GATE PH topic:physical-sciences PYQs & Answers — Page 15

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is the generating function of a canonical transformation from

, then which one of the following relations is correct?

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An unpolarized plane electromagnetic wave in a dielectric medium 1 is incident on a plane interface that separates medium 1 from another dielectric medium 2. Medium 1 and medium 2 have refractive indices

and

, respectively, with

. If the angle of incidence is

, which one of the following statements is true?

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The reflected wave is unpolarized

The reflected wave is polarized parallel to the plane of incidence

The reflected wave is polarized perpendicular to the plane of incidence

There is no transmitted wave

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The wavefunction of a particle in an infinite one-dimensional potential well at time

where

and

are the normalized ground state, the normalized first excited state and the normalized second excited state, respectively.

and

are the eigen-energies corresponding to

and

, respectively. The expectation value of energy of the particle in state

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If a thermodynamic system is adiabatically isolated and experiences a change in volume under an externally applied constant pressure, then the thermodynamic potential minimized at equilibrium is the

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enthalpy

Helmholtz free energy

Gibbs free energy

grand potential

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The mean distance between the two atoms of HD molecule is

, where H and D denote hydrogen and deuterium, respectively. The mass of the hydrogen atom is

. The energy difference between two lowest lying rotational states of HD in multiples of

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Crystal structures of two metals A and B are two-dimensional square lattices with same lattice constant

. Electrons in metals behave as free electrons. The Fermi surfaces corresponding to A and B are shown by solid circles in figures.

The electron concentrations in A and B are

and

, respectively. The value of

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Consider the induced nuclear fission reaction

where neutron momenta in both initial and final states are negligible. The ratio of the kinetic energies (KE) of the daughter nuclei,

is __________

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The symbols C, D,

and

shown in the figure denote capacitor, ideal diode, input voltage and output voltage, respectively.

Which one of the following output waveforms (

) is correct for the given input waveform (

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waveform shown in figure

Diagram for Physics question 18 (figure 2)

waveform shown in figure

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waveform shown in figure

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waveform shown in figure

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Let

and

, respectively, denote number and kinetic energy of electrons produced in a nuclear beta decay. Which one of the following distributions is correct?

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Diagram for Physics question 19 (figure 2)

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An infinitely long cylinder of radius

carries a frozen-in magnetization

, where

is a constant and

is the distance from the axis of cylinder. The magnetic permeability of free space is

. There is no free current present anywhere. The magnetic flux density (

) inside the cylinder is

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