: (where c1 and c 2 are contours shown in figure).
 
(a)  A  dl  2 b 2 y
C1
 
 A  dl  2 b
2
(b) c1
C1 c2
  a b x
 A  dl  2 a
2
(c)
C2
 
 A  dl  2 a
2
(d)
C2
Q33. If the fourier series of a periodic function f  x   1  x 3 , 1  x  1, is written as

n  
f  x   a0   an sin 2n x   bn cos 2n x then which of the following option is
n 1 n 1
Incorrect?
(a) The value of a0 is 2 .
(b) The value of a12  a22  a32  .... is 1 .
(c) The value of b12  b22  b32  .... is 2 / 7
(d) At x  0 , the Fourier series converges to 2 .
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Q34. Consider a function f  x  defined as
1 1
f  x   sin 8 x ,   x 
8 8
The Fourier series of this function is written as
 n x  n x
f  x   a0   an cos   bn sin
n 1 l n 1 l
where l is a constant to be determined from the statement of the problem. Which of the
following options is/are correct?
2 4
(a) The value of a0 is (b) The value of an is for even n
 
 1  n2 

(c) The value of a12  b12 is 0  (d) The value of bn is 0 for all n
Q35. A vector function A  y 2 xˆ  2 x  y  1 yˆ is given and two specified paths from a to b are
shown in the figure given below. Coordinates of point a is 1,1, 0  and that of point b
is  2, 2, 0  . Then which of the following statements are y

2 b
true ( 2)
(ii )
b  
(a)  A  dl  11 along path 1. 1 a
a (i ) (1)
b  
(b) 
a
A  dl  10 along path 2.
1 2 x
 
(c)  A  dl  1 for the loop that goes from a to b along (1) and returns to a along (2).
 
(d)  A  dl  1 for the loop that goes from a to b along (1) and returns to a along (2).
Q36. If z  x  iy and z1  e z  z  then which of the following options are correct?
(a) Magnitude of z1 is 1 .
(b) For y  2 complex number z1 is purely real.
3
(c) For y  , complex number z1 is purely imaginary.
4
(d) For y  0 , the argument of z1 is 0
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dy
Q37. Given the differential equation  y tanh x  2e x , which of the following is/are correct
dx
statement(s)?
(a) The integrating factor of this differential equation is sinh x
(b) The integrating factor of this differential equation is cosh x
e2 x  2 x  c
(c) The general solution of this differential equation is y  , where c is an
e x  e x
arbitrary constant
e2 x  e x  c
(d) The general solution of this differential equation is y  , where c is an
e x  e x
arbitrary constant
cos   sin  0
Q38. Suppose matrix C is defined as C   sin  cos  0 , then which of the following
 0 0 1 
statements is Correct ?
 i
(a) The eigenvalues of C are e2 i , ei and e .
(b) For all values of  , the determinant of matrix C 2 is 1.
(c) If   2 n , where n is a natural number, then all the eigenvalues of matrix C 8 are
real numbers.
(d) If C T and C 1 denote the transpose and inverse of matrix C , then Trace of
CT  C 1  is 2 1  cos   .
dx
Q39. The given differential equation is,   x 1  x  , where '  ' is scalar, then how does
dt
x  t  behaves
(a) x  t   1, when   0 and t   (b) x  t   1 when   0 and t  
(c) x  t   0 , when   0 and t   (d) x  t   0 when   0 and t  
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Q40. Given the function f  x   xe x , which of the following statements are correct?
(a) The function is continuous for every x

(b) The function is not differentiable at x  0
(c) The function takes its maximum value at x  2 and the maximum value is 2e 2
1
(d) The function takes its minimum value at x  1 and the minimum value is
e
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Numerical Answer Type Questions (NAT)

Q41-Q50 Carry One Mark each (No negative marking for any wrong answer).
 
Q41. Let r denote the position vector of any point in three-dimensional space, and r  r .
 
Then   r  c the value of c is__________
 3 i 0
 
Q42. The product of eigenvalues of  i 3 0  are
 0 0 6
 


Q43. The value of 1/  r n sin n  for r = 0.5 and   is______________
n 0 3
Q44. The matrix
1  1 1  i
A   is______________
3 1  i  1 
†
The trace of A A is given by

 
Q45. The value of integral I   sin x  x   dx is______________
0  2
4
Q46. If z   2 , then the maximum value of z is_______________
z
2 3 0
 
Q47. The some of eigenvalues of the matrix  3 2 0  are______________
0 0 1 

1  ix
Q48. If  a  ib , then a 2  b 2 is______________
1  ix
Q49. For vector function A  2r cos 2  rˆ  3r 2 sin zˆ  4 z sin 2  zˆ the value of . A
is_________
Q50. If a force F is derivable from a potential function V  r  , where r is the distance from the
 
origin of the coordinate system, it follows that   F  _____________
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Numerical Answer Type Questions (NAT)

Q51-Q60 Carry Two Mark each (No negative marking for any wrong answer).
 
Q51. Given the condition  2  0 , the solution of the equation  2  k  . is given by
k 2
 the value of  is____________

Q52. The coefficient of x3 in the Taylor expansion of sin  sin x  around x  0 is
___________.
(Specify your answer upto two digits after the decimal point)
 a b c 
Q53. The unit normal vector of the point  , ,  on the surface of the ellipsoid
 3 3 3
x2 y 2 z 2 bciˆ  cajˆ  abkˆ

   1 is the value of  is________
 a 2b 2  b 2 c 2  c 2 a 2 

a2 b2 c2
3 i 2
 z 
2
Q54. The value of dz , along the line 3y  x , where z  x  iy is_______________
0
(Round off to 1 decimal places)

d 2 f  x df  x 
Q55. Given 2
2  f  x   0 , and boundary conditions f  0   1 and f 1  0 ,
dx dx
the value of f  0.5  is __________ (up to two decimal places) .

 x e dx is equal to_____________________(up to two decimal places).

2
2 x
Q56. The integral
0
pq
Q57. If u  , p  x  y  z , q  x  y  z , r  x  y  z , then the value of partial derivative
qr
u
x

at the point  x, y, z   3, 2,1 is_______________
Q58. Consider a function f  x, y   x3  y 3 , where y represents a parabolic curve x 2  1 . The
total derivative of f with respect to x , at x  1 is_______________
Q59. Given that f 1  1, f 1  1, and f " 1  1, the value of f 1 2 is _________________
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Q60. In spherical polar coordinates  r ,  ,   , the unit vector ˆ at 10,  / 4,  / 2  is

1
 ĵ  kˆ  the value of  is__________
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ALL INDIA TEST SERIES

TIME: 3 HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100

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

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)

Q3. A real, invertible 3  3 matrix M has eigenvalues 1 , 2 , 3 and the corresponding

eigenvectors are X 1 , X 2 , X 3 respectively. Which one of the following is correct?

(c) The eigenvalues of M and M 1 are not related

 sin  cos     sin  cos  

2k cos k  2sin k 2k cos k  2sin k

The value of lim

(a)  (b) 1 (c) 1 (d) 0

The values of the coefficients C1 , C2 and C3 are:

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)

(a) 0.25 (b) 0050 (c) 0025 (d) 0.0025

Q14. lim ln x x is equal to

(a) 0 (b)  (c) e (d) 1

(A matrix P is Hermitian if P  P † , where the elements Pij†  Pji* )

(a) PQ  QP is always Hermitian (b) i  PQ  QP  is always Hermitian

(c) PQ is always Hermitian (d) PQ  QP is always Hermitian

(where i, j  1, 2, 3, 4 ). The eigenvalues of A are

(c) Increases with time as t (d) Increases exponentially with time

Q22. The vector field xziˆ  yˆj in cylindrical polar coordinates is

(a)  z cos 2   sin 2  eˆ    sin  cos  1  z eˆ

(b)  z cos 2   sin 2  eˆ    sin  cos  1  z eˆ

(c)  z sin 2   cos 2  eˆ    sin  cos  1  z eˆ

(d)  z sin 2   cos 2  eˆ    sin  cos  1  z eˆ

bciˆ  cajˆ  abkˆ aiˆ  bˆj  ckˆ

biˆ  cˆj  akˆ b 2 c 2iˆ  c 2 a 2 ˆj  a 2b 2 kˆ

Q26. Consider the line integral   xdy  ydx 

Multiple Select Type Questions (MSQ)

Q33. If the fourier series of a periodic function f  x   1  x 3 , 1  x  1, is written as

(b) The value of a12  a22  a32  .... is 1 .

(c) The value of b12  b22  b32  .... is 2 / 7

(d) At x  0 , the Fourier series converges to 2 .

Q34. Consider a function f  x  defined as

is  2, 2, 0  . Then which of the following statements are y

Q36. If z  x  iy and z1  e z  z  then which of the following options are correct?

(b) For y  2 complex number z1 is purely real.

(a) x  t   1, when   0 and t   (b) x  t   1 when   0 and t  

(c) x  t   0 , when   0 and t   (d) x  t   0 when   0 and t  

(a) The function is continuous for every x

Numerical Answer Type Questions (NAT)

Numerical Answer Type Questions (NAT)

x2 y 2 z 2 bciˆ  cajˆ  abkˆ

(Round off to 1 decimal places)

 x e dx is equal to_____________________(up to two decimal places).

total derivative of f with respect to x , at x  1 is_______________

Q60. In spherical polar coordinates  r ,  ,   , the unit vector ˆ at 10,  / 4,  / 2  is

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