PAPER III PHYSICAL SCIENCE

Note : Attempt all the questions. Each question carries two (2) marks. 1. The magnetic induction B is defined by the Lorentz force F q(u B ). If B and v 4i 2 j then F will be perpendicular to

2i 4 j

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z axis ( y z ) plane (C) ( x z ) plane (D) ( x y) plane The solution of the differential equation y constants is (A) Ae x B (B) Aex Be x
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(A Bx ) e x
Ae Bx .

2y

0 with A and B as integration

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The normalized eigen vector of (A) (B) (C) (D)

1 3 2 2
1 2 2 3
1 1 2 1

3 2 , corresponding to the eigen value 1 is 2 3

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1 1 2 1 If J 2 (3) 0.5 then J 2 (3) is

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(A) 0.5 (B) 0.5 (C) 1 / 0.5 (D) 1 / 0.5 If L f (t ) F ( s) then L f (t / a ) is (A) (B) (C) (D)
F (as) aF (as) F (s / a) 1 F ( as) a

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The value of (A) (B) (C) (D) 0 2 i 1

cos z dz , where C is a circle of radius unity centered at z z C

0 is

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One hundred cards are numbered from 1 to 100. The probability that a randomly chosen card has a digit 5 is (A) 1/10 (B) 1/5 (C) 1/20 (D) 19/100 The inner product of two tensors A i and B jk is (A) (B) (C) (D)
Ck

Bk

C ijk
Ak

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The Hamiltonian for a charged particle moving in an electromagnetic field is given by 1 (A) H m( p2 eA2 ) e 2 1 (B) H m( p eA)2 e 2 1 (C) H m( p eA)2 e 2 2 1 (D) H m( p eA2 )2 e 2 When a particle moves in a circular orbit, the stability is determined by the condition 3 f( ) 0 (A) f ( ) (B) (C) (D)

f( )
f( ) f( )

3
3 3

f( )
f( ) 0
l2
3

0
0

(Here f ( ) 11.

, l is a constant,

is the reduced mass and

is the value of r

corresponding to minimum effective potential) Newtons collision rule for the collision between two moving bodies, such as two smooth spheres of masses m1 and m2 is given by (A) (B) (C) (D)

e e e e

Velocity of approach Velocity of Separation Velocity of approach Velocity of Separation Velocity of Separation Velocity of approach

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Velocity of Separation Velocity of approach (Here e is called the coefficient of restitution or coefficient of elasticity) Choose the wrong statement (A) Noethers theorem cannot be applied to discrete systems
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According to Noethers theorem a continuous symmetry property of the Lagrangean density leads to a conservation condition (C) The converse of the above (B) is not true (D) There exists conservation conditions that cannot correspond to any symmetry property. Choose the wrong answer (A) While Hamiltons equations of motion are canonically invariant, Poisson brackets are not (B) Hamiltons equations of motion and Poisson brackets are canonically invariant (C) Which Poisson brackets are canonically invariant Hamiltons equations are not (D) Both Hamiltons equations of motion and Poisson brackets are not If qi is a cyclic coordinate, then the Lagranges equations of motion reduces to (A) (B) (C) (D)

d dt
L qi

L qi

0, i 1, 2,.......,n

0, i 1, 2,......,n

d dt
L qi

L qi

0, i 1, 2,....,n

0 , i 1, 2,....,n

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A bead of mass m slides freely on a frictionless circular wire of radius a that rotates in a horizontal plane about a point on the circular, wire with a constant angular velocity w. The Lagranges equation in terms of the angular rotation variable is given by a w2 sin sin wt (A) (B) (C) (D)
w2 sin w2 sin a sin wt 0 0

w2 sin

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The number of independent coordinates needed to describe the motion of a rigid body is (A) 6 (B) 5 (C) 4 (D) 3 The several form of the vector potential A is written as J(X ) 3 0 A( X ) ( X ) , where J (X ) represents the current density and d x 4 X X (X ) is an arbitrary scalar function. The second term in the right hand side shows that, for a given magnetic induction B , the vector potential A can be freely transformed according to A (A) A A ( n ) (B) A A ( n) (C) A A n (D) A 5

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Here n is a unit vector pointing along ( X X ) Which of the following statements is wrong? (A) Faradays law is invariant under Galitean transformation (B) Induced current in a Faraday circuit is in such a direction as to oppose the change of flux through the circuit (C) Induced emf around Faradays circuit is proportional to the time rate of change of magnetic flux linking the circuit dF (D) The negative sign in Faradays law is according to Biot-Savart law. k dt Choose the correct boundary conditions for a dielectric sphere placed in a free space (A) Normal component of E and tangential component of D are continuous (B) Tangential component of E and normal component of D are continuous (C) Tangential components of E and D are continuous (D) Normal components of E and D are continuous Consider electromagnetic field at the surface interface between conduction and vacuum. Then, just outside the surface of a perfect conductor only (A) Normal E and tangential E fields can exist (B) Tangential E and tangential H fields can exist (C) Normal E and tangential H fields can exist (D) Normal E and normal H fields can exist At the cut-off, phase velocity of electromagnetic wave in a wave guide is (A) Zero (B) Minimum (C) Infinite (D) Constant Normal dispersion of electromagnetic wave in a medium is associated with (A) increase in Re (w )
(B) (C) (D) decrease in Re increase in I m
(w )
(w)

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decrease in I m (w) When the fields ( E , B ) and ( D, H ) transform as antisymmetric second rank tensor, the negative magnetization ( M ) forms (A) a first rank tensor (B) a similar second rank tensor (C) a tensor with its rank decreased by two (D) a tensor with its rank increased by one For a given magnitude of applied force, among the radiations emitted with transverse and linear accelerations, the radiations emitted with (A) linear acceleration is larger than that with transverse acceleration (B) transverse acceleration is equal to that with linear acceleration (C) transverse acceleration can not be compared to that with a linear acceleration (D) transverse acceleration is larger than that with linear acceleration If x 1 A , then the uncertainty principle implies that px (A) (B)
10
19

gm.cm/sec

10 8 gm.cm/sec

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10 10

21 17

gm.cm/sec gm.cm/sec
2 d2 corresponding to 2 dx 2

The energy eigen value of a system with the Hamiltonian the state (A) (B) (C) (D)
n n2
2 2 2 2

2 sin n x , for 0
2 / 2
2

x 1 and 0 otherwise, is

n 2 / 2

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n 2 The value of x, p is
i x, p
i x, p

(A) (B) (C) (D) 28. If H

x, p i

x, p i
a a 1 then the value of a, H is 2

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(A) 0 (B) a (C) a (D) a The adjoint of (A) (B) (C) (D)

i iV

is

iVi iVi V i i
V i i

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At a classical turning point of a particle moving in a potential V (x ) with energy E (A) E V (x ) 0 (B) E 0 (C) V (x ) 0 (D) V (x ) becomes a maximum Born approximation violates the optical theorem
4 I m f (0) K

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because in this

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approximation (A) the scattering amplitude is complex (B) the scattering amplitude is real (C) the energy should be high (D) the energy should be very low The number of linearly independent solutions of free particles Dirac wave equation is (A) 4 7

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(B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 1 A tank containing a fluid is stirred by a paddle wheel with power 2 kW . If heat is transferred from the tank at the rate of 0.5 kW, then the change in the internal energy per sec is (A) 0.04 kW (B) 2.5 kW (C) 4 kW (D) 1.5 kW The volume of a gas expands by 0.25 m3 at a constant pressure of 103 N/m3. The work done is (A) 250 J (B) 25 erg (C) 250 W (D) 250 Newton Five particles are distributed in two phase cells. The number of microstates is (A) 5 (B) 25 (C) 10 (D) 32 The number of ways 3 particles can be distributed in 4 energy states according to Fermi-Dirac statistics is (A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 16 The Stirlings formula for large n is ln (n! ) (A)
n ln( n) n

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(B) ln(n) n (C) n n ln(n) (D) n ln(n) n The number of cells in 2 f - dimensional phase space is (A) (B) (C) (D)
2f
6f

dx dy dz dpx dpy dpz h2 f dx dy dz dpx dpy dpz hf

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The absolute zero temperature is (A) 273 (B) 459.67 F (C) 273 F (D) 173 F An example of second-order phase transition is (A) ferroelectric transition at high temperature (B) solid-fluid transition 8

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(C) liquid-gas transition with a conserved order parameter (D) ferromagnetic transition The expected value of the voltage across a resistor is 80 V. However, the measurement gives a value of 79 V. The calculated relative accuracy is (A) 0.79 (B) 0.80 (C) 0.9578 (D) 0.9875 A higher gauge factor indicates that the strain gauge is (A) less sensitive to change in length (B) more sensitive to change in length (C) has more total resistance (D) made of a physically larger conductor For the case of magnetic shielding, if the ambient magnetic field is large, it is best to use shielding with (A) high permeability material inside and low permeability material outside (B) low permeability material inside and low permeability material outside (C) low permeability material inside and high permeability material outside (D) high permeability material inside and high permeability material outside Heterodyne wave analysis is mainly used for the measurements in the (A) audio frequency range (B) radio frequency range (C) very low frequency range (D) zero frequency range The most important relation between input and output waveforms in an all-pass filter is (A) lagging (B) leading (C) attenuating (D) amplifying Typically, an instrumentation amplifier has an external resistor used for (A) establishing the input impedance (B) setting the current gain (C) setting the voltage gain (D) for interfacing with an instrument The output of a voltage to frequency converter (A) has a frequency that is directly proportional to the amplitude of the input (B) has an amplitude proportional to the frequency of the input (C) is a digital reproduction of the input voltage (D) has a frequency that is inversely proportional to the amplitude of the input A boxcar integrator is (A) a digital signal modulator (B) a band-stop filter (C) an amplifier (D) an analog signal averages In the adiabatic approximation, the electronic potential is assumed to vary, compared to electronic wavelength (A) very large (B) equally (C) very small 9

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(D) very rapidly The ratio of first Bohr orbit radius (of hydrogen) to the Compton wavelength of an electron is (A) 2 / e 2c (B) (C) (D)
2 e2 / c e 2 / 2 c

c / 2 e2

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The wavelength of Lymen series line due to the transition from n 2 to n 1 is (A) 12 nm (B) 1.2 nm (C) 120 nm (D) 1200 nm With respect to an applied magnetic field of frequency , the electronic spin polarization vector in a material is given by Pz a cos t b, a,b being constants. If is the induced frequency, then, is 0 is the natural precession frequency and given by 2 1/ 2 ( 0 )2 (A) (B) (C) (D)
(
(
0

0
0

)2
)2 )2
i i Lz i 0

1/ 2

2 1/ 2 2 1/ 2

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In angular momentum, if H and J z bear their usual meaning, then (A) (B) (C) (D)
Jz ,H Jz ,H Jz , H Jz , H

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Compared to the ground state radius a0 of hydrogen atom, a singly ionized helium atom has its ground state radius as (A) a0 / 4 (B) (C) (D)
a0 / 2

a0
2a0

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The wave number shift in the two-photon stokes Raman transitions in diatomic molecules is given by 2B(2J 3) (A) 2B(2J 1) (B) (C) 2B(2J 3) (D) 2B(2J 1) An important outcome of Einsteins theory of laser for a two-level system is that (A) only two levels are needed for laser emission (B) population inversion is achievable with two levels essentially (C) population inversion is not possible with two levels (D) the possibility of spontaneous emission is negligible In a laser system, pulsed laser emission implies (A) lack of spatial coherence 10

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(B) lack of optical pumping (C) lack of working substance (D) lack of temporal coherence Primitive cell of a crystal is a polyhedron containing (A) no lattice point (B) any number of lattice points depending on the crystal structure (C) two lattice points (D) one lattice point The diffraction condition of a crystal lattice, while K and G are the wave vector of incident beam and reciprocal lattice vector, respectively, is (A) G2 K G (B) G 2 2K G 1 (C) G 2 K G 2 (D) G2 2 / K G The chemical potential of a free electron gas, in 3-dimensions, if T is the temperature in Kelvin scale, (A) decreases as a function of T 2 (B) increases as a function of T 2 (C) decreases as a function of T (D) increases as a function of T Using Drudes theory, the ratio of thermal conductivity to electrical conductivity is given by ( K B Boltzmann constant, and e = electronic charge) (A) (B) (C) (D)
2 e 3 KB
2

T
2

3 KB 2 e
3 e 2 KB

T
2

T
2

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3 KB T 2 e The hall angle ( ) is given, if relaxation time, respectively, as (A) cot 1 ( c )

(B) (C) (D)
tan
1

and

are the cyclotron resonance frequency and

)
c c

cot 1 (2 / tan 1 (2 /

) )

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The dielectric response function, in Thomas-Fermi limit of screening, is proportional to the (A) Charge density (B) Fermi energy (C) Density of electrons at the Fermi energy (D) Density of states of electrons at the Fermi energy An electron with negative effective mass is known as a 11

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(A) hole (B) positron (C) polaron (D) heavy electron The conduction band of body centred cubic sodium (valence = 1) would be (A) half-filled (B) one-fourth filled (C) three-fourth filled (D) completely filled Superconductors, subjected to a magnetic field of flux density , exhibit the macroscopic quantum interference when (n = integer) (symbols bear usual meaning) (A) (e / c) 2n (B) (C)

(e / c ) n

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(e / c) n (D) (e / c ) (2n 1) Asymmetry is nuclei (ie. ellipticity) is due to (A) high magnetic quadrupole moments (B) high short-range binding forces (C) high electric quadrupole moments (D) weak short-range binding forces Nuclear volume is proportional to (A) mass number (B) cube-root of mass number (C) cube-root of atomic number (D) atomic number When compared to the radii of electronic atoms, the radii of mesonic atoms are (A) 207 times larger (B) 207 times smaller (C) 414 times larger (D) equal The pairing energy of a particular type of nucleons in a given nucleus is given by, if S(N ) is the binding energy per nucleon, S( N even ) S( N odd ) (A)
(B) (C) (D)

1 S( N even ) S( N odd ) 2 S( N even ) S( N odd )

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1 S( N even ) S( N odd ) 2 In the elastic scattering of point particles by a hard sphere of radius R , the (classical) differential cross-section is (A) R2 / 4
(B) (C)
R2
4R 2

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(D) R2 / 2 The charges of up, and down quarks, respectively, are 2 1 (A) and 3 3 12

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2 1 and 3 3 2 1 (C) and 3 3 2 1 (D) and 3 3 n K The reaction is not allowed as per the law of conservation of (A) Baryon number (B) Strangeness (C) Charge (D) Angular momentum p K is The value of iso-spin of the strange particle in the equation
(B) (A) (B) (C) (D)

1 2 1 2 3 2

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3 2 The magnetic moment of a proton in terms of those of u 4 1 (A) u d 3 3

(B) (C) (D)
4 3 4 3
3 4
u

and d

quarks is

1 3 1 3
1 4

PHYSICAL SCIENCE Paper III Answer

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 D C D A B B D A B C D A B A C 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 A A D B C C A B D A B D D C A 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 B A D A D B A B B D D B A B A 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 C A D C B C A D B A C D D B A 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 B B D A B C C A B D A C B B A

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