Physics
GATE PH purpose:exam-prep PYQs
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Questions 31–40 of 650. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.
Question 31
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Consider a metal-superconductor junction connected to a dc voltage
. At
, where
is the superconductor’s transition temperature, the current
versus
behavior of this junction is shown schematically in the figure below. If the superconducting energy gap is
meV. The value of
(rounded off to one decimal place) is ____ 
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For the energy dispersion of an electron in a one-dimensional solid
, the ratio of the effective mass of the electron in the solid to the free electron mass (
) at
is
. Taking
and
, the value of
(rounded off to two decimal place) is ____Log in to check the answer
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The specific heat
of one mole of a material as a function of temperature
is given as
, where
and
. When
is changed from 1 K to 10 K at constant pressure, then the change in entropy
in
(rounded off to one decimal place) is ____Log in to check the answer
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Raman spectrum of a molecule was recorded using a source of wavelength 500 Å. The first Stokes line is observed at 510 Å. The first anti-Stokes line will appear at a wavelength
(in Å). The value of
(rounded off to nearest integer) is ____Log in to check the answer
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A rocket of length 18.0 m is moving at speed 0.9c (where c is the speed of light) parallel to its own length, relative to the earth. The length of the rocket measured in meters by an observer on earth (rounded off to two decimal places) is ____
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The function
of complex variable
given below,
has singular points at
Your answerChoose one option.
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Consider the Pauli matrices
,
,
. The value of
isYour answerChoose one option.
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Which one of the following statements is true?
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The Hamiltonian for a quantum particle of mass
is given below, where
. The Schrödinger equation for this system can be solved exactly using the orthogonal transformations:
and
.
The ground state energy of this system is
Your answerChoose one option.
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Consider two particles with angular momenta
and
. If the expression
gives an eigenstate of the total angular momentum of the two particles, using standard notation. Which of the following is true?(Hint:
)Your answerChoose one option.
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