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Q1. What is the decimal value of binary 1011.11?
(a) 14.50 (b) 11.75 (c) 16.25 (d) 9.25
Ans. : (b)
Q2. An ideal gas is kept at constant pressure ‘ P ’. The root mean square speed Vrms of the gas

is doubled by heating at constant volume. Calculate the pressure of the ideal gas after
heating
(a) 2P (b) 4P (c) 6P (d) 8P
Ans. : (b)
Q3. The convex surface of a plano-convex glass lens with curvature radius 40 cm comes into
contact with a glass plate. A certain ring observed in reflected light has a radius 2.5 mm .
Watching the given ring, the lens was gradually removed from the plate by distance
of 5  m . What has the radius of that ring become equal to?
(a) 6.00 mm (b) 4.50 mm (c) 3.00 mm (d) 1.50 mm
Ans. : (d)
Q4. How much heat must be absorbed by ice of mass m = 700 gm at −150 C to take it to the

liquid state at 100 C ?

Given parameters. Specific heat of ice ( −150 C ) = 2220 J / kg. K , water = 4187 J / kg. K

Heat of fusion of water = 333 KJ / kg

(a) 233 kJ Approx (b) 30 kJ Approx
(c) 286 kJ Approx (d) 256 kJ Approx
Ans. : (c)
Q5. The resistance of a semiconductor decreases on heating. This is because:
(a) the material becomes harder on heating
(b) parallel channels of current flow become available
(c) more electrons become available for conduction
(d) the effective mass of an electron reduces on heating
Ans. : (c)

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Case Study: Q6 to Q8
The 741C op-amp having the following parameters is connected as a non-inverting
amplifier (figure 1) with R1 = 1 k  and RF = 20 k  ;

Open loop voltage gain ( A) = 2 105

Open loop resistance of the op-amp = 2M 

Supply voltage = 15V
Output voltage swing = 13V +VCC
V1
+
A
Rin  0  − +
V2
RL
Vin −VEE

+
RF V0
VF
R1
− −
Feedback circuit

Q6. The value of closed loop voltage gain ( AF ) is:

(a) 20.99 (b) 30.11 (c) 60.33 (d) 90.66

Ans. : (a)
Q7. What is the value of input resistance of the op-amp with feedback ( RiF ) ?

(a) 16.5 M  (b) 19.0G (c) 96 G (d) 133G

Ans. : (b)
Q8. Total output offset voltage with feedback (VOOT ) is:

(a) 7.15 mV (b) 71.5 mV (c) 1.36 mV (d) 715 mV

Ans. : (c)

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1 2 2 
The eigenvalues of the orthogonal matrix B =  2 1 −2  is
1
Q9.
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 2 −2 1 

(a) 4, 4, −4 (b) 3 / 2,3 / 2, −3 / 2

(c) 2, 2, −2 (d) 1/ 2,1/ 2, −1/ 2
Ans. : (d)
Q10. Let’s take a carnot engine that operates between the boiling and freezing points of water.
The engine performs 1200 J of work per cycle in 0.5sec . Find the energy delivered as
heat to the low temperature reservoir energy cycle.
(a) 1200 J approx (b) 3377 J approx
(c) 4477 J approx (d) 3277 J approx
Ans. : (d)
Q11. A steel wire of original diameter 20.0 mm is subject to a tensile load up to fructure. Its
diameter at fructure is 16.0 mm . Find its ductility.
(a) 40 % (b) 36 % (c) 32 % (d) 28%
Ans. : (b)
Q12. A sphere of radius R carries polarization P ( r ) = kr , where k is constant and r is vector

from centre. What would be the volume bound charge density of sphere?
k k
(a) 3kr 2 (b) −3k (c) − (d) R4
r2 4
Ans. : (b)
Q13. If W1 is the work done by an ideal gas at constant temperature ‘ T ’ to expand from a

volume V1 to a volume 2V1 . Let W2 be the work done by the same ideal gas at the same

temperature to expand from V2 to 4V2 . Calculate the ratio W2 / W1 ?

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

Ans. : (b)

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Q14. Let’s assume that water is flowing with speed of 12 cm / sec through a horizontally placed
tube of radius 2 cm . Find the speed of water flow under similar conditions, in case the
radius of tube is doubled
(a) 2 cm / sec (b) 3 cm / sec (c) 12 cm / sec (d) 6 cm / sec
Ans. : (b)
Q15. Calculate magnetic field at centre P of a semi-circle carrying current I and radius R .
I
R

0 I  1
1 0 I P 0 I 0 I
(a)  +  (b) (c) (d)
2R  2   2 R 4R R
Ans. : (c)
Q16. In Michelson’s interferometer the light source composed of two wavelengths 600 nm and
600.6 nm . In the process of translational displacement of one of the mirrors the
interference pattern vanished periodically. Find out the displacement of the mirror
between two successive appearances of the sharpest pattern
(a) 30 mm (b) 3mm (c) 0.3mm (d) 0.03mm
Ans. : (c)
Q17. Ultraviolet light of wavelength 350 nm and intensity 1.00W / m2 is directed at a
potassium surface. Find the maximum kinetic energy of the photoelectrons.
( h = 6.62 10−34 J  s and work function of potassium = 2.5 eV )
(a) 0.3eV (b) 1.0 eV (c) 3.3eV (d) 7.1eV
Ans. : (b)
Q18. Let’s take a black total absorbing piece of cardboard of area A = 2.00 cm2 , which

intercepts light with an intensity of 24W / m2 from sunlight. Find the radiation pressure
produced on the cardboard by the light.
(a) 3 108 N / m2 (b) 8  10−8 N / m2

(c) 3  10−8 N / m2 (d) 8  108 N / m2

Ans. : (b)

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Q19. An ideal gas undergoes an isothermal expansion (at temperature T ) from volume V1 to

V2 . The entropy change per mole is

V  V  V  V 
(a) R  2  (b) R  1  (c) R ln  2  (d) R ln  1 
 V1   V2   V1   V2 
Ans. : (c)
Q20. An electron gas is confined in a box of volume V . The number of electrons is N . The
Fermi energy E F at T = 0 K obeys:
1/ 3 2/3
N N N 1/ 3 N 2/3
(a) EF    (b) EF    (c) EF  (d) EF 
V  V  V 2/3 V 1/ 3
Ans. : (b)
Q21. Consider an ideal gas at pressure P1 and volume V1 undergoing free expansion to volume

2V1 . Then the gas is adiabatically expanded to a volume 16V1 . Calculate the final
pressure of the gas.
P1 P1 P1
(a) P1 (b) (c) (d)
4 16 64
Ans. : (d)
Q22. A gas of particles obeys the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution. The value of the average
speed v is :

kT kT 2 2 kT 6 kT
(a) 3 (b) (c) (d)
m m  m  m
Ans. : (c)

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Case Study: Q23 to Q25

A long coaxial cable of length ‘ L ’ consists of an inner conductor (radius a ) and outer
conductor (radius b ). The inner conductor carries a uniform charge per unit length  and
steady current I . The outer conductor has opposite charge and current as shown in
following figure.
I
− − − − − − − − − −
b
a I
+ + + + + + Z

L
Q23. Find the total magnetic energy stored between the inner and outer conductor.
0 I 2  b  02 I 2 L  b 
(a) ln   (b) ln  
4 a 2 a
0 I 2 L  b  02 I 2
(c) ln   (d) L
4 a 4
Ans. : (c)
Q24. Find the electric field at any point r between the inner and outer conductor.
    aL
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 rL 0 2 r 0 4 0 r 2
4 0 r 2
Ans. : (b)
Q25. Calculate the energy transported by these magnetic and electric fields per unit time, per
unit area at the surface of inner conductor.
2 0 I   I
(a) (b) (c) (d)
8 a 0
2 2
4 02 a 2 0 I  0
2
0 4 a 2 0
2

Ans. : (d)

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Q26. For a magnet, Ch and CM are the specific heats at constant magnetic field ( h ) and

magnetization ( M ), respectively. Which of the following statements is correct?

(a) Ch  CM

(b) Ch = CM

(c) Ch  CM

(d) Ch may be greater or less than CM , depending on the material.

Ans. : (a)
Q27. In a one-dimensional infinite square well of length ‘ a ’, there are 6  109 electrons per
meter. If all the lowest energy levels are filled, determine the energy of the most
energetic electron. ( h = 4.136 10−15 eV  s, C = 3 108 m / s, me = 9.110 −31 kg )

(a) 3.38eV (b) 13.25eV (c) 21.05eV (d) 27.28eV

Ans. : (a)
Q28. Suppose a long wire of radius ‘ R ’ carries uniformly distributed current I . Find the
magnetic field at point ‘ r ’ inside the wire.
0 I 0 I 0 Ir 2 0 Ir
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 R 2 r 2 R 2 2 R 2
Ans. : (d)
Q29. A source of sonic oscillations with frequency 1700 Hz and a receiver is located on the
same normal to a wall. Both the source and receiver are stationary, and the wall recedes
from the source with velocity 6.0 cm / s . Find out the beat frequency registered by the
receiver. The velocity of sound is 340 m / s .
(a) 0.6 Hz (b) 1.2 Hz (c) 1.8 Hz (d) 2.4 Hz
Ans. : (a)
 r 
Q30. Determine   n  , n  0 and r = xiˆ + yjˆ + zkˆ
r 
3− n 3− n n−3 n−3
(a) n
(b) (c) (d)
2
rn r n
r r2
Ans. : (b)

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Q31. A 24V , 600 mW zener diode is to be used for providing a 24V stabilized supply to a
variable load. If input voltage is 32V , calculate the series resistance R required and
diode current when load resistance is 12000  .
(a) 320  and 23mA (b) 650  and 15 mA
(c) 900  and 2 mA (d) 1200  and 8 mA
Ans. : (a)
Q32. What will be the cohesive energy of copper (FCC), given the bond energy between two
copper atoms is 56.8 kJ / mol ?
(a) 92.6 kJ / mol (b) 112.5 kJ / mol
(c) 340.8 kJ / mol (d) 693.2 kJ / mol
Ans. : (c)
Q33. A physical pendulum performs small oscillations about the horizontal axis with
frequency 1 = 15.0sec −1 . When a small mass m = 100 gram is fixed to the pendulum at

a distance l = 20 cm below the axis, the oscillation frequency becomes equal to

2 = 10.0sec−1 . Find out the moment of inertia ( I ) of the pendulum relative to the

oscillation axis. (where acceleration of gravity g = 10 m / sec2

(a) 0.80 gram  m2 (b) 1.60 gram  m2

(c) 2.40 gram  m2 (d) 3.20 gram  m2

Ans. : (b)
Q34. Consider the phase diagram of water in the pressure-temperature plane. Which of the
following statements is false?
(a) It is possible to directly convert water vapour to ice.
(b) It is possible to convert water vapour to water without a phase transition.
(c) The triple point corresponds to the coexistence of three phases.
(d) All phase transitions are characterized by a latent heat.
Ans. : (d)

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Q35. An electric field in free space is given by E = 100 cos (108 t + kx ) eˆy . Find the wavelength

of propagating wave.
1
(a) 108 (b) 2 (c) (d) 6
3
Ans. : (d)
Q36. Calculate the maximum frequency of vibration in a one-dimensional lattice of identical
atoms of mass 9.0  10−26 kg . If force constant of nearest neighbour interaction is
100 N / m .

(a) 10.611010 Hz (b) 10.611012 Hz

(c) 10.61 1014 Hz (d) 10.611016 Hz

Ans. : (b)
Q37. The wave functions of electrons in a one-dimensional potential box of dimension is given
 n 
by  n = A sin   x , where n = 1, 2,3,....
 a 
The value of A by normalizing the wave function to unity is:

4 2 a a
(a) (b) (c) (d)
a a 4 2
Ans. : (b)
Q38. Find the unit normal to the surface defined by xy 3 z 2 = 4 at ( −1, −1, 2) .

(a) −4iˆ − 12 ˆj + 4kˆ (b)

−1 ˆ ˆ ˆ
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(
i +3j −k )
(c) 4iˆ + 4 ˆj + 4kˆ (d) −iˆ + 3 ˆj + kˆ
Ans. : (b)
0 0
Q39. A material whose K absorption edge is 0.15 A is irradiated with 0.08 A X-rays. What is
the maximum kinetic energy of photoelectrons that are emitted from the K shell ?

( h = 4.136 10 −15

eV .s )

(a) 11.3 keV (b) 25.3keV (c) 72.3keV (d) 81.3keV

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Ans. : (c)
Q40. If x = −1 , what is the value of x 2 x ?

(a) e 2 (b) e (c) e − / 2 (d) e −
Ans. : (d)
Q41. The resistivity of Si at 300 K is 3.16 103 ohm-m. The mobility of electrons and holes in

Si are 0.14 m2 / V -sec and 0.06 m2 / V -sec respectively. The intrinsic carrier density is:

(a) 0.05 1019 / m3 (b) 1.00  1016 / m3

(c) 4.01  1013 / m3 (d) 6.02  1012 / m3
Ans. : (b)
Q42. In a Compton experiment an electron attains a kinetic energy of 0.200 MeV when an X-
ray of energy 0.500 MeV strikes it. Determine the wavelength of the scattered photon if
the electron is initially at rest.
( h = 4.136 10−15 eV  s )
0 0
(a) 9 10−12 A (b) 21 10 −9 A
0 0
(c) 43 10−9 A (d) 41 10 −3 A
Ans. : (d)
Q43. In a photoelectric experiment, light of wavelength 700 nm is incident on a metal of work
function 2 eV . The maximum kinetic energy of emitted photoelectrons is :
(a) 1eV (b) 0.66 eV
(c) 0.33eV (d) There is no photo-emission
Ans. : (d)
Q44. Suppose in a sphere, the electric field inside at some point r is found to be E = kr 2 rˆ ,
where k is constant. Find the charge density  .
3k 1
(a) 2k 0 r (b) 4k 0 r 2 (c) 4k 0 r (d)
4 r
Ans. : (c)

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Q45. In a pure macroscopic, perfect crystal the major contribution to thermal resistance at
normal temperature is from:
(a) Boundary scattering
(b) Umklapp process
(c) Impurity scattering
(d) Harmonic vibration of lattice atom
Ans. : (b)

Q46. Suppose there is a vector v = 4 yzyˆ + ( 3xy + 2 z 2 ) zˆ . Calculate  (   v )  da for given

square surface area in figure. The da is elementary surface area with directing along + x
axis. z

0 y
1

1
(a) −2 (b) 3x − 2 (c) − (d) −7
2
Ans. : (a)

Q47. Boolean function Y = ( A + B ) ( A ( B + C) ) + A ( B + C ) . What is the simplified form of

Y?
(a) A + B + C (b) ( A + B + C )

(c) ( AB + BC + AC ) (d) ABC

Ans. : (a)

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Q48. The Laplace transform of cos 2 t is

1  s2 1 1  s2 1
(a)  +  (b)  + 
2 s + 4 2
2
2 s + 4 s
2

 2 1  s2 1
(c)  2 +  (d)  2 + 
s + 4 2 s + 4 s
Ans. : (b)
Q49. Let’s take three vectors
A = 6iˆ + 4 ˆj + kˆ

B = iˆ + 4 ˆj + 2kˆ

C = 7iˆ + Xjˆ + 3kˆ

Find the value of ‘ X ’ when these vectors are co-planar.
(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 9
Ans. : (b)
Q50. Find the electric field inside a solid sphere which carries a charge density proportional to
the distance from its origin,  = kr where k is constant.

 kr 4 kr 2 kr 2 k
(a) (b) (c) (d)
0 4 0 3 0 4 0 r
Ans. : (b)

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