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PHYSICAL SCIENCES BOOKLET - [A]
PART - B
21. Consider two radioactive atoms, each of which has a decay rate of 1 per year. The probability that at
least one of them decays in the first two years is
1 3
(a) (b) (c) 1 e 4 (d) (1 e 2 )2
4 4

ikx 1
22. The Fourier transform dx f ( x) e of the function f ( x) 2
is

x 2
2k 2|k |
(a) 2 e 2|k | (b) 2 e 2k
(c) e (d) e
2 2
23. A ball of mass m is dropped from a tall building with zero initial velocity. In addition to gravity, the
ball experiences a damping force of the form v, where v is its instantaneous velocity and is a
constant. Given the values m 10 kg, 10 kg/s, and g 10 m/s2, the distance travelled (in metres)
in time t in seconds, is
(a) 10 (t 1 e t ) (b) 10 (t 1 e t ) (c) 5t 2 (1 et ) (d) 5t 2
1 3 2
24. The matrix M 3 1 0 satisfies the equation
0 0 1

(a) M 3 M 2 10 M 12 I 0 (b) M 3 M 2 12M 10 I 0
(c) M 3 M 2 10 M 10 I 0 (d) M 3 M 2 10M 10 I 0
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t
, 0 t T
25. The Laplace transform of f (t ) T , is
1 t T
(1 e sT ) (1 e sT ) (1 e sT ) (1 e sT )
(a) (b) (c) (d)
s 2T s 2T s 2T s 2T
26. A relativistic particle moves with a constant velocity v with respect to the laboratory frame. In time
, measured in the rest frame of the particle, the distance that it travels in the laboratory frame is
c v2 v
(a) v (b) (c) v 1 2
(d)
v2 c v2
1 1
c2 c2
27. A particle in two dimensions is in a potential V ( x, y ) x 2 y . Which of the following (apart from
the total energy of the particle) is also a constant of motion ?
(a) p y 2 px (b) px 2 p y (c) p x 2 p y (d) p y 2 px
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1 2 1 2
28. The dynamics of a particle governed by the Lagrangian L mx kx kxxt
describes
2 2
(a) an undamped simple harmonic oscillator
(b) a damped harmonic oscillator with a time varying damping factor
(c) an undamped harmonic oscillator with a time dependent frequency
(d) a free particle
29. The parabolic coordinates (, ) are related to the Cartesian coordinates ( x, y ) by x and
1 2
y ( 2 ) . The Lagrangian of a two-dimensional simple harmonic oscillator of mass m and
2
angular frequency is
1 2 1 1
(a)
m 2 2 2 2 (b) m 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

2 2 4
1 1 1 1
(c) m 2 2 2 2 2
(d) m 2 2 2 2 2

2 2 2 4
30. A conducting circular disc of radius r and resistivity rotates with an angular velocity in a
magnetic field B perpendicular to it. A voltmeter is connected as shown in the figure below.
V
r
Assuming its internal resistance to be infinite, the reading on the voltmeter

(a) depends on , B , r and
(b) depends on , B and r , but not on
(c) is zero because the flux through the loop is not changing
(d) is zero because a current flows in the direction of B
31. The charge per unit length of a circular wire of radius a in the xy-plane, with its center at the origin,
is 0 cos , where 0 is a constant and the angle is measured from the positive x-axis. The
electric field at the center of the circle is
0
(a) E 0 i (b) E 0 i (c) E 0 j (d) E k
4 0 a 4 0 a 4 0 a 4 0 a
32. A screen has two slits, each of width w, with their centres at a distance 2w apart. It is illuminated by
a monochromatic plane wave travelling along the x-axis.
w
w x
w
The intensity of the interference pattern, measured on a distant screen, at an angle n /w to the x-
axis is
(a) zero for n 1, 2,3... (b) maximum for n 1, 2,3...
(c) maximum for n 12 , 23 , 25 (d) zero for n 0 only

33. The electric field of an electromagnetic wave is E ( z , t ) E0 cos (kz t ) i 2 E0 sin (kz t ) j ,
where and k are positive constants. This represents
(a) a linearly polarised wave travelling in the positive z-direction
(b) a circularly polarised wave travelling in the negative z-direction
(c) an elliptically polarised wave travelling in the negative z-direction
(d) an unpolarised wave travelling in the positive z-direction
34. Consider the two lowest normalized energy eigenfunctions 0 ( x) and 1 ( x ) of a one dimensional
d 0
system. They satisfy 0 ( x) 0 ( x ) and 1 ( x)
, where is a real constant. The expecta-
dx
tion value of the momentum operator in the state 1 is
2
(a) (b) 0 (c) (d)
2 2 2
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d
Consider the operator a x acting on smooth functions of x. The commutator [ a, cos x ] is
dx
(a) sin x (b) cos x (c) cos x (d) 0
1 1
36. Let a ( x ip ) and a ( x ip ) be the lowering and raising operators of a simple harmonic
2 2
oscillator in units where the mass, angular frequency and have been set to unity. If |0 is the
ground state of the oscillator and is a complex constant, the expectation value of | x | in the
state exp (a a ) 0 , is
2 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) ( ) (d) ( )
2 2i 2


37. Consider the operator p qA, where p is the momentum operator, A ( Ax , Ay , Az ) is the vec-

tor potential and q denotes the electric charge. If B ( Bx , B y , Bz ) denotes the magnetic field, the z-

component of the vector operator is
(a) iqBz q ( Ax p y Ay px ) (b) iqBz q ( Ax p y Ay px )
(c) iqBz (d) iqBz
38. Consider a gas of N classical particles in a two-dimensional square box of side L. If the total energy
of the gas is E, the entropy (apart from an additive constant) is
L2 E LE L E 2 E
(a) N k B ln (b) N k B ln (c) 2 N k B ln (d) L k B ln
N N
N N

39. Consider a continuous time random walk. If a step has taken place at time t 0 , the probability that
the next step takes place between t and t dt is given by bt dt , where b is a constant. What is the
average time between successive steps ?
2 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
b b 2 b 2b

40. The partition function of a two-level system governed by the Hamiltonian H is

(a) 2sinh 2 2
(b) 2cosh 2 2
(c)
1

2 1

cosh 2 2 sinh 2 2 (d) cosh 2 2 sinh 2 2
2
41. A silica particle of radius 0.1 m is put in a container of water at T 300 K. The densities of silica
and water are 2000 kg/m3 and 1000 kg/m3, respectively. Due to thermal fluctuations, the particle is
not always at the bottom of the container. The average height of the particle above the base of the
container is approximately
(a) 103 m (b) 3 104 m (c) 104 m (d) 5 105 m
42. Which of the following circuits implements the Boolean function F ( A, B, C ) (1, 2, 4, 6) ?
C I0 C I0
I1 I1
41 41
I2 F I2 MUX F
MUX
I3 I3
(a) (b)
S1 S0 S1 S0
A B A B
C I0 0 I0
I1 I1
1 4 1 41
I2 F I 2 MUX F
MUX
I3 C I3
(c) (d)
S1 S0 S1 S0
A B A B
43. A pair of parallel glass plates separated by a distance d is illuminated by white light as shown in the
figure below. Also shown is the graph of the intensity of the reflected light light I as a function of the
wavelength recorded by a spectrometer..
1
spectrometer
0.8
Intensity
0.6
partially incident
reflecting mirror white light 0.4
0.2
d air gap 0
glass plates 490 500 510 520 530

Assuming that the interference takes place only between light reflected by the bottom surface of the
top plate and the top surface of bottom plate, the distance d is closest to
(a) 12 m (b) 24 m (c) 60 m (d) 120 m
aV
44. The I-V characteristics of a device is I I s exp 1 , where T is the temperature and a and I s
T
are constants independent of T and V. Which one of the following plots is correct for a fixed applied
voltage V ?
3 2
1
2
0
log I
log I
1
1
(a) (b) 2
0 3
0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3
aV/T aV/T
2 4
3
1
2
0 1
log I
log I
1 0
1
(c) 2 (d)
2
3 3
0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3
aV/T aV/T
45. The active medium in a blue LED (Light Emitting Diode) is a Ga x In1 x N alloy. The band gaps of
GaN and InN are 3.5 eV and 1.5 eV respectively. If the band gap of Ga x In1 x N varies approxi-
mately linearly with x, the value of x required for the emission of blue light of wavelength 400 nm is
(take hc 1200 eV-nm)
(a) 0.95 (b) 0.75 (c) 0.50 (d) 0.33
PART - C
3
46. A stable asymptotic solution of the equation xn 1 1 is x 2 . If we take xn 2 n and
1 xn
xn 1 2 n 1 , where n and n 1 are both small, the ratio n 1 / n is approximately
1 1 1 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 4 3 3
47. The 2 2 identity matrix I and the Pauli matrices x , y , z do not form a group under matrix
multiplication. The minimum number of 2 2 matrices, which includes these four matrices, and
form a group (under matrix multiplication) is
(a) 20 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 16
48. Given the values sin 45 = 0.7071, sin 50 = 0.7660, sin 55 = 0.8192 and sin 60 = 0.8660, the
approximate value of sin 52, computed by Newtons forward difference method, is
(a) 0.804 (b) 0.776 (c) 0.788 (d) 0.798
f 2 f
49. Let f ( x, t ) be a solution of the heat equation D 2 in one dimension. The initial condition at
t x
2
x
t 0 is f ( x, 0) e for x . Then for all t 0, f ( x, t ) is given by

2 ].
[Useful integral : dx e x


2
x x2 x2 x2
1 1 1
(a) e 1 Dt (b) e 1 2 Dt (c) e 1 4 Dt (d) e 1 Dt
1 Dt 1 2 Dt 1 4 Dt
50. After a perfectly elastic collision of two identical balls, one of which was initially at rest, the veloci-
ties of both the balls are non-zero. The angle between the final velocities (in the lab frame) is

(a) (b) (c) 0 (d)
2 2 2
k
51. Consider circular orbits in a central force potential V (r ) , where k 0 and 0 n 2 . If the
rn
time period of a circular orbit of radius R is T1 and that of radius 2R is T2 , then T2 /T1 is
n 2 n
n 1
(a) 22 (b) 23 (c) 2 2 (d) 2n
52. Consider a radioactive nucleus that is travelling at a speed c/2 with respect to the lab frame. It emits
-rays of frequency 0 in its rest frame. There is a stationary detector (which is not on the path of
the nucleus) in the lab. If a -ray photon is emitted when the nucleus is closest to the detector, its
observed frequency at the detector is
3 1 1 2
(a) 0 (b) 0 (c) 0 (d) 0
2 3 2 3
53. Suppose that free charges are present in a material of dielectric constant 10 and resistivity
1011 -m . Using Ohms law and the equation of continuity for charge, the time required for the
charge density inside the material to decay by 1/e is closest to
(a) 106 s (b) 106 s (c) 1012 s (d) 10 s
54. A particle with charge q moves with a uniform angular velocity in a circular orbit of radius a in
the xy-plane, around a fixed charge q , which is at the centre of the orbit at (0, 0, 0). Let the
intensity of radiation at the point (0, 0, R) be I1 and at (2R, 0, 0) be I 2 . The ratio I 2 /I1, for R a , is
1 1
(a) 4 (b) (c) (d) 8
4 8
55. A parallel plate capacitor is formed by two circular conducting plates of radius a separated by a
distance d, where d a . It is being slowly charged by a current that is nearly constant. At an instant
when the current is I, the magnetic induction between the plates at a distance a/2 from the centre of
the plate, is
0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I
(a) (b) (c) (d)
a 2a a 4a
56. Two uniformly charged insulating solid spheres A and B, both of radius a, carry total charges
Q and Q , respectively. The spheres are placed touching each other as shown in the figure.
A B
If the potential at the center of the sphere A is VA and that at the center of B is VB , then the difference
VA VB is
Q Q Q Q
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 0 a 2 0 a 2 0 a 4 0 a
57. A particle is scattered by a central potential V (r ) V0 re r , where V0 and are positive constants.

If the momentum transfer q is such that q q , the scattering cross-section in the Born ap-
proximation, as q , depends on q as
n ax dn ax
[You may use x e dx e dx ]
n
da
(a) q 8 (b) q 2 (c) q 2 (d) q 6
58. A particle in one dimension is in a potential V ( x ) A ( x a ) . Its wavefunction ( x) is continuous

everywhere. The discontinuity in d /dx at x a is
2m 2
(a) A(a ) (b) A( ( a) ( a )) (c) A (d) 0
2 2m
59. T he dynamics of a free relativistic particle of mass m is governed by the Dirac Hamiltonian

H c. p mc 2 , where p is the momentum operator and ( x , y , z ) and are four 4 4
Dirac matrices. The acceleration operator can be expressed as
2ic ic 2ic
(a) ( cp H ) (b) 2ic 2 (c) H (d) (cp H )

60. A particle of charge q in one dimension is in a simple harmonic potential with angular frequency .
2
It is subjected to a time dependent electric field E (t ) Ae (t / ) , where A and are positive con-
stants and 1 . If in the distant past t the particle was in its ground state, the probability
that it will be in the first excited state as t is proportional to
1 ( ) 2 1 ( ) 2 1
(a) e 2 (b) e 2 (c) 0 (d)
()2
61. Consider a random walk on an infinite two-dimensional triangular lattice, a part of which is shown
in the figure below.
If the probabilities of moving to any of the nearest neighbour sites are equal, what is the probability
that the walker returns to the starting position at the end of exactly three steps ?
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
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62. An atom has a non-degenerate ground state and a doubly-degenerate excited state. The energy differ-
ence between the two states is . The specific heat at very low temperatures ( 1) is given by
(a) k B () (b) k B e (c) 2k B () 2 e (d) k B
63. The electrons in graphene can be thought of as a two-dimensional gas with a linear energy-momen-

tum relation E p v, where p ( p x , p y ) and v is a constant. If is the number of electrons per
unit area, the energy per unit area is proportional to
(a) 3/2 (b) (c) 1/3 (d) 2
64. In the circuit below, the input voltage Vi is 2 V, Vcc 16 V,, R2 2 k and RL 10 k .
VCC
Vi
R1
R2 RL
The value of R1 required to deliver 10 mW of power across RL is

(a) 12 k (b) 4 k (c) 8 k (d) 14 k
65. Two sinusoidal signals are sent to an analog multiplier of scale factor 1 V 1 followed by a low pass
filter (LPF).
V1 = 5 cos (100 t)
LPF
Multiplier Vout
fc = 5 Hz
V2 = 20 cos (100 t + /3)
If the roll-off frequency of the LPF is fc 5 Hz, the output voltage Vout is
(a) 5 V (b) 25 V (c) 100 V (d) 50 V
66. The resistance of a sample is measured as a function of temperature, and the data are shown below.
T (C) 2 4 6 8
R ( ) 90 105 110 115
The slope of R vs T graphs, using a linear least-squares fit to the data, will be
(a) 6 /C (b) 4 /C (c) 2 /C (d) 8 /C
67. Consider a one-dimensional chain of atoms with lattice constant a. The energy of an electron with
wave-vector k is ( k ) cos ( ka ) , where and are constants. If an electric field E is applied in
the positive x-direction, the time dependent velocity of an electron is
(in the following B is the constant)
eE
(a) proportional to cos B at (b) proportional to E

eE
(c) independent of E (d) proportional to sin B at

68. A thin rectangular conducting plate of length a and width b is placed in the xy-plane in two different
orientations, as shown in the figures below. In both cases a magnetic field B is applied in the z-
direction and a current flows in the x-direction due to the applied voltage V.
y b
B
B
x a
V2 a
V1 b
V V
If the Hall voltage across the y-direction in the two cases satisfy V2 2V1 , the ratio a : b must be
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 1: 2 (c) 2 : 1 (d) 2 :1
69. Consider a hexagonal lattice with basis vectors as shown in the figure below.
y
x
a2 a
1
If the lattice spacing is a 1 , the reciprocal lattice vectors are
4
3
2 2
(a) , 0 , ,
3 3
(b) 4 , 0 , 2 , 2
3 3 3
4 2 2 2 2
(c) 0, , , (d) , , 2,
3 3 3 3 3
70. In the L-S coupling scheme, the terms arising from two non-equivalent p-electrons are
(a) 3 S, 1P, 3P, 1D, 3D (b) 1S, 3S, 1P, 1D
(c) 1S, 3S, 3P, 3D (d) 1S, 3S, 1P, 3P, 1D, 3D
71. The total spin of a hydrogen atom is due to the contribution of the spins of the electron and the
proton. In the high temperature limit, the ratio of the number of atoms in the spin-1 state to the
number in the spin-0 state is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1/2 (d) 1/3
72. A two level system in a thermal (black body) environment can decay from the excited state by both
spontaneous and thermally stimulated emission. At room temperature (300 K), the frequency below
which thermal emission dominates over spontaneous emission is nearest to
(a) 1013 Hz (b) 108 Hz (c) 105 Hz (d) 1011 Hz
73. What should be the minimum energy of a photon for it to split an - particle at rest into a tritium and
a proton?
(The masses of 42 He, 13H and 11H are 4.0026 amu, 3.0161 amu and 1.0073 amu, respectively, and 1
amu 938 MeV).
(a) 32.2 MeV (b) 3 MeV (c) 19.3 MeV (d) 931.5 MeV
74. Which of the following reaction(s) is/are allowed by the conservation laws ?
(i) + n 0 K +
(ii) p 0 K 0
(a) Both (i) and (ii) (b) Only (i) (c) Only (ii) (d) Neither (i) nor (ii)
75. A particle, which is a composite state of three quarks u , d and s , has electric charge, spin and strange-
ness respectively, equal to
1 1 1
(a) 1, , 1 (b) 0, 0, 1 (c) 0, , 1 (d) 1, , 1
2 2 2
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PHYSICAL SCIENCES BOOKLET-[A]
PART - B
21. Radioactive decay process follows Poisson distribution with number of decaying atoms as random
variable r
Here, r = average number of radioactive atoms decaying in two years = 2
0
e r r
Probability that first atom does not decay in first 2 years = P1 e2
0!
2
Probability that second atom does not decay in first 2 years = P2 = e
Therefore, probability that atleast one of them decays in first two years
=1(None of the atoms decay in first two years) = 1(P1P2) = 1 e4
Correct option is (c)
1
22. Fourier Transform of f x 2is
x 2

eikx
g k x 2 2 dx

To solve the integral, we can use complex integration technique
eikz
f z
z2 2
For positive k, we will choose the contour to be semicircle (counter clockwise) in the upper half
Singular points : z 2i, 2i
Im(z)
ikz
e
z2 2
dz 2 i Res. f z 2i

2i
ikz
e 2k
2 i e R +R
2z z 2i
2 Re(z)
2i
For negative k, we will choose the contour to be semicircle (clockwise) in the lower half.

eikz Im(z)

z 2 2 dz 2 i Res. f z 2 i

2k 2i
e R +R
2
Re(z)
2k 2i
So, g k e
2
Shortcut method:
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TWO SIDED DECAYING FUNCTION LORENTZIAN FUNCTION
1
a x k b2
2
e
F.T.
I.F.T.
x k
Correct option is (d)

23. Equation of motion of the ball:
dv dv
m mg v g v
dt dt m
dv
vg
dt m
1 st
order linear D.E. ... (1)

Integrating factor for equation (1), e m dt e m t
Solution of equation (1) will be

m
t
m
t mg m t
ve g e dt e C

mg t
v C e m ... (2)

mg
At t 0, v 0 C

mg t
So,
v t 1 e m
... (3)


mg m m t
x t t e C2

m2 g
At t 0, x 0 C2
2

mg m m t m2
So,
x t t e 2 g

Putting, m 10 kg , g 10 m /s 2 , 10 kg /s

We get, x t 10 t 1 e
t

Correct option is (b)
24. Eigenvalue equation of matrix M: M I 0
1 3 2
3 1 0 0
0 0 1
1 1 1 9 0
1 2 10 0
3 10 2 10 0
3 2 10 10 0
According to Cayley Hamilton theorem,
M 3 M 2 10M 10I 0
25. L f t e st f t dt
0
T
1 e st e st e st
T T
t
e st dt 1 e st dt t 1 dt
0
T T
T s 0
s s
0 T
1 T sT e sT 1 e sT 1 e sT

e 2
T s s s s 2T

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1 2 /c 2
27. V ( x, y ) x 2 y
1
L m x 2 y 2 x 2 y
2
This Lagrangian is invariant under transformation x x 2 , y y
Therefore 2 px p y is conserved i.e., conserved quantity is 2 px p y or 2 px p y
Correct option is (a)
1 1 1 d kx 2t
28. L m x 2 kx 2 k xxt
mx 2
2 2 2 dt 2
dF 1 2 1
L L ' ( x, t ) L' mx , F kx 2
dt 2 2
This is guage transformation of Lagrangian. Therefore L and L ' will have same equation of motion.
Since L ' represents a free particle, therefore, L will also represent a free particle.
29. Lagrangian for two dimensional harmonic oscillator is
1 1
L m x 2 y 2 m 2 x 2 y 2 ... (1)
2 2
1 2 and y
Given: x , y
2
2 x
1 2
y 2 2 2 2 2
2
2 2
Thus, x y
4
2 , x 2

1 1 1
L m 2 2 2 2 m 2 2 2

2 4
30. At equilibrium, electric and magnetic force on electrons are equal therefore,
qE qvB E vB
The induced emf is
B r 2
V E dr B v dr B r dr
2
Clearly, the induced emf would depend on , B and r but not on
31. Electric field due to a charged element at P is
dE cos i dE sin j
So, the total electric field at the centre is =0
2 P
E i dE cos j dE sin
3
1
d d

dE
4
E i 2
cos j sin =0
4 0 a 4 0 a 2
2 2
i0 2
j0
a cos d a cos sin d
4 0 a 2 0 4 0 a 2 0 d ad
2
i0
cos 2 d i 0 0 i
4 0 a 0 4 0 a 4 0 a
32. For bright fringes, path difference , 2 ,

Path difference between two rays S1P and S2P is P
x d sin
Here, d = distance between slit. w S1
w
2 w sin d 2w : given x
S2
w
For small angle sin ~
x 2w
n
At angle , path difference would be
w
n
x 2 w 2n condition of maxima
w
Correct option is (b).

33. Given : E ( z , t ) E0 cos (kz t ) i 2 E0 sin (kz t ) j

The amplitude along i and j are different i.e. E0 and 2E0 respectively and phase difference is 90
So, the resultant electric field is elliptically polarised.
d 0
34. Given : 0 ( x) 0 ( x ) and 1 ( x) , where is a real constant.
dx

id
* d 0* d 0*
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2 d d d
0 0
dx

dx dx dx
2
2 d 0 d 0
i dx dx 2 dx ... (1)

Integrating by parts,
d d d 2 d
2
px i 0 0 0
0 dx
dx dx dx dx

d 2 0 d 0
2
i dx px using 1

dx dx
d 0
px 0 , where 0 as x
dx
Note : The expectation value of momentum for real wavefunction is zero.
d
35. Given : a x
dx
So, a, cos x x a cos x x cos x a x
d d
x cos x cos x x
dx dx
d d
x cos x cos x sin x cos x x cos x
dx dx
sin x
a, cos x sin x
1
36. x
2

a a
*a
e a 0 0 e *a a
1 a*a
x 0 e *a a a e a *a 0 0 e *a a a e a 0 ... (1)
2

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*a a
a e a e *a 0 0 e *a e a a e a e *a 0
0e e ... (2)
2
2
a, e a a ,1 a , a a, a 2 ........
2!
3 2
a a ..............
2!
2 a
1 a ...... a a
2!
*2
e *a , a * a, a a 2 , a ............
2!
*2 a 2 *
* 1 *a ..... *e a
2!
x
1 *a a
0e e
2

e a e a a e *a 0 0 e *a a e *a 0

1

2
0e *a

e *a 0 0 e*a a e *a 0 0 *e *a ae *a e *a 0
1

2

0 | 0 0 a 0 * 0 | 0 0 a 0 12 0 0 12
* *

37. Given : p qA

Now, z p qA p qA p qA p qA
x y y x
d d d d
i qAx i qAy i qAy i qAx
dx dy dy dx
d d d d d 2 d 2
iq Ay iqAx iq Ax iqAy
dx dy dy dx dxdy dydx
dAy dAx
iq
iq A z iqBz z iqBz
dx dy

38. The partition function for a particle in a 2-D box is
LL
1 p 2x /2 k BT L2 p 2y / k BT 2 L2
Z 2
dxdy e
0 0

dp
dp x

y
2
e 2mk BT 2mk BT
2
So, the partition function for N independent particle is
N N
L2 EL2
Z 2 mk BT 2 Z 2 m where, E Nk BT
N 2
2 mEL2
The free energy is, F Nk BT ln z Nk BT ln 2
N
F 2 m EL2 L2 E 2 m L2 E
S Nk B ln 2 Nk B ln Nk B ln 2 Nk B ln constant
T N N N
39. Correct option is (d)
40. The possible values of energy are the eigen values of the Hamiltonian.
Thus H I 0

2 2 2 0 2 2
So, z e
2 2
e 2 2
2 cosh 2 2
41. Average thermal kinetic energy in thermal equilibrium at temperature T in 3 dimensional motion
3
kT
2
Average thermal kinetic energy = Average potential energy at height h
3 4
kT mgh r 3 g h
2 3
3 3kT 9 1.38 1023 300

h
2 4 r 3 g 8 3.14 0.1 106 3 9.8 1000

0.015 102 1.5 104 m 104 m
42. f A, B, C m 1, 2, 4, 6

msb sb ABC
0
1 ABC 1 ABC
2 41 F=
2 ABC
ABC
3
S1 S2
4 ABC ABC
6 ABC A B
Correct option is (b) Fig. 41 MUX
43. Condition of minima in case of reflected light from thin film is given by
2d n ... (1)
here, = 1, refractive index of air
Now, consider successive position of minima in given intensity pattern (Position A and B)
1
0.8
Intensity
0.6
0.4
A B
0.2
0
490 500 510 520 530

For the position A : 2d n1

For the position B : 2d (n 1)2
where 1 2 and 1 and 2 are corresponding to adjacent minima.
2d 2d
n 1 1, and n 1
1 2
2d 2d 1 1 12 1 1 510 500
1 2d 1 d 2 2 10
1 2 2 1 1 2
12.750 nm 12 m
Hence, correct option is (a).
aV
44. Given : I I s exp 1
T
aV aV aV
For 1, I I s exp ln I ln I s
T T T
aV aV
So, the graph between ln I and will be a straight line for large . So, the graph would be
T T
4
3
2
1
log I
0
1
2
3
0 1 2 3
aV/T
45. For x 1, GaN , Eg 3.5 eV

For x 0, InN , E g 1.5eV
hc 1200
For 400 nm, E g 3 eV
400
If E g 3.5 eV then x 1
Then for E g 3.0 eV , x required is 0.75
PART - C
1
3 3 3 n
46. x
Given : n 1 1 2 n 1 1 2 n1 1 1
1 xn 1 2 n 3 3

2 n1 1 1 n (Since, n is small)
3
n1 1

n 3
47. The following relations are very much well known for Pauli-Spin matrices
x y i z , y x i z , y z i x , z y i x
2 2 2
z x i y , x z i y , x2 y2 z2 I , i x i y i z I
Using above relations,
i x i y i z , i y i x i z , i y i z i x ,
i z i y i x , i z i x i y , i x i z i y
2 2
Since, i x i y i z 2 I
x i x y i y z i z iI
x i x y i y z i z iI
G x , y , z , I , x , y , z , I , i x , i y , i z , iI , i x , i y , i z , iI 16 elements
You can also check all the properties those have to be satisfied by the elements of the group.
48.
Newtons forward difference method:
x y f x f x 2 f x 3 f x
x0 450 y0 0.7071 y0 0.0589 2 y0 0.0057 0.0007
x1 500 y1 0.7660 y1 0.0532 2 y1 0.0064
x2 550 y2 0.8192 y2 0.0464
0
x3 60 y3 0.8660
u u 1 2 u u 1 u 2 3
sin 520 y0 u y0 y0 y0
2! 3!
520 x0 7
Here, u
x1 x0 5
So, sin 520 0.7071 0.08246 0.0016 0.00008 0.7881 approx

49. Only option (c) satisfies the given partial differential equation,
x2
1
f x, t e 1 4 Dt
1 4 Dt
x2 x2
f 1 4D
1 4 Dt
1
1 4 Dt
4 Dx 2
e e
t 2 1 4 Dt 3/2 1 4 Dt
1/2
1 4 Dt
2
x2
f 1
e
1 4 Dt 2 x
x 1 4 Dt 3/2
x2 x2
2
f 1 1 2
1 4 Dt
x 2
5/2
e 1 4 Dt
4x
2
3/2
e
1 4Dt 1 4 Dt
50. If c be angle of scattering in center of mass frame then
sin c sin c
tan 1
m1 m m m
cos c cos c 1
m2 m rest 2
c
2 sin cos c
2 2 tan c
2
2 cos 2 c
2
c
sin c 2 sin cos c
c tan 2 2 2 cot c c
1 and 1 cos c 2 2
2 2sin 2 c 2 2
2
1 2 /2
Correct answer is (a)
k
51. According to Kepplers law for potential energy V (r ) ,
r
Time period T r 3/2 , where r is major axis
3/ 2 3/ 2
T1 r1 R
23/ 2
T2 r2 2R
T1 3/ 2 T
Therefore, for n 1 T 2 or 2 23/ 2
2 T1
Correct option is (c).
52. nearest point

c/2
nucleus 90
Detector
We know that observed frequency in case of Doppler effect is given as
0 1 v 2 /c 2

v
1 cos
c
At nearest point, 90
1 0 3
0 1 v 2 /c 2 0 1
4 2
Correct answer is (a)
53. Given : 10 , 1011 -m

Let the volume charge density be d. Then

Ohms law E J ... (1)
d
From continuity, equation J 0 ... (2)
t
d d
Also, E ... (3)
10 0
d
Putting equation (1) in equation (3), J ... (4)
10 0
Using equation (4) in equation (2),
d d d t t
0 ln d c
10 0 t d 10 0 10 0
t /10 0
d d 0e where, d0 = initial charge density.
d0 1
Now, d e t /10 0 t 10 0 10 1011 8.85 10 12
e e
t 8.85 sec
54. Poynting vector due to an accelerated charge particle is given as (in direction r )
k sin 2
S r where is angle between acceleration and r .
r2
^r

a
When a particle moves in circle with constant speed or under central force, its acceleration is to-
wards center of circle.
z
^r r^
a
is variable (between 0 to )
90
1
sin 1 sin 2
2
1
I2 sin 2 2 2
r1 R2 1
2
I S 2
I1 sin 2 1 r2 1 4R 8
55. In between capacitor plates, displacement current will be equal to conduction current.
I
Displacement current density J d
a2 a/2
From modified amperes law,
a I a
2
B d 0 J d ds B 2 2 0 a 2 2 a a
s
0 I a 0 I
B
2 a 2 2 4 a
56. Potential at centre of uniformly charged sphere
3 q q
Vcentre and at outside point is
2 4 0 a 4 0 r
3q q + ++
VA + A+ B
8 0 a 4 0 2a +
3q q
VB
8 0 a 4 0 2a
q
VA VB
2 0 a
Correct optino is (c)
57. The f , for high energy when, q is

2m
f , 2 rV r sin qrdr
q0

2m 2 r 2m eiqr e iqr
2 r V0e sin qrdr 2 V0 r 2e r dr
q0 q 0 2i

2m
2
V0 r 2e
2i q 0

iqr r
r 2e dr
iq r
... (1)
2imV 3 3

imV
f , 2 0
2

2
2 0 iq iq
q 3 3
iq iq q 3

2 q 2

2 ax 2
x e dx
0 a 3
2
2imV0 2iq 3 q
2
2
q2
3 f , 6 q 4
q 2 q 2 q
2
So, cross-section, f ,
q 8
58. Given : V x A x a
The Schrodinger equation is
2 d 2 www.careerendeavour.com
V E
2m dx 2
2 d 2
A x a E
2m dx 2
Integrating from a to a ,
a a a
2 d 2
dx A x a dx E dx
2m a dx 2 a a
a
2 d
A a 0
2m dx a
d d 2mA
a
dx a dx a 2
59. Dirac matrices
0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
i 0 0 1 0
0 0 1 0 1 0 0
i , ,
i 0 44 x
0 1 0 0
0 1 44 0 0 1 0

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
i j j i , 2 2 1

i i , , , 0

H c p mc 2

dr r 1 1 r
v r , H r , H as 0
dt t i i t
1 c m 2
r , c p m0c 2 r , p r ,
i i i
c c

i i

r , p x, x p x i y , y p y j z, z pz k
c
i

i x i y j z k c ... (1)

dv v 1 1 v
a v, H v , H as 0
dt t i i t
1 1
a v , c p v , mc 2
i i
c 2 c mc 2
, p , ... (2)
i i

, x , i y , j z , k

x x i y y j z z k

2 x i 2 y j 2 z k 2 ... (3)

, xi y j z k, x px y p y z pz ... (4)

x , x px y p y z pz x , x px x , y x p y x , z p z
y x , p y x , y p y z x , p z x , pz

2 x y p y 2 x z p z 2 x y p y z pz

2 x p x px 2 x p 2 px

Similarly, y , x px y p y z pz 2 y p 2 p y

z , x p x y p y z pz 2 z p 2 pz

, p 2 xi p 2 p xi 2 y j p 2 p y j 2 z k p 2 pz k

2 p 2 p ... (5)
From equation (2),
c2 c mc 2
a 2 p 2 p 2
i i
2c 2ic

i

c p cp mc 2

cp H
t

60. Given : E t Ae H ' fi
3
E E0 2
fi 1 2

t t 2
1 i t 1 ei t dt A 2 2 2
Now, C f t H ' fi e fi dt Ae exp
i 0 i 0 i 4
x 2 x 2 /4
e dx e
0
2 A2 2 2 2
The probability of being in the first excited state is Pf t C f t exp
2 2
2 2
So, Pf t e 2
61. Assume the starting point for the walker to be point O.
First step : Walker can move in either of the six directions
and the same is true for second and third step.
Total number of different paths the walker can choose,
in total 3 steps = (666) 216 paths.
Favourable paths, in which the walker will return F A
to starting point O are following:
OABO, OBAO, OBCO, OCBO, OCDO, ODCO,
12 paths E B
ODEO, OEDO, OEFO, OFEO, OFAO, OAFO O
12 1
Required probabiltiy = D C
216 18
62. Energy at ground state is 0 and at excited state is .
The partition function is,
z 1 e0. 2 e 1 2e
The energy is ,
2 e
u

nz ln 1 2e
1 2e

u 1 u 2 u 1
So, CV 2 kB
k BT V
kT
T V V
kB 2 1 2e 2
2
e 2 e 2 e k 2 e

2
2
2 B 2
1 2e
1 2e
2 e 2
2k B 2 2
2k B e
1 2e

(when 1 ]
63. Fermi wave vector of 2-D electron gas is

1/2
2 N N
kF given
where,
A A

Given : fermi energy is EF p v k F v p kF
1/2
EF hv 2 1/2
Zero point energy per electron is
1/2
1 v 2
0 EF 1/2
2 2
Total zero point energy per unit area
1/2
E0 N hv 2
EF 3/2
A 2A 2
E0
Hence, 3/2
A
64. +16V
V0
16V
2V
R1
2k R2 RL = 10 k
IL
PRL 10mW I L 2 RL
V0 2
10 mW
RL
V0 10 V
Virtual-ground concept at () input
2 2 V0 V 2
0 1 0 V0 10
2 R1 R1
R1 10 2 8k
65. 5 cos 100 t
Multiplier LPF
20 cos (100 t + /3)

Multiplied-signal 20 cos 100 t 5cos100t
3

50 2 cos 100 t cos 100 t 50 cos 200 t cos
3 3 3

50 cos is output voltage
50 cos 200t 3 50 cos 3 3

25 volt
V0 25 V
Correct option (b)
66.
The line to be fitted will be
R aT b ... (1)
The normal equations are
R aT nb ... (2)
and TR aT 2 bT ... (3)
Where, n = number of data points = 4 [Given]
Now,
T C R T2 TR
2 90 4 180
4 105 16 420
6 110 36 660
8 115 164 920
2
T 20 R 420 T 120 TR 2180
Using all these in equation (2) and equation (3),

420 = 20a + 4b ... (4)
And 2180 = 120a + 20b ... (5)
Solving equation (4) and (5),
a=4
Thus, slope of equation (1) is 4/C
67. From Newtons law, force due to electric field is

dp dk
F eE
dt dt

dk e
E0
dt
eE
k t k 0 t ... (1)

The group velocity is
d 1 d
Vg
dk dk
... (2) since, energy
Now, given energy cos ka ... (3)
Using equation (3) in equation (2),
q
Vg sin ka ... (4)

The time dependent velocity is
q eE q eEat
Vg

sin k 0 t a

sin B

Letting B k 0 a constant

eEat
Vg sin B

1 EH
68. Hall coefficient ne J B
x z
E1 E2 E1 E2
So, J B J B
J1 J 2
1 2
V1 V2
b a a 2 V2 a V 2 V
V V 2 2 E d and J E
2 1 b V1 b V1 1
a b
69. From figure, we have

3
a1
2
a
3 x y ; a2 3 ay ; a3 cz assuming
3 3 2
Now, V a1 a2 a3 a c
2

a2 a3 4 a3 a1 2 2
Now, b1 2 x 0 y and b2 2 x y
V 3 V 3 3
4 2 2
So, b1 , 0 and b2 ,
3 3 3

70. We have two non-equivalent p-electrons
So, 1 1, 2 2 L 0,1, 2
1 1
s1 , s2 S 0,1
2 2
Thus, L 0, S 0 1S
L 0, S 1 3 S
L 1, S 0 1 P
L 1, S 1 3 P
L 2, S 0 1 D
L 2, S 1 3 D
F = 1 (when spins are parallel) Spin-1 state
2
71. S
F = 0 (when spins are anti-parallel) Spin-0 state
where, F J S to J S
The degeneracy of quantum level is 2F + 1
2 F 1 1 3
Thus, 2 F 0 1 2 3

Rstimulated B u v 1
72. 21 hv
1 given
Rspon tan eous A
e kBT 1

hv hv
k T
1 e B 1 e BT 2
k

hv k T 23 13
ln 2 v B ln 2 v 1.38 10 300 10 0.693 v 0.48 1013
k BT h 6 1034
73. The energy of photon will be minimum only if the tritium and proton are created at rest.
Thus, E m 1 H m 1 H m 2 He 931MeV
1 3 4
1.0073 3.0161 4.0026 931MeV

0.0208 931 MeV 19.36 MeV
Hence, correct option is (c).
74. i n
0 k
Q 1 0 0 1 Q 0
L 0 0 0 0 L 0
B 0 1 1 0 B 0
S 0 0 1 1 S 0
ii p
0 k
Q 1 1 0 0 Q 0
L 0 0 www.careerendeavour.com
0 0 L 0
B 0 1 1 0 B 0
S 0 0 1 1 S 0
Since, physical quantities like charge, lepton number, Baryon number, strangeness are all conserved.
So, both reactions are allowed.
Correct option is (a).
2 1 1
75. Charge on u is 2/3, on d is 1/3 and on s is 1/3. Thus, total Q
0 . Since, the particle is
3 3 3
formed by three quarks so we know this is quark content of baryons. And baryons are fermions. So,
1
possible spin = .
2
For strangeness of u = 0, of d = 0 and for s = 1. So, total strangeness S = 0 + 0 + 1 = 1
Hence, correct option is (c).

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CSIR-UGCNET/JRF DEC. - 2016

(a) M 3 M 2 10 M 12 I 0 (b) M 3 M 2 12M 10 I 0

(c) M 3 M 2 10 M 10 I 0 (d) M 3 M 2 10M 10 I 0

Assuming its internal resistance to be infinite, the reading on the voltmeter

(c) iqBz (d) iqBz

58. A particle in one dimension is in a potential V ( x ) A ( x a ) . Its wavefunction ( x) is continuous

The value of R1 required to deliver 10 mW of power across RL is

V2 = 20 cos (100 t + /3)

If the lattice spacing is a 1 , the reciprocal lattice vectors are

CSIR-UGC-NET/JRF Dec. 2016

TWO SIDED DECAYING FUNCTION LORENTZIAN FUNCTION

Correct option is (d)

24. Eigenvalue equation of matrix M: M I 0

Therefore, distance in lab frame t www.careerendeavour.com

32. For bright fringes, path difference , 2 ,

So, a, cos x x a cos x x cos x a x

Correct option is (d)

Correct option is (d)

3 3kT 9 1.38 1023 300

For the position A : 2d n1

45. For x 1, GaN , Eg 3.5 eV

So, sin 520 0.7071 0.08246 0.0016 0.00008 0.7881 approx

52. nearest point

53. Given : 10 , 1011 -m

Correct option is (c)

57. The f , for high energy when, q is

59. Dirac matrices

63. Fermi wave vector of 2-D electron gas is

65. 5 cos 100 t

20 cos (100 t + /3)

Using all these in equation (2) and equation (3),

69. From figure, we have

Correct option is (a)

1.0073 3.0161 4.0026 931MeV

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