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ALL INDIA TEST SERIES

FOR
GATE (PHYSICS) 2020
Full Length Test – 02
10-01-2020
TIME: 3 HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
This question paper consists of 2 sections, subject specific GATE paper for 85 marks
and General Aptitude (GA) for 15 marks. Both these sections are compulsory.
The GA section consists of 10 questions. Question numbers 56 to 60 are of 1-Mark each,
while question numbers 61 to 65 are of 2-Mark each.
The subject specific GATE paper section consists of 55 questions, out of which question
numbers 1 to 25 are of 1-mark each, while question numbers 26 to 55 are of 2-mark each.
The question paper may consist of questions of Multiple Choice Question Type (MCQ)
and Numerical Answer Type (NAT).
Multiple choice type questions will have four choices against A, B, C, D, out of which
only ONE is the correct answer.
For numerical answer type questions, each question will have a numerical answer and
there will not be any choices.
All questions that are not attempted will result in zero marks. However, wrong answers
for multiple choice type questions (MCQ) will result in NEGATIVE marks. For all
1
MCQ questions a wrong answer will result in deduction of marks for a 1-mark
3
2
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Q1-Q25 carrying 1 mark each.

2
1  dq  1  dq 
Q1. If the Lagrangian is defined as L  m    m 2 q 2   q   , which one of the
2  dt  2  dt 
following is TRUE?
(a) The solution of given Lagrangian is free particle .
(b) The solution of given Lagrangian is harmonic oscillator particle
(c) The solution of given Lagrangian is damped oscillator particle
(d) The solution of lagrangian is forced oscillation
Q2. For the logic circuit shown in figure, the required input condition  A, B, C  to make the
output  X   1 is, A
U1
(a) 1,0,1 B
XOR U3 X
(b) 0,0,1
AND
(c) 1,1,1 U2
C
XNOR
(d) 0,1,1

d 2x dx
Q3. Consider the differential equation  3  2 x  0 . If x  0 at t  0 and x  1 at t  1 ,
dt 2
dt
the value of x is

(a)
1
e e
2 
e 2 t  et  (b)
1
e e
2 
e 2 t  et 
(c)
1
e  e2

e 2 t  et  (d)
1
e  e2

e 2 t  et 
Q4. The ground state of La 3 (rare earth icon) is 1 S0 . Which of the following is correct is

correct about La 3 ions.

(a) It is paramagnetic (b) It is diamagnetic
(c) It is anti-ferromagnetic (d) It is ferri-magnetic
Q5. For the circuit shown in figure, the voltage across 6  resistance is____________ V
2


12 A 4 3 6

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Q6. Which of the following potential will give parabolic phase curve for energy E  0 ?
 0, 0  x  a
(a) V  x   (b) V  x   kx 2
, otherwise
(c) V  x   kx 2 (d) V  x  k x

Q7. N number of ideal gaseous molecules are confined into volume V .If internal energy
per unit particle is U at absolute temperature T . The mean number of impacts between
the molecules of the gas and wall per unit time per unit area as function of U is given by

N U N 2U N 3U N U
(a) (b) (c) (d)
V 3 m V 3 m V 2m V 3m
Q8. If the density function of a random variable X is
kx 2 , 1 x  5
f  x  
0 , otherwise
Then the probability that the random variables assumes value between 2 to 4 is_______

Q9. If the electric and magnetic fields are unchanged when the potential A changes (in
  
suitable units) according to A  A  3rˆ, where r  r t r̂ , then the scalar potential  must
simultaneously change to
(a)   r (b)    r /  t (c)   3 r /  t (d)   2 r /  t
Q10. A particle of unit mass moves along the x-axis under the influence of a potential,
V  x   x x  2 . The particle is found to be in stable equilibrium at the point x  2 . The
2

time period of oscillation of the particle is________________(Upto two decimal places)

Q11. A two-state quantum system has energy eigenvalues   corresponding to the normalized
1
states   . At time t  0 , the system is in quantum state        . The wave
2
function after time t  h /  6 

1 i 23 1 i 23
(a)   e        (b)   e       
2 2
i i  i i
1    1  
(c)  
  e 3
   e 3
 (d)   
  e 3
   e 3

2  2 

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Q12. Nuclear spin – parity of 147 N nucleus is

(a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 2

Q13. The intermediate Z -boson has mass 90 GeV / c 2 , which mediate the weak interaction.

The range of the weak interaction is___________ 1018 m . (Upto two decimal places)
Q14. In a cyclotron, α-particles are accelerated using RF source of frequency15 MHz . Then the

frequency of RF source if α-particles are replaced by 2 He3 particle

is_______________ MHz .
Q15. The quark content of K 0 meson is

(a) us (b) ds (c) ds (d) us

Q16. Which of the following is correct for polarizability?
(a) Electronic polarizability is temperature dependent
(b) Ionic polarizability is temperature dependent
(c) Dipolar polarizability is temperature dependent
(d) Electronic polarizability is frequency independent
Q17. The wave function   x  of a particle is as shown below
  x

d d

k
x
a/2 a/2
Here k is a constant, and a  d . Find the value of k such that  is normalized

1 1 1 2
(a) k  (b) k  (c) k  (d) k 
d 2d 2 d d

Q18. Consider a two-dimensional electron gas with a density n . Then Fermi energy  EF  of

the system is proportional to n p . The value of p is___________

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Q19. The refractive index of a medium in which the electric field of an electromagnetic wave

 
is given in MKS units by E  E0 cos 107 x  107 y  1015 t zˆ is_____________(write upto

two decimal point)

Q20. Radius of Cu nucleus is measured to be 4.8 1015 m. The radius of
64
24
27
12 Mg is

(a) 1.8 fm (b) 3.1 fm (c) 3.6 fm (d) 4.2 fm

Q21. A relativistic particle of mass m is moving speed v . The value of v at which its kinetic
energy is equal to rest mass energy is

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

E 0 
Q22. The Hamiltonian operator for a two-level quantum system is H   0  . If the state
0  E0 

1  1
of the system at t  0 is given by   0     then   0    t 
2
at a later time t is
2  1
1 Et 1 2  E0t 
(a) cos 2  0  (b) sin  
2    2   
Et Et
(c) cos 2  0  (d) sin 2  0 
     
Q23. A charged particle oscillates harmonically along the x-axis as z
shown in the figure. The radiation from the particle is detected
at a distant point P, which lies in the xy-plane. The electric
field at P is in the xy-plane and has a maximum amplitude at
  __________degree

x
y

P

Q24. The electronic configuration of Manganese is  Ar  3d 5 4 s 2 . The ground state term of the

Manganese is
(a) 6 S5/ 2 (b) 6 P7 / 2 (c) 6 D5 / 2 (d) 6 D7 / 2

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 
Q25. If s1 and s2 are the spin operators of the two electrons of a He atom, the value of
 
s1 .s 2 for the ground state is

3
(a)   2 for both singlet and triplet
4
3 2
(b)  for both singlet and triplet
4
3 3
(c)  2 for triplet and   2 for singlet
4 4
3 3
(d)   2 for triplet and  2 for singlet
4 4

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Q26-Q55 carrying 2 marks each.

1  q
Q26. A particle of mass m is moving under the action of a generalized potential V q, q  
q2

then Lagrangian equation of motion is given by

2q 2 2q 2
(a) mq  0 (b) mq  0
q3 q3

4q 2q 2  4q 2q 2 

(c) mq   0 (d) mq   0
q3 q3 q3 q3
Q27. A solid melts into a liquid via first order phase transition. The relationship between the
pressure P and the temperature T of the phase transition is P  2T  P0 , where P0 is a
constant. The entropy change associated with the phase transition is 1.0 J mole-1 K-1. Here
 v  v liquid  v solid is the magnitude of change in molar volume at the phase transition,

then the value of v is_________________

Q28. A solid sphere of radius R has a charge density, given by
 r
  r   0 1  
 R
Er  R / 2
where r is the radial coordinate and  0 , a and R are positive constants. Then
Er  R
is_______________
Q29. For the transistor shown in the figure, the dc current 5V
gain βdc = 50 and VBE = 0.7 V. The switch S is initially 500
open. If the switch S is closed, the voltage at point A is: 10k
S
(a) 1.0 V A
B
(b) 2.0 V E
10 k
(c) 3.0 V 260 

(d) 4.0 V

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Q30. An interstellar object of mass m has speed v at the point of its shortest distance R from
a star of much larger mass M .(assume that the force between object and star is kepler
GMm
potential as V  r    ) Given v 2  2GM / R , the eccentricity of orbit is_________
r
Q31. Consider a particle of mass m in a one dimensional infinite potential well of width w :
0 0  x  2a
V  x   .
 otherwise

 a
The particle is subjected to perturbation of the form W  x   a  x   . The changes in
 2
the energy level of the particle in the first order of  is
 
 , n odd
 , n odd
(a)  2 (b)  2
 , n even   , n  even
 4


2 , n odd  , n odd
 
(c)   , n  2, 6, ... (d)    , n  2, 6, ...
0 , n  4,8... 2
  0 , n  4,8...


 x 1  x  1
Q32. The Fourier transform of f  x   
 0 otherwise

2  cos    sin   1 2  cos    sin   1

(a) (b)
  2    2 

2  cos    sin   1 2  cos    sin   1

(c) (d)
  2    2 

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Q33. Which one of the following reversible cycles, represented by right angled triangles in a
T -S diagram, is the least efficient?
T T
(a) B (b)
3T0
2T0 B

T0 T0
A C A C
S S
S0 2S 0 S0 3S 0

T T
(c) (d)
3T0 B C B
2T0 C

T0 T0
A A
S S
S0 2S 0 S0 3S 0

Q34. Two events, one on the earth and the other one on the Sun, occur simultaneously in the
earth’s frame. The time difference between the two events as seen by an observer in a
4c
spaceship moving with velocity in the earth’s frame along the line joining the earth
5
to the Sun is  t , where c is the speed of light. Given that light travels from the Sun to

the earth in 9 minutes in the earth’s frame, the value of  t in minutes (rounded off to

two decimal places) is____________

(Take the earth’s frame to be inertial and neglect the relative motion between the earth
and the sun)

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Q35. A particle of mass m and energy E , moving in the positive x direction, is incident on a
step potential at x  0 , as indicated in the figure. The height of the potential is V0 , where

V0  E . At x  x0 , where x0  0 , the probability of

V0
1 E
finding the electron is times the probability of finding it
e2
2mV0  E  
at x  0 . If   , the value of x 0 is then
 2
 x0 x  x0
value of  is_____________
Q36. In the ideal double-slit experiment, when a glass-plate (refractive index 1.5 ) of thickness
t is introduced in the path of one of the interfering beams (wavelength  ), the intensity
at the position where the central maximum occurred previously remains unchanged. The
minimum thickness of the glass-plate is
2 
(a) 2 (b) (c) (d) 
3 3
Q37. The miller indices of a plane passing through the three points having co-ordinates
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
 , ,  ,  , ,  and  , ,  are
2 2 2 4 2 2 3 4 2
(a)  001 (b) 121 (c) 123 (d)  223

Q38. The nucleus of 57

Co converted to 57
Fe after electron capture.

57
Co
Electron Capture

136.46 KeV 5
I
2
 - ray 1
I Stable57 Fe
2
The excited nuclei of 57
Fe returns to ground state after  - decay of energy 136.46 keV
as shown in the figure. The type of multipole-radiation is
(a) E1 (b) M 1 (c) E 2 (d) M 2

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Q39. A particle with rest mass M is at rest and decays into two particles of equal rest masses
3
M which move along the z axis. Their relative speed is given by  c then value of
10
 is
 x5
Q40. The value of integral  x3  x
dx is___________

Q41. The equation of state of a gas is given by

RT b
V  
P T
where R is the gas constant and b is another constant parameter. The specific heat at
constant pressure is C P and the specific heat at constant volume is CV , then CP  CV is
given by
2 2
2
 RT 2   RT 2 
2
 bP   bP 
(a) R 1  2 
(b) R 1   (c) R1   (d) R1  2 
 RT   bP   bP   RT 
Q42. A dielectric of dielectric constant K  2 is placed in contact with a conductor having
surface charge density  , as shown the figure. The polarization (bound) charge density

b  on the surface of the
 Dielectric K
b Interface
dielectric at the interface between
the two materials. Then the value 
of  is________________ Conductor

Q43. If N number of spin half particle confined into one magnetic field H at equilibrium

 H   H 
2

temperature T then specific heat is given by CV  Nk  B  sec h  B  where

 kT   kT 
  __________

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Q44. Consider a three-dimensional crystal of N inert gas atoms. The energy is given by
   12   
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U  r   2 N  A    B   
  r   r  

where A  9.114, B  12.25 are constant and r is the nearest neighbour distance between
two atoms. The two constants  and r have the dimensions of energy and length. The
equilibrium separation between two nearest neighbour atoms in units of  (round of two
decimal places) is__________________
R
Q45. Consider a uniform thin circular disk of radius R and mass M . A hole of radius is
2
cut out from the disk (see figure). The moment of inertia of the resultant
disk about an axis passing through the centre of the disk O and

R /2
perpendicular to it is  MR then the value of  is___________(Rounded
2

upto two decimal places)

Q46. Which of the following interaction is allowed?
(a)    p     K  (b)    e   

(c)       0 (d) K   p     K   K 0

3z 2  z
Q47. If C is the circle z  1  1 and the value of integral C z 2  1 dz is written as
 
ki i  1 , then the value of k is______________ (Answer must be upto two digits

after decimal)
Q48. A diode D as shown in the circuit has an i-v relation that can be approximated by
v 2  2v D , for v D  0 1
iD   D
0, for v D  0 iD

The value of iD in the circuit is________Ampere 6.75V vD
D

(write upto two decimal point)
Q49. The frequency – wave vector   k  relation for

a particles in three-dimensional crystal is   Ak 2 , where A is constant. If internal

energy U  is proportion the temperature as T n then the value of n is__________

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Q50. A low pass filter is formed by a resistance R and a capacitance C . At the cut-off angular
1
frequency C  the voltage gain is________________
RC
(write upto two decimal point)
Q51. In a normal Zeeman effect experiment, spectral splitting of the line at the wavelength
656 nm corresponding to the transition 31 P2  3 1S1 is to be observed. The spectrometer

has a resolution of 0.008 nm . Minimum magnetic field needed to observe this is

(a) 3T (b) 2T (c) 1T (d) 0.4T
Q52. Consider a L -shaped conductor carrying a current of 2 Ampere, as shown in the figure.
Assume that both the arms extend to infinity. The
strength of the magnetic field at the point P , which 2 Amp
is at a distance of 1cm from both the arms, is
1 cm
5
P
nearest to____________ 10 Tesla .
1 cm
(write nearest integer only)
2 Amp

Q53. Consider a cylinder of height h and radius a, closed at both ends, centered at the origin.
z
Let r  iˆx  ˆjy  kˆz be the position vector and n̂ be a unit

vector normal to the surface. The surface integral  r  nˆ ds over

S
O y
the closed surface of the cylinder is ____________  a h 2

Q54. The ground state of Hydrogen atom is 2 S1/ 2 state. The difference in energy levels arising

in the presence of 0.5T magnetic field is   B  9.27 1024 JT 1 

(a) 5.8 105 eV (b) 5.8 104 eV (c) 5.8 103 eV (d) 5.8 102 eV
   
  
Q55. Given F  r  B where B  B0 iˆ  ˆj  kˆ is constant vector and r is y
 
the position vector. The value of  F  dr , where C is a circle of unit
C
x
radius entered at origin is______________ B0 C

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Q56 – Q60 carry 1 Mark each.
Q56. A________event occurred in front of police but the police failed to_______in time.
The words that best fill the blanks in the above sentence are
(a) Pleasant, aware (b) Superlative, reserve
(c) Tragic, respond (d) Boring, employ
9 7
Q57. In the interval x , the solution of trigonometric equation 1  cos 2 x  2 is
4 2
9 5 7
(a) (b) (c) 3 (d)
4 2 2
Q58. The area of a regular hexagon is 24 3 . What is the sum of all its sides?
(a) 24 (b) 28 (c) 32 (d) 36
Q59. An immediate cabinet meeting was called to discuss the_______situation.
The word that best fills the blank in the above sentence is
(a) emerge (b) emerging (c) implicate (d) implicating
Q60. Q is some distance to the East of P  Q is also 1 m to the west of R.R is also 4 m to the
south of S . If the shortest distance between P and S is 5 m . Then the shortest distance
between P and Q is
(a) 0.5 m (b) 1.0 m (c) 2.0 m (d) 2.5 m

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Q61. A number of solders are standing in a row all facing the same direction. Soldier ‘ P is
20th from left end while solider Q is 40th from the right end. There are 5 soldiers
between P and R and there are 18 soldiers between Q and R . If R is between P and
Q then the total number of soldiers is
(a) 83 (b) 84 (c) 85 (d) 86
Q62. In a college 1000 students appeared for tests in Math,Hindi, and English. 200 students
passed in Math, 250 passed in Hindi and 175 passed in English. 20 students passed in
both Hindi and English. 30 students passed in both Math and English. 10 students
passed in Math and Hindi. If 5 students passed in all three subjects then the number of
students who are unable to pass even in a single subject is
(a) 400 (b) 410 (c) 420 (d) 430
1 1
Q63. If x8   2 then the value of x 2  2 is
x 8
x
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4
Q64. There are n points in a plane such that no three of them is collinear. The total number of
triangles that can be constructed by joining these points is
n3  3n 2  2n n3  3n 2  2n n3  3n 2  2 n3  3n 2  2n
(a) (b) (c) (d)
6 6 4 4
Q65. A train travels from city P to city Q and returns to city P by the same route. The speed
of the train for onward and return Journey are constant at 60 km / hr and x km / hr
respectively. If the average speed for the entire Journey is 48 km / hr , the value of x is
(a) 30 (b) 40 (c) 45 (d) 50

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