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Part-A
Q1. Twenty litres of rainwater having a 2.0 μmol L concentration of sulfate ions is mixed

with forty litres water having 4.0 μmol L sulfate ions. If 50% of the total water
evaporated, what would be sulfate concentration in the remaining water
1. 3 μmol L 2. 3.3 μmol L
3. 4 μmol L 4. 6.7 μmol L
Ans: (4)
Q2. The populations and gross domestic products (GDP) in billion USD of three countries A,
B and C in the years 2000, 2010 and 2020 are shown in the two figures below.

The decreasing order of per capita GDP of these countries in the year 2020 is
1. A, B, C 2. A, C, B
3. B, C, A 4. C, A, B
Ans: (1)
Q3. In a buffet, 4 curries A, B, C and D were served. A guest was to eat any one or more than
one curry, but not the combinations having C and D together. The number of options
available for the guest were
1. 3 2. 7
3. 11 4. 15
Ans: (3)
Q4. Three friends having a ball each stand at the three corners of a triangle. Each of them
throws her ball independently at random to one of the others, once. The probability of no
two friends throwing balls at each other is
1. 1/4 2. 1/8
3. 1/3 4. 1/2
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Q5. What is the largest number of father-son pairs that can exist in a group of four men?
1. 3 2. 2
3. 4 4. 6
Ans: (1)
Q6. At a spot S en-route, the speed of a bus was reduced by 20% resulting in a delay of 45
minutes. Instead, if the speed were reduced at 60 km after S, it would have been delayed
by 30 minutes. The original speed, in km/h, was
1. 90 2. 80
3. 70 4. 60
Ans: (4)
Q7. If the sound of its thunder is heard 1s after a lightning was observed, how far away (in
m) was the source of thunder/lightning from the observer (given, speed of sound
 x ms 1 , speed of light  y ms1 )?

1. x 2 y 2. xy  y  x 

3. xy  x  y  4. y 2 x

Ans: (2)
Q8. If two trapeziums of the same height, as shown below, can be joined to form a
parallelogram of area 2  a  b  , then the height of the parallelogram will be
2a 2b 1

2a  1 2b
1. 4 2. 1
3. 1/2 4. 2
Ans: (2)
Q9. Three fair cubical dice are thrown, independently. What is the probability that all the dice
read the same?
1. 1/6 2. 1/36
3. 1/216 4. 13/216
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Q10. Consider two datasets A and B, each with 3 observations, such that both the datasets have
the same median. Which of the following MUST be true?
1. Sum of the observations in A = Sum of the observations in B.
2. Median of the squares of the observations in A = Median of the squares of the
observations in B.
3. The median of the combined dataset = median of A + median of B.
4. The median of the combined dataset = median of A.
Ans: (4)
Q11. Price of an item is increased by 20% of its cost price and is then sold at 10% discount for
Rs. 2160. What is its cost price?
1. 1680 2. 1700
3. 1980 4. 2000
Ans: (4)
Q12. A 50 litre mixture of paint is made of green, blue, and red colours in the ratio 5:3:2. If
another 10 litre of red colour is added to the mixture, what will be the new ratio?
1. 5:2:4 2. 4:3:2
3. 2:3:5 4. 5:3:4
Ans: (4)
Q13. Two semicircles of same radii centred at A and C, touching each other, are placed
between two parallel lines, as shown in the figure. The angle BAC is
A B

D
C
1. 30° 2. 35°
3. 45° 4. 60°
Ans: (1)
Q14. A building has windows of sizes 2, 3 and 4 feet and their respective numbers are
inversely proportional to their sizes. If the total number of windows is 26, then how many
windows are there of the largest size?
1. 4 2. 6
3. 12 4. 9
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Q15. Three consecutive integers a , b, c add to 15. Then the value of

 a  2  b  2   c  2
2 2 2
would be

1. 25 2. 27
3. 29 4. 31
Ans: (3)
Q16. Persons A and B have 73 secrets each. On some day, exactly one of them discloses his
secret to the other. For each secret A discloses to B in a given day, B discloses two
secrets to A on the next day. For each secret B discloses to A in a given day, A discloses
four secrets to B on the next day. The one who starts, starts by disclosing exactly one
secret. What is the smallest possible number of days it takes for B to disclose all his
secrets?
1. 5 2. 6 3. 7 4. 8
Ans: (1)
Q17. Given only one full 3 litre bottle and two empty ones of capacities 1 litre and 4 litres, all
ungraduated, the minimum number of pouring required to ensure 1 litre in each bottle is
1. 2 2. 3 3. 4 4. 5
Ans: (2)
Q18. Sum of all the integral angles of a regular octagon is ____________ degrees.
1. 360 2. 1080
3. 1260 4. 900
Ans: (2)
Q19. Which of the numbers A  1623  3273 and B  6123  1233 is divisible by 489?
1. Both A and B 2. A but not B
3. B but not A 4. Neither A nor B
Ans: (1)
Q20. When a student in Section A who scored 100 marks in a subject is exchanged for a
student in Section B who scored 0 marks, the average marks of the Section A falls by 4,
while that of Section B increases by 5. Which of the following statements is true?
1. A has the same strength as B
2. A has 5 more students than B
3. B has 5 more students than A
4. The relative strengths of the classes cannot be assessed from the data
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PART B
Q1. A jar J1 contains equal number of balls of red, blue and green colours, while another jar
J2 contains balls of only red and blue colours, which are also equal in number. The
probability of choosing J1 is twice as large as choosing J2. If a ball picked at random
from one of the jars turns out to be red, the probability that it came from J1 is
2 3
1. 2.
3 5
2 4
3. 4.
5 7
Ans: (4)
Q2. The Hamiltonian of a two-dimensional quantum harmonic oscillator is
2
px2 p y 1
H   m 2 x 2  2m 2 y 2 where m and  are positive constants. The
2m 2m 2
27
degeneracy of the energy level  is
2
1. 14 2. 13
3. 8 4. 7
Ans: (4)
Q3. A uniform circular disc on the xy -plane with its centre at the origin has a moment of

inertia I 0 about the x -axis. If the disc is set in rotation about the origin with an angular

 
velocity   0 ĵ  kˆ , the direction of its angular momentum is along

1. iˆ  ˆj  kˆ 2. iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ

3. ˆj  2kˆ 4. ĵ  kˆ
Ans: (3)
Q4. A DC motor is used to lift a mass M to a height h from the ground. The electric energy
delivered to the motor is VIt , where V is the applied voltage, I is the current and t the
time for which the motor runs. The efficiency e of the motor is the ratio between the
work done by the motor and the energy delivered to it. If M  2.00  0.02 kg,
h  1.00  0.01m, V  10.0  0.1 V, I  2.00  0.02 A and t  300 15 s, then the fractional
error  e e in the efficiency of the motor is closest to

1. 0.05 2. 0.09
3.0.12 4. 0.15
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L L
Q5. A particle in one dimension is in an infinite potential well between  x  . For a
2 2
x 
perturbation  cos   , where  is a small constant, the change in the energy of the
 L 
ground state, to first order in  , is
5 10 
1. 2.
 3
8 4
3. 4.
3 
Ans: (3)
Q6. For the given logic circuit, the input waveforms A, B, C and D are shown as a function of
time.

5V
A 0V

A 5V
B B 0V
A Y 5V
X C
C 0V
A 5V
D D
0V
5V
Y 0V

Time

To obtain the output Y as shown in the figure, the logic gate X should be
1. an AND gate 2. an OR gate
3. a NAND gate 4. a NOR gate
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Q7. A small circular wire loop of radius a and number of turns N, is oriented with its axis
parallel to the direction of the local magnetic field B. A resistance R and a galvanometer
are connected to the coil, as shown in the figure.

 B

When the coil is flipped (i.e., the direction of its axis is reversed) the galvanometer
measures the total charge Q that flows through it. If the induced emf through the
coil EF  IR , then Q is

1.  Na2 B  2R  2.  Na 2 B R

3. 2 Na 2 B R 4. 2 Na 2 B R
Ans: (4)
Q8. The radial wavefunction of hydrogen atom with the principal quantum number n  2 and

 r   2ra
the orbital quantum number  0 is R20  N 1   e , where N is the normalization
 2a 
constant. The best schematic representation of the probability density P  r  for the

electron to be between r and r  dr is

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1. 2.
P r  P r 

r r
3. 4.
P r  P r 

r r

Ans: (1)
 3 1 2 
 
Q9. The matrix M   1 2 0  satisfies the equation M 3   M 2   M  3  0 if  ,  
 2 0 1
 
are
1.  2, 2  2.  3,3

3.  6,6  4.  4, 4 

Ans: (3)

Q10. The value of the integral I   e x x sin  x  dx is
0

3 2
1. 2.
4 3
1 1
3. 4.
2 4
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Q11. A long cylindrical wire of radius R and conductivity  , lying along the z -axis, carries a
uniform axial current density I . The Poynting vector on the surface of the wire is (in the
following ̂ and ̂ denote the unit vectors along the radial and azimuthal directions
respectively)
I 2R I 2R
1. ˆ 2.  ˆ
2 2
I 2 R I 2 R
3.  ˆ 4. ˆ
4 4
Ans: (2)
Q12. A one-dimensional rigid rod is constrained to move inside a sphere such that its two ends
are always in contact with the surface. The number of constraints on the Cartesian
coordinates of the endpoints of the rod is
1. 3 2. 5
3. 2 4. 4
Ans: (1)
Q13. Two energy levels, 0 (non-degenerate) and  (double degenerate), are available to N
non-interacting distinguishable particles. If U is the total energy of the system, for large
  U  U 
values of N the entropy of the system is kB  N ln N   N   ln  N    X  . In this
     
expression, X is
U U U 2U
1.  ln 2.  ln
 2  
2U 2U U U
3.  ln 4.  ln
   
Ans: (1)
Q14. The minor axis of Earth's elliptical orbit divides the area within it into halves. The
eccentricity of the orbit is 0.0167. The difference in time spent by Earth in the two halves
is closest to
1. 3.9 days 2. 4.8 days
3. 12.3 days 4. 0 days
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Q15. In the circuit below, there is a voltage drop of 0.7 V across the diode D in forward bias,
while no current flows through it in reverse bias.
30

15V
Vin

20 10 Op Amp

D 15V

If Vin is a sinusoidal signal of frequency 50 Hz with an RMS value of 1 V, the maximum

current that flows through the diode is closest to
1. 1 A 2. 0.14 A
3. 0 A 4. 0.07 A
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Q16. The dispersion relation of a gas of non-interacting bosons in two dimensions

is E  k   c k , where c is a positive constant. At low temperatures, the leading

dependence of the specific heat on temperature T , is

1. T 4 2. T 3
3. T 2 4. T 3 2
Ans: (1)
   z  1  1 
Q17. The locus of the curve Im    1 in the complex z -plane is a circle centred at
 z  1 
 x0 , y0  and radius R . The values of  x0 , y0  and R , respectively, are

 1 1  1 1
1.  1,  and 2. 1,   and
 2 2  2 2

3. 1,1 and 1 4. 1, 1 and 1

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Q18. The energy levels available to each electron in a system of N non-interacting electrons
are En  nE0 , n  0,1, 2,... . A magnetic field, which does not affect the energy spectrum,
but completely polarizes the electron spins, is applied to the system. The change in the
ground state energy of the system is
1 2
1. N E0 2. N 2 E0
2
1 2 1 2
3. N E0 4. N E0
8 4
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Q19. The value of L2x in the state  for which L2   6 2
 and Lz   2  , is
2
1. 0 2. 4
2 2
3. 2 4.
Ans: (4)
Q20. A charged particle moves uniformly on the xy -plane along a circle of radius a centred at
the origin. A detector is put at a distance d on the x -axis to detect the electromagnetic
wave radiated by the particle along the x -direction. If d a , the wave received by the
detector is
1. Unpolarised
2. Circularly polarized with the plane of polarization being the yz -plane
3. Linearly polarized along the y -direction
4. Linearly polarized along the z -direction
Ans: (3)
Q21. The single particle energies of a system of N non-interacting fermions of spin s (at
3 1
T  0 ) are En  n 2 E0 , n  1, 2,3,... . The ratio F   F   of the Fermi energies for
2 2
fermions of spin 3/2 and spin 1/2, is
1. 1/2 2. 1/4
3. 2 4. 1
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Q22. The Hamiltonian of a two particle system is H  p1 p2  q1q2 , where q1 and q2 are

generalized coordinates and p1 and p2 are the respective canonical momenta. The
Lagrangian of this system is
1. q1q2  q1q2 2. q1q2  q1q2

3. q1q2  q1q2 4. q1q2  q1q2

Ans: (4)
Q23. The electric potential on the boundary of a spherical cavity of radius R, as a function of

the polar angle  , is V0 cos 2 . The charge density inside the cavity is zero everywhere.
2
The potential at a distance R 2 from the centre of the sphere is
1  1  1
1. V0 1  cos   2. V0 cos 
2  2  2

1  1  1
3. V0 1  sin   4. V0 sin 
2  2  2
Ans: (1)
Q24. A circuit needs to be designed to measure the resistance R of the a cylinder PQ to the best
possible accuracy, using an ammeter A, a voltmeter V, a battery E and a current
source I s (all assumed to be ideal). The value of R is known to be approximately 10  , and
the resistance W of each of the connecting wires is close to 10  . If the current from the
current source and voltage from the battery are known exactly, which of the following
circuits
(a) (b)
V P Q
W W

P Q W

V
W W W

Is
Is

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(c) (d)

P Q A
W W

W P Q

W
W W

E
E
1. (b) 2. (a)
3. (d) 4. (c)
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Q25. The trajectory of a particle moving in a plane is expressed in polar coordinates  r ,  by

d
the equations r  r0 e  t and   , where the parameters r0 ,  and  are positive. Let
dt
vr and ar denote the velocity and acceleration, respectively, in the radial direction. For
this trajectory
1. ar  0 at all times irrespective of the values of the parameters

2. ar  0 at all times irrespective of the values of the parameters

dvr
3.  0 and ar  0 for all choices of parameters
dt
dvr
4.  0 , however, ar  0 for some choices of parameters
dt
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PART C
Q1. Two electrons in thermal equilibrium at temperature T  kB  can occupy two sites. The

energy of the configuration in which they occupy the different sites is JS1  S2 (where

J  0 is a constant and S denotes the spin of an electron), while it is U if they are at the
same site. If U  10 J , the probability for the system to be in the first excited state is

1. e3  J 4
 3e J 4
 e 3 J 4  2e 10  J  2. 3 e  J 4
 3e  J 4
 e3  J 4  2e 10  J 
3. e  J 4
 2e  J 4
 3e3  J 4  2e 10  J  4. 3 e3  J 4
 2e J 4
 3e3  J 4  2e10  J 
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Q2. Two distinguishable non-interacting particles, each of mass m are in a one-dimensional
infinite square well in the interval 0, a . If x1 and x2 are position operators of the two

particles, the expectation value x1 x2 in the state in which one particle is in the ground

state and the other one is in the first excited state, is

1 2 1 2 2
1. a 2.  a
2 2
1 2 1 2 2
3. a 4.  a
4 4
Ans: (3)
Q3. The charge density and current of an infinitely long perfectly conducting wire of radius a ,
which lies along the z -axis, as measured by a static observer are zero and a constant I ,
respectively. The charge density measured by an observer, who moves at speed v   c
parallel to the wire along the direction of the current, is

I I  1  2
1.  2. 
 a 2c 1   2  a 2c

I I  1  2
3. 4.
 a 2c 1   2  a 2c

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Q4. Electrons polarized along the x -direction are in a magnetic

 
field B1iˆ  B2 ˆj cos t  kˆ sin t , where B1 B2 and  are positive constants. The value

of  for which the polarization-flip process is a resonant one, is

1. 2B B2 2. B B1

3. B B2 4. 2B B1

Ans: (4)
Q5. The nucleus of 40
K (of spin-parity 4  in the ground state) is unstable and decays to 40 Ar .
The mass difference between these two nuclei is Mc 2  1504.4 keV . The nucleus 40
Ar

has an excited state at 1460.8 keV with spin-parity 2  . The most probable decay mode of
40
K is by
1. a   -decay to the 2  state of 40
Ar

2. an electron capture to the 2  state of 40

Ar
40
3. an electron capture to the ground state of Ar
4. a   -decay to the ground state of 40
Ar
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Q6. The bisection method is used to find a zero x0 of the polynomial f  x   x3  x2  1 .

Since f 1  1, while f  2  3 the values a  1 and b  2 are chosen as the boundaries

of the interval in which the x0 lies. If the bisection method is iterated three times, the

resulting value of x0 is

15 13
1. 2.
8 8
11 9
3. 4.
8 8
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Q7. The Hall coefficient RH of a sample can be determined from the measured Hall voltage

1
VH  RH BI  RI , where d is the thickness of the sample, B is the applied magnetic
d
field, I is the current passing through the sample and R is an unwanted offset resistance.
A lock-in detection technique is used by keeping I constant with the applied magnetic
field being modulated as B  B0 sin t , where B0 is the amplitude of the magnetic field

and  is frequency of the reference signal. The measured VH is

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R I B0  RH I 
1. B0  H  2.  
 d  2 d 
I  RH B0  R B 
3.  d  R 4. I  H 0  R 
2   d 
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Q8. The electric and magnetic fields at a point due to two independent sources are

 
E1  E  iˆ   ˆj , B1  Bkˆ and Eˆ2  Eiˆ, Bˆ2  2Bkˆ , where  ,  , E and B are constants.

If the Poynting vector is along iˆ  ˆj , then

1.     1  0 2.     1  0
3.     2  0 4.     2  0
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p
Q9. For the transformation x  X  , p  P   x 2 between conjugate pairs of a
x
coordinate and its momentum, to be canonical, the constants  and  must satisfy
1 1
1. 1    0 2. 1    0
2 2
3. 1  2  0 4. 1  2  0
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Q10. A random variable Y obeys a normal distribution

1  Y   2 
P Y   exp   
 2  2 2 

The mean value of eY is
2

2. e  
2
1. e 2

2
  2 
3. e 4. e 2

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Q11. Two operators A and B satisfy the commutation relations  H , A   B

and  H , B   A , where  constant and H is the Hamiltonian of the system. The

expectation value A   t    A  in a state  , such that at time t  0, A   0   0

and B 
 0   i , is
1. sin t  2. sinh t 

3. cos t  4. cosh t 

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Q12. An infinitely long solenoid of radius r0 centred at origin which produces a time-


dependent magnetic field cos t (where  and  are constants) is placed along the
 r02
z -axis. A circular loop of radius R , which carries unit line charge density is placed,
initially at rest, on the xy -plane with its centre on the z -axis. If R  r0 , the magnitude of
the angular momentum of the loop is
1.  R 1  cos t  2.  R sin t

1 1
3.  R 1  cos 2t  4.  R sin 2t
2 2
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Q13. The energy (in keV) and spin-parity values E  J p  of the low lying excited states of a

nucleus of mass number A  152 are 122  2  ,366  4  , 707  6   and 1125  8  . It may

be inferred that these energy levels correspond to a

1. Rotational spectrum of a deformed nucleus
2. Rotational spectrum of a spherically symmetric nucleus
3. Vibrational spectrum of a deformed nucleus
4. Vibrational spectrum of a spherically symmetric nucleus
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Q14. A layer of ice has formed on a very deep lake. The temperature of water, as well as that
of ice at the ice-water interface, are 0°C, whereas the temperature of the air above is -
10°C. The thickness L  t  of the ice increases with time t . Assuming that all physical

properties of air and ice are independent of temperature, L  t  ~ L0t  for large t . The

value of  is
1. 1/4 2. 1/3
3. 1/2 4. 1
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Q15. The electron cloud (of the outermost electrons) of an ensemble of atoms of atomic
number Z is described by a continuous charge density   r  that adjusts itself so that the

electrons at the Fermi level has zero energy. If V  r  is the local electrostatic potential,

then   r  is

e Ze
 2me eV  r    2me eV  r  
32 32
1. 2.
3 2 3
3 2 3

e e
 Zme eV  r    me eV  r  
32 32
3. 4.
3 2 3
3 2 3

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Q16. In the circuit shown below, four silicon diodes and four capacitors are connected to a
sinusoidal voltage source of amplitude Vin  0.7V and frequency 1 kHz. If the knee
voltage for each of the diodes is 0.7 V and the resistances of the capacitors are negligible,
the DC output voltage Vout after 2 seconds of starting the voltage source is closest to

c c
Vin
Vin

Vout
c c

1. 4Vin  0.7V 2. 4Vin  2.8V

3. Vin  0.7V 4. Vin  2.8V

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Q17. The dispersion relation of electrons in three dimensions is   k   vF k , where vF is the

Fermi velocity. If at low temperatures T TF  the Fermi energy F depends on the

number density n as F  n  ~ n , the value of  is

1. 1/3 2. 2/3
3. 1 4. 3/5
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Q18. A system of two identical masses connected by identical springs, as shown in the figure,
oscillates along the vertical direction.

The ratio of the frequencies of the normal modes is

1. 3 5 : 3 5 2. 3  5 : 3  5

3. 5 3 : 5 3 4. 5  3 : 5  3
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Q19. Two random walkers A and B walk on a one-dimensional lattice. The length of each step
taken by A is one, while the same for B is two, however, both move towards right or left
with equal probability. If they start at the same point, the probability that they meet after
4 steps, is
9 5
1. 2.
64 32
11 3
3. 4.
64 16
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Q20. The phase shifts of the partial waves in an elastic scattering at energy E are  0  12 ,

1  4 and  2 0 . The best qualitative depiction of  -dependence of the differential

d
scattering cross-section is
d cos 
1. 2.

d d cos d d cos

0  4  2 3 4  0  4  2 3 4 
 

3. 4.

d d cos d d cos

0  4  2 3 4  0  4  2 3 4 
 

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Q21. The matrix Rn̂   represents a rotation by an angle  about the axis n̂ . The value of 

 
 1 0 0 
 
 1 2 2
and n̂ corresponding to the matrix  0  , respectively, are
3 3 
 
 2 2 1 
0 
 3 3 

 2 1   1 2
1.  2 and  0,  ,  2.  2 and  0, , 
 3 3   3 3 

 2 1   1 2
3.  and  0,  ,  4.  and  0, , 
 3 3   3 3 

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Q22. In a one-dimensional system of N spins, the allowed values of each spin

are  i  1, 2,3,..., q , where q  2 is an integer. The energy of the system is
N
 J   i , i1
i 1

where J  0 is a constant. If periodic boundary conditions are imposed, the number of

ground states of the system is
1. q 2. Nq

3. q N 4. 1
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Q23. The red line of wavelength 644 nm in the emission spectrum of Cd corresponds to a
transition from the 1D2 level to the 1P1 level. In the presence of a weak magnetic field,
this spectral line will split into (ignore hyperfine structure)
1. 9 lines 2. 6 lines
3. 3 lines 4. 2 lines
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Q24. Let the separation of the frequencies of the first Stokes and the first anti-Stokes lines in
the pure rotational Raman Spectrum of the H 2 molecule be v  H 2  , while the

corresponding quantity for D2 is v  D2  . The ratio v  H 2  v  D2  is

1. 0.6 2. 1.2 3. 1 4. 2
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 x

Q25. The value of the integral  dx e 
  sin x  where   x  is the Dirac delta function, is


1. 3 2. 0 3. 5 4. 1
Ans: (1)
Q26. A neutral particle X 0 is produced in    p  X 0  n by s -wave scattering. The

branching ratio of the decay of X 0 to 2 ,3 and 2 are 0.38, 0.30 and less than 103 ,

respectively. The quantum numbers J CP of X 0 are

1. 0  2. 0 
3. 1 4. 1
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 1  x 2 k  n
k

Q27. If the Bessel function of integer order n is defined as Jn  x     then
k  0 k ! n  k  !  2 

d n
 x J n  x   is
dx 
1.  x
 n 1
J n1  x  2.  x
 n 1
J n1  x 

3.  xn J n1  x  4.  xn J n1  x 

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Q28. A train of impulses of frequency 500 Hz, in which the temporal width of each spike is
negligible compared to its period, is used to sample a sinusoidal input signal of frequency
100 Hz. The sampled output is
1. Discrete with the spacing between the peaks being the same as the time period of the
sampling signal
2. A sinusoidal wave with the same time period as the sampling signal
3. Discrete with the spacing between the peaks being the same as the time period of the
input signal
4. A sinusoidal wave with the same time period as the input signal
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Q29. The angular width  of a distant star can be measured by the Michelson radiofrequency
stellar interferometer (as shown in the figure below).
 M1

M3 P

h P0

M4

M2

The distance h between the reflectors M 1 and M 2 (assumed to be much larger than the

aperture of the lens), is increased till the interference fringes (at P0 , P on the plane as
shown) vanish for the first time. This happens for h  3 m for a star which emits
radiowaves of wavelength 2.7 cm. The measured value of  (in degrees) is closest to
1. 0.63 2. 0.32
3. 0.52 4. 0.26
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Q30. A lattice A consists of all points in three-dimensional space with coordinates  nx , n y , nz 

where nx , n y and nz are integers with nx  ny  nz being odd integers. In another lattice

B, nx  ny  nz are even integers. The lattices A and B are

1. both BCC
2. both FCC
3. BCC and FCC, respectively
4. FCC and BCC, respectively
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