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Seventy Only) Code No. 1570 Printed at : Upkar Prakashan (Printing Unit) Bye-pass, AgraContents Solved Paper 2009 Solved Paper 2008. Solved Paper 2007 Solved Paper 2006 Solved Paper 2005. Solved Paper 2004 Solved Paper 2003PH: Physics GATE Exam. Solved Papers2009 PH : Physics Duration : Three Hours Maximum Marks : 100 Read the following instructions carefully. 1. This question paper contains 16 printed pages including pages for rough work. Please check all pages and report discrepancy, if any. 2. Write your registration number, your name and name of the examination centre at the specified locations on the right half of the Optical Response Sheet (ORS). 3. Using HB pencil, darken the appropriate bubble under each digit of your registration number and the letters corresponding to your paper code. 4. All questions in this paper are of objective type. 5. Questions must be answered on Optical Response Sheet (ORS) by darkening the appropriate bubble (marked A, B, C, D) using HB pencil against the question number on the left hand side of the ORS. Each question has only one correct answer. In case you wish to change an answer, erase the old answer completely. More than one answer bubbled against a question will be treated as an incorrect response. 6. There area total of 60 questions camying 100 marks. Questions 1 through 20 are 1-mark questions, questions 21 through 60 are 2-mark questions. 7. Questions 51 through 56 (3 pairs) are common data questions and question pairs (57, 58) and (59, 60) are linked answer questions. The answer to the second question of the above 2 pairs depends on the answer to the first question of the pair. If the first question in the linked pair is wrongly answered or is unattempted, then the answer to the second question in the pair will not be evaluated. 8. Unattempted questions will carry zero marks. 9. Wrong answer will carry NEGATIVE marks. For Q. 110. 20, 3 mark will be deducted for each 2 wrong answer. For Q. 21 to Q. 56,3 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer, The question pairs (Q. 57, Q. 58), and (Q. 59, Q. 60) are questions with linked answers. There will be negative marks only for wrong answer to the first question of the linked answer question pair i.e., for Q. 57 and Q. 59, : mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. There is no negative marking for Q. 58 and Q. 60. 10, Calculator (without data connectivity) is allowed in the examination hall. 11. Charts graph sheets or tables are NOT allowed in the examination hall. 12, Rough work can be done an the question paper itself. Additionally, blank pages are given at the end of the question paper for rough work. Some Useful Symbols Speed of lightin free space: ¢ Boltzmann constant : ke Electron charge : eaa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.6A | GATE Physics 16. A superconducting ring is cooled in the presence of a magnetic field below its critical temperature (Te). The total magnetic flux that passes through the ring is— h (A) Zero B) my, nh ne? ©) ane D) “he 17. In a cubic crystal, atoms of mass M, lie on one set of planes and atoms of mass Mp lie on planes interleaved between those of the first set. If C is the force constant between nearest neighbour planes, the frequency of lattice vibrations for the optical phonon branch with wave vector k = 0 is— (A) \ 2(* ma) (na, wi) oVeGea) (D) 0 In the quark model which one of the following represents a proton ? (A) udd (B) wud (©) ub (D) ce 19. ‘B) + 18. F+Ve The circuit shown above : (A) Is a common-emitter amplifier (B) Uses a pnp transistor (C) Is an oscillator (D) Has a voltage gain less than one Consider a nucleus with N neutrons and Z protons. If m,, m, and BE represent the mass of the proton, the mass of the neutron and the 20. binding energy of the nucleus respectively and c is the velocity of light in free space, the mass of the nucleus is given by— (A) Nm, + Zim, (B) Nm, +Zm, (©) Nm, + Zm, + BE (D) Ny + Zm, + BF Directions—(Q. 21- 60) Carry two marks each. 21. 22. 23. ‘The magnetic field (in A mr) inside a long solid cylindrical conductor of radius a = 0.1 > wen le [1 r Le 3, What isthe total current (in A) in the conductor ? sin ar) ~ Leos (on) 4. where 0. x 800 x we ™ 400 300 oO Or ‘Which one of the following current densities, ay J, can generate the magnetic vector potential Reyes)? 2 Gis) @ G+) o a G-) The value of the integral ~ J c @m 2 G-¥) where the contour C is the circle z1= 3/2 is— (A) 2nie @) wie (© -2nie (D) -nie In a non-conducting medium characterized by € =e, H = Ho and conductivity 6 = 0, the electric field (in V m-1) is given by E = 20 sin [108s — kz)}. The magnetic field, H (in A mt), is given by— (A) 20 keos [108 1 ky? 20k in (108 t kel ® 10h25, 26. 20K 10® bo (D) ~ 20k cos [108 1 ke] ‘A cylinderical rod of length L and radius r, made of an inhomogeneous dielectri (© = sin [1081 -kg]t placed with its axis along the z direction with one end at the origin as shown below. > If the rod carries a polarization, P = (5z? + 7)h, the volume bound charge inside the dielectric is— (A) Zero (B) 10m L © Sreb (D) -5n? L? Let Ty = Ley, a, and B= z £4 Ty, where & 4 is the Levi-Civita density, defined to be zero if two of the indices coincide and + 1 and -1 depending on whether 4k is even or odd permutation of 1, 2, 3. Then By is equal to— (A) Jay (B) ~2a3 © a (D) -a3 The dependence of the magnetic susceptibility ( of a material with temperature (T) can be 1 represented by % % i 7q~ where @ is the Curie-Weiss temperature. The plot of magnetic susceptibility versus temperature is sketched in the figure, as curves P, Q and R with curve Q having @ = 0. Which one of the following statement is correct ? t 4 29. GATE Physics | 7A (A) Curve R represents a paramagnet and Qa ferromagnet (B) Curve Q represents a ferromagnet and P an antiferromagnet (C) Curve R represents an antiferromagnet and Q a paramagnet (D) Curve R represents an antiferromagnet and Qa ferromagnet The dielectric constant of a material at optical frequencies is mainly due to— (A) Ionic polarizability (B) Electronic polarizability (C) Dipolar polarizability (D) onic and dipolar polarizability > = An electron of wave-vector K,, velocity v, and effective mass m, is removed from a filled energy band. The resulting hole has = = wave-vector k),, velocity ¥',, and effective mass m,. Which one of the following statements is correct In a diatomic molecule, the internuclear separation of the ground and first excited electronic state are the same as shown in the figure. If the molecule is initially in the lowest vibrational state of the ground state, then the absorption spectrum will appear as— Energy + iterate slitanceaa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.38. 39, Assuming an ideal voltage source; Thevenin’s resistance and Thevenin’s voltage respectively for the above circuit are— (A) 15 Qand7.5V (B) 20 Qand 5 V (©) 10Qand10V_ (D) 30 Qand 15 V Let I) and | p) denote the isospin states with f= 5,1) = 5 and = 5.1 =} of a nucleon respectively. Which one of the following two-nucleon states has 1 = 0, =0? (A) Ln) -Ipp)) G Pp (B) etiam) tp) © lt) (D) Cin) + 1mm) An amplifier of gain 1000 is made into a feedback amplifier by feeding 9.9% of its output voltage in series with the input opposing. If f, = 20 Hz and fy = 200 kHz for the amplifier without feedback, then due to the feedback— (A) The gain decreases by 10 times (B) The output resistance increases by 10 times (C) The fy increases by 100 times (D) The input resistance decreases by 100 times Pick the correet statement based on the above cireuit. (A) The maximum Zener current, [zjmaxn when Ry, = 10 KQis 15 mA (B) The minimum Zener current, lyiminy when Ry = 10k is Sma 4. 4B. . A classical particle is moving in (©) With V,, = 20 V, kQ (D) The power dissipated acro: when R, = 10KQ and V; mW The disintegration energy is defined 10 be the difference in the rest energy between the initial and final states. Consider the following process SP Pu > 32 U+2 He. ‘The emitted o: particle has a kinetic energy 5.17 MeV. The value of the disintegration shergy is— (A) 5.26 MeV (C) 5.08 MeV 20 V is 100 (B) 5.17 MeV (D) 2.59 MeV external potential field V(x, y, z) which is invariant under the following infinitesimal transforma- tions : x x e O-@="Q): where Ry is the matrix corresponding to rotation about the z axis, The conserved quantities are (the symbols have their usual meaning) (A) Pur Ps ©) polak The spin function of a free particle, in the basis in which S. is diagonal, can be written os ()me(?omareaes Base: basis, the Ly (B) Po Py by E (D) PoPo ly E * respectively. In the given normalized eigen function of S, with o£) mL eigenvalue ~ 5 oO ©kO 44. A and B represent two physical characteristics * of a quantum system. if A is Hermitian, then10A_| GATE Physics 47. 48. for the product A B to be Hermitian, it is sufficient that— (A) Bis Hermitian (B) B is anti-Hermitian (C) Bis Hermitian and A and 8 commute (D) & is Hermitian and A and B anti- cominute . Consider the set of vectors in three-dimen- sional real vector space R3,S = {U1 D, (1-1. DG, 1, =D}. Which one of the following statement is true ? (A) S iy not a linearly independent set (B) Sis abasis for (C) The vectors in $ are orthogonal (D) An orthogonal set of vectors cannot be generated from S For a Fermi gas of N particles in three dimensions at T = 0 K, the Fermi energy, Ey is proportional to— (a) NB (B) N” ON Ow The Lagrangian of « ditomie molecule is given by L=™ G2 438) — 4x, x, where m is the mass of each of the atoms and x, and x are the displacements of atoms measured from the equilibrium position and k > 0. The normal frequencies are— a" @+(" © +(4)" + (4)” A particle is in the normalized state ly) which is 2 superposition of the energy eigenstates | Eq = 10 eV) and! E = 30 eV ), The average value of energy of the particle in the state | y) is 20 eV. The state | w ) is given by— eV) (A) ‘ge tev)+ iE, (B) egeenn E, =30eV) flEo= 10 ev) Sig, =30eV) (Lig, = 10ev} - v2 “ V2 E, =30eV) 49, The Lagrangian of a particle of mass m moving in’ gne dimension is L=exp 2, constants. The equation of motion of the particle is— at) me where 0, and k are positive (A) X+ak=0 — B)¥+Exe0 k 20 (©) x-a%+ £220) ¥4 or+ m m 50, Two monochromatic waves having frequencies @ and @ + A@ (A@<<@) and corresponding wavelengths A and 2 — AA (AA. << A) of same polarization, traveling along x ~axis are superimposed on each other. ‘The phase velocity and group velocity of the resultant wave are respectively given by— (a) ae) on OE © - sau (D) @Ad, Ad Common Data Questions Common Data for Question 51 and 52. Consider a two level quantum system with energies €, = 0 and e =€ 51, The Helmholtz free energy of the system is given by— (A) -kgT In (1 + nT) B) rial + eehpl) (© 5 phot (D) €~kgT The pene heat of the system is given by— etkgt OE = (14 eekpt? 52. ® ior Geet) eewkgt Gs etn 2 ett ©) gr (a eet ‘Common Data for Question 53 and 54, A free particle of mass m moves along the x direction. At t = 0, the normalized wave function © -i Qnenil4 *P ~yqi t & |. where ois a real constant, Lae] of the particle is given by y (x, 0) = 53. The expectation value of the momentum, in this state is— (A) ha (B) i Va Oa © te 54. The expectation value of the particle energy Ad A on Za? ® 5, 2 #8 4o2+1 r © x ae =D) Gaga Common Data for Question 55 and 56. Consider the Zeeman splitting of a single electron system for the 3d > 3p cleciric dipole transition, 55. The Zeeman spectrum is— (A) Randomly polarized (B) Only x polarized (©) Only 6 polarized (D) Both mand ¢ polarized 56. The fine structure line having the longest wavelength will split into— (A) 17 components (B) 10 components (C) 8 components (D) 4 components Linked Answer Questions ‘Statement for Linked Answer Question 57 and 58, ‘The primitive translation vectors of the face centered cubic (fre) lattice are ay =§ G+d.e SCsi)ay= $43). 57. The primitive translation vectors of the fee reciprocal lattice are— (a) by -(*) (tape dsb = (3) CGF + Dib = =) (+74) -h GATE Physics | ®) b= © aps Dsb -() CFD ()GI-0 © b=(%) G+3+8):b.= (2) fajek b= (G) G43 -¥) (Dy b= (*) (isp +R :b= ar) (}+B be) 7-4 58. The volume of the primitive cell of the fec reciprocal lattice is— 8) 4") a wae) HA mn)? an)! oA w 4(*") Statement for Linked Answer Questions 59 and 60. The Kamaugh map of a logic circuit is shown below : RR aa TY POI lt Pelt PQ PQyr ii 59. The minimized logic expression for the above map is— (A) Y=PR+Q (B)Y=Q-PR (C) Y=Q+PR (D) Y=Q: PR 60. The corresponding logic implementation using gates is given as— P iA) R Dp % Q-po—— |12A | GATE Physics Y Answers with Hints Ly 2) 3. (C)Sine L = bm (247624 76sin2@) From Lagrangian equation of motion a (aL)_ alae or, 4. (D) (B) To find Eigen values \A-All 6 (D) 71. (©) = x (-2)(-2) Ape = —4 (Age?) 8. (B) 9. (C) For canonical transformation 1Q.P) = 1 or, 2Q2P_aQaP _ * Og dp” ap aq ~ (a) Q = ag. 1 Ps oP QL ag (b) © op ap oq ap op {QP} Not canonical (d) Hence canonical. al B. =a 1 (Given) P q 0,GATE Physics | 13A 10. (B CMRR = 20k Aa. : . B) OTB | cas or, 1,2 are poles HL.) -12.(A) 13.8) 14.(A)_ 15.) one of which only z = I lies inside the circle. 16. (B) 17.(A), 18.(B)19.(A) 20.1) I = 2niresidue (at z= 1) 21. (B) lege = Hd? Residue at: = 1 cul Lim y = time) = fw et 14 . 2 Mf sng c0s a) Qdo So, 1=-2nie. = oB x cax2n 24. (C) Curl E = a = tot Here E = 20sin(10%r- kel} z 4 4 4 LX i j k = g.|a a a * cui E = | 2 a _ m ax ay a 22. (B) J = VxH © 20 sin [108 t— kz] 0 B = = = - 2 Rr ki vxB ‘ER 0 sin (10% r | B svom'k = 20k cos (108 =e)? Tr 2B VxA = or So, = fy x@xA)] oH s g to “Hag = 20k cos (108 1~ ke)? 1 a = igrad div A-V? F} “ o, He 2] eo 08 he fa * bo = 20k Bk ee = jppx 1gi8in (108 =) [ena to)- ($5+ So Borie] an wre 25. (D) -V-p 7 zbt+a] = (5247) -2 444] Pp = -10z ; Line _ ic gw = [ff zrdrdgad 23. (I= [ Zinn® w= ff where the contour C is circle Izt is Poles 2-3242=0 = -10 [5] 2xfrar A = SL xan = Snel?14A_ | GATE Physics 26. (A) Be = Een Ty with Ty = Zeya By = Lepepa, a = Eleseinateindna +€ 33 8133 a) = [eis Gua + £0 &n19 + Ean E13 + 10s E123 + Es Ems + &305 E323 + E133 E133 +233 E013 + E33 Cnr] a3 Now ej = 0 when two of indices coincide =1 when even permutation =-l when odd permutation = +CDED+0+ +0+0+0+0+0) a = 2a; («) 28.(B) 29. (D) a © (C) Probability of occupying the probability at a temp T 21. 32. 34. 30.(B) 31.(C) 1 feo) = Sw IGTET Now, the probability of unoccupied state 1 1—feo Sew heT 1 Ae-Wlhgh 4 11 = t= wlkgT 4 1 e=WMgT = Be-wigl + 1 age el = Tpit a = Te e@-o7gt a a az MAD = 9 35. (B) [Bitay-4aq2+ Ga +40, adel] For most stable nucleus a o de IM(A, 2] = 0 Equation (1) day +22 (a, AM + dy A!) =0 dag 2 = CRB 4a, et 2 = 36. (B) Ae At temperature T in three dimensions E is 3 given by B= 5a h So V3mkgT 37. (A) 38.(C) 39.0 40. (C) Minimum voltage drop across Rg Vs-V- = 15-10 = 5V ‘Maximum voltage drop across Rs 1= 25-10 = 15V Mi * Load current I, Current through Rs sv Tsinin = TKO = 5mA Minimum value of current through zenerGATE Physics | 15A Semi = Bh a a) = SMA ~T0 (IER =104Q) = SmA-1mA = 4mA So option (B) is not correct. ‘As maximum current through Rg = 5.26 MeV Tse = 2S 2. B) ie 43. (D) Si = 15mA (DY Sines + Maximum value of current through the ha Cy) () = txt) zener when == Ry = 10k 2V9 hi 07K va 2he Jecwaxy = Ts tanh a (<) = 15mA-1mA = -1 2 = 14mA i So option (A) is not correct = fl +1) with Vin = 20, v2 Voltage drop across Rs _2 = Vian Ve ¥ = 20-10 wil ¢ = 10V a YS ) So, is 44, (C) 45D) 46. (A) k iL = *Ge0i)-!es, “Vv, 47. (D) L=3 (e+ 2) 3am -k _ lov = 2eQ = imA [IF R, =2kQ) Ve = 1 key lov Z Current through Rs = Tyg So, |V-@TI ave [m7] ks val? Lt Te IlaieT-« G2 ‘Therefore ‘he _ |-mo? a At last power dissipated across the zener in mae! = 9 = Vde mot - Rid = 0 = 10Vx9mA k )" on © = 90mW mn,aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.2008 PH : Physics Duration : Three Hours Maximum Marks : 150 a the following instructions carefully : lll the questions in this question paper are of objective type. Z Questions must be answered on Objective Respone Sheet (ORS) by darkening the appropriate bubble (marked A, B, C, D) using HB pencil against the question number on the left hand side of the ORS. Each question have only one correet answer. In case you wish to change an answer, erase the old answer completely. More than one answer bubbled against a question will be treated as.a wrong answer. 3. Questions 1 through 20 are I-mark questions and questions 21 through 85 are 2-mark questions. 4. Questions 71 through 73 is one set of common data questions, questions 74 and 75 is another pair ‘of common data questions. The question pairs (76, 77), (78, 79), (80, 81), (82, 83) and (84, 85) are questions with linked answers. The answer to the second question of the above pairs will depend on the answer (0 the first question of the pair. If the first question in the linked pair is wrongly answered or is unattempted, then the answer to the second question in the pair will not be evaluated. 5. Unattempted questions will carry zero marks. 6. NEGATIVE MARKING : For Q. | to Q. 20, 0.25 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. For Q. 21 to Q. 75, 0.5 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. For the pairs of questions with linked answers, there will be negative marks only for wrong answer to the first question, ie., for Q. 76, Q. 78, Q. 80, Q. 82 and Q. 84, 0.5 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. There is no negative marking for Q. 77, Q 79, Q.81,Q. 83 and Q. 8: 7. Calculator without data connectivity is allowed in the examination hall. 8. Charts, graph sheets and tables are NOT allowed in the examination hall. 9. Rough work can be done on the question paper itself. Additional blank pages are given at the end of the question paper for rough work. Direction—(Q. 1-20) Carry one mark each. >on 1, For arbitrary matices E, F, Gand H, if EF - >» The curl of a vector field F is 2x . Identify FE = 0, then Trace (EFGH) is equal to— the appropriate vector field F from the (A) Trace (HGFE) choices given belov— (B) Trace (E). Trace (F), Trace (G). Trace (H) (A) F 2228 +35) +50 (©) Trace (GFEH) >A aA (D) Trace (EGHF) (B) F =335 +5) 2. An unitary matrix [sr A feaiven; where (©) Fe3y4sye ced J REED ka a, b, G d, & and B are real, The inverse of the (D) F =2x+5yc matrix is— 4. A rigid body is rotating about its centre of 4 ae <7] op - “e mass, fixed at the origin, with an angular © © Jocity @ and angular acceleration. If th ate mies velocity «@ and angular acceleration ot. If the © [es ® [“, torque acting on it ist and its angularaa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.35. 36. 37. 38. > a> a Pl (B) J along 9; A along; !A!e Rl eg a ee (©) T along 7; & along 2 toned. ? atone ele! (D) TF atong 6: A’ along; FAb AA circular disc of radius a on the xy-plane has oy Fc0s 8 a surface charge density 6 = °°7"°°S The electric dipole moment of this charge distribution is— “w oun (w SES Opna a Oona!» o-" x O-Ars > At time # = 0,a charge distribution p(7°, 0) exists within an ideal homogeneous conductor of permittivity ¢ and conductivity 6. At a later time p(7?, 1) is given by— wo. d=9C. od exp Ce 7). 2.0 wo(?d- Leelee © oC d=, dew [- @] ©) (7. =0 (7.0) Esin(®) A nonrelativistic charged particle moves along the positive x-axis with a constant positive acceleration at. The particle is at the origin at r= 0. Radiation is observed at = 0 at a distant point (0, d, 0) on the y-axis. Which one of the following statements is correct ? (A) The radiation is unpolarized (B) The radiation is plane polarized with polarization parallel to the x-axis (C) The radiation is plane polarized with polarization parallel to the xy plane along a line inclined to the x axis (D) The radiation is elliptically polarized For a physical system, two observables 0, and O, are known to be compatible. Choose the comect implication from amongst those given below— 39 40. AL, GATE Physics | 23A (A) Every eigenstate of O, must necessarily be an cigenstate of O2 Every non-degenerate eigenstate of O, mnust necessarily be an eigenstate of O2 When an observation of 0, is carried out on an arbitrary state | y ) of the physical system, a subsequent observation of O, leads to an unambiguous result Observation of O, and O,,carried out on an arbitrary state | y) of the physical system, lead to the identical results irrespective of the order in which the observations are made @) (C) ) ‘An exact measurement of the position of a simple harmonic oscillator (SHO) is made with the result x = x9. [The SHO has energy levels E, (2 = 0, 1, 2, ...) and associated normalized wave-functions y,.]. Subsequently, an exact measurement of energy E is made. ‘Using the general notation P(E = E’) denoting the probability that a result E’ is obtained for this measurement, the following statements are written, Which one of the following statements is correct ? &) E,) = 1 for some value of E,) = Wal) (D) Pr (E> E”)> Oforany E” Consider the combined system of proton and electron in the hydrogen atom in its (electronic) ground state. Let I denote the quantum number associated with the total angular momentum and let <9 > denote the magnitude of the expectation value of the net magnetic momeat in the state. Which of the following pairs represents a possible state of the system (}ig is Bohr magneton) ? (A) 120, <9 >=0 <9 >= 1 pp A particle is placed in a one dimensional box of size L along the s-axis (0< x < L). Which of the following is true ? (A) In the ground state, the probability of finding the particle in the interval (L/4, 31/4) is halfaa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.50, 60, ol. 62. (C) E;= (@t 3 my “rom ~ (HT) 3. yy (me 7 &=(M)-Jee+zom(%4) Choose the correct statement from the following— (A) The reaction K* K- — pp can proceed irrespective of the kinetic energies of K* and K~ (B) The reaction Kt K~ -» pp is forbidden by the baryon number conservation (C) The reaction K+ K- = 2y is forbidden by strangeness conservation (D) The decay K° — n* 1 proceeds via weak interactions ‘The following gives a list of pairs containing (ia nucleus (ii) one of its properties. Find the pair which is inappropriate (A) (i) Ne nucleus; (ii) stable nucleus (B) (i) A spheroidal nucleus; (ii) an electric quadrupole moment (C) (i) 0" nucleus; (ii) nuclear spin J = 1/2 (D) (i) U8 qucleus: (ii) Binding energy = 1785 MeV (approximately) The four possible configurations of neutrons in the ground state of ,Be? nucleus, according to the shell model, and the associated nuclear spin are listed below. Choose the correct one— (A) (sya)? pa): J = 3/2 (B) (sya)? (pu)? Opsa)'s 3 = 3/2 (©) (sia)! Upya)*s 1 = U2 (D) (sia? (psa)? Upin)'s 3 = V2 ‘The mass difference between the pair of mirror nuclei gC'! and 5B" is given to be AMeVic?, According to the semi-empirical mass formula, the mass difference between the pair of mirror nuclei oF"? and 507 will approximately be (rest mass of proton my = 938.27 McV/c? and rest mass of neutron m,, = 939.57 MeV/e2)— (A) 1.39 A MeVic2 (B) (1.398 +0.5) MeV/c (C) 0.864 MeVie (D) (1.644 0-78) MeV/c? 63. 66. GATE Physics | 27A A heavy nucleus is found to contain more neutrons than protons. This fact is related to which one of the following statements ? (A) The nuclear force between neutrons is stronger than that between protons (B) The nuclear force between protons is of a shorter range than those between ncu- trons, so that a smaller number of pro- tons are held together by the nuclear force (C) Protons are unstable, so their number in a nucleus diminishes (D) Itcosts more energy to add a proton to a (heavy) nucleus than aneutron because of the Coulomb repulsion between protons A neutral pi meson (n°) has a rest-mass of approximately 140 MeV/c? and a lifetime of t sec. A 7 produced in the laboratory is found to decay after 1.25 t sec into two photons. Which of the following sets represents a possible set of energies of the two photons as seen in the laboratory ? (A) 70 MeV and 70 MeV (B) 35 MeV and 100 MeV (C) 75 MeV and 100 MeV (D) 25 MeV and 150 MeV . An ac. voltage of 220 V,., is applied to the primary of a 10: 1 step-down transformer. ‘The secondary of the transformer is centre tapped and connected to a full wave rectifier with a load resistance. The d.c. voltage appearing across the load is— 22 31 A By 62 44 OF O) Let I; and I; represent mesh currents in the loop abcda and befcb respectively. The correct expression describing Kirchoff’s voltage loop Jaw in one of the following loops is— a 2b 209 ¢ “IN | EN le 2aA@) 5: 15Q 20V a © f (A) 301, = 15, =10aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.Answers with Hints 1, (D) As we know that TrAB CD = 1rBCHA) = 1CBAB) = TOABO F - FE=0 given] Ah 6h = TEGHE) 2. (D) Since A is unitary, therefore, it must satisfy the condition Ach = at fab i a= [% ° (given) At= [° =A? 3. B)CulF = % Let us check for F = rts 3p +50 For option (A) AAA a. (833 iP =]2 23 on ax dy a 2% 3 Sy A na = 6-3)e+ 22-0 + 20) +2y For option (B) A AA usa -|29 2a Curt oe 0 3c 5y = 1(5-3)+ 0-0) +20-0) =o 4, (©) KE. is given by K = $m? = § mrt@? = jlo (L=mre} GATE Physics | 314 aK Af, do, a Now at = aL eos do _ gat. Sine OP = G&S tat [rate of change of kinetic energy) K 1? 2,22, dt 7 2 tb & +O. 7) 5. (B) 6. (C) 10. | Radially outward (7) {Since cylindrical co-ord are (r, 9, z)} '. (C) When the reflected light is observed to be plane polarized. the polarisation vector is perpendicular to the plane of incidence and also B= une tan~"p tan-! (1-5) 563° (A) .(C) L.Sly ) #0 Since (A) [Ly Lyllyo) = aL, Io) #0 (B) Pl yo) = JG + DA? bg #0 (D) [8p S,]lyo) = sS. ty #0 So only C is correct. (B) MC: (EVN), CE WN, V, TD, GCCV, T, p) © P T: (Pressure vs temp graph)aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.32. 37. 38. 39. 4. 1A, pl = a rt = -kp+taa i a oe = = Ptid V2 =iA (A) 33.(D) 34.(©) 35.(B) 36.(A) (C). The radiation is plane polarized with polarization paralle! to the xy-plane along line inclined to the x-axis, b’cos it is accelerated charged particle. (@) — [0,,02] = «) vie (A) 5; for proton = y for electron 2 and / for hydrogen = 0 i P* 9 T=10 Forl VId+1) g tp = V2eu0 Forl=0 = Ogly=0 (D) Wavefunction for a particle in a one dimensional box of size L along the x-axis O incident wave & Be ~‘* is reflected wave in region Il, SE ey fet gp E-Wo¥ = 0 a Since Bev aaohy = 9 where ky = V2m(Vo~E) Solution is Ww = Ce’ + De® 0 L, Vin (x) = Eeikix | nes 24 [ 2 | ay probability current Thy, yy = Ehee B. 4. 15. GATE Physics | 394 Prob. current for transmittance and T="prob. current for incident Probability current for x >L = T x Prob current for incident =TSq 1g? ‘B) Ree Sine R+T=1 R=1-T Wash 4 ide, = 1 A re = Vd-Din magnitude (D) © &.2 nb? ~ 4nd? > @=% d=V% . (B) 71. (C) For B-decay of a free neutron at rest in lab. nopt Ord mg? > mye? + mee + ky + ke + Ay + mac? Since rest mass energy of neutrino is zero. msc? = 0 Myo? > mye? + MgC? + ky Ket hy (1) ‘Acc, the maximum allowable energy for anti- neutrino, By conservation of momentum OP p+ Pet Py = PE = Up +P If all are equal in magnitude PR = Pp=Pe the PZ So KE. for anti-neutrino = 4KE) So from equation (1) 939-57 MeVic? —> 938-27 MeV/c? +051 MeV/c? + 6(K.E.) 6(K.E.) = 0-79aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.Directions—(Q. 1 to 20) Carry one mark each. 1." The eigen values of a matrix are i, - 2i and 3i. The matrix is— (A) Unitary (©) Hermitian 2. A space station moving in a circular orbit around the Earth goes into a new bound orbit by firing its engine radially outwards. This orbit is— (A) A largercircle (B) A smaller circle (C) An elipse (D) A parabola 3. A power amplifier gives 150 W output for an input of 1-5 W. The gain, in dB, is— 10 B) 20 (C) 54 (D) 100 4. Four point charges are placed in a plane at the following positions— +Qat (1, 0),-Qat(- 1,0), +Qat (0, 1) and -Q0,-) At large distances the electrostatic potential duc to this charge distribution will be dominated by the— (A) Monopole moment (B) Dipole moment (C) Quadrupole moment (D) Octopole moment 5. A charged capacitor (C) is connected in series with an inductor (L). When the displacement current reduces to zero, the energy of the LC circuit is— (A) Stored entirely in its magnetic field (B) Stored entirely in its electric field (C) Distributed equally among its electric and magnetic fields (D) Radiated out of the circuit 6. Match the following : Franck-Hertz experiment Hartree-Fock method Stern-Gerlach experiment Franck-Condon principle Electronic excitation of molecules Wave function of atoms Spin angular momentum of atoms Energy levels in atoms, BUN-uZOW 10. u. GATEPH | 3 P QR os (A) 4 2 3 1 ® 1 4 3 2 ©3 2 4 1 M4 1 3 2 The wave function of a particle, moving in a one-dimensional time-independent potential V (2), is given by y (x) =e! +>, where a and b are constants. This means that the potential V (x) is of the form— (A) V ex (B) Vie 2 (©) Van=0 (D) V = ever The D and D, lines of Na (3°Piq > FSip, 3?P32 — 3°Sj2) will split on the application of a weak magnetic field into— (A) 4 and 6 lines respectively (B) 3 lines each (C) 6 and 4 lines respectively (D) 6 lines each In a He-Ne laser, the laser transition takes place in— (A) He only (B) Neonly (C) Ne first, then in He (D) He first, then in Ne The partition function of a single gas molecule is Z,. The partition function of N such non-interacting gas molecules is then given by— . a & @) Za : (© NZ) wo & A solid superconductor is placed in an external magnetic field and then cooled below its critical temperature. The superconductor— (A) Retains its magnetic flux because the surface current supports it (B) Expels out its magnetic flux because it behaves like a permanent material (C) Expels out its magnetic flux because it behaves like an anti-ferromagnetic material (D) Expels out its magnetic flux because the surface current induces a field in the direction opposite to the applied magnetic fieldaa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.62. If the partition function of a harmonic ascillator with frequency w at a temperature T is “1, then the free energy of N such ho independent oscillators is— 3 a (A) 5 NAT (B) Ting fo, to. (©) NATInge = (D) NAT Inge 63. The partition function of two Bose particles each of which can occupy any of the two energy levels 0 and € is— (A) 1+ er 22 4 2¢- eT (B) Leer geen (C) 24 AT g gent (D) e204 eel 64, A one dimensional random walker takes steps to left or right with equal probability. The probability that the random walker starting from origin is back to origin after N even number of steps is— water (2) 8) a 7. OO 2. am ©) an! (4)™ ow) Wy ww) 65, The number of states for a systenr of N identical free particles in a three dimensional space having total energy between E and E+ 6E (3E << E), is proportional to— aN i a Le? ] se @) EF SE (C) NEI 5E (D) ENE 66. The energy of a ferromagnet as a function of magnetization M is given by F(M) = Fo + 2(T - Tc)M? + M?, Fy >0 The number of minima in the function F(M) for T> Te is— (A) 0 (B) 1 (3 (D) 4 GATE Phy. | 9 67. For a closed packed BCC structure of hard spheres, the lattice constant a is related to the sphere radius R as— 4r Aa (8) a=4N3 13 © a=4N2—— (D) a=2rV2 68. An n-type semiconductor has an electron concentration of 3 x 10° m-°. If the electron drift velocity is 100 ms! in an electric field of 200 Vm- !, the conductivity (in Q- 'n-!) of this material is— (A) 24 ®) 36 (© 48 (D) 96 69. Density of states of free electrons in a solid moving with’ an energy 0-1 eV is given by 2:15 x 102! eV- lem, The density of states (in eV 'em~4) for electrons moving with an energy of 0-4 eV will be— (A) 1.07 x 102! (B) 152% 102 (C) 3.04 107! @) 430x107! 70. The effective density of states at the conduction band edge of Ge is 1.04 x 10! cm? at room temperature (300k). Ge has an optical band gap of 0-66 eV. The intrinsic carrier concentration (in cm~3) in Ge at room temperature (300 k) is approximately— (A) 3x 10 (B) 3x 10 (C) 3x 10% (D) 6x 10'6 71. For a conventional superconductor, which of the following statements is NOT true ? (A) Specific heat is discontinuous at transi-- tion temperature Te (B) The resistivity falls sharply at Tc (©) Itis diamagnetic below Te (D) It is paramagnetic below Te 72. Annucleus having mass number 240 decays by @ emission to the ground state of its daughter nucleus. The Q value of the process is 5:26 MeV. The energy (in MeV) of the a-particle ise (A) 5:26 (©) 5:13 (B) 5:17 (D) 5.09aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.He 2 lao ges “aC © +p bP N=0,n=4 18. (C) Parity of the final state must be different from initial state for electric dipole transition Al= +1, Am = 0,41 19. (©) py = 3u or U = 3PV=3RT aU Cy = Wear Cp = Cys Crd ial Y= O73 using PV? = constant PV = constant} 20, (D) Since spin is, particles are fermions and obey pauli exclusion principle, not more than 1 particle can exist in one state, So accessible states of N particles are N. 21. B) 22. (D) The average kinetic energy of the particles at T = O is given by - NJ tereae ay Since gejde = EY (2m? eV? de 23. 24, ao GATE Phy. | 13 Sor com? Pome = 8 onsets es 2. SY Comix BE (1) . 1 pana Since Ep = awe] son . 1 3NB BRS i BRV Substituting in equation (1) we get >. dE? 3, <= Sepa os TF a) Z xX Crystellographic axis x z a aoa ¢ or 1 i og or 2 2 1 Indices [22 1] (C) 25.(A) 26.(A) 27.) 28D) (A) 30.0) i ok te . (A) F = xi4dyj 3k ijk vxF = ]23 9 ax ay dz x, 2y 3z Fo-0) + 30-0) +20) 0 Vx(V xF) u °aa You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.U PKAR'S