Physics
GATE PH format:mcq PYQs
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Questions 101–110 of 380. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.
Question 36
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Binding energy and rest mass energy of a two-nucleon bound state are denoted by
and
, respectively, where
is the speed of light. The minimum energy of a photon required to dissociate the bound state isYour answerChoose one option.
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The spin-orbit interaction in a hydrogen-like atom is given by the Hamiltonian
where
is a real constant. The splitting between levels
and
due to this interaction isYour answerChoose one option.
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Consider the Lagrangian
. If
and
denote the generalized momenta conjugate to
and
, respectively, then the canonical equations of motion areYour answerChoose one option.
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The X-ray diffraction pattern of a monatomic cubic crystal with rigid spherical atoms of radius 1.56 Å shows several Bragg reflections of which the reflection appearing at the lowest
value is from (111) plane. If the wavelength of X-ray used is 0.78 Å, the Bragg angle (in
, rounded off to one decimal place) corresponding to this reflection and the crystal structure, respectively, areYour answerChoose one option.
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In a parallel plate capacitor, the plate at
is grounded and the plate at
is maintained at a potential
. The space between the two plates is filled with a linear dielectric of permittivity
, where
is the permittivity of free space. Neglecting the edge effects, the electric field (
) inside the capacitor isYour answerChoose one option.
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The equation of motion for the forced simple harmonic oscillator is
where
and
. Which one of the following options is correct?Your answerChoose one option.
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An atom is subjected to a weak uniform magnetic field
. The number of lines in its Zeeman spectrum for transition from
to
isYour answerChoose one option.
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“You are delaying the completion of the task. Send _____ contributions at the earliest.”
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References : _____ : : Guidelines : Implement (By word meaning)
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In the given figure, PQRS is a parallelogram with PS = 7 cm, PT = 4 cm and PV = 5 cm. What is the length of RS in cm? (The diagram is representative.)

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