Physics
GATE PH branch:ph PYQs
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Questions 151–160 of 650. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.
Question 21
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Atomic numbers of V, Cr, Fe and Zn are 23, 24, 26 and 30, respectively. Which one of the following materials does NOT show an electron spin resonance (ESR) spectra?
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A particle is subjected to a potential
Here,
and
. If the energy of the particle
, which one of the following schemas is a valid quantum mechanical wavefunction (
) for the system?Your answerChoose one option.
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Let
be the phase space density of an ensemble of a system. The Hamiltonian of the system is
. If
denotes the Poisson bracket of
and
, then
implies
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Consider the following circuit:

Suppose the input signal
is

and the input signal
is

Which one of the following output signals is correct?
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An inertial observer sees two spaceships S and T flying away from each other along x-axis with individual speed
, where c is the speed of light. The speed of T with respect to S isYour answerChoose one option.
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Let P, Q and R be three different nuclei. Which one of the following nuclear processes is possible?
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The temperature dependence of the electrical conductivity (
) of three intrinsic semiconductors A, B and C is shown in figure.

Let
,
and
be the bandgaps of A, B and C, respectively. Which one of the following relations is correct?Your answerChoose one option.
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Following trial wavefunctions
and
are used to get a variational estimate of the ground state energy of the helium atom.
and
are the variational parameters,
and
are the position vectors of the electrons. Let
be the exact ground state energy of the helium atom.
and
are the variational estimates of the ground state energy of the helium atom corresponding to
and
, respectively. Which one of the following options is true?Your answerChoose one option.
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The wavefunction for a particle is given by the form
, where
and
are real constants. In which one of the following potentials
, the particle is moving?Your answerChoose one option.
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Consider a volume integral
over a volume
, where
. Which of the following statement is/are correct?Your answerSelect all correct options. You can choose more than one.
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