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PART-A
1. The cumulative profits of a company since its 5. Identify the figure which depicts a first order
inception are shown in the diagram. If the net reaction.
worth of the company at the end of 4th year is 99 12
10
crores, the principal it had started with was 8
(a) 6
4
10 2
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Profit (%)

Time
5 12
10
8
(b) 6
4
0 2
0 1 2 3 4 5 0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
(a) 9.9 crores (b) 91 crores Time
12
(c) 90 crores (d) 9.0 crores 10
8
2. Popular use of which of the following fertilizers (c) 6
4
increases the acidity of soil? 2
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
(a) Potassium Nitrate Time
12
(b) Ammonium sulphate 10
8
(c) Urea (d) 6
4
(d) Superphosphate of lime 2
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
3. Exposing an organism to a certain chemical can Time

change nucleotide bases in a gene, causing 6. The speed of a car increases every minute as
mutation. In one such mutated organism if a shown in the following Table. The speed at the
protein had only 70% of the primary amino acid end of the 19th minute would be
sequence, which of the following is likely. Time (minutes) 1 2 3 4 .... 24 25
(a) Mutation broke the protein Speed (m/sec) 1.5 3.0 4.5 6.0 .... 36.0 37.5
(b) The organism could not make amino acids (a) 26.5 (b) 28.0
(c) Mutation created a terminator codon (c) 27.0 (d) 28.5
(d) The gene was not transcribed 7. If the atmospheric concentration of carbon
4. A reference material is required to be prepared dioxide is doubled and there are favorable
with 4 ppm calcium. The amount of CaCO3 conditions of water, nutrients, light and
(molecular weight = 100) required to prepare temperature, what would happen to water
1000 g of such a reference material is requirement of plants
(a) 10g (b) 4g (a) It decreases initially for a short time and then
(c) 4mg (d) 10mg returns to the original value
(b) It increases
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(c) It decreases
(d) It increases initially for a short time and then
returns to the original value
(A) (B) (C)
8. If Vinput is applied to the circuit shown, the output
(a) A fastest, B slowest (b) B fastest, A slowest
would be
(c) B fastest, C slowest (d) C fastest, B slowest
11. How many  bonds are present in the following
molecule HC  CCH  CHCH 3
Voutput
V input

Vinput
(a) 4 (b) 10
(c) 6 (d) 13
12. The graph represents the depth profile of
Voutput

(a) temperature in the open ocean; in which region

this is likely to be prevalent
Temperature (°C)
5
Surface–5 0
Voutput

(b) Increasing
depth

(a) Tropical region (b) Equatorial region

Voutput

(c) (c) Polar region (d) Sub-tropical region

13. The normal boiling point of a solvent (whose
vapour pressure curve is shown in the figure)
on a planet whose normal atmospheric pressure
Voutput

(d) is 3 bar, is about

9. A physiological disorder X always leads to the
disorder Y, However, disorder Y may occur by
itself. A population shows 4% incidence of
disorder Y. Which of the following inferences is
valid
(a) 4% of the population suffers from both X and
Y (b) They cannot
(b) Less than 4% of the population suffers
from X
(c) At least 4% of the population suffers from X
(d) There is no incidence of X in the given
population
10. Water is dripping out of a tiny hole at the bottom
of three flasks whose base diameter is the same,
and are initially filled to the same height, as
shown. Which is the correct comparison of the
rate of fall of the volume of water in the three
flasks
(a) 400k (b) 273k
(c) 100k (d) 500k
14. Diabetic patients are advised a low glycaemic
index diet. The reason for this is
(a) They require less carbohydrate than healthy
individuals
assimilate ordinary
carbohydrates
(c) They need to have slow, but sustained release
of glucose in their blood stream
(d) They can tolerate lower, but not higher than
normal blood sugar levels
15. Glucose molecules diffuse across a cell of
diameter d in time . If the cell diameter is
tripled, the diffusion time would
(a) increase to 9
(b) decrease structure
(c) increase of cage structures
(d) formation of tabular structures
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16. The reason for the hardness of diamond is

acceleration
acceleration
(a) extended covalent bonding
(b) layered structure (c) (d)
(c) formation of cage structures distance distance
(d) formation of tubular structures 19. Standing on a polished stone floor one feels
17. Which of the following particles has the largest colder than on a rough floor of the same stone.
range in a given medium, if their initial energies This is because
are the same (a) Thermal conductivity of the stone depends
(a) alpha on the surface smoothness
(b) gamma (b) Specific heat of the stone changes by
polishing it
(c) positron
(c) The temperature of the polished floor is lower
(d) electron
than that of the rough floor
18. A ball is dropped from a height h above the
(d) There is greater heat loss from the soles of
surface of the earth. Ignoring air drag, the curve
the feet when in contact with the polished
that best represents its variation of acceleration
floor than with the rough floor
is
20. The acidity of normal rain water is due to
acceleration
acceleration

(a) SO2 (b) CO2

(a) (b) (c) NO2 (d) NO
distance distance

PART-B
(COMPULSORY) EACH QUESTION CARRIES 3.5 MARKS
EACH WRONG ANSWER HAS APENALTY OF 25% OF MARKS

21. A particle of unit mass moves in a potential that the x – component of the electric field Ex ,
b and V are zero at the origin f (x) is
V ( x )  ax 2  , where a and b are positive
x2 (a) 3 x2  4e2 x  8 x (b) 3x 2  4e2 x  16 x
constants. The angular frequency of small (c) 4e2 x  8 (d) 3x 2  4e2 x
oscillations about the minimum of the potential 24. Consider the transition of liquid water to steam
is as water boils at a temperature of 100°C under
(a) 8b (b) 8a a pressure of 1 atmosphere. Which one of the
following quantities does not change
(c) 8a / b (d) 8b / a
discontinuously at the transition.
22. A signal of frequency 10 kHz is being digitized
(a) The Gibbs free energy
by an A/D converter. A possible sampling time
which can be used is (b) The internal energy
(c) the entropy
(a) 100 μ s (b) 40 μ s
(d) The specific volume
(c) 60 μ s (d) 200 μ s
25. The value of the internal 2 z , where C is
23. The electrostatic potential V(x, y) in free space  dz z e
C
in a region where the charge density  is zero is an open counter in the complex z – plane as
2x
given by V ( x, y )  4e  f ( x )  3 y . Given 2 shown in the figure is
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Im z normalized eigen functions with energies

(0, 1)
E 0 and E1 corresponding to the ground state
C and first excited state, respectively. The expecta-
Ro z
(–1, 0) (1, 0) tion value of the Hamiltonian in the state is
(a) (5/e) + e (b) e – (5/e) E0 E0
(a)  E1 (b)  E1
(c) (5/e) – e (d) – (5/e) – e 2 2
26. Which of the following matrices is an element E0  2 E1 E0  2 E1
of the group SU (2). (c) (d)
3 3
 1 1 30. A particle is confined to the region x  0 by a
(a)  0 1 
  potential which increases linearly as u ( x )  u0 x .
 (1  i ) / 3 1/ 3  The mean position of the particle at temperature
(b)   T is
 1/ 3 (1  i ) / 3 
kBT
2i i  (a) u (b) ( k B T ) 2 / uo
0
(c)  3 1  i 
 
k BT
 1/ 2 3 / 2 (c) u0 (d) u0 k BT
(d)  

 3 / 2 1/ 2  31. Circularly polarized light with intensity I0 is
27. For a constant uniform electric and magnetic incident normally on a glass prism as shown in
   
fields E  E0 and B  B0 , it is possible to the figure. The index of refraction of glass is
choose a gauge such that the scalar potential  1.5. The intensity I of light emerging from the
 prism is
and vector potential A are given by
 1   45
(a)   0 and A  ( B0  r )
2
I0
   1  
(b)    E0 .r and A  ( B0  r ) 90
45
2
  
(c)    E0 .r and A  0 I
  (a) I0 (b) 0.96
(d)   0 and A   E0 t
(c) 0.92 (d) 0.88
 
28. Let a and b be two distinct three – dimensional 32. The acceleration due to gravity (g) on the surface
 of Earth is approximately 2.6 times that on the
vectors. Then the component of b that is
surface of Mars is about one half the radius of
perpendicular to is given by
Earth, the ratio of escape velocity on Earth to
     
that on Mars is approximately.
a  (b  a ) b  (a  b )
(a) (b)
a2 b2 (a) 1.1 (b) 1.3
    (c) 2.3 (d) 5.2
(b.a )b (b.a )a
(c) 2 (d) 33. A plane of electromagnetic wave is
b a2
propagating in a lossless dielectric. The
29. The wave function of a particle is given by 
electric field is given by E ( x, y, z , t )
 1 
  0  i1  , where 0 and 1 are the
 2     
 E0 ( xˆ  Azˆ )exp ik0 ct  ( x  3z  , where
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c is the speed of light in vacuum, E0 ,A and k0 the Pauli matrices. Let    B /  and I be the
are constants and x̂ and ẑ are unit vectors along 2  2 unit matrix. Then the operator eiHt / 
the x – axis and z – axis. The relative dielectric
simplifies to
constant of the medium,  r and the constantA are  
 t i .B t
1 1 (a) I cos  sin
(a)  r  4 and A   (b)  r  4 and A   2 B 2
3 3
 
(c)  r  4 and A  3 (d)  r  4 and A   3 i .B
(b) I cos  t  sin  t
34. Consider the digital circuit shown below in B
which the input C is always high (I). The truth  
i .B
table for the circuit can be written as (c) I sin  t  cos  t
B
A B Z  
i .B
(d) I sin 2 t  cos 2 t
0 0 B
0 1 37. The Hamiltonian of a system with n degrees of
1 0 freedom is given by H (q1 ,....qn ; p1 ,.... pn ; t )
1 1 with an explicit depen-dence on the time t.
Which of the following is correct
The entries in the Z column (vertically) are (a) Different phase trajectories cannot intersect
(a) 1010 (b) 0100 each other.
(c) 1111 (d) 1011 (b) H always represents the total energy of the
35. The energy levels of the non – relativistic system and is a constant of the motion.
electron in a hydrogen atom (i.e. in a Coulomb
(c) The equations qi  H /  pi , p i  H /  qi
potential V (r )  1/ r ) are given by
are not valid since H has explicit time
Enlm  1/ n 2 , where n is the principal quantum dependence
number, and the corresponding wave functions (d) Any initial volume element in phase space
are given by  nlm , where l is the orbital angular remains unchanged in magnitude under time
evolution.
momentum quantum number. The spin of the
electron is not considered. Which of the 38. If the perturbation H 1  ax , where a is a
following is a correct statement. constant, is added to the infinite square well
(a) There are exactly (2l +1) different wave  0 for 0  x  
functions  nlm , for Enlm . potential V ( x )    for otherwise . T he

(b) There are l (l +1) different wave functions correction to the ground state energy, t o first
 nlm , for each Enlm . order in a, is
(c) Enlm does not depend on l and m for the a
(a) (b) a
Coloumb potential 2
(d) There is a unique wave function  nlm for a a
(c) (d)
each Enlm . 4 2

36. The Hamiltonian of an electron in a constant 39. Let pn ( x) (where n = 0,1,2,3,…..) be a

   polynomial of degree n with real coefficients,
magnetic field BH   .B where  is a defined in the interval
 4
positive constant and   ( 1 ,  2 ,  3 ) denotes 2  n  4. If  p ( x) p
n m ( x ) dx   nm , then
2
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1 3 40. A cavity contains blackbody radiation in equi-

(a) p0 ( x )  and p1 ( x )  ( 3  x ) librium at temperature T . The specific heat per
2 2
unit volume of the photon gas in the cavity is of

1 the form CV   T 3 , where  is a constant. The

(b) p0 ( x )  and p1 ( x )  3(3  x) cavity is expanded to twice its original volume
2
and then allowed to equilibrate at the same tem-
1 3 perature T . The new internal energy per unit
(c) p0 ( x )  and p1 ( x )  (3  x)
2 2 volume is
1 3 (a) 4 T 4 (b) 2 T 4
(d) p0 ( x )  and p1 ( x)  (3  x )
2 2
(c)  T 4 (d)  T 4 4

PART -C

41. Consider a system of N non-interacting spins, 44. The Lagrangian of a particle of charge e and
each of which has classical magnetic moment mass m in applied electric and magnetic fields
of magnitude . The Hamiltonian of this 1 2 
 is given by L  mv  eA.v  e , where
system in an external magnetic field H is 2

N
   A and  are the vector and scalar potentials
H    i .H , where i is the magnetic
i 1 corresponding to the magnetic and electric
moment of the ith spin. The magnetization per fields, respectively. Which of the following
spin at temperature T is statements is correct
 2H   H  k T 
B (a) The canonically conjugate momentum of the
(a) k T (b)   coth  k T    H   
B   B   particle is given by p  mv
 H   H  (b) The Hamiltonian of the particle is given by
(c)  sinh  k T  (d)  tanh  k T  
 B   B  p2 e  
H  A. p  e
42. Which of the following is an analytic function 2m m
(c) L remains unchanged under a gauge
of the complex variable z – x + iy in the domain
| z |< 2 transformation of the potentials.
(d) Under a gauge transformation of the
(a) (3  x  iy ) 7
potentials, L changes by the total time
(b) (1  x  iy ) 4 (7  x  iy ) 3 
derivative of a function of r and t
(c) (1  2 x  iy ) 4 45. A static, spherically symmetric charge
3
(d) (3  x  iy ) ( x  iy  1) 1/ 2 A
distribution is given by  (r )  e  kr where
r
43. A particle in one dimension moves under the A and K are positive constants. The electrostatic
influence of a potential V ( x )  ax 6 where a is potential corresponding to this charge
a real constant. For large n the quantized energy distribution varies with r as
level En depends on n as: 1  kr
(a) re kr (b) e
(a) En ~ n 3
(b) En ~ n 4/3 r
6/ 5
(c) En ~ n (d) En ~ n 3/ 2 1  kr 1
(c) e (d) (1  e  kr )
r2 r
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46. Consider two independently diffusing non- (c) I111  I 2 22  I 3 32 and 1   2   3

interacting particles in 3-dimerisional space,
both placed at the origin at time t = 0. These (d) 12   22   32 and I1212  I 22 22  I 32 32
particles have different diffusion constants D1 49. In the system consisting of two spin – ½
  
2
and D 2 . The qua ntity  R1 (t )  R2 (t )  ,  
particles labeled 1 and 2, let S (1)   (1) and
2
 
where R1 (t ) and R2 (t ) are the positions of the   
particles at time t, behaves as: S (2)   (2) denote the corresponding spin
2
(a) 6t ( D1  D2 ) (b) 6t | D1  D2 | 
operators. Here   ( x ,  y ,  z ) and  x ,  y ,  z
(c) 6t D12  D22 (d) 6t D1 D2 are the three Pauli matrices.
(A) In the standard basis the matrices for the
47. A resistance is measured by passing a current
through it and measuring the resulting voltage operators S x(1) S y(2) and S y(1) S x(2) are respectively,,
drop. If the voltmeter and the ammeter have
uncertainties of 3% and 4%, respectively, then  2  1 0   2  1 0 
(a)  ,  
4  0 1  4  0 1 
(A)The uncertainty in the value of the resistance
is
 2  i 0   2  i 0 
(a) 7.0% (b) 3.5% (b)  ,  
4  0 i  4  0 i 
(c) 5.0% (d) 12.0%
(B)The uncertainty in the computed value of  0 0 0 i   0 0 0 i 
the power dissipated in the resistance is   2 
  0 0 i 0    0 0 i 0 
2

(a) 7% (b) 5% (c) ,

4  0 i 0 0  4  0 i 0 0 
(c) 11% (d) 9%    
48. In the absence of an applied torque a rigid body i 0 0 0  i 0 0 0 
with three distinct principal moments of inertia
given by I1 , I 2 and I 3 is rotating freely about a 0 1 0 0  0 i 0 0
   
fixed point inside the body. The Euler equations  1 2
0 0 0  2  i 0 0 0
for the components of its angular velocity (d) ,
4 0 0 0 i  4  0 0 0 1
(1 , 2 , 3 ) are    
0 0 i 0 0 0 1 0
I 2  I3 I I
1  23 ;  2  3 1 13 ; (B) These two operators satisfy the relation
I1 I2
I I  2 (a)  S x(1) S y(2) , S y(1) S x(2)   S z(1) S z(2)
 3  1 2 12 ; 2
I3 v
(b)  S x S y , S y S x   0
(1) (2) (1) (2)

(A)The equilibrium points in (1 , 2 , 3 ) space

(1) (2) (1) (2) (1) (2)
are (c)  S x S y , S y S x   iS z S z
(a) (1,–1,0), (–1,0, 1) and (0,–1,1)
(b) (1,1,0), (1,0, 1) and (0,1,1) (d)  S x(1) S y(2) , S y(1) S x(2)   0
(c) (1,0,0), (0,1,0) and (0,0,1)
(d) (1,1,1), (–1,–1, –1) and (0,0,0) 1 1 1
 
(B)The constants of motion are 50. Consider the matrix M  1 1 1
(a) 12   22   32 and I11  I 2 2  I 3 3 1 1 1
 
(b) I111  I 2 22  I332 and I1212  I 22 22  I32 32 (A)The eigen values of M are
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(a) 0, 1, 2 (b) 0, 0, 3 will be

(a) 750W (b) 675W
(c) 1, 1, 1 (d) -1, 1, 3
(c) 250W (d) 225W
(B) The exponential of M simplifies to (I is the
(B)The generated photo – current for a quantum
3  3 identify matrix)
efficiency of unity will be
 e3  1  M M2 (a) 400A (b) 360A
(a) e M  I    M (b) e  I  M 
 3  2! (c) 133A (d) 120A
(c) e M  I  33 M (d) e M  (e  1) M 54. The magnetic field of the TE 11 mode of a
rectangular waveguide of dimensions a x b as
64
51. The radius of a 29 Cu nucleus is measured to be shown in the figure is given by
-13
4.8×10 cm . H z  H 0 cos(0.3 x) cos(0.4 y) , where x and
y are in cm.
(A)The radius of a 1227 Mg nucleus can be x
estimated to be
a
(a) 2.86×10 -13 cm (b) 5.2×10 -13 cm
z
(c) 3.6×10 -13 cm (d) 8.6×10 -13 cm
b
(B) The root – mean – square (rms) energy of a y
nucleus of a atomic number A in its ground state (A)The dimensions of the waveguide are
varies as (a) a = 3.33cm, b = 2.50cm
(a) A4 / 3 (b) A1/ 3 (b) a = 0.40cm, b = 0.30cm
(c) a = 0.80cm, b = 0.60cm
(c) A1/ 3 (d) A2 / 3
(d) a = 1.66 cm, b = 1.25cm
52. The character table of C3v the group of (B)The entire range of frequencies / for which
symmetries of an equilateral triangle of an the TE11 mode will propagate is
equilateral triangle is given below: (a) 6.0GHz <f < 7.5GHz
In the above C1 , C2 , C3 denote the three classes (b) 7.5GHz <f < 9.0GHz
of C3v containing 1, 3 and 2 elements (c) 7.5GHz <f < 12.0GHz
respectively, and  (0) ,  (1) and  (2) are the (d) 7.5GHz <f
characters of three irreducible representations 55. Consider the energy level diagram (as shown in
the figure below) of a typical three level ruby
 (0) ,  (1) and  (2) of C3v .
laser system with 1.6 x l019 chromium ions per
(A)The entries a, b, c and d in this table are cubic centimeter. All the atoms excited by the
respectively. 0.4 urn radiation decay rapidly to level E2 which
(a) 2, 1, –1, 0 (b) –1, 2, 0, –1 has a lifetime = 3ms.
(c) –1, 1, 0, –1 (d) –1, 1, 1, –1 E3
(B)The reducible representation  of C3v with 0.4 m
character   (4, 0,1) decomposes into its E2
0.7 m
irreducible representations  (0) ,  (1) ,  (2) as E1
(a) 2  2
(0) (1) (b)      (0) (1) (2)
(A)Assuming that there is no radiation of
(0)
(c)   3 (1) (d) 2 (2) wavelength 0.7  m present in the pumping
53. Light of wavelength 660 nm and power of 1mW cycle and that the pumping rate is R atoms per
is incident on a semiconductor photodiode with cm3, the population density in the level N2 builds
an absorbing layer of thick ness of (ln4) μm. up as
(A)If the absorption coefficient at this (a) N 2 (t )  R (et /   1) (b) N 2 (t )  R (1  et /  )
4 -1
wavelength is 10 cm and if 1% power is lost Rt 2
on reflection at the surface, the power absorbed (c) N 2 (t )  (1  e t /  ) (d) N 2 (t )  Rt

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(B)The minimum pump power required (per

cubic centimeter) to bring the system to d2 c1
c2
transparency, i.e., zero gain, is
(a) 1.52 kW (b) 2.64 kW a1 d1 b1
(c) 0.76 kW (d) 1.32 kW a2 b2
a
56. A flux quantum (fluxoid) is approximately equal
to 2 x l0-7 gauss-cm2. A type II superconductor
is placed in a small magnetic field, which is then (A)The Winger – Seitz cell has an area of
slowly increased till the field starts penetrating 3 2
the superconductor. The strength of the field at (a) 2a 2 (b) a
2 5
2
this point is  10 gauss.
 3 3 2
(A)The penetration depth of this superconductor (c) 6 3a 2 (d)a
2
is (B)The Bravais lattice for this array is a
(a) 100Å (b) 10Å
(c) 1000 Å (d) 314 Å (a) rectangular lattice with basis vectors d1
(B)The applied field is further increased till and d2
superconductivity is completely destroyed. The (b) rectangular lattice with basis vectors c1
8 5
strength of the field is now  10 gauss. The and c2

correlation length of the superconductor is (c) rectangular lattice with basis vectors a1
(a) 20 Å (b) 200 Å and a2
(c) 628 Å (d) 2000 Å
(d) rectangular lattice with basis vectors b1
57. A beam of poins (   ) is incident on a proton
target, giving rise to the process and b2
  p  n  59. Consider the decay process       v in the
(A)Assuming that the decay proceeds through rest frame of the   . The masses of the   ,  
strong interactions, the total isospin I and its
and v are M  , M  and zero respectively..
third component I3 for the decay products, are

3 3 (A)The energy of  is
(a) I  , I3 
2 2 ( M 2  M 2 )c 2 ( M 2  M 2 )c 2
5 5 (a) (b)
(b) I  , I3  2M  2M
2 2
5 3 (c) ( M   M  )c 2 (d) M M  c2
(c) I  , I3 
2 2 (B)The velocity of   is
1 1
(d) I  , I3   ( M 2  M 2 )c 2 ( M 2  M 2 )c 2
2 2 (a) (b)
( M 2  M 2 ) ( M 2  M 2 )
(B)Using isospin symmetry, the cross – section
for the above process can be related to that of M c M c
the process. (c) (d)
M M
(a)   n  p   (b)   p  n    60. A narrow beam of X – rays with wavelength Å
(c)   n  p   (d)   p  n    is reflected from an ionic crystal with an fcc
lattice structure with a density of 3.32 gcm–3.
58. The two dimensional lattice of grapheme is an The molecular weight is 108AMU (1 AMU =
arrangement of carbon atoms forming a
honeycomb lattice of lattice spacing a, as shown 1.66×10 -24 g )
below. The carbon atoms occupy the vertices.
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(A)The lattice constant is 63. The Hamiltonian of a particle of unit mass

(a) 6.00 (b) 4.56 moving in the xy – plane is given to be:
(c) 4.00 (d) 2.56 1 1
H  xpx  yp y  x 2  y 2 in suitable units.
(B)The sine of the angle corresponding to (111) 2 2
reflection is The initial values are given to be (x(0), y(0)) =
1 1
(a) 3/4 (b) 3 /8 (1, 1) and  px (0), p y (0)    ,   . During the
 2 2 
(c) 1/4 (d) 1/8
motion, the curves traced out by the particles
61. If an electron is in the ground state of the
hydrogen atom, the probability that its distance in the xy – plane and p x p y - plane are
from the proton is more than one Bohr radius (a) both straight lines
is approximately.
(b) a straight line and a hyperbola respectively
(a) 0.68 (b) 0.48
(c) 0.28 (d) 0.91 (c) a hyperbola and an ellipse , respectively
(d) both hyperbolas
62. A time varying signal Vin is fed to an op – amp
64. Consider an ideal Bose gas in three dimensions
circuit with output signal as shown in the figure
with the energy-momentum relation   p s
below. The circuit implements a
with
10K
s > 0 . The range of s for which this system may
1K
undergo a Bose-Einstein condensation at a non-
– zero temperature is
V0
+
Vin 1K (a) 1 < s <3 (b) 0 < s <2
10K 10K
1F (c) 0 < s < 3 (d) 0 < s < 
65. Two gravitating bodies A and B with masses mA
–
and mB, respectively, are moving in circular
+
orbit. Assume that mB >> mA and let the radius
(a) high pass filter with cutoff frequency 16Hz of the orbit of body A be RA . If the body A is
(b) high pass filter with cutoff frequency 100Hz losing mass adiabatically, its orbital radius RA
(c) low pass filter with cutoff frequency 16Hz is proportional to
(d) low pass filter with cutoff frequency 100Hz (a) 1/ mA (b) 1/ m A2
(c) mA (d) m A2

ANSWERS
1. (c) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4. (d) 5. (b) 6. (d) 7. (d) 8. (c) 9. (b) 10. (c)
11. (c) 12. (c) 13. (c) 14. (c) 15. (d) 16. (a) 17. (d) 18. (d) 19. (d) 20. (a)
21. (b) 22. (d) 23. (d) 24. (a) 25. (c) 26. (b) 27. (b) 28. (a) 29. (d) 30. (a)
31. (a) 32. (c) 33. (a) 34. (d) 35. (c) 36. (b) 37. (a) 38. (a) 39. (d) 40. (d)
41. (b) 42. (b) 43. (d) 44. (d) 45. (d) 46. (a) 47. (a,a) 48. (c,b) 49. (b,d) 50. (b,a)
51. (c,c) 52. (a,a) 53. (c,c) 54. (a.d) 55. (a,d) 56. (a,b) 57. (c,b) 58. (d,d) 59. (b,a) 60. (a,b)
61. (a) 62. (c) 63. (d) 64. (d) 65. (d)
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EXPLANATIONS

2 b V ( x ) 2b 2b
21. V ( x )  ax  for minimum potential  0  2 ax  3  0; 2ax  3  x 4  b / a ;
x2 x x x
V 2 ( x) 6b a V 2 ( x )
 2 a   0  2 a  6b   0  8a ;  8a i.e.,  2  8a    8a
x 2 x4 b x 2
The angular frequency of small oscillations about the minimum of the potential 8a
1 1
22. Signal frequency =10KHz; time period = 1/f 3
 4 Hz  100  106 s  100μs
10  10 10
2x 2 2 2x 11
23. V  4e  f ( x)  3 y ;  V  0  16e  f ( x)  6  0 since E x = 0 at the origin  E  V ;
E x   8e 2 x  f 1 ( x )  ; Ex (0, 0)  8  f 1 (0)  0  f 1 (0)  8 ; V(0, 0)= 0 ; 4+f(0)= 0 ; f(0)=4; solving

16e 2 x  f 11 ( x )  6  0  f 11 ( x)  6  16e 2 x  f 11 ( x )  6  16e 2 x  f 1 ( x)  6 x  8e 2 x  c. since f1(0)=8

 c1  16; f ( x)  3 x 2  4e 2 x  16 x  c2 ;since f (0)  4  c2  0; f ( x)  3 x 2  4e 2 x  16 x
24. Gibbs free energy does not change discontinuously.
1
2 z 2 z
25. By Cauchy Integral Theorem  z e dz   z e dz  0
1 c

1
1 5
  z 2 e z dz    z 2 e z dz    z 2 e z  2 ze z  2e z    z 2 e z dz  e
c 1
1
c
e

  
   1 i 1 1 i
26. SU (2)   ;  ,   c,|  |2  |  |2  ;   ,  ,  UU   1,
 
   3 3 3
 1  i 1 
 3 3 

This condition is satisfied by  1 1  i 
 
 3 3
       
27. If E is uniform  E.  r    E.r  since E   E. r  E    E.r  .....(1)
A 
for static fields  0  E      ( E.r ) we have
t
                        
  ( A  B)  A(.B)  ( B.) A  B(. A)  ( A.) B ;   ( A  r )  B(.r )  (r .) B  r (.B)  ( B.)r
         
   ( B  r )  B(.r )  ( B.)r ( (r .)  0and .B  0)
            
   ( B  r )  3B  B  2 B  2   A   B  r  2 A  A  1/ 2  B  r 
     
      2 ˆ   ˆ 
 a  (a  b )
  ˆ 
a  (b  a )
28. a  b  ab sin  nˆ; a  (a  b )  ab sin  (a  nˆ )  a b sin  k b sin k ; b sin k ;
a2 a2
 1  1/ 2 1
29.    0  i1  Normalisation gives (1/2)+1=3/2; p1   1/ 3; p2   2/3;
 2  3/ 2 3/ 2
 H  Average value of H   E s ps ; E1  E0 ; E2  E1 ;  H  E0  1  E1  2  E0  2 E1
s 3 3 3
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  u0 x

 E kT
 xe
0
dx  xe
0
dx 
 ax
30. Given u(x) = u0(x); The mean position  x  
  u0 x ; e dx  1/ a ;

 E kT 0
e
0
dx e
0
dx
2


u0 x
1 kT


u0 x
kT
1!  kT 
e kT
dx   ;  xe dx  2
 (kT ) 2 u k T
0  u0  u0 0  u0  u02 0 B
;  x  u 2  kT  u
 kT   kT  0 0
   
31. Since the light is totally reflected at face BC, further at face AB, light incident normally and passes
without refraction. Hence there is no change in intensity I = I0.
32. Given gs=2.6gM; RM=(1/2)RE­ Escape velocity ve  2 gR ;VE  2 g E RE  2  2.6 g M RE ;

1 V
VM  2 gM RM  2  g M  RE ; E  5.2  2.3
2 VM

33. Given E ( x, y , z , t )  E0 ( xˆ  Azˆ) exp ik0 ct  ( x  3z  we know  
   
E  E0 ei ( k .r t )  E  E0 ( xˆ  Azˆ )ei ( k0 ( x  3z )  k0 (t ) comparing we get k  k0 xˆ  3k 0 zˆ and   k0 c ;

0 0 k kc
velocity of EM waves, v   / | k | k 1  3  2k  c / 2; v  c / 2 refractive index   c / v  c / c / 2  2 ;
0 0

 
  ( E ) ( E )
Relative dielectric constant  r  n  4; Again .E  0 i.e.,   0;
2
x y
ik0   ct  ( x  3x  ik0  ct  ( x  3z 
E0 e  
 ik 0  AE0e  
 3ik0  0  1  A 3  0; A 3  1; A  1/ 3;  0  4 and A  1/ 3

A B C D E Z
A.B B C D+E

0 0 1 0 1 1
34. = 10111
0 1 1 0 0 0
1 0 1 0 1 1
1 1 1 1 0 1
35. Enlm does not depend on l and m for the coulomb potential.
   
 
iHt
iHt
 Ht   Ht  
  .Bt    .Bt 

36. e  cos    i sin   ; Given H   .B  e  cos    i sin  ; we know
         
      
.A .B  A.B  i  A  B since .B
2
 
 B2 ; i.e., .B  B ;
iHt iHt  
   Bt    Bt  B 
 .B
e  cos   i sin given    e  I cos  t  i sin  t
   
 

 B
37. Different phase trajectories cannot intersect each other.
 0 for 0  x  
38. H 1  ax; V ( x )   first order correction to the ground state energy gy
  for otherwise
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 
2 x 2 2a 2a
E1   0 H 1  0 ;  0  sin  sin x  2
 x sin 2 xdx
 0  0
ax sin xdx
  
  
2a 1 a a  x2  a
 x(1  cos 2 x )dx   ( x  x cos 2 x )dx     
 20  0  2
 0 2
4 4 4
2
39.  pn ( x) pm ( x)dx   nm   pn ( x) dx  1.n  m ;
2 2
 p ( x) p
2
n m ( x )dx  0.n  m ;
4 4
 1  2 1 4 1
From the option (d)  | p0 ( x) |2 dx     dx   x 2   2  1; n = m = 0
2 2 2 2 2
4 4 4 4
 1  3 3 3 x2 
p (
2 0 1x ) p ( x ) dx  2  2  2 (3  x ) dx ; n  0 m  1;  (3  x ) dx  3 x 
2 2
 
2  2 2
4 4
3 3 2

2
 (12  8)  (6  2)   12  8  6  2  0 ; Only option (d) satisfies
2
 P0 ( x) dx  1;  p0 ( x) p1 ( x)dx  0
2 2

Q U vT 4
40. Given CV = v + 3; we know Cv    U   Cv dT   vT 3 dT ;U 
T T 4
 
N  2

41. H    i .H    H cos  for a classical system z   e      e   (   H cos ) sin  d d 

i 1 s 0 0

4  4 
 2  e  H cos  sin  d ;  sinh(  H ); F  kT ln z   NkT ln sin[ h H ]
0  H   H 
 4  1 F    H  kT 
  NkT ln  ln sinh  H  ; Magnetisation per spin   ; M   coth  kT    H 
  H  N H    
42. (1  x  iy ) 2 (7  x  iy )3  (1  z ) 4 (7  z ) 3 ; f 1 ( z )  4(1  z ) 3 (7  z ) 3  3(1  z ) 4 (7  z ) 2
which is differentiable in the domain |z| < 2
6 p2
43. V ( x)  ax , H   ax 6  px  [2 x ( E  ax 6 )]1/ 2 at x = 0 px  2mE ;
2m
1/ 5 1/ 6
E E
at px = 0 x    area of ellipse    a  b   2 mE    ;
a a
1 1  1 1 
     
Area  n  E 2 / 3 n  E n 3 / 2 ; (or) If V ( x) x s  E  s 2
 E s 2
 n  E n 3 / 2
1 2  L 
44. L  mv  eA.v  e canonical momentum p   mv  eA; H   qi pi  L
2 v
 2
1 1 ( p  eA) dF
 H  mv 2  e   e ; L1  L  under gauge transformation of potential.
2 2 m dt
V I
47. We have, V = IR; R  V / I   ; uncertainties in the value of resistance. = 3% + 4% = 7%;
V I
V I
power P = VI; uncertainity in the value of power discipated    3%  4%  7%
V I
48. Under torque free motion, Euler equations for the components of angular velocities are
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I 2  I3
1  23    (1);
I1
I 3  I1
 2  13 ......(2);
I2
I1  I 2
 3  12 ......(3);
I3

At the equilibrium point 1   2   3  0; 1  0  I 2  I 3 and 1  a constant (say 1)

The equilibrium point is (1, 0, 0)  2  0  (0,1, 0) 3  0  (0, 0,1) using (1)
1 , (2)by  2 and (3) by 3
I111  ( I 2  I3 )231 ; I 2 22  ( I3  I1 )132 ; I333  ( I1  I 2 )123 = Adding
1 2
i.e., I112  I 222  I332  0; i.e., I  2  0; T  I  ; 2T  0  k .E conserved again xing (4) by I1 (5) by
2
I2 and (6) by I3 I1211  I1 ( I 2  I 3 )123 ; I 2 2 22  I 2 ( I3  I1 )231 ; I 3 233  I3 ( I1  I 2 )123
Adding I1212  I 2222  I 3232  0 i.e., ( I  )2  0; L  I   L2  0 , i.,e angular momentum conserved.

0 0 0 i   0 0 0 i 
 i 0  (1) (2)   0 i    0 1   2  0 0 i 0 
 0 1   0 i   2  0 0
49. (A) S x(1) S y(2)       ; S y Sx   
2 1 0  2  i 0  4  0 i 0 0 2  i 0  2 1 0  4  0 i 0 0 
   
i 0 0 0 i 0 0 0 

(B)Using matrix multiplication, the two operators satisfy the relation  S x(1) S y(2) , S y(1) S x(2)   0 .
1 1 1 
 
50. (A) M  1 1 1  ; sum = 3; det = 0 = product since all elements same, two eigen value must be zero.
1 1 1 
 
 1 ,  2 , 3 are 0, 0 and 3.
 1 1 1 1 1 1  3 3 3 9 9 9 
M M2 2      3  
(B) e  I  M  ; M   1 1 1 1 1 1  3 3 3 ; M  9 9 9  ;
2!  1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
     9 9 9 
 1 0 0  1 1 1  3 3 3 9 9 9 
    1 1 2 3
e   0 1 0    1 1 1   3 3 3  9 9 9   .... I  M  3 M  3 M  3 M  .....
M 
 0 0 1   1 1 1  2! 3 3 3 3! 9 9 9  2! 3! 4!
       
M 32 33 M  32 33  M M 3
I [3    .....]  I  1  3    ...  1 e  I  e  1
3 2! 3! 3  2! 3!  3 
51. Radius R  R0 A1/ 3 ; R0  1.2  10 15 m for 27
12 Mg, A  27; R  1.2  10 15  (27)1/ 3 R  3.6 1013 cm
53. (A)Absorption coefficient   104 cm 1 The power absorbed, p  p0 e   k ;
4 1000
p = 1000   e 10  ln 4  104  1000  (eln 4 ) 1 ; p    250μW
4
nhc  p 6.60 109  250 106 250 250
(B) p  nhv; p  n  34 8
 103 ; I  ne   1013  1.6  1019  133μA
 hc 6.6 10  3 10 3 3
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m x n y
54. (A) H z  H 0 cos(0.3 x) cos(0.4 y ) we have H z  H 0 cos cos
a b
m n 1 1
  0.3,  0.4; TEmn  TE11  m  1, n  1 i.e.,  0.3  a  3.33cm;  0.4  b  1.25cm
a b a b
2 2
c m n 11 c 1 1
(B) f c      ; f    7.5GHz. for propagation, frequency of incident wave must
c  a  b 2 a 2 b2
be greater than cutoff frequency.
hc 2
56. (A)Flux quantum    2  107 gauss cm 2 ; B   105 gauss.
2e 
5  2 2  10 7 gauss cm 2
The relation connecting penetration depth  L and B is B   2 ;   10 gauss    L2 ;
L


 L2  10 12 cm 2   L  10 6 cm  100  10 8 cm  100 A
 8
(B) B is increased to B0 where supercondivity disappears. B  B0 ; B0  2
Given B0   105 gauss;
 L0 
8 2  107 guass cm2 12  L 100
 105 gauss  2
;  2  10 cm 2    50 A ; k  1  2
    L0 L
4 0 L  L0 50

Correlation length  k   L1  2  1 0 0  2 0 0 A

57. (A)   p  n       for strong interaction I and I 3 are conserved. Conservation of I and I 3
1 5 1 3
 n     ; I   1  1  ; I3   1  1  ; I  5 / 2 and I 3  3 / 2 for the decay products.
2 2 2 2
(B)The reaction cross section related to   p  n       same as   p  n   
58. (A)Area of cell = 6  Area of triangle AOB ;Area of AOB=(1/2)bh;
1 1 1 3 3 2
 (BO)  Ay   a  a cos30  a 2 
3 2 3 3 2
  a ; Area of W-s cell = 6  a  a
2 2 2 2 4 4 2
(B)The Bravais lattice for this array is a hexagonal lattice with basis vectors b1 and b2
59. (A) pbefore  0, pafter  p  pv ; Ebefore  m c 2 , Eafter  E  Ev ; conservation of momentum
p  pv  0  p  pv    (1) ;

Conservation of energy E  Ev  m c 2    (2); Ev  pv c; E 2  p 2 c 2  m 2 c 4 ; pv  E 2  m2 c 4 ;

Ev  E2  m2 c 4  (2) E  E 2  m2 c 4  m c 2 ; E  m c 2   E 2  m2 c 4

(m 2  m2 )c 2
Squaring we get E2 
2m
2
(B)       v Law of conservation of energy E 0  Ev  m c ; E  pv c  m c 2 (| v ||  |)

2 2 2 4 2  ( E  m c 2 )   E2  m2 c 4  E 
m 2
  m2  c 2
 E   c  m c ; E  E  m c  m c
  2 m

2 E2 c 2 ( m2  m2 ) c ( m2  m2 )

to fine  , use E2  2 c 2  m2 c 4 ;   2
 m2 c 2  2
 m2 c 2 ; |  | ;
c 4m 2 m
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c ( m2  m2 ) | |  m 2  m2 

|  | ; v   c 2   2 2 
c
2 m E  m  m 
M n M
60. (A)   ;Since FCC , n  4;   3.32g/cm3 ;  m  108  1.66  1024 ;
N a3 N
nm 4  108  1.66  10 24
a3    6Å
 3.32
a 6 1.5 3 3
(B) d   Å Bragg’s condition 2d sin   n ; sin    ; n  1  
2
h  k l 2 2
3 2d 26 8
a0 a a0
1 1 0 2 r / a0 2
61.   e  r / a0 ; p   |  |2 d  r dr sin  d d ;  4
 a03 0
|e 2 2 r / a0

 a03 0  a03 r e
0
dr

a0
4  2 a0 2r / a0 a2 a3   1 1 1 1
 r  e  2r 0  2 0 e 2r / a0   4  e 2  e 2  e 2    1  5e2
a03  2 4 8 0  2 2 4 4
Probability for finding more than one bob radius is p  1  (1  5e 2 )  5e 2  0.68
1
62. Cutoff frequency f c  RC ; f c  15.9; so the given op-amp becomes a low pass filter with cutofff
2
frequency 16.
1 2 1 2 H dx  dx 
63. H  xpx  yp y  x  y ; xy and p x p y ; x   x; x  x;  x     dt ;  x  et  e
2 2 p x dt x
H dy dy
y    y ;      y;   dt  y  e  t  c from initial condition x(t) = et,
p y  dt  u
 
H dp
y (t )  e t  x. y  1(Hyperbola) p x   x   px  x  dt  px  x ;
x

1 2t H dp y
p x ( et )   et e t dt  c1 ; px (et )  e  c1 ; p y   py  y   p y   y;
2 y dt
1 2t 1
p y (e  t )    e t e t dt  c2 ; p y (e t )  e  c2 from initial conditions px  py  (Hyperbola)
2 4
p2
64.   p s photon   pc; i.e,  p for a free non relativistic particle   i.e.,  p 2 ; so there is no
2m
restriction to energy so s takes values from 0 to 
2
mv 2 GMm m AVA2 GM A M B GM A M B  mAVA  GM A M B GM A 2 M B
65.  2
;  2
; m AVA2  ;  ; RA  ; R M 2
r r RA RA RA mA RA p2 A A