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JEST - 2014 (PHYSICS)

OBJECTIVE TYPE

1. The Hamiltonian operator for a two-state system is given by

H  a 1 1  2 2  2 1 ,
where ‘a’ is a positive number with the dimension of energy. The energy eigenstates corresponding to the larger
and smaller eigenvalues respectively are
(a) 1   
2 1 2 , 1   2 1 2 (b) 1   
2 1 2 , 1   2  1 2
(c) 1   2  1 2 ,  2  1 1  2 (d) 1   2  1 2 ,  2  1 1  2
 
2. Consider an eigenstate of L2 and Lz operator denoted by , m . Let A  nˆ.L denote an operator, where n̂
is a unit vector parametrized in terms of two angles as  nx , n y , nz    sin  cos  ,sin  sin  , cos   . The width
A in , m state is:

  1  m 2     1  m 2
(a)  cos  (b)  sin 
2 2

(c)     1  m 2  sin  (d)     1  m 2  cos 

3. Given the fundamental constant  (Planck constant), G (universal gravitation constant) and c (speed of light),
which of the following has dimension of length?
G G G c
(a) (b) (c) (d)
c3 c5 c3 8 G

4. What are the solutions to f " x   2 f '  x   f  x   0 ?

(a) c1e x / x (b) c1 x  c2 / x (c) c1 xe x  c2 (d) c1e x  c2 xe x

5. Circular discs of radius 1m each are placed on a plane so as to form a closely packed triangular lattice. The
number of discs per unit area is approximately equal to
(a) 0.86 m–2 (b) 0.43 m–2 (c) 0.29 m–2 (d) 0.14 m–2
6. A double pendulum consists of two equal masses ‘m’ suspended by two strings of length l. What is the Lagrangian
of this system for oscillations in a plane? Assume the angles 1 ,  2 made by the two strings are small (you can
2 g
use cos   1  ). Note: 0 
2 
2 2 1 2 1 2 2
(a) L  m  1  2  0 1  0  2 
2 2

 2 2 
2 2 1 2 1 2 2
(b) L  m  1  2  12  0 1  0  2 
2 2

 2 2 

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2 2 1 2 1 2 2
(c) L  m  1  2  12  0 1  0  2 
2 2

 2 2 
2 2 1 2 1 2 2
(d) L  m  1  2  12  0 1  0  2 
2 2

 2 2 
7. For an optical fiber with core and cladding index of n1  1.45 and n2  1.44 , respectively, what is the
approxmate cut-off angle of incidence? Cut-off angle of incidence is defined as the incidence angle below
which light will be guided.
(a) 7º (b) 22º (c) 5º (d) 0º

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8. Suppose a spin particle is in the state
2
1 1  i 
   
6 2 
If S x (x component of the spin angular momentum operator) is measured what is the probability of getting

 ?
2
1 2 5 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 6 6
9. The temperature of a thin bulb filament (assuming that the resistance of the filament is nearly constant) of radius
‘r’ and length L is proportional to
(a) r1/4 L1/2 (b) L2 r (c) L1/4 r 1 (d) r 2 L1
10. An ideal gas of non-relativistic fermions in 3-dimensions is at 0K. When both the number density and mass of
the partiles are doubled, then the energy per particle is multiplied by a factor
(a) 21/2 (b) 1 (c) 21/3 (d) 21/3
11. A dynamical system with two generalized coordinates q1 and q2 has Lagrangian L  q12  q 22 . If p1 and p2 are
the corresponding generalised momenta, the Hamiltonian is given by
(a)  p12  p22  / 4 (b)  q12  q 22  / 4 (c)  p12  p22  / 2 (d)  p1q1  p2 q2  / 4
12. In a certain inertial frame two light pulses are emitted, a distance 5 km apart and separated by 5 µs. An
observer who is traveling, parallel to the line joining the points where the pulses are emitted, at a velocity
V with respect to this frame notes that the pulses are simultaneous. Therefore V is
(a) 0.7c (b) 0.8c (c) 0.3c (d) 0.9c

13. The Laplace transformation of e2t sin 4t is

4 4 4s 4s
(a) 2 (b) 2 (c) 2 (d) 2
s  4s  25 s  4s  20 s  4s  20 2s  4s  20
14. A hydrogen atom in its ground state is collided with an electron of kinetic energy 13.377 eV. The maxi-
mum factor by which the radius of the atom would increase is
(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 49 (d) 64
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15. In the mixture of isotopes normally found on the earth at the present time, 92 U has an abundance of
235
99.3% and 92 U has an abundance of 0.7%. The measured lifetimes of these isotopes are 6.52×109
years and 1.02×109 years, respectively. Assuming that they were equally abundant when the earth was
formed, the estimated age of the earth, in years, is
(a) 6.0×109 (b) 1.0×109 (c) 6.0×108 (d) 1.0×108

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16. Which of the following circuits will act like a 4-input NAND gate?

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

17. Consider a three-state system with energies E, E, and E–3g (where g is a constant) and respective
eigenstates
1 1   1
1   1   1  
1  1  2  1 3  1
2   , 6   , 3  
 0  2   1
If the system is initially (at t = 0) in state
1 
 
i  0
0
 
What is the probability that at a later time ‘t’ system will be in state
 0
 
f   0
1 
 
4 2  3gt  4 2  3 gt  4 2  E  3 gt 
(a) 0 sin 
(b)  (c) cos   (d) sin  
9  2  9  2  9  2 
18. A monochromatic wave propagates in a direction making an angle 60º with the x-axis in the reference
4c
frame of source. The source moves at speed v  towards the observer. The direction of the (cosine
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of angle) wave as seen by the observer is
13 3 13 1
(a) cos  '  (b) cos  '  (c) cos  '  (d) cos  ' 
14 14 6 2
19. A monoatomic gas consists of atoms with two internal energy levels, ground state E0 = 0 an an excited
state E1 = E. The specific heat of the gas is given by

3 E 2 e E / kT
(a) k (b) kT 2 1  e E / kT 2
2  
3 E 2 e E / kT 3 E 2 e E / kT
k k
(c) 2 kT 2 1  e E / kT 
2 (d) 2 kT 2 1  e E / kT 
2

20. Ice of density 1 melts at pressure P and absolute temperature T to form water of density  2 . The latent
heat of melting of 1 gram of ice is L. What is the change in the internal energy U resulting from the
melting point of 1 gram of ice?
 1 1  1 1
(a) L  P      (b) L  P     
 2 1  2 1 

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 1 1   1 1 
(c) L  P      (d) L  P     
 1 2   1 2 

21. Two large nonconducting sheets one with a fixed uniform positive charge and another with a fixed uniform
negative charge are placed at a distance of 1 meter from each other. The magnitude of the surface charge
densities are    6.8µC / m 2 for the positively charged sheet and    4.3µC / m 2 for the negatively
charged sheet. What is the electric field in the region between the sheets?
(a) 6.30×105 N/C (b) 3.84×105 N/C (c) 1.40 × 105 N/C (d) 1.16 × 105 N/C
22. Find the resonance frequency (rad/sec) of the circle shown in the figure below

V 0.25F 2

~ 3
2H

(a) 1.41 (b) 1.0 (c) 2.0 (d) 1.73

2.2
23. The value of  xe x dx by using the one-segment trapezoidal rule is close to
0.2
(a) 11.672 (b) 11.807 (c) 20.099 (d) 24.119

F
24. The formula for normal strain in a longitudinal bar is given by  , where F is normal force applied,
AE
A is cross-sectional area of the bar, and E is Young’s modulus. If F  50  0.5N , A  0.2  0.002m 2 and
E  210  109  1 109 Pa , the maximum error in the measurement of strain is
(a) 1.0 × 10–12 (b) 2.95×10–11 (c) 1.22×10–9 (d) 1.19×10–9
25. A system of two circular co-axial coils carrying equal currents I along same direction having equalradius R and
separated by a distance R (as shown in figure below). The magnetic field at the midpoint P is given by
i Y i

X
P
R

0 I 40 I 80 I
(a) (b) (c) (d) 0
2 2R 5 5R 5 5R

Part-B
26. The lowest quantum mechanical energy of a particle confined in a one-dimensional box of size L is 2
eV. The energy of the quantum mechanical ground state for a system of three non-interacting spin-1/2
particles is
(a) 6 eV (b) 10 eV (c) 12 eV (d) 16 eV

27. Consider a square well of depth –V0 and width a with V0a fixed. Let V0   and a  0 . This poten-
tial well has
(a) No bound states (b) 1 bound state (c) 2 bound states (d) Infinitely many bound states
28. Two points objects A and B have masses 1000 Kg and 3000 Kg respectively. They are initially at rest

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with a separation equal to 1m. Their mutual gravitational attraction then draws then together. How far
from A’s original position will they collide?
(a) 1/3 m (b) 1/2 m (c) 2/3 m (d) 3/4 m
29. If a proton were ten times lighter, then the ground state energy of the electron in a hydrogen atom would
have been
(a) Less (b) More (c) The same (d) Depends on the electron mass

30. Consider a Hamiltonian system with a potential energy function given by V  x   x 2  x 4 . Which of the
following is correct?
(a) The system has one stable point (b) The system has two stable points
(c) The system has three stable points (d) The system has four stable points
31. Which functional form of potential best describes the interaction between a neutral atom and an ion at
large distances. (i.e. much larger than their diameters)
(a) V  1/ r 2 (b) V  1/ r (c) V  e r / a /r (d) V  1/ r 3
32. An electron is executing simple harmonic motion along the y-axis in right handed coordinate system.
Which of the following statements is true for emitted radiation?
(a) The radiation will be most intense in xz plane
(b) The radiation will be most intense in xy plane
(c) The radiation will violate causality
(d) The electron’s rest mass energy will reduce due to radiation loss
33. A ball bounces off earth. You are asked to solve this quantum mechanically assuming the earth is an
infinitely hard sphere. Consider surface of earth as the origin implying V  0    and a linear potential
elsewhere (i.e. V  x   mgx for x  0 ). Which of the following wave functions is physically admissible
for this problem (with k > 0):
2 2
(a)   e  kx / x (b)   xe  kx (c)    Axe kx (d)   Ae  kx
34. Let us write down the Lagrangian of a system as L  x, 
x, 
x   mxx  kx 2  cxx
 . What is the dimension of
c?
(a) MLT 3 (b) MT 2 (c) MT (d) ML2T 1
35. A 100 ohms resistor carrying current of 1 Amp is maintained at a constant temperature of 30ºC by a heat
bath. What is the rate of entropy increase of the resistor?
(a) 3.3 Joules/K/sec (b) 6.6 Joules/K/sec
(c) 0.33 Joules/K/sec (d) None of the above

z10  1
36. The value of limit, lim 6
z i z  1

is equal to
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) –10/3 (d) 5/3

37. The Dirac delta function   x  satisfieds the relation  f  x    x  dx  f  0  for a well behaved func-


tion f  x  . If x has the dimension of momentum then

(a)   x  has the dimension of momentum

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(b)   x  has the dimension of (momentum)2

(c)   x  is dimensionless
(d)   x  has the dimension of (momentum)–1
38. A conducting sphere of radius ‘r’ has charge Q on its surface. If the charge on there sphere is doubled and its
radius is halved, the energy associated with the electric field will
(a) Increase four times (b) Increase eight times
(c) Remain the same (d) Decrease four times
39. The operator A and B share all the eigenstates. Then the least possible value of the product of uncertain-
ties AB is
(a)  (b) 0 (c)  / 2 (d) Determinant (AB)
40. The value of integral

sin z
I   dz
c 2z  

with c a is circle z  2, is
(a) 0 (b) 2 i (c)  i (d)  i
41. Three sinusoidal waves have the same frequency with amplitude A, A/2 and A/3 while their phase angles
are 0,  / 2 and  respectively. The amplitude of the resultant wave is
(a) 11A/6 (0b) 2A/3 (c) 5A/6 (d) 7A/6
42. What is the contribution of the conduction electrons in the molar entropy of a metal with electronic
coefficient of specific heat  ?
(a)  T (b)  T 2 (c)  T 3 (d)  T 4
43. The value of elastic constant for copper is about 100 Nm–1 and the atomic spacing is 0.256 nm. What is
the amplitude of the vibration of the Cu atoms at 300K as a percentage of the equilibrium separation?
(a) 4.55% (b) 3.55% (c) 2.55% (d) 1.55%
44. Consider a system of 2N non-interacting spin 1/2 particles each fixed in position and carrying a magnetic
moment µ. The system is immersed in a uniform magnetic field B. The number of spin up particle for which
the entropy of the system will be maximum is
(a) 0 (b) N (c) 2N (d) N/2
45. When two different solids are brought in contact with each other, which one of the following is true?
(a) Their Fermi energies become equal
(b) Their band gaps become equal
(c) Their chemical potentials become equal
(d) Their work functions become equal.
46. The acceleration experinced by the bob of a simple pendulum is
(a) maximum at the extreme positions
(b) maximum at the lowest (central) positions
(c) maximum at a point between the above two positions
(d) same as all positions
47. A spherical air bubble is embedded in a glass slab. It will behave like a
(a) Cylindrical lens (b) Achromatic lens
(c) Converging lens (d) Diverging lens
48. The resolving power of a grating spectrograph can be improved by
(a) recording the spectrum in the lowest order
(b) using a grating with longer grating period
(c) masking a part of the grating surface.
(d) illuminating the grating to the maximum possible extent.

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49. For which gas the ratio of specific heats (Cp/Cv) will be largest?
(a) mono-atomic (b) di-atomic (c) tri-atomic (d) hexa-atomic
50. If hydrogen atom is bombarded by energetic electrons, it will emit
(a) K X  rays (b)   rays (c) Neutrons (d) none of the above.

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