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1. Of the following vectors which one is not a
pseudovector?
(A) Angular momentum : =
(B) Torque : =
(C) Magnetic induction :
(D) Poynting vector : =
2. If = ( , , ) and = ( , , ) are two
vectors belonging to then which one of the
following relations is a valid inner product?
(A) =
+
+
(B) =

+
(C) =
+2
+3
(D) =
+ +
+
+
3. A sphere of radius 2 has its centre at the origin.
The surface integral is
(A) 16
(B) 32
(C)
(D) Zero
4. A flow is called steady when the flux density
vector, , is solenoidal. If the velocity of the fluid of a
steady flow is given by =
(K=constant), then
the density of the fluid
(A) is a periodic function of x.
(B) increases with x.
(C) decreases with x.
(D) is independent of x.
5. Which of the following statements is true for
the function ( ) =
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

, where

( ) is analytic at = 3.
( ) has a simple pole at = 3.
( ) has a removable singularity at
= 3.
( ) has an essential singularity at = 3.

6. The value of

for which

eigenfunction of the operator

will be an
?

(A) 2
(B) 4
(C)
(D)
/4
7. Which of the following statements is true about
one matrices and ? If and are both
(A) symmetric, then
is symmetric.
(B) skew-symmetric, then
is skew
symmetric.
(C) Hermitean, then
is Hermitean.
(D) Unitary, then
is unitary.
8. The value of the integral
where =
by | | = 3/2 is
(A) Zero
(B)
(C) 2
(D) 4

and C is the circle defined

9. A dispersive medium has

( )=

The group velocity will be

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

10. The Lagrangian of a system is given by

1
1
+3 )
= ( + ) (3 + 2
2
2
and ( > ) be the frequencies of
Let
the normal modes of the system. The ratio / is
(A) 2
(B) 2
(C)

(D) 3

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11. A frame
is moving along the -axis with
velocity with respect to frame S. A rigid rod of
at angle 45 to
length is stationary in
What is its length as measured in frame ?

-axis.

(A) 2
(B)
(C)

15. Consider a particle of mass

which is
constrained to move on the surface of a sphere of
radius . No external force acts on the particle. State
which of the following statements is true?
(A) Number of generalized coordinates is
three and the Hamiltonian is conserved.
(B) Number of generalized coordinates is two

and the Hamiltonian is not conserved.

(C) Number of generalized coordinates is

(D)

three
and
,
12. A system of two particles, masses
attached by a massless spring of constant , is placed
on a smooth horizontal table, The spring is stretched,
then released. The system will oscillate with (angular)
is equal to
frequency , such that

and

the

Hamiltonian

is

not

conserved.
(D) Number of generalized coordinates is two
and the Hamiltonian is conserved.

(A)
16. Although the Mass-Energy equivalence of
special relativity allows conversion of a photon into
an electron-positron pair, this process cannot occur in
free space because
(A) mass is not conserved.

(B)
+

(C)
(D)

(B) charge is not conserved.

13. For a one-dimensional system (coordinate

,
is
momentum ), the Poisson Bracket
(A) Zero

conserved simultaneously.
(D) angular momentum is not conserved.

(B) 4
(C) 4
(D)
14. The Hamiltonian H corresponding to the
Lagrangian

(C) energy and momentum cannot both be

17. A conducting loop

of surface area
is
moving with a constant velocity in a magnetic field
( , ) =
,
being a positive constant of
, in the
suitable dimensions. The EMF induced,
loop is given by

(A)
(A)

( + ) +

(B)

( )

(C)

( + )

(C)

(D)

( ) +

(D)

(B)

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18. A diffraction grating with 10,000 lines is used
in the third order to study spectral lines in the
neighbourhood of 600 nm. The smallest that can
be resolved by the arrangement is
(A) 0.08 nm
(B) 0.02 nm
(C) 0.06 nm
(D) 0.09 nm
19. Four charges are placed at the corners of a
square of side a as shown in the accompanying
Figure. The electric dipole moment of the charge
distribution is

(D) (

)
)

20. Under time reversal the electric and magnetic

field vectors and of an electromagnetic field in
free space transform to
and . Which one of the
following transformation equations is correct?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

( , ) = ( , ); ( , ) =
( , ) = ( , ); ( , ) = (
( , ) = ( , ); ( , ) = (
( , ) = ( , ); ( , ) = ( ,

Zero
6
2
6 /

=0

(B)

= the surface density of the

true charges,

(C)

= the surface density of

polarization charges,

(D)

charges,

= the surface density of total

+

23. A charged particle is moving with acceleration

along z-axis. Then in non-relativistic limit power
radiated is

24. Consider a square

of side with charges
+ , , + and at the vertices , , and
as
shown below:

( , )
, )
, )
)

21. If the electrostatic potential is given by

= ( +
+ ), where
is a constant, then
the charge density is
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

(A)

(A) isotropic.
(B) maximum along z-axis.
(C) maximum along a direction perpendicular
to z-axis.
(D) proportional to .

(A) ( + )
(B) ( + )
(C) (

22. The normal component of the electrostatic field

, at the interface of two dielectrics, satisfies the
boundary condition.

The electrostatic potential at some point

located at a distance ( ) from the centre of the
square is proportional to
(A) constant
(B)
(C)
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25. The commutator [

(A) Zero
(B)
(C)
(D)

, ] is

potential ( , , ) =
,

26. A dissipative system in forced oscillation has

equation
+2

Neglecting transients, the oscillation amplitude

( ) has a resonance with width proportional to
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

27. If
( ) is the wavefunction for a hydrogen
atom in the
state,
( , , + ) =
( , , ).The constant
factor is given by
(A) (1)
(B) (1)
(C) (1)
(D) (1)
28. At time = 0 an electron is found to have its
spin along the direction. What is the probability that
a second measurement will find the spin to be directed
in the plane at an angle 60 with respect to the
-axis?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

29. The energy levels of a particle subject to the

+
=

) are
+

+
+
and , ,
take the
Where =
values 0,1,2,... . What is the number of degenerate states
corresponding to = 4?
(A) 10
(B) 12
(C) 15
(D) 16

30. An electron in a hydrogen atom is in a state

described by the wavefunction
1

[4 ( ) + 3 ( ) ( )
( )],
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( ) are the hydrogenic eigenfunctions. The
expectation value of in the state is
=

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

31. Consider an ensemble of 4000 identical onedimensional boxes in each of which the potential rises
to infinity at = 0 and = . Each box contains an
,
identical particle in the state ( , 0) =
where N is the normalization constant. About how
many of the particles will have an energy

(A) 400
(B) 500
(C) 800
(D) 1000
of
32. The energy in the excited state 1 2
Helium atom is
(A) same in the singlet and the triplet states.
(B) higher in the singlet state than the triplet
state.
(C) higher in the triplet state then the singlet
state.
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33. The orbital angular momentum state of a
particle, moving in a central field, | , > is |1,0 >.
Then
(A) the position probability density is
spherically symmetrical.
(B) the position probability density is
elongated along -axis.
(C) the wavefunction has angular nodes at
= 0 and = .
(D) the wavefunction has angular nodes at
= 0 and = .
34. The angular distribution when scattering from
( )~ +
a central potential is found to be of form
. Which partial waves are possibly involved.
(A) S and P only.
(B) S, P, and D.
(C) only P.
(D) all partial waves upto = .
35. Classical statistics can be applied if occupation
index is
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

equal to 1
much less than 1
much greater than 1
slightly less than 1

36. If a physical system and its surrounding

exchange matter with each other, the system can be
described by the
(A) canonical ensemble.
(B) microcanonical ensemble.
(C) grandcanonical ensemble.
(D) no ensemble is feasible.
37. An ideal Carnot refrigerator converts water at
the freezing point to ice cubes at the rate of 6g/s.
Energy is given off to the surrounding at 26 C. If the
fusion energy of ice is 320J/g, the rate at which
electrical energy is supplied to the refrigerator is
(A) 0.35 kW
(B) 0.17 kW
(C) 0.28 kW
(D) 0.42 kW

38. A gas mixture consists of 2 moles of oxygen

and 4 moles of argon at temperature T. Neglecting all
vibrational modes the total internal energy of the
system is
(A) 15 RT
(B) 11 RT
(C) 9 RT
(D) 7 RT
39. A system of non-interacting classical point
particles is constrained to move on the surface of a
sphere. The internal energy of the system is
(A)

NKT

(B)

NKT

(C) NKT
(D)

NKT

40. The peak observed in the blackbody radiations

at 1000K is in the
(A) visible range of frequency.
(B) ultraviolet range of frequency.
(C) infrared range of frequency.
(D) microwave range of frequency.
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[Given Wiens constant = 2.89810 mK.]
41. If the Fermi energy of a metal is 5eV, then the
average energy of the electrons is
(A) 2 eV
(B) 3 eV
(C) 4 eV
(D) 6 eV
42. A system of protons at 25 C is placed in a
magnetic field of 2T. The ratio of protons in the lower
to higher energy is approximately
(A) 1:1
(B) 2:1
(C) 3:2
(D) 4:2
= 5.585
[Given
= 5.025 10 J/T
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43. The accompanying Figure (not to scale) shows

the circular paths of two particles that travel with the
same speed in a uniform magnetic field pointing into
the page. One particle is an electron and the other is a
proton. The particle moving along the smaller circle
and the sense of its motion are respectively

47. A molecule can exist in any one of the two

states S1 and S2 with probabilities 0.7 and 0.3
respectively. The probability that 7 out of 10 such
molecules are in the S1 state is given by
(0.7) (0.3)
(A)
(0.7)
(0.3)
(B)
(C)

10

(D) 1

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

proton, anticlockwise
proton, clockwise
electron, anticlockwise
electron, clockwise

44.

The above is a block diagram of a

computerised temperature controller system. Identify
the two blocks (1) and (2).
(A) Both (1) and (2) are linear amplifiers.
(B) Both are D/A converters.
(C) (1) is a D/A and (2) is a A/D converter.
(D) (1) is a A/D and (2) is a D/A converter.
45. Which of the following can be exploited for the
most precise determination of the value of Plancks
constant?
(A) Magnetic Resonance
(B) Faraday effect
(C) Photoelectric effect
(D) AC Josephson effect
46. When a fixed voltage of 1V is applied across
a Josephson junction there is an alternating current
with frequency
(A) 120.9 MHz
(B) 241.8 MHz
(C) 483.6 MHz
(D) 967.2 MHz

48. Boyles law is exploited for the determination

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of gas pressure in the range of 10 to 10 torr using
(A) Pirani gauge
(B) Penning gauge
(C) McLeod gauge
(D) Bayerd Alpert gauge

49. A star is modelled as a spherical distribution of

matter with mass
and volume . The gravitational
pressure acting on the star varies with volume as
(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

)
50. A black spherical nucleus (radius
absorbs all particles in an incident beam having
impact parameter < . The total scattering and
reaction crosssections (
and
) will be
respectively
(A) zero and
(B)

and

(C)

and zero

(D) 4

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