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PART- A
2 1 M
Q1. Given a matrix M = , which of the following represents cos
1 2 6

1 1 2 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 2 1 4 1 1 4 1 1 2 3 1

Q2. The wavefunction of a hydrogen atom is given by the following superposition of energy
eigen functions / nlm ( r ) ( n, l , m are the usual quantum numbers):

2 3 1
/ ( r ) = / 100 ( r ) / 210 ( r ) + / 322 ( r )
7 14 14
The ratio of expectation value of the energy to the ground state energy and the
expectation value of L2 are, respectively:
229 12 2 101 12 2
(a) and (b) and
504 7 504 7
101 2 229 2
(c) and (d) and
504 504
Q3. It is found that when the resistance R indicated in the figure below is changed from
1 k to 10 k the current flowing through the resistance R does not change. What is
10 k
the value of the resistor R ?

1k R 1k

10 k

5V
(a) 5 k (b) 100 k (c) 10 k (d) 1 k

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Q4. A hoop of radius a rotates with constant angular velocity about
the vertical axis as shown in the figure. A bead of mass m can slide
on the hoop without friction. If g < 2 a at what angle apart from
a
d d 2
0 and is the bead stationary (i.e., = 2 = 0 )?
dt dt

g g
(a) tan = 2 (b) sin =
a 2a
g g
(c) cos = (d) tan =
a2
2 a
1
Q5. A spin- particle in a uniform external magnetic field has energy eigenstates 1 and 2 .
2

The system is prepared in ket-state

( 1 + 2 ) at time t = 0. It evolves to the state
2

described by the ket

(1 2 ) in time T . The minimum energy difference between two
2
levels is:
h h h h
(a) (b) (c) (d)
6T 4T 2T T
Q6. You receive on avenge 5 emails per day during a 365 -days year. The number of days on
average on which you do not receive any emails in that year are:
(a) more than 5 (b) More than 2
(c) 1 (d) None of the above
Q7. The H 2 molecule has a reduced mass M = 8.35 1028 kg and an equilibrium

internuclear distance R = 0.742 1010 m . The rotational energy in terms of the rotational
quantum number J is
5
(a) Erot ( J ) = 7 J ( J 1) meV (b) Erot ( J ) = J ( J + 1) meV
2
5
(c) Erot ( J ) = 7 J ( J + 1) meV (d) Erot ( J ) = J ( J 1) meV
2

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Q8. The maximum relativistic kinetic energy of particles from a radioactive nucleus is
Classical equal to the rest mass energy of the particle. A magnetic field is applied perpendicular to
Mechanics
the beam of particles, which bends it to a circle of radius R . The field is given by:

3m0 c 2m0 c 3m0 c 3m0 c

(a) (b) (c) (d)
eR eR eR 2eR
Q9. The central force which results in the orbit r = a (1 + cos ) for a particle is proportional

to:
(a) r (b) r 2 (c) r 2 (d) None o the above
Q10. A gas of N molecules of mass m is confined in a cube of volume V = L3 at temperature
T . The box is in a uniform gravitational field gz . Assume that the potential energy of a

molecule is U = mgz where z [ 0, L ] is the vertical coordinate inside the box. The

pressure P ( z ) at height z is:

L L
mg z 2 mg z 2
exp exp
k BT k BT

(a) P ( z ) =
N mgL (b) P ( z ) =
N mgL
V 2 mgL V 2 mgL
sinh cosh
2 k BT 2 k BT
k BTN N
(c) P ( z ) = (d) P ( z ) = mgz
V V
Q11. A transistor in common base configuration has ratio of collector current to emitter current
and ratio of collector to base current . Which of the following is true?

(a) =

(b) =
( + 1)
( + 1)

(c) =

(d) =
( 1)
( 1)

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Q12. The energy of a particle is given by E = p + q where p and q are the generalized

momentum and coordinate, respectively. All the states with E E0 are equally probable

and states with E > E0 are inaccessible. The probability density of finding the particle at

coordinate q , with q > 0 is:

(a)
( E0 + q ) (b)
q
(c)
( E0 q ) (d)
1
2
E 0 E02 E 2
0 E0
Q13. Consider a quantum particle of mass m in one dimension in an infinite potential well, i.e.,
a a a
V ( x ) = 0 for <x< and V ( x ) = for x . A small perturbation,
2 2 2
2 x
V ( x) = is added. The change in the ground state energy to O () is:
a

(a)
2 2
(
2 4 ) (b)
2 2
(
2 +4 )
2 2 2 2
(c)
2
( + 4 ) (d)
2
( 4 )
Q14. The strength of magnetic field at the center of a regular hexagon with sides of length a
carrying a steady current I is:
0 I 6 0 I 30 I 3 0 I
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 a a a a
Q15. An ideal gas with adiabatic exponent undergoes a process in which its pressure P is
related to its volume V by the relation P = P0 V , where P0 and are positive
constants. The volume starts from being very close to zero and increases monotonically
P0
to . At what value of the volume during the process does the gas have maximum

entropy?
P0 P0 P0 P0
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(1 + ) (1 ) (1 + ) (1 )

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Q16. A point charge q of mass m is released from rest at a distance d from an infinite
grounded con ducting plane (ignore gravity). How long does it take for the charge to hit
the plane?

2 3 0 md 3 2 3 0 md
(a) (b)
q q

3 0 md 3 3 0 md
(c) (d)
q q
N 1
Q17. A two dimensional box in a uniform magnetic field B contains localised spin-
2 2
N
particles with magnetic moment , and free spinless particles which do not interact
2
with each other. The average energy of the system at a temperature T is:

1 B 1 B
(a) 3 NkT N B sinh (b) NkT N B tanh
2 k BT 2 k BT

1 1 B 3 1 B
(c) NkT N B tanh (d) NkT + N B cosh
2 2 k BT 2 2 k BT

Q18. If Yxy =
1
2
(Y22 Y2,2 ) where Yl ,m are spherical harmonics then which of the following is
true?
(a) Yxy is an eigenfunction of both L2 and Lz

(b) Yxy is an eigenfunction of L2 but not Lz

(c) Yxy is an eigenfunction both of Lz but not L2

(d) Yxy is not an eigenfunction of either L2 and Lz

ln x
Q19. The value of the integral (x
0 2
+ 1)
dx

2 2
(a) (b) (c) 2 (d) 0
4 2

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Q20.
1
A spin- 1 particle is in a state / described by the colunm matrix 2,
10
2, 2i { }
in the S z basis. What is the probability that a measurement of operator S z will yield the

result h for the state S x / ?

1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 3 4 6
Q21. Consider N non-interacting electrons ( N N A ) in a box of sides Lx , Ly , Lz Assuming

that the dispersion relation is ( k ) = Ck 4 where C is a constant, the ratio of the ground

state energy per particle to the Fermi energy is:

3 7 3 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
7 3 5 7
Q22. The Hamiltonian of a quantum particle of mass in confined to a ring of unit radius is:

2

2
H= i
2m
where is the angular coordinate, is a constant. The energy eigenvalues and
eigenfunctions of the particle are ( n is an integer):
ein 2
(a) / n ( ) = (n )
2
and En =
2 2m
sin ( n ) 2
(b) / n ( ) = (n )
2
and En =
2 2m
cos ( n ) 2
(c) / n ( ) = (n )
2
and En =
2 2m

ein 2
(d) / n ( ) = (n + )
2
and En =
2 2m
1 1 1
Q23. The sum of the infinite series 1 + + ... is
3 5 7

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

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Q24. Light takes approximately 8 minutes to travel from the Sun to the Earth. Suppose in the

Classical frame of the Sun an event occurs at t = 0 at the Sun and another event occurs on Earth at
Mechanics t = 1 minute. The velocity of the inertial frame in which both these events are
simultaneous is:
c
(a) with the velocity vector pointing from Earth to Sun
8
c
(b) with the velocity vector pointing from Sun to Earth : -
8
(c) The events can never be simultaneous - no such frame exists
2
1
(d) c 1 with velocity vector Pointing from to Earth
8
Q25. A spherical shell of radius R carries a constant surface charge density and is rotating
about one of its diameters with an angular velocity . The magnitude of the magnetic
moment of the shell is:
4 R 4 4 R 4 4 R 4
(a) 4 R 4 (b) (c) (d)
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Part-B: (1-Mark Questions)
d
Q26. The adjoint of a differential operator acting on a wavefunction / ( x ) for a quantum
dx
mechanical system is:
d d d d
(a) (b) i (c) (d) i
dx dx dx dx
Q27. In Millikans oil-drop experiment an oil drop of radius r , mass m and charge
6 r ( v1 + v2 )
q= is moving upwards with a terminal velocity v2 due to an applied
E
electric field of magnitude E , where is the coefficient of viscosity. The acceleration
due to gravity is given
6 rv1 3 r v1 6 r v2 3 r v2
(a) g = (b) g = (c) g = (d) g =
m m m m

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Q28. The electric field E = E0 sin (t kz ) x + 2 E0 sin t kz + y represents:
2
(a) a linwearly polarized wave
(b) a right-hand circularly polarized wave
(c) a left-hand circularly polarized wave
(d) an elliptically polarized wave
CP
Q29. An ideal gas has a specific heat ratio = 2 . Starting at a temperature T1 the gas under
CV
goes an isothermal compression to increase its density by a factor of two. After this an
adiabatic compression increases its pressure by a factor of two. The temperature of the
gas at the end of the second process would be:
T1 T1
(a) (b) 2T1 (c) 2T1 (d)
2 2
Q30. Suppose yz plane forms the boundary between two linear dielectric media I and II
with dielectric constant I = 3 and II = 4 , respectively. If the electric field in region I at

the interface is given by EI = 4 x + 3 y + 5 z , then the electric field EII at the interface in
region II is:
(a) 4 x + 3 y + 5 z (b) 4 x + 0.75 y 1.25 z
(c) 3x + 3 y + 5 z (d) 3x + 3 y + 5 z
Q31. Given the condition = 0 , the solution of the equation 2 = k . is given by
2

k 2 k ln k ln
(a) = (b) = k 2 (c) = (d) =
2 2 2
Q32. Circular fringes are obtained with a Michelson interferometer using 600 nm laser light.
What minimum displacement of one mirror will make the central fringe from bright to
dark?
o
(a) 600 nm (b) 300 nm (c) 150 nm (d) 120 A

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Q33. If k is the wavevector of incident light ( k = , is the wavelength of light) and G is

a reciprocal lattice vector, then the Braggs law can be written as:
(a) k + G = 0 (b) 2k .G + G 2 = 0
(c) 2k .G + k 2 = 0 (d) k .G = 0
Q34. For the coupled system shown in the figure, the normal coordinates are x1 + x2 and

x1 x2 corresponding to the normal frequencies 0 and 30 respectively.

x1 x2
k k k

m m

At t = 0 , the displacements are x1 = A , x2 = 0 , and the velocities are v1 = v2 = 0 . The

displacement of the second particle at time t is given by:

(a) x2 ( t ) =
A
2
(
cos (0t ) + cos ( 30t )) (b) x2 ( t ) =
A
2
(
cos (0t ) cos ( 30t ))
A
(c) x2 ( t ) =
2
(
sin (0t ) sin 30t ( A
))
(d) x2 ( t ) = sin (0t )
2
1
3

sin 30t

( )
Q35. How much force does light from a 1.8 W laser exe when it is totally absorbed by an
object?
(a) 6.0 109 N (b) 0.6 109 N (c) 0.6 108 N (d) 4.8 109 N
Q36. An electron confined within a thin layer of semiconductor may be treated as a free
particle inside an infinitely deep one-dimensional potential well. If the difference in
energies between the first and the second energy levels is E , then the thickness of the
layer is:

3 2 2 2 2 2 22
22
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2m E 3m E 2m E m E

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Q37. The half-life of a radioactive nuclear source is 9 days. The fraction of nuclei which are
left under cayed after 3 days is:
7 1 5 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) 1
8 3 6 3
2
Q38. Self inductance per unit length of a long solenoid of radius R with n turns per unit
length is:
(a) 0 R 2 n 2 (b) 20 R 2 n

(c) 20 R 2 n 2 (d) 0 R 2 n
Q39. A gas contains particles of type A with fraction 0.8 , and particles of type B with
fraction 0.2 . The probability that among 3 randomly chosen particles at least one is of
type A is:
(a) 0.8 (b) 0.25 (c) 0.33 (d) 0.992
Q40. The number of different Bravais lattices possible in two dimensions is:
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 6
Q41. The output intensity I of radiation from a single mode of resonant cavity obeys
d
I = 0 I
dt Q
where Q is the quality factor of the cavity 0 is the resonant frequency. The form of the
frequency spectrum of the output is:
(a) Delta function (b) Gaussian (c) Lorentzian (d) Exponential
1
Q42. For a quantum mechanical harmonic oscillator with energies, En = n + , where
2
n = 0,1, 2... , the partition function is:

k BT 2 k BT
e e
(a)
(b) e 2 kBT 1 (c) e 2 kBT + 1 (d)

e 2 kBT 1 e kBT 1

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Q43. If the direction with respect to a right-handed cartesian coordinate system of the ket
vector z , + is (0. u. I), then the direction of the ket vector obtained by application of

rotations: exp i z exp i y , on the ket z , + is ( y , z are the Pauli matrices):
2 4

(a) ( 0, 1, 0 ) (b) (1, 0, 0 )

(c)
(1, 1, 0 )
(d)
(1, 1, 1)
2 3
Q44. In the ground state of hydrogen atom, the most probable distance of the electron from the
nucleus, in units of Bohr radius a0 is:

1 3
(a) (b) 1 (c) 2 (d)
2 2
Q45. For operators P and Q , the commutator P, Q 1 is

(a) Q 1 [ P, Q ] Q 1 (b) Q 1 [ P, Q ] Q 1 (c) Q 1 [ P, Q ] Q (d) Q [ P, Q ] Q 1

Q46. The mean value of random variable x with probability density

p ( x) =
1 x2 + x
.exp
( ) is:
2 2 2 ( )

(a) 0 (b) (c) (d)
2 2

Q47. A spin
1
particle is in a state
( + ) where and are the eigenstates of S z
2 2
operator. The expectation value of the spin angular momentum measured along x
direction is:

(a) (b) (c) 0 (d)

2
Q48. A semicircular piece of paper is folded to make a cone with the centre of the semicircle
as the apex. The half-angle of the resulting cone would be:
(a) 90o (b) 60o (c) 45o (d) 30o

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Q49. If the Rydberg constant of an atom of finite nuclear mass is R , where R the Rydberg
constant corresponding to an infinite nuclear mass, the ratio of the electronic to nuclear
mass of the atom is:-

(a)
(1 ) (b)
( 1) (c) (1 ) (d)
1

Q50. A cylindrical shell of mass in has an outer radius b and an inner radius a . The moment
of inertia of the shell about the axis of the cylinder is:

(a)
1
2
(
m b2 a 2 ) (b)
1
2
(
m b2 + a 2 ) (
(c) m b 2 + a 2 ) (
(d) m b 2 a 2 )

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