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~ · r̂
1. If r 6= 0, ∇ is equal to
r2
A) 2/r3 . B) −2/r3 . C) 0 D) −3/(2r3 ).

2. The coordinates of the three vertices of a triangle are (0, 0, 0), (1, 1, 0)
and (−2, 1, 0), then the area of the triangle is
3 1
A) B) C) 1 D) 3
2 2
~ · (A
3. ∇ ~ × B)
~ is equal to
~ · (∇
A) B ~ × A)
~ +A~ · (∇
~ × B).
~ B) −B~ · (∇
~ × A)
~ −A ~ · (∇
~ × B).
~
C) −B~ · (∇
~ × A)
~ +A ~ · (∇
~ × B).
~ ~ · (∇
D) B ~ × A)
~ −A~ · (∇
~ × B).
~

4. The trace of a 2 × 2 hermitian matrix A is π/2, then the determinant

of the matrix exp(iA) is
A) −i. B) i. C) 1 D) -1
 
1 −i
5. The eigenvalues of the matrix A = are
i 1
A) 0 and 2. B) 0 and -2. C) 0 and 1. D) 0 and -1.

6. If ijkl denotes the Levi-Civita symbol in four dimensions, the value of

ijkl ijkl is
A) 12 B) 48 C) 24 D) 6

7. Which of the following are the two linearly independent solutions of

d2 y dy
the differential equation 2 + 6 + 9y = 0
dx dx
A) exp(−3x) and x exp(−3x). B) exp(−3x) and x2 exp(−3x).
C) exp(−3x) and exp(+3x). D) exp(−3x) and x exp(+3x).

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 8. The Fourier series for the function f (x) = x2 , for −π < x < +π is
given by
∞ ∞
π2 X
n cos(nx)
X 1
f (x) = +4 (−) 2
, then is
3 1
n 1
n2

A) π 2 /3. B) π 2 /12. C) π 2 /6. D) 4π 2 /9.

9. Which of the following can possibly be the real part of an analytic

y 2 x2
function if its imaginary part is ( − + 2xy)?
2 2
A) x2 + y 2 + xy. B) x2 + y 2 + 2xy. C) x2 + y 2 − 2xy. D) x2 − y 2 + xy.
 
2 1
10. The residue of f (z) = z sin at z = 0 is
z
1 1
A) + B) − C) 0 D) 1
6 6
11. A body of mass m moving with kinetic energy T strikes a stationary
body of mass m. As a result of of the collision, both stick together and
moves with a common velocity. The energy loss in the collision process
is
A) T /4. B) T . C) T /8. D) T /2.

12. If two particles with equal masses are moving with the same velocity
~v , then the velocity of the of the centre of mass frame is
A) 2~v . B) ~v /2. C) ~v . D) zero.

13. A particle is experiencing a force F~ = −ayz î + bzxĵ − cxy k̂. The work
done by the force is independent of the path provided,
A) a = −b = c. B) a = −b = −c. C) a = b = c. D) a = b = −c.

14. The number of degrees of freedom of two particles constrained to move

in a plane with fixed distance between them is
A) 3 B) 4 C) 2 D) 1

2
 m 2
ẋ + ẏ 2 + ż 2 −mgz,


15. For a system described by the Lagrangian L =
2
where g is a constant,
A) x and z are cyclic coordinates.
B) y and z are cyclic coordinates.
C) x and y are cyclic coordinates.
D) z is a cyclic coordinate.

m k
16. The Lagrangian of a one dimensional system is L = ẋ2 + q ẋx − x2 ,
2 2
where k and q are constants. The corresponding Hamiltonian is
(p + qx)2 k 2 (p − qx)2 k 2
A) H = + x. B) H = + x.
2m 2 2 2m 2 2
(p − qx) k (p + qx) k
C) H = − x2 . D) H = − x2 .
2m 2 2m 2
17. The Lagrangian of a three dimensional system is
m 2
k
L= ẋ + ẏ 2 + ż 2 − (x2 + y 2 )
2 2
where k is a constant. If P~ is the linear momentum, then
A) P~ is conserved. B) Px and Py are conserved.
C) P 2 is conserved. D) Pz is conserved.
 2
~ r)
p~ − eA(~
18. The Hamiltonian of a three dimensional system is H = ,
2m
where e is a constant. The Hamilton’s equations of motion for ~r is
A) ~r˙ = {~p + eA(~
~ r)}/m. B) ~r˙ = {~p − eA(~
~ r)}/m.
C) ~r˙ = p~/m. D) ~r˙ = {~p − eA(~
~ r)}/(2m).

19. The angular frequency of a particle with mass m executing a uniform

circular motion under the influence of a central potential V (r) = kr2
is
r r r r
k k 3k 2k
A) . B) . C) . D) .
2m m 2m m
20. A traveling wave is described by y(x, t) = y0 sin(10x + 100t), where
x and t are measured in meters and seconds respectively. The phase
velocity of the wave is
A) 10m/s. B) 0.1m/s. C) (40π)m/s. D) (10/π)m/s.

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21. The wavelength λ of the second harmonic mode in an open pipe of
length L is
A) λ = L/2. B) λ = 2L. C) λ = L. D) λ = L/4.

22. A particle and a frame K0 is moving with a speed v and V respectively

along positive x-axis in a frame K, then the speed of the particle in the
frame K0 is
A) (v − V )/(1 + vV /c2 ). B) (v − V )/(1 − vV /c2 ).
C) (v + V )/(1 − vV /c2 ). D) (v + V )/(1 + vV /c2 ).

23. A frame K0 is moving with a speed v in the negative y-direction when

viewed in a frame K. If 1/γ 2 = 1 − v 2 /c2 , an event (x, y, z, t) in K is
related to the event (x0 , y 0 , z 0 , t0 ) in K0 as
A) t = γ(t0 − vy 0 /c2 ), x = x0 , y = γ(y 0 − vt0 ) and z = z 0 .
B) t = γ(t0 + vy 0 /c2 ), x = x0 , y = γ(y 0 − vt0 ) and z = z 0 .
C) t = γ(t0 − vy 0 /c2 ), x = x0 , y = γ(y 0 + vt0 ) and z = z 0 .
D) t = γ(t0 + vy 0 /c2 ), x = x0 , y = γ(y 0 + vt0 ) and z = z 0 .

24. A particle with rest mass energy 6MeV is moving and its energy is
10MeV. The momentum of the particle is
A) 8MeV/c2 . B) 4MeV/c. C) 4MeV/c2 . D) 8MeV/c.

25. A sphere of radius R is uniformly charged with charge density ρ0 . The

magnitude of the electric field at a distance r (r < R) from the centre
of the sphere is
3ρ0 r 4πρ0 r ρ0 r 3ρ0 r
A) . B) . C) . D) .
0 30 30 4π0
26. Consider a plane dielectric interface in the xy-plane, without any free
surface charges, separating two media with permittivities 40 and 20 .
If the electric field at the interface in the region with permittivity 40 is
(2î + 3ĵ + 4k̂)V/m, the electric field at the interface in the other region
is
A) (2î + 3ĵ + 2k̂)V/m. B) (4î + 6ĵ + 8k̂)V/m.
C) (2î + 3ĵ + 8k̂)V/m. D) (4î + 6ĵ + 4k̂)V/m.

~ = K ĵ, of infinite extent is flowing in the xy-

27. If a surface current, K
plane, the magnetic field in the region z > 0 is
A) −µ0 K î/2. B) µ0 K î. C) µ0 K k̂. D) µ0 K î/2.

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28. Three charges 2q, −q and −q are kept at the points (−a, 0, 0), (0, 0, 0)
and (a, 0, 0) respectively. The electric dipole moment of this charge
distribution is
A) +3qaî. B) −2qaî. C) +2qaî. D) −3qaî

29. The magnetic field at the point (a, 0, 0) due to a magnetic dipole of
moment m ~ = mî kept at the origin is
µ0 m µ0 m µ0 m µ0 m
A) 3
î. B) 3
î. C) − 3
î. D) − î.
4πa 2πa 2πa 4πa3

30. Consider two vector potentials A ~ and A

~ 0 such that A
~0 = A~ + ~a and the
~ ~ 0
corresponding magnetic fields B and B . If a0 is a constant, which of
the following choice of ~a will lead to different magnetic fields?
A) ~a = a0 (y î − xĵ). B) ~a = a0 (y î + xĵ).
C) ~a = a0 (xî + y ĵ). D) ~a = a0 (xî − y ĵ).

31. The electric potential φ(~r) due to a charge distribution is φ(~r) =

q exp(−kr)
. Using the relation (∇2 − k 2 )φ(~r) = −qδ(~r), the total
4π r
charge of the corresponding charge distribution is
A) q B) −q C) 2q D) 0

32. The electric field at a given space time point of a transverse electro-
√
magnetic wave√ propagating in vacuum in the direction (î + ĵ)/ 2 is
E0 (î − ĵ)/ 2, then the corresponding magnetic field is
A) B~ = E0 k̂/c. ~ = −E0 k̂/c.
B) B
√ √
~ = −E0 k̂/( 2c).
C) B ~ = E0 k̂/( 2c).
D) B

33. Consider an electromagnetic wave incident from a medium with dielec-

tric permittivity 1 on the interface of another medium with dielectric
permittivity 2 . If both media is having the same magnetic permeabil-
ity, the Brewster’s angle θB is such that
A) tan θB = 1 /2 . B) tan θB = 2 /1 .
C) tan2 θB = 2 /1 . D) tan2 θB = 1 /2 .

34. For a hollow metallic rectangular wave guide of dimensions a and b

such that a > b, the lowest cutoff frequency for T E mode is
A) cπ/a. B) cπ/(2a). C) 2cπ/a. D) cπ/b.

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35. Consider the propagation of T E waves along the +z-direction through
a hollow metallic rectangular wave guide with boundaries at x = 0, x =
a, y = 0, and y = b. If B0 is a constant and m, n = 0, 1, 2, 3, . . ., then
the x and y dependence of Bz is
A) Bz = B0 sin(mπx/a) cos(nπy/b). B) Bz = B0 cos(mπx/a) cos(nπy/b).
C) Bz = B0 cos(mπx/a) sin(nπy/b). D) Bz = B0 sin(mπx/a) sin(nπy/b).

36. In the presence of a constant magnetic field, B ~ = B k̂, a particle of

mass m and charge q is moving in a circular path in the xy-plane. Its
velocity is v î, when it is at the point (0, 0, 0), then the centre of the
circle is at
   
mv mv
A) 0, , 0 . B) − , 0, 0 .
 qB   qB 
mv mv
C) , 0, 0 . D) 0, − , 0 .
qB qB

37. Which of the following set of Maxwell’s equations can be used to es-
∂ρ ~ ~
tablish the continuity equation, +∇·J =0
∂t
~
A) ∇ ~ ·E~ = ρ and ∇ ~ ×B ~ = µ0 J~ + µ0 0 ∂ E
0 ∂t
ρ ∂ ~
B
~ ·E
B) ∇ ~ = ~ ×E
and ∇ ~ =−
0 ∂t
~ ~ ρ ~ ~
C) ∇ · E = and ∇ · B = 0
0
~
~ ·B
D) ∇ ~ = 0 and ∇ ~ ×B ~ = µ0 J~ + µ0 0 ∂ E
∂t

38. The electrostatic potential corresponding to a uniform electric filed, E~

is
A) E~ · ~r. B) −E ~ · ~r cos(θ). C) −E~ · ~r. D) E~ · ~r cos(θ).

39. Consider a cylindrical resonant cavity with plane metallic end surfaces
at z = 0 and z = d. If p = 0, 1, 2, 3, . . ., for T M standing wave modes,
which of the following is true?
A) Ez = ψ(x, y) sin(pπz/d). B) Ez = ψ(x, y) cos(pπz/d).
C) Bz = ψ(x, y) cos(pπz/d). D) Bz = ψ(x, y) sin(pπz/d).

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40. For a harmonic transverse electromagnetic plane wave propagating in
the direction k̂ the time averaged Poynting vector is
~ 2 k̂. ~ 2 k̂/2.
p p
A) p /µ |E| B) pµ/ |E|
C) µ/ |E| ~ 2 k̂. D) /µ |E| ~ 2 k̂/2.

41. Two point charges q and −q are kept in the xy-plane at x = −a and
x = +a respectively. The electric field at the point (0, y) due this
charges are
q a q y
A) 2 2 3/2
î. B) î.
2π0 (a + y ) 2π0 (a + y 2 )3/2
2
q a q y
C) 2 2 3/2
î. D) î.
4π0 (a + y ) 4π0 (a + y 2 )3/2
2

42. If G is the Gibbs free energy which of the following statement is true?
A) dG = SdT + V dP. B) dG = −SdT + V dP.
C) dG = SdT − V dP. D) dG = −SdT − V dP.

43. If k, QN and U are Boltzmann constant, partition function and internal

energy respectively, then
∂ ∂
A) U = −kT 2 (ln QN ) . B) U = kT (ln QN ) .
∂T ∂T
∂ ∂
C) U = −kT (ln QN ) . D) U = kT 2 (ln QN ) .
∂T ∂T
44. If TF is the Fermi temperature, the energy U of an ideal Fermi gas for
T << TF is given by
A) U = 2N kTF /3. B) U = N kTF /5.
C) U = 3N kTF /5. D) U = 3N kTF /2.

45. If an ideal gas with initial temperature Ti and volume Vi is adiabatically

changed to a volume Vf , the final temperature Tf is
 γ−1  γ
Vi Vi
A) Tf = Ti . B) Tf = Ti .
Vf
 γ−1 V
 γf
Vf Vf
C) Tf = Ti . D) Tf = Ti .
Vi Vi

46. If U is the internal energy for a blackbody cavity, then

A) 3U = P V . B) 2U = 3P V . C) U = 3P V . D) U = P V .

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47. If the ground state energy of a hydrogen like atom is Eg , the energy of a
state with radial quantum number nr = 4 and orbital angular quantum
number l = 2 is
A) Eg /9. B) Eg /16. C) Eg /4. D) Eg /25.

48. If the wave function of a one dimensional quantum system is ψ(x) =

N exp(−x2 /σ 2 − ipx/~), where N is the normalization constant, then
the expectation value of the momentum for this state is
A) p. B) ~/σ. C) −~/σ. D) −p.

p2 1
49. If Ĥ = + mω 2 x2 is the one dimensional harmonic oscillator Hamil-
2m 2 r r
mω 1
tonian and â = x̂ + i p̂, then the commutator [Ĥ, ↠] is
2~ 2m~ω
equal to
A) −~ω↠. B) ~ωâ. C) ~ω↠. D) −~ωâ.

50. Consider two electrons with spins ~s1 and ~s1 respectively. The expec-
tation value of ~s1 · ~s2 for the triplet (total spin one) state is equal to

A) ~2 /4. B) 3~2 /2. C) −~2 /4. D) 3~2 /4.

51. The state of a one dimensional quantum system given as ψ(x) =

N exp[−(x − a)2 /σ 2 ], where N, σ and a are constants, then the ex-
pectation value of the position operator, hx̂i is
A) −a. B) a. C) 1/σ. D) −1/σ.

52. The energy of a three dimensional harmonic oscillator state is 9~ω/2,

then it is
A) 6-fold degenerate. B) 15-fold degenerate.
C) 21-fold degenerate. D) 10-fold degenerate.

53. For an arbitrary operator  and its adjoint operator † ,

A) hψ|Â|φi = hφ|† |ψi. B) hψ|Â|φi = hψ|† |φi∗ .
C) hψ|Â|φi = hψ|† |φi. D) hψ|Â|φi = hφ|† |ψi∗ .

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 ~ˆ are momentum and angular momentum operators respec-
54. If p~ˆ and L
tively, the commutator [L̂x , p̂z ] is equal to
A) −i~p̂y . B) +i~p̂y . C) −i~p̂x . D) +~p̂x .

55. If En , n = 1, 2, 3, . . . denotes the discrete bound state energies of a

particle in an infinitely deep one dimensional potential, then En+1 − En
is given by
A) (n + 1)E1 . B) (2n + 2)E1 . C) (2n + 1)E1 . D) (4n + 1)E1 .

56. For a one dimensional quantum system in a potential V (x) = kδ(x −

a), where k and a are constants, the wavefunction ψ(x) and its first
derivative ψ 0 (x) are such that
A) both ψ(x) and ψ 0 (x) are discontinuous at x = a.
B) ψ(x) is continuous and ψ 0 (x) is discontinuous at x = a.
C) ψ(x) is discontinuous and ψ 0 (x) is continuous at x = a.
D) both ψ(x) and ψ 0 (x) are continuous at x = a.

57. The total angular momentum quantum number j by coupling two angu-
lar momenta with quantum numbers j1 and j2 are found to be j = 5/2.
If j2 = 1, the possible values of j1 are
A) 7/2 and 5/2 only. B) 5/2 and 3/2 only.
C) 7/2, 5/2 and 3/2 only. D) 1/2 only.

58. If |j, mi and |m1 ; m2 i denotes the basis vectors in the coupled and
uncoupled representations respectively, in general a state with j =
j1 + j2 and m = j1 + j2 − 1 is a linear combinations of
A) |j1 ; j2 − 1i and |j1 − 1; j2 i.
B) |j1 + 1; j2 − 2i and |j1 − 2; j2 + 1i.
C) |j1 ; j2 − 2i and |j1 − 2; j2 i.
D) |j1 − 1; j2 − 1i and |j1 − 1; j2 i.

59. If ÂS and ψS (t) respectively denotes operator and state vectors in the
Schrodinger picture and Û = Û (t, t0 ) is the time evolution operator
such that ψS (t) = Û (t, t0 )ψS (t0 ), then the operator ÂH (t) and the
state vector ψH (t) in the Heisenberg picture are
A) ψH (t) = Û ψS (t) and ÂH (t) = Û −1 ÂS Û .
B) ψH (t) = Û −1 ψS (t) and ÂH (t) = Û ÂS Û −1 .
C) ψH (t) = Û ψS (t) and ÂH (t) = Û ÂS Û −1 .
D) ψH (t) = Û −1 ψS (t) and ÂH (t) = Û −1 ÂS Û .

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60. An observable  is such that Â|ak i = ak |ak i and haj |ak i = δjk For a
system in the state |ψi = |a1 i + 2|a2 i + 3|a3 i the probability that a
measurement of the observable represented by  to have a value a2 is
A) 2/3. B) 4/9. C) 2/7. D) 1/7.

61. The Hamiltonian of a one dimensional quantum system is H = p̂2 /(2m)+

mω 2 x̂2 /2 + λmω 2 x̂ where λ is a constant. If n = 0, 1, 2, . . . , the corre-
sponding bound state energy of the system is
A) (n + 1/2)~ω + mω 2 λ2 /2. B) (n + 1/2)~ω − mω 2 λ2 /2.
C) (n + 1/2)~ω − mω 2 λ2 . D) (n + 1/2)~ω + mω 2 λ2 .

62. The junction capacitance of pn junction

A) decrease on reverse bias.
B) decrease on forward bias.
C) is zero on reverse bias.
D) independent of bias.

63. A current amplifier is characterized by

A) high input impedance and low output impedance.
B) low impedance for both input and out put.
C) low input impedance and high output impedance.
D) high impedance for both input and out put.

64. The basic memory element is

A) NOT gate. B) op-amp.
C) shift register. D) flip flop.

65. the binary 10001 corresponds to decimal number

A) 18 B) 17 C) 33 D) 9

66. The truth table given below corresponds to the operation

A B C
0 0 0
1 0 0
0 1 0
1 1 1

A) OR B) NOR C) AND D) NAND

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67. The ripple factor in a rectifier circuit indicates the
A) amount of a.c voltage present in the output.
B) amount of d.c voltage present in the output.
C) change in d.c output when load changes.
D) change in d.c voltage when in put a.c voltage changes.

68. The JFET is

A) a bipolar device. B) a current controlled device.
C) a form of op-amp. D) a unipolar device.

69. The purpose of offset nulling in an op-amp is to

A) reduce the gain. B) zero the output error voltage.
C) equalize the output signal. D) increase the gain.

70. Solar cell work on the principle of

A) electron hole generation in a semiconductor by temperature rise.
B) photo electric effect.
C) electron hole generation in a pn junction by incident photons.
D) thermionic emission.

71. For an oscillator the product Av and attenuation of the feed back β of
the circuit must be
A) equal to 1. B) less than one. C) 10. D) 100.

72. For operation as an amplifier the base of a npn transistor has to be

A) negative with respect to the emitter.
B) zero bias.
C) positive with respect to collector.
D) positive with respect to the emitter.

73. Which of the following gates are known as universal gates?

A) AND and OR. B) AND and NOT.
C) NAND and NOR. D) OR and XOR.

74. Most commonly used material for optical fiber is

A) silica. B) silicon. C) alumina. D) germanium.

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75. Sky wave propagation make use of
A) direct propagation of radio waves between antennas in the line of sight.
B) reflection of radio waves by ionized layers in the upper atmosphere.
C) radio waves that reflect by earth surface.
D) waves transmitted with help of satellites.

76. The process of converting the digital signal to analog is achieved by

designing
A) a resistive divider or ladder circuit
B) a comparator circuit
C) a circuit using gates
D) a circuit using MOSFET

77. The Boolean equation Y= ABC+ABC is equivalent to

A) Y= AC. B) Y= C+C. C) Y = BC. D) Y =AB.

78. On comparison of frequency modulated and amplitude modulated waves

A) FM carrier wave has long wavelength and can be used for

transmission grater distance than AM waves.
B) it is less likely that frequency of FM wave accidentally modulated
producing noise.
C) AM waves has less chance to be accidentally modulated by
external disturbance.
D) AM waves can be used for only short distance communication.

79. If RH is the Rydberg constant for hydrogen in cm−1 the series limit for
Lyman and Blamer series occur at
A) RH and RH /4 respectively. B) RH /2 and RH /4 respectively.
C) RH and RH /2 respectively. D) Both at RH .

80. The spectroscopic term value for the ground state of helium atom is
given by
3
A) S1 . B) 3 P3 . C) 1 S0 . D) 1 P1 .

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81. The number of Zeeman levels corresponding to the spectral notation
2
D5/2 is
A) 6 levels. B) 5 levels.
C) 3 levels. D) 2 levels.

82. Which of the following statement is correct? Hyperfine structure arise

due to
A) the interaction of nuclear spin with total electronic angular
momentum of electron.
B) the interaction between electron spin and orbital angular momentum.
C) the presence of isotopes.
D) the application of strong external magnetic field.

83. The doublet D1 and D2 lines in sodium spectrum can be explained by

considering
A) relativistic correction.
B) Bohr atom model.
C) earths magnetic field.
D) l − s coupling.

84. Which of the molecule given below show pure rotational spectra?
A) CO2 B) H2 C) CO D) N2

85. The first absorption line in the rotational spectra of diatomic molecules
appears at the wave number
A) h/(8π 2 Ic). B) 4π 2 Ic/h. C) h/(4π 2 Ic). D) 8π 2 Ic/h.

86. Raman shift is

A) independent of incident frequency but depends on scatterer.
B) independent of both incident frequency scatterer.
C) independent of scatterer but depends on incident frequency.
D) dependent on both incident frequency and scatterer.

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87. The intensity of vibration-electronic spectra of molecules is governed
by
A) Pauli’s exclusion principle.
B) Born-Oppenheimer approximation.
C) Bear-Lambert law.
D) Frank-Condon principle.

88. The NMR spectrometer operating at a frequency 60MHz shows a chem-

ical shift for a compound as 6ppm. What will be the chemical shift if
measured using a NMR spectrometer operating at 360 MHz with the
same applied magnetic field?
A) 36ppm. B) 6ppm. C) 1ppm. D) 12ppm.

89. Which of the following statement is not correct in the context of a

laser?
A) The emitted radiation do not have precisely defined frequency.
B) The emitted radiation is highly coherent and intense.
C) Lasing action require population inversion.
D) More photons comes out compared to incident photon.

90. The electron spin resonance spectra falls in the

A) visible wavelength region.
B) infrared frequency.
C) Radio frequency region.
D) long wavelength edge of microwave region.

91. The nearest neighbor distance in the case of fcc structure with lattice
parameter a is
√
C) ( a2 )
p
A) 2 a/2. B) a/2. D) a.

92. Miller indices of the plane parallel to zy-plane is

A) (010). B) (100). C) (001). D) (011).

93. X-rays are diffracted from crystals because

A) the crystal has completely random arrangement of atoms.
B) of multiple reflections from different sides of the crystal.
C) of phonon vibrations.
D) the crystal has periodic arrangement of atoms.

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 94. The electrical conductivity σ is given by the relation
A) σ = ne/µ. B) σ = neµ. C) σ = n2 eµ. D) σ = ne.

95. The lattice specific heat at low temperature varies as

A) T 3 . B) 1/T 3 . C) T . D) 1/T .

96. If EF is the Fermi energy of sodium at 0K, then the Fermi energy at
10000K will be
A) 2EF . B) 10EF . C) 0.93EF . D) 100EF .

97. The Fermi level in a n-type semiconductor at 0K lie at

A) half way between donor level and conduction band.
B) below the donor level.
C) half way between acceptor and valance band.
D) half way between the conduction band and valance band.

98. The velocity of electrons corresponding to the point of inflexion on

E − k diagram is
A) decreases linearly as k increases.
B) zero.
C) maximum.
D) increases linearly as k increases

99. The majority carriers in a semiconductor is electrons if the Hall coeffi-

cient is
A) positive.
B) zero.
C) cannot be determined from Hall coefficient.
D) negative.

100. Cooper pairs are formed

A) at high temperature, where the thermal energy is sufficient to create
Cooper pairs.
B) at very low temperature, where the thermal energy is not
sufficient to disrupt the pair binding.
C) at a critical magnetic field strength where the superconductivity
is destroyed.
D) at a temperature equivalent to the melting point of the material.

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101. Piezoelectric effect is the
A) production of election hole pair in a semiconductor by photons.
B) ejection of electron from a metal surface by the photon.
C) production of electric charge on the surface of mechanically
strained dielectric.
D) production of electric charge on the the surface by heat.

102. The factor responsible for spontaneous polarization in ferroelectric is

A) permanent electric dipoles. B) orbital motion of electrons.
C) magnetic dipoles. D) presence of ionized impurities.

103. Magnetic susceptibility of a magnetic material is given by

A) χ = H/M . B) χ = M/H. C) χ = µ0 H + M . D) χ = µ0 (M + H).

104. Band gap of Si at room temperature is close to

A) 1.1 eV. B) 2.1 eV. C) 0.67 eV. D) 6.0 eV.

105. X-rays are produced when an element of high atomic weight is bom-
barded by
A) neutrons. B) protons. C) electrons. D) α particles.

106. Nuclear radius R is proportional to

A) A2/3 . B) A1/3 . C) A3/2 . D) A.

107. The average binding energy per nucleon in a nucleus is

A) 7.8 eV. B) 931 MeV. C) 7.8 keV. D) 7.8 MeV.

108. Which one of the following particles have spin other than half?
A) proton B) electron C) photon D) neutrino

109. The deviation of the charge distribution from spherical symmetry can
be estimated by measuring its
A) electric quadrupole moment. B) electric dipole moment.
C) magnetic dipole moment. D) charge.

110. A deuteron in the ground state consists of

A) one proton and one neutron with anti parallel spins.
B) one proton and one neutron with parallel spins.
C) two protons with parallel spins.
D) two neutrons with parallel spins.

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111. Spin and parity of 5 B11 nucleus can be predicted by shell model as
3+ 1− 1+ 3−
A) . B) . C) . D) .
2 2 2 2
112. Which among the following is a material used as the moderator in
nuclear reactors?
A) aluminum B) cadmium C) carbon D) uranium

113. The particle neutrino was proposed by Pauli to explain

A) the continuous spectra of the β particles.
B) the γ ray emission.
C) the α ray emission.
D) the stability of magic numbered nuclei.

114. The contribution of Coulomb energy in the semiempirical mass formula

of a nucleus Z X A is proportional to
A) Z/A2/3 . B) (Z − 1)/A1/3 .
C) A/Z 1/3 . D) Z(Z − 1)/A1/3 .

115. The quark structure of the proton is

A) udd. B) uud. C) ddd. D) uuu.

116. Nuclear forces are

A) short range and spin independent.
B) long range and attractive.
C) short range and spin dependent.
D) long range and repulsive.

117. Nuclear fusion requires high temperature because

A) nuclei must posses high kinetic energy to overcome the
Coulomb repulsion.
B) all nuclear reactions absorbs heat.
C) nuclei must posses high kinetic energy to overcome the
repulsion due nuclear interaction.
D) there is tensor component in the nuclear force.

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118. The scintillation counter works on the principle of
A) electron-hole pair production in the material when particle
strikes on it.
B) conversion of ultra violet light to visible light.
C) the emission of light from certain materials when charged
particle strikes on it.
D) the carrier generation in the depletion region of a junction when
a charged particle strikes on it.

119. Which of the following is a baryon?

A) pion B) neutron C) neutrino D) muon

120. The half life of radioactive element with decay constant λ is

A) ln 2/λ. B) 2/λ. C) 1/λ. D) 1/(2λ).

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