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PG – TRB 2002 – 2003: Solid State Physics

1. The conditions for the heat flow are specified is

(A) Fourth law of thermodynamics B) First law of thermodynamics

C) Second law of thermodynamics C) Third law of thermodynamics

2. The variables in Maxwell’s thermodynamic relations are

(A) Temperature and pressure B) time and velocity

C) Momentum and energy D) entropy and energy.

3. At constant temperature, the heat absorbed or liberated by a substance brings about a change in

A) Volume B) Pressure C) Entropy D) all of these.

4. Which of the following statements is wrong?

The specific heat capacity by Debye’s law is

A) proportional to the cube of the absolute temperature at low temperatures

B) a constant at high temperatures

C) equal to 3R at high temperatures

D) proportional to the temperature at low temperatures.

5. The width of the energy band gap is minimum in the case of

A) insulators B) semiconductors

(C) metals D) organic materials

6. The induced magnetic moment is opposite to the direction of applied field in a

A) diamagnetic substance B) paramagnetic substance

C) ferromagnetic substance D) ferromagnetic substance

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7. The ratio of thermal conductivity to electrical conductivity is

A) independent of the absolute temperature

B) proportional to the absolute temperature

C) dependent on the nature of the metal

D) inversely proportional to the absolute temperature.

8. The susceptibility is negative and independent of temperature in the case of

A) bismuth B) aluminium C) nickel D) chromium.

9. The BCS superconductor is described by

A) pair annihilation operators only B) pair creation operators only

C) both annihilation and creation operators D) operators other than these.

10. As the temperature of the filament is doubled, thermionic current

A) varies exponentially B) increases 4 times

C) decrease D) decreases 4 times