UV PHYSICS ACADEMY

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PART-A
1. There is an equilateral triangle in the XY plane (a) 2/3 (b) 1
with its centre at the origin. The distance of its (d) 2 (d) 
sides from the origin is 3.5cm. The area of its
5. A solid cylinder of basal area A was held dipped
circumcircle in cm2 is
in water in a cylindrical vessel of basal area 2A
(a) 38.5 (b) 49 vertically such that a length h of the cylinder is
(c) 63.65 (d) 154 immersed. The lower tip of the cylinder is at a
2. A sphere of iron of radius R/2 fixed to one end of height h from the base of the vessel. What will
a string was lowered into water in a cylindrical be the height of water in the vessel when the
container of base radius R to keep exactly half cylinder is taken out?
the sphere dipped. The rise in the level of water
in the container will be
h
h

3
(a) 2h (b) h
2
(a) R/3 (b) R/4
4 5
(c) R/8 (d) R/12 (c) h (d) h
3 4
3. A crystal grows by stacking of unit cells of
10 x 20 x 5nm size as shown in the diagram given 6. Of all the triangles that can be inscribed in a
below. How many unit cells will make a crystal of semicircle of radius R with the diameter as one
1cm3 volume? side, the biggest one has the area
(a) R2 (b) R 2 2
5nm 20nm (c) R 2 3 (d) 2R2
10nm
Unit Cell (not to scale) 7. Choose the largest number:
(a) 2500 (b) 3400
300
20nm (c) 4 (d) 5200
5nm 10nm
Crystal (not to scale) 8. A daily sheet calendar of the year 2013 contains
sheets of 10 x 10 cm size. All the sheets of the
(a) 106 (b) 109 calendar are spread over the floor of a room of
(c) 1012 (d) 1018 5m 7.3m size. What percentage of the floor will
be covered by these sheets?
4. What is the value of
(a) 0.1 (b) 1
1 1 1 (c) 10 (d) 100
   ......to  ?
1 2 2  3 3  4
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9. How many rectangles (which are not squares) (a) Ms White’s dress was brown.
are there in the following figure? (b) Ms. Black’s dress was white.
(c) Ms. White’s dress was black
(d) Ms. Black’s dress was black
15. Two integers are picked at random from the first
15 positive integers without replacement. What
is the probability that the sum of the two numbers
(a) 56 (b) 70
is 20?
(c) 86 (d) 100
(a) 3/4
10. Define a  b  1cm(a, b)  gcd(a, b) and a  b  (b) 1/21
ab  ba . What is the value of 1  2    3  4  ? (c) 1/105
Here LCM = least common multiple and gcd
= greatest common divisor. (d) 1/20
(a) 145 (b) 286 16. Identify the next figure in the sequence?
(c) 436 (d) 572
11. A square pyramid is to be made using a wire
such that only one strand of wire is used for
each edge. What is the minimum number of times
that the wire has to be cut in order to make the
pyramid?
(a) 3 (b) 7 (a) (b)
(c) 2 (d) 1
12. A crow is flying along a horizontal circle of radius
R at a height R above the horizontal ground.
Each of a number of men on the ground found (c) (d)
that the angular height of the crow was a fixed
angle (< 45 ) when it was closest to him. Then 17. In a customer survey conducted during Monday
all these men must be on a circle on the ground to Friday, of the customers who asked for child
with a radius care facilites in super markets, 23% were men
(a) R + R sin  (b) R + R cos  and the rest, women. Among them, 19.9% of the
women and 8.8% of the men were willing to pay
(c) R + R tan  (d) R + R cot 
for the facilities.
13. How many pairs of positive integers have gcd
A. What is the ratio of the men to women
20 and 1cm 600? (gcd = greatest common divisor;
customers who wanted child care facilities?
1cm = least common multiple)
B. If the survey had been conducted during the
(a) 4 (b) 0
weekend instead, how will the result change?
(c) 1 (d) 7
With the above data,
14. During an evening party, when Ms. Black, Ms.
(a) Only A can be answered
Brown and Ms. White met, Ms. Brown remarked,
“It is interesting that our dresses are white, black (b) Only B can be answered
or brown, but for each of us the name does not (c) Both A and B can be answered
match the colour of the dress!”. Ms. White (d) Neither A nor B can be answered
replied, “But your white dress does not suit
you!”. Pick the correct answer.
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18. The map given below shows contour lines which (a) 20 (b) 400
connect points of equal ground surface elevation (c) 200 (d) 380
in a region. Inverted ‘V’ shaped portions of
20. A person has to cross a square field by going
contour lines represent a valley along which a
from A to C. The person is only allowed to move
river flows. What is the downstream direction of
towards the east or towards the north or use a
the river?
combination of these movements. The total
distance travelled by the person
N
200
D C
180
160 North
SCALE-1:5000 East
A B
(a) North (b) South
(a) depends on the length of each step
(c) East (d) West
(b) depends on the total number of steps
19. During a summer vacation, of 20 friends from a
hostel, each wrote a letter to each of all others. (c) is different for different paths
The total number of letters written was (d) is the same for all paths

PART-B
(COMPULSORY) EACH QUESTION CARRIES 3.5 MARKS
EACH WRONG ANSWER HAS APENALTY OF 25% OF MARKS
21. Two identical bosons of mass m are placed in a (a) 0oC (b) 7.5oC
1 (c) 12.5oC (d) -1.25oC
m 2 x 2 .
one-dimensional potential V ( x ) 
2 23. A vessel has two compartments of volume V1
The bosons interact via a weak potential, and V2, containing an ideal gas at pressures p1
V12  V0 exp   m( x1  x2 ) 2 / 4  where x1 and and p2, and temperatures T1 and T2 respectively.
x2 denote coordinates of the particles. Given that If the wall separating the compartments is
the ground state wave function of harmonic removed, the resulting equilibrium temperature
1/ 4 m x 2 will be
 m  
2
oscillator is  0 ( x )    e . The p1T1  p2T2
   (a)
ground state energy of the two-boson system, p1  p2
to the first order in V0, is:
V1T1  V2T2
V0  (b) V1  V2
(a)   2V0 (b)  

1/ 2
p1V1  p2V2
     (c) ( p V / T )  ( p V / T )
(c)   V0 1   (d)   V0  1   1 1 1 2 2 2
 2    1/ 2
(d)  T1T2 
22. Ten grams of ice at 0 C is added to a beaker
24. For temperature T 1 > T 2, the qualitative
containing 30grams of water at 25oC. What is
temperature dependence of the probability
the final temperature of the system when it
distribution F(v) of the speed v of a molecule in
comes to thermal equilibrium? (The specific heat
three dimensions is correctly represented by the
of water is 1cal/gm/oC and latent heat of melting
following figure:
of ice is 80 cal/gm.)
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line and the quiescent Q point?
T2
F(V)
(a) T1
RC

RB +
T1 VCC
F(V)

(b) + –
T2 VBB
–

v
IC IB =
( A) 35 A
F(V)

T2 T1
(c) (a)
32 32 A
30 A
Q
0 9.7 VCE(V)

T1
F(V)

(d) IC IB =
T2 (mA) 35 A
6 32 A
(b) 30 A
v Q
25. A system of non-interacting spin-1/2 charged 0 12 VCE(V)
particles are placed in an external magnetic field.
At low temperature T, the leading behavior of IC IB =
the excess energy above the ground state (mA) 35 A
6 32 A
energy, depends on T as: (c is a constant) (c) Q 30 A

(a) cT (b) cT3

0 12 VCE(V)
(c) e–c/T (d) c (is independent of T)
26. The acceleration due to gravity g is determined IC
by measuring the time period T and the length L ( A) IB =
32 Q 35 A
of a simple pendulum. If the uncertainties in the 32 A
(d) 30 A
measurements of T and L are T and L
respectively the, fractional error g/gin 0 9.7 VCE(V)
measuring g is best approximated by
28. If the analog input to an 8-bit successive
| L | | T | approximation ADC is increased from 1.0 V to
(a) 
L T 2.0V, then the conversion time will
|  L | | 2 T | (a) remain unchanged
(b) 
L T (b) double
| L |2 | T |2 (c) decrease to half its original value
(c)  (d) increase four times
L T
29. The insulation resistance R of an insulated cable
 2
 |  L |   | 2 T |  is measured by connecting it in parallel with a
(d)     capacitor C, a voltmeter, and battery B as shown.
 L   T 
The voltage across the cable dropped from 150V
27. A silicon transistor with built-in voltage 0.7V is
to 15V, 1000 seconds after the switch S is closed.
used in the circuit shown, with VBB=9.7V, RB =
If the capacitance of the cable is 5F then its
300k, VCC = 12V and RC = 2k. Which of the
insulation resistance is approximately
following figures correctly represents the load
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S 33. A current I is created by a narrow beam of

protons moving in vacuum with constant
velocity u. The direction and magnitude,
B V R C
respectively, of the Poynting vector S outside
the beam at a radial distance r (much larger than
(a) 109  (b) 108  the width of the beam) from the axis, are
(c) 107  (d) 106     I2
(a) S  u and | S | 
30. The approximation cos   1 is valid up to 3 4  0 | u | r 2
2

decimal places as long as   is less than:    I2

(take 180 /   57.29 ) (b) S || (u ) and | S | 
4  0 | u | r 4
2

(a) 1.28o (b) 1.81o    I2

(c) S || u and | S | 
(c) 3.28o (d) 4.01o 4 2  0 | u | r 2
31. The area of a disc in its rest frame S is equal to 1  
(d) S || u and | S |
I2
(in some units). The disc will appear distorted to 
4 2  0 | u | r 4
an observer O moving with a speed u with 34. If the electric and magnetic fields are unchanged
respect to S along the plane of the disc. The area 
of the disc measured in the rest frame of the when the vector potential A changes (in suitable
observer O is (c is the speed of light in vacuum)   
units) according to A  A  rˆ, where r  r (r )rˆ,
1/ 2 1/ 2
 u2   u2  then the scalar potential must simultaneously
(a)  1  2  (b) 1  2  change to
 c   c 
(a)   r (b)   r
2 2 1
 u   u  (c)   r / t (d)   r / t
(c) 1  c 2  (d) 1  2 
   c  35. Consider an axially symmetric static charge
2
32. A particle of charge e and mass m is located at r 
the midpoint of the line joining two mixed distribution of the form,   0  0  e  r / r0 cos 2 .
r
collinear dipoles with unit charges as shown in The radial component of the dipole moment due
the figure. (The particle is constrained to move to this charge distribution is
only along the line joining the dipoles.) Assuming
(a) 2 0 r04 (b)  0 r04
that the length of the dipoles is much shorter
than their separation, the natural frequency of (c)  0 r04 (d)  0 r04 / 2
oscillation of the particle is 36. In a basis in which the z-component Sz of the
R R spin is diagonal, an electron is in a spin state
 (1  i ) / 6 
+ – e,m    . The probabilities that a
– +
 2/3 
 
2d 2d
measurement of S z will yield the values
2 2 2
6e R 6e R  / 2 and   / 2 are, respectively..
(a) (b)
 0 md 5  0 md 4
(a) 1/2 and 1/2 (b) 2/3 and 1/3
(c) 1/4 and 3/4 (d) 1/3 and 2/3
6e 2 d 2 6e 2 d
(c) (d) 37. Consider the normalized state  of a particle
 0 mR 5  0 mR 4
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in a one-dimensional harmonic oscillator: 42. With z  x  iy, which of the following
  b1 0  b2 1 where 0 and 1 denote the functions f ( x, y ) is NOT a (complex) analytic
ground and first excited states respectively, and function of z?
b1 and b2 are real constants. The expectation
3 7
value of the displacement x in the state  will (a) f ( x, y )   x  iy  8   4  x 2  y 2  2ixy 
be a minimum when 7 3
(b) f ( x, y )   x  iy  1  x  iy 
1
(a) b2  0, (b1  1) (b) b2  b1
(c) f  x, y    x 2  y 2  2ixy  3 
5
2
1 4
(d) f  x, y 1  x  iy   2  x  iy 
6
(c) b2  b1 (d) b2 = b1
2
43. A planet of mass m and an angular momentum L
38. A muon (–) from cosmic rays is trapped by a
moves in a circular orbit in a potential, V(r) = – k/
proton to form a hydrogen-like atom. Given that
r, where k is a constant. If it is slightly perturbed
a muon is approximately 200 times heavier than
radially, the angular frequency of radial
an electron, the longest wavelength of the
oscillations is
spectral line (in the analogue of the Lyman series)
of such an atom will be (a) mk 2 / 2 L3 (b) mk 2 / L3
(a) 5.62Å (b) 6.67Å (c) 2mk 2 / L3 (d) 3mk 2 / L3
(c) 3.75Å (d) 13.3Å 44. The Lagrangian of a particle of mass m moving
39. The un-normalized wave function of a particle in 1
in one dimension is given by L  mx 2  bx
a spherically symmetric potential is given by 2
 where b is a positive constant. The coordinate
 (r )  zf (r ) where f (r ) is a function of the
of the particle x(t) at time t is given by: (in the
radial variable r. The eigen value of the operator following c1 and c2 are constants)

L2 (namely the square of the orbital angular b 2
momentum) is (a)  t  c1t  c2
2m
(a)  2 / 4 (b)  2 / 2 (b) c1t  c2
(c)  2 (d) 2 2
 bt   bt 
(c) c1 cos    c2 sin  

tn
2 m m
40. Given that H n ( x)  e  t  2tx the value of
n0 n!  bt   bt 
H4(0) is (d) c1 cosh    c2 sinh  
m m
(a) 12 (b) 6 45. A uniform cylinder of radius r and length  , and
(c) 24 (d) -6 a uniform sphere of radius R are released on an
41. A unit vector n̂ on the xy-plane is at an angle of inclined plane when their centres of mass are at
the same height. If they roll down without
120o with respect to iˆ. The angle between the slipping, and if the sphere reaches the bottom of
vectors u  aiˆ  bnˆ and vˆ  anˆ  biˆ will be 60o the plane with a speed V, then the speed of the
if cylinder when it reaches the bottom is:

(a) b  3a / 2 (b) b  2a / 3 14r  r

(a) V (b) 4V
15R 2 15 R
(c) b  a / 2 (d) b = a
4V 14
(c) (d) V
15 15
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PART-C
46. The components of a vector potential nx , n y  1, 2,3,...... If a perturbation
A   A0 , A1 , A2 , A3  are given by  a a
V 0  x  , 0  y 
H   0 2 2 is applied,
A  k (  xyz , yzt , zxt , xyt ) where k is a constant.
0 otherwise
The three components of the electric field are
then the correction to the energy of the first
(a) k  yz , zx, xy  (b) k  x, y , z  excited state to order V0 is
V0 V0  64 
(c) (0, 0, 0) (d) k  xt , yt , zt  (a) (b) 1  9 2 
4 4  
47. In the Born approximation, the scattering
amplitudef () for the Yukawa potential is given V0  16  V0  32 
by: (in the following (c)
4 1  9 2  (d)
4 1  9 2 
   
b  2 k sin  / 2, E   2 k 2 / 2 m) 51. Consider a system of two Ising spins S1 and S2
2m 2m taking values ±1with interaction energy given
(a)  2 (b)   2   2  b 2  by    JS1 S2 , when it is in thermal equilibrium
 2
 2
 b2 
at temperature T. For large T, the average energy
2m 2m
(c)  (d)  3 of the system varies as C/kBT, with C given by
    2  b2 
2 2 2 2
 b
(a) – 2J2 (b) –J2
48. If  nlm denotes the eigen function of the (c) J2 (d) 4J
Hamiltonian with a potential V = V(r) then the 52. Consider three particles A, B and C, each with
expectation value of the operator L2x  L2y in the an attribute S that can take two values ±1. Let

1 S A  1, SB  1and SC  1 at a given instant.

state   3 211   210  15 211  is In the next instant, each S value can change to
5
–S with probability 1/3. The probability that
(a) 39 / 25
2 (b) 13 2 / 25
SA + SB + SC remains unchanged is
(c) 2 2 (d) 26 2 / 25
(a) 2/3 (b) 1/3
49. An oscillating current I (t )  I 0 exp  it  (c) 2/9 (d) 4/9
flows in the direction of the y-axis through a thin 53. The bound on the ground state energy of the
metal sheet of area 1.0cm2 kept in the xy-plane. Hamiltonian with an attractive delta-function
The rate of total energy radiated per unit area
2 d 2
from the surfaces of the metal sheet at a distance potential, namely H     ( x) using
of 100m is 2m dx 2
the variational principle with the trial wave
(a) I 0 / 12 0 c  (b) I 0  / 12 0 c  function  ( x)  A exp  bx 2  is [Note:
3 2 2 3


(c) I 02 / 12 0 c 3  (d) I 0 2 /  24 0 c3  t a
t dt    a  1]
e
50. Consider a two-dimensional infinite 0

0 0  x  a , 0  y  a (a) m 2 / 4  2 (b) m 2 / 2  2

square well V ( x, y )   . (c) m 2 /   2 (d) m 2 / 5  2
 otherwise
Its normalized eigen function are 54. Consider two different systems each with three
identical non-interacting particles. Both have
2 n x n y
 nx , ny  x, y   sin  x  sin  y  where single particle states with energies
a  a   a 
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 0 ,3 0 and 5 0 , ( 0  0). One system is L

populated by spin-1/2 fermions and the other
by bosons. What is the value of EF  EB where
EF and EB are the ground state energies of the
fermionic and bosonic systems respectively?
(a) 60 (b) 20
(c) 40 d) 0
55. The input to a lock-in amplifier has the form
Vi (t )  Vi sin  t  i  where Vi ,  , i
amplitude, frequency and phase of the input
signal respectively. This signal is multiplied by
a reference signal of the same frequency ,
amplitude Vr and phase r. If the multiplied signal
is fed to a low pass filter or cut-off frequency
,then the final output signal is
1 A logic circuit that is used to switch ON a lamp
(a) ViVr cos i   r 
2
 1
(b) ViVr  cos  i   r   cos   t   i   r  
 2
(d) sin   x / L  cos   t / L   sin  2 x / L 
2
sin  2 t / L 
57. Consider the hydrogen-deuterium molecule HD.
If the mean distance between the two atoms is
0.08nm and the mass of the hydrogen atom is
938MeV/c2, then the energy difference E
between the two lowest rotational states is
approximately
the (a) 10-1eV (b) 10-2eV
(c) 2 x 10-2eV (d) 10-3eV
58. Four digital outputs V, P, T and H monitor the
speed v, tyre pressure p, temperature t and
relative humidity h of a car. These outputs switch
from 0 to 1 when the values of the parameters
exceed 85km/hr, 2 bar, 40oC and 50%, respectively.
at the output E is shown below. Which of the
following conditions will switch the lamp ON?

 V

P
i r sin i   r 
(c) VV E
T
 1 
(d) ViVr cos  i   r   cos   t   i   r   H
 2 
56. The solution of the partial differential (a) v  85km/hr, p  2bar, t  40 C, h  50%
2 2
equation  2 u ( x, t )   2 u ( x, t )  0 satisfying (b) v  85km/hr, p  2bar, t  40 C, h  50%
t x
the boundary conditions u(0,t) = 0 = u(L, t) and (c) v  85km/hr, p  2bar, t  40 C, h  50%
initial conditions u ( x, 0)  sin   x / L  and (d) v  85km/hr, p  2bar, t  40 C, h  50%
 59. The solution of the differential equation
u ( x, t ) t  0  sin  2 x / L  is
t
dx
L  x 2 with the initial condition x(0) = 1 will
(a) sin   x / L  cos   t / L   sin  2 x / L  dt
2
blow up as t tends to
cos  2 t / L 
(a) 1 (b) 2
(b) 2sin   x / L  cos   t / L   sin  x / L 
(c) ½ (d) 
cos  2 t / L 
60. Let u be a random variable uniformly distributed
L in the interval [0, 1] and V = – c ln u,where c is a
(c) sin   x / L  cos  2 t / L   sin  2 x / L 
2 real constant. If V is to be exponentially
sin  t / L  distributed in the interval [0, ) with unit
standard deviation, then the value of c should
be
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(a) ln 2 (b) 1/2 cross-sectional area of the wire are  and A
(c) 1 (d) -1 respectively.]
(a) mA /  ne  
2
1 (b) zero
61. The inverse Laplace transform of s 2 s  1 is
  (c) m /  ne A 
2
(d) m A /  ne  
2 2

1 2 t 1 2 67. The phonon dispersion for the following one-

(a) t e t  1  et
(b)
2 2 dimensional diatomic lattice with masses M1 and
1 2 M2 (as shown in the figure is given by
(d) t 1  e 
t
(c) t  1  e t
2
 1 1 
62. The number of degrees of freedom of rigid body  2 (q)  K   
in d-space-dimensions is M
 1 M 2 

(a) 2d (b) 6  4 M 1M 2 
2  qa 
(c) d (d + 1)/2 (d) d! 1  1  sin  
  M 1  M 2 2  2  
63. A particle of mass m is at the stable equilibrium
where a is the lattice parameter and K is the
position of its potential energy V ( x )  ax  bx 3
spring constant. The velocity of sound is
where a, b are positive constants. The minimum K
velocity that has to be imparted to particle to
render its motion unstable is M1 M2 M1 M2
1/ 4 1/ 4 K  M1  M 2  K
(a)  64a 3 / 9m 2 b  (b)  64a 3 / 27 m 2b  (a) a (b) a
2M1 M 2 2( M 1  M 2 )
1/ 4 1/ 4
(c) 16 a / 27 m b 
3 2
(d)  3a / 64m b 
3 2
K  M1  M 2  KM 1 M 1
(c) a (d) a
64. If the operators A and B satisfy the commutation M 1M 2 2( M1  M 2 )3
relation [A, B] = I, where I is the identity operator, 68. The binding energy of a light nucleus (Z, A)
then in MeV is given by the approximate formula
(a)  e A , B   e A (b)  e A , B    e B , A 3 N  Z
2

B  A, Z   16A  20A2/3  Z 2 A1/ 3  30

4 A
(c)  e A , B    e  B , A  (d)  e A , B   I
where N = A – Z is the neutron number. The
65. A system is governed by the Hamiltonian value of Z of the most stable isobar for a given A
is
1 1 2
H  px  ay    p y  bx  where a and b A  A2 / 3 
1
2 2
are constants and px, py are momenta conjugate (a) 1   (b) A/ 2
2  160 
of x and y respectively. For what values of a and 1
A  A2 / 3  A A4 / 3 
b will the quantities  p x  3 y  and  p y  2 x  (c) 1   (d) 2 1  64 
2  120   
be conserved?
(a) a = -3, b = 2 (b) a = 3, b = –2 69. Muons are produced through the annihilation
of particle a and its antiparticle, namely the
(c) a = 2, b = –3 (d) a = –2, b = 3
process a  a       . A muon has a rest
66. Using the frequency-dependent Drude formula,
what is the effective kinetic inductance of a mass of 105MeV/c2 and its proper life time is
metallic wire that is to be used as a transmission 2s. If the center of mass energy of the collision
line? [In the following, the electron mass is m, is 2.1GeV in the laboratory frame that coincides
density of electrons is n, and the length and with the center-of-mass frame, then the fraction
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of muons that will decay before they reach a 73. If the energy dispersion of a two-dimensional
detector placed 6km away from the interaction electron system is E  u k where u is the
point is velocity and k is the momentum, then the density
(a) e -1 (b) 1-e-1 of states D(E) depends on the energy as
(c) 1- e-2 (d) e-10 (a) 1/ E (b) E
70. The conductors in a 0.75km long two-wire
(c) E (d) constant
transmission line are separated by a centre-to-
centre distance of 0.2m. If each conductor has a 74. Consider the laser resonator cavity shown in
diameter of 4cm, then the capacitance of the line the figure. If I1 is the intensity of the radiation at
is mirror M1 and  is the gain coefficient of the
(a) 8.85F (b) 88.5 nF medium between the mirrors, then the energy
(c) 8.85 pF (d) 8.85 nF density of photons in the plane P at a distance x
from M1 is
71. The electron dispersion relation for a one-
dimensional metal is given by R1 = 1 R2 = R
ka 1 l
 
 k  2 0 sin 2  sin 2 ka 
 2 6 
where k is the momentum, a is the lattice x
constant, 0 is a constant having dimensions of M1 P M2

energy and ka   . If the average number of

electrons per atom in the conduction band is 1/ (a)  I1 / c  e x (b)  I1 / c  e x
3, then the Fermi energy is
(c)  I1 / c  (e x  e  x ) (d)  I1 / c  e 2 x
(a) 0/4 (b) 0
75. A spin-1/2 particle A undergoes the decay A 
(c) 20/3 (d) 50/3
B + C + D where it is known that B and C are
72. The electronic energy levels in a hydrogen atom also spin-1/2 particles. The complete set of
are given by En  13.6 / n 2 eV. If a selective allowed values of the spin of the particle D is
excitation to the n = 100 level is to be made using 1 3 5
a laser, the maximum allowed frequency line- (a) ,1, , 2, ,3,.... (b) 0, 1
2 2 2
width of the laser is
(a) 6.5MHz (b) 6.5GHz 1 3 5 7
(c) 1/2 only (d) , , , ,....
(c) 6.5Hz (d) 6.5KHz 2 2 2 2

ANSWERS
1. (a) 2. (d) 3. (d) 4. (b) 5. (b) 6. (a) 7. (b) 8. (c) 9. (b) 10. (c)
11. (d) 12. (d) 13. (d) 14. (c) 15. (b) 16. (a) 17. (a) 18. (b) 19. (d) 20. (d)
21. (c) 22. (a) 23. (c) 24. (a) 25. (c) 26. (d) 27. (b) 28. (a) 29. (b) 30. (b)
31. (a) 32. (d) 33. (c) 34. (c) 35. (a) 36. (d) 37. (d) 38. (b) 39. (d) 40. (a)
41. (c) 42. (d) 43. (b) 44. (a) 45. (d) 46. (c) 47. (b) 48. (d) 49. (b) 50. (b)
51. (b) 52. (d) 53. (c) 54. (b) 55. (a) 56. (d) 57. (b) 58. (a) 59. (a) 60. (c)
61. (c) 62. (c) 63. (c) 64. (a) 65. (d) 66. (c) 67. (b) 68. (a) 69. (b) 70. (b)
71. (a) 72. (b) 73. (c) 74. (c) 75. (c)
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EXPLANATIONS
1/ 2  m x12  m x22
 m 
21. Perturbed potential V12  V0 exp  m( x1  x2 ) 2 / 4  ;  0 ( x1 , x2 )    e 2
e 2
;
  

 m( x1  x2 ) 2 1 m2  2 ( x1  x2 ) 4 
E (1)  H 1  V12 Taylor series of V12  V0 1    ...
 4 2 16 2


 m( x12  x2 2  2 x1 x2 )  
 m x12  x22  2 x1 x2   ...
 V0 1   .... ; V12  V0 1 
 4   4  ;
 

     
 m  2m  2 m  0   1/ 2

 V0 1     ...  V 1    ; V  V  1   
0   12 0  
 4   4   2 
 
 

22. The amount of heat required to melt the ice of mass 10gm at 0oC is Q = mL = 800cal.  L  80cal/gm 
The amount of heat available in water of mass 30gm at 25oC is Q = mST = 30 x 1 x 25 = 750cal. Since the heat
available is less than the heat required to melt the ice therefore ice will not melt as a result, the temperature
of the system will be at 0oC only.
pV
1 1 2 2 pV
23. n  n1  n2  T  T ;U  U1  U 2  n1cV T1  n2 cV T2  ncvT
1 2

p1V1  p2V2 p V  p2V2

 nT  n1T1  n2T2  T   1 1
n p1V1 p2V2

T1 T2

3/ 2  mv2
m 
24. F (v) dv  4 N   e 2 kT v 2 dv . As temperature increases, mean velocity shift towards right.
 2 kT 

  H  e x  e x   H
25. U   ln z    B H tanh B    B H  x x 
, where x  B ; excess energy from the ground level
 kT e e  kT
 H
  B 
 e x  e x   2e  x   2e kT 
 B H  x x 
 (  B H )   B H  x  x    B H  B H
  H 
e e  e  e   B
 e 
kT
 e kT

 v e  c / T , where c   B H .
2 2
L 4 2 L g  L   2 T 
26. T  2 g ;     
g T2 g  L   T 
VCC  VBE 9.7  0.7 V 12
27. I B   3
 30 A; I C , sat  CC   6mA
RB 300  10 RC 2  103
q 75 c V 15
29. q  cV  75  c; I    75nA; R    2  108   108 
T 1000 I 75nA
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2 2 2 2
30. cos   1    .....  1  ; If   1.810  0.0314  cos   1   1  (0.00049)  1
2 4 2 2
2
a
31. Area of the disc wrt s frame A0   a 2 ; Area of the disc wrt s1 A1   aa1   a ; A1  A  A 1  u2
  c

1 u2
Since A = 1  A  1 
c2

2p  1 1  6 d 6 e 2 d
32. E   3
 3
;E  4
x ( p  2ed ); F  eE  x;
4 0  ( R  x) ( R  x)   0 R  0 R 4

6e 2 d 2 6e 2 d 6e 2 d
a x;   ;  
m 0 R 4 m 0 R 4 m 0 R 4

 0 I ˆ
33. I = u, where  is the charge per unit length. B (at a distance r) = ;
2 r
 
  I  EB I2
E rˆ  rˆ; S   2 zˆ
2 0 r 2 0 ur 0 4  0ur 2
  
34. Under Gauge transformation A1  A   and 1    where  is Gauge function Given,
t
  r
A1  A  rˆ  rˆ      r (t )   1   
t
2
 r0   r / r 2
35.   0   e 0 cos . ;
r
 
2
 1 1 1 1  r0   r1 / r 2 12 1
Dipolemoment p   r  (r )d  0  r  1  e 0 cos  r dr sin  d d
r
 

1
 2
1! 1 
  0 r02  r1e  r / r0
dr 1  sin  d  cos
2
 d   0 r02   2  (2 ); p  20 r04 rˆ
0 0 0
(1/ r0 )2 2
2
2 2
1 i 3 2
 (1  i) / 6  1  i 1  2  0 1 i 2 6  2 / 6; P(  / 2)  2

36.    
     ;  z  z  ; P( / 2)  2 3 1 i
2
2 3
 2 /3  6  0  3  1  6 3 1 i 2 
 6 3
6 3

37.   b1 0  b2 1 ; x   x   b12 0 x 0  b22 1 x 1  2b1b2 0 x 1 ; 0 x 0  1 x 1  0;

 x  2b1b2 0 x 1 ; x  1  (b1  b2 )2  0 x 1 ( b12  b22  1); x min
 b1  b2
2

 m m p 1 E
38. Muonic atom En1  En    where    180me  En  21  180 ; for n = 1
m m  m p n

hc hc
 E11  180 E1 ; for n = 2 E21  45 E1  E  hv     6.67Å
 E
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39.  (r )  zf ( f )  r cos  f (r ) ; here l=1 (l= value is given by the power of cos  ) ; Eigen value of
L2   2l (l  1)  2 2

tn 2

tn 2 t4 t6 t4 t4 4!
40. H n  e t  2tx   H n (0)  e  t  1  t 2    ....  H 4 (0)   H 4 (0)   12
( x)
n0 n! n0 n! 2! 3! 4! 2! 2!
  
41. The angle between u and v is 60o i.e u .v | v || v}cos 0 ; a 2iˆ.nˆ  b 2 nˆ.iˆ  ab  ba | u || v | cos 60
2 2
| u || v |   a  b  1 2 2
 a 2 cos120  2ab  b 2 cos120    2ab   a  b  2ab cos120  ;
2
;  2 2
2  
( a 2  b 2 )  4ab  a 2  b 2  ab  a 2  b2  5ab  b  a / 2
4 6
42. From option (c); f ( x, y )  (1  x  iy ) 4 (2  x  iy ) 6 ; f ( x, y )  1  ( x  iy )   2  ( x  iy ) 

f ( x, y )  (1  z ) 4 (2  z ) 6 due to presence of z , f ( x, y ) is not analytic.

L2 k Veff  L2 k 2 L2
43. Veff   for circular orbit  0    0  r  r0  (where k is constant)
2mr 2 r r mr 3 r 2 uv mk

 2V
k r 2  2V 3L2 2k m3 k 4 mk 2
  ;      
m m r 2 r  r0
mr 4 r 3 r
L2 L6 L3
mk
r  r0

1 2 d  L  L d
44. L  mx  bx Equation of motion     0  (mx )  b  0; mx  b
2 dt  x  x dt

d 2x b dx b b 2
 2
    t  c1 ;  x (t )  t  c1t  c2
dt m dt m 2m
g sin  mr 2 2 2
45. Acceleration a  I for solid cylinder I , for solid sphere I  mr ;
1 2 5
mr 2

2 g sin  5 g sin   vc  ac v 14 14
ac  , as  ;  ( v 2  2as )  c   vc  v
3 7  vs  a s v s 15 15

46. A  k (  xyz, yzt , zxt , xyt )  ( , Ax , Ay , Az );   k ( yzxˆ  xzyˆ  xyzˆ ); lim
x 0
 
A A
 k ( yzxˆ  zxyˆ  xyzˆ); E    0
t t

2m
47. f ( )  r sin krV ( r )dr where k = b = 2k sin  ;
 2 k 0 2
b b b
2m m  ibr   r  m  1 1  2 m 
f ( )   r sin brV ( r ) dr    e dr   e ibr   r dr   2    ib    ib   2 2
b 0
2
i b  0
2
0  i b    (  b )
2
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1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
48.   3 211   210  15 211  ; Lx  Ly  Lz  L  Lx  Ly  L  Lz ;
5

L2x  L2y  L2  L2z ; L2  L2z   s ps , where    2 l (l  1)  m 2 



9 1 15  2 26 2
  2 (2  1)   2 (2)   2 (2  1)  (9  2  15) 
25 25 25 25 25
2
 i t
0  p 
49. I (t )  I 0 e power radiated per unit area  where p is the dipole moment per unit length
6 c
dp  I 2 2 e2it  I 2 2 I 2 2
p   I 0 e  it  
p  I 0 (i )e i t  Power radiated  0 0  0 0  0 3
dt 6 c 12 c 12 0 c

2   x   2 y 
50. First excited state is doubly degenerate.  1   (1, 2)  sin   sin   ;
a  a   a 
2 a/2
2  2 x    y  2  x a / 2 2 2 x V
 2   (2,1)  sin   sin   H11   1 H  1  V0  a   sin 2 dx  sin dy  0
a  a   a    0
a 0
a 4
2 a/2
V 2 x 2 x a / 2 2 y y
H 22   2 H  2  0 ; H12   1 H  2  V0    sin sin dx  sin sin dy
4 a 0
a a 0
a a

V0 16V0

16  H 11 H12  4 9 2
0
H 12  V0 2 ; Diagonalisation of  
9  H 21 H 22  Eigen values 16V0 V0  
9 2 4
2 2
V   16V  V  64 
  0      20   0    0 1  2 
 4   9  4  9 

s1 s2 


1 1 J 

1  1 J   z  2  e  J  e  J  ;
51. Ising model 1 1 J 

1  1  J 

  e J  e  J  1   J  (1   J )  2
U  ln z   J   J  J  ;
 J   ; U   J (  J )   J / kT
p e  e   1  J 1  J 
52. S A SB SC SA + SB + SC
1 1 –1 1
–1 1 1 1
1 –1 1 1
2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 4
At a given instant SA = 1 SB= 1, SC= – 1 p  ( 3  3  3 )  ( 3  3  3 )  ( 3  3  3)  9
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2 2b  2 d2 b 2 2b
53.    1  A  ;  2
  ;   ( x)   ;
 2m dx 2m 

b 2 2b E 2m 2 2 m 2
H   for minimization, 0b  ; Emin 
2m  b  2
 2
 3 0 3 0
54. Fermion system  0 ; Boson system   0 E  4 0 ; E  2 0 EF  EB  2 0

55. V  Vr sin(t   r )  Vi sin(t  i )  ViVr  cos(i   r )  cos(2 t  i   r ) output of low pass filter
2
ViVr
 cos( i   r )
2
x
56. Consider the option (d), which satisfying. u (0, t )  0 and u ( L, t )  0; u( x, 0)  sin
L
U L  2 x   2 t  2 U 2 x
 0 sin   cos   ;  sin
t t 0 2  L   L  L t t 0 L

2 2 2 m m 2
57. E ( J )  J ( J  1); E   J  1   J  0  I   r 2  m H mD  r 2  3 mH r 2
2I I I H D

2 2
I mH  (0.08  109 ) 2 ; E   10 2 eV
3 I
58. Output 
E  V  P  T  H ; from option (a) v < 85km/hr, p < 2 bar, t > 40 C , h > 50%.
E  1  1  0  0  0  1  1 . So lamp will switch ON.

dx dx 1 1 1
59.  x 2 , x(0)  1   2   dt    t  c since x(0)  1  c  1   t 1  x  as
dt x x x 1 t
t  1, x blows up.
1  1  t t 1  1  t
61. f ( s)   f (t )  e  t ; L1  
  e dt  (  e t
 1); L  2
t t
   (  e  1) dt  e  t  1
s 1  s ( s  1)  0  s ( s  1)  0
d (d  1) Unstable equilibrium point
62. Degree of freedom  , where d=dimension of space.
2
 2V
V 0
3
63. V ( x)  ax  bx ;  0  x 2  a / 3b ; x   a / 3b ; 2 x2
x
2V
Potential corresponding to stable equilibrium point 0
2x2
1/ 4
1 2  16a3 
mv  V ( x ) at x   a / 3b ; V    2 
Stable equilibrium point
2  27m b 
3 1/ 4
 
Potential corresponding to unstable equilibrium point V   16 a 
2
 27 m b 
Then the minimum velocity for which the particle render to unstable is
1/ 4
 16a 3    16a 3 1/ 4   64 a 3 1/ 4
V  2 
   2 
 2 
 27 m b    27 m b    27 m b 
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64.  e , B    A, B  (e )  I .e  e
A A 1 A A

65.  px  3 y, H   0  ( p y  bx)(b  3)  0  b  3 ;  p y  2 x, H   0  ( p x  ay )( a  2)  0  a  2

1 2 1 ml
66. Law of conservation energy LI  N mvd2  Ln 2 e 2 A2 vd2  nAlmvd2  L  2 2 (Inductance)
2 2 ne A

1  4 M1 M 2  qa  
2
 qa  qa 2  1
67. For small q, sin    ;  (q)  k    1  1    ;
 2  2  M 1 M 2   ( M1  M 2 )  2  


 1 1  M 1M 2 q 2 a 2 
 2 (q)  k    1  1 
( M 1  M 2 ) 2 2  for Acoustic Branch

 M1 M 2  

 1 1   M 1M 2 q 2 a 2  
 2 (q)  k    1  1  2  ;
 M 1 M 2    ( M1  M 2 ) 2  

 M  M 2   M 1M 2 q 2 a2  ka 2 k  k
 2 (q)  k  1  2   q2 ;   qa  Vg   a
 M1 M 2  ( M 1  M 2 ) 2  2( M 1  M 2 ) 2( M 1  M 2 ) q 2( M 1  M 2 )

3 30( N  Z ) 2
68. B ( A, Z )  16 A  20 A2 / 3  Z 2 A1/ 2  for most stable isobar
4 A
1
B 3 30 80 A 80 A A  A2 / 3 
 0   A1/ 3 (2 Z )  ( A  2Z )(2)  0  Z    1  
z 4 A 160  A2 / 3  A2 / 3  2  160 
160 1  
 160 
t
N  2.1
69. N  N 0 e
 t
;  e   t  e  where () is the dilated time   103  2  10 6 ;
N0 105

1
6  103 5 t 1 N 
t  2  10 sec;    e 2
 0.606  1  e 1
3  108  2 N0
13.6  2 13.6  2 1.6 1019 13.6  2  1.6  1019
72. En  eV  hv   v   6.59GHz
n3 n3 106  6.6  1034
d
1
73. Density of states D( ) s where d is the dimension and s is the power of k in energy..

Here d= 2, s = 1  D( ) .

I1  x I1   x I
74. Energy density E  I / c  e  e  1  e x  e  x 
c c c
75. A  B + C + D Since A, B and C are fermions with spin=1/2 from the conservation of Fermionic number
D must be a Fermion. Because odd no.of fermions will give a fermion and even no.of fermions will give a
boson.