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CSIR-UGC (NET) Physical Science

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Duration : 180 minutes Maximum Marks : 200
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to answer any 15 questions. Each question shall be of two marks. The total marks
allocated to this section shall be 30 out of 200.
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required to answer any 20 questions. Each question shall be of 3.5 marks. The total
marks allocated to this section shall be 70 out of 200.
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answer any 20 questions. Each question shall be of 5 marks. The total marks allocated
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PART-A
1. In a 100 m race A beats B by 10 m B beats C by 5 m By how many meters does A beat C ?

(1) 15.0 m (2) 5.5 m
(3) 10.5 m (4) 14.5 m
2. Suppose (i) “A  B” means “A is the father of B”, (ii) “A B” means “A is the husband of B”, (iii)
“A B” means “A is the wife of B” and (iv) “A  B” means “A is the sister of B”.
Which of the following represents “C is the father-in-law of the sister of D” ?
(1) C  E  F  D (2) C  E  F  D
(3) C  E  F  D (4) C  E  F  D
3. In a group of 11 persons, each shakes hand with every other once only once. What is the total
number of such handshakes ?
(1) 110 (2) 121
(3) 55 (4) 66
4. Path of a ray of light between two mirrors is shown in the diagram. If the length of each mirror
is ‘’, what is the total path length of the ray between the mirrors ?
30º

3 4
(1)  (2) 
4 3
3
(3)  (4) 2
2
5. What is the value of (1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + ..... + 4033) + 7989 × 2017 ?

(1) 20170000 (2) 20172017
(3) 20171720 (4) 20172020
6. What is the last digit of (2017)2017 ?

(1) 1 (2) 3
(3) 7 (4) 9
7. Pick the correct statement :

(1) The sky is blue because Sir C.V. Raman gave the correct explanation.
(2) Copernican believed that the Sun, and not the Earth, was at the centre of the Solar
System.
(3) The sky appears blue when seen from the Moon.
(4) No solar eclipse is visible for an astronaut standing on the Moon.
8. A librarian is arranging a thirteen-volume encyclopedia on the shelf from left to right in the
following order of volume numbers : 8, 11, 5, 4, 9, 1, 7, 6, 10, 3, 12, 2. In this pattern, where
should the volume 13 be placed ?
(1) Leftmost (2) Rightmost
(3) Between 10 and 3 (4) Between 9 and 1
9. Nine-eleventh of the members of a parliamentary committee are men. Of the men, two-thirds are
from the Rajya Sabha. Further, 7/11 of the total committee members are from the Rajya Sabha.
What fraction of the total number are women from the Lok Sabha ?
(1) 1/11 (2) 6/11
(3) 2/11 (4) 3/11
10. When a farmer was asked as to how many animals he had, he replied that all but two were cows,
all but two were horses and all but two were pigs. How many animals did he have ?
(1) 3 (2) 6
(3) 8 (4) 12
11. The distribution of marks of students in a class is given by the following chart :
100
90
80
No. of Students
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10
Marks
If 3.30 marks is the passing score in a 10 mark question paper, which of the following is false ?
(1) Majority of the students have scored above the pass mark
(2) Mode of the distribution is 3
(3) Average marks of passing students is above 55%
(4) Average marks of students who have failed is below 20%
12. Mohan lent Geeta as much money as she already had. She then spent ` 10. Next day, he again
lent as much money as Geeta now had, and she spent ` 10 again. On the third day, Mohan again
lent as much money as Geeta now had, and she again spent ` 10. If Geeta was left with no
money at the end of the third day, how much money did she have initially ?
(1) ` 11.25 (2) ` 10
(3) ` 7.75 (4) ` 8.75
13. In a sequence of 24 positive integers, the product of any two consecutive integers is 24. If the
17th member of the sequence is 6, the 7th member is :
(1) 24 (2) 4
(3) 6 (4) 17
14. The prices of diamond having a particular colour and clarity are tabulated below :
Weight of Dimaond Price of Diamond
(in Carats) (in Rupees/Carat)
0.25 1 Lakh
0.5 2 Lakh
1 4 Lakh
2 8 Lakh
How many 0.25 carat diamonds can be purchased for the price of a 2 carat diamond ?
(1) 8 (2) 16
(3) 32 (4) 64
15. The university needs to appoint a new Vice Chancellor which will be based on seniority. Ms. West
is less senior to Mr. North but more senior to Ms. East. Mr. South is senior to Ms. West but junior
to Mr. North. If the senior-most declines the assignment then who will be the new Vice Chancellor
of the University ?
(1) Mr. North (2) Ms. East
(3) Ms. West (4) Mr. South
16. Areas of the three rectangles inside the full rectangle are given in the diagram.
8
12 4
What is the area of the full rectangle ?
(1) 36 (2) 48
(3) 72 (4) 96
17. Which should be the correct pattern in the empty square ?
(1) (2)
(3) (4)

18. How much gold and copper (in g), respectively, are required to make a 120 g bar of 22 carat
gold ?
(1) 90 and 30 (2) 100 and 20
(3) 110 and 10 (4) 120 and 0
19. A water tank that is 40% empty holds 40 L more water than when it is 40% full. How much water
does it hold when it is full ?
(1) 100 L (2) 75 L
(3) 120 L (4) 200 L
20. If all the angles of a triangle are prime numbers, which of the following could be one such angle ?
(1) 89º (2) 79º
(3) 59º (4) 29º
PART-B
 ˆ v  î  2ˆj  2kˆ and v  5iˆ  ˆj  k,

21. Consider the three vectors v1  2iˆ  3k, 2 3
ˆ where î, ˆj and k̂ are
the standard unit vectors in a three-dimensional Euclidean space. These vectors will be linearly
dependent if the value of  is
31 23
(1) (2)
4 4
27
(3) (4) 0
4

22. The Fourier transform 
dx f(x)eikx of the function f(x) = e–|x| is
2 1
(1)  (2) 
1  k2 2(1  k 2 )
2 2
(3) (4)
1  k2 (2  k 2 )
 / 2 1
23. The value of the integral 
 / 2
dx  dy (sin 2x) (x – y) is
1
1
(1) 0 (2)
2
1
(3) (4) 1
2
24. Consider the following ordinary differential equation

2
d2 x 1  dx  dx
2
    0
dt x  dt  dt
with the boundary conditions x (t = 0) = 0 and x (t = 1) = 1. The value of x(t) at t = 2 is
(1) e 1 (2) e2  1
(3) e 1 (4) e2  1

25. What is the value of  for which f(x, y) = 2x + 3(x2 – y2) + 2i(3xy + y) is an analytic function
of complex variable z = x + iy ?
(1) 1 (2) 0
(3) 3 (4) 2
26. A particle moves in the one-dimensional potential V(x) = x6, where  > 0 is a constant. If the
total energy of the particle is E, its time period in a periodic motion is proportional to
(1) E –1/3 (2) E –1/2
(3) E 1/3 (4) E 1/2
27. Which of the following figures best describes the trajectory of a particle moving in a repulsive
central potential V(r) = a/r (a > 0 is a constant) ?
y y
(1)
0 x (2) 0 x
y
y
0 x 0 x
(3) (4)
28. Two particles A and B move with relativistic velocities of equal magnitude v, but in opposite
directions, along the x-axis of an inertial frame of reference. The magnitude of the velocity of A,
as seen from the rest frame of B, is
 2   2 
(1) 2  1  2  (2) 2  1  2 
 c   c 
c 2
(3) 2 (4) 2 1 
c c2
1 2 1 4
29. A particle of mass m, kept in a potential V(x) = – kx + x (where k and  are positive
2 4
constants), undergoes small oscillations about an equilibrium point. The frequency of oscillations
is
1 2 1 k
(1) (2)
2 m 2 m
1 2k 1 
(3) (4)
2 m 2 m

30. Two point charges +2Q and –Q are kept at points with Cartesian coordinates (1, 0, 0) and (2,
0, 0), respectively, in front of an infinite grounded conducting plate at x = 0. The potential at (x,
0, 0) for x >> 1 depends on x as
(1) x–3 (2) x–5
(3) x–2 (4) x–4
31. The following configuration of three identical narrow slits are illuminated by monochromatic light
of wavelength  (as shown in the figure below). The intensity is measured at an angle  (where
2d
 is the angle with the incident beam) at a large distance from the slits. If  = sin, the

intensity is proportional to
d
x
0
2d
(1) 2 cos  + 2 cos 2
1
(2) 3 + sin2 3
2
(3) 3 + 2 cos  + 2 cos 2 + 2 cos 3
1
(4) 2 + sin2 3
2
32. The electric field of a plane wave in a conducting medium is given by

  z 
E  z,t   î E0 e  z / 3a cos   t  , where  is the angular frequency and a > 0 is a constant. The
 3a 
 
phase difference between the magnetic field B and the electric field E is
   
(1) 30° and E lags behind B (2) 30° and B lags behind E
   
(3) 60° and E lags behind B (4) 60° and B lags behind E
 
33. The electric field E and the magnetic field B corresponding to the scalar and vector potentials,
 1
V(x, y, z, t) = 0 and A(x, y, z, t)  kˆ 0 A 0 (ct  x), where A0 is a constant, are
2
  1  1  1
(1) E  0 and B  ˆj 0 A 0 (2) E   kˆ 0 A 0 c and B  ˆj 0 A 0
2 2 2
  1  1  1
(3) E  0 and B   î 0 A 0 (4) E  kˆ 0 A 0 c and B   î 0 A 0
2 2 2

34. A particle of mass m is confined in a three-dimensional box by the potential
0, 0  x, y, z  a,
V  x, y, z   
 otherwise
9 2 2
The number of eigen states of Hamiltonian with energy is
2ma2
(1) 1 (2) 6
(3) 3 (4) 4
1   
35. The Hamiltonian of a spin  particle in a magnetic field B is given by H = B, , where  is
2
 
a real constant and  = (x, y, z) are the Pauli spin matrices. If B = (B0, B0, 0) and the spin
state at time t = 0 is an eigen state of x, then of the expectation values x, y and Z.
(1) only x changes with time (2) only y changes with time
(3) only z changes with time (4) all three change with time
36. Two Stern-Gerlach apparatus S1 and S2 are kept in a line (x-axis). The directions of their magnetic
fields are along the positive z-and y-axes, respectively. Each apparatus only transmits particles
1
with spins aligned in the direction of its magnetic field. If an initially unpolarized beam of spin
2
particles passes through this configuration, the ratio of intensities I0:If of the initial and final beams,
is
I0 If
i j
(1) 16:1 (2) 2:1

(3) 4:1 (4) 1:0
37. A particle of mass m is constrained to move in a circular ring of radius R. When a perturbation
a
Vt = cos2  (where a is a real constant) is added, the shift in energy of the ground states,
R2
to first order in a, is
(1) a/R2 (2) 2a/R2
(3) a/(2R2) (4) a/(R2)
38. Which of the following statements concerning the coefficient of volume expansion  and the
isothermal compressibility  of a solid is true ?
(1)  and  are both intensive variables
(2)  is an intensive and  is an extensive variable
(3)  is an extensive and  is an intensive variable
(4)  and  both are extensive variables

 a 
39. The van der Waals equation for one mole of a gas is  p  2  (V – b) = RT. The corresponding
 V 
equation of state for n moles of this gas at pressure p, volume V and temperature T, is
 an2   a 
(1)  p   (V – nb) = nRT (2)  p  2  (V – nb) = nRT
 V2   V 
 an2   a 
(3)  p   (V – nb) = RT (4)  p  2  (V – nb) = RT
 V2   V 
40. The number of ways of distributing 11 indistinguishable bosons in 3 different energy levels is
(1) 311 (2) 113
(13)! (11)!
(3) (4)
2!(11)! 3!8!
41. In a system of N distinguishable particles, each particle can be in one of two states with energies
0 and –E, respectively. The mean energy of the system at temperature T is
(1)
1

 N 1  eE / kBT
2
 (2) 
NE 1  eE / kB T 
1
(3)  NE
2
(4) 
NE 1  e E / kB T 
42. In the following JK flip-flop circuit, J and K inputs are tied together to +VCC. If the input is a clock
signal of frequency f, the frequency of the output Q is
+V CC
J Q
Clock signal
K Q
(1) f (2) 2f
(3) 4f (4) f/2
43. Which of the following gates can be used as a parity checker ?

(1) an OR gate (2) a NOR gate
(3) an exclusive OR (XOR) gate (4) an AND gate
44. A sinusoidal signal with a peak voltage VP and average value zero, is an input to the following
circuit.
Vc
Output Output
voltage RL
t voltage
G
Assuming ideal diodes, the peak value of the output voltage across the load resistor RL, is
(1) VP (2) VP/2
(3) 2VP (4) 2VP

45. In the following circuit, the value of the common-emitter forward current amplification factor  for
the transistor is 100 and VBE is 0.7 V.
V CC 20.7V
R2
500k R1 5k
Ib Output
Input
Ik
The base current IB is

(1) 40 A (2) 30 A
(3) 44 A (4) 33 A
2
46. In the function Pn(x) e x of a real variable x, Pn(x) is a polynomial of degree n. The maximum
number of extrema that this function can have is
(1) n + 2 (2) n–1
(3) n + 1 (4) n
d2 y(x)
47. The Green’s function G(x, x’) for the equation + y(x) = f(x), with the boundary values y(0)
dx 2
n
= y   = 0, is
2
   
 x  x  2  , 0  x  x 
   2
(1) G  x, x   
  x    x , 0  x   x  
  2  2
 
  cos x sin x, 0  x  x  2
(2) G  x, x   
  sin x cos x, 0  x  x  
 2
 
cos x sin x, 0  x  x  2
(3) G  x, x   
sin x cos x, 0  x  x  
 2
   
 x  2  x  , 0  x  x 
   2
(4) G  x, x   

 x   x  , 0  x  x  
  2 
 2
1 1
48. The fractional error in estimating the integral  0
x dx using Simpson’s
3
rule, using a step size
0.1, is nearest to
(1) 10–4 (2) 0
(3) 10–2 (4) 3 × 10–4
49. Which of the following statements is true for a 3 × 3 real orthogonal matrix with determinant +1 ?
(1) the modulus of each of its eigen values need not be 1, but their product must be 1
(2) at least one of its eigen values is +1
(3) all of its eigen values must be real
(4) none of its eigen values need be real
k a(1  e2 )
50. A particle of mass m moves in a central potential V(r) = – in an elliptic orbit r() = ,
r 1  e cos 
where 0  < 2 and a and e denote the semi-major axis and eccentricity, respectively. If its total
k
energy is E = – , the maximum kinetic energy is
2a
(e  1)
(1) E(1 – e2) (2) E
(e  1)
(1  e)
(3) E/(1 – e2) (4) E
(1  e)
xp2 1
51. The Hamiltonian of a one-dimensional system is H =  kx, where m and k are positive
2m 2
constants. The corresponding Euler-Lagrange equation for the system is
(1)   k  0
mx (2)   2x  kx 2  0
mx
(3)   mx 2  kx 2  0
2mxx (4)   2mx 2  kx 2  0
mxx
52. An inertial frame K’ moves with a constant speed v with respect to another inertial frame K along
their common x-axis in the positive x-direction. Let (x, ct) and (x’, ct’) denote the space-time
coordinates in the frames K and K’, respectively. Which of the following space time diagrams
correctly describes the t’-axis (x’ = 0 line) and the x’-axis (t’ = 0 line) in the x-ct plane ? (In the
following figures tan  = /c.)
ct ct
ct’ ct’
 
x’
(1) (2)
 x 
x
x’
ct ct
ct’ ct’
x’ 

(3) (4)
  x
x
x’

53. The loop shown in the figure below carries a steady current I.
I
3a
a
O
The magnitude of the magnetic field at the point O is
0I 0I
(1) (2)
2a 6a
0I 0I
(3) (4)
4a 3a
54. In the region far from a source, the time dependent electric field at a point (r, , ) is
  sin     r 
E  r, ,    ˆ E0 2   cos    t   
 r    c 
where  is angular frequency of the source. The total power radiated (averaged over a cycle) is
2 E20 4 4 E02 4
(1) (2)
3 0 c 3 0 c
4 E20 4 2 E20 4
(3) (4)
3  0 c 3 0c
55. A hollow waveguide supports transverse electric (TE) modes with the dispersion relation k =
1
2  mn
2
, where mn is the mode frequency. The speed of flow electromagnetic energy at the
c
mode frequency is
(1) c (2) mn/k
(3) 0 (4) 
2 
56. The energy of a free relativistic particle is E = p c 2  m2c 4 , where m is its rest mass, p is
its momentum and c is the speed of light in vacuum. The ratio vg/vp of the group velocity vg of
a quantum mechanical wave packet (describing this particle) to the phase velocity vp is
 
(1) p c /E (2) p mc 3 / E2
2 
(3) p c 2 / E2 (4) p c / 2E
p2
57. The nth energy eigenvalue En of a one-dimensional Hamiltonian H = + x4 (where  > 0 is
2m
a constant) in the WKB approximation, is proportional to
4/3 4/3
 1  1
n  2   n  2  2 / 3
1/ 3
(1) (2)
   
5/3 5/3
 1  1
n  2   n  2  2 / 3
1/ 3
(3) (4)
   

d 
58. The differential scattering cross-section for the central potential V(r) = e–r, where  and
d r
 are positive constants, is calculated in the first Born approximation. Its dependence on the
scattering angle  is a proportional to (A is a constant below.)
1
 2 2   2 2 
(1)  A  sin 2  (2)  A  sin 
   2
2 2
 2 2   2 2 
(3)  A  sin  (4)  A  sin 
 2  2
59. At t = 0, the wave function of an otherwise free particle confined between two infinite walls at x
2 px 3x  mL2
= 0 and x = L is (x, t = 0) =  sin  sin  . Its wave function at a later time t =
L L L  4
is
2 x 3x  i / 6 2 x 3x   i / 6
(1)  sin  sin e (2)  sin  sin e
L L L  L L L 
2 x 3x   i /8 2 x 3x   i /8
(3)  sin  sin e (4)  sin  sin e
L L L  L L L 
60. The pressure P of a system of N particles contained in a volume V at a temperature T is given

1 1 3
by P = nkBT – an2 + bn , where n is the number density and a and b are temperature
2 6
independent constants. If the system exhibits a gas-liquid transition, the critical temperature is
a a
(1) bk B (2) 2b2k B
a2 a2
(3) (4)
2bk B b 2k B
61. Consider a particle diffusing in a liquid contained in a large box. The diffusion constant of the
particle in the liquid is 1.0 × 10–2 cm2/s. The minimum time after which the root-mean-squared
displacement becomes more than 6 cm is
(1) 10 min (2) 6 min
(3) 30 min (4) 6 min
62. A thermally insulated chamber of dimensions (L, L, 2L) is partitioned in the middle. One side of
the chamber is filled with n moles of an ideal gas at a pressure P and temperature T, while the
other side is empty. At t = 0, the partition is removed and the gas is allowed to expand freely. The
time to reach equilibrium varies as
L P, T
2L
(1) n1/3L –1T 1/2 (2) n2/3 LT–1/2
(3) n0LT –1/2 (4) nL–1T 1/2
63. The maximum intensity of solar radiation is at the wavelength of sun ~ 5000 Å and corresponds
to its surface temperature Tsun ~ 104 K. If the wavelength of the maximum intensity of an X-ray
star is 5Å, its surface temperature is of the order of
(1) 1016 K (2) 1014 K
(3) 1010 K (4) 107 K
64. The full scale of a 3-bit digital-to-analog (DAC) converter is 7 V. Which of the following tables
represents the output voltage of this 3-bit DAC for the given set of input bits ?
Input bits Output Voltage Input bits Output Voltage

000 0 000 0
001 1 001 1.25
(1) 010 2 (2) 010 2.5
011 3 011 3.75
Input bits Output Voltage Input bits Output Voltage

000 1.25 000 1
001 2.5 001 2
(3) 010 3.75 (4) 010 3
011 5 011 4
65. The input Vi to the following circuit is a square wave as shown in the following figure.
Vi T/2 t
Vi C R
(0,0) t – V0
Which of the waveforms V0 best describes the output ?

V0 V0
T/2 T
(0,0) (0,0) T
(1) t (2) T/2 t
V0 V0 T
T/2 T T/2
(0,0) (0,0)
(3) t (4) t
66. Two signals A1 sin(t) and A2 cos(t) are fed into the input and the reference channels, respectively,
of a lock-in amplifier. The amplitude of each signal is 1 V. The time constant of the lock-in
amplifier is such that any signal of frequency larger than  is filtered out. The output of the lock-
in amplifier is
(1) 2V (2) 1V
(3) 0.5 V (4) 0V

67. A photon of energy 115.62 keV ionizes a K-shell electron of a Be atom. One L-shell electron
jumps to the K-shell to fill this vacancy and emits a photon of energy 109.2 keV in the process.
If the ionization potential for the L-shell is 6.4 keV, the kinetic energy of the ionized electron is
(1) 6.42 keV (2) 12.82 keV
(3) 20 eV (4) 32 eV
68. The value of the Lande g-factor for a fine-structure level defined by the quantum numbers L = 1,
J = 2 and S = 1, is
(1) 11/6 (2) 4/3
(3) 8/3 (4) 3/2
69. The electronic energy level diagram of a molecule is shown in the following figure.
2
23
21 3
34 Laser light
4
41
1
Let ij denote the decay rate for a transition from the level i to j. The molecules are optically
pumped from level 1 to 2. For the transition from level 3 to level 4 to be a lasing transition, the
decay rates have to satisfy
(1) 21 > 23 > 41 > 34 (2) 21 > 41 > 23 > 34
(3) 41 > 23 > 21 > 34 (4) 41 > 21 > 34 > 23
70. Sodium Chloride (NaCl) crystal is a face-centered cubic lattice, with a basis consisting of Na+ and
Cl– ions separated by half the body diagonal of a unit cube. Which of the planes corresponding
to the Miller indices given below will not give rise to Bragg reflection of X-rays ?
(1) (2 2 0) (2) (2 4 2)
(3) (2 2 1) (4) (3 1 1)
71. The dispersion relation for the electrons in the conduction band of a semiconductor is given by
E = E0 + k2, where  and E0 are constants. If C is the cyclotron resonance frequency of the
conduction band electrons in a magnetic field B, the value of  is
 2 C 2 2 C
(1) (2)
4eB eB
 2 C  2 C
(3) (4)
eB 2eB
72. Hard discs of radius R are arranged in a two-dimensional triangular lattice. What is the fractional
area occupied by the discs in the closest possible packing ?
 3 
(1) (2)
6 3 2
 2 2
(3) (4)
5 7
73. Which of the following elementary particle processes does not conserve strangeness ?
(1) 0 + p  K+ + 0 (2) – + p  K0 + 0
(3) 0  0 + n (4) K0  + + –
74. A deuteron d captures a charged pion – in the l = 1 state, and subsequently decays into a pair
of neutrons (n) via strong interaction. Given that the intrinsic parities of –, d and n are –1, +1
and +1 respectively, the spin-wave function of the final state neutrons is a
(1) linear combination of a single and a triplet
(2) singlet
(3) triplet
(4) doublet
75. The reaction 63Cu29 + p  63Zn30 + n is followed by a prompt -decay of zinc 63Zn30  63Cu29 +
e+ + ve. If the maximum energy of the positron is 2.4 MeV, the Q-value of the original reaction in
MeV is nearest to
[Take the masses of electron, proton and neutron to be 0.5 MeV/c2, 938 MeV/c2 and 939.5 MeV/
c2, respectively.]
(1) – 4.4 (2) – 2.4
(3) – 4.8 (4) – 3.4
ANSWER KEY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
4 4 3 4 1 3 2 3 1 1
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
4 4 3 4 4 2 3 3 4 1
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
1 3 2 3 1 1 3 2 3 1
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
3 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 3
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
4 4 3 3 4 3 2 2 2 2
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
3 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 3
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
1 3 4 1 2 4 3 4 3 3
71 72 73 74 75
4 1 4 2 1

CSIR NET PH PSP-2017 DEC
CSIR-UGC (NET) Physical Sciences

Previous Year Solved Paper (Booklet Code - A)
Duration : 180 Minutes Maximum Marks : 200
Part ‘A’ : This part contains twenty (20) objective type questions.The candidates shall be required
to answer any 15 questions.Each question shall be of two marks. The total marks allocated
Part ‘B’ : This part contains twenty-fifty (25) objective type questions. The candidate shall be required
to answer any 20 questions. Each question shall be of 3.5 marks.The total marks allocated
answer any 20 questions. Each question shall be of five marks.The total marks allocated
» There will be negative marking for all PART @ 25% marks for each wrong answer.

PART - 'A'
1. In a group of students, 30% play only cricket, 20% play only football and 10% play only basketball.
20% of the students play both football and cricket, 15% play both basketball and cricket, 10% play
both football and basketball. 15 students play no games, while 5% of the students play all three
games. What is the total number of students ?
(1) 300 (2) 250
(3) 350 (4) 400
2. Five persons A, B, C, D, and E are sitting in a row with C in the middle of the group. If D is at
an extreme end and there are at least two persons between B and E, then which of the following
statements is incorrect ?
(1) E can be on extreme left (2) E can be on extreme right
(3) A cannot be on extreme left (4) A is always a neighbour of B or D
3. A sphere G of radius b is fixed mid-air and several spheres identical to the first one are shot at
it with their velocities parallel to each other. If the shot spheres fall within an imaginary cylinder
of radius a (b << a) then the fraction of spheres that will hit G is
(1) 2b/a (2) 4b2/a2
(3) (a – b)/(a + b) (4) 8b3/a3
4. The distance from Nehrunagar to Gandhinagar is 27 km. A and B start walking from Nehrunagar
towards Gandhinagar at speeds of 5 km/hr and 7 km/hr, respectively. B reaches Gandhinagar,
returns immediately, and meets A at Indiranagar. What is the distance between Nehrunagar and
Indiranagar ? (Assume all three cities to be in one straight line)
(1) 12.5 km (2) 22.5 km
(3) 4.5 km (4) 13.5 km
5. A leaf appears green in daylight. If this leaf were observed in red light, what colour would it appear
to have ?
(1) green (2) black-brown
(3) red (4) blue
6. Approximately how much blood flows per day through a normal human heart beating 70 times
per minute, having a relaxed volume of 110 cc and compressed volume of 70 cc ?
(1) 7150 litres (2) 4000 litres
(3) 28000 litres (4) 11100 litres
7. The molar fraction of hydrochloric acid in an extremely dilute aqueous solution is doubled.
The pH of the resulting solution is
(1) approximately doubled (2) approximately halved
(3) increased (4) reduced

8.
won
B
lost
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150

Number of seats
The bar chart above shows number of seats won by four political parties A, B, C and D. Which
party won the largest proportion of seats it contested ?
(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) D
9. Find the missing number.
17 15 13 12
8 5
25 24 41 40
7 ?
(1) 4 (2) 9
(3) 3 (4) 6
10. When Ramesh was at the age of 8 years, he hammered a nail into a large tree to mark his height.
If the tree grows 2 cm/year, how much higher would the nail be after 5 years ?
(1) 5 cm higher (2) 0 cm higher
(3) 10 cm higher (4) 8 cm higher
11. Find the next pattern in the following sequence :
(1) (2)
(3) (4)

12. For which of the following numbers is its positive square root closest to the number itself ?
(1) 0.33 (2) 0.99
(3) 0.89 (4) 0.10
13. There are two gas parcels of equal volume, A and B at the same temperature and pressure.
Parcel A is one mole of water vapour, while parcel B is one mole of dry air. Which of the following
is TRUE ?
(1) Parcel A is heavier than Parcel B
(2) Parcel B is heavier than Parcel A
(3) Both parcels are equally heavy
(4) Without temperature and pressure data, their relative masses cannot be determined
14. Which one of the following graphs represents f(x) = sin x cos x ?
1 0.5
0.5
0 0
(1) -0.5 (2)
-1 -0.5
0 /2  3/2 2 0 /2  3/2 2
1 0.5
0.5
0 0
(3) -0.5
(4)
-1 -0.5
0 /2  3/2 2 0 /2  3/2 2
15. The number of three English letter words, having at least one consonant, but not having two
consecutive consonants, is
(1) 2205 (2) 3780
(3) 2730 (4) 3360
16. A buys n copies of a book at 20% discount. B gets the same book at 30% discount. What is the
minimum value of n for which B can buy one extra copy of the book, spending the same amount
as A ?
(1) 7
(2) 8
(3) 6
(4) This problem cannot be solved unless the marked price of the book is known.
17. A bird flies along the three sides of a field in the shape of an equilateral triangle at speeds of 2,
4, 8 km/hr, respectively. The average speed of the bird is
24 14
(1) km / hr (2) km / hr
7 3
22
(3) km / hr (4) 4 km/hr
7
18. The average staff salary of a company is ` 8000/-. A new guard and a new manager are recruited
with salaries of ` 5000/- and ` 20000/-, respectively. What is the current staff strength if the new
average salary is ` 4000/- more than that of the guard ?
(1) 7 (2) 9
(3) 10 (4) 11
19. A 100 m long fence is to be made by fixing a wire mesh on steel poles. Each pole has a 1 m
vertical portion and a 1 m portion tilted at 45° to the vertical. What will be the area of wire mesh
required ?
(1) 200 m2 (2) 241.4 m2
(3) 400 m2 (4) 170.7 m2
20. DRQP is a small square of side a in the corner of a big square ABCD of side A.
R
D C
P Q
A B
What is the ratio of the area of the quadrilateral PBRQ to that of the square ABCD, given A/a =
3?
(1) 2/9 (2) 1/6
(3) 1/3 (4) 2/7
PART - 'B'
dy
21. Consider the differential equation + ay = e–bt with the initial condition y(0) = 0. Then the
dt
Laplace transform Y(s) of the solution y(t) is
1 1
(1) (2)
(s  a)(s  b) b(s  a)
1 e a  e b
(3) (4)
a(s  b) ba
22. Consider the matrix equation
 1 1 1  x 0
    
 1 2 3  y  0
 2 b 2c   z   0 
    

The condition for existence of a non-trivial solution, and the corresponding normalised solution
(upto a sign) is
1
(1) b = 2c and (x, y, z) = (1, –2, 1)
6
1
(2) c = 2b and (x, y, z) = (1, 1, –2)
6
1
(3) c = b + 1 and (x, y, z) = (2, –1, –1)
6
1
(4) b = c + 1 and (x, y, z) = (1, –2, 1)
6
23. Consider the real function

f(x) = 1/(x2 + 4). The Taylor expansion of f(x) about x = 0 converges
(1) for all values of x (2) for all values of x except x = ±2
(3) in the region –2 < x < 2 (4) for x > 2 and x < –2
 
24. Let A be a non-singular 3 × 3 matrix, the columns of which are denoted by the vectors a, b and
   
c , respectively. Similarly, u, v and w denote the vectors that form the corresponding columns
of (AT)–1.
Which of the following is true ?
           
(1) u·a  0, u·b  0, u·c  1 (2) u·a  0, u·b  1, u·c  0
           
(3) u·a  1, u·b  0, u·c  0 (4) u·a  0, u·b  0, u·c  0
25. The number of linearly independent power series solutions, around x = 0, of the second order
d2 y dy
linear differential equation x 2 + + xy = 0, is
dx dx
(1) 0 (this equation does not have a power series solution)
(2) 1
(3) 2
(4) 3
26. A disc of mass m is free to rotate in a plane parallel to the xy plane with an angular velocity ẑ
about a massless rigid rod suspended from the roof of a stationary car (as shown in the figure
below). The rod is free to orient itself along any direction.

The car accelerates in the positive x-direction with an acceleration a > 0. Which of the following
statements is true for the coordinates of the centre of mass of the disc in the reference frame
of the car ?
(1) only the x and the z coordinates change
(2) only the y and the z coordinates change
(3) only the x and the y coordinates change
(4) all the three coordinates change
27. A cyclist, weighing a total of 80 kg with the bicycle, pedals at a speed of 10 m/s. She stops
pedaling at an instant which is taken to be t = 0. Due to the velocity dependent frictional force,
 t 
her velocity is found to vary as v(t) = 10/  1  m/s, where t is measured in seconds. When
 30 
the velocity drops to 8 m/s, she starts pedaling again to maintain a constant speed. The energy
expended by her in 1 minute at this (new) speed, is
(1) 4 kJ (2) 8 kJ
(3) 16 kJ (4) 32 kJ
28. A light signal travels from a point A to a point B, both within a glass slab that is moving with
uniform velocity (in the same direction as the light) with speed 0.3c with respect to an external
observer. If the refractive index of the slab is 1.5, then the observer will measure the speed of
the signal as
(1) 0.67c (2) 0.81c
(3) 0.97c (4) c
29. A monoatomic gas of volume V is in equilibrium in a uniform vertical cylinder, the lower end of
which is closed by a rigid wall and the other by a frictionless piston. The piston is pressed lightly
and released. Assume that the gas is a poor conductor of heat and the cylinder and piston are
perfectly insulating. If the cross-sectional area of the cylinder is A, the angular frequency of small
oscillations of the piston about the point of equilibrium, is
(1) 5gA /(3V) (2) 4gA /(3V)
5
(3) gA / V (4) 7gA /(5V)
3
1
30. The normalized wavefunction of a particle in three dimensions is given by (r, , ) =
8a3
e–r/2a, where a > 0 is a constant. The ratio of the most probable distance from the origin to the
mean distance from the origin, is.
 You may use  dx x n e  x  n! .

 0 
(1) 1/3 (2) 1/2
(3) 3/2 (4) 2/3

31. The state vector of a one-dimensional simple harmonic oscillator of angular frequency , at time
1
t = 0, is given by |(0) = [|0 + |2], where |0 and |2 are the normalized ground state and
2
the second excited state, respectively. The minimum time t after which the state vector |(t) is
orthogonal to |(0), is
(1) /2 (2) 2/
(3) / (4) 4/
32. The normalized wavefunction in the momentum space of a particle in one dimension is (p) =

, where  and  are real constants. The uncertainty x in measuring its position is
p  2
2
 
(1)  2 (2)  3
 
  
(3) (4)
2  
33. Let x denote the position operator and p the canonically conjugate momentum operator of a
 1 2 1 
particle. The commutator  p  x 2 , p2  x 2  , where  and  are constants, is zero if
 2m m 
(1) =  (2)  = 2
(3)  = 2 (4) 2 = 
34. Two point charges +3Q and –Q are placed at (0, 0, d) and (0, 0, 2d) respectively, above an infinite
grounded conducting sheet kept in the xy plane. At a point (0, 0, z), where z >> d, the electrostatic
potential of this charge configuration would approximately be
1 d2 1 2d
(1) Q (2) Q
4 0 z3 4 0 z 2
1 3d 1 d
(3) Q (4)  Q
4 0 z 2 4 0 z3
35. A rectangular piece of dielectric material is inserted partially into the (air) gap between the plates
of a parallel plate capacitor. The dielectric piece will
(1) remain stationary where it is placed.
(2) be pushed out from the gap between the plates.
(3) be drawn inside the gap between the plates and its velocity does not change sign.
(4) execute an oscillatory motion in the region between the plates.
36. An electromagnetic wave is travelling in free space (of permittivity 0) with electric field

ˆ cos q(x  ct).
E  kE 0
The average power (per unit area) crossing planes parallel to 4x + 3y = 0 will be
4
(1) 0 c E02 (2) 0c E02
5
1 16
(3) 0 c E02 (4) 0c E02
2 25
37. A plane electromagnetic wave from within a dielectric medium (with  = 40 and  = 0) is

incident on its boundary with air, at z = 0. The magnetic field in the medium is H  ˆjH0 cos(t
– kx – k 3z) , where  and k are positive constants.
The angles of reflection and refraction are, respectively,
(1) 45° and 60° (2) 30° and 90°
(3) 30° and 60° (4) 60º and 90°
1 
38. The dispersion relation of a gas of spin- fermions in two dimensions is E = v k , where E is
2

the energy, k is the wave vector and v is a constant with the dimension of velocity. If the Fermi
energy at zero temperature is F, the number of particles per unit area is
(1) F/(4v) (2) F3 /(62 v 3 2 )
(3)  F3/2 /(3v 3 3 ) (4) F2 /(2v 2 2 )
39. The relation between the internal energy U, entropy S, temperature T, pressure p, volume V,
chemical potential  and number of particles N of a thermodynamic system is dU = TdS – pdV
+ dN that U is an exact differential implies that
p T U U
(1)   (2) p S
S V T S,N V S,
V,N S,N
U 1 U p T
(3) p  (4) 
T S,N T V S, S V,N V S,N
40. The number of microstates of a gas of N particles in a volume V and of internal energy U, is give
by
3N / 2
 aU 
(U, V,N)  (V  Nb)   ,N
 N 
(where a and b are positive constants). Its pressure P, volume V and temperature T, are related
by
 aN   aN 
(1)  P  V   V  Nb   Nk B T (2)  P  2   V  Nb   Nk B T
   V 
(3) PV = NkBT (4) P(V – Nb) = NkBT
41. Consider a system of identical atoms in equilibrium with blackbody radiation in a cavity at
temperature T. The equilibrium probabilities for each atom being in the ground state |0 and an
excited state |1 are P0 and P1, respectively. Let n be the average number of photon in a mode
in the cavity that causes transition between the two states. Let W 01 and W 10 denote, respectively,
the square of the matrix elements corresponding to the atomic transitions |0 |1 and |1 
|0. Which of the following equations hold in equilibrium ?
(1) P0nW 01 = P1 W 10 (2) P0W 01 = P1nW 10
(3) P0nW 01 = P1W 10 – P1nW 10 (4) P0nW 01 = P1W 10 + P1nW 10

42. In the circuit below the voltages VBB and VCC are kept fixed, the voltage measured at B is a
constant, but that measured at A fluctuates between a few V to a few mV.
From these measurements it may be inferred that the

(1) base is open internally (2) emitter is open internally
(3) collector resistor is open (4) base resistor is open
43. The full scale voltage of an n-bit Digital-to-Analog Converter is V. The resolution that can be
achieved in it is
(1) V/(2n – 1) (2) V/(2n + 1)
(3) V/22n (4) V/n
44. The spring constant k, of a spring of mass ms, is determined experimentally by loading the spring
with mass M and recording the time spring with mass M and recording the time period T, for a
single oscillation. If the experiment is carried out for different masses, then the graph that correctly
represents the result is
(1) (2)
(3) (4)
45. A Zener diode with an operating voltage of 10 V at 25°C has a positive temperature coefficient
of 0.07% per °C of the operating voltage. The operating voltage of this Zener diode at 125°C is
(1) 12.0 V (2) 11.7 V
(3) 10.7 V (4) 9.3 V

PART - 'C'
46. Consider an element U() of the group SU(2), where  is any one of the parameters of the group.
Under an infinitesimal change    + , it changes as U()  U() + U() = (1 + X())
U(). To order , the matrix X() should always be
(1) positive definite (2) real symmetric
(3) Hermitian (4) anti-hermitian
dy(x)
47. The differential equation = x2, with the initial condition y(0) = 0, is solved using Euler's
dx
method. If yE(x) is the exact solution and yN(x) the numerical solution obtained using n steps of
(yN (x)  yE (x))

equal length, then the relative error is proportional to
yE (x)
(1) 1/n2 (2) 1/n3

(3) 1/n4 (4) 1/n
1
48. The interval [0, 1] is divided into n parts of equal length to calculate the integral 0
ei2 x dx using
the trapezoidal rule. The minimum value of n for which the result is exact, is
(1) 2 (2) 3
(3) 4 (4) 
49. The generating function G(t, x) for the Legendre polynomials Pn(x) is

1
G(t, x)    x nPn (t), for | x |  1.
1  2xt  x 2 n0
x
If the function f(x) is defined by the integral equation  0
f(x )dx  = xG(1, x), it can be expressed
as
 
 1
(1) 
n,m  0
xnmPn (1)Pm  
2
(2) 
n,m  0
xnmPn (1)Pm (1)
 
(3) 
n,m  0
xnmPn (1)Pm (1) (4) 
n,m  0
x nmPn (0)Pm (1)

50. A particle moves in one dimension in a potential V(x) = –k2x4 + w2x2 where k and  are constants.
Which of the following curves best describes the trajectories of this system in phase space ?
(1) (2)
(3) (4)
51. Let (x, p) be the generalized coordinate and momentum of a Hamiltonian system. If new variables
(X, P) are defined by X = x sinh(p) and P = x cosh(p), where ,  and  are constants, then
the conditions for it to be a canonical transformation, are
1 1
(1) = ( + 1) and  = ( – 1)
2 2
1 1
(2)  = ( + 1) and  = ( – 1)
2 2
1 1
(3) = ( – 1) and  = ( + 1)
2 2
1 1
(4)  = ( – 1) and  = ( + 1)
2 2
52. Consider a set of particles which interact by a pair potential V = ar6, where r is the inter-particle
separation and a > 0 is a constant. If a system of such particles has reached virial equilibrium,
the ratio of the kinetic to the total energy of the system is
(1) 1/2 (2) 1/3
(3) 3/4 (4) 2/3


53. In an inertial frame S, the magnetic vector potential in a region of space is given by A  az î
(where a is a constant) and the scalar potential is zero. The electric and magnetic fields seen
by an inertial observer moving with a velocity v î with respect to S, are, respectively [In the
1
following  = .]
1  v2 / c2
(1) 0 and ajˆ (2) akˆ and a î
(3) akˆ and vajˆ (4) akˆ and ajˆ
54. In the rest frame S1 of a point particle with electric charge q1, another point particle with electric
charge q2 moves with a speed v parallel to the x-axis at a perpendicular distance l. The magnitude
of the electromagnetic force felt by q1 due to q2 when the distance between them is minimum,
is
1
[In the following  = ]
1  v2 / c2
1 q1q2 1 q1q2
(1) 4 0 l 2 (2) 4 0 l 2
1  q1q2  v2  1 q1q2  v2 
(3)  1   (4)  1  
4 0 l 2 4 0  l
2
 c2   c2 
55. A circular current carrying loop of radius a carries a steady current. A constant electric charge
 
is kept at the centre of the loop. The electric and magnetic fields, E and B respectively, at a
distance d vertically above the centre of the loop satisfy
  
(1) EB (2) E0
     
(3) (E · B)  0 (4)  ·(E  B)  0
56. A phase shift of 30° is observed when a beam of particles of energy 0.1 MeV is scattered by a
target. When the beam energy is changed, the observed phase shift is 60°. Assuming that only
s-wave scattering is relevant and that the cross-section does not change with energy, the beam
energy is
(1) 0.4 MeV (2) 0.3 MeV
(3) 0.2 MeV (4) 0.15 MeV
1  1 1
57. The Hamiltonian of a two-level quantum system is H =    . A possible initial state in
2  1 1
which the probability of the system being in that quantum state does not change with time, is
   
 cos 4   cos 8 
   
(1)  sin   (2)  sin  
   
 4  8
   
 cos 2   cos 6 
   
(3)  sin   (4)  sin  
   
 2  6
58. Consider a one-dimensional infinite square well

0 for 0  x  a,
V(x)  
  otherwise
If a perturbation
 V for 0  x  a / 3,
V(x)   0
 0 otherwise
is applied, then the correction to the energy of the first excited state, to first order in V, is nearest
to
(1) V0 (2) 0.16 V0
(3) 0.2 V0 (4) 0.33 V0
59. The energy eigenvalues En of a quantum system in the potential V = cx6 (where c > 0 is a
constant), for large values of the quantum number n, varies as
(1) n 4/3 (2) n 3/2
(3) n 5/4 (4) n 6/5
60. Consider a quantum system of non-interacting bosons in contact with a particle bath. The probability
of finding no particle in a given single particle quantum state is 10–6. The average number
particles in that state is of the order of
(1) 103 (2) 106
(3) 109 (4) 1012
61. A closed system having three non-degenerate energy level with energies E = 0, ±, is at
temperature T. For  = 2kBT, the probability of finding the system in the state with energy E =
0, is
(1) 1/(1 + 2 cosh 2) (2) 1/(2 cosh 2)
1
(3) cosh 2 (4) 1/cosh 2
2
62. Two non-degenerate energy levels with energies 0 and  are occupied by N non-interacting
particles at a temperature T. Using classical statistics, the average internal energy of the system
is
(1) N  /(1  e/ kB T ) (2) N  /(1  e/ kBT )
3
(3) N  e/ kB T (4) Nk B T
2
63. In the circuit below, D1 and D2 are two silicon diodes with the same characteristics. If the forward
voltage drop of a silicon diode is 0.7 V, then the value of the correct I1 + ID1 is
I1
1k Id1 ID2
10V D1 D2
0.7 V0
(1) 18.6 mA (2) 9.3 mA

(3) 13.95 mA (4) 14.65 mA
64. The circuit below comprises of D-flip flops. The output is taken from Q3, Q2, Q1 and Q0, as shown
in the figure.
The binary number given by the string Q3Q2Q1Q0 changes for every clock pulse that is applied
to the CLK input. If the output is initialized at 0000, then the corresponding sequence of decimal
numbers that repeats itself, is
(1) 3, 2, 1, 0 (2) 1, 3, 7, 14, 12, 8
(3) 1, 3, 7, 15, 12, 14, 0 (4) 1, 3, 7, 15, 14, 12, 8, 0
2 M  b
65. Two physical quantities T and M are related by the equation T = , where a and b are
a 2
constant parameters. The variation of T as a function of M was recorded in an experiment to
determine the value of a graphically. Let m be the slope of the straight line when T2 is plotted as
M, and m be the uncertainty in determining it. The uncertainty in determining a is
a  m   m 
a
2  m  
(1) (2)
 m 
b  m  2  m 
2a  m  a  m 
(3) (4)
66. The sensitivity of a hot cathode pressure gauge is 10 mbar–1. If the ratio between the numbers
of the impinging charged particles to emitted electrons is 1:10, then the pressure is
(1) 10 mbar (2) 10–1 mbar
(3) 10–2 mbar (4) 102 mbar
67. The Zeeman shift of the energy of a state with quantum numbers L, S, J and mj is
m J B B
HZ 
J(J  1)
 L·J  gS S·J 
where B is the applied magnetic field, gS is the g-factor for the spin and B/h = 1.4 MHz-G–1, where
h is the Planck constant. The approximate frequency shift of the S = 0, L = 1 and mJ = 1 state,
at a magnetic field of 1 G, is
(1) 10 MHz (2) 1.4 MHz
(3) 5 MHz (4) 2.8 MHz

68. The separations between the adjacent levels of a normal multiplet are found to be 22 cm–1 and
33 cm–1. Assume that the multiplet is described well by the L-S coupling scheme and the Lande's
interval rule, namely E(J) – E(J – 1) = AJ, where A is a constant. The term notations for this
multiplet is
3 3
(1) P 0,1,2 (2) F 2,3,4
3 3
(3) G 3,4,5 (4) D 1,2,3
69. If the fine structure splitting between the 2 2P3/2 and 2 2P1/2 levels in the hydrogen atom is 0.4
cm–1, the corresponding splitting in Li2+ will approximately be
(1) 1.2 cm–1 (2) 10.8 cm–1
(3) 32.4 cm–1 (4) 36.8 cm–1
70. A crystal of MnO has NaCl structure. It has a paramagnetic to anti-ferromagnetic transition at
120K. Below 120 K, the spins within a single [111] plane are parallel but the spins in adjacent [111]
planes are anti-parallel. If neutron scattering is used to determine the lattice constants, respectively,
d and d', below and above the transition temperature of MnO then
(1) d = d'/2 (2) d = d / 2
(3) d = 2d' (4) d = 2d
71. A metallic nanowire of length l is approximated as a one-dimensional lattice of N atoms with

lattice spacing a. If the dispersion of electrons in the lattice is give as E(k) = E0 – 2t cos ka, where
E0 and t are constants, then the density of states inside the nanowire depends on E as
2
t2  E  E0 
(1) N3 (2)  2t   1
E  E0  
E  E0 N
(3) N3 (4)
t2 (2t)  (E  E0 )2
2
72. Consider a two-dimensional material of length l and width w subjected to a constant magnetic
field B applied perpendicular to it. The number of charge carriers per unit area may be expressed
as n = k|q|B/(2), where k is a positive real number and q is the carrier charge. Then the Hall
resistivity xy is
2k  2 w
(1) (2)
q2 w kq2 l
2 2 k
(3) (4)
kq2 q2
57
73. The spin-parity assignments for the ground and first excited states of the isotope 28 Ni , in the
single particle shell model, are
(1) (1/2)– and (3/2)– (2) (5/2)+ and (7/2)+
(3) (3/2)+ and (5/2)+ (4) (3/2)– and (5/2)–

238
74. The first excited state of the rotational spectrum of the nucleus 92 U has an energy 45 keV above
the ground state. The energy of the second excited state (in keV) is
(1) 150 (2) 120
(3) 90 (4) 60
75. Which of the following processes is not allowed by the strong interaction but is allowed by the
weak interaction ?
(1) K0 + 0  K 0 + + + – (2) p + n  d + p + p
(3) + + K0  p + n (4) p + +  n + ++
ANSWER KEY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 4 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 2
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
3 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
1 4 3 3 2 4 2 2 1 4
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
1 3 2 2 4 * 2 4 1 4
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
4 4 1 1 3 4 4 1 2 2
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
* 3 4 2 4 2 2 * 2 2
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
1 1 3 4 1 3 2 4 3 3
71 72 73 74 75
4 3 4 1 1

CSIR NET PH PSP-2017 JUNE

Previous Year Solved Paper (Booklet - A)
to answer any 15 questions.Each question shall be of two marks. The total marks
required to answer any 20 questions. Each question shall be of 3.5 marks.The total
answer any 20 questions. Each question shall be of 5 marks.The total marks allocated

PART - ‘A’
1. An ant starts at the origin and moves along the y-axis and covers a distance l. This is its first
stage in its journey. Every subsequent stage requires the ant to turn right and move a distance
which is half of its previous stage. What would be its coordinates at the end of its 5th stage ?
 3l 13l   13l 3l 
(1)  8 , 16  (2)  16 , 8 
   
 13l 3l   13l 13l 
(3)  8 , 16  (4)  16 , 8 
   
2. In a group of siblings there are seven sisters, and each sister has one brother. How many siblings
are there in total ?
(1) 15 (2) 14
(3) 8 (4) 7
3. What is the average value of y for the range of x shown in the following plot ?
y
2
–1 0 1
x
(1) 0 (2) 1
(3) 1.5 (4) 2
4. A bread contains 40% (by volume) edible matter and the remaining space is filled with air. If the
density of edible matter is 2 g/cc, what will be the bulk density of the bread (in g/cc) ?
(1) 0.4 (2) 0.8
(3) 1.2 (4) 1.6
5. A board has 8 rows and 8 columns. A move is defined as two steps along a column followed by
one step along a row or vice-versa. What is the minimum number of moves needed to go from
one corner to the diagonally opposite corner ?
(1) 5 (2) 6
(3) 7 (4) 9
6. A job interview is taking place with 21 male and 17 female candidates. Candidates are called
randomly. What is the minimum number of candidates to be called to ensure that at least two
males or two females have been interviewed ?
(1) 17 (2) 2
(3) 3 (4) 21

7.
Cumulative frequency % 100
(Research Scholars) 80
60
40
20
0 2 4 6 8 10
Number of papers
published
The graph shows cumulative frequency % of research scholars and the number of papers
published by them. What of the following statements is true ?
(1) Majority of the scholars published more than 4 papers.
(2) 60% of the scholars published at least 2 papers.
(3) 80% of the scholars published at least 6 papers.
(4) 30% of the scholars have not published any paper.
8. A tells only lies on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and speaks only the truth for the rest of the
week. B tells only lies on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and speaks only the truth for the rest
of the week. If today both of them state that they have lied yesterday, what day is it today ?
(1) Monday (2) Thursday
(3) Sunday (4) Tuesday
9. A fair die was thrown three times and the outcome was repeatedly six. If the die is thrown again
what is the probability of getting six ?
(1) 1/6 (2) 1/216
(3) 1/1296 (4) 1
10. Which is the odd one out based on a divisibility test ?

154, 286, 363, 474, 572, 682
(1) 474 (2) 572
(3) 682 (4) 154
11. My birthday is in January. What would be a sufficient number of questions with ‘Yes/No’ answers
that will enable one to find my birth date ?
(1) 6 (2) 3
(3) 5 (4) 2

12. A square is drawn with one of its sides as the hypotenuse of a right angled triangle as shown
in the figure. What is the area of the shaded circle ?
3 cm
4 cm
25  25 
(1) cm2 (2) cm2
1 2
25  25 
(3) cm2 (4) cm2
3 4
13. What should be added to the product of the two numbers 983713 and 983719 to make it a perfect
square ?
(1) 9 (2) 13
(3) 19 (4) 27
14. In ABC, AB = AC and BAC = 90°; EF ||AB and DF|| AC.

The total area of the shaded region is
B F C
(1) AF2/2 (2) AF2
(3) BC2/2 (4) BC 2
15. Consider a circle of radius r. Fit the largest possible square inside it and the largest possible
circle inside the square. What is the radius of the innermost circle ?
(1) r/ 2 (2) r / 2
r
(3) (4) r/2
2 2
16. In how many ways can you place N coins on a board with N rows and N columns such that every
row and every column contains exactly one coin ?
(1) N (2) N(N – 1)(N – 2) ... 2 × 1
2
(3) N (4) NN

17. Two identical wheels B and C move on the periphery of circle A. Both start at the same point on
A and return to it, B moving inside A and C outside it. Which is the correct statement ?
A C
B
(1) B wears out  times C. (2) C wears out  times B.

(3) B and C wear out about equally. (4) C wears out two times B.
18. Which of the following is the odd one out ?

(1) Isosceles triangle (2) Square
(3) Regular hexagon (4) Rectangle
19. Find the missing word: A, AB, ______, ABBABAAB

(1) AABB (2) ABAB
(3) ABBA (4) BAAB
20. A 100 m long train crosses a 200 m long and 20 m wide bridge in 20 seconds. What is the speed
of the train in km/hr ?
(1) 45 (2) 36
(3) 54 (4) 57.6
PART - ‘B’
21. Which of the following cannot be the eigenvalues of a real 3 × 3 matrix ?

(1) 2i, 0, –2i (2) 1, 1, 1
i –i
(3) e , e , 1 (4) i, 1, 0
22. Let u(x, y) = eax cos(by) be the real part of a function f(z) = u(x, y) + iv (x, y) of the complex
variable z = x + iy, where a, b are real constants and a  0. The function f(z) is complex analytic
everywhere in the complex plane if and only if
(1) b = 0 (2) b = ±a
(3) b = ±2a (4) b = a ± 2
zeiz / 2
23.   z2  1 dz along the closed contour  shown in the figure is
y
–1 –1 x
(1) 0 (2) 2
(3) –2 (4) 4i

dy cos x
24. The function y(x) satisfies the differential equation x + 2y = . If y(1) = 1, the value of
dx x
y(2) is
(1)  (2) 1
(3) 1/2 (4) 1/4
25. The random variable x(–  < x < ) is distributed according to the normal distribution
x2
1 
2 2
P(x) = e . The probability density of the random variable y = x2 is
22
1 2 1 2
(1) e y / 2 ,0  y   (2) e  y / 2 ,0  y  
2 y 2
2 2 y 2
1 1 2
e y /  ,0  y  
2
(3) e y / 2 ,0  y   (4)
22 2 y 2
26. The Hamiltonian for a system described by the generalized coordinate x and generalized momentum
p is
p2 1
H   x 2p   2 x 2
2(1  2x) 2
where ,  and  are constants. The corresponding Lagrangian is
1  1 1 1
(1) (x  x 2 )2 (1  2x)  2 x 2 (2) x 2  2 x 2  x 2 x
2 2 2(1  2 x) 2
1 2 1 1 1
(3) (x   2 x)2 (1  2x)  2 x 2 (4) x 2  2 x 2  x 2 x
2 2 2(1  2 x) 2
27. An inertial observer sees two events E1 and E2 happening at the same location but 6s apart in
time. Another observer moving with a constant velocity v (with respect to the first one) sees the
same events to be 9 s apart. The spatial distance between the events, as measured by the
second observer, is approximately
(1) 300 m (2) 1000 m
(3) 2000 m (4) 2700 m
28. A ball weighing 100 gm, released from a height of 5 m, bounces perfectly elastically off a plate.
The collision time between the ball and the plate is 0.5 s. The average force on the plate is
approximately
(1) 3N (2) 2N
(3) 5N (4) 4N
29. A solid vertical rod, of length L and cross-sectional area A, is made of a material of Young’s
modulus Y. The rod is loaded with a mass M, and, as a result, extends by a small amount L
in the equilibrium condition. The mass is then suddenly reduced to M/2. As a result the rod will
undergo longitudinal oscillation with an angular frequency
(1) 2YA / ML (2) YA / ML
(3) 2YA / ML (4) YA / ML

30. If the root-mean-squared momentum of a particle in the ground state of a one-dimensional simple
harmonic potential is p0, then its root-mean-squared momentum in the first excited state is
(1) p0 2 (2) p0 3
(3) p0 2 / 3 (4) p0 3 / 2
31. Consider a potential barrier A of height V0 and width b, and another potential barrier B of height
2V0 and the same width b. The ratio TA/TB of tunnelling probabilities TA and TB, through barriers
A and B respectively, for a particle of energy V0/100, is best approximated by
exp ( 1.99  0.99) 8mV0b /   exp ( 1.98  0.98) 8mV0b /  
2 2 2 2
(1) (2)
exp ( 2.99  0.99) 8mV0b /   (4) exp ( 2.98  0.98) 8mV0b /  

2 2 2 2
(3)
   
32. A constant perturbation H’ is applied to a system for time t (where H’t « ) leading to a transition
from a state with energy El to another with energy Ef. If the time of application is doubled, the
probability of transition will be
(1) unchanged (2) doubled
(3) quadrupled (4) halved
a b
33. The two vectors   and   are orthonormal if
0 c 
(1) a = ±1, b = 1/ 2 , c = 1/ 2 (2) a = ±1, b = ±1, c = 0
(3) a = ±1, b = 0, c = ±1 (4) a = ±1, b = ±1/2, c = 1/2
34. Two long hollow co-axial conducting cylinders of radii R1 and R2 (R1 < R2) are placed in vacuum
as shown in the figure below.
2R1 2R 2
The inner cylinder carries a charge + per unit length and the outer cylinder carries a charge –
 per unit length. The electrostatic energy per unit length of this system is
2 2
(1) In(R 2 / R1 ) (2) In(R 22 / R12 )
 0 4 0
2 2
(3) In(R 2 / R1 ) (4) In(R 2 / R1 )
4 0 2 0
35. A set of N concentric circular loops of wire, each carrying a steady current l in the same direction,
is arranged in a plane. The radius of the first loop is r1 = a and the radius of the nth loop is given
by rn = n rn–1. The magnitude B of the magnetic field at the centre of the circles in the limit N 
, is
(1) 0I(e2 – 1)/4a (2) 0I(e – 1)/a
(3) 0I(e – 1)/8a
2
(4) 0I(e – 1)/2a

36. An electromagnetic wave (of wavelength 0 in free space) travels through an absorbing medium
t 
with dielectric permittivity given by  = R + it where  3 . The skin depth is 0 , the ratio
R 4
of the amplitude of electric field E to that of the magnetic field B, in the medium (in ohms) is
(1) 120  (2) 377
(3) 30 2 (4) 30 

37. The vector potential A  ke  at rrˆ (where a and k are constants) corresponding to an electromagnetic

field is changed to A   ke  at rrˆ . This will be a gauge transformation if the corresponding change
’ –  in the scalar potential is
(1) akr2 e–at (2) 2akr2 e–at
(3) –akr2 e–at (4) –2akr2 e–at
38. The thermodynamic function

G(T, P, N) = U – TS + PV
is given in terms of the internal energy U, temperature T, entropy S, pressure P, volume V and
the number of particles N. Which of the following relations is true? (In the following  is the
chemical potential).
G G
(1) S = – (2) S =
T N,P T N,P
G G
(3) V=– (4) = –
P N,T N P,T
CP
39. A box, separated by a movable wall, has two compartments filled by a monoatomic gas of =
CV
. Initially the volumes of the two compartments are equal, but the pressures are 3P0 and P0,
respectively. When the wall is allowed to move, the final pressures in the two compartments
become equal. The final pressure is
 
2 2
(1)  3  P0 (2) 3   P0
  3

1  32 /  
 

(3) 1  31/  P0 (4)  1/  
P0
2  1 3 
40. A gas of photons inside a cavity of volume V is in equilibrium at temperature T. If the temperature
of the cavity is changed to 2T, the radiation pressure will change by a factor of
(1) 2 (2) 16
(3) 8 (4) 4
41. In a thermodynamic system in equilibrium each molecule can exist in three possible states with
probabilities 1/2, 1/3 and 1/6 respectively. The entropy per molecule is
1 2
(1) kB In 3 (2) kB In 2 + k In 3
2 3 B
2 1 1 1
(3) kB In 2 + kB In 3 (4) kB In 2 + k In 3
3 2 2 6 B

42. In the n-channel JFET shown in figure below, V1 = –2 V, C = 10 pF, VDD = +16 V, and RD = 2
k.
VDD
RD
D C
Vo
Vi
G
If the drain D-source S saturation current IDSS is 10 mA and the pinch-off voltage VP is –8V, then
the voltage across points D and S is
(1) 11.125 V (2) 10.375 V
(3) 5.75 V (4) 4.75 V
1
43. The gain of the circuit given below is –
RC
R V–
Vin –
Vout
+ b a
V+
ground
The modification in the circuit required to introduce a de feedback is to add a resistor
(1) between a and b.
(2) between positive terminal of the op-amp and ground.
(3) in series with C.
(4) parallel to C.
44. A 2 × 4 decoder with an enable input can function as a

(1) 4 × 1 multiplexer (2) 1 × 4 demultiplexer
(3) 4 × 2 encoder (4) 4 × 2 priority encoder
45. The experimentally measured value of the variables x and y are 2.00 ± 0.05 and 3.00 ± 0.02,
respectively. What is the error in the calculated value of z = 3y – 2x from the measurements ?
(1) 0.12 (2) 0.05
(3) 0.03 (4) 0.07

PART - ‘C’
46. The Green’s function satisfying

d2
g(x, x 0 )  (x  x 0 )
dx 2
where the boundary conditions g(–L, x0) = 0 = g(L, x0), is
1 1
 2L (x 0  L)(x  L), L  x  x 0  2L (x 0  L)(x  L), L  x  x 0
 
(1)  1 (x  L)(x  L), x  x  L (2)  1 (x  L)(x  L), x  x  L
 2L 0 0
 2L 0 0
1
(L  x 0 )(x  L), L  x  x 0
 2L 1
(3)  (4) (x – L)(x + L), –L  x  L
 1 (x  L)(L  x), x  x  L 2L
 2L 0 0
 iz 
47. Let x, y, z be the Pauli matrices and x’x + y’y + z’z = exp   × [xx + yy + zz]
 2 
 iz 
exp    . Then the coordinates are related as follows
 2 
 x   cos   sin  0   x   x   cos  sin  0   x 

         
(1)  y    sin  cos  0   y  (2)  y     sin  cos  0   y 
 z   0 0 1   z   z   0 0 1   z 
     
       
 cos 2 sin 2 0   cos 2  sin 0
 x    x   2
x x
             
(3)  y     sin 2 cos 2 0   y  (4)  y    sin 2 cos 0   y 
 z   2
    z   z  
  z
 0 0 1   0 0 1  
   
   
1
48. The interval [0, 1] is divided into 2n parts of equal length to calculate the integral 
0
ei2 x dx using
1
Simpson’s rule. What is the minimum value of n for the result to be exact ?
3
(1)  (2) 2
(3) 3 (4) 4
49. Which of the following sets of 3 × 3 matrices (in which a and b are real numbers) form a group
under matrix multiplication ?
 1 0 a    1 a 0  
     
 0 1 0  ; a, b  R   0 1 b  ; a, b  R 
(1)  b 0 1   (2)  0 0 1  
     
 1 0 a    1 a 0  
     
(3)  0 1 b  ; a, b  R  (4)  b 1 0  ; a, b  R 
 0 0 1    0 0 1  
     
50. The Lagrangian of a free relativistic particle (in one dimension) of mass m is given by L =
m 1  x 2 where x = dx/dt. If such a particle is acted upon by a constant force in the direction
of its motion, the phase space trajectories obtained from the corresponding Hamiltonian are
(1) ellipses (2) cycloids
(3) hyperbolas (4) parabolas
51. A Hamiltonian system is described by the canonical coordinate q and canonical momentum p.
A new coordinate Q is defined as Q(t) = q(t + ) + p(t + ), where t is the time and  is a constant,
that is, the new coordinate is a combination of the old coordinate and momentum at a shifted
time. The new canonical momentum P(t) can be expressed as
(1) p(t + ) – q(t + ) (2) p(t + ) – q(t – )
1 1
(3) [p(t – ) – q(t + )] (4) [p(t + ) – q(t + )]
2 2
52. The energy of a one-dimensional system, governed by the Lagrangian

1  2 1 2n
L
mx  kx
2 2
where k and n are two positive constants, is E0. The time period of oscillation  satisfies
1 1 n

(1)   k–1/n (2) k 2n
E02n
1 n 2 1 1 n
 
(3) k 2n
E02n (4) k n
E02n
53. An electron is decelerated at a constant rate starting from an initial velocity u(where u << c) to
u/2 during which it travels a distance s. The amount of energy lost to radiation is
 0 e 2u2  0 e 2 u2
(1) (2)
3mc 2 s 6mc 2s
 0 e 2u  0 e 2u
(3) (4)
8mcs 16mcs
54. The figure below describes the arrangement of slits and screens in a Young’s double slit experiment.
The width of the slit in S1 is a and the slits in S2 are of negligible width.
S1 S2
screen
 b
a
If the wavelength of the light is , the value of d for which the screen would be dark is
2 2
a b a
b   1 1
2   
(1) (2)

2
ab ab
2   
(3) (4)


55. A constant current l is flowing in a piece of wire that is bent into a loop as shown in the figure.
Y
2b
2b
a a
2b
2a
2a
O X
b b
The magnitude of the magnetic field at the point O is
0I a 0I  1 1 

(1) In   (2)   
4 5  b  4 5  a b 
0I  1  0I  1 
(3)   (4)  
4 5  a  4 5  b 
56. Consider the potential

  
V(r )   i V0 a3 (3) (r  ri )

where ri are the position vectors of the vertices of a cube of length a centered at the origin and
2
V0 is a constant. If V0a2 << , the total scattering cross-section, in the low-energy limit, is
m
2
 mV0 a2  16a2  mV0 a2 
2 
(1) 16a 2 (2)  
   2   2 
2
64a2  mV0a2  64a2  mV0 a2 
(3)   (4)  
  2  2   2 
57. The Coulomb potential V(r) = –e2/r of a hydrogen atom is perturbed by adding H’ = bx2 (where
b is a constant) to the Hamiltonian. The first order correction to the ground state energy is (The
1
ground state wavefunction is 0 = e r / a0 ) .
a 3
0
2
(1) 2ba 0
(2) ba02
(3) b a02 / 2 (4) 2b a02
58. Using the trial function

 A(a2  x 2 ), a  x  a
(x)  
 0 otherwise
the ground state energy of a one-dimensional harmonic oscillator is
5
(1)  (2) 
14
1 5
(3)  (4) 
2 7

59. In the usual notation |n l m for the states of a hydrogen like atom, consider the spontaneous
transitions |2 1 0 |1 0 0 and |3 1 0 |1 0 0. If t1 and t2 are the lifetimes of the first and
t1
the second decaying states respectively, then the ratio is proportional to
t2
3 3
 32   27 
(1)   (2)  
 27   32 
3 3
2 3
(3) 3 (4) 2
   
60. A random variable n obeys Poisson statistics. The probability of finding n = 0 is 10–6. The
expectation value of n is nearest to
(1) 14 (2) 106
(3) e (4) 102
61. The single particle energy levels of a non-interacting three-dimensional isotopic system, labelled
by momentum k, are proportional to k3. The ratio P /  of the average pressure P to the energy
density  at a fixed temperature, is
1 2
(1) (2)
3 3
(3) 1 (4) 3
62. The Hamiltonian for three lsing spins S0, S1 and S2, taking values ±1 is
H = –JS0(S1 + S2)
If the system is in equilibrium at temperature T, the average energy of the system, in terms of
 = (kBT)–1, is
1  cosh(2 J)
(1)  (2) –2J[1 + cosh(2J)]
2 sinh(2 J)
sinh(2 J)
(3) –2/ (4) 2J
2  cosh(2 J)
63. Let I0 be the saturation current,  the ideality factor and vF and vR the forward and reverse
potentials, respectively, for a diode. The ratio RR/RF of its reverse and forward resistances RR and
RF respectively, varies as (In the following kB is the Boltzmann constant, T is the absolute
temperature and q is the charge.)
vR  qv F  vF  qv F 
(1) exp   (2) exp  
vF  k B T  vR  k B T 
vR  qv F  vF  qv F 
(3) exp    (4) exp   
vF  k B T  vR  k B T 

64. In the figures below, X and Y are one bit inputs. The circuit which corresponds to a one bit
comparator is
X X<Y X X>Y
Y
X=Y X=Y
(1) (2)
X>Y Y X<Y
X X
X<Y X=Y
Y
X=Y X>Y
(3) (4)
Y X>Y X<Y
Y
65. Both the data points and a linear fit to the current vs voltage of a resistor are shown in the graph below.
1
I (amps)
0 V(volts) 25
If the error in the slope is 1.255 × 10–3 –1, then the value of resistance estimated from the graph
is
(1) (0.04 ± 0.8)  (2) (25.0 ± 0.8) 
(3) (25 ± 1.25)  (4) (25 ± 0.0125) 
66. In the following operational amplifier circuit Cin=10 nF, Rin= 20 k, RF = 200 k and CF= 100 pF.
RF
CF
Ri Ci
Vin Vout
The magnitude of the gain at a point signal frequency of 16 kHz is

(1) 67 (2) 0.15
(3) 0.3 (4) 3.5
67. An atomic spectral line is observed to split into nine components due to Zeeman shift. If the upper
state of the atom is 3D2 then the lower state will be
3 3
(1) F2 (2) F1
3 3
(3) P1 (4) P2
68. If the coefficient of stimulated emission for a particular transition is 2.1 × 1019 m3 W –1 s–3 and the
emitted photon is at wavelength 3000 Å, then the lifetime of the excited state is approximately
(1) 20 ns (2) 40 ns
(3) 80 ns (4) 100 ns

69. If the binding energies of the electron in the K and L shells of silver atom are 25.4 keV and 3.34
keV, respectively, then the kinetic energy of the Auger electron will be approximately
(1) 22 keV (2) 9.3 keV
(3) 10.5 keV (4) 18.7 keV
70. The energy gap and lattice constant of an indirect band gap semiconductor are 1.875 eV 0.52
nm, respectively. For simplicity take the dielectric constant of the material to be unity. When it is
excited by broadband radiation, an electron initially in the valence band at k = 0 makes a transition
to the conduction band. The wavevector of the electron in the conduction band, in terms of the
wavevector kmax at the edge of the Brillouin zone, after the transition is closer to
(1) kmax/10 (2) kmax/100
(3) kmax/1000 (4) 0
71. The electrical conductivity of copper is approximately 95% of the electrical conductivity of silver,
while the electron density in silver is approximately 70% of the electron density in copper. In
Drude’s model, the approximate ratio Cu/Ag of the mean collision time in copper (Cu) to the
mean collision in silver (Ag) is
(1) 0.44 (2) 1.50
(3) 0.33 (4) 0.66
72. The charge distribution inside a material of conductivity  and permittivity  at initial time t = 0
is (r, 0) = 0, a constant. At subsequent times (r, t) is given by
 t  1   t  
(1) 0 exp    (2) 0 1  exp   
  2    
p0
  t   t
(3) 1  exp     (4) 0 cos
   
73. If in a spontaneous -decay of 232

92 U at rest, the total energy released in the reaction is Q, then
the energy carried by the -particle is

(1) 57Q/58 (2) Q/57
(3) Q/58 (4) 23Q/58
74. The range of the nuclear force between two nucleons due to the exchange of pion is 1.40 fm.
If the mass of the pion is 140 MeV/c2 and the mass of the rho-meson is 770 MeV/c2, then the
range of the force due to exchange of rho-mesons is
(1) 1.40 fm (2) 7.70 fm
(3) 0.25 fm (4) 0.18 fm
75. A baryon X decays by strong interaction as X  + + – + 0, where + is a member of the

isotriplet (+, 0, –). The third component l3 of the isospin of X is
(1) 0 (2) 1/2
(3) 1 (4) 3/2

ANSWER KEY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 1 1
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
3 4 1 1 1 2 3 1 3 3
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
4 2 3 4 1 1 3 3 1 2
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
1 3 3 3 4 4 3 1 3 2
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
3 4 4 2 1 1 2 2 3 3
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
4 2 4 2 2 3 2 2 2 1
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
3 4 1 3 2 4 3 3 4 1
71 72 73 74 75
4 1 1 3 1

Physical Sciences (PSP Dec. 2016)
CSIR-UGC (NET) Physical Sciences

Previous Year Solved Paper (Booklet Code - A)
Duration : 180 Minutes Maximum Marks : 200
Part ‘B’ : This part contains twenty-fifty (25) objective type questions. The candidate shall be
answer any 20 questions. Each question shall be of five marks.The total marks allocated
» There will be negative marking for all PART @ 25% marks for each wrong answer.

PART - ‘A’
1. The random errors associated with the measurement of P and Q are 10% and 2%, respectively.
What is the percentage random error in P/Q ?
(1) 12.0 (2) 9.8
(3) 8.0 (4) 10.2
2. In how many distinguishable ways can be letters of the word CHANCE be arranged ?
(1) 120 (2) 720
(3) 360 (4) 240
3. Find out the missing pattern.
+ 18 2
5 7 ? 3 6 – 9
2 ÷ 7
2 7
(1) 7 × (2) × 2
14 14
14 14
(3) 7 × (4) 2 7
2 ×
4. Seeds when soaked in water gain about 20% by weight and 10% by volume. By what factor does
the density increase ?
(1) 1.20 (2) 1.10
(3) 1.10 (4) 1.09
5. Retarding frictional force, f, on a moving ball, is proportional to its velocity, V. Two identical balls
roll down identical slopes (A & B) from different heights. Compare the retarding forces and the
velocities of the balls at the bases of the slopes.
A B
(1) fA > fB ; VA > VB (2) fA > fB ; VB > VA

(3) fB > fA ; VB > VA (4) fB > fA ; VA > VB

6. Two cockroaches of the same species have the same thickness but different lengths and widths.
Their ability to survive in oxygen deficient environments will be compromised if
(1) their thickness increases, and the rest of the size remains the same
(2) their thickness remains unchanged, but their length increases
(3) their thickness remains unchanged, but their width decreases
(4) their thickness decreases, but the rest of the size remains unchanged
7. The bar chart shows number of seats won by four political parties in a state legislative assembly.
50
35 35
seats
20
party
Which of the following pie-charts correctly depicts this information ?
(1) (2)
(3) (4)
8. Intravenous (IV) fluid has to be administered to a child of 12 kg with dehydration, at a dose of

20 mg of fluid per kg of body weight, in 1 hour. What should be the drip rate (in drops/min) of
IV fluid ? (1mg = 20 drops)
(1) 7 (2) 80
(3) 120 (4) 4
9. A hall with a high roof is supported by an array of identical columns such that, to a persons lying
on the floor and looking at the ceiling, the columns appear parallel to each other. Which of the
following designs conforms to this ?
ROOF ROOF
(1) (2)
FLOOR FLOOR
ROOF ROOF
(3) (4)
FLOOR FLOOR

10. Which of the following graphs correctly shows the speed and the corresponding distance covered
by an objective moving along a straight line ?
speed distance
speed, distance
speed, distance
(1) (2)
0.0 time 0.0 time

speed, distance
speed, distance
(3) (4)
0.0 time 0.0 time
11. A normal TV screen has a width to height ratio of 4:3, while a high definition TV screen has a
ratio of 16:9. What is the approximate ratio of their diagonals, if the heights of the two types of
screens are the same ?
(1) 5:9 (2) 5:18
(3) 5:15 (4) 5:6
12. Comparing numerical values, which of the following is different from the rest ?
(1) The ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.
(2) The sum of the three angles of a plane triangle expressed in radians.
(3) 22/7
(4) The net volume of a hemisphere of unit radius, a cone of unit radius and unit height.
13. A river is 4.1 km wide. A bridge built across it has 1/7 of its length on one bank and 1/8 of its
length on the other bank. What is the total length of the bridge ?
(1) 5.1 km (2) 4.9 km
(3) 5.6 km (4) 5.4 km
14. OA, OB, and OC are radii of the quarter circle shown in the figure. AB is also equal to the radius.
?
O C
What is angle OCB ?
(1) 60° (2) 75°
(3) 55° (4) 65°

15. Two iron spheres of radii 12 cm and 1 cm are melted and fused. Two new spheres are made
without any loss of iron. Their possible radii could be
(1) 9 and 4 cm (2) 9 and 10 cm
(3) 8 and 5 cm (4) 2 and 11 cm
16. A man buys alcohol at Rs. 75/cL, adds water, and sells it at Rs.75/cL making a profit of 50%.
What ist he ratio of alcohol to water ?
(1) 2 : 1 (2) 1 : 2
(3) 3 : 2 (4) 2 : 3
17. The sum of digits of a two-digit number is 9. If the fraction formed by taking 9 less than the number
as numerator and 9 more than the number as denominator is 3/4, what is the number ?
(1) 36 (2) 63
(3) 45 (4) 54
18. The distance between X and Y is 1000 km. A person flies from X at 8 AM local time and reaches
Y at 10 AM local time. He flies back after a halt of 4 hours at Y and reaches X at 4 PM local
time on the same day. What is his average speed for the duration he is in the air ?
(1) 500 km/hour
(2) 250 km/hour
(3) 750 km/hour
(4) cannot be calculated with the given information
19. If a person travels x% faster than normal, he reaches y minutes earlier than normal. What is his
normal time of travel ?
 100   x 
(1)  x  1 y minutes (2)  100  1 y minutes
   
 y   100 
(3)  100  1 x minutes (4)   1 x minutes
   y 
20. A and B walk up an escalator one step at a time, while the escalator itself moves up at a constant
speed. A walks twice as fast as B. A reaches the top in 40 steps and B in 30 steps. How many
steps of the escalator can be seen when it is not moving ?
(1) 30 (2) 40
(3) 50 (4) 60

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
(1) (2)
4 4
(3) 1 – e–4 (4) (1 – e–2)2
 1
22. The Fourier transform 
dx f(x)eikx of the function f(x) =
x 2
is
2
(1) 2 e  2|k|
(2) 2 e  2k
 
(3) e 2k
(4) e 2|k|
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
(1) 10(t + 1 – e–t) (2) 10(t – 1 + e–t)
(3) 5t2 – (1 – et) (4) 5t2
1 3 2
 
24. The matrix M =  3 1 0  satisfies the equation
0 0 1 

3 2
(1) M – M – 10 M + 12I = 0 (2) M3 + M2 – 12 M + 10I = 0
(3) M3 – M2 – 10 M + 10I = 0 (4) M3 + M2 – 10 M + 10I = 0
25. The Laplace transform of

t
 , 0tT
f(t)   T is
 1 tT
(1) –(1 – e–sT)/s2T (2) (1 – e–sT)/s2T
(3) (1 + e–sT)/s2T (4) (1 – esT)/s2T
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
(1) v (2)
v2
1 2
c
v 2
v
(3) v 1  2 (4)
c v2
1 2
c

27. A particle in two dimensions is in a potential V(x, y) = x + 2y. Which of the following (apart from
the total energy of the particle) is also a constant of motion ?
(1) py – 2px (2) px – 2py
(3) px + 2py (4) py + 2px
28. The dynamics of a particle governed by the Lagrangian

1 1
L mx 2  kx 2  kxxt
 describes
2 2
(1) an undamped simple harmonic oscillator.
(2) a damped harmonic oscillator with a time varying damping factor.
(3) an undamped harmonic oscillator with a time dependent frequency.
(4) a free particle.
29. The parabolic coordinates (, ) are related to the Cartesian coordinates (x, y) by x =  and
1
y = (2 – 2). The Lagrangian of a two-dimensional simple harmonic oscillator of mass m and
2
angular frequency  is
 
(1)
1 2
m    2
2 
 2 2  2 
  (2)
1
2
   1
 
m 2  2   2   2  2 2  2 
 4 
(3)
1
2

m 2  2    2
  2 
1 2 
2
  

(4)
1
2
 

 1 
m 2  2   2   2  2 
2 
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
Assume its internal resistance to be infinite, the reading on the voltmeter

(1) depends on , B, r and 
(2) depends on , B and r, but not on 
(3) is zero because the flux through the loop is not changing.
(4) 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 centre 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 centre of the circle is
 0 ˆ  0 ˆ
(1) E i (2) E i
4 0 a 4 0 a
 0 ˆ  0 ˆ
(3) E   j (4) E  k
4 a
0 4  a 0

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.
The intensity of the interference pattern, measured on a distant screen, at an angle  = n/w
to the x-axis is
(1) zero for n = 1, 2, 3 ... (2) maximum for n = 1, 2, 3 ...
1 3 5
(3) maximum for n = , , ... (4) zero for n = 0 only
2 2 2

33. The electric field of an electromagnetic wave is E(z,t)  E 0 cos(kz  t)iˆ  2E0 sin(kz  t)ˆj , where
 and k are positive constants. This represents
(1) a linearly polarised wave travelling in the positive z-direction.
(2) a circularly polarised wave travelling in the negative z-direction.
(3) an elliptically polarised wave travelling in the negative z-direction.
(4) 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
0
system. They satisfy 0(x) = 0*(x) and 1(x) =  , where  is a real constant. The expectation
x
value of the momentum operation in the state 1 is

(1) – (2) 0
2
 2
(3) (4)
2 2
d
35. Consider the operator a = x + acting on smooth functions of x. The commutator [a1 cos x] is
dx
(1) – sin x (2) cos x
(3) – cos x (4) 0

1 1
36. Let a = (x + ip) and a† =
(x – ip) be the lowering and raising operators of a simple
2 2
harmonic 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) || (2)   2

1 1
(3) (    *) (4) (    *)
2i 2
    
37. Consider the operator   p  qA, where p is the momentum operator,, A = (Ax, Ay, Az) is the

vector potential and q denotes the electric charge. If B = (Bx, By, Bz) denotes the magnetic field,
 
the z-component of the vector operator    is
(1) iqBz + q(Axpy – Aypx) (2) –ipBz – q(Axpy – Aypx)
(3) –iqBz (4) iqBz
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
 L2E   LE 
(1) NkB In  N  (2) NkB In  
   N 
 LE  E
(3) 2NkB In  N  (4) L2 kB In  
  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) (2)
b b
1  
(3) (4)
2 b 2b
   
40. The partition function of a two-level system governed by the Hamiltonian H =   is
   
(1) 
2 sinh    
2 2

2 cosh      
2 2
(2)
cosh        sinh   
1
(3)
2 2
 2  2 
2  
(4)
1
2 
 
cosh   2  2  sinh   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.
(1) 10–3 m (2) 3 × 10–4 m
(3) 10–4 m (4) 5 × 10–5 m
42. Which of the following circuits implements the Boolean function F(A, B, C) = (1, 2, 4, 6) ?
C I0 C I0
I1 4×1 I1 4×1
I2 MUX F I2 MUX F
(1) I3 S 1 S 0 (2) I3 S 1 S 0
A B A B
C I0 0 I0
I1 4×1 I1 4×1
I2 MUX F I2 MUX F
(3) I3 S 1 S 0 (4) C I3 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 I as a function
of the wavelength  recorded by a spectrometer.
spectrometer 1
0.8
Incident
Intensity
partially 0.6
white light
reflecting mirror 0.4
0.2
air gap 0
glass plates 490 500 510 520 530
d 
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
(1) 12 m (2) 24 m
(3) 60 m (4) 120 m

  aV  
44. The I-V characteristics of a device is l = ls  exp    1 , where T is the temperature and a and
  T  
lS 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 1
log 1
-1
1
(1) (2) -2
0 -3
0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3
nV/T nV/T
2 4
3
1
2
0
log 1
log 1
1
-1 0
-1
(3) -2 (4)
-2
-3 -3
0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3
nV/T nV/T
45. The active medium in a blue LED (light emitting diode) is a GaxIn1–xN alloy. The band gaps of
GaN and InN are 3.5 eV and 1.5 eV respectively. If the band gap of GaxIn1–xN varies approximately
linearly with x, the value of x required for the emission of blue light of wavelength 400 nm is (take
hc  1200 eV-nm)
(1) 0.95 (2) 0.75
(3) 0.50 (4) 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
1  xn
and xn+1 = 2 + n+1, where n and n+1 are both small, the ratio n+1/n is approximately
1 1
(1) – (2) –
2 4
1 2
(3) – (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
(1) 20 (2) 8
(3) 12 (4) 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 Newton’s forward difference method, is
(1) 0.804 (2) 0.776
(3) 0.788 (4) 0.798
f 2f
49. Let f(x, t) be a solution of the heat equation  D 2 in one dimension. The initial condition
2
t x
at t = 0 is f(x, 0) = e x for – < x < . Then for all t > 0, f(x, t) is given by [Useful integral:


2
dx e  ax   /  .]

x2 x2
1 
t Dt
1 
t  2Dt
(1) e (2) e
1  Dt 1  2Dt
x2 x2
1 
1 4Dt

(3) e (4) e 1Dt
1  4Dt
50. After a perfectly elastic collision of two identical balls, one of which was initially at rest, the
velocities of both the balls are non-zero. The angle  between the final velocities (in the lab
frame) is

(1)  = (2)  = 
2
 
(3) 0 <   (4) <   
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
(1) 22 (2) 23
n
1
(3) 22 (4) 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 v0 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) v0 (2) v0
2 3
1 2
(3) v0 (4) v0
2 3

53. Suppose that free charges are present in a material of dielectric constant  = 10 and resistivity
 = 1011 -m. Using Ohm’s 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
(1) 10–6 s (2) 106 s
(3) 1012 s (4) 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 I2. The ratio I2/I1, for R >>
a, is
1
(1) 4 (2)
4
1
(3) (4) 8
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 l, the magnetic induction between the plates at a distance a/2 from
the centre of the plate, is
 0l  0l
(1) (2)
a 2a
 0l  0l
(3) (4)
a 4a
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 centre of the sphere A is VA and that at the centre of B is VB, then the
difference VA – VB is
Q Q
(1) 40a (2) 40a
Q Q
(3) 20a (4) 40a
57. A particle is scattered by a central potential V(r) = V0re–r, where V0 and  are positive constants.
 
If the momentum transfer q is such that q = q >> , the scattering cross-section in the Born
approximation, as q  , depends on q as
dn
 x e dx  n 
n ax
[You may use eax dx]
da
(1) q–8 (2) q–2
(3) q2 (4) q6

58. A particle in one dimension is in a potential V(x) = A(x – a). Its wavefunction (x) is continuous
d
everywhere. The discontinuity in at x = a is
dx
2m
(1) A(a) (2) A((a) – (–a))
2
2
(3) A (4) 0
2m
59. The dynamics of a free relativistic particle of mass m is governed by the Dirac Hamiltonian H
  
= c.p + mc2, 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   
(1) (cp  H) (2) 2ic 2 

ic  2ic  
(3) H (4) (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
constants and t >> 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 1
 (  )2 (  )2
(1) e 2
(2) e2
1
(3) 0 (4)
( )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) (2)
36 216
1 1
(3) (4)
18 12
62. An atom has a non-degenerate ground-state and a doubly-degenerate excited state. The energy
difference between the two states is . The specific heat at very low temperatures ( >> 1) is
given by
(1) kB() (2) kBe–
(3) 2kB()2 e– (4) kB

63. The electrons in graphene can be thought of as a two-dimensional gas with a linear energy
 
momentum relation E = p v, where p = (px, py) and v is a constant. If  is the number of
electrons per unit area, the energy per unit area is proportional to
(1) 3/2 (2) 
(3) 1/3 (4) 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 +
–
R2 R1 RL
The value of R1 required to deliver 10 mW of power across RL is

(1) 12 k (2) 4 k
(3) 8 k (4) 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 (100t)
Multiplier LPF
fc = 5Hz Vout
v2 = 20 cos (100t = /3)
If the roll-off frequency of the LPF is fC = 5 Hz, the output voltage Vout is
(1) 5 V (2) 25 V
(3) 100 V (4) 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 graph, using a linear least-squares fit to the data, will be
(1) 6 /°C (2) 4 /°C
(3) 2 /°C (4) 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 
(1) proportional to cos  B  at  (2) proportional to E
  
 eE 
(3) independent to E (4) 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
(1) 1 : 2 (2) 1: 2
(3) 2 : 1 (4) 2 :1
69. Consider a hexagonal lattice with basis vectors as shown in the figure below.
y
x
a2
a1
a
If the lattice spacing is a = 1, the reciprocal lattice vectors are
 4    2 2    4    2 2 
(1)  3 ,0  ,   3 ,  (2)  3 ,0  ,  3 , 
   3    3
 4    2   2 2   2 
(3)  0,  ,  ,  (4)  ,  ,  2, 
 3  3  3 3  3

70. In the L-S coupling scheme, the terms arising from two non-equivalent p-electrons are
3
(1) S, 1P, 3P, 1D, 3D (2) 1
S, 3S, 1P, 1D
1
(3) S, 3S, 3P, 3D (4) 1
S, 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
(1) 2 (2) 3
(3) 1/2 (4) 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
(1) 1013 Hz (2) 108 Hz
(3) 105 Hz (4) 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, 31H, 11H are 4.0026 amu, 3.0161 amu and 1.0073 amu, respectively, and 1
amu  938 MeV.)
(1) 32.2 MeV (2) 3 MeV
(3) 19.3 MeV (4) 931.5 MeV
74. Which of the following reaction(s) is/are allowed by the conservation laws ?
(i) + + n  0 + K+
(ii) – + p  0 + K0
(1) Both (i) and (ii) (2) Only (i)
(3) Only (ii) (4) Neither (i) nor (ii)
75. A particle, which is a composite state of three quarks u, d and s, has electric charge, spin and
strangeness respectively, equal to
1
(1) 1, , –1 (2) 0, 0, –1
2
1 1
(3) 0, , –1 (4) –1, – , +1
2 2

ANSWER KEY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 3 1 4 1 1 2 2 1 3
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
4 3 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 4
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
3 4 2 3 2 4 1 4 2 2
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
1 2 1 2 1 4 4 1 4 2
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
3 2 1 4 2 3 4 3 3 1
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
3 1 4 3 4 3 1 1 1 1
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
3 3 1 3 2 2 4 4 1 4
71 72 73 74 75
2 1 3 1 3


Previous Year Solved Paper
answer any 20 questions. Each question shall be of 5 marks.The total marks allocated

PART - ‘A’
1
1. An infinite number of identical circular discs each of radius are tightly packed such that the
2
centres of the discs are at integer values of coordinates x and y. The ratio of the area of the
uncovered patches to the total area is
(1) 1 – /4 (2) /4
(3) 1 –  (4) 
2. It takes 5 days for a steamboat to travel from A to B along a river. It takes 7 days to return from
B to A. How many days will it take for a raft to drift from A to B (all speeds stay constant) ?
(1) 13 (2) 35
(3) 6 (4) 12
3. “My friend Raju has more than 1000 books”, said Ram. “Oh no, he has less than 1000 books”,
said Shyam. “Well, Raju certainly has at least one book”, said Geeta. If only one of these
statements is true, how many books does Raju have?
(1) 1 (2) 1000
(3) 999 (4) 1001
4. Of the following, which is the odd one out?

(1) Cone (2) Torus
(3) Sphere (4) Ellipsoid
5. A student appearing for an exam is declared to have failed the exam if his/her score is less than
half the median score. This implies
(1) 1/4 of the students appearing for the exam always fail.
(2) if a student scores less than 1/4 of the maximum score, he/she always fails.
(3) if a student scores more than 1/2 of the maximum score, he/she always passes.
(4) it is possible that no one fails
6. Find the next figure ‘D”
(1) (2)
(3) (4)

7. N is a four digit number. If the leftmost digit is removed, the resulting three digit number is 1/9th
of. N. How many such N are possible?
(1) 10 (2) 9
(3) 8 (4) 7
8. AB and CD are two chords of a circle subtending 60o and 120o respectively at the same point
on the circumference of the circle. Then AB : CD is
(1) 3 :1 (2) 2 :1
(3) 1:1 (4) 3: 2
9.
Which of the following inferences can be drawn from the above graph ?
(1) The total number of students qualifying in Physics in 2015 and 2014 is the same
(2) The number of students qualifying in Biology in 2015 is less than that in 2013
(3) The number of Chemistry students qualifying in 2015 must be more than the number of
students who qualified in Biology in 2014
(4) The number of students qualifying in Physics in 2015 is equal to the number of students
in Biology that qualified in 2014
10. What is the minimum number of moves required to transform figure1 to figure 2? A move is
defined as removing a coin and placing it such that it touches two other coins in its new position.
(1) 1 (2) 2
(3) 3 (4) 4

11. The relationship among the numbers in each corner square is the same as that in the other
corner squares. Find the missing number.
(1) 10 (2) 8
(3) 6 (4) 12
12. Which of the following best approximates sin(0.5°)?

(1) 0.5 (2) 0.5 ×
90
 
(3) 0.5 × (4) 0.5 ×
180 360
13. What comes next in the sequence ?
(1) (2)
(3) (4)
14. Which of the following statements is logically incorrect ?

(1) I always speak the truth (2) I occasionally lie
(3) I occasionally speak the truth (4) I always lie
15. How many times starting at 1:00 pm would the minute and hour hands of a clock make an angle
of 40° with each other in the next 6 hours ?
(1) 6 (2) 7
(3) 11 (4) 12
16. Brothers Santa and Chris walk to school from their house. The former takes 40 minutes while
the latter, 30 minutes. One day Santa started 5 minutes earlier than Chris. In how many minutes
would Chris overtake Santa ?
(1) 5 (2) 15
(3) 20 (4) 25
17. The set of numbers (5, 6, 7, m, 6, 7, 8, n) has an arithmetic mean of 6 and mode (most frequently
occurring number) of 7. Then m × n =
(1) 18 (2) 35
(3) 28 (4) 14
18. The diagram shows a block of marble having the shape of a triangular prism. What is the
maximum number of slabs of 10 × 10 × 5 cm3 size that can be cut parallel to the face on which
the block is resting ?
cm
50
50 cm
90°
50 cm
(1) 50 (2) 100
(3) 125 (4) 250
19. A solid contains a spherical cavity. The cavity is filled with a liquid and includes a spherical bubble
of gas. The radii of cavity and gas bubble are 2 mm and 1 mm, respectively. What proportion
of the cavity is filled with liquid ?
1 3
(1) (2)
8 8
5 7
(3) (4)
8 8
20. Fill in the blank: F2, _____, D8, C16, B32, A64.
(1) C4 (2) E4
(3) C2 (4) G16
PART - ‘B’
1
21. The radius of convergence of the Taylor series expansion of the function cosh  x  around x = 0,
is
(1)  (2) 

(3) (4) 1
2
1 e 4z  1
22.  C cosh  z   2 sinh  z  dz around the unit circle C traversed
The value of the contour integral 2i 
in the anti-clockwise direction, is

(1) 0 (2) 2
8  1
(3) (4)  tanh  
3 2

23. The Gauss hypergeometric function F(a,b,c ; z), defined by the Taylor series expansion around
 a  a  1 ...  a  n  1 b  b  1 ....  b  n  1
z = 0 as F (a,b, c ; z) = 
n 0 c  c  1 ....  c  n  1 n!
zn satisfies the recursion
relation
d c
(1) F  a,b,c ;z   F  a  1,b  1,c  1; z 
dz ab
d c
(2) F  a,b,c ; z   F  a  1,b  1,c  1; z 
dz ab
d ab
(3) F  a,b,c ;z   F  a  1,b  1,c  1; z 
dz c
d ab
(4) F  a,b,c ; z   F  a  1,b  1,c  1; z 
dz c
24. Let X and Y be two independent random variables, each of which follow a normal distribution with
the same standard deviation , but with means +  and –, respectively. Then the sum X + Y
follows a
(1) distribution with two peaks at ±and mean 0 and standard deviation  2 .
(2) normal distribution with mean 0 and standard deviation 2
(3) distribution with two peaks at ± and mean 0 and standard deviation 2 
(4) normal distribution with mean 0 and standard deviation  2 .
25. Using dimensional analysis, Planck defined a characteristic temperature TP from powers of the
gravitational constant G, Planck’s constant h, Boltzmann constant kB and the speed of light c in
vacuum. The expression for TP is proportional to
hc 5 hc 3
(1) (2)
k B2 G k B2 G
G hk B2
(3) hc 4k B2 (4)
Gc 3
26. Let (x,t) and (x’, t’) be the coordinate systems used by the observers O and O’, respectively.
Observer O’ moves with a velocity  = c along their common positive x-axis. If x+ = x + ct and
x – = x – ct are the linear combinations of the coordinates, the Lorentz transformation relating O
and O’ takes the form
x   x  x   x  1  1 
(1) x '  and x '  (2) x '  x  and x '  x
1  2
1  2
1  1 
x   x  x   x  1  1 
(3) x '  and x '  (4) x '  x  and x '  x
1  2
1  2
1  1 

27. A ball of mass m, initially at rest, is dropped from a height of 5 meters. If the coefficient of
restitution is 0.9, the speed of the ball just before it hits the floor the second time is approximately
(take g = 9.8 m/s2)
(1) 9.80 m/s (2) 9.10 m/s
(3) 8.91 m/s (4) 7.02 m/s
28. Four equal charges of +Q each are kept at the vertices of a square of side R. A particle of mass
m and charge +Q is placed in the plane of the square at a short distance a(<<R) from the centre.
If the motion of the particle is confined to the plane, it will undergo small oscillations with an
angular frequency
Q2 Q2
(1) (2)
2 0 R3m  0 R 3m
2 Q2 Q2
(3) (4)
 0 R3m 4 0 R3m
29. The Hamiltonian of a system with generalized coordinate and momentum (q,p) is H = p2q2 . A
solution of the Hamiltonian equation of motion is (in the following A and B are constants)
A 2At A 2At
(1) p  Be 2At ,q  e (2) p  Ae2At ,q  e
B B
A  At 2 A A2t
(3) p  Ae At ,q  e (4) p  2Ae A t ,q  e
B B
30. Two parallel plate capacitors, separated by distances x and 1.1 x respectively, have a dielectric
material of dielectric constant 3.0 inserted between the plates, and are connected to a battery of
voltage V. The difference in charge on the second capacitor compared to the first is
(1) +66% (2) + 20%
(3) – 3.3% (4) – 10%
31. The half space regions x > 0 and x < 0 are filled with dielectric media of dielectric constants
1 and 2 respectively. There is a uniform electric field in each part. In the right half, the electric
field makes an angle 1 to the interface. The corresponding angle 2 in the left half satisfies
(1) 1 sin 2 = 2 sin 1 (2) 1 tan 2 = 2 tan 1

(3) 1 tan 1 = 2 tan 2 (4) 1 sin 1 = 2 sin 2
32. The x- and z-components of a static magnetic field in a region are Bx = B0 (x2 – y2) and Bz = 0,
respectively. Which of the following solutions for its y-component is consistent with the Maxwell
equations ?
(1) By = B0xy (2) By = – 2B0xy
1 3 2
(3) By = – B0 (x2 – y2) (4) By = B0  x  xy 
3 
33. A magnetic field B is B zˆ in the region x > 0 and zero elsewhere. A rectangular loop, in the
xy-plane, of sides  (along the x-direction) and h (along the y-direction) is inserted into x > 0 the
region from the x < 0 region at a constant velocity   x̂ . Which of the following values of  and
h will generate the largest EMF ?
(1)  = 8, h = 3 (2)  = 4, h = 6
(3)  = 6, h = 4 (4)  = 12, h = 2
34. The state of a particle of mass m in a one-dimensional rigid box in the interval 0 to L is given
2 3  2x  4  4 x  
by the normalised wavefunction   x    sin    5 sin  L   . If its energy is measured,
L 5  L   
the possible outcomes and the average value of energy are, respectively
h2 2h2 73h2 h2 h2 19h2

(1) , and (2) , and
2mL2 mL2 50 mL2 8mL2 2mL2 40 mL2
h2 2h2 19h2 h2 2h2 73h2

(3) , and (4) , and
2mL2 mL2 10 mL2 8mL2 mL2 200 mL2
35. If L x ,L y and L z are the components of the angular momentum operator in three dimensions, the
commutator L x , L x L y L z  may be simplified to
(1)   2 2
iL x L z  L y (2) i L z L y L x
i L  2L  L 
2 2
(3) x z y (4) 0
36. Suppose that the Coulomb potential of the hydrogen atom is changed by adding an inverse-
 ze2 g
square term such that the total potential is V r  
r

 2 , where g is a constant. The energy
r
eigenvalues Enlm in the modified potential
(1) depend on n and , but not on m.
(2) depend on n but not on  and m.
(3) depend on n and m, but not on 
(4) depend explicitly on all three quantum number n,  and m.

37. The eigenstates corresponding to eigenvalues E1 and E2 of a time - independent Hamiltonian are
1 and 2 respectively. If at t = 0, the system is in a state   t  0   sin  1  cos  2 the value
  t  |   t  at time t will be
(1) 1 (2) E sin

1
2

  E2 cos2  / E12  E22
t/ t/
(3) eiE1 sin   eiE2 cos  (4) e  iE1t /  sin2   e  iE2 t /  cos2 
38. The specific heat per molecule of a gas of diatomic molecules at high temperatures is
(1) 8 kB (2) 3.5 kB
(3) 4.5 kB (4) 3 kB
39. When an ideal monatomic gas is expanded adiabatically from an initial volume V0 to 3V0, its
temperature changes from T0 to T. Then the ratio is
2
1  1 3
(1) (2) 3
3  
1
 1 3
(3) 3 (4) 3
 
40. A box of volume V containing N molecules of an ideal gas, is divided by a wall with a hole into
V
two compartments. If the volume of the smaller compartment is , the variance of the number
3
of particles in it, is
N 2N
(1) (2)
3 9
N
(3) N (4)
3
41. A gas of non-relativistic classical particles in one dimension is subjected to a potential V(x) = |x|
 1 
(where  is a constant). The partition function is    
 kBT 
4m  2m
(1) (2)
3  2 h 2 3  2 h 2
8 m 3 m
(3) (4)
3  2 h 2 3  2 h 2

42. The dependence of current I on the voltage V of a certain device is given by

2
 V
I  I0  1  
 V0 
where I0 and V0 are constants. In an experiment the current I is measured as the voltage V
applied across the device is increased. The parameters V0 and I0 can be graphically determined
as
(1) the slope and the y-intercept of the I-V2 graph.
(2) the negative of the ratio of the y-intercept and the slope,and the y-intercept of the I-
V2graph.
(3) the slope and the y-intercept of the I  V graph.
(4) the negative of the ratio of the y-intercept and the slope, and the y-intercept of the
I  V graph.
43. In the schematic figure given below, assume that the propagation delay of each logic gate is tgate.
The propagation delay of the circuit will be maximum when the logic inputs A and B make the
transition
(1) (0,1)  (1,1) (2) (1,1)  (0,1)
(3) (0,0)  (1,1) (4) (0,0)  (0,1)
44. Given the input voltage Vi, which of the following waveforms correctly represents the output
voltage V0 in the circuit shown below?

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
45. The intensity distribution of a red LED on an absorbing layer of material is a Gaussian centred
at the wavelength 0 = 660 nm and width 20 nm. If the absorption coefficient varies with wavelength
as 0 – K( – 0), where 0 and K are positive constants, the light emerging from the absorber
will be
(1) blue shifted retaining the Gaussian intensity distribution.
(2) blue shifted with an asymmetric intensity distribution.
(3) red shifted retaining the Gaussian intensity distribution.
(4) red shifted with an asymmetric intensity distribution.

PART - ‘C’
 dx e f  x 
ikx
46. What is the Fourier transform

dn
 x   x   n  1 dx
n
 x
where (x) is the Dirac delta-function?
1 1
(1) (2)
1  ik 1  ik
1 1
(3) (4)
k i k i
47. The integral equation
  x, t     dx ' dt '
e    
 ik x  x '  i t  t '
d dk
  2  3  x ', t '  is equivalent to the differential equation
2
2  k 2  m2  i 
 2 2  1
(1)  2   m2  i    x,t    3  x, t 
t x 2
 6
 2 2 
(2)  2   m2  i    x,t   2  x,t 
t x 2

 2 2 
(3)  2   m2  i    x,t   32  x,t 
t x 2

 2 2 
(4)  2   m2  i    x,t   3  x,t 
t x 2

48. A part of the group multiplication table for a six element group G = {e,a,b,c,d,f} is shown below.
(In the following e is the identity element of G.)
The entries x, y and z should be

(1) x = a, y = d and z = c (2) x = c, y = a and z = d
(3) x = c, y = d and z = a (4) x = a, y = c and z = d

49. In finding the roots of the polynomial f(x) = 3x3 – 4x – 5 using the iterative Newton-Raphson
method, the initial guess is taken to be x = 2. In the next iteration its value is nearest to
(1) 1.671 (2) 1.656
(3) 1.559 (4) 1.551
50. For a particle of energy E and momentum p (in a frame F), the rapidity y is defined as
1  E  p3 c 
y ln   . In a frame F’ moving with velocity v = (0,0, c) with respect to F, the rapidity
2  E  p3c 
y’ will be
1 1  1  
(1) y'  y 
2

ln 1  2  (2) y'  y  ln  
2  1  
 1    1  
(3) y '  y  ln   (4) y '  y  2ln  
 1    1  
51. A canonical transformation (q, p)  (Q, P) is made through the generating function F(q,P) = q2P
on the Hamiltonian
p2 
H  q,p    q4
2q 2
4
where  and  are constants. The equations of motion for (Q,P) are
(1)   P /  and P   Q
Q
(2)   4P /  and P   Q / 2
Q
(3)   P /  and P   2P   Q
Q
Q
(4)   2P /  and P   Q
Q
52. The Lagrangian of a system moving in three dimensions is
1 1 1
L
2
 
mx 12  m x 22  x 32  kx12  k  x 2  x 3 
2 2
2
The independent constant(s) of motion is/are

(1) energy alone.
(2) only energy, one component of the linear momentum and one component of the angular
momentum.
(3) only energy and one component of the linear momentum.
(4) only energy and one component of the angular momentum.

53. Consider a sphere S1 of radius R which carries a uniform charge of density . A smaller sphere
S2 of radius a < R/2 is cut out and removed from it. The centres of the two spheres are separated

 / 2 , as shown in the figure.
by the vector b  nR
The electric field at a point P inside S2 is

R  R  
(1) 30
n (2) 30a
 r  na 
R  a 
(3) n (4) r
6 0 3  0R
54. The values of the electric and magnetic fields in a particular reference frame (in Gaussian units)
are E  3x  4y and B  3z , respectively. An inertial observer moving with respect to this frame
measures the magnitude of the electric field to be |E’| = 4. The magnitude of the magnetic field
|B’| measured by him is
(1) 5 (2) 9
(3) 0 (4) 1
55. A loop of radius a,carrying a current I, is placed in a uniform magnetic field B. If the normal to
the loop is denoted by n , the force F and the torque T on the loop are

(1) F  0 and T  a 2 I n  B (2) F  0 I  B and T  0
4
 F  0 and T 
1
(3) F  0 I  B and T  In  B (4) IB
4  0 0
56. A waveguide has a square cross-section of side 2a. For the TM modes of wavevector k, the
transverse electromagnetic modes are obtained in terms of a function (x,y) which obeys the
equation
 2  2  2 2 

 2  2   2  k     x, y   0
 x y c 
with the boundary condition    a, y     x,  a   0 . The frequency  of the lowest mode is
given by
 4 2   2 
(1) 2  c 2  k 2  2  (2) 2  c 2  k 2  2 
 a   a 
 2   2 
(3) 2  c 2  k 2  2  (4) 2  c 2  k 2  2 
 2a   4a 

1
57. Consider a particle of mass m in a potential V  x  
m2 x 2  gcoskx . The change in the ground
2
1
state energy, compared to the simple harmonic potential m x , to first order in g is
2 2
2
 k2   k2 
(1) g exp    (2) g exp  
 2m   2m 
 2k 2    k2 
(3) g exp    (4) g exp   
 m   4m 
58. The energy levels for a particle of mass m in the potential V(x) =  | x |, determined in the WKB
approximation
b
 1
2m  E  V  x  dx   n   
a  2
(where a, b are the turning points and n = 0,1,2...) are
2 2
    1  3  3    1  3
(1) En    n  2  (2) En    n  2 
4 m    4 2m  
2 2
 3    1  3     1  3
En    n  2  En    n  
2  
(3) (4)
4 m    4 2m 
59. A particle of mass m moves in one dimension under the influence of the potential V(x) = – (x),
where  is a positive constant. The uncertainty in the product (x) (p) in its ground state is
(1) 2 (2) /2
(3) / 2 (4) 2
 2 4
60. The ground state energy of a particle of mass m in the potential V  x   x , estimated using
6m
1
  4
the normalized trial wavefunction   x     e x /2 is
2

   1   3 
 
2 2
Use dx x 2 ex  and dx x 4 e x  

   2   4 2 
3 2 3
1
8 2 31
(1)  (2) 
2m 3m
2 2 31 3 2 31
(3)  (4) 
3m 8m
61. Consider a gas of Cs atoms at a number density of 1012 atoms/cc. When the typical inter-particle
distance is equal to the thermal de Broglie wavelength of the particles, the temperature of the gas
is nearest to (Take the mass of a Cs atom to be 22.7 × 10–26 kg.)
(1) 1 × 10–9 K (2) 7 × 10–5 K
(3) 1 × 10–3 K (4) 2 × 10–8 K
62. The internal energy E(T) of a system at a fixed volume is found to depend on the temperature
T as E(T) = aT2 + bT4. Then the entropy S(T), as a function of temperature is
1 2 1 4
(1) aT  bT (2) 2aT2 + 4bT4
2 4
4 3
(3) 2aT 2  bT (4) 2aT + 2bT3
3
63. A radioactive element X decays to Y, which in turn decays to a stable element Z. The decay
constant from X to Y is 1, and that from Y to Z is 2. If, to begin with, there are only N0 atoms
of X, at short times (t <<1/1 as well as 1/2) the number of atoms of Z will be
1 1 2
(1) 1 2N0 t 2 (2) N0 t
2 2  1   2 
(3)  1  2 
2
N0 t 2 (4)  1   2  N0 t
64. Two completely overlapping semi-circular parallel plates comprise a capacitive transducer. One
of the plates is rotated by an angle of 10º a relative to their common centre. Ignoring edge effects,
the ratio, In : Io, of sensitivity of the transducer in the new configuration with respect to the original
one, is
(1) 8 :9 (2) 11:12
(3) 17:18 (4) 35:36
65. The state diagram that detects three or more consecutive 1’s in a serial bit stream is
(1) (2)
(3) (4)

66. The decay constants fp of the heavy pseudo-scalar mesons, in the heavy quark limit, are related
a
to their masses mp by the relation fp  m , where a is an empirical parameter to be determined.
p
The values mp = 6400 ± 160 MeV and fp = 180 ± 15 MeV correspond to uncorrelated
measurements of a meson. The error on the estimate of a is
(1) 175 (MeV)3/2 (2) 900 (MeV)3/2
(3) 1200 (MeV)3/2 (4) 2400 (MeV)3/2
67. Consider electrons in graphene, which is planar monatomic layer of carbon atoms. If the dispersion
relation of the electrons is take to be (k) = ck (where c is constant) over the entire k-space, then
the Fermi energy F depends on the number density of electrons  as
(1) F  1/2 (2) F  
(3) F  2/3 (4) F  1/3
68. Suppose the frequency of phonons in a one-dimensional chain of atoms is proportional to the
wavevector. If n is the number density of atoms and c is the speed of the phonons, then the
Debye frequency is
(1) 2 cn (2) 2  cn
(3) 3  cn (4)  cn / 2
69. The band energy of an electron in a crystal for a particular k-direction has the form
(k) = A – B cos 2 ka, where A and B are positive constants and 0 < ka < . The electron has
a hole-like behaviour over the following range of k :
 3 
(1)  ka  (2)  ka  
4 4 2
  3
(3) 0  ka  (4)  ka 
4 2 4
70. The ground state electronic configuration of 22Ti is [Ar]3d24s2. Which state, in the standard
spectroscopic notations, is not possible in this configuration?
1 1
(1) F3 (2) S0
1 3
(3) D2 (4) P0
71. In a normal Zeeman effect experiment using a magnetic field of strength 0.3 T, the splitting
between the components of a 660 nm spectral line is
(1) 12 pm (2) 10 pm
(3) 8 pm (4) 6 pm
72. The separation between the energy levels of a two-level atom is 2 eV. Suppose that 4 × 1020
atoms are in the ground state and 7 × 1020 atoms are pumped into the excited state just before
lasing starts. How much energy will be released in a single laser pulse?
(1) 24.6 J (2) 22.4 J
(3) 98 J (4) 48 J

73. In the large hadron collider (LHC), two equal energy proton beams traverse in opposite directions
along a circular path of length 27 km. If the total centre of mass energy of a proton-proton pair
is 14 TeV, which of the following is the best approximation for the proper time taken by a proton
to traverse the entire path?
(1) 12 ns (2) 1.2 s
(3) 1.2 ns (4) 0.12 s
74. Let ES denote the contribution of the surface energy per nucleon in the liquid drop model. The ratio
ES  27
13 
Al : ES  64
30 
Zn is
(1) 2:3 (2) 4:3

(3) 5:3 (4) 3:2
27
75. According to the shell model, the nuclear magnetic moment of the 13 Al nucleus is
(Given that for a proton g = 1, gs = 5.586, and for a neutron g = 0, gs = – 3.826.)
(1) – 1.913 N (2) 14.414 N
(3) 4.793 N (4) 0
ANSWER KEY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 2 2 1,2 4 2 4 3 2 2
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
3 3 3 4 3 2 4 2 4 2
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
3 3 4 4 1 4 3 3 1 4
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
3 2 2 1 1 1 1 2,3 2 2
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
3 4 4 2 4 2 4 4 2 2
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 (
2 1 3 3 1 3 4 2 3 4
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
4 3 1 3 4 3 1 1 1,4 1
71 72 73 74 75
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