Physics
GATE PH kind:question PYQs
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Questions 501–510 of 650. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.
Question 36
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For the following circuit, the correct logic values for the entries
and
in the truth table areG | A | B | P | C | X | Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

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In a set of
successive polarizers, the
polarizer makes an angle
with the vertical. A vertically polarized light beam of intensity
is incident on two such sets with
and
, where
. Let the intensity of light beams coming out be
and
, respectively. Which of the following statements is correct about the two outgoing beams?Your answerChoose one option.
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A ball bouncing off a rigid floor is described by the potential energy function
Which of the following schematic diagrams best represents the phase space plot of the ball?
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An infinitely long wire parallel to the
-axis is kept at
and carries a current
in the positive
direction above a superconductor filling the region
(see figure).

The magnetic field
inside the superconductor is zero so that the field just outside the superconductor is parallel to its surface. The magnetic field due to this configuration at a point
isYour answerChoose one option.
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The vector potential inside a long solenoid, with
turns per unit length and carrying current
, written in cylindrical coordinates is
. If the term
, where
is added to
, the magnetic field remains the same ifYour answerChoose one option.
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Low energy collision (
-wave scattering) of pion (
) with deuteron (d) results in the production of two protons (
). The relative orbital angular momentum (in units of
) of the resulting two-proton system for this reaction isYour answerChoose one option.
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Consider the Hamiltonian
, where
and
are parameters with appropriate dimensions, and
and
are the generalized coordinate and momentum, respectively. The corresponding Lagrangian
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For a given load resistance
, the power transfer efficiencies
of a dc voltage source and a dc current source with internal resistances
and
, respectively, are equal. The product
in units of
(rounded off to one decimal place) isLog in to check the answer
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The ground state electronic configuration of the rare-earth ion (Nd
) is [Pd]
. Assuming LS coupling, the Landé
-factor of this ion is
. The effective magnetic moment in units of Bohr magneton
(rounded off to two decimal places) isLog in to check the answer
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A projectile of mass 1 kg is launched at an angle of 30° from the horizontal direction at
and takes time
before hitting the ground. If its initial speed is 10 ms
, the value of the action integral for the entire flight in the units of kg m
s
(rounded off to one decimal place) is [Take
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