Iit Jam: Physics (PH)

IIT JAM
Physics (PH)
Model Paper with Answer Key
Based on Exam Pattern
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Physics-PH (MQP)
Physics (PH)
Model Paper with Answer Key
Duration : 180 minutes Maximum Marks : 100
Read the following instructions carefully.
1. This test paper has a total of 60 questions carrying 100 marks. The entire question paper
is divided into Three Sections A, B and C. All sections are compulsory. Questions in
each section are of different types.
2. Section – A contains Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ). Each MCQ type question has
four choices out of which only one choice is the correct answer. This section has 30
Questions and carry a total of 50 marks. Q.1 – Q.10 carry 1 mark each and Questions
Q.11 – Q.30 carry 2 marks each.
3. Section – B contains Multiple Select Questions (MSQ). Each MSQ type question is
similar to MCQ but with a difference that there may be one or more than one choice(s)
that are correct out of the four given choices. The candidate gets full credit if he/she
selects all the correct choices only and no wrong choices. This section has 10 Questions
and carry 2 marks each with a total of 20 marks.
4. Section – C contains Numerical Answer Type Questions (NAT). For these NAT type
questions, the answer is a real number which needs to be entered using the virtual
numerical keypad on the monitor. No choices will be shown for these type of questions.
This section has 20 Questions and carry a total of 30 marks. Q.1 – Q.10 carry 1 mark
each and Questions Q.11 – Q.20 carry 2 marks each.
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SECTION-(A) MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (MCQ)
1. The velocity V and displacement x of a particle executing simple harmonic motion are related as
Vdv
  w 2 x with the initial condition V = Vo at x = 0, find the velocity V when the displacement
dx
becomes x ?
2 2
(A) V= V0 + w 2 x 2 (B) V= V0 - w 2 x 2
1 1
3 3  x3 3 
(C) V =  V0 + w 3 x 3  (D) V =  V0 - 3 3
 w x  e  
 
2. The length of a metal wire is l1 when the tension in it is T1 and is l2 when the tension is T2. The
natural length of the wire is __________
l1  l2
(A) (B) l1l2
2
l1T2  l2 T1 l1T2  l2 T1
(C) T2  T1 (D) T2  T1
3. A particle travelling along the positive X-axis with energy E incident on a potential barrier (Vo),
which of the following represent the correct wave-form for Vo > E ?
V0 V0
(A) (B)
0 x
0 x
V(x)
V(x)
V0 V0
(C) (D)
0 x 0 x
4. A parallel beam of light travelling in water (refractive index = 4/3) is refracted by a spherical air
bubble of radius 2mm situated in water. Assuming the light rays to be parallel, find the position
of the final image ?
(A) 5 mm (B) 6 mm
(C) – 6 mm (D) – 5 mm

Physics-PH (MQP)
5. Which of the following matrices is hermitian ?
0 i  0 i 
(A)  i 0 (B)  i 0 
   
 i 0 i 0
(C) 0 i  (D) 0 i
   
1  r
a0
6. The normalized wave function of the hydrogen atom for 1st state is 100  e where
3
a0
h2
a0  being the Bohr radius. The expectation value of potential energy in this state is __
me2
me 4 me 2
(A) (B)
h2 h2
h2 h2
(C) (D)
me2 me 4
1 1
7. An AC source producing emf   0 cos 100s t  cos 500s t  is connected in series with
   
a capacitor and a resistor. The steady-state current in the circuit is found to be
i = i1cos  100s1 t   i2 cos  500s1 t  2  . Which of the following depicts the correct relation?
   
(A) i1 > i2
(B) i1 = i2
(C) i1 < i2
(D) The information is insufficient to find the relation between i1 and i2.
8. A neutron moving with speed V makes a head on collision with a hydrogen atom in ground state
kept at rest find the minimum kinetic energy of the neutron for which inelastic collision may take
place if neutron and hydrogen atom travel with velocity V1 and V2 respectively after collision?
1 1
(A) mv 2  2mv1v 2 (B) mv 2  mv1v 2
2 2
1 1 1 1
(C) mv 2  mv1v 2 (D) mv 2  mv1v 2
2 2 2 4

Physics-PH (MQP)
9. The correct curve between intensity of magnetisation (I) and magnetic field (H) for a ferromagnetic
substance is given by.
I I
(A) (B)
H H
I I
(C) (D)
H H
 a h g
10. If A = h b f  then A is :
 g f c 
(A) Hermition (B) Skew Hermition

(C) Symmetric (D) Skew symmetric
11. The group velocity of electromagnetic waves moving with phase velocity c in a dispersive medium
of refractive index n is given by :
c c
(A) (B) dw 
ndn  
   n dn 

   dw   
 
c c
(C) (D) d 
 dn  
n   d   n   dn 
   
12. The radii of Cs and Cl are r1 and r2 respectively the lattice constant if it crystallizes in bcc
structure is :
2  r1  r2  2  r1  r2 
(A) (B)
2 3
 r1  r2  2  r1  r2 
(C) (D)
3 5

Physics-PH (MQP)
13. The momentum of an electron (mass m) which has the same kinetic energy as its rest mass
energy is:
(A) 3mc (B) 2mc
mc
(C) mc (D)
2
1  x   2  x  
14. If at t = 0 the particle is in state   x,0   where 1(x) and 2(x) are the ground
2
and first excited states, respectively for a particle in a cubical box of size a, the state vector
(x, t), for t > 0 in the Schrodinger picture is:
1  iE1 t h  x  iE t  2x  
(A) e sin    e 2 h sin  
2  a   a 
1  iE1 t h  x   iE t  2x  
(B) e sin    e 2 h sin  
2  a   a 
1  iE1 t h  x   iE t  2x  
(C) e sin    e 2 h sin  
a  a   a 
1  iE1 t h  x   iE t  x  
(D) e sin    e 2 h sin  
a  a   2a  
2 x  iEt
15. If   cos e h then the average value of the position vector in the range – L/2 to + L/2
L L
is given by
3
(A) (B) 0
4L
1 L
(C) (D)
4L 2

16. The electric field of a wave propagating in the x – y plane, with wave vector k making an angle
of 30o with the x-axis is:
  3    3 1 
(A) E  E0 cos  wt  Kx  Ky  (B) E  E0 cos  wt  Kx  Ky 

 2 


 2 2 
   3 1 
(C) E  E0 cos  wt  K x  K y  (D) E  E0 cos  wt  Kx  Ky 

 2 2 

Physics-PH (MQP)
17. The correct plot for the equivalent one dimensional potential for an attractive inverse fourth law
of force :
E r1 r2
r
(A) V (B)
r1 r V
E
r1 E
r
(C) V (D) V
E r
r1 r2
18. The Lorentz transformation are equivalent to rotation of axes in four dimensional space through
an imaginary angle ______
 i 
(A) tan (i ) (B) sin  
 1  2 
 
 i 
(C) tan –1
(i ) (D) cos1  
 1  2 
 
19. The transistor gain of the circuit shown in the figure is given by ______
R2 R3
R4
R1
Vi –
V0
+
 R2R3   R3R 4 
 R 2  R3  R   R R  R2 
4
(A)   (B)  3 4 
 R1   R1 
   
 R2R 4 
 R R  R3   R  R3 
(C)  2 4  (D)  2 
 R1   R1 
 

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20. The total energy of an ionic solid is given by U  e  B where  is the Madelung constant,
4 0 r r 9
r is the distance between the nearest neighbour in the crystal. If r0 is the equilibrium separation
then the constant B is given by ______
8 8
e2r0 2e2r0
(A) (B)
36 0 9 0
10 10
2e2r0 e2r0
(C) (D)
36 0 36  0
21. In a simple cubic lattice d100 : d110 : d111 is _____

(A) 6:3: 2 (B) 6:3: 2
(C) 6: 3: 2 (D) 6: 3: 4
1
2 4
d2 y   dy  
22. Order and degree of the differential equation   y   dx  
dx 2    
(A) 4, 2 (B) 1, 2
(C) 1, 4 (D) 2, 4
23. For an n-p-n transistor connected as shown in the figure. VBE = 0.7V. Given that reverse saturation
current of the junction at room temperature 300o k is 10-13 A, the emitter current is ______
IC
VBE IE
VBE VBE
(A) (B)
2 4
VBE VBE
(C) (D)
3 5
 
24. A two dimensional lattice has that basic vectors a  2x,b
ˆ  xˆ  2yˆ . The basic vectors of the
reciprocal lattice will be ____
1 yˆ  yˆ 1 yˆ
(A)  x̂   , (B)  xˆ  2yˆ  ,
2 2 2 4 4
 ŷ   ŷ 
(C) 2  xˆ   ,2yˆ (D) 4  xˆ   ,4yˆ
 2  2

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25. The binding energy per nucleon is maximum for the nucleus:
56 4
(A) Fe (B) He
208 101
(C) Pb (D) Mo
26. XY is an infinite line charge distribution. P and Q are points as shown. The ratio of electric field
at P and Q is :
P 2a Q
X Y
(A) 1: 1 (B) 1: 2
(C) 2: 1 (D) 1: 4
1
27. n
eax is equal to-
 D D  a 
xn eax xn eax
(A)  a (B) n!   a 
x n eax x n e ax
(C) ,  a  0 (D) ,  a  0
 a  n!   a 
28. A system consists of three spin half particles the Z-component of whose spin SZ(1), SZ(2) and
SZ(3) can take any value +1/2 and -1/2. The total spin of the system is SZ = SZ (1) + SZ (2) +
SZ (3). The total number of possible micro states for this system is _______
(A) 3 (B) 6
(C) 2 (D) 8
29. The output voltage of a certain op-amp appears as shown in figure in response to a step input,
V 10
Vout 9
1
–9 t
– 10 1µs
The slew rate is :
(A) 10 V (B) 18 V
s s
(C) 28 V (D) 18 V

s s

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30. The figure shown in the energy level diagram corresponds to a
n=3
7
n=2
5
E3 n=1
n=0
1
0
(A) Particle in a box (B) Particle tunneling
(C) Harmonic oscillator (D) Hydrogen atom
SECTION-(B) MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTIONS (MSQ)
1. If we introduce the operators
mw  ip 
a q  
2h  mw 
mw  ip 
And a  q  
2h  mw 
Then which relation is correct:-
H 1
(A) a a   (B) a  a,a   a
hw 2
(C) a  a,a   a (D) a,a    1
2. Using Boolean Algebra techniques, verify the correct expressions:-

(A) AB + A(B + C) + B(B + C) = AC + CB
(B) ABC  ABC  ABC  ABC  ABC  AC  BC  AB
(C) AB + A(B + C) + B(B + C) = AC + B
(D) ABC  ABC  ABC  ABC  ABC  AC  AB  BC
3. What are the Eigen values of given matrix ?

5 0 0 
A  0 1 i 
0 i 1
(A) 5 (B) 5, 2, -2
(C) 2 (D)  2
4. The independent solution of the equations :

d3 y d2 y dy
3
 6 2
 11  6y  0 are :
dx dx dx
(A) e–3x, e–4x, e–5x (B) e –x
(C) 2e–x, 3e–2x, 4e–3x (D) e–2x, e–3x

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5. Two ideal batteried of emf V1 and V2 and three resistanced R1, R2 and R3 are connected as
shown in the figure. The current in resistance R1 would be zero if
V1 R1
R2
V2
R3
(A) V1 = V2 and R1 = R2 = R3 (B) V1 = V2 and R1 = 2R2 = R3
(C) V1 = 2V2 and 2R1 = 2R2 = R3 (D) 2V1 = V2 and 2R1 = R2 = R3
6. Which of these points are correct for stationary waves :

(A) Energy transformation is not possible via these waves.
(B) The amplitudes of different particles are different.

(C) Distance between successive node & antinodes is
4

(D) Distance between successive nodes & antinodes is
2
7. Which of the following class of particles obey Pauli’s exclusion principle ?

(A) Bosons (B) Fermions
(C) Electrons (D) Toons
8. A body with charge q starts from rest and acquire a velocity  = 0.5 c. Then the new charge in
it is/are :
2
(A) q i   0.5  
 
(B) q
q
(C) , charge will produce E.F..
1   0.5 2 
 
(D) Charge is conserved
Kx 2
9. A particle of mass ‘m’ moves in a unidimensional potential field U  . Which is (are) correct
2
option :
h2 Kx 2 h
(A) E  (B) Emin 
8mx 2 2 2
h2 Kx 2
(C) E  h (D) E 2

2mx 2

Physics-PH (MQP)
10. An identical collection of N two level systems is in thermal equilibrium at temperature T. Each
System has a ground state energy –E and on excited state energy E.
What is (are) correct option for this state :
(A) Cv  KB2 2 Ncos h2 B 
  (B) E  N  cot  hB 
(C) Cv  KB2 2 N sec  h 2

B  (D) E  N  tan  hB 
SECTION-(C) NUMERICAL ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS (NAT)
2 d
1. If the operator Aˆ  i(xˆ  1)  i xˆ is Hermition, then calculate the probability of finding the
dx
particle (Which satisfies Â(x)  0 ) in the region – 1  x  1.
2. Determine the output voltage of an op-amp for input voltages of Vi1 = 150 µV, Vi2 = 140 µV. The
amplifier has differential gain of A2 = 4000 and value of CMRR is 100. (Answer in mV).
3. In a material two energy have a wavelength separation of 1 µm. What would be the effective
temperature when the upper level is twice as densely populated as the lower level ?

4. Calculate the volume of the surface integral where s is the surface the sphere
  F . nˆ ds
s 
x 2  y 2  z 2  4 and n̂ is the unit outward normal to the sphere and F  ˆix  ˆjy  kz
ˆ ?
5. A certain gas obeys the equation of state PV = RT + bP.

Calculate U, Q and W, when 1 mole of the gas expands reversibly at 300 K from 0.220 to 20.02
for isothermal case ?
6. The wavelength of the L x-rays spectral line of platinum (atomic number 78) is 1.321 Å. An
unknown substance units L x-rays of wavelength 4.174 Å. Calculate the atomic number of the
unknown substance. Given b = 7.4 for L line ?
 
7. Find the directional derivative of V 2 where V  ˆixy 2  ˆjzy 2  kxz
ˆ 2 the point (2, 0, 3) is the direction
of the outward normal to the sphere x2 + y2 + z2 = 14 at the points (3, 4, 0) ?
8. Determine the d.c. bias voltage VCE and the current IC for the voltage divider configuration as
given in the figure.
+ 22 V
39 K 10 K
10 µF
Vi 10 µF
3.9 K 50 µF

Physics-PH (MQP)
9. Calculate the free electron energy of which the first Bragg reflection occurs in 1-Dimensional
crystal with atomic spacing 2.5 Å. (where v atomic space is 5 Å) (give the answer in eV).
(3, 4)
10. If the intergal  (xy 2  y 3 ) dx  (x 2 y  3xy 2 ) dy is independent of path of joining the points (1,
(1, 2)
2) and (3, 4). Hence evaluate the integral.
11. What must be the thickness of the base of a flint glass prism which resolve the sodium D-lines.
the refraction index of the galss prism change w.r.t. wavelength by magnitude of – 952 cm–1 ?
12. At a point above the surface of the earth, the gravitational potential is –5.12 × 107 J kg–1 and the
acceleration due to gravity is 6.4 ms–2. Assuming the mean radius of the earth to be 6400 km,
calculate the heights of this point above the earth’s surface.
13. A system of two particle is distributed among three single states. In how many ways can the
particles be distributed if they obey Bose-Einstein statistics ?
 Krˆ
14. A particle moves in a circular orbit about the origin under the action of a central F  3 . If the
r
potential energy is zero at , then the total energy of particle is _______.
15. If a 3-Dimensional quantum mechanical Harmonic oscillator has an energy 3.5 w in a particular
state then the degree of degeneracy is _________
16. Determine V0 for the circuit with the input waveform as shown with VT = 0.7 V.
R
Vi V0
+4V

1
17. What is the numerical value of  ?
n 1 (2n  1)2
18. The force of a 3 × 3 matrix is 2. Two of its eigen value are 1 and 2. The third eigen value is
______.
19. At the time t = 0, the wave function for Hydrogen atom is

1 
(r, 0)  2 100   210  2 211  3 2, 1, 1 
10  
The expectation value of energy is = xE1, find the value of x.
20. A condenser of 250 µF is connected in parallel to a coil of inductance 0.16 mH and effective
resistance 20 . The resonant frequency will be ______
(give Answer in KHz)

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ANSWER KEY
SECTION-(A) MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (MCQ)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
B C A D B A C A B C
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
A B A C B B D C A A
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
C D A A A A D D B C
SECTION-(B) MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTIONS (MSQ)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
A,B C,D A,C,D B,D A,B,D A,B,C,D C,D B,D A,B,C C,D
SECTION-(C) NUMERICAL ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS (NAT)
1 0.5 11 1.03 cm
2 45.8 mV 12 1600
3 21,000 K 13 6
4 16  14 0
5 – 11.548 KT mol–1 15 6
6 47 16 3.3 V
7 540 17 1.234
8 12.22 V 18 –1
9 5.9 eV 19 0.55
10 254 20 80º KHz

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21. In a simple cubic lattice d100 : d110 : d111 is _____

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The slew rate is :

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30. The figure shown in the energy level diagram corresponds to a

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1. If we introduce the operators

Then which relation is correct:-

(C) a  a,a   a (D) a,a    1

2. Using Boolean Algebra techniques, verify the correct expressions:-

3. What are the Eigen values of given matrix ?

4. The independent solution of the equations :

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6. Which of these points are correct for stationary waves :

7. Which of the following class of particles obey Pauli’s exclusion principle ?

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(C) Cv  KB2 2 N sec  h 2

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5. A certain gas obeys the equation of state PV = RT + bP.

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2) and (3, 4). Hence evaluate the integral.

19. At the time t = 0, the wave function for Hydrogen atom is

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SECTION-(A) MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (MCQ)

SECTION-(B) MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTIONS (MSQ)

SECTION-(C) NUMERICAL ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS (NAT)

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