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ENTRANCE EXAMINATION, JUNE 2OL2

QUESTION PAFER BOOKLET

M. Sc. (PHYSICS)
Marks: 75
Time: 2.00 hrs. Hall Ticket No.:

I. Please enter you Hall ricket Number on page l" of

this question paper and
on the OMR sheet without fail.
u. Read carefully the following instructions:

1. This Question paper has to sections: section A and section B

2. section A consists of 2b objective type questions of one mark each.
There is negative marking of o.BB mark for every wrong answer.
The marks obtained by the candidate in this Section will be used for resolving
the tie cases.
3. section B consists of b0 objective type questions of one mark each.
There is no negative marking in this Section.
4' Answers are to be marked on the OMR answer sheet following the instructions
provided there upon. An ocample is shown below

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5. Only Scientific Calculators are permitted. Mobile phone based calculators are not
permitted. Logarithmic tables are not allowed.
6. Hand over both question booklet and the OMR sheet at the end of the examina-
tion.

This book contains 22 pages

III. Values of physical constants:

c: : :
3 x 108 m/s; h 6.03 x 10-34 J.s; kB 1.38 x 10-23 JfK
e: 1.6 x 10-1e C; po :
4n x IA-7 Henry/m; €o :8.85 x 10-12 Farad/m
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SECTION - A

1. If two sides of a triangle are represented by d, :i +ij +k and 6 : 2j+ 3k, then the
third side is represented by
A,;-Ji+zi'
e. i+sj+zit
c. -i+ j-zh
D. -; + j +zit
2. If the electric field due to a point charge Q is expressed as E : 9f , then the
4lf n r',
e
divergence of this field is
3A
A..--
+11€or"

8.2Q.
4reor
C,O
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D. 4reor
3. Which one of the following statements is true for the matrix given below ?

o: (-0, l)
A. A is symmetric
B. A is hermitian
C. A is antisymmetric
D. A is skew-Hermitian
4. Complete solution of the differential equation
d2a
dr' -z*+6a:e2'
ar
is given by (where c1 arrd c2 are arbitrary constants)

A. c1e' + c2e3'
- e2'
B. c1e' + c2e6' - ezi
C. c1e' * c2e6' - i"t'
D. c1e' * c2e3' - iez'
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5. A function /(r) va,ries with r, as shown in the figure. Which of the following represents
f(x)?
A. logroQ + r)
B. *+-
e--l
x
1-*
L*
tl{
t1

r
D. lo916 r x

6' If a rigid body with N particles is constrained to be fixed at a single point, then the
number of degrees of freedom is

A.3
8.6
c. r/
D.0
7. rf a particle of mass rn moves under the influence of a force obeying

dd
*a,: r'x 6
lrl3 '
then the rate of change of kinetic energy is

A. positive
B. negative
C. zerc
f). can be positive or negative

8' The trajectory of a particle moving under the influence of an attractive, inverse square
law force, could be

A. Elliptic
B. Parabolic
C. Hyperbolic
D. Any of the above
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9. An astronaut moves in a spaceship travelling at a speed of 0.8 c (c is the speed of

light). If the astronaut observes a photon approaching the ship from space, then the
speed of this photon with respect to the observer is

A. 1.8 c
B.c
C. 0.2 c
D. 0.9 c
10. A certain weight of liquid has a volume of 100 cc at 0oC. If the volume expansion
coefficient of the liquid is 0.00112/"C, then its volume at 50'C is approximately

A. 106 cc
B.6cc
C. 94 cc
D. 11 cc
11. A string under tension fi vibrates at a natural frequency, fi. If the tension of the
string is increased to 72, then the natural frequency at which the string now vibrates
is

A.fi lr,
ln
m
8.fi tlc
Tt
c' f' T2
D.f, T2
n
12. According to the kinetic theory of gases, the root-mean-square speed of gas molecules
in a monoatomic ideal gas at a temperature 7 is

A. li"r
\M: \,1;
B. \M: tk"r
z^ \,1

c. \M:

D. \M: tltk"r
s*
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13. If 1 gm of ice at OoC is melted and converted into water at the same temperature, then
the change in entropy is, (assuming heat of fusion :79.7 callg)
A. 0.29 cal/K
B. 0 callK
C. -79.7 callK
D. -0.29 callK
t4. If a system is in equilibrium with entropy 5 at constant 7 and /{, then the variation
/ a'9\
of entropy with vol"*" (#1r," * given bv

A. -(*t),"
(#)..
C. (#),.
D. (#)""
15, Which one of the following equations does not represent a travelling wave ?

A.y: f(r-ut)
B.g:f(r2-u2t2)
C. A : yor"r. sin k(r + ut)
D.y:g*,.exp[i(r-ut)]
16. The light (L) and sound (S) arising from an explosion on the sea surface were recorded
by an observer in a submarine located at I km below the sea surface at time periods tl,6
and tf,u respectively. The same event was also recorded by an observer in a helicoptii,
at 1 km above the sea surface, at times tfu, and tf"s respecti.vely. Assuming that both
the observers axe at rest with respect to the event, which one of the following is true?

A. t!,, > ti" ; t|u > tf,"t

B. tkt > tl*, ; t!*u < tf"t
C. tku < tI. ; t!,u > tsn"t

D. tku < tL ; tl'- < tf.t

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17. When the current flowing in a prima,ry coil of a transformer increases from zero to bA
in a time of 0.01 sec, the induced emf in the secondary coil was found to be 1b00 V.
Then the mutual induction between the two coils is

A. 0.3 H
B.3H
c.30H
D. 300 H
18. If a charge '-g'_itmoving initially with a velocity of. 6 : u2, parallel to a uniform
magnetic field, B - 82, the cha"rge will then

A. accelerate along *2
B. oscillate back and forth around 2
C. continue along 2 with the same speed u.
D. move in a plane perpendicular to 2 along a circular path.
19. A filament, assumed to be a black body, is emitting radiation at a temperature ?. If
the power to the filament is doubled then the temperature will

A. increase by 21

B. increaseby 2*
C. increase by 2.
D. increase by 4.
20. If a pa,rticle of mass M at rest explodes into two parts of masses rn1 and rn2, then the
ratio of their de Broglie wavelengths is
ML
A.
ffi,2

B. *2
ITLl

^2M
rn11rn2
D. 1
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2t. If an electron and a proton are moving with the same kinetic energy along the same
direction, when they pass through a uniform magnetic field perpendicular to the direc-
tion of their motion, which one of the following statements regarding the radii of the
trajectories of these two particles in the region of the magnetic field is true?

A. they are the same.

B. radius is greater for the electron since it has a higher velocity.
C. radius is greater for the proton since it has a higher mass.
D. radius is iower for the proton since it has the higher mass.
22. The part of the output characteristics of ann-p*n transistor, which is used while
operating it as an amplifier is the

A. saturation region.
B. active region.
C. cut-off region.
D. break down region.
23. Diodes Dl and D2 shown in the circuit are silicon diodes. The voltage drop across the
diode DZ and, the power dissipated by the diode D2 are respectively

A. 0.7Vand0W
B. 5.0Vand0W
C. 0.7 V and 0.7 mW

D. 5.0Vand5W

24. A source produces sound of constant frequency at 10 kHz. If a person moves away
from this source at twice the speed of sound, then the

A- frequency of so'nd sensed by the person is larger than 10 kHz.

B. frequency of sound sensed by the person is smaller than 10 kHz.
C. frequency of sound sensed by the person is equal to 10 kFIz.
D. person does not hear any sound.
25. If a ray of light is travelling from a denser medium (glass) to air, and the refractive
index (n) of the denser medium is 1.b, then the Brewster angle is

A. 56'
B. 34"
c. 65"
D. 250
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SECTION - B
26. Aunit vector normal to the surface z : n2 * 92 atthe point (1, 2,b) is given by

^ _i+2j-k
^' ---16
D
"' ---zi+zi -zfe
'uffi'-
A ,zi+4j-it
s.-:
t/zt
,. *zi + at zf'
'/za
27. Which of the following cannot possibly be the eigenvalues of a real x
3 B matrix?
A. 1, 1, -1
B. 1, L+i, L-i
c. 1, 0, -1
D. -1, 1+i, -t+i,

28. Two independent solutions of the differential equation

d2u du
da+3dr.*2a:o
may be chosen to be

A'. e-2"* €-',2(e-z* - e-')

B. e-2' * e-',2(e-z' + e-')
C. e-2" * e-', r(e-2" -
"-')
D, e-2', s,
29. The area of the shaded region between the straight line and parabola as shown
in the
figure is given by
rl rr
A. J0ldaldr
Jt2
rl rr
larlJ,2 ds
B. Jo

au
". lo'a, fo'
rL ,r2
D.
Jo dr
da
Jo
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30. Given(H)t* : o + ib, the values of a and b are

A. o:2,b:-L
B. a:0,b:0
C. a:0, b: 1
D. a: *1, b:2.
31. Ifone person speaks the truth in 70To of the cases and another in 80% of the cases,
then the probability that they will contradict each other in describing a single event is

A. 0.36
B. 0.38
c. 0.40
D. 0.42

32. The straight line r* A : k touches the parabolu g - fr - n2, if k is chosen as

A. k:0
B. k: -1
C. k: *1
D. ,t : any integer
oo
33. The power series Dr**-t converges for

A. -1 <r<l
B. -1 '-r1l
C. -1 <-x1L
D. -1 1r<L
34. ri"I
c+0
(1 - . i-) is given by
\gz Sin" r /
A.0
B.-3 1

c. -13
n. -?3

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35. The inverse of the function ,- : !o* - 10-'

1[?llP rs

A. Iogn(2 - n)
1. 7*r
13. lo916
;z L-t
1
C. lo9,6 (2x - L)
N

p. lu,n 2'
4 "2-r
36' A satellite of mass M, launched into a circular orbit of radius R, has a time period
T.
If a second satellite of mass 0.75M is launched into an orbit oi radius ti.nu
period of the second satellite will be given by 3n,'il*
A.T
B. 0.65r
c. 0.757
D. 1.547

37' A block of mass rn rests on a frictionless horizontal table and is connected to

two fixed
posts by springs having spring constants k and 2k. II the block
is displaced frorn its
equilibrium position, the angular frequency of vibrations is given by

hk
A. \,1;

lk
B. ,rl;
C. ^t-
rT
lVl*
trk
D. I,ln
38' A particle of mass ??? moves in a circle of radius a under the action of a central force
whose potential is 7(r) : kmr\ (k > 0). The energy of the particle given
by
A. lmka3
B. |mka2
C. |mka3
D. |mkaz

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39. The mutual potential energy I/ of two particles depends on their mutual distance r, as

v(r):fr-i; a>0, b>0.

If the particles are in static equilibrium, then the separation is given by

A.:2ab
2b
B.
a
c.2h
D. I
o,

40. If a body of uniform cross-sectional area .4 and mass density p floats in a liquid of
density p" (p < p,) and at equilibrium displaces a volume V of" the liquid, then the
tirne period of small oscillations about the equilibrium position is

A.T- ZtrIIT
-
^l-
y gp

B. T :ztr(p- nSo1ff

c.r:rT#6
D. ? - 2r^l-
tv
-'V gA
4L. A particle of mass rn, carrying a charge *g hangs at rest from a spring of stiffness k. If
a charge -q is biought and held directly below +q at a distance of d, then the change
in length of the spring, L,z, in its new equilibrium state is proportional to
A.d

" *'E
"#
"E;

L2
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42. For which of the following force fields the potential energy is not defined?
A. F,:2uz(7 - 6ryz), Fv:2rz(L - 6ryz), F,:2ra(1 * 619z)
B. F,:U2 + z2 +z(xg -Az+ zr), Fr: z2 * 12 +Z(xy *gz* za), F.: n2 +A2 +
2(rg+yztzr)
C. Fr:2r2Az, Fv:2rA2z, F":2rYz2
D. F,: xl(r2 +a2 + z2), Fy: al@2 +a2 + z2), F": zl(r2 + y2 + z2)
43. A uniform hollow cylinder of mass M and radius R, rolls from rest down an inclined
plane through a distance .L. If the plane makes an angle of 30" with horizontal, then
the rotational kinetic energy of the cylinder when it reaches the bottom of the inclined
plane is

A. *gL
2
B. mgL
A rngL
4

D. *gL
8

44. If St,Sz and S12 denote the surfrace terrsions of a liquid drop, its supporting liquid
and the interface between them, respectively, then the liquid drop will spread over the
surface of the supporting liquid when

A. &*S12:5t
B. Sz ) ,9r *,9r2
C. ,Sz < ,9r + ^9t,
D. 5r * 52: $r,
45. A solid block which is 2 m in side and having a thickness of 0.25 m is compressed
across its thickness. If its Young's modulus is 20 x 106 N/m2 then the force required
to compress the solid by 0.01 m in length across its thickness is
A. 2 x 105N
B. 8 x 105N
C. 1 x 105N
D. I2.5 x 105N

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46' Consider a long thin wire of cross.sectional area A, with young,s

modulus y,
?, mass per unit length M and' density p. Inru.i, u system, which of the tension
following
statements regarding the speeds of transverse and longiiudini
waves will be true?
A. The speeds are equal if the fractional increase in its length is 1.
B. The speeds are equal if the fractional increase in its length
is 112.
c. The speeds are equal if the fractional increase in its length is 2.
D. The speeds can never be equal.

47 ' The surface tension, o, of a liquid of density d, which rises

to a height h in a capillary
ofadiameterDis
A. n|D2hg
B. lssDh
C. ls|Dzh
D. s6Dh
48' If the equilibrium state of the vapogr near,and above the
critical point is described by
the van der waal equation of state (o *
*) @ - -b) RT, where i : vlnis rhe molar
volume, which one of the following statements about
the the critical values of (molar)
volume, pressure and temperature at the criticar point
is true?

:o
^.yl du lr=rc

B.al :r
dulr=rc u;
Eznt
arrlr=r"'o
c *loutr=rc
- o; AFIr=".t
o2nr
0

'' HIr=r": o, #lr=r": o

49. If W is the work done on a system in a reversible process and AF is the change in its
free energy', then

A.W>AF
B.W<AF
C. W: A-P
D.W+LF

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50. In an infinitesimal adiabatic process, the work done

A. is a perfect differential.
B. is not a perfect differential.
C. is zero.
D. depends on the temperature.
51' The outer surface of a brass sheet at 100"C is kept in contact with the outer
surface
of a steel sheet at 0"C. If the thickness and cross-sectional areas of
both the sheets are
equal and the ratio of their thermal conductivities is 2:1, then
the temperature of the
interface at equilibrium is

A. 66.7"C
B. 50.C
c. 33.C
D. 100"c

52' A refrigerator is operated between two reservoirs maintained at 2b0 K and 300 K
respectively' If its coefificient of performance is one-third that of a Carnot
engine and
it absorbs 500 J from the low temperature reservoir, then the heat lost to ihe high
temperature reservoir is

A. 800 J
B. 1500 J
c. 600 J
D. 155 J

53' If a metal rod is heated at one end and immersed in ice (at 0" C) at the other end,
then the mass of ice that melts in a given time, f, is

A. directly proportional to the length of the rod and inversely proportional to the
area of cross-section.
B. directly proportional to the area of cross-section and inversely proportional to
thermal conductivity of the rod.
C. directly proportional to both the length and thermal conductivity of the rod.
D. directly proportional to the thermal conductivity of the rod and inversely propor-
tional to its length.

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54. Two waves are descibed by gr : asin(Ant) and Uz: acos(4zrt). The phase difference
between these two waves is

A.n
8.0
C. 2n
D. r12
55. The fraction of kinetic enerry in the total energy of a simple ha,rmonic oscillator, when
its displacement is half of its amplitude, is given by
A.0
B. 0.5
c. 1

D. 0.75

56. Which one of the following statements about sound waves is true?

A. sound waves cannot be polarized.

B. sound waves can only be circularly polarized.
C. sound waves can only be plane polarized.
D. sound waves can be plane polarized or circula,rly polarized.

57.If surface waves in a lake have a phase velocity given by u - o1f,ln, where a is
constant, then their group velocity is

A.u
B. 2u
s.! 2
p.9
a
58. If a dipole B'situated at the origin (0,0,0) is pointing in the *z-direction, then the force
on a point charge q at (a,0,0) is
2pq
A. rH
--
^ np
4tregar

B. H -1 -2pq ^
-
4Treoar
pq
C. -t , Fp
4Teoas
D. zeto.

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59. Wires of equal resistance 10 fl are joined together in the form of two pyramids with a
common base, as shown in the figure. If current enters through A and leaves through
B, then the resistance between the two points ,4 and B is

A.50
B. 100

C. 20 fi

D. 40CI

60. The resonance frequency of an LCR circuit was found to be IZA0 Hz. If another
capacitor of equal value is connected in parallel to the existing one in the circuit, then
the new resonance frequency is

A. 2400 Hz
B. 1697 Hz
C. 849 Hz
D. 600 Hz
61. If a 2 MeV alpha particle (rH"n) incident on a7AgL07 nucleus is scattered at g0o, then
the impact parameter is (e2 f 4treo: L.44 MeV fm)

A. 3.38 x L0-15m
B. 47 x 10-5m
C. 6.78 x 10-15m
D.0m
62. The electron in a Hydrogen atom in its ground state gets elevated to the highest
permissible excited state, by absorbing an energy equal to 12.1 eV. The change in the
angular momentum of the electron is

A.-h
^
2h
B.
7t
3t
c. tt

D.h2tr

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63' Photons with energies pt^,.r and qu arc incident one after another on
a metal having work
function a;, where p and g are integers. The ratio of respective
maximum u"to"iTio i,

A. tP
ua
B. ti
Up
C. lP=
VqL
D. n-
Vp- 1

64' Separate Compton effect experiments are carried out using visible
the scattered radiation is observed at the same scattering angle,
light and X-rays. If
then
A' the X-rays have greater shift in wavelength and greater change in photon energy.
B' the two radiations have the same shift in wavelength and x-rays have a greater
change in photon energy.
C' the two radiations have the same shift in wavelength and visible
light has greater
change in photon energ-y
D' the two radiations have the same shift in wavelength and the same
change in
photon energy.

65' Which of the following represents the

fi,rst excited state wave function of a massive
particle confined to move in a one-dimensional box of
L (the x-axis represents
length
the space co-ordinate and the y-axixrepresents the shape
of the wave-function, in each
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66' When a beam of 100 eV electrons is incident on a crystal at an angle 30o, a first order
Bragg reflection occurs, then the lattice spacing is

A. 13.2x10-15m
B. 13.2x10-13m
C. 14.2x10-1am
D. 1.32x10-15m
67 . If a particle of mass 1.67x 10-27 kg is confined to move in a box of length 10-ra m and
infinite depth, the minimum kinetic energy of the particie would be
A. 0.21 MeV
B. 0.33 MeV
C. 0.21 eV
D. 3.3 eV
68. The current .I1 ffowing in the circuit is

A.1mA
B. 1.5 mA

C. 0.5 mA

D.3mA

69. If the binary number 01101010 is converted into the hexadecimal system, then it is
written as

A. 6AH
B. 106H
c. 610H
D. 2EH

70. The minimum current required to achieve Zener action in the diode shown in the circuit
is 0.5 mA and the maximum power it can withstand is 1 W. The input voltage range
over which this diode can regulate the output voltage is

A.9.95V-20V
B. 10V-100v
c. 10.05 v - 20 v
D. 10.7 V 20.7 V

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71. A I pF capacitor is connected in series with a 1 kf,l resistance and an AC source as
shown in the figure. If 14 is the magnitude of the output voltage when a 10 kHz AC
signal of certain amplitude is applied at the input and V'z is the magnitude of the
output voltage when a IHz AC signal of the same amplitude is applied, then the ratio
of Vi to V2 is approximatelY

A' 100
z7l

1000
B. 2n
2n
c. 100
2n
D. 1000
72. If light passes through a glass slab of 1 cm thickness and refractive index 1.5 at an
angle of 45" with respect to the normal to the slab, then it deviates from the original
path by

A. 1cm
B. 1.06 cm
C. 0.6 cm
D. 0.53 cm

73. The output of light from a laser source of L mW power passing through two crossed
polarizers is zero. If another polarizer is introduced between these two at an angle of
45" with respect to the optic axis of one of them, the output power at the detector is

A.0mW
B. 0.5 mW
C. 0.75 mW
D. 0.25 mW

74. If. the output from a L V source is attenuated by 2 dB, then the measured voltage will
be

A. 0.5 V
B. 0.1 V
c. 0.01 v
D. 0.001 v

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75. If. the actual wavelength of light emitted from a luminous body is 6000 A, but is
measured to be 6030 A, then its reiative velocity with respect to the observer is

A. I x106 m/sec
B. 1.5x106 m/sec
C. 3x106 m/sec
D. 6x106 m/sec

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