Physics
GATE PH year:2021 PYQs
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Questions 31–40 of 65. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.
Question 21
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Three non-interacting bosonic particles of mass
each, are in a one-dimensional infinite potential well of width
. The energy of the third excited state of the system is
. The value of
(in integer) is ______.Log in to check the answer
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The spacing between two consecutive S-branch lines of the rotational Raman spectra of hydrogen gas is 243.2 cm
. After excitation with a laser of wavelength 514.5 nm, the Stoke’s line appeared at 1761.1 cm
for a particular energy level. The wavenumber (rounded off to the nearest integer), in cm
, at which Stoke’s line will appear for the next higher energy level is ______.Log in to check the answer
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The transition line, as shown in the figure, arises between
and
states without any external magnetic field. The number of lines that will appear in the presence of a weak magnetic field (in integer) is ______. 
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Consider the atomic system as shown in the figure, where the Einstein A coefficients for spontaneous emission for the levels are
and
. If
atoms/cm
are excited from level 0 to level 2 and a steady state population in level 2 is achieved, then the steady state population at level 1 will be
cm
. The value of
(in integer) is ______. 
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If
and
are constant vectors,
and
are generalized positions and conjugate momenta, respectively, then for the transformation
and
to be canonical, the value of
(in integer) is ______.Log in to check the answer
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The above combination of logic gates represents the operation

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In a semiconductor, the ratio of the effective mass of hole to electron is 2:11 and the ratio of average relaxation time for hole to electron is 1:2. The ratio of the mobility of the hole to electron is
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Consider a spin
particle in the state
. The probability that a measurement finds the state with
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An electromagnetic wave having electric field
is incident at
(normal incidence) on a square slab from vacuum (with refractive index
) as shown in the figure. The slab is composed of two different materials with refractive indices
and
. Assume that the permeability of each medium is the same. After passing through the slab for the first time, the electric field amplitude, in
, of the electromagnetic wave, which emerges from the slab in region 2, is closest to 
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Consider a point charge
of mass
suspended by a mass, inextensible string of length
in free space (permittivity
) as shown in the figure. It is placed at a height
(
) over an infinitely large, grounded conducting plane. The gravitational potential energy is assumed to be zero at the position of the conducting plane and is positive above the plane. If
represents the angular position and
its corresponding canonical momentum, then the correct Hamiltonian of the system is 
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