Physics
GATE PH format:msq PYQs
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Questions 81–88 of 88. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.
Question 14
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Among the term symbols
,
,
and
choose the option(s) possible in the
coupling notation.Your answerSelect all correct options. You can choose more than one.
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To sustain lasing action in a three-level laser as shown in the figure, necessary condition(s) is(are)

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If
is a solution of the differential equation
where
is an integer and the prime (
) denotes differentiation with respect to
, then acceptable plot(s) of
, is(are)Your answerSelect all correct options. You can choose more than one.
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A function
is defined only for
. The Laplace transform of
is
whereas the Fourier transform of
is
The correct statement(s) is(are)Your answerSelect all correct options. You can choose more than one.
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and
are two Hermitian matrices and there exists a matrix
, which diagonalizes both of them, such that
and
, where
and
are diagonal matrices. The correct statement(s) is(are)Your answerSelect all correct options. You can choose more than one.
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A uniform block of mass
slides on a smooth horizontal bar. Another mass
is connected to it by an inextensible string of length
of negligible mass, and is constrained to oscillate in the X-Y plane only. Neglect the sizes of the masses. The number of degrees of freedom of the system is two and the generalized coordinates are chosen as
and
, as shown in the figure. 
If
and
are the generalized momenta corresponding to
and
, respectively, then the correct option(s) is(are)Your answerSelect all correct options. You can choose more than one.
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The Gell-Mann – Okuba mass formula defines the mass of baryons as
where
,
and
are constants,
represents the isospin and
represents the hypercharge. If the mass of
hyperons is same as that of
hyperons, then the correct option(s) is(are)Your answerSelect all correct options. You can choose more than one.
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The time derivative of a differentiable function
is added to a Lagrangian
such that
where
are the generalized coordinates, generalized velocities and time, respectively. Let
be the generalized momentum and
the Hamiltonian associated with
. If
and
are those associated with
, then the correct option(s) is(are)Your answerSelect all correct options. You can choose more than one.
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