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PHYSICS (PH)
Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST-2016)

Part-A: 3-Mark Questions

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1. The wavefunction of a hydrogen atom is given by the following superposition of energy eigen-functions  n / m ( r )
(n, l, m are the usual quantum numbers);
 2  3  1 
 (r )   100 ( r )   210 ( r )   322 ( r )
7 14 14
The ratio of expectation value of the energy to the ground state energy and the expectation value of L2 are,
respectively:
229 12 2 101 12 2 101 229
(a) and (b) and (c) and  2 (d) and  2
504 7 504 7 504 504
2. An ideal gas with adiabatic exponent  undergoes a process in which its pressure P is related to its volume V
by the relation P  P0  V , where P0 and  are positive constants. The volume starts from being very close
to zero and increases monotonically to P0 / . At what value of the volume during the process does the gas
have maximum entropy?
P0  P0  P0 P0
(a) (b) (c) (d)
 (1   )  (1   )  (1   )  (1   )
3. The H2 molecule has a reduced mass M  8.35  1028 kg and an equilibrium internuclear distance R = 0.742
× 10–10 m. The rotational energy in terms of the rotational quantum number J is :
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(a) Erot ( J )  7 J ( J  1) meV (b) Erot ( J )  J ( J  1) meV
2
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(c) Erot ( J )  7 J ( J  1) meV (d) Erot ( J ) 
J ( J  1) meV
2
4. The Hamiltonian of a quantum particle of mass m confined to a ring of unit radius is:
2
2   
H
 i  ,
2 m   
where  is the angular coordinate,  is a constant. The energy eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the particle
are (n is an integer):
ein 2 sin (n ) 2
(a)  n ( )  and En  (n   )2 (b)  n ( )  and En  (n   )2
2 2 m 2 2m

cos (n ) 2 ein 2

(c)  n ( )  and En  ( n   ) 2 (d)  n ( )  and En  (n   )2
2 2m 2 2m
5. Consider a quantum particle of mass m in one dimension in an infinite potential well, i.e., V ( x )  0 for
 a /2  x  a /2, and V ( x)   for x  a /2 . A small perturbation, V ( x)  2  x /a , is added. The change
in the ground state energy to O ( ) is:

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   2 2  2 2
(a) ( 2  4) (b) ( 2  4) (c) (  4) (d) (  4)
2 2 2 2 2 2
6. A spin-1 particle is in a state  described by the column matrix (1/ 10) {2, 2, 2i} in the Sz basis. What is

the probability that a measurement of operator Sz will yield the result  for the state S x  ?
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 3 4 6
7. The energy of a particle is given by E  p  q , where p and q are the generalized momentum and coordi-
nate, respectively. All the states with E  E0 are equally probable and states with E  E0 are inaccessible.
The probability density of finding the particle at coordinate q, with q  0 is:
( E0  q ) q ( E0  q) 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
E02 E02 E02
E 0

8. A hoop of radius a rotates with constant angular velocity  about the vertical axis as shown in the figure. A
bead of mass m can slide on the hoop without friction. If g   2 a , at what angle  apart from 0 and  is the
 d d 2 
bead stationary  i.e.,  2  0 ?
 dt dt 

(a) tan    g / 2 a (b) sin   g / 2 a (c) cos   g / 2 a (d) tan   g / 2 a

9. A gas of N molecules of mass m is confined in a cube of volume V  L3 at temperature T. The box is in a

uniform gravitational field  gzˆ . Assume that the potential energy of a molecule is U  mgz , where z  [0, L ]
is the vertical coordinate inside the box. The pressure P(z) at height z is :

 mg ( z  L /2)   mg ( z  L /2) 
exp    exp   
N mgL  k BT  N mgL  k BT 
(a) P( z )  (b) P( z ) 
V 2  mgL  V 2  mgL 
sinh   cosh  
 2k BT   2k BT 

k BTN N
(c) P( z )  (d) P( z )  mgz
V V
10. A point charge q of mass m is released from rest at a distance d from an infinite grounded conducting plane
(ignore gravity). How long does it takes for the charge to hit the plane ?

2 3 0 md 3 2 3 0 md  3 0 md 3  3 0 md
(a) (b) (c) (d)
q q q q
11. The strength of magnetic field at the center of a regular hexagon with sides of length a carrying a steady current
I is :

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0 I 6 0 I 30 I 30 I
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 a a a a
12. The maximum relativistic kinetic energy of  particles from a radioactive nucleus is equal to the rest mass
energy of the particle. A magnetic field is applied perpendicular to the beam of  particles, which bends it to a
circle of radius R. The field is given by :
(a) 3m0 c /eR (b) 2m0 c /eR (c) 3m0 c /eR (d) 3m0 c /2eR
13. Light takes approximately 8 minutes to travel from the Sun to the Earth. Suppose in the frame of the Sun an
event occurs at t = 0 at the Sun and another event occurs on Earth at t = 1 minute. The velocity of the inertial
frame in which both these events are simultaneous is:
(a) c/8 with the velocity vector pointing from Earth to Sun
(b) c/8 with the velocity vector pointing from Sun to Earth
(c) The events can never be simultaneous - no such frame exists
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(d) c 1   18  with velocity vector pointing from Sun to Earth

14. The central force which results in the orbit r  a (1  cos  ) for a particle is proportional to :
(a) r (b) r2 (c) r–2 (d) none of these

15. A spin- 12 particle in a uniform external magnetic field has energy eigenstates |1 and | 2 . The system is
prepared in ket-state (|1  | 2 ) 2 at time t = 0. It evolves to the state described by the ket (|1  | 2 ) 2
in time T. The minimum energy difference between two levels is:
h h h h
(a) (b) (c) (d)
6T 4T 2T T
16. It is found that when the resistance R indicated in the figure below is changed from 1 k to 10 k, the current
flowing through the resistance R does not change. What is the value of the resistor R?
10 k

1 k R 1 k

R

5V 10 k

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

1 1 1
17. The sum of the infinite series 1      is
3 5 7
 
(a) 2 (b)  (c) (d)
2 4
18. A spherical shell of radius R carries a constant surface charge density  and is rotating about one of its diam-
eters with an angular velocity . The magnitude of the magnetic moment of the shell is:
(a) 4 R 4 (b) 4 R 4 /3 (c) 4 R 4 /15 (d) 4 R 4 /9

2 1
19. Given a matrix M    , which of the following represents cos ( M /6) ?
1 2

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1  1 2 3  1 1  3  1 1 1 1 3
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d) 2  
2  2 1 4  1 1  4  1 1  3 1 

20. Consider N non-interacting electrons ( N ~ N A ) in a box of sides Lx , Ly , Lz . Assume that the dispersion
relation is  (k )  C k 4 , where C is a constant, the ratio of the ground state energy per particle to the Fermi
energy is :
3 7 3 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
7 3 5 7
21. A transistor in common base configuration has ratio of collector current to emitter current  and ratio of
collector to base current . Which of the following is true ?
 (  1)  (  1)
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
(  1)  (  1) 
22. You receive on average 5 emails per day during a 365 days year. The number of days on average on which you
do not receive any emails in that year are:
(a) more than 5 (b) more than 2 (c) 1 (d) none of these

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23. If Yxy  (Y2, 2  Y2, 2 ) , where Yl , m are spherical harmonics, then which of the following is true ?
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(a) Yxy is an eigenfunction of both L2 and Lz (b) Yxy is an eigenfunction of L2 but not Lz
(c) Yxy is an eigenfunction of Lz but not L2 (d) Yxy is not an eigenfunction of either L2 or Lz

24. A two dimensional box in a uniform magnetic field B contains N/2 localised spin- 12 particles with magnetic
moment  , and N /2 free spinless particles which do not interact with each other. The average energy of the
system at a temperature T is :
1 1
(a) 3NkT  N  B sinh (  B /k BT ) (b) NkT  N  B tanh (  B /k BT )
2 2
1 1 3 1
(c) NkT  N  B tanh (  B /k BT ) (d) NkT  N  B cosh (  B /k BT )
2 2 2 2

n x
25. The value of the integral  dx is :
0
( x 2  1)

2 2
(a) (b) (c)  2 (d) 0
4 2

Part-B: 1-Mark Questions

26. An ideal gas has a specific heat ratio CP /CV  2 . Starting at a temperature T1 the gas under goes an isothermal
compression to increase its density by a factor of two. After this an adiabatic compression increases its pres-
sure by a factor of two. The temperature of the gas at the end of the second process would be:
T1 T1
(a) (b) 2T1 (c) 2T1 (d)
2 2
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27. The electric field E  E0 sin (t  kz ) xˆ  2 E0 sin (t  kz   /2) yˆ represents:

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(a) a linearly polarized wave (b) a right hand circularly polarized wave
(c) a left hand circularly polarized wave (d) an elliptically polarized wave
  
28. If k is the wavefactor of incident light (| k |  2 / ,  is the wavelength of light) and G is a reciprocal lattice
vector, then the Bragg’s law can be written as:
       
(a) k  G  0 (b) 2k  G  G 2  0 (c) 2k  G  k 2  0 (d) k  G  0
29. The number of different Bravais lattices possible in two dimension is:
(a) 2 (B) 3 (c) 5 (d) 6
30. An electron confined within a thin layer of semiconductor may be treated as a free particle inside an infinitely
deep one-dimensional potential well. If the difference in energies between the first and the second energy levels
is  E , then the thickness of the layer is:

3 2 2 2 2 2  2 2  2 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2m E 3m E 2m E m E
d
31. The adjoint of a differential operator acting on a wavefunction  ( x) for a quantum mechanical system is:
dx
d d d d
(a) (b)  i (c)  (d) i
dx dx dx dx
32. In the ground state of hydrogen atom, the most probable distance of the electron from the nucleus, in units of
Bohr radius a0 is:
1 3
(a) (b) 1 (c) 2 (d)
2 2
33. Circular fringes are obtained with a Michelson interferometer using 600nm laser light. What minimum displace-
ment of one mirror will make the central fringe from bright to dark ?
(a) 600 nm (b) 300 nm (c) 150 nm (d) 120 Å
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34. Given the condition  2   0 , the solution of the equation  2   k   is given by:
(a)   k  2 /2 (b)   k  2 (c)   k  n  (d)   k  n  /2

35. The output intensity I of radiation from a single mode of resonant cavity obeys
d 
I   0 I,
dt Q
where Q is the quality factor of the cavity and 0 is the resonant frequency. The form of the frequency
spectrum of the output is:
(a) Delta function (b) Gaussian (c) Lorentzian (d) Exponential

36. For operators P and Q, the commutator [ P, Q 1 ] is:

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

37. For a quantum mechanical harmonic oscillator with energies, En  ( n  1/2)  , where n  0, 1, 2,...., the
partition function is:
e   / k BT e /2 k BT
(a) (b) e  /2 kBT  1 (c) e  /2 kBT  1 (d)
e   / k BT  1 e   / k BT  1

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38. A semicircular piece of paper is folded to make a cone with the center of the semicircle as the apex. The half
angle of the resulting cone would be:
(a) 90° (b) 60° (c) 45° (d) 30°
39. 
A spin- 12 particle is in a state     2 , where  and  are the eigenstates of S z operator. The
exceptation value of the spin angular momentum measured along x-direction is:

(a)  (b)   (c) 0 (d)
2
40. The half-life of a radioactive nuclear source is 9 days. The fraction of nuclei which are left undecayed after 3
days is:
7 1 5 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
8 3 6 21/3
41. If the Rydberg constant of an atom of finite nuclear mass is  R , where R is the Rydberg constant corre-
sponding to an infinite nuclear mass, the ratio of the electronic to nuclear mass of the atom is:
(1   ) (  1) 1
(a) (b) (c) (1   ) (d)
  
42. A gas contains particles of type A with fraction 0.8, and particles of type B with fraction 0.2. The probability
that among 3 randomly chosen particles at least one is of type A is:
(a) 0.8 (b) 0.25 (c) 0.33 (d) 0.992
43. A cylindrical shell of mass m has an outer radius b and an inner radius a. The moment of inertia of the shell
about the axis of the cylinder is:
1 1
(a) m (b 2  a 2 ) (b) m (b 2  a 2 ) (c) m (b 2  a 2 ) (d) m (b 2  a 2 )
2 2
44. If the direction with respect to a right-handed cartesian coordinate system of the ket vector z ,  is (0, 0, 1),
then the direction of the ket vector obtained by application of rotations:
exp (  i z /2) exp (i y /4) , on the ket z ,  is ( y ,  z are the Pauli matrices):

(a) (0, 1, 0) (b) (1, 0, 0) (c) (1, 1, 0) 2 (d) (1,1, 1) 3

45. Suppose yz-plane forms the boundary between two linear dielectric media I and II with dielectric constant

 I  3 and  II  4 , respectively. If the electric field in region. I at the interface is given by E1  4 xˆ  3 yˆ  5 zˆ ,

then the electric field EII at the interface in region II is:
(a) 4 xˆ  3 yˆ  5 zˆ (b) 4 xˆ  0.75 yˆ  1.25 zˆ
(c)  3xˆ  3 yˆ  5 zˆ (d) 3xˆ  3 yˆ  5 zˆ
46. How much force does light from a 1.8 W laser exert when it is totally absorbed by an object?
(a) 6.0  10 9 N (b) 0.6  10 9 N (c) 6.0  10 8 N (d) 4.8  109 N

47. Self inductance per unit length of a long solenoid of radius R with n turns per unit length is:
(a)  0 R 2 n 2 (b) 2  0 R 2 n (c) 2  0 R 2 n 2 (d)  0 R 2 n

48. In Millikan’s oil-drop experiment an oil drop of radius r, mass m and charge q  6 r (v1  v2 )/E is moving
upwards with a terminal velocity v2 due to an applied electric field of magnitude E, where  is the coefficients
of viscosity. The acceleration due to gravity is given by :

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(a) g  6 rv1 /m (b) g  3 rv1 /m (c) g  6 rv2 /m (d) g  3 rv2 /m

49. For the coupled system shown in the figure, the normal coordinates are x1  x2 and x1  x2 , corresponding to
the normal frequencies 0 and 30 , respectively..
x1 x2
k k k
m m

At t = 0, the displacements are x1  A, x2  0 , and the velocities are v1  v2  0 . The displacement of the
second particle at time t is given by:
A A
(a) x2 (t ) 
2

cos (0t )  cos  30 t  (b) x2 (t ) 
2

cos (0 t )  cos  30t 
A A 1 
(c) x2 (t ) 
2

sin (0t )  sin  30t  (d) x2 (t )  
2
sin (0t ) 
3
sin  30t 


1
50. The mean value of random variable x with probability density p ( x)  exp   ( x 2   x)/(2 2 )  , is:
 2
 
(a) 0 (b) (c)  (d) 
2 2

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