GATE PH 2017 question paper — Paper 1
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PH · GA
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2017
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Physics
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- 55
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- 85
General Aptitude
- Questions
- 10
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- 15
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PH · Question 1
Physics
Identical charges are placed at five vertices of a regular hexagon of side . The magnitude of the electric field and the electrostatic potential at the centre of the hex…
PH · Question 2
Physics
A parallel plate capacitor with square plates of side 1 m separated by 1 micro meter is filled with a medium of dielectric constant of 10. If the charges on the two plat…
PH · Question 3
Physics
Light is incident from a medium of refractive index onto vacuum. The smallest angle of incidence for which the light is not transmitted into vacuum is degrees. (up to tw…
PH · Question 4
Physics
A monochromatic plane wave in free space with electric field amplitude of 1 V/m is normally incident on a fully reflecting mirror. The pressure exerted on the mirror is …
PH · Question 5
Physics
The best resolution that a 7 bit A/D converter with 5 V full scale can achieve is mV. (up to two decimal places).
PH · Question 6
Physics
In the figure given below, the input to the primary of the transformer is a voltage varying sinusoidally with time. The resistor R is connected to the centre tap of the …
PH · Question 7
Physics
The atomic mass and mass density of Sodium are 23 and 0.968 g cm , respectively. The number density of valence electrons is cm . (Up to two decimal places.) (Avogadro nu…
PH · Question 8
Physics
Consider a one-dimensional lattice with a weak periodic potential . The gap at the edge of the Brillouin zone ( ) is:
PH · Question 9
Physics
Consider a triatomic molecule of the shape shown in the figure below in three dimensions. The heat capacity of the molecule at high temperature (temperature much higher …
PH · Question 10
Physics
If the Lagrangian is modified to , which one of the following is TRUE?
PH · Question 11
Physics
Two identical masses of 10 gm each are connected by a massless spring of spring constant 1 N/m. The non-zero angular eigenfrequency of the system is rad/s. (up to two de…
PH · Question 12
Physics
The phase space trajectory of an otherwise free particle bouncing between two hard walls elastically in one dimension is a
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