Q44. Commutator of two matrices A and B is defined as [4,B]= AB-BA and the anti- commutator as {4,B} = AB+ BA. If {4,B} =0. Then we can express [4,BC] as (a) B{A,C} (b) -B[4,C] (c) -B{4,C} (a) [4,8]Q22. A I-dimensional random walker’s displacement is always positive and is equally likely to be anywhere in the range [L,L+b]. After A statistically independent steps the mean distance covered by the walker is, (a) NL (&) NVE +P ©) w(u+2) (d) NL+0NNQ26. A quantum mechanical particle in a harmonic potential has the wave function lvls) 9] at 1=0, where ya(x) and y,(x) are the wave functions of the ground state and the first excited state respectively. If the frequency of the oscillator is @, the probability density of finding the particle at x after time += is o 1 2 1 2 (@) swi(x)-va (x) 0) Sax) +vo(a)h 1 . 2 1 pil 2 (6) Fla)—avaC) (2) Swale +S olQ70. For a spherical nucleus, consider the interior charge distribution to be - Po a) I+exp[(r=R)/a] where p,,R and a are constants of appropriate dimensions. In the limit a — 0°, the number of protons (charge e) inside a sphere of radius 2R is given by 2p 4 eR? Pol 4 eR Ore (3") ” (Sen') (©) 50( tan’) @ $04(San°) eG 23Q42, Two well separated conducting spheres (4 and B) of radii 10cm and 20cm carry charges +30C and -20C respectively. When they are connected by a thin conducting wire, the final charge on 4 is Q, and that on B is Q,. The values of Q, and Q, respectively, are closest to (a) 6.7 Cand 3.3 (b) 2.0 C and 8.0.C (c)3.3 Cand 6.7 C (d) 8.0 Cand 2.0CQ24. Which of the following figures best represents the motion of an oscillator described by the differential equation 9 +4-+9=0 in q—4 plane? (a) (o) 4 ©) (@ 4q q 4 yy GS Ss qQ64, Electromagnetic waves of frequency @ are incident on an electron gas, whose relaxation time is r. Let ,,,, and Oy, tepresent the respective electrical conductivities of the gas in low frequency (wr « 1) and high frequency (wr > 1) limits. The ratio (6%,,,/O4¢1) is (a) inversely proportional to (b) directly proportional to «” (c) independent of w (d) directly proportional to wQ34. A fly of mass m rests on the edge of a uniform horizontal disc of radius R and mass M. The disc is free to rotate about the vertical axis through its centre. Initially the disc is stationary. The fly starts to walk around the circumference of the disc with speed v relative to the disc. The speed of the fly for a stationary observer is mv ) MV (©) Mv @ my (a) M+2m M—2m M +2m M —2mQ38. A circular disc of radius R is made of 2 halves (as shown in the figure), separated by a dielectric of negligible thickness (along the y axis.) If the surface charge density on the right half is +o and that on the left half is -o, the dipole moment of the disc is (b) P.=0,P, =Sor’ @ P. =Son =0Q62. Consider the cross-sections o,=0(ptn>A° +n) and o,=0(p+n—>A°+p) where the (A’,A") are part of the baryon decuplet. Then (a) one of the o,, vanishes identically (b) 0, > o5, with both being non-zero (©) &, <6, with both being non-zero (4) 0,20,Q33. The position and velocity vector of a particle changes from R, to R, and /, to 7, as time changes from 1, to 4. If #(¢). a(t) are instantaneous position and acceleration vectors of the particle then the integral 1 =f" dt(#(2)xai(t)) is (a) Ry xi, -R, xP st g > x (©) RXV - Ry xt (a) R,Q56. A sequence of polynomial Q, (x)[7 =0,1,2...] satisfies the recursion relation Qn, (x)= 2x0, (x) +2nQ,.,(x)=0 forall n20 [here Q,(x)=0] The generating function for the polynomials, g(x,t)=2744O, (x) satisfies n! @ =2(t+x)g w& =2(x-/)g Ls _2(%-1) ~ Os 7 8 (@) FH 24(x4)gQ50. The Hamiltonian of a simple pendulum consisting of mass m attached to a massless string 2 oflength / is Hf = x +mgl(1—cos6). If Z denotes the Lagrangian, then ¢ is mt (a) 4 pcos (b) Epsind 2 ©) SE p,sing (@) FP, cos(28)Q49, Find the curve that extremizes the functional 10») (2) v2 fs for the given boundary conditions y(0)=0 and y(1)=1 (a) y=x° (b) y=? (c) y=2x?-x (d) y=3x° 2x7Q45. Five indistinguishable atoms are sitting on the distinguishable vertices of a pentagon. The atoms can be in one of the two states: g with energy 0, and e with energy £. However neighbouring atoms cannot both be in the e state. The partition function of this system at temperature 1’, is 4 ea (a) 1+5¢ ™ 420 8 (b) 14+5e * WF ase 2 2 (0) 1450 41006" (1450 450 %FQ30. Let p(x) be the probability density function for a positive real variable x, and g(a)=J, p(x)edx. If g'(a) and g"(a) are respectively first and second derivatives of g(@) with respect to a, which of the following gives the variance of x? @ 8"(0)-[g'(0)} (6) g"(0)+[9'(0)] g"(0) (© [g"(0)-g'(0)]} © 50e@Q54. A thermistor measures an object's temperature T , by measuring its resistance R according to R=AT™, where A and n are positive constants. The observed resistances for different values of temperature (including environmental and instrumental sources of error) are T(K) | R(Q) 250 ‘| 140 300 ‘| 110 350 | 90 The estimated value of the exponent n, from the above data, is closest to (a) 2.0 (b) 0.8 (c) 1.3 (d) 2.7Q26. A quantum mechanical particle in a harmonic potential has the wave function sylvalsdew (x)] at ©=0, where y,(x) and y,(x) are the wave functions of the ground state and the first excited state respectively. If the frequency of the oscillator is @, the probability density of finding the particle at x after time ¢== is o 1 . 1 2 (2) Wil) -vols} ) Sax) + vol) 1 . 1 1 © sMa)-wols)? @) self +s WolQ28. A classical mono-atomi: ideal gas is in thermal equilibrium at temperature 7’. The velocity of a molecule of this gas, of mass m, is 7 (2) is @) (#2) ® () © (#2) @ (44 2m m mn m S+v,$-+v.2. The value of the ensemble averageQ29. B,C and F are three systems which have particles of same mass and same number density kept at the same low temperature 7’. Here C is a classical ideal gas, F is a free Fermi gas and B isa free Bose gas, with pressures P.,P, and P, respectively. Then (a) Py> Fo > Pe (b) P. > P.> P, (c) PR. > P. > Py (d) Bo > P, > P,