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NET-JRF JUNE 2015
PART A
Q1. By reading the accompanying graph, determine the liquid
INCORRECT statement out of the following.

Pressure
solid gas
(a) Melting point increases with pressure
(b) Melting point decreases with pressure
(c) Boiling point increases with pressure
Temperature
(d) Solid, liquid and gas can co-exist at the same pressure and
temperature
Q2. A float is drifting in a river 10 m downstream of a boat that can be rowed at a speed of
10 m / minute in still water. If the boat is rowed downstream, the time taken to catch up
with the float
(a) will be 1 minute (b) will be more than 1 minute
(c) will be less than 1 minute
(d) can be determined only if the speed of the river is known
Q3. Consider a series of letters placed in the following way:
U _G_C _C _ S _ I _ R
Each letter moves one step to its right and the extreme right letter takes the first position,
completing one operation. After which of the following numbers of operations do the Cs
not sit side by side?
(a) 3 (b) 10 (c) 19 (d) 25
Q4. If you change only one observation from a set of 10 observations, which of the following
will definitely charge?
(a) Mean (b) Median (c) Mode (d) Standard deviation
Q5. An inclined plane rests against a horizontal cylinder of radius R . If the plane makes an
angle of 300 with the ground, the point of contact of the plane with the cylinder is at a
height of
(a) 1.500 R (b) 1.866 R (c) 1.414 R (d) 1.000 R

                                                                                
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Q6. In a fast moving car with open windows, the driver feels a continuous incoming breeze.
The pressure inside the car, however, does not keep increasing because,
(a) air coming in from the front window goes out from the rear
(b) air comes is as well as goes out through every window but the driver only feels the
incoming one.
(c) no air actually comes in and the feeling of breeze is an illusion.
(d) Cool air reduces the temperature therefore the pressure does not increase
Q7. What is the maximum number of parallel, non-overlapping cricket pitches (length 24 m ,
width 3m ) that can be laid in a field of diameter 140 m , if the boundary is required to be
at least 60 m from the centre of any pitch?
(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 12 (d) 4
Q8. The product of the perimeter of a triangle, the radius of its in-circle, and a number gives
the area of the triangle. The number is
1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) 1
4 3 2
Q9. The maximum number of points formed by intersection of all pairs of diagonals of
convex octagon is
(a) 70 (b) 400 (c) 120 (d) 190
Q10. Each of the following pairs of words hides a number, based on which you can arrange
them in ascending order. Pick the correct answer:
I. Cloth reel K. Silent wonder
J. Good tone L. Bronze rod
(a) L, K, J, I (b) I, J, K, L
(c) K, L, J, I (d) K, J, I, L
22
Q11. Which of the following values is same as 22 ?
(a) 26 (b) 28 (c) 216 (d) 2222

                                                                                
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Q12. If
2a
 b2
c6
84
8d 6

Here a, b, c and d are digits. Then a  b 

(a) 4 (b) 9 (c) 11 (d) 16
Q13. A 12 m  4 m rectangular roof is resting on four 4 m tall thin poles. Sunlight falls on the

roof at an angle of 450 from the east, creating a shadow on the ground. What will be the
area of the shadow?
(a) 24 m 2 (b) 36 m 2 (c) 48 m 2 (d) 60 m 2
Q14. Find the height of a box of base area 24 cm  48 cm , in which the longest stick that can be
kept is 56 cm long.
(a) 8 cm (b) 32 cm (c) 37.5 cm (d) 16 cm
Q15. An infinite row of boxes is arranged. Each box has half the volume of the previous box.
If the largest box has volume of 20 cc , what is the total volume of all the boxes?
(a) Infinite (b) 400 cc (c) 40 cc (d) 80 cc
Q16. Find the missing element based on the given pattern

1  2  3

1  2  3

(a) (b) (c) (d)

                                                                                
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Q17. A man starts his journey at 0100 Hrs local time to reach another country at 0900 Hrs
local time on the same date. He starts a return journey on the same night at 2100 hrs
local time to his original place, taking the same time to travel back. If the time zone of his
country of visit lags by 10 hours, the duration for which the man was away from his
place is
(a) 48 hours (b) 20 hours (c) 25 hours (d) 36 hours
 1   1 
   
Q18. Let r be a positive number satisfying r  1234 
r  1234 
 2 . Then
r 4321  r 4321  ?
 4321 
 
 1234 
(a) 2 (b) 2 (c) 23087 (d) 21234
Q19. ABC is right angled triangle inscribed in a semicircle. Smaller semicircles are drawn on
sides BC and AC . If the area of the triangle is a , what is the total area of the shaded
lumes? B

A
C

 a a
(a) a (b) (c) (d)
a  2
Q20. An ant can lift another ant of its size whereas an elephant cannot lift another elephant of
its size, because
(a) ant muscle fibres are stronger than elephant muscle fibres
(b) ant has proportionately thicker legs than elephant
(c) strength scales as the square of the size while weight scales as cube of the size
(d) ants work cooperatively, whereas elephants work as individuals

                                                                                
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PART – ‘B’
Q21. A particle moves in two dimensions on the ellipse x 2  4 y 2  8 . At a particular instant it is

at the point  x, y    2,1 and the x -component of its velocity is 6 (in suitable units).

Then the y-component of its velocity is

(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 4
 dx
Q22. The value of integral  1  x 4

 
(a) (b) (c) 2 (d) 2
2 2
Q23. Consider the periodic function f  t  with time period T as show in the figure below.

f t 

t
3 2 1 1 2 3

1
The spikes, located at t   2n  1 , where n  0, 1, 2,..., are Dirac-delta function of
2

strength 1 . The amplitudes an in the Fourier expansion

 2 int
f t   ae
n 
n
T
are given by

1 n n
(a)  1 (d) n
n
(b) sin (c) i sin
n 2 2
Q24. Consider three inertial frames of reference A, B and C . The frame B moves with a
c c
velocity with respect to A , and C moves with a velocity with respect to B in the
2 10
same direction. The velocity of C as measured in A is

3c 4c c 3c
(a) (b) (c) (d)
7 7 7 7

                                                                                
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Q25. If the Lagrangian of a dynamical system in two dimensions is L  mx 2  mxy , then its
2
Hamiltonian is
1 1 2 1 1 2
(a) H  px p y  py (b) H  px p y  px
m 2m m 2m
1 1 2 1 1 2
(c) H  px p y  py (d) H  px p y  px
m 2m m 2m
d 2x dx
Q26. Consider the differential equation 2
 3  2 x  0 . If x  0 at t  0 and x  1 at t  1 ,
dt dt
the value of x at t  2 is
(a) e 2  1 (b) e 2  e (c) e  2 (d) 2e
Q27. A Plan electromagnetic wave is travelling along the positive z -direction. The maximum
electric field along the x - direction is 10 V / m . The approximate maximum values of the
power per unit area and the magnetic induction B , respectively, are
(a) 3.3 107 watts / m 2 and 10 tesla

(b) 3.3 107 watts / m 2 and 3.3  10 tesla

(c) 0.265 watts / m 2 and 10 tesla

(d) 0.265 watts / m 2 and 3.3 108 tesla

 
Q28.   
Which of the following transformations V , A  V ', A ' of the electrostatic potential 

V and the vector potential A is a gauge transformation?
   

(a) V   V  ax, A  A  atkˆ 
(b) V   V  ax, A  A  atkˆ  
   

(c) V   V  ax, A  A  atiˆ  
(d) V   V  ax, A  A  atiˆ 
Q29. The ratio of the energy of the first excited state E1 of a particle in a three-dimensional

L
rectangular box of side L, L and , is
2
(a) 3 : 2 (b) 2 :1 (c) 4 :1 (d) 4 : 3

                                                                                
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Q30. Suppose the yz -plane forms a chargeless boundary between two media of permittivities
 left and  right where  left :  right  1: 2 . If the uniform electric field on the left is
 
 
Eleft  c iˆ  ˆj  kˆ (where c is a constant), than the electric field on the right Eright is


(a) c 2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ  
(b) c iˆ  2 ˆj  2kˆ 
1   1 1 
(c) c  iˆ  ˆj  kˆ  (d) c  iˆ  ˆj  kˆ 
2   2 2 

Q31. If Li are the components of the angular momentum operator  i1,2,3   , Li  , Li  equals
  L
   
(a) L (b) 2L (c) 3L (d)  L
Q32. The Laplace transform of 6t 3  3sin 4t is
36 12 36 12
(a)  2 (b)  2
s 4
s  16 s 4
s  16
18 12 36 12
(c)  2 (d)  2
s 4
s  16 s 3
s  16
 
Q33. A particle of mass m moves in the one dimensional potential V  x   x3  x 4 where
3 4
 ,   0 . One of the equilibrium points is x  0 . The angular frequency of small
oscillations about the other equilibrium point is
2   
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3m m 12m 24m

Q34. A particle of unit mass moves in the xy -plane in such a way that x  t   y  t  and

y  t    x  t  . We can conclude that it is in a conservative force-field which can be

derived from the potential

(a)
1 2
2

x  y2  (b)
1 2
2

x  y2 
(c) x  y (d) x  y

                                                                                
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Q35. A proton moves with a speed of 300 m / s in a circular orbit in the xy -plan in a magnetic
field 1 tesla along the positive z -direction. When an electric field of 1 V / m is applied
along the positive y -direction, the center of the circular orbit
(a) remains stationary
(b) moves at 1 m / s along the negative x -direction
(c) moves at 1 m / s along the positive z -direction
(d) moves at 1 m / s along the positive x -direction

Q36. The wavefunction of a particle in one-dimension is denoted by   x  in the coordinate

 ipx
represention and by   p     x  e 
dx in the momentum representation. If the action
of an operator T̂ on   x  is given by Tˆ  x     x  a  , where a is a constant then
Tˆ  p  is given by
 iap
i
(a)  ap  p  (b) e 
  p

 iap
 i 
(c) e 
  p (d) 1  ap    p 
  
1
Q37. A particle moves in one dimension in the potential V  k  t  x 2 , where k  t  is a time
2
d
dependent parameter. Then V , the rate of change of the expectation value V of the
dt
potential energy is
1 dk 2 k 1 dk 2 1
(a) x   xp  px  (b) x  p2
2 dt 2m 2 dt 2m
k 1 dk 2
(c) xp  px (d) x
2m 2 dt
Q38. In a two-state system, the transition rate of a particle from state 1 to state 2 is t12 , and the

transition rate from state 2 to state 1 is t21 . In the steady state, the probability of finding
the particle in state 1 is
t21 t12 t12t21 t12  t21
(a) (b) (c) (d)
t12  t21 t12  t21 t12  t21 t12  t21

                                                                                
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Q39. A system of N non-interacting classical particles, each of mass m is in a two
dimensional harmonic potential of the form V  r     x 2  y 2  where  is a positive

 1 
constant. The canonical partition function of the system at temperature T is    :
 k BT 
N
   2   2N N N
 2m      2m 2 
(a)    (b)   (c)   (d)  2 
 2m        2 m    
Q40. The concentration of electrons, n and holes p , for an intrinsic semiconductor at a

 E  3
temperature T can be expressed as n  p  AT exp   g  , where Eg is the band 2

 2 k BT 
3
2
gap and A is a constant. If the mobility of both types of carries is proportional to T ,
then the log of the conductivity is a linear function of T 1 , with slope
Eg Eg  Eg  Eg
(a) (b) (c) (d)
 2k B  kB  2k B  kB

 Pa 4
Q41. The viscosity  of a liquid is given by Poiseuille’s formula  . Assume that l and
8lV
V can be measured very accurately, but the pressure P has an rms error of 1% and the
radius a has an independent rms error of 3% . The rms error of the viscosity is closest to
(a) 2% (b) 4% (c) 12% (d) 13%
Q42. A system of N distinguishable particles, each of which can be in one of the two energy
levels 0 and  , has a total energy n , where n is an integer. The entropy of the system is
proportional to

 N !  N! 
(d) ln 
 n ! N  n  ! 
(a) N ln n (b) n ln N (c) ln  
 n!   

                                                                                
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Q43. The condition for the liquid and vapour phases of a fluid to be in equilibrium is given by
dP Q
the approximate equation  l (Clausius-Clayperon equation), where vvap is the
dT Tvvap

volume per particle in the vapour phase, and Ql is the latent heat, which may be taken to
be a constant. If the vapour obeys ideal gas law, which of the following plots is correct?

(a) ln P (b) ln P

O T O T

(c) ln P (d) ln P
O T O T

Q44. Consider the circuits shown in figures (a) and (b) below
2K 1K

10 K 10 K
10V 10V

10.7 V 5V

(a) (b)
If the transistors in Figures (a) and (b) have current gain   dc  of 100 and 10

respectively, then they operate in the

(a) active region and saturation region respectively
(b) saturation region and active region respectively
(c) saturation region in both cases
(d) active region in both cases

                                                                                
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Q45. Which of the following circuits behaves as a controlled inverter?
(a)
i/ p
o/ p
control

(b)
i/ p

o/ p

control

(c)
i/ p

o/ p

control

(d)
i/ p

o/ p

control

                                                                                
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PART – ‘C’
Q46. The rank-2 tensor xi x j , where xi are the Cartesian coordinates of the position vector in

three dimensions, has 6 independent elements. Under rotation, these 6 elements

decompose into irreducible sets (that is, the elements of each set transform only into
linear combinations of elements in that set) containing
(a) 4 and 2 elements
(b) 5 and 1 elements
(c) 3, 2 and 1 elements
(d) 4, 1 and 1 elements

2 f 2  f
2
Q47. Let f  x, t  be a solution of the wave equation  v in 1 -dimension. If at
t 2 x 2
f
t  0, f  x, 0   e  x and  x, 0   0 for all x , then f  x, t  for all future times t  0 is
2

t
described by

 x 2 v 2t 2 
(b) e x vt 
2
(a) e
1  x vt 2 3  x  vt 2 1   x vt 2  x  vt  
2
(c) e  e (d) e  e
4 4 2  
Q48. The differential cross-section for scattering by a target is given by
d
 ,    a 2  b2 cos2 
d
If N is the flux of the incoming particles, the number of particles scattered per unit time
is
4  1 
(a)
3
N a2  b2  (b) 4 N  a 2  b 2 
 6 

1 1   1 
(c) 4 N  a 2  b 2  (d) 4 N  a 2  b 2 
2 3   3 

                                                                                
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Q49. Consider a rectangular wave guide with transverse dimensions 2 m 1 m driven with an

angular frequency   109 rad / s . Which transverse electric TE  modes will propagate

in this wave guide?

(a) TE10 , TE01 and TE20 (b) TE10 , TE11 and TE20

(c) TE01 , TE10 and TE11 (d) TE01 , TE10 and TE22

Q50. The electric and magnetic fields in the charge free region z  0 are given by
 
E  r , t   E0 e k1z cos  k2 x  t  ˆj
  E
E  r , t   0 e k1z  k1 sin  k2 x  t  iˆ  k2 cos  k2 x  t  kˆ 
  

where  , k1 and k2 are positive constants. The average energy flow in the x -direction is

E02 k2 2 k1z E02 k2

(a) e (b) e2 k1z
20 0

E02 k1 2 k1z 1
(c) e (d) c 0 E02 e2 k1 z
20 2
Q51. A uniform magnetic field in the positive z -direction passes through a circular wire loop
of radius 1 cm and resistance 1  lying in the xy -plane. The field strength is reduced
from 10 tesla to 9 tesla in1 s . The charge transferred across any point in the wire is
approximately
(a) 3.1 104 coulomb (b) 3.4  104 coulomb
(c) 4.2 104 coulomb (d) 5.2 104 coulomb
Q52. Three real variables a, b and c are each randomly chosen from a uniform probability

distribution in the interval  0,1 . The probability that a  b  2c is

3 2 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 3 2 4

                                                                                
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dy
Q53. Consider the differential equation  x 2  y with the initial condition y  2 at x  0 .
dx
Let y1 and y 1  be the solutions at x  1 obtained using Euler’s forward algorithm with
 
2

 y1  y 1  
1    
2
step size 1 and respectively. The value of   is
2  y 1  
 2 
1 1
(a) (b) 1 (c) (d) 1
2 2
Q54. Let q and p be the canonical coordinate and momentum of a dynamical system. Which
of the following transformations is canonical?
1 2 1 2 1 1
1. Q1  q and P1  p 2. Q2   p  q  and P2   p  q 
2 2 2 2
(a) neither 1 nor 2 (b) both 1 and 2
(c) only 1 (d) only 2
Q55. Which of the following figures is a schematic representation of the phase space
trajectories (i.e., cotours of constant energy) of a particle moving in a one-dimensional
1 2 1 4
potential V  x   x  x ? p
2 4
p

(a) (b)
x
x

p p

x x
(c) (d)

                                                                                
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Q56. A rod of length L carries a total charge Q distributed uniformly. If this is observed in a
frame moving with a speed v along the rod, the charge per unit length (as measured by
the moving observer) is

Q  v2  Q v2
(a) 1   (b) 1 2
L  c2  L c

Q Q
(c) (d)
v 2  v2 
L 1 L 1  2 
c2  c 
1
Q57. A particle of mass m is in a potential V  m 2 x 2 , where  is a constant.
2
m  ipˆ  daˆ
Let aˆ   xˆ   . In the Heisenberg picture is given by
2  m  dt

(a)  â (b) i aˆ (c)  â † (d) i aˆ †

Q58. Two different sets of orthogonal basis vectors
 1   0    1 1 1  1  
  ,      ,  
 0   1    2 1 2  1 
are given for a two dimensional real vector space. The matrix representation of a linear
operator  in these bases are related by a unitary transformation. The unitary matrix may
be chosen to be
 0 1  0 1 1 1 1  1 1 0 
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)  
1 0  1 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 
Q59. Consider three Ising spins at the vertices of a triangle which interact with each other with
a ferromagnetic Ising interaction of strength J . The partition function of the system at
 1 
temperature T is given by    :
 k BT 

(a) 2e3 J  6e   J (b) 2e 3 J  6e  J

(c) 2e3 J  6e 3 J  3e  J  3e   J (d)  2 cosh  J 

3

                                                                                
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Q60. For the circuit and the input sinusoidal waveform shown in the correct waveform at the
output? 5K
 0.10

10 K  0.05

Vi 0.00 t

Vi 1K
 V0 0.05

0.10

(The time scales in all the plots are the same.)

(a) (b) 1.00
1.00
0.50
0.50
Vo 0.00 t
Vo 0.00 t
0.50
0.50
1.00
1.00

(c) (d)
1.00 1.00

0.50 0.50

0 0.00 0 0.00

0.50 0.50

1.00 1.00

                                                                                
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Q61. In the circuit given below, the thermistor has a resistance 3 k  at 250 C . Its resistance

decreases by 150  per 0 C upon heating. The output voltage of the circuit at 300 C is
T

1V

1K
 Vout

(a) 37.5 V (b) 2.25 V (c) 2.25 V (d) 3.75 V

 
Q62. The Dirac Hamiltonian H  c . p   mc 2 for a free electron corresponds to the classical

relation E 2  p 2 c 2  m2 c 4 . The classical energy momentum relation of a particle of charge

q in a electromagnetic field is

 e    e 
(a) c . p  A. A   mc 2  e (b) c .  p  A    mc 2  e
c  c 
  e   e 
(c) c   . p  e  A    mc 2 (d) c .  p  A    mc 2  e
 c   c 
Q63. A particle of energy E scatters off a repulsive spherical potential
V for r  a
V r    0
0 for r  a

where V0 and a are positive constants. In the low energy limit, the total scattering cross-
2
 1  2m
section is   4 a  tanh ka  1 , where k 2  2 V0  E   0 . In the limit V0  
2

 ka  h
the ratio of  to the classical scattering cross-section off a sphere a radius a is
1
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d)
2

                                                                                
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Q64. A large number N of Brownian particles in one dimension start their diffusive motion
from the origin at time t  0 . The diffusion coefficient is D . The number of particles
crossing a point at a distance L from the origin, per unit time, depends on L and time t
as
 L2 4 Dt
N NL
(a) e  4 Dt  (b) e L2
4 Dt 4 Dt
 L2 4 Dt
N  4 Dt  L2
(c) e (d) Ne
16 Dt 3

Q65. X -ray of wavelength   a is reflected from the 111 plane of a simple cubic lattice. If

the lattice constant is a , the corresponding Bragg angle (in radian) is

   
(a) (b) (c) (d)
6 4 3 8
Q66. The critical magnetic fields of a superconductor at temperatures 4 K and 8 K are
11 mA / m and 5.5 mA / m respectively. The transition temperature is approximately
(a) 8.4 K (b) 10.6 K (c) 12.9 K (d) 15.0 K

Q67. Of the following term symbols of the np 2 atomic configurations, 1 S0 , 3 P0 , 3 P1 , 3 P2 and

1
D2 which is the ground state?

(a) 3 P0 (b) 1 S0 (c) 3 P2 (d) 3 P1

Q68. The reaction 2

1 D 12 D 42 He   0 cannot proceed via strong interactions because it
violates the conservation of
(a) angular momentum (b) electric charge
(c) baryon number (d) isospin

                                                                                
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Q69. Let us approximate the nuclear potential in the shell model by a three dimensional
isotropic harmonic oscillator. Since the lowest two energy levels have angular momenta
l  0 and l  1 respectively, which of the following two nuclei have magic numbers of
protons and neutrons?
(a) 42 He and 16
8 O (b) 12 D and 84 Be

(c) 42 He and 84 Be (d) 42 He and 12

6 C

Q70. An ideal Bose gas in d -dimensions obeys the dispersion relation  k  Ak s , where A  
and s are constants. For Bose-Einstein condensation to occur, the occupancy of excited
states
d s
 s
e
Ne  c        1
d
0 e

where c is a constant, should remain finite even for   0 . This can happen if
d 1 1 d 1
(a)  (b)  
s 4 4 s 2
d 1 d
(c) 1 (d)  1
s 2 s
Q71. For the logic circuit given below, the decimal count sequence and the modulus of the
circuit corresponding to ABCD are 1

J Flip
clock 3 bit ring D
counter Flop
K
A B C

MSB LSB
(a) 8  4  2  1  9  5 (mod 6 )
(b) 8  4  2  9  5  3 (mod 6 )
(c) 2  5  9  1  3 (mod 5 )
(d) 8  5  1  3  7 (mod 5 )

                                                                                
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Q72. The low-energy electronic excitations in a two-dimensional sheet of grapheme is given

 
by E k  vk , where v is the velocity of the excitations. The density of states is

proportional to
3 1
(a) E (b) E 2 (c) E 2 (d) E 2
Q73. The charm quark assigned a charm quantum number C  1 . How should the Gellmann-
Nishijima formula for electric charge be modified for four flavors of quarks?
1 1
(a) I 3  B  S C (b) I 3  B  S  C
2 2
1 1
(c) I 3  B  S C (d) I 3  B  S  C
2 2
 1
Q74. A diatomic molecule has vibrational states with energies Ev    v   and rotational
 2

states with energies E j  Bj  j  1 , where v and j are non-negative integers. Consider

the transitions in which both the initial and final states are restricted to v  1 and j  2
and subject to the selection rules v  1 and j  1 . Then the largest allowed energy
of transition is
(a)   3B (b)   B
(c)   4B (d) 2  B
Q75. A He  Ne laser operates by using two energy levels of Ne separated by 2.26 eV .
Under steady state conditions of optical pumping, the equivalent temperature of the
system at which the ratio of the number of atoms in the upper state to that in the lower
1
state will be , is approximately (the Boltzmann constant k B  8.6  105 eV / K )
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(a) 1010 K (b) 108 K (c) 106 K (d) 104 K

                                                                                
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