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Q1. Assume that each copper atom contributes one free electron to the electron gas. The
density of copper is 8.94 ×103 kg / m3 and its atomic mass is 63.5 amu. The Fermi
energy (in joule) in copper is of the order of
(a) 10−18 (b) 10−13 (c) 1013 (d) 1018
Q2. The entropy of the system in statistical mechanics is defined as ( k is the Boltzmann
constant and Ω is the number of microstates accessible to the system)
(a) S = k ln Ω (b) S = ( k / 2 ) ln Ω (c) S = 2k ln Ω (d) S = k 2 ln Ω
Q3. If E1 is the energy of the lowest state of a one-dimensional potential box of length ‘ a ’
and E2 is the energy of the lowest state when the length of the box is ‘ a / 2 ’, then
⎛ 1⎞ ⎛ 1⎞
(a) Γ ( n + 1) (b) Γ ( n − 1) (c) Γ ⎜ n − ⎟ (d) Γ ⎜ n + ⎟
⎝ 2⎠ ⎝ 2⎠
(a) L =
1
2
(
exp ( γ t ) mx 2 + kx 2 ) (b) L =
1
2
(
exp ( γ t ) mx 2 − kx 2 )
(c) L =
1
2
(
exp ( −γ t ) mx 2 + kx 2 ) (d) L =
1
2
(
exp ( −γ t ) mx 2 − kx 2 )
Q10. The imaginary part of an analytic function in Cartesian coordinate is 2xy . The real part is
given by
(a) x 2 + y 2 = a 2 (b) x 2 − y 2 = a 2
(c) − x 2 + y 2 = a 2 (d) − x 2 − y 2 = a 2
1 1 1 1 z−2
f (z) = − + − + − ....
2 ( z − 2)
3
4 ( z − 2)
2
8 ( z − 2 ) 16 32
The order of the pole and the value of the residue are
1 1
(a) Order = 3 and Residue = (b) Order = 2 and Residue = −
2 4
1 1
(c) Order = 1 and Residue = (d) Order = 3 and Residue =
8 8
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Q12. The Bessel function J1 ( x ) has its first zero at x = 3.8317 . The intensity of light of
⎛ 0 C3 C2 ⎞ ⎛ 0 C3 C2 ⎞
⎜ ⎟ ⎜ ⎟
(a) ⎜ C3 0 C1 ⎟ (b) ⎜ −C3 0 −C1 ⎟
⎜C 0 ⎟⎠ ⎜ −C 0 ⎟⎠
⎝ 2 C1 ⎝ 2 C1
⎛ 0 −C3 C2 ⎞ ⎛ 0 C3 −C 2 ⎞
⎜ ⎟ ⎜ ⎟
(c) ⎜ C3 0 C1 ⎟ (d) ⎜ −C3 0 C1 ⎟
⎜ −C −C1 0 ⎟⎠ ⎜C −C1 0 ⎟⎠
⎝ 2 ⎝ 2
Q18. Under a rotation by an angle θ about the x - axis, the vector that remains invariant is
(a) 2 xˆ − yˆ + zˆ (b) 3zˆ (c) 5 2xˆ (d) 3yˆ
Q19. A free electron and a free proton of the same energy have their de Broglie wavelengths in
the ratio:
1/ 2
λ ⎛m ⎞
1/ 2
λ ⎛ mp ⎞
(a) e = ⎜ ⎟ (b) e = ⎜ e ⎟⎟
λ p ⎝ me ⎠ λ p ⎜⎝ m p ⎠
λe ⎛ m p ⎞ λe ⎛ me ⎞
(c) =⎜ ⎟ (d) =⎜ ⎟
λ p ⎝ me ⎠ λ p ⎜⎝ m p ⎟⎠
Q20. The wave function of the particle is given by a linear combination of two of its energy
ψ1 ψ 2
states ψ 1 and ψ 2 (with energy eigen values E1 and E2 respectively) as ψ = + . If a
a b
measurement of energy is made, the probability of finding particle energy to be E1 is
2 2
b a
(a) (b)
⎡ a 2 + b 2⎤ ⎡a2 + b2⎤
⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦
b a
(c) (d)
a+b a+b
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Q21. A particle of mass m is in a one-dimensional potential given by V ( x ) = ∞ for x < 0 and
kx 2
V ( x) = for x > 0 . The first excited state has an energy
2
(a) ( 3 / 2 ) = (k / m) (b) ( 7 / 2 ) = (k / m)
(c) (1/ 2 ) = (k / m) (d) ( 5 / 2 ) = ( k / m)
−x
Q22. The wave function for a particle is given by ψ = Ae , where A is a constant. This
implies that the potential
(a) is differentiable everywhere
(b) is continuous everywhere but not differentiable at x = 0
(c) has discontinuity at x = 0
(d) has discontinuities at x = ±1 but differentiable every else
Q23. The Electric field E and magnetic field B in frame 1 are parallel and related by E = cB .
If the electric and magnetic fields in another frame are E ′ and B′ respectively, the angle
x between E ′ and B′ is given by cos ( x ) equals,
B′ ⎛ B′ ⎞
1/ 2 1/ 2
B ⎛B⎞
(a) (b) (c) ⎜ ⎟ (d) ⎜ ⎟
B′ B ⎝ B′ ⎠ ⎝B⎠
Q24. A linearly polarized electromagnetic wave is incident on a quarter wave plate. The
emerge wave will in general be
(a) linearly polarized
(b) elliptically polarized
(c) unpolarized
(d) mixture of linearly polarized and unpolarized wave.
Q25. The magnitude of the Poynting vector gives the
(a) energy transported per unit area per unit time
(b) energy density of the electromagnetic wave
(c) angular momentum density of the electromagnetic wave
(d) angular momentum transported per unit area per unit time
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Q26. An unpolarized ray of light in a medium with refractive index n1 is incident on a plane
glass surface with refractive index n2 ( n2 > n1 ) . The intensity of the reflected light is
r0 = 1.2 fm )
(a) 10.6 MeV (b) 2.1 MeV (c) 4.2 MeV (d) 8.4 MeV
Q29. Based on Liquid drop model, the most stable nucleus for isobars of A = 75 has proton
number ( Z ) equal to (Given: ac = 0.7 MeV and as = 23.0 MeV )
amplifier circuit is
(a) to fix the Q point at the center of the load line
(b) to increase the bandwidth of the amplifier
(c) to provide a path to the ac signal to ground
(d) to provide a negative feedback for dc bias stabilization
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Q33. The n - channel JFET having pinch-off voltage of −5V shows a transconductance of
1 mA / V when the applied gate to source voltage (VGS ) is −3V . The maximum value of
(a) Ri = ∞, A = ∞, Ro = 0 (b) Ri = 0, A = ∞, Ro = 0
(c) Ri = ∞, A = ∞, Ro = ∞ (d) Ri = 0, A = ∞, Ro = ∞
Q35. The information in STACK in 8085 microprocessor follows
(a) FIFO (b) LIFO (c) FILO (d) random access
Q36. The T - states required for the opcode fetch in 8085 microprocessor and the execution
time required for opcode fetch if the clock frequency is 2 MHz are respectively
(a) 4 T , 2μ s (b) 8 T , 4μ s (c) 2 T , 2μ s (d) 8 T , 2μ s
Q37. Assume the accumulator content in 8085 microprocessor is 00 H and flag Z = 1 . The
content of accumulator ( A ) and Z flag after the execution of instruction MVIA, 05H
are
(a) A = 05 H , Z = 1 (b) A = 05 H , Z = 0 (c) A = 00 H , Z = 1 (d) A = 00 H , Z = 0
Q38. Which of the following is not an infinite loop?
(a) int i = 1; (b) for (;;);
while (1)
{
i++;
}
(c) int True = 0, False; (d) int y, x = 0;
while (True) do
{ {
False = 1; y = x;
} } while (x == 0);
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Q39. For the equation x − 2 x − 5 = 0 the solution by Newton Raphson Method is about (Given
3
x0 = 2 )
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Q46. A muon, whose life-time at rest is 2 × 10 sec , is travelling through the laboratory at
three-fifth of the speed of light. It will last in
(a) 2 × 10−6 sec (b) 2.5 × 10−6 sec (c) 3.5 ×10−6 sec (d) 3.0 ×10−5 sec
Q47. In an AC circuit, the voltage V and current I are given by
V = 100sin (100 t ) volts
⎛ π⎞
I = 100sin ⎜100 t + ⎟ mA
⎝ 3⎠
The power dissipated in the circuit is:
(a) 104 W (b) 10 W (c) 2.5 kW (d) 2.5 W
Q48. When a test charge is brought in from infinity along the perpendicular bisector of an
electric dipole, the work done is
(a) positive (b) negative (c) zero (d) infinity
Q49. The ratio of magneto-motive force round the circuit to the magnetic flux is referred as
(a) reactance (b) conductance (c) resistivity (d) reluctance
Q50. A conducting circular loop is placed in a uniform magnetic field B = 0.04 T with its
plane perpendicular to the field. Somehow the radius of the loop starts shrinking at a
constant rate of 0.5 mm / sec . The induced emf in the loop at an instant, when the radius
is 2 cm , will be:
(a) 5.0 μV (b) 2.5 μV (c) 10.0 μV (d) 25.0 μV
Q51. Consider a Boolean expression
F = ( B + BC ) ( B + BC ) ( B + D )
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Q53. The fundamental difference between SR flip-flop and JK fip-flop is that
(a) JK flip-flop has a feedback path
(b) JK flip-flop can accept both inputs as 1
(c) JK flip-flop does not require an external clock pulse
(d) JK flip-flop is faster than SR flip-flop
Q54. The binary number corresponding to a decimal number 9.625 can be expressed as
(a) 1100.101 (b) 1001.110 (c) 1001.101 (d) 1100.011
Q55. The velocity of a travelling wave on a string under fixed tension
(a) does not change when frequency varies
(b) does not change when wavelength varies
(c) decrease with increase of frequency
(d) decrease with decrease in wavelength
Q56. Two springs of force constant K1 and K 2 are arranged in a parallel arrangement and a
(c) K1 K 2 / ( K1 + K 2 ) (d) K1 / K 2
Q57. Two vibrating strings of lengths L and 3L and radii 3R and R , respectively, are
stretched under the same tension. Both the strings vibrate in their fundamental modes, the
one of length L with frequency v1 and the other with frequency v2 . If the two strings are
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Q67. The spectroscopic Lande g - factor for a state 2 P1/ 2 is
⎡ T⎤ ⎡T ⎤
(a) H c = H 0 ⎢1 − ⎥ (b) H c = H 0 ⎢ − 1⎥
⎣ Tc ⎦ ⎣ Tc ⎦
⎡ ⎛ T ⎞2 ⎤ ⎡⎛ T ⎞ 2 ⎤
(c) H c = H 0 ⎢1 − ⎜ ⎟ ⎥ (d) H c = H 0 ⎢⎜ ⎟ − 1⎥
⎢⎣ ⎝ Tc ⎠ ⎥⎦ ⎢⎣⎝ Tc ⎠ ⎥⎦
Q74. The 10 g of ice at 00 C is converted into water at the same temperature. Take latent heat
of fusion as 80 cal / g . The change in entropy in cal / K is about
(a) Zero (b) 0.34 (c) 2.93 (d) 3.92
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Q75. A quantity of dry air at 27 C is compressed suddenly to one-third of its volume. Take γ
0
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