Gate 2012 PDF
Gate 2012 PDF
Gate 2012 PDF
GATE-2012 (PHYSICS)
Q.1 – Q.25 carry one mark each.
Q1. Identify the correct statement for the following vectors a 3iˆ 2 ˆj and b iˆ 2 ˆj
(a) The vectors a and b are linearly independent
(b) The vectors a and b are linearly dependent
(c) The vectors a and b are orthogonal
(d) The vectors a and b are normalized
Q2. The uniform thin rods of equal length, L and masses M1 and M2 are joined together along
the length. The moment of inertia of the combined rod of length 2L about an axis passing
through the mid-point and perpendicular to the length of the rod is,
L2 L2
(a) M 1 M 2 (b) M 1 M 2
12 6
L2 L2
(c) M 1 M 2 (d) M 1 M 2
3 2
Q3. The space-time dependence of the electric field of a linearly polarized light in free space
is given by xE0 cost kz where E0, ω and k are the amplitude, the angular frequency
and the wavevector, respectively. The time average energy density associated with the
electric field is
1 1
(a) 0 E 02 (b) 0 E 02 (c) 0 E 02 (d) 2 0 E02
4 2
Q4. If the peak output voltage of a full wave rectifier is 10 V, its d.c. voltage is
(a) 10.0 V (b) 7.07 V (c) 6.36 V (d) 3.18 V
Q5. A particle of mass m is confined in a two dimensional square well potential of
dimension a. This potential V(x,y) is given by
V(x,y) = 0 for –a < x < a and –a < y < a
= ∞ elsewhere
The energy of the first excited state for this particle is given by,
2 2 2 2 2 5 2 2 4 2 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
ma 2 ma 2 2ma 2 ma 2
Q6. The isothermal compressibility, of an ideal gas at temperature T0, and V0, is given by
1 V 1 V P P
(a) (b) (c) V0 (d) V0
V0 P T0 V0 P T0 V T0 V T0
Q7. The ground state of sodium atom ( 11 Na ) is a 2 S1 / 2 state. The difference in energy levels
arising in the presence of a weak external magnetic field B, given in terms of Bohr
magnet on, B , is
(a) B B (b) 2 B B (c) 4 B B (d) 6 B B
Q8. For an ideal Fermi gas in three dimensions, the electron velocity VF at the Fermi surface
is related to electron concentration n as,
(a) VF n 2 / 3 (b) VF n (c) VF n 1 / 2 (d) VF n 1 / 3
Q9. Which one of the following sets corresponds to fundamental particles?
(a) proton, electron and neutron
(b) proton, electron and photon
(c) electron, photon and neutrino
(d) quark, electron and meson
Q10. In case of a Geiger-Muller (GM) counter, which one of the following statement is
CORRECT?
(a) Multiplication factor of the detector is of the order of 1010
(b) Type of the particles detected can be identified
(c) Energy of the particles detected can be distinguished
(d) Operating voltage of the detector is few tens of Volts
Q11. A plane electromagnetic wave traveling in free space is incident normally on a glass plate
of refractive index 3/2. If there is no absorption by the glass, its reflectivity is
(a) 4% (b) 16% (c) 20% (d) 50%
Q12. A Ge semiconductor is doped with acceptor impurity concentration of 1015 atoms/cm3.
For the given hole mobility of 1800 cm2/V-s, the resistivity of the material is
(a) 0.288 Ω cm (b) 0.694 Ω cm (c) 3.472 Ω cm (d) 6.944 Ω cm
Q13. A classical gas of molecules, each of mass m, is in thermal equilibrium at the absolute
temperature, T. The velocity components of the molecules along the Cartesian axes are
k BT 3 k BT 1 k BT 2k B T
(a) (b) (c) (d)
m 2 m 2 m m
Q14. In a central force field, the trajectory of a particle of mass m and angular momentum L in
plane polar coordinates is given by,
1 m
1 cos
r L2
where, ε is the eccentricity of the particle’s motion. Which one of the following choice
for ε gives rise to a parabolic trajectory?
(a) ε = 0 (b) ε = 1 (c) 0 < ε < 1 (d) ε > 1
Q15. Identify the CORRECT energy band diagram for silcon doped with Arsenic. Here CB,
VB, ED and EF are conduction band, valence band, impurity level and Fermi level,
respectively.
(a) (b)
CB CB
ED
ED
EF
EF
VB VB
(c) (d)
CB CB
EF EF
ED ED
VB VB
Q16. The first Stokes line of a rotational Raman spectrum is observed at 12.96 cm-1.
Considering the rigid rotor approximation, the rotational constant is given by
(a) 6.48 cm-1 (b) 3.24 cm-1 (c) 2.16 cm-1 (d) 1.62 cm-1
Q17. The total energy, E of an ideal non-relativistic Fermi gas in three dimensions is given by
N 5/3
E 2 / 3 where N is the number of particles and V is the volume of the gas.
V
Identify the CORRECT equation of state (P being the pressure),
1 2 5
(a) PV E (b) PV E (c) PV E (d) PV E
3 3 3
Q18. Consider the wavefunction r1 , r2 s for a fermionic system consisting of two spin-
half particles. The spatial part of the wavefunction is given by
r1 , r2
1
1 r1 2 r2 2 r1 1 r2
2
where 1and 2 are single particle states. The spin part χs of the wavefunction with spin
Q19. The electric and the magnetic field E z , t and B z, t , respectively corresponding to the
scalar potential z , t 0 and vector potential A z, t iˆtz are
(a) E iˆz and B -ĵt (b) E iˆz and B ˆjt
(c) E iˆz and B -ˆjt (d) E iˆz and B -ˆjt
Vin
5V Vout
4k
- 10V
1k
Which one of the following correctly represents the output Vout corresponding to the
input Vin?
(a) (b)
5V 5V
Vin Vin
1V 1V
0V t 0V t
10V 10V
Vout Vout
t t
10V 10V
(c) (d)
5V 5V
Vin Vin
0V t 0V t
10V 10V
Vout Vout
t t
10V 10V
Q21. Deuteron has only one bound state with spin parity 1+, isospin 0 and electric quadrupole
moment 0.286 efm2. These data suggest that the nuclear forces are having
(a) only spin and isospin dependence
(b) no spin dependence and no tensor components
(c) spin dependence but no tensor components
(d) spin dependence along with tensor components
Q22. A particle of unit mass moves along the x-axis under the influence of a potential,
2
V x xx 2 . The particle is found to be in stable equilibrium at the point x = 2. The
time period of oscillation of the particle is
3
(a) (b) (c) (d) 2
2 2
Q24. A particle is constrained to move in a truncated harmonic potential well (x > 0) as shown
in the figure. Which one of the following statements is CORRECT?
(a) The parity of the first excited state is even
V x
(b) The parity of the ground state is even
1
(c) the ground state energy is
2
7
(d) The first excited state energy is
2 x
Q25. The number of independent components of the symmetric tensor Aij with indices
i, j = 1, 2, 3 is
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 9
Q26. Consider a system in the unperturbed state described by the Hamiltonian, H0 1 0 .
0 1
The system is subjected to a perturbation of the form H' , when δ<< 1. The
energy eigenvalues of the perturbed system using the first order perturbation
approximation are
(a) 1 and (1 + 2δ) (b) (1 + δ) and (1 - δ)
(c) (1+ 2δ) and (1 - 2δ) (d) (1+ δ) and (1 - 2δ)
Q27. Inverse susceptibility (1/χ) as a function of temperature, T for a material undergoing
paramagnetic to ferromagnetic transition is given in the figure, where O is the origin. The
values of the Curie constant, C, and the Weiss molecular field constant, λ, in CGS units,
are
1
600 K
5 2
(a) C 5 10 , 3 10
(b) C 3 10 2 , 5 10 5 O T
(c) C 3 10 2 , 2 10 4
2 10 4
4 2
(d) C 2 10 , 3 10 (CGS unit)
Q28. A plane polarized electromagnetic wave in free space at time t=0 is given
by E x, y 10 ˆj expi 6 x 8 z . The magnetic field B x, z , t is given by
1
(a) Bx, z, t 6kˆ 8iˆ expi6 x 8 z 10ct
c
1
(b) Bx, z, t 6kˆ 8iˆ expi6 x 8 z 10ct
c
1
(c) B x, z , t 6kˆ 8iˆ expi6 x 8 z ct
c
1
(d) Bx , z , t 6kˆ 8iˆ expi 6 x 8 z ct
c
0 1 0
Q29. The eigenvalues of the matrix 1 0 1 are
0 1 0
Q31. In the following circuit, for the output voltage to be V0 V1 V2 / 2 the ratio R1/R2 is
Vo
(c) 2
V2
R1
- VCC
(d) 3 R2
Q32. The term j1 , j 2 J arising from 2 s1 3d 1 electronic in j-j coupling scheme are
1 3 1 5 1 1 1 3
(a) , and , (b) , and ,
2 2 2 ,1 2 2 3, 2 2 2 1, 0 2 2 2 ,1
1 1 1 5 3 1 1 5
(c) , and , (d) , and ,
2 2 1, 0 2 2 3, 2 2 2 2,1 2 2 3, 2
Q33. In the following circuit, the voltage drop across the ideal diode in forward bias condition
is 0.7V. The current passing through the diode is
Q35. A rod of proper length l0 oriented parallel to the x-axis moves with speed 2c/3 along the
x-axis in the S-frame, where c is the speed of the light in free space. The observer is also
moving along the x-axis with speed c/2 with respect to the S-frame. The length of the rod
as measured by the observer is
(a) 0.35 l0 (b) 0.48 l0 (c) 0.87 l0 (d) 0.97 l0
Q36. A simple cubic crystal with lattice parameter a c undergoes transition into a tetragonal
1 1 3 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
6 6 8 8
Q37. Consider the following circuit in which the current gain βdc of the transistor is 100.
15 V
100 k 900
100
Which one of the following correctly represents the load line (collector current IC with
respect to collector-emitter voltage VCE) and Q-point of this circuit?
(a) (b)
15 mA Q - point 13 mA Q - point
(2 V, 13 mA) (2 V, 10 mA)
IC →
IC →
VCE 15 V VCE 15 V
(c) (d)
15 mA 13 mA
Q - point Q - point
IC →
IC →
VCE 15 V VCE 15 V
Q38. Consider a system whose three energy levels are given by 0, ε and 2ε. The energy level ε
is two-fold degenerate and the other two are non-degenerate. The partition function of the
1
system with is given by
k BT
Q39. Two infinitely extended homogeneous isotopic dielectric media (medium-1and medium-2
1
with dielectric constant 2 and 2 5 , respectively) meet at the z = 0 plane as shown
0 0
in the figure. A uniform electric field exists everywhere. For z ≥ 0, the electric field is
given by E1 2iˆ 3 ˆj 5kˆ . The interface separating the two media is charge free.The
electric displacement vector in the medium-2 is given by
medium - 1
medium - 2 z=0
(a) D 2 0 10iˆ 15 ˆj 10kˆ
(b) D 2 0 10iˆ 15 ˆj 10kˆ
(c) D 2 4iˆ 6 ˆj 10kˆ
0 (d) D 2 4iˆ 6 ˆj 10kˆ
0
Q40. The ground state wavefunction for the hydrogen atom is given
3/ 2
1 1
by 100 e r / a0 , where a 0 is the Bohr radius.
4 a 0
The plot of the radial probability density, P(r) for the hydrogen atom in the ground state
is
(a) (b)
P(r) P(r)
r/a 0 r/a 0
(c) (d)
P(r) P(r)
r/a 0 r/a 0
Q41. Total binding energies of O15, O16 and O17 are 111.96 MeV, 127.62 MeV and 131.76
MeV, respectively. The energy gap between 1p 1 and 1d 3 neutron shells for the nuclei
2 2
g
The Hamiltonian of the particles is
1 2 p2 1 2 p2
(a) H p mga cos (b) H p mga cos
2ma 2 sin 2 2ma 2 sin 2
1 1
(c) H
2 ma 2
p2 p2 mga cos (d) H
2 ma 2
p2 p2 mga cos
Q44. The value of the integral e 1 / z dz , using the contour C of circle with unit radius z 1 is
C
Q46. The equilibrium vibration frequency for an oscillator is observed at 2990 cm-1. The ratio
of the frequencies corresponding to the first and the fundamental spectral lines is 1.96.
Considering the oscillator to be anharmonic, the anharmonicity constant is
(a) 0.005 (b) 0.02 (c) 0.05 (d) 0.1
Q47. At a certain temperature T, the average speed of nitrogen molecules in air is found to be
400 m/s. The most probable and the root mean square speed of the molecules are,
respectively,
(a) 355 m/s, 434 m/s (b) 820 m/s, 917 m/s
(c) 152 m/s, 301 m/s (d) 422 m/s, 600 m/s
Q49. The probability current density for the real part of the wavefunction is
k k
(a) 1 (b) (c) (d) 0
m 2m
Q50. The group velocity at the boundary of the first Brillouin zone is
Aa 2 1 Aa 2
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) (d)
2 2 2
Q51. The force constant between the nearest neighbour of the lattice is (M is the mass of the
atom)
MA 2 MA 2
(a) (b) (c) MA2 (d) 2MA2
4 2
x
Q54. The Lagrangian for this particle is given by,
1 2 1
(a) L
2
mx mgax 2 (b) L
2
m 1 4a 2 x 2 x 2 mgax 2
1 1
(c) L
2
mx 2 mgax 2 (d) L
2
m 1 4a 2 x 2 x 2 mgax 2
(c) m 1 4a 2 x 2 x 2mgax 4ma 2 xx 2 (d) x 2 gax
Q57. Which one of the following options is the closest in meaning to the word given below?
Mitigate
(a) Diminish (b) Divulge (c) Dedicate (d) Denote
Q58. Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options given below to complete the
following sentence:
Despite several _________ the mission succeeded in its attempt to resolve the
conflict.
(a) attempts (b) setbacks (c) meeting (d) delegations
Q59. The cost function for a product in a firm is given by 5q 2, where q is the amount of
production .The firm can sell the product at a market price of Rs. 50 per unit. The number
of units to be produced by the firm such that the profit is maximized is:
(a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d) 25
Q60. Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options given below to complete the
following sentence:
Suresh’s dog is the one________ was hurt in the stampede.
(a) that (b) which (c) who (d) whom