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TNSET PHYSICS PAPER-3 MODEL QUESTION PAPER (1)
TIME: HOUR Marks: 30
General Instruction to Candidates :

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1. Differential equation for planetary motion given as

a)

b)

c)

d)

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2. Bose – Einstein condensation pressure varies with temperature as (TNSET-2016)

a) T
b)
c)
d)

3. In an irreversible process with remaining constant which of the following

attains minimum under equilibrium? [TNSET 2012]
a) Gibbs free energy

b) Helmholtz free energy

c) entropy

d) chemical potential

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4. The value of the residue of
A)
B) –
is

C)
D) -
5. Error in the Trapezoidal formula of the order of

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
6. and represent a symmetric and an antisymmetric real valued tensor
respectively, in six dimensions. The number of independent components of and
are

A) 20 and 16 respectively
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B) 21 and 15 respectively
C) 18 and 18 respectively
D) 30 and 6 respectively
7. Consider an anti-symmetric tensor with indices i and j running from 1 to 5. The
number of independent components of the tensor is
(a) 3
(b) 10
(c) 9
(d) 6

8.Which of the following statements is TRUE for the function

(a) f(z) is analytic everywhere in the complex plan
(b) f(z) has a zero at

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(c) f(z) has a pole of order 2 at
(d) f(z) has a simple pole at

9.Which of the following numerical methods is used to find root of a function ?

(A) Runge-Kutta method

(B) Simpson's rule
(C) Newton-Raphson method
(D) Trapezoidal rule

10.The number of independent real parameters characterizing the group SU(2) are

(A) One (B) Two

(C) Three (D) Four
11.A generalized force F acts on a system of particles. Then

A) F will always have the dimensions of a force.

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B) F can sometimes have the dimensions of a force.
C) F will never have the dimensions of a force.
D) ∫Fdq will sometimes have dimensions of energy, where q is the generalized co-
ordinate

12.Which of the following transformations is not canonical?

A) and with
B)
C)
D)

13.The Hamilton-Jacobi equation is expressed as where H is the

Hamiltonian and S is the Hamilton's principal function. Then, if L is the Lagrangian, S

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satisfies
A) B)

C) D)

14.The skin depth in a copper conductor at 10 GHz is 0.654 µ m. Its value at 1 MHz will
be

A) B)
C) D)

15. For the dominant mode, in a rectangular waveguide with length 20cm and breadth
10cm, the guide wavelength for a signal of 2.5GHz will be about :
(A)
(B)

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(C)
(D)

16. In Bose Einstein Condensation, large number of bosons are accumulated in the
quantum state of :
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

17. The classical partition function Z gives :

(A) Sum of states of the system
(B) Sum of momentum of the system
(C) Sum of energy of the system

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(D) Sum of both energy and state of the system

18.A transmission line whose characteristic impedance a pure resistance

(A) Must be a lossless line

(B) Must be a distortion-less line
(C) May be a lossless line
(D) May not a distortion-less line

19. A 12 bit ADC is used to digitize analog signals of amplitudes lying in the range from
0 V to +10 V. What digital output will an analog input of 3.004 V correspond to?

A) 100011001111 B) 010011001111

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C) 010011001110 D) 010111001110

20.The Bravais lattice for is

A) Base centred cubic B) Body centred cubic

C) Primitive cubic D) Face centred cubic

21.Paschen-Back effect is due to

(A) Spin of the electron

(B) Only orbital motion of the electron
(C) Spin-orbit interaction

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(D) Spin of the nucleus
22.CPT theorem is also known as

A) Luders-Pauli theorem
B) Briet-Wigner theorem
C) Optical theorem
D) Gellmann theorem

23.It is difficult to determine the Hall coefficient for a metal as compared to a

semiconductor because, the

(A) Hall coefficient will be too small

(B) Hall voltage will be very high
(C) Hall effect will not be exhibited in a metal
(D) Lorentz force will not act on free electrons

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24. Which special functions are part of the radial component of the hydrogenic wave
function?

A) Associated Legendre functions

B) Associated Laguerre functions
C) Hermite polynomials
D) Spherical Bessel functions

25.To detect trace amounts of gaseous species in a mixture of gases, the preferred
probing tool is
(a) Ionization spectroscopy with X-rays
(b) NMR spectroscopy

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(c) ESR spectroscopy
(d) Laser spectroscopy

26.A collection of N atoms is exposed to a strong resonant electromagnetic radiation with

Ng atoms in the ground state and Ne atoms in the excited state, such that
This collection of two-level atoms will have the following population
distribution:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d) –

27.The number of spectral lines allowed in the spectrum for the 32 D→32 P transition in
sodium is
(a) 4 (b) 28 (c) 12 (d) 6

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28. The phase velocity of waves propagation in hollow metal waveguide is

(a) Greater than velocity of light in free space
(b) Less than velocity of light in free space
(c) Equal to velocity of light in free space
(d) Equal to group velocity
30.In Rutherford scattering cross-section, the differential scattering cross-section is
inversely proportional to

a) b) c) d)

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