Complete GATE CY 2026 Paper 1 overview, original pages and practice · Timed previous-paper practice

Questions 64–65 of 65. Imported answers require review unless explicitly marked reviewed.

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Question 64

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The Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area measurement data for adsorption of N₂ gas at 77 K on 1.0 g of an adsorbent fits into a straight line, when

is plotted against

. The slope and intercept of the straight line are

and

, respectively. The surface area (in

) of the adsorbent is ______ (rounded off to one decimal place).
(Given:

of N₂ gas corresponds to

molecules and each molecule occupies

.

is the volume of gas adsorbed in

,

is

, where

is the pressure of the N₂ gas and

is equilibrium vapour pressure of liquid N₂)

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Question 65

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The orbital angular momentum (L) of an electron is

. The minimum angle between L and its z-component (in degrees) is _____ (rounded off to one decimal place).

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