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Q1. Assume that each copper atom contributes one free electron to the electron gas. The
density of copper is 8.94 ×103 kg / m3 and its atomic mass is 63.5 amu. The Fermi
energy (in joule) in copper is of the order of
(a) 10−18 (b) 10−13 (c) 1013 (d) 1018
Q2. The entropy of the system in statistical mechanics is defined as ( k is the Boltzmann
constant and Ω is the number of microstates accessible to the system)
(a) S = k ln Ω (b) S = ( k / 2 ) ln Ω (c) S = 2k ln Ω (d) S = k 2 ln Ω

Q3. If E1 is the energy of the lowest state of a one-dimensional potential box of length ‘ a ’

and E2 is the energy of the lowest state when the length of the box is ‘ a / 2 ’, then

(a) E2 = 2 E1 (b) E2 = E1 / 2 (c) E2 = E1 / 4 (d) E2 = 4 E1

Q4. The white dwarf stars are stable due to
(a) electron degeneracy pressure
(b) gravitational attraction
(c) heat generated by fusion against gravitational collapse
(d) fission
G
G G dr
Q5. ˆ cos ωt + yr
Let r = xr ˆ sin ωt . For constant r and ω , calculate rx
dt
(a) r 2ω xˆ (b) r 2ω yˆ (c) r 2ω zˆ (d) r 2ω cos ( 2ω t ) zˆ
+∞
∫ x 2n e − x dx is equal to
2
Q6. The integral
−∞

⎛ 1⎞ ⎛ 1⎞
(a) Γ ( n + 1) (b) Γ ( n − 1) (c) Γ ⎜ n − ⎟ (d) Γ ⎜ n + ⎟
⎝ 2⎠ ⎝ 2⎠

Q7. Let F (ω ) be the Fourier transform of f ( t ) and G (ω ) be the Fourier transform of

g ( t ) = f ( t + a ) . The G (ω ) and F (ω ) are related with one another as

(a) G (ω ) = e − i( a +t )ω F (ω ) (b) G (ω ) = e − iaω F (ω )

(c) G (ω ) = e + iωt F (ω ) (d) G (ω ) = e + iω (t + a ) F (ω )

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Q8. A finite amount of heat released at t = 0 spreads uniformly in all directions from the
origin in a medium initially at zero temperature everywhere. The spatial and temporal

temperature distribution is given as

C (
− r 2 / 4 a 2t ) where a and C are some constants.
e
3
t
The time it takes for the temperature at distance ‘ r ’ from the origin to attain its
maximum value, is
r2 r2 3r 2 r2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
6a 2 4a 2 8a 2 a2
k
Q9. x = −γ x −
The Eeuler-Lagrangian equation for a system is given as  . Which of the
m
following Lagrangians will describe this system?

(a) L =
1
2
(
exp ( γ t ) mx 2 + kx 2 ) (b) L =
1
2
(
exp ( γ t ) mx 2 − kx 2 )
(c) L =
1
2
(
exp ( −γ t ) mx 2 + kx 2 ) (d) L =
1
2
(
exp ( −γ t ) mx 2 − kx 2 )
Q10. The imaginary part of an analytic function in Cartesian coordinate is 2xy . The real part is
given by
(a) x 2 + y 2 = a 2 (b) x 2 − y 2 = a 2

(c) − x 2 + y 2 = a 2 (d) − x 2 − y 2 = a 2

Q11. The Laurent series of a function f ( z ) about z = 2 is given by

1 1 1 1 z−2
f (z) = − + − + − ....
2 ( z − 2)
3
4 ( z − 2)
2
8 ( z − 2 ) 16 32

The order of the pole and the value of the residue are
1 1
(a) Order = 3 and Residue = (b) Order = 2 and Residue = −
2 4
1 1
(c) Order = 1 and Residue = (d) Order = 3 and Residue =
8 8

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Q12. The Bessel function J1 ( x ) has its first zero at x = 3.8317 . The intensity of light of

wavelength λ in the diffraction pattern from a circular aperture of size ‘ a ’ at angle α is

2
⎧ ⎛ 2π a ⎞⎫
proportional to ⎨ J1 ⎜ sin α ⎟ ⎬ . The angle α at which the intensity will fall to zero
⎩ ⎝ λ ⎠⎭

for a typical wavelength of 5.5 ×10−7 m and a = 0.5 cm , is about

(a) 14 sec (b) 23 minutes (c) 24 degrees (d) 7 radians
Q13. Which of the following statements is true for a square matrix A ?
(a) If A2 = 0 , it necessarily implies that A = 0 .
(b) If A is real and orthogonal, its eigenvalues will always be real.
(c) If A is hermitian, its diagonal entries are always real.
(d) If A is anti-hermitian (skew-hermitian), its diagonal entries are always zero.
G JJG
Q14. The magnitude of v∫ r × dr over the perimeter of an ellipse described by
G
ˆ cos θ + yb
r = xa ˆ sin θ , is
π ab
(a) (b) π ab (c) 2π ab (d) ab
2
Q15. In which quadrants of the complex plane, is the function f ( z ) = x − i y analytic?

(a) Only in the fourth quadrant

(b) Only in the first and third quadrants
(c) Only in the second and fourth quadrants
(d) In all the quadrants

The Laplace transforms L { f ( t )} = ∫ e − st f ( t ) dt of cosh ( kt ) and sinh ( kt ) are given as

∞
Q16.
0
k s
(a) L {cosh kt} = 2 and L {sinh kt} = 2
s +k 2
s + k2
s k
(b) L {cosh kt} = and L {sinh kt} = 2
s +k
2 2
s + k2
k s
(c) L {cosh kt} = 2 and L {sinh kt} = 2
s −k 2
s − k2
s k
(d) L {cosh kt} = 2 and L {sinh kt} = 2
s −k 2
s − k2
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Q17. A vector Ci and a tensor C jk are related as Ci = ε ijk C jk where ε ijk is the Levi-Civita
2
symbol. The tensor C jk is given by

⎛ 0 C3 C2 ⎞ ⎛ 0 C3 C2 ⎞
⎜ ⎟ ⎜ ⎟
(a) ⎜ C3 0 C1 ⎟ (b) ⎜ −C3 0 −C1 ⎟
⎜C 0 ⎟⎠ ⎜ −C 0 ⎟⎠
⎝ 2 C1 ⎝ 2 C1

⎛ 0 −C3 C2 ⎞ ⎛ 0 C3 −C 2 ⎞
⎜ ⎟ ⎜ ⎟
(c) ⎜ C3 0 C1 ⎟ (d) ⎜ −C3 0 C1 ⎟
⎜ −C −C1 0 ⎟⎠ ⎜C −C1 0 ⎟⎠
⎝ 2 ⎝ 2
Q18. Under a rotation by an angle θ about the x - axis, the vector that remains invariant is
(a) 2 xˆ − yˆ + zˆ (b) 3zˆ (c) 5 2xˆ (d) 3yˆ
Q19. A free electron and a free proton of the same energy have their de Broglie wavelengths in
the ratio:
1/ 2
λ ⎛m ⎞
1/ 2
λ ⎛ mp ⎞
(a) e = ⎜ ⎟ (b) e = ⎜ e ⎟⎟
λ p ⎝ me ⎠ λ p ⎜⎝ m p ⎠

λe ⎛ m p ⎞ λe ⎛ me ⎞
(c) =⎜ ⎟ (d) =⎜ ⎟
λ p ⎝ me ⎠ λ p ⎜⎝ m p ⎟⎠

Q20. The wave function of the particle is given by a linear combination of two of its energy
ψ1 ψ 2
states ψ 1 and ψ 2 (with energy eigen values E1 and E2 respectively) as ψ = + . If a
a b
measurement of energy is made, the probability of finding particle energy to be E1 is
2 2
b a
(a) (b)
⎡ a 2 + b 2⎤ ⎡a2 + b2⎤
⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
b a
(c) (d)
a+b a+b

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Q21. A particle of mass m is in a one-dimensional potential given by V ( x ) = ∞ for x < 0 and

kx 2
V ( x) = for x > 0 . The first excited state has an energy
2

(a) ( 3 / 2 ) = (k / m) (b) ( 7 / 2 ) = (k / m)
(c) (1/ 2 ) = (k / m) (d) ( 5 / 2 ) = ( k / m)
−x
Q22. The wave function for a particle is given by ψ = Ae , where A is a constant. This
implies that the potential
(a) is differentiable everywhere
(b) is continuous everywhere but not differentiable at x = 0
(c) has discontinuity at x = 0
(d) has discontinuities at x = ±1 but differentiable every else
Q23. The Electric field E and magnetic field B in frame 1 are parallel and related by E = cB .
If the electric and magnetic fields in another frame are E ′ and B′ respectively, the angle
x between E ′ and B′ is given by cos ( x ) equals,

B′ ⎛ B′ ⎞
1/ 2 1/ 2
B ⎛B⎞
(a) (b) (c) ⎜ ⎟ (d) ⎜ ⎟
B′ B ⎝ B′ ⎠ ⎝B⎠
Q24. A linearly polarized electromagnetic wave is incident on a quarter wave plate. The
emerge wave will in general be
(a) linearly polarized
(b) elliptically polarized
(c) unpolarized
(d) mixture of linearly polarized and unpolarized wave.
Q25. The magnitude of the Poynting vector gives the
(a) energy transported per unit area per unit time
(b) energy density of the electromagnetic wave
(c) angular momentum density of the electromagnetic wave
(d) angular momentum transported per unit area per unit time

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Q26. An unpolarized ray of light in a medium with refractive index n1 is incident on a plane

glass surface with refractive index n2 ( n2 > n1 ) . The intensity of the reflected light is

minimum when the angle of incidence i is given by

(a) tan ( i ) = n1 / n2 (b) tan ( i ) = n2 / n1 (c) tan ( i ) = 1/ n1 n2 (d) tan ( i ) = n1 n2

Q27. Assuming LS coupling, the lowest energy level for carbon ( Z = 6 ) is

(a) 1 S0 (b) 3 P0 (c) 1 D2 (d) 1 S1

Q28. Rutherford bombarded 7.7 MeV α particles on 14

N 7 to initiate the nuclear reaction

N (α , p ) O . The height of Coulomb barrier faced by α particle is about (Given

14 17

r0 = 1.2 fm )

(a) 10.6 MeV (b) 2.1 MeV (c) 4.2 MeV (d) 8.4 MeV
Q29. Based on Liquid drop model, the most stable nucleus for isobars of A = 75 has proton
number ( Z ) equal to (Given: ac = 0.7 MeV and as = 23.0 MeV )

(a) 28 (b) 33 (c) 35 (d) 37

Q30. The probability of electrons being captured by the nucleus is maximum for
(a) K shell electrons
(b) L shell electrons
(c) M shell electrons
(d) Electrons in outermost orbits, independent of which shell they come from
Q31. An electronic device exhibiting a negative resistance characteristic is the
(a) Zener diode (b) UJT (c) JFET (d) BJT
Q32. Role of the resistance ( RE ) connected with the Emitter of an NPN transistor in the CE

amplifier circuit is
(a) to fix the Q point at the center of the load line
(b) to increase the bandwidth of the amplifier
(c) to provide a path to the ac signal to ground
(d) to provide a negative feedback for dc bias stabilization

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Q33. The n - channel JFET having pinch-off voltage of −5V shows a transconductance of

1 mA / V when the applied gate to source voltage (VGS ) is −3V . The maximum value of

transconductance (in mA / V ) for JFET will be

(a) 1.5 (b) 2.0 (c) 2.5 (d) 3.0
Q34. The ideal OP-AMP with input resistance Ri , Output resistance Ro and gain A , has:

(a) Ri = ∞, A = ∞, Ro = 0 (b) Ri = 0, A = ∞, Ro = 0

(c) Ri = ∞, A = ∞, Ro = ∞ (d) Ri = 0, A = ∞, Ro = ∞
Q35. The information in STACK in 8085 microprocessor follows
(a) FIFO (b) LIFO (c) FILO (d) random access
Q36. The T - states required for the opcode fetch in 8085 microprocessor and the execution
time required for opcode fetch if the clock frequency is 2 MHz are respectively
(a) 4 T , 2μ s (b) 8 T , 4μ s (c) 2 T , 2μ s (d) 8 T , 2μ s
Q37. Assume the accumulator content in 8085 microprocessor is 00 H and flag Z = 1 . The
content of accumulator ( A ) and Z flag after the execution of instruction MVIA, 05H

are
(a) A = 05 H , Z = 1 (b) A = 05 H , Z = 0 (c) A = 00 H , Z = 1 (d) A = 00 H , Z = 0
Q38. Which of the following is not an infinite loop?
(a) int i = 1; (b) for (;;);
while (1)
{
i++;
}
(c) int True = 0, False; (d) int y, x = 0;
while (True) do
{ {
False = 1; y = x;
} } while (x == 0);

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Q39. For the equation x3 − 2 x − 5 = 0 the solution by Newton Raphson Method is about (Given
x0 = 2 )

(a) 2.09983 (b) 2.07065 (c) 2.09455 (d) 2.14122

Q40. The real root of the equation cos x − 3 x + 1 = 0 corrected to four decimal places by the
method of iteration is about
(a) 0.8071 (b) 0.6024 (c) 0.7214 (d) 0.6071
Q41. It is known that the root of the function f ( x ) lies between 0 and 1. After 10 iterations

of the bisection method, the approximation accuracy of the root will be

(a) correct up to 2 places of decimal (b) correct up to 3 places of decimal
(c) correct up to 4 places of decimal (d) correct up to 5 places of decimal
Q42. The order of truncation error in second order Runge-Kutta method for finding the
solution of ordinary differential equation is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
Q43. During inelastic collision of two bodies, which of the following is conserved?
(a) total linear momentum only
(b) total kinetic energy only
(c) both linear momentum and kinetic energy
(d) neither linear momentum nor kinetic energy
Q44. An earth satellite is kept moving in its orbit by the centripetal force provided by:
(a) the gravitational attraction of the earth on the satellite
(b) the rocket engine attached to the satellite
(c) the gravitational attraction of the sun on the satellite
(d) the radio waves sent by the ground station to the satellite
Q45. A sphere rolls on a horizontal plane without slipping. The percentage of kinetic energy
which is rotational is about
(a) 58% (b) 50% (c) 18% (d) 28%

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Q46. A muon, whose life-time at rest is 2 × 10−6 sec , is travelling through the laboratory at
three-fifth of the speed of light. It will last in
(a) 2 × 10−6 sec (b) 2.5 × 10−6 sec (c) 3.5 ×10−6 sec (d) 3.0 ×10−5 sec
Q47. In an AC circuit, the voltage V and current I are given by
V = 100sin (100 t ) volts

⎛ π⎞
I = 100sin ⎜100 t + ⎟ mA
⎝ 3⎠
The power dissipated in the circuit is:
(a) 104 W (b) 10 W (c) 2.5 kW (d) 2.5 W
Q48. When a test charge is brought in from infinity along the perpendicular bisector of an
electric dipole, the work done is
(a) positive (b) negative (c) zero (d) infinity
Q49. The ratio of magneto-motive force round the circuit to the magnetic flux is referred as
(a) reactance (b) conductance (c) resistivity (d) reluctance
Q50. A conducting circular loop is placed in a uniform magnetic field B = 0.04 T with its
plane perpendicular to the field. Somehow the radius of the loop starts shrinking at a
constant rate of 0.5 mm / sec . The induced emf in the loop at an instant, when the radius
is 2 cm , will be:
(a) 5.0 μV (b) 2.5 μV (c) 10.0 μV (d) 25.0 μV
Q51. Consider a Boolean expression
F = ( B + BC ) ( B + BC ) ( B + D )

The minimum number of NAND gates required to implement this ‘ F ’ will be

(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
Q52. The number of comparators in a 4 - bit flash A to D converter is
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) 16

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Q53. The fundamental difference between SR flip-flop and JK fip-flop is that

(a) JK flip-flop has a feedback path
(b) JK flip-flop can accept both inputs as 1
(c) JK flip-flop does not require an external clock pulse
(d) JK flip-flop is faster than SR flip-flop
Q54. The binary number corresponding to a decimal number 9.625 can be expressed as
(a) 1100.101 (b) 1001.110 (c) 1001.101 (d) 1100.011
Q55. The velocity of a travelling wave on a string under fixed tension
(a) does not change when frequency varies
(b) does not change when wavelength varies
(c) decrease with increase of frequency
(d) decrease with decrease in wavelength
Q56. Two springs of force constant K1 and K 2 are arranged in a parallel arrangement and a

mass ‘ m ’ is suspended from it. The arrangement is equivalent to a single spring of

constant K given by
(a) K1 − K 2 (b) K1 + K 2

(c) K1 K 2 / ( K1 + K 2 ) (d) K1 / K 2

Q57. Two vibrating strings of lengths L and 3L and radii 3R and R , respectively, are
stretched under the same tension. Both the strings vibrate in their fundamental modes, the
one of length L with frequency v1 and the other with frequency v2 . If the two strings are

made of same material then the ratio v1 / v2 is given by

(a) 1 (b) 31/ 2 (c) 3 (d) 9

Q58. In a standing wave, the phase difference between any two points confined between
adjacent node and antinode
π π
(a) is always zero (b) is between and
4 2
π
(c) is between and π (d) changes periodically
2

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Q59. If ‘ Z ’ is the atomic number and ‘ A ’ is the atomic weight of the element then according
to Moseley’s law, the frequency of the characteristic X - ray is proportional to
(a) Z 2 (b) A2 (c) Z 3 / 2 (d) A1/ 2 Z 1/ 3
Q60. In M.K.S. units, Bohr magneton is given by
em eh eh mh
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4h 2π m 4π m 2eπ
Q61. The typical wavelengths emitted by diatomic molecules in pure vibrational and pure
rotational transitions are respectively in the region of
(a) infrared and visible (b) visible and infrared
(c) infrared and microwave (d) microwave and infrared
Q62. The value of Einstein’s coefficient A21 for a two level atomic system is 4 × 102 sec −1 . The
spontaneous life time is
(a) 5 × 10−2 sec (b) 2.5 × 10−3 sec (c) 5 × 10−3 sec (d) 2.5 × 103 sec
Q63. Two lenses of power +5D and −2 D are in contact and are coaxially situated. The power
of the combination is
(a) −3D (b) +3D (c) −7D (d) +7D
Q64. When a liquid is introduced between the lens and the plate in the Newton Ring apparatus,
the diameter of the 15th ring changes from 2 cm to 1.8 cm . The refractive index of the
liquid is
(a) 1.05 (b) 1.11 (c) 1.23 (d) 1.33
Q65. When the movable mirror of the Michelson interferometer is moved through a distance of
0
0.030 mm under the illumination of a wavelength 6000 A , the number of displaced
fringes is
(a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 100 (d) 600
Q66. A beam of light of wavelength 600 nm from a distant source falls on a single slit
1.00 mm wide and the resulting diffraction pattern is observed on a screen 2 m away. The
distance between the first dark fringe on either side of the central maximum is
(a) 0.6 mm (b) 1.2 mm (c) 1.8 mm (d) 2.4 mm

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Q67. The spectroscopic Lande g - factor for a state 2 P1/ 2 is

(a) 1 (b) 2 / 3 (c) 3 / 2 (d) 2

Q68. The Debey temperature of a metal is 450 K . Its Debye frequency in Hz is of the order of

(a) 1011 (b) 1013 (c) 1016 (d) 1020

Q69. In the Davission-Germer experiment, the hump is most prominent when the electron is
accelerated by
(a) 24V (b) 34V (c) 54V (d) 64V
Q70. The susceptibility of a diamagnetic material is about
(a) −10−5 (b) 10−7 (c) 102 (d) 103
Q71. If σ and E are the electrical conductivity and the applied field respectively, the heat
developed across a conductor per unit volume per second is
(a) σ E 2 (b) σ 2 E (c) σ / E (d) E 2 / σ
Q72. Transition temperature Tc and critical field H c for a superconductor are related as

⎡ T⎤ ⎡T ⎤
(a) H c = H 0 ⎢1 − ⎥ (b) H c = H 0 ⎢ − 1⎥
⎣ Tc ⎦ ⎣ Tc ⎦
⎡ ⎛ T ⎞2 ⎤ ⎡⎛ T ⎞ 2 ⎤
(c) H c = H 0 ⎢1 − ⎜ ⎟ ⎥ (d) H c = H 0 ⎢⎜ ⎟ − 1⎥
⎢⎣ ⎝ Tc ⎠ ⎥⎦ ⎢⎣⎝ Tc ⎠ ⎥⎦

Q73. The vapour pressure ( p) , in mm of Hg , of solid ammonia is given by the relation:

ln p = 23.01 − ( 3754 / T ) , where T is the absolute temperature. The vapour pressure, in

mm of Hg , of liquid ammonia is given by the relation: ln p = 19.49 − ( 3063 / T ) . The

temperature of the triplet point is about

(a) 191.3 K (b) 196.3 K (c) 206.3 K (d) 296.3 K

Q74. The 10 g of ice at 00 C is converted into water at the same temperature. Take latent heat
of fusion as 80 cal / g . The change in entropy in cal / K is about
(a) Zero (b) 0.34 (c) 2.93 (d) 3.92

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Q75. A quantity of dry air at 270 C is compressed suddenly to one-third of its volume. Take γ
to be 1.5 for dry air. Change in temperature of the gas is about
(a) 179 K (b) 199 K (c) 209 K (d) 219 K

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Q1. In a collision between two particles
(a) Linear momentum is conserved, but kinetic energy is not necessarily conserved.
(b) Kinetic energy is conserved, but Linear momentum is not necessarily conserved.
(c) Either Linear momentum or kinetic energy, but not necessarily both are conserved.
(d) Both linear momentum and kinetic energy are conserved.
Q2. The moment of inertia of a thin rectangular plate of length a, width b, mass m about an
axis passing through the center and perpendicular to the plate is

(a)
1
12

m a 2  b2  (b)
1
6

m a 2  b2 
1 1
(c) mab (d) mab
12 6
Q3. A smooth sphere rests on a horizontal plane. A point particle slides without down the
sphere, starting at the top. If R be the radius of the sphere, the velocity of the particle
when it leaves the surface would be given by  g is the acceleration due to gravity).

2 gR 3 gR 3 gR 4 gR
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 2 4 3
Q4. A mass m is suspended from a frictionless pulley and hangs over an
inextensible string attached to the ceiling on one side and a force F is F
exerted upwards at the other end as shown in the figure below. The
g
force F for the condition of static equilibrium is
(a) 1mg (b) 2 mg
(c) 4 mg (d) 0.5 mg m

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Mass m1 slides on an inclined plane whereas mass m2
hangs freely as shown in Figure below. The
acceleration of m1 down the plane would be m1
m1  m 2 m1sin   m 2 m2
(a) g (b) g
m1  m 2 m1  m 2

m 2  m1sin  m1sin   m 2
(c) g (d) g
m1  m 2 m1  m 2
Q6. Kirchoff’s current law is valid for
(a) DC circuit only
(b) AC circuit only
(c) Both DC and AC circuits
(d) Circuits having active elements only
Q7. If   0.98, I co  6 A and I B  100  A for a transistor based amplifier, then value of I c
is about
(a) 2.3 mA (b) 3.1mA (c) 4.6 mA (d) 5.2 mA
Q8. The threshold voltage VT is negative for

(a) an n-channel enhancement MOSFET

(b) an n-channel depletion MOSFET
(c) a p-channel depletion MOSFET
(d) all active unipolar devices
Q9. The 2’s complement of the binary number 1101100 in BCD is
(a) 12 (b) 13 (c) 14 (d) 15
Q10. A master-slave flip-flop has the characteristic that
(a) Change in the input at ‘Master’ is immediately reflected in the output of ‘Slave’.
(b) Input states of both the ‘Master’ and ‘Slave’ are affected at the same time.
(c) Change in the output of “Slave” follows the change in output of ‘Master’.
(d) Output states of both the ‘Master’ and ‘Slave’ are affected at the same time.
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Q11. Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

(a) Acoustic branch of diatomic-linear chain is similar to the monoatomic case
(b) Both group velocity and phase velocity are equal to the velocity of sound in the long
wavelength limit
(c) Under the low wavelength limit, the lattice acts as a low pass filter
(d) Acoustic and optical modes in a diatomic lattice cancel each other at the boundary of
first Brillouin zone
Q12. According to Dulong-Petit’s law, the specific heat of a solid
(a) is proportional to the temperature
(b) does not depend on temperature
(c) depends on square of temperature
(d) is inversely proportional to temperature
Q13. In the X-ray diffraction pattern of a sodium metal, which has a bcc structure, the missing
reflection planes will be
(a) 101 (b) 011 (c) 020 (d) 100
Q14. For a paramagnetic material, the energy difference between spin magnetic dipole parallel
and antiparallel to an external field H is  B is the Bohr magnetron)

(a) 0 H 4 (b)  B H (c) 2 B 0 H (d)  B 0 H

Q15. The Hall coefficient of a Si wafer was found to be 7.35  10 5 m3C 1 in the temperature
range from 100 to 400 K . The type of charge carrier and the approximate value of carrier
density respectively are
(a) n -type; 8.5  10 22 m 3 (b) p -type; 8.5  10 22 m 3

(c) n -type; 4.2 1022 m 3 (d) p -type; 4.2 1022 m 3

Q16. Consider oxygen gas at 300K having the mass of its molecule as 5.311026 kg. The root
mean square speed of its molecules, is about
(a) 284 m s (b) 248 m s (c) 348 m s (d) 484 m s

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Q17. One mole of a monoatomic perfect gas initially at temperature 0 C expands from
volume V0 to 2V0 at constant pressure. The specific heat at constant volume of the gas is

20.8 Jmol 1 K 1. The amount of heat absorbed is nearly

(a) 1179 J (b) 1779 J (c) 1979 J (d) 7972 J
Q18. When 100 g ice at 0 C melts, the change in entropy in cal/K is about (Take latent heat
of fusion (melting) as 80 cal / g .)
(a) Zero (b) 0.34 (c) 29.3 (d) 39.2
Q19. N distinguishable particles are distributed among three states having energies 0, k BT and

2k BT respectively. If the total equilibrium energy of the system is 151.23k BT , the

number of particles of the system is about
(a) 152 (b) 264 (c) 356 (d) 635
Q20. The power per unit area emitted by a surface of a blackbody (in Wm 2  at temperature

230 K is about
(a) 112.67 (b) 128.67 (c) 158.67 (d) 178.67
1  v 
Q21. A Van der Waals gas is passed through a porous plug. Let     be the volume
v  T  P
coefficient and T is the temperature. The temperature of the gas will decrease when
(a) T  0 (b) T  1 (c) T  1 (d) T  1
Q22. Light from a point source located at the origin gets reflected parallel to the x-axis from a
large concave mirror. For a constant,  , the equation describing the shape of the mirror
on the x-y plane is
(a) y 2   x   2 (b) y 2  2 x   2

(c) x 2   y   2 (d) x 2  2 y   2

Q23. The dispersion relation for a wave is given by  2  pk  qk 3 , where  is the angular
frequency, k is the wave number, p and q are constants. The wave number for which
both the group and phase velocities are same is

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p 2p p 1 2p
(a) (b) (c) (d)
q q 2q 2 q

Q24. A thin film of oil of thickness t and refractive index n0 is covering a pool of water of

refractive index nw . A ray of light of wavelength  is incident normally on the oil

surface. The condition for constructive interference of the reflected light is m has

integer values)
(a) 2tnw  m (b) 2tn0  m

 1  1
(c) 2tn0   m    (d) 2tnw   m   
 2  2
Q25. A Newton’s ring experiment uses a glass lens having radius of curvature 1.0 m. The
apparatus is illuminated separately by light having two different wavelengths. Suppose
that one of the wavelengths is 550 nm. The 6th bright ring of the 550 nm fringe system

coincides with the 5th bright ring of the other. The value of second wavelength is about
(a) 450 nm (b) 672 nm (c) 733 nm (d) 563 nm
Q26. The position of a particle along the x-axis as a function of time is given by
 t 
x  t   2 cos 2  1  sin 2t  . We can write x  t  as the superposition of n independent
 2 
harmonic motions. The value of n is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
Q27. Two coherent monochromatic light beams of intensities I and 4 I are superimposed. The
maximum and minimum possible intensities in t he resulting beam are
(a) 3I and I (b) 5I and 3I (c) 7I and 5I (d) 9I and I
Q28. A beam of light polarized in the x-direction is travelling in the z-direction. It passes
through a polarizer and reaches an analyzer. The polarization axis of the analyzer can
only be rotated in the x-y plane. It is found that the intensity is 3 times smaller when the
polarization axis of the analyzer is in the y direction as compare to that in the x-direction.
The angle between the polarization axis of the polarizer and the x axis is

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(a) 30 (b) 45 (c) 60 (d) 90

Q29. Consider a parallel plate capacitor with square plates of dimensions L  L each. The
plates have a charge Q and are separated by a distance x. The plate with the positive
charge has a small hole in the middle through which an electron of mass m and charge
e is shot through. The minimum speed, V , that the electron must have to reach the
negative plate is
2Qex Qex
(a) V  (b) V 
m 0 L2 m 0 L2
2
 Qex  Q 2 e x
(c) V   2 
(d) V 
 m 0 L  m 0 L2

Q30. Two events take place at the same place in a lab frame but occur with a time difference of
3 seconds. The same events occur with a time difference of 5 seconds in a rocket frame.
The relative speed of rocket and the laboratory is
(a) 0.5c (b) 0.8c
(c) 0.6c (d) Cannot be determined from this data
Q31. A spaceship approaches a planet with a speed 0.6c. At some point it fires a projectile
with a speed 0.4c towards the planet. The speed of the projectile, as seen by an observer
on the planet would be approximately
(a) 0.76c (b) 0.80c (c) 0.99c (d) 0.40c
Q32. The frequency of an LC oscillator is 0 . The plates of the parallel plate capacitor are

pulled apart to twice the original distance, and a dielectric (with dielectric constant
K  1 is completely inserted into the capacitor. The new frequency of oscillation for the

circuit is
2 2 K K
(a) 0 (b) 0 (c) 0 (d) 0
K K 2 2

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Q33. A particle is moving at a speed of 2.6  108 ms 1 relative to the laboratory. It s lifetime as

measured by an observer in the laboratory is 4.7  106 s. The lifetime of the particle in its
own rest frame is about
(a) 2.3  10 6 s (b) 9.4  106 s (c) 4.7  106 s (d) 14.4 102 s
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2
Q34. For a wave function defined as   x     sin  x L  in the region 0  x  L and
L
  x   0 outside this region, the average value of the square of the momentum  p 2  is,

 h2  2 2  2
(a) (b) (c) (d) zero
L L2 L2
Q35. A sample of radioactive 235
Pa nucleus under goes beta decay with a half-life  t12  of 24

minutes. If the activity of this radioactive sample is 1 Curie, its mass will be about
(a) 3.0  108 gm. (b) 8.2  109 gm.

(c) 4.9  10 9 gm. (d) 7.5 108 gm.

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Q36. The ground state spin and parity of F9 nuclei will be

(a) Proton: J    5 2  (b) Neutron: J    5 2 

* *

(c) Proton: J    3 2  (d) Neutron: J    3 2 

* *

Q37. The kinetic energy of the electrons emitted from the n  3 state of the hydrogen atom,
when illuminated with blue light of wavelength 450 nm, is approximately:
(a) 2.76 eV (b) 4.27 eV (c) 1.51eV (d) 1.25 eV

Q38. The binding energies of 1 H, 4 He and 7 Li are B1 , B4 and B7 respectively. The Q value

of the reaction 1 H+ 7 Li  2 4 He+Q is given by:

(a) 2 B1  4 B7  6 B4 (b) B1  B7  2 B4

(c) B4  B1  B7 (d) B1  7 B7  8B4

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 2 2
Q39. Consider the matrix A   
2 5
If B  2e A , the determinant of B is

(a) 4e 7 (b) 4  e 7  e 4  (c) e7 (d)  e7  e 4 

2 5 3  2i
Q40. The value of the determinant 9 2 5  4i is
20 9 3  6i

(a) 656  256i (b) 656  256i (c) 656 (d) 656
d 2 y 4dy
Q41. The most general solution of the differential equation   4 y  0 is (here ‘ a ’
dx 2 dx
and ‘ b ’ are constants)
(a) ae 2 x  be 2 x (b) ae 2 x  be 2 x (c) ae 2 x  bxe 2 x (d) ae 2 x  bxe 2 x

 e  x 1  x  1 dx is
3
5
Q42. The value of the integral
1

1 2 1 2
(a)  (b)  (c) (d)
3 3 3 3
Q43. Which of the following sets of vectors constitute a basis for the plane.
(i)  0,1 , 1,1 (ii) 1,1 , 1,  1 (iii) 1, 0  ,  0,  1

(a) All three sets of vector (b) Only (iii)

(c) Only (i) and (iii) (d) Only (ii) and (iii)
Q44. The equation a 2 x 2  y 2  2  x  yb  is the equation of a

(a) Parabola (b) Hyperbola (c) Circle (d) Ellipse

Q45. A thin uniform circular disc of mass M and radius R is rotating in a horizontal plane
about an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to the plane with
angularvelocity . Another disc of same mass but half the radius is gently placed over it
coaxially. The angular speed of the composite disc will be
3 4 5 2
(a)  (b)  (c)  (d) 
4 5 2 5

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Q1. The normalized wave functions  1 and  2 correspond to the ground state and the first

excited states of a particle in a potential. The operators  act on the wave functions as:
Â 1   2 and Â 2   1

The expectation value of the operator  for the state Aˆ 

 3 1  4 2  is
5
(a) 0 (b) 0.32 (c) 0.75 (d) 0.96
Q2. The de-Broglie wavelength of a particle of mass m and charge q after
being accelerated through a potential difference of V volts is:
  m 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
2mqV mqV qV qmV

Q3. The state of a hydrogen atom is described by the wave function

 r 
  Ar 2 exp   
 3cos   1
2

 3a0 
Where A and a0 are the normalization constant and Bohr radius, respectively. If one
measures the z -component of the orbital angular momentum for this atom, the outcome
will be:
 r 
(a) 3 since  is proportional to exp   
 3a0 
(b) 2 since  depends on cos 2 

(c) 1 since  depends on cos 2 

(d) 0  since  does not depends on 

Q4. An electron is confined within a region of size  1015 m by an external potential. Then,
the average kinetic energy of this electron must be:
(a) much greater than 0.511 MeV
(b) approximately equal to 0.511 MeV

(c) approximately equal to 0.5111013 eV

(d) approximately equal to 1 eV

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Q5. An amplifier with initial open gain of 400 is used as negative feedback amplifier. The
feedback factor is 0.05 . If the gain of the amplifier charges by 10% due to temperature,
then the closed loop gain changes approximately by:
(a) 0.05% (b) 0.1% (c) 0.5% (d) 1%
Q6. What is the value of the least significant bit of an 8 -bit Digital to Analog Converter
(DAC) for 0  12.8 V range?
(a) 0.050 V (b) 0.625 V (c) 1.28 V (d) 1.6 V
Q7. If the distance between two adjacent peaks on the x -axis is 2 cm on a CRO screen in
which the time/division control is set at 1 ms / div , then the frequency of the signal is:
(a) 1 kHz (b) 5kHz (c) 50 Hz (d) 500 Hz

Q8. The decimal equivalent of the hexadecimal number  A3B 16 is:

(a)  236110 (b)  262110 (c)  2619 10 (d)  2879 10

Q9. Simplification of the following Boolean expression

Y  ABC  ABC  ABC  ABC is given by:
(a) AC  AC (b) AC (c) C (d) C
Q10. An astronaut in a spaceship has a mass 75 kg in the rest frame of the spaceship. The
spaceship’s length in its rest frame is 1150 m while its length as observed from the earth
is 325 m . The total energy of the astronaut in the earth’s frame will be approximately:
(a) 75 J (b) 750 J

(c) 2.4  1019 J (d) 6.8 1018 J

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Q11. A thick steel rod rotates with an initial angular velocity  about one of its endpoints in a
horizontal plane. If at time t  0 an ant having mass m starts moving outwards from the
point of rotation with constant speed then for the system after time t  0 :
(a) both the angular velocity and the kinetic energy decreases
(b) the angular velocity decreases but kinetic energy increases
(c) both the angular velocity and the kinetic energy remain same
(d) the angular velocity increases but kinetic energy decreases

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Q12. A tunnel is dug from the surface of the earth through the center and opens at the other end.
A ball is dropped from one end of the tunnel. The acceleration due to gravity on the
earth’s surface is g and the radius of the earth is R . Assuming that the earth has a
constant density, the time taken by the ball to reach the center of the earth is:

R R  R  R
(a)  (b) 2 (c) (d)
g g 2 g 4 g
Q13. A block of mass 250 g is given an initial speed of 3 m / s up a plane inclined at an angle

of 300 with the horizontal. The coefficient of friction is 3 / 6 . After 1.5 s , how far is
the block from its original position?
(a) 0.9 m (b) 2.4 m (c) 3.8 m (d) 6.5 m
Q14. 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. Let M
be the mass of the galactic matter within a radius of 25, 000 light years from the galactic
centre. Given that sunlight take approximately 8 min to reach the Earth, what is the ratio
of M to the mass of the Sun?
(a) 1.5  1011 (b) 5  1011 (c) 1.5 1012 (d) 5 1012
Q15. Two particles of mass m each are connected by a mass less spring of length l and spring
constant k . The system is lying (in the relaxed state) on a frictionless horizontal table, A
very short impulse P is applied to the first mass (along the axis of the system) at t  0 .
When would the second mass first come to rest?

2m 2m m m
(a) t   (b) t  2 (c) t   (d) t  
k k 2k k
Q16. A narrow light beam of wavelength  is travelling along the x - axis, when it is faced by
a barrier with narrow slits at y  0,  d (and all at x  0 ). There is a vertical screen at
x  D  d . What is the angle  that the central bright spot and the next-nearest dark
spot subtend at the central slit  x, y    0, 0   ?

3 2  
(a)   sin 1 (b)   sin 1 (c)   sin 1 (d)   sin 1
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Q17. Two tuning forks with natural frequencies v1 and v2 , respectively, are struck at the same
time with equal force. The intensity, of the resulting sound, beats with a frequency of
1 Hz while the frequency of the sound is 512 Hz . Hence, v1 and v2 , respectively, are:

(a) 512.0 Hz and 511.5 Hz (b) 512.0 Hz and 511.0 Hz

(c) 512.5 Hz and 511.0 Hz (d) 512.5 Hz and 511.5 Hz
Q18. During normal to superconducting transition:
(a) Entropy increases and thermal conductivity decreases
(b) Entropy and thermal conductivity decreases
(c) Entropy and thermal conductivity increases
(d) Entropy decreases and thermal conductivity increases
Q19. A silicon wafer of thickness 200  m is doped with 1023 phosphorus atoms per m3 . If the

sample is kept in a field of 0.2 Weber/m3 and a current of 1 mA is passed through the
sample, the Hall voltage produced is:
(a) 6.25 V (b) 6.25 V (c) 62.5 V (d) 62.5 V
Q20. In the Kronig-Penney model, the discontinuities in the E vs k curve occur on either side
of the centre for a k - value equal to (where n  1, 2,3,.... )

n n  n  2n
1/ 2

(a) (b) (c)   (d)

a 2a  2a  a
Q21. The fraction of volume occupied by the atoms (hard spheres) in a simple cubic unit cell
of lattice parameter a is:
   
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 4 6 8
Q22. The energy gap of Indium ( In ) which starts superconducting at 3.4 K is;
(a) 2.07  eV (b) 2.07 meV (c) 1.035  eV (d) 1.035 meV
Q23. The energies of the 4 s and 4 p states of potassium are 4.339 eV and 2.73eV
respectively. The ratio of Z eff of 4 s and 4 p is:

(a) 0.89 (b) 1.26 (c) 1.78 (d) 2.18

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Q24. In helium atom the total wave function of the ortho state is a:
(a) singlet with spin anti-symmetric wave functions
(b) singlet with spin symmetric wave functions
(c) triplet with spin anti-symmetric wave function
(d) triplet with spin symmetric wave function
Q25. The 7Be nucleus undergoes decay to 7Li . Which Beta decay process is possible in this
decay? (Given M ( 7Be)  7.016929 amu and M ( 7Li )  7.016004 amu )
(a) Beta minus decay only
(b) Beta plus decay only
(c) Both Beta plus and Electron capture
(d) Electron capture only
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Q26. An unstable nucleus 20 Ca undergoes decay by positron emission. The daughter product
of the decay is:
43 43 44 45
(a) 20 Ca (b) 19 K (c) 19 K (d) 20 Ca

Q27. The metric tensor gik , is defined by ds 2  gij dxi dx j . If

ds 2  dr 2  r 2  d   r 2 sin 2   d 
2 2

1  g ik g jk gij 
and ij ,k    i  k
2  x j x x 

then,  22,1 is:

(a)  r (b) r (c) r 2 (d) 2r

u u
Q28. The solution of 4 is:
t x
x  x 
k  t  k  t 
kx  t 2   x t  4 
(a) Ae (b) Ae (c) Ae (d) Ae

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Q29. If C is the unit circle traversed, then the integral

dz

C z  3z
2

is:
 2 2
(a) 0 (b) i (c) i (d)  i
3 3 3
Q30. The Fourier series of a periodic function (with period 2 ) is given by:
a0
f  x    n 1  an cos nx  bn sin nx 


2
If f  x  is defined by :

x if  / 2  x   2
f  x  
  x if  / 2  x  3 / 2
then a0 is equal to:

(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 2


Q31.
   
Given the position vector r  xxˆ  yyˆ  zzˆ and r 2  r  r , the value of   r 2 r is given  
by:
(a) 6r 2 (b) 5r 2 (c) 4r 2 (d) 3r 2
dy
Q32. The solution to the differential equation  2 xy  x given that y  x  0   0 is:
dx


(a) y  1  e  x
3

 (b) y 
1
4

1  e x
2


(c) y 
1
2

1  e x
2

 (d) y 
1
2
1  e x 

 1 1
If A    and I is a 2  2 identity matrix, then e is:
A
Q33.
 1 1
 e2  1   e 1 
(a) I   A (b) I   A
 2   2 

 e2  1   e2  1 
(c) I   A (d) I   A
 2   2 

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Q34. If z  x  iy , then the real part of cos  z  is:

(a) cos  x  cosh  y  (b) cos  x  cos  y 

(c) sin  x  sinh  y  (d)  sin  x  sinh  y 

Q35. The heat extracted in each cycle from its heat source of a Carnot engine having an
efficiency of 59% and performing 2.5  104 J of work in each cycle is:

(a) 4.24 102 J (b) 2.12 102 J

(c) 4.24  104 J (d) 2.12 104 J

Q36. The probability that an allowed state is occupied if it lies above the Fermi level by 2k BT
is
(a) 24% (b) 12% (c) 2.4% (d) 1.2%
Q37. One mole of a monoatomic perfect gas is initially at a constant temperature of T0 . It
expands from a volume V0 to 2V0 under constant pressure. The heat absorbed by the gas
is:
3 5
(a) RT0 (b) 2RT0 (c) RT0 (d) RT0
2 2
Q38. To a pure substance undergoing an infinitesimal reversible process. Which of the
following relations is not a Maxwell equation?
 T   P   P   V 
(a)      (b)    
 V  S  S V  T V  S  P

 P   S   T   V 
(c)     (d)     
 T V  V T  P  S  S  P
Q39. A self-contained machine has, as its input, two equal steady streams of a fluid at
temperatures T1 and 4T1 , respectively. The only output is a single high speed jet of the

same fluid at temperatures T . The heat capacity per unit mass of the fluid is C (and is
independent of the temperature). What is the maximum possible speed of the jet?
[Hint: The process is irreversible]

CT1
(a) (b) 4CT1 (c) 2CT1 (d) CT1
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Q40. A freezer in a fridge is maintained at a temperature of 150 C where the ambient air
temperature is 300 C . If heat leaks into the freezer at the constant rate of 1.75 kJ / sec ,
then the power needed to pump this heat out continuously is:
(a) 0.13 kJ / sec (b) 0.31 kJ / sec (c) 1.49 kJ / sec (d) 2.06 kJ / sec
Q41. Consider a random walker in one dimension. Assume that at every time step the walker
takes steps of unit length to the left or right. The probability of taking a step to the left is
1 2
and to the right is . If the walker starts at x  0 , then the probability of its return to
3 3
its starting point after four steps is given by:
22 23 2 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
32 33 33 33
Q42. Consider a system of 3 non-interacting identical bosons. Each particle can be in any one
of three states whose energies are  , 0,  . Find the entropy of the system if its total
energy E  0 .
(a) 0 (b) k ln 8 (c) k ln 4 (d) k ln 2
Q43. A rectangular coil of length 0.05 m and breadth 0.08 m and having 420 turns is placed
horizontally in a uniform magnetic field B1  0.14 T going into the plane of the coil. The

magnetic field is increased over a 0.20 second interval and this induces an emf of 1.8 V
in the coil. The final magnetic field B2 is approximately:

(a) 0.80 T
(b) 0.35 T
(c) 0.14 T
(d) Cannot be determined from the information supplied
Q44. Consider a plane electromagnetic wave travelling in free space. The magnetic field is
 
given by B  B1  xˆ  zˆ  and electric field is given by E  E1   xˆ  2 yˆ  zˆ  . Then the

direction of the propagation of the wave is:

(a)  xˆ  yˆ  zˆ (b) xˆ  2 yˆ  2 zˆ (c) 2 xˆ  yˆ  2 zˆ (d) None of these

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Q45. A particle of mass m and q is released from rest in a region with E  E0 xˆ and B  B0 xˆ ,

where E0 , B0 are constants. The particle’s motion is best described by which of the
following?
qE0t
(a) It moves in a circle with a speed, v 
m
qE0
(b) It moves along the x̂ axis with an acceleration
m
(c) It moves in a helical path in the x  z plane with an increasing radius
qvE0
(d) It moves along the ẑ direction with an acceleration
m
Q46. A sphere of radius a has a charge density which varies with distance as   A r . The
electric field at a distance r  a varies with distance r as:
(a) E  r 3/ 2 (b) E  r1/ 2 (c) E  r 1/ 2 (d) E  r 2

Q47. A long cylindrical conductor kept along the z -axis carries a current density J  j0 rzˆ ,

where j0 is a constant, and r is the radial distance from the axis of the cylinder. The

magnetic induction B inside the conductor at a distance d from the axis of the cylinder is:
1 1 1
(a) 0 Ĵ 0 ˆ (b)  0 Jˆ0 dˆ (c) 0 j0 d 2ˆ (d)  0 j0 d 3ˆ
2 3 4
Q48. Which of the following statements is true for a series LCR circuit with an AC source
(where R is a resistance, L is an inductor and C is a capacitor):
(a) The impedance offered by the capacitor decreases as the frequency of the AC voltage
increases
(b) The voltage and current are always in phase
(c) The total impedance of the circuit will be less than R
(d) The total impedance of the circuit approaches R as the frequency become very small

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Q49. What is the direction of the displacement current inside a discharging cylindrical
capacitor having circular positive and negative plates parallel to reach other?
(a) From positive plate to the negative plate
(b) Directed towards the axis of the capacitor
(c) Directed away from the axis of the capacitor
(d) From the negative plate to the positive plate
Q50. Two dice are thrown together. Let S be the sum of the two outcomes. Which of the
following statements is false?
(a) The probability that S  1 is 0
1
(b) The probability that S  6 is
6
1
(c) The probability that S  2 is
36
1
(d) The probability that S  3 is
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D.U. (M.Sc Physics) 2018

Total No. of Question: 50
Time: 2 Hours Maximum Marks: 200
1. There are 50 questions in the Test Paper with four responses (a), (b), (c) and (d). Of them only
one is correct as the best answer to the question concerned.
2. There will be NEGATIVE MARKING for wrong answer. Each correct answer shall be
awarded 4 marks, while one mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.
3. Multiple answering of a question will cause the answer to be rejected.
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Q1. A particle is confined in a one dimensional potential box with impenetrable walls at x   a . Its
energy eigenvalue is 2 eV and corresponds to the eigenfunction of the first excited state. The
lowest possible energy of the particle is
(a) 2.0 eV (b) 0.5eV (c) 4.0 eV (d) 1.0 eV

Q2. The net magnetic moment of Iron atom in BCC crystal  a  2.857 A 0
is

2.2 B   B  9.273 1024 Am 2  . The saturation magnetization of Fe at 0K is

(a) 1750 Am 1 (b) 1750 Am 2 (c) 0 (d) 1749.6 kAm 1

Q3. Three dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability that the same number will appear on all
the three dice is
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
36 6 18 108
Q4. Let us model a star as a spherical black body at temperature T which radiates to distant points
which are at absolute zero. Let us further model a dust cloud around the star as a black spherical
shell whose temperature Ts is determined by radioactive equilibrium. What is Ts ?

(a) 21/ 2 T (b) 21/ 4 T (c) T (d) T / 2

Q5. Consider a Carnot reversible heat engine working between the temperature of melting ice and
steam. The efficiency of this heat engine will be approximately equal to
(a) 37% (b) 27% (c) 100% (d) None of the above

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Q6. Which one of the following is not a characteristic of CMOS configuration?

(a) CMOS devices have higher noise-margins
(b) CMOS devices have low input impedances
(c) CMOS devices have much lower Tran conductance than bipolar devices.
(d) CMOS devices dissipate lower static power than bipolar devices
Q7. The value of the integral
2
d
  5  3sin  
0

2   3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 2 4 4
dz
Q8. Given z  x  iy , the contour integration 
C
z
is equal to (where C is any anti-clockwise

contour going around the origin)

(a)  i (b) 2 i (c)  i (d) 0
Q9. Solution of the differential equation
d2y dy
2
 6  9 y  8e x is
dx dx
(a) Axe  Be
3x x
(b)  Ax  B  e3 x  2e 2 x

(c)  Ax 2  Bx  e 4 x  2e 2 x (d)  Ax  B  e3 x  8e x

Q10. Train A and train B are running on adjacent rail tracks in the same direction with speeds
43 m / s and 10 m / s , respectively, with train B ahead train of A sounds a whistle with
frequency 270 Hz in its rest frame. Assuming still air and a speed of sound of 330 m / s , the
frequency of the sound as measured by a passenger at rest in train B is equal to
(a) 301 Hz (b) 280 Hz (c) 310 Hz (d) 290 Hz
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Q11. An Earth-like exoplanet orbits around a star having a mass times the mass of Sun. This
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exoplanet completes one revolution around the star in 365 days just like Earth. Assuming that
orbits of both Earth as well as this exoplanet are circular, the distance of the exoplanet from its
star is,
(a) one-ninth of the Earth-Sun distance (b) 3 -times the Earth-Sun distance
(c) Same as the Earth-Sun distance (d) one-third of the Earth-Sun distance

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Q12. Consider eight electrons in a one dimensional box of length ‘ a ’ extending from x  0 to x  a .
What is the minimum allowed total energy using Pauli’s exclusion principle for the system ( m 
mass of electron)
8h 2 15h 2 15h 2 10h 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
ma 2 2ma 2 4ma 2 ma 2

Q13. For an electromagnetic wave travelling in free space, given by E  Em sin t   z  yˆ , the

magnetic field B will be given by
 E 
(a) None of the above (b) B   m sin t   z  xˆ

 E   E 
(c) B   m cos t   z  zˆ (d) B  m sin t   z  yˆ
 
Q14. The magnetic field required to bend a non-relativistic charged particle moving with velocity v
into an arc of radius of curvature R is
(a) Inversely proportional to v 2 and directly proportional to R 2
(b) Inversely proportional to v and directly proportional to R
(c) Directly proportional to v and inversely proportional to R
(d) Directly proportional to v 2 and inversely proportional to R 2
Q15. An atom is placed in a magnetic field of sufficient strength for splitting the 3 p level. The
number of levels resulting due to splitting will be
(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
Q16. In 3 -dimensional space, a particle of mass m moves in a potential B sin 2 r where r is the
distance of the particle from the origin, B and  are real constants. Which of the following
statement is correct?
2
(a) The motion is periodic in r with an oscillation length scale

(b) The trajectory of the particle is always confined to plane passing through the origin

(c) The motion is periodic in r with an oscillation length scale .

(d) Symmetry implies that a radial momentum Pr is conserved because of the periodic nature of
the potential.

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Q17. Fourier transform of any function f  x  is defined to be

1 
F k   f  x  exp  ikx dx
2 
then, given a function g  x   1 for x  1 and zero otherwise, its Fourier transform G  k  is
2 sin  k  1 exp  k  2 1 exp   k 
(a) (b) (c) cos  k  (d)
 k  k   k
Q18. The fine structure splitting of the 2 p state of carbon and oxygen atoms in the L  S coupling
scheme will have the energy respectively as
(a) 3 P2 3 P1 3 P0 and 3 P2 3 P1 3 P0 (b) 3 P2 3 P1 3 P0 and 3 P2 3 P1 3 P0

(c) 3 P2 3 P1 3 P0 and 3 P2 3 P1 3 P0 (d) 3 P2 3 P1 3 P0 and 3 P2 3 P1 3 P0

Q19. The Boolean expression  A  B   A  B   A  B  is equivalent to
(a) AB (b) AB (c) AB (d) AB
Q20. Consider a rotating spherical planet such that the effective gravitational attraction at the equator
is only 75% of that at the pole. If the linear velocity of a point on the equator is v0 , what is the
escape velocity for a polar particle?
(a) v0 8 (b) v0 2 (c) 2v0 (d) 4v0
 1 1
Q21. If f  x  is non-negative continuous function for all x , such that f  x   f  x    1, 0  x  ,
 2 2
1
then  f  x  dx is equal to
0

1 1
(a) 1 (b) (c) (d) 2
4 2
Q22. A charged particle of charge q and mass m enters with initial velocity u along the x direction

into a region defined by 0  x  L in which a uniform electric field E is applied along the y
direction. The charged particle gets deflected by distance D along the y direction when it
emerges out of the region. Which of the following statements is false?
q
(a) D is directly proportional to u (b) D is directly proportional to
m

(c) D is directly proportional to L2 (d) D is directly proportional to E

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Q23. Which of the following current densities can generate the magnetic vector potential

A  y 2 xˆ  x 2 yˆ ?
2 2 2 2
(a)   xˆ  yˆ  (b)   xˆ  yˆ  (c)  xxˆ  yyˆ  (d)  xxˆ  yyˆ 
0 0 0 0
Q24. Let z  x  iy where x and y are real and i  1 . The points  x, y  in the plane for which
z i
is purely imaginary lie on
z i
(a) a hyperbola (b) an ellipse (c) a circle (d) a straight line
Q25. Thermal runaway in a transistor biased in the active region is due to
(a) change in reverse collector saturation current due to rise in temperature
(b) breakdown under reverse biasing
(c) changed in  which increases with temperature
(d) base-emitter voltage VBE which decreases with rise in temperature
Q26. Life-time of an excited state of an atom that always jumps to the ground state by emitting a
photon spontaneously is 109 second. The frequency of the emitted photon is uncertain at least
by an amount
(a) 104 Hz (b) 108 Hz (c) 105 Hz (d) 106 Hz
Q27. In a hydrogen-like atom, an electron is bound to a heavy nucleus containing Z number of
protons. In the framework of Bohr’s atomic model, mvn rn  n, n  1, 2,3,..., where m, vn and rn

are the electron’s mass, speed and radius, respectively, corresponding to the n -th orbit. If
2
a0  then,
me2
Ze2 n2 Ze2
(a) vn  and rn  a0 (b) vn  and rn  na0
n z n
Zne2 n e2 n
(c) vn  and rn  a0 (d) vn  and rn  a0
 z n z
Q28. Four moles of an ideal gas undergo a reversible isothermal compression at 200 C when 1850 J
of work is done on the gas. The change in entropy of gas in this process is
(a) 1.6 J / K (b) 1.6 J / K (c) 6.3 J / K (d) 6.3 J / K

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Q29. The degeneracy of the lowest Landau level

(a) Is constant with the magnetic field
(b) varies as function of temperature
(c) Varies linearly with the magnetic field
(d) varies exponentially with the magnetic field
Q30. The fraction of electrons excited across the energy gap of Silcon  Eg  1.1eV  at room
temperature  300 K  is
(a) 4 1012 (b) 7 1018 (c) 1.7  1012 (d) 5.712 1010
4
Q31. A large and spherical soap film of thickness d has a refractive index . A narrow beam of
3
 0
yellow light    6400 A  is incident on the film at an angle of 300 . What is the value of d for
 
which a constructive second order interference would occur for the reflected wave?
o o o o
(a) 4800 A (b) 3900 A (c) 5200 A (d) 5500 A
Q32. The real part of an analytic complex function is u  x, y   x 2  y 2 . The imaginary part of the

function is then
(a) 2 xy (b) x 2  y 2  2 xy (c) x 2  y 2 (d) x 2  y 2  xy
Q33. A uniformly charged ring of total charge Q and of radius R , rotates about an axis perpendicular
to its plane and passing through its centre, with angular velocity  . The magnetic field produced
at the centre of the ring is
30Q 30Q 0Q 0Q
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 R 4 R 4 R 2 R
Q34. A child of mass 3m sits on a swing, the base of which has mass m , while the rope (of length  )
has a negligible mass. An adult pulls back the swing (with the child) until the rope makes an
angle of half-a-radian with the vertical, and, then, pushes with a force mg 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 adult push?

2    2
(a)  (b) (c) (d)
3g 3 g g 3g

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Q35. The normalized wave functions  1 and  2 correspond to the ground state and the first excited

states of a particle in a potential. The operator  acts on the wavefunctions as Â 1   2 and

Â 2   1 . The expectation value of the operator  for the state  

 3 1  4 2  is
5
(a) 0 (b) 0.96 (c) 0.75 (d) 0.32
Q36. A particle of mass m is confined in the ground state of a one dimensional box extending from
x  2 L to x  2 L . The wave function of the particle in this state is
x
  x    0 cos  ,
 4L 
where  0 is a constant. The energy eigenvalue corresponding to this state is

 2 2  2 2  2 2  2 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
32mL2 16mL2 4mL2 2mL2
Q37. Let C be the unit circle, travelled counter clockwise. Evaluate

 
 e x2  y 3 dx  x3 dy 
C  

  3
(a) 2 (b) 2 (c) 2 (d)
2 2 2
Q38. Consider a system of 3 non-interacting identical fermions. Each particle can be in any one of
four states whose energies are  , 0,  and 2 . Find the entropy of the system if its total
energy E  0
(a) k ln 2 (b) 0 (c) k ln 3 (d) k ln 4
Q39. A uniform magnetic field B points along the z axis. At time t  0 , a point charge q of mass m

is released from the origin with a velocity v making an angle 300 with the z -axis. When the
point charge comes back again at x  0 , the z coordinate of the charge is

2 m v 3 m v m v m v
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3qB 2qB qB 2qB

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Q40. A thin, uniform and rigid rod R of mass M and length L rests on a flat frictionless table top. A

tiny piece of wood of mass m  0.01 M sliding on the table towards R with a velocity v
perpendicular to the length of the rod hits one end of R and gets stuck. The speed of the centre
of mass and angular speed of the resulting system are respectively given by
v 2v v 6v
(a) and (b) and
100 101L 101 103L
v 2v v 6v
(c) and (d) and
101 100 L 100 101L
Q41. The temperature dependence of the magnetic susceptibility    of a paramagnetic material, with
Curie temperature Tc  is given by:
C C
(a) for T  Tc (b) for T  Tc
T  Tc  T  Tc 
C C
(c) for all temperatures (d) for T  Tc
T  Tc  T  Tc 
Q42. A semiconductor has 1015 electrons/ cm3  e  5000 cm 2 / V .s  and 5 1014 holes / cm3

 h  400 cm 2 / V .s  . If a field of 100V / cm is applied to it, its total conductivity is

(a) 83.2   cm  (b) 0.832   cm 

1 1

(c) 0.832  m cm  (d) 8.32  m cm 

1 1

Q43. For a mole of idea gas at T  350 C , what is the work done for an isothermal expansion from a
volume V0 to 10V0 ?

(a) 6  103 J (b) 3  103 J (c) 103 J (d) 104 J

Q44. An ideal monatomic gas, initially at T  200 C , expands adiabatically from a volume V0 to 5V0 .
Then the final temperature is
(a) 200 C (b) 330 C (c) 1730 C (d) 1130 C
Q45. Consider a body of mass 5 g , which is heated from 100 K to 300 K . The specific heat for the
body is 0.1 cal/g/degree. The total charge in the entropy of the body is approximately equal to
(a) 0.5 cal/degree (b) 100 cal/degree
(c) 50 cal/degree (d) 0 cal/degree

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Q46. Two diodes ( Si and Ge ) are connected in parallel as shown in the figure. Determine the output
voltage V0 . The cut-in voltage for Si and Ge diodes are 0.7 V and 0.2V respectively.
Si

10V Vo
2.2 k 

Ge

(a) 9.3 V (b) 9.8V (c) 9.3V (d) 9.8V

Q47. Let f : R  R be given by

f  x   x 2  1 , x  R . Then
(a) f is discontinuous at x  1
(b) f has local maxima at x  0 but no local minimum
(c) f has local minima at x  1 and a local maximum at x  0
(d) f has local minima at x  1 but no local maximum
Q48. An infinite wire having uniform charge per unit length  (where  is negative) lies parallel to
an infinite ground conducting plane. The perpendicular distance between the wire and the plane
is d . The maximum value of charge density induced on the plane is
  2 
(a) (b) (c) (d)
d 2 d d 4 d
Q49. Two tuning forks with natural frequencies v1 and v2 respectively, are struck at the same time

with equal force. The intensity, of the resulting sound, waxes and wanes with time period of 1.5
seconds while the frequency of the sound is 256 Hz . Hence v1 and v2 respectively, are

(a) 256.333 Hz and 255.667 Hz (b) 256.55 Hz and 255.55 Hz

(c) 256 Hz and 256.5 Hz (d) 256.5 Hz and 257 Hz
Q50. A blackbody at a temperature of 6000 K emits radiation whose intensity spectrum peaks at
600 nm . If the temperature is reduced to 300K , the spectrum will peak at
(a) 12 nm (b) 120  m (c) 120 nm (d) 12  m

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DU MSc Entrance 2019

Total No. of Question: 50
Time: 2 Hours Maximum Marks: 200
1. There are 50 questions in the Test Paper with four responses (a), (b), (c) and (d). Of
them only one is correct as the best answer to the question concerned.
2. There will be NEGATIVE MARKING for wrong answer. Each correct answer shall be
awarded 4 marks, while one mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.
3. Multiple answering of a question will cause the answer to be rejected.
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Q1. In 2 ' s complement representation, the number 10110101 represents the decimal number
(a) 53 (b) 75 (c) 93 (d) 75
Q2. Water has a constant heat capacity of 4.2 J / K / kg over the temperature range 0  100 0 C .

A kilogram of water, initially at 0 0 C is brought in contact with a heat reservoir at

100 0 C . When the water comes to equilibrium, what is the total change in entropy of the
universe?
(a) 2437.8 J / K (b) 1310.8 J / K (c) 184.8 J / K (d) 369.2 J / K
Q3. 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?
(a) 1.5 1012 (b) 1.5 1011 (c) 5 1011 (d) 5 1010
Q4. An AND gate has two inputs A and B and one inhibit input S . The output is 1 if
(a) A  1, B  1, S  1 (b) A  1, B  1, S  0
(c) A  1, B  0, S  0 (d) A  1, B  0, S  1

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Q5. A wire carrying a current 2A is bent into the shape of a two semi circles, one with a
radius 1m and the other with radius 2 m . The two semi circles are connected at their
ends that is along the two radii. The magnetic field at the centre of the semi circles is
(a)   10 7 T
(b) cannot be determined from the information provided above
(c) 16  10 7 T

(d) 2  10 7 T
Q6. Under ideal conditions, the electric and magnetic fields inside a superconductor are zero.
Which of the following must be true just outside the surface of the superconductor?
(a) B  0 (b) B is perpendicular to the surface
(c) B is tangential to the surface (d) The magnetic flux is quantized.
Q7. Under certain conditions, a beam of electrons impinging on a crystal surface will diffract
and a scattering pattern of the beam can be obtained. What is the approximate kinetic
energy of the electrons needed in order to see the pattern?
(Assume the lattice spacing of the crystal to be 0.4 nm )
(a) 100 eV (b) 1eV (c) 0.1eV (d) 10 eV
Q8. Fermat’s principle of ray optics states, “A ray of light follows the path between two
points, which requires the least time. “ This principle can be used to derive which of the
following?
I. Snell’s law of refraction
II. The law of reflection
III. Rayleigh’s criterion for resolution
(a) I and II (b) I only (c) I, II and III (d) II only
Q9. For a mole of ideal gas at T  350 C , what is the work done for an isothermal expansion
from a volume V0 to 10V0 ?

(a) 10 4 J (b) 103 J (c) 3 103 J (d) 6 103 J

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Q10. A single photon of energy 100 MeV decays into an electron and a positron. Which of the
following statements is true?
(a) It does not violate any of the above conservation laws.
(b) This process violates energy momentum conservation
(c) This process violates angular momentum conservation
(d) This process violates lepton number conservation
Q11. An electric field E can pull an electron out of a Helium atom in the same time that the
electron takes to go around the nucleus once. Then E is
(a) 2  1012 V / m (b) 5  1011 V / m (c) 1012 V / m (d) 1013 V / m
Q12. A material has a heat capacity at constant volume C that is unchanging over a wide
temperature range. Two identical bodies made of this material, at initial temperatures T
and 9T , respectively, are used to drive a heat engine. The maximum amount of work that
can be obtained from this engine is
(a) 9CT (b) 4CT (c) 8CT (d) 3CT
Q13. An electrical device operates on 9V and has a resistance of 21 . It is connected to a
power supply of 120V output through a transformer. The current in the primary of the
transformer is
(a) 0.032
(b) Cannot be determined from the information supplied
(c) 0.23 A
(d) 2.32 A
Q14. The frequency of oscillation of an LC circuit is  . The plates of the parallel plate
capacitor are pulled apart to twice the original distance and a dielectric with dielectric
constant k is inserted. The frequency of oscillation for the new configuration is
(a)  2 / k (b) k / 2 (c) 2 / k (d)  k / 2

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Q15. One mole of a monoatomic perfect gas is initially at a constant temperature T0 . It

expands from a volume V0 to 2V0 under constant pressure. The heat absorbed by the gas
is
3 5
(a) RT0 (b) RT0 (c) 2RT0 (d) RT0
2 2
Q16. A scalar meson decays into three pseudoscalar mesons. The decay happens through
(a) strong interaction (b) weak interaction
(c) gravitational interaction (d) electromagnetic interaction
Q17. An ideal monoatomic gas, initially at T  200 C , expands adiabatically from a volume V0

to 5V0 . What is the final temperature?

(a) 330 C (b) 1130 C (c) 200 C (d) 1730 C

Q18. Consider three identical, ideal capacitors. The first capacitors charged to a voltage V and
then disconnected from the battery. The other two capacitors, initially unchanged and
connected in series, are then connected across the first. What is the final voltage across
the first capacitor?
V 2V 2V
(a) (b) V (c) (d)
3 5 3
c
Q19. Two rockets approach a planet from opposite directions with speeds  with respect to
2
the planet. The proper length of each rocket is L . How long does each rocket appear to
the other rocket?

3 3 3 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 5 2 3

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Q20. Consider the  2  -periodic function f  x  defined by

 x   x  , x   0,  
f  x  
 x  x    , x    , 0
which of the following is true?
sin  2k  1 x   cos  2k  1 x 
 
4  4
(a) f  x   
k 0
 2k  1
2
k 0 k2

sin  kx 

8 
(b) f  x   k 0
k3
sin  2k  1 x 

8 
(c) f  x   k 0
 2k  1
3

sin  kx  4 cos  kx 
 
4  
(d) f  x   k 0
k2  k 0
k2
Q21. Consider a rotating spherical planet such that the effective gravitational attraction at the
equator is only 75% of that at the pole. If the linear velocity of a point on the equator is
v0 . What is the escape velocity for a polar particle?

(a) v0 2 (b) 2v0 (c) v0 8 (d) 4v0

ek
2
/ 4a
 ax 2
, then the Fourier transform of f  x   x 2 e  ax
2
Q22. If the Fourier transform of e is
a
is
k 2  2a  k 2 / 4 a  k 2  2a  k 2 / 4 a
(a) F  k   e (b) F  k   e
4a 5/ 2 4a 5/ 2
k 2  2a  k 2 / 4 a k 2  2a  k 2 / 4 a
(c) F  k   e (d) F  k   e
4a 3/ 2 4a 5/ 2
Q23. Let C be the unit circle, travelled counterclockwise. Evaluate

 
C
 
 e  x 2  y 3 dx  x 3 dy 


3  
(a) 2 (b) (c) 2 (d) 2
2 2 2

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Q24. A body of mass m moving with a speed v collides with an identical body at rest and
sticks with it. The mass M and momentum P of the final clump of matter is
 1 
  
 1 v2 / c2 
(a) M  2m, P  2 mv (b) M  m , P   mv

(c) M  m  , P  mv / 2 (d) M  m 2 1    , P   mv

Q25. Using Boolean algebra, simplifying the expression

 a.b.c    c .d  Yields

(a) a  b  c  d (b) a  b  d (c) a  b  d (d) a  b  c  d

4
Q26. A large and spherical soap film of thickness d has a refractive index . A narrow beam
3
 o
of yellow light    6400 A  is incident on the film at an angle of 30 o . What is the value
 
of d for which a constructive second order interference would occur for the reflected
wave?
o o o o
(a) 4800 A (b) 5500 A (c) 5200 A (d) 3900 A
Q27. The integral

d  y 


dy
sin ydy is

(a)  (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 1

Q28. A cylinder of length L is made up of an inner core of steel of radius r and an outer
sheath of copper of thickness r . The resistivities of steel and copper are 1 and  2
respectively. The total resistance of the cylinder is

(a)
 31   2  L (b)
1  2 L
r 2
 r  1   2 
2

(c)
 2 1   2  L (d)
1  2 L
r 2
 r  31   2 
2

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Q29. A particle confined to move in 0  x   is described by the wave function  x   e  x / 2 .

Calculate the probability of finding the particle between x  0 and x  ln  2 

1 3
(a) 2 (b) (c) 1 (d)
2 2
Q30. Let V be the region in R 3 determined by the inequalities x 2  y 2  1 and

0  z  4  x 2  y 2 . Determine

  x 
 y 2 d 3r
2

5 3 2 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 4 3 4
Q31. Let  0  x  and  1  x  be the wave functions corresponding to the ground and the first

excited states of a one dimensional harmonic oscillator respectively. Consider the

normalized state   x    0  x    1  x  where  and  are real numbers. The values

of  and  for which, x , the average value of the position is a minimum are

1 1
(a)      (b)    
2 2

1 2 1 2
(c)   and    (d)   and  
3 3 3 3

Q32. A particle confined in one dimension, due a potential V  x  , has the following wave

function
n
x  x
  x     exp   
a  a
where a is a constant. If V  x   0 as x   , then V  x  is given by

 2  n  n  1 n   2  n  n  1 n  1 
(a)    (b)   
2m  x 2 ax  2m  x 2 ax 

 2  n  n  1 n  1   2  n  n  1 2n 
(c)    (d)   
2m  x 2 ax  2m  x 2 ax 

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Q33. Let S be the surface defined by the parametric equations

x  4 2   , y  sin  , z  cos 


The equation for the plane tangent to S at the point  2 , 0, 0 is given by 
(a) x  y  2 z   2 (b) 4 x  y  z  4 2

(c) 4 x  y  z  4 2 (d) x  y  4 z   2
Q34. For waves in a certain medium the group velocity is v g while the phase velocity is v p .

Which of the following is necessarily true? ( c is the velocity of light)

(a) v p  c and v g can be anything (b) v g  c and v p can be anything

(c) v p  v g  c (d) v g  c and v g v p  c 2

Q35. The circuit of following figure uses an ideal OP-Amp for small positive values of Vin .
The circuit works as:
(a) an exponential amplifier Vin R

(b) a half wave rectifier Vo

(c) a logarithmic amplifier
(d) a differentiator
Q36. For 1  x  1 , the sum

x 2 n 1
  1
n
equals
n 0 2n  1
x exp x
(a) sin 2 x (b) (c) cos 2 x (d) tan 1 x

Q37. A narrow light beam of wavelength  is travelling along the x -axis, when it is faced by
a barrier with narrow slits at y  0,  d (and all at x  0 ). There is a vertical screen at
x  D  d . What is the angle  that the central bright spot and the next nearest dark spot

subtend at the central slit  x, y    0, 0  

 2
(a)   sin 1 (b)   sin 1
2d d
3 
(c)   sin 1 (d)   sin 1
d d

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Q38. A stream of water flowing with a constant speed v manages to move some pebbles. If the
density of water is  and the acceleration due to gravity is g , then the mass of the
heaviest pebble that it can move is (here, A is a constant)
A v 5 A v 6 A 2 v 3 A 2 v 8
(a) (b) (c) (d)
g2 g3 g4 g4
Q39. The expectation value of momentum of a particle whose wave function is:
 x2 
  x   A exp   2
 ikx  is given as:
 2a 
i k
(a) (b) k (c) 0 (d)
a2 a
Q40. Two particles of mass m each are connected by a masssless spring of length l and spring
constant k . The system is lying (in the relaxed state) on a frictionless horizontal table. A
very short impulse P is applied to the first mass (along the axis of the system) at t  0 .
When would the second mass first come to rest?

m 2m m 2m
(a) t   (b) t  2 (c) t   (d) t  
2k k k k
Q41. Consider a particle whose normalized wave function is:
2  xe  ax x0
  x  
 0 x0

For what value of x does P  x     x  peak?

2

1
(a) x  0 (b) None of these (c) x  (d) x  1
a
Q42. A self contained machine has, as its input, two equal steady stream of a fluid at
temperatures T1 and 4T1 respectively. The only output is a single high-speed jet of the

same fluid at temperature T . The heat capacity per unit mass of the fluid is C (and is
independent of the temperature). What is the maximum possible speed of the jet?

CT1
(a) CT1 (b) (c) 2CT1 (d) 4CT1
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Q43. A particle of mass M decays at rest into particles. One particle has mass m and the other
particle is massless. The momentum of the massless particle is
M 2  2m 2 M 2  m2 M 2  m2 M 2  m2
(a) c (b) c (c) c (d) c
4M 2M 2M 4M
Q44. The distribution of weights of 100 students in a class follows normal distribution with a
mean of 58 kg and a standard deviation of 25 kg . How many students have weights in
the range 53  63 kg ?
(a) 32 (b) 68 (c) 99 (d) 88
Q45. A gas cell with an optical path length of 10 cm is placed in one arm of a Michelson
interferometer. If the light source for the interferometer is a laser with a wavelength of
632.2 nm , then 100 fringes are counted as the gas cell is evacuated. What is the index of
refraction of the original gas?
(a) 0.99968 (b) 1.00063 (c) 1.00032 (d) 1.00016
Q46. A child of mass 3m sits on a swing, the base of which has mass m , while the rope (of
length l ) has a negligible mass. An older child pulls back the swing (with the child) until
the rope makes an angle of half-a-radian with the vertical, and, then, pushes with a force
mg 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?

2l 2l  l l
(a)  (b) (c) (d)
3g 3g 3 g g
Q47. X -rays undergo Bragg reflection from a simple cubic crystal, with a density known with
an accuracy of 3 minutes of arc, what is the relative error in the measurement of
wavelength?
(a) 5.6 10 3 (b) 1.110 2 (c) 3.3 10 3 (d) 6.5 10 3
Q48. An uncharged spin-half particle of mass m is confined to move on a circular wire
radius a . The particle has magnetic moment  . A magnetic field B is applied
perpendicular to the plane of the wire. Then the energy eigenvalues of the particle are
(here n is an integer)
2n2 2n2 2n2 2n2
(a)  2 B (b)  B (c)  2 B (d)  B
4ma 2 4ma 2 2ma 2 2ma 2

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Q49. A photon of initial wavelength 0.4 A suffers two successive collision with two electrons.

The deflection in the first collision is 90 o and in the second collision is 60o . The final
wavelength of the photon is:
o o o o
(a) 0.024 A (b) 0.436 A (c) 0.4 A (d) 0.012 A
Q50. A sample of a certain element is placed in a 0.300 - T magnetic field. How far apart are
the Zeeman components of the 450 nm spectral line of this element?
(a) 0.000283 nm (b) 2.83 nm (c) 0.00283 nm (d) 0.23 nm

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