CSIR NET

Physical Sciences
2022
Previous Year Paper
(September 2022)
 Part-A
Q1. At what horizontal distance from A should a vertical line be drawn so as to divide the area of
the trapezium shown in the figure into two equal parts? (a and b are lengths of the parallel sides.)
a A

(a)  a  b  4 (b)  a  b  3

(c)  a  b  2 (d)  2a  b  2

Ans.: (a)
Q2. Starting from the top of a page and pointing downward, an ant moves according to the
following commands
Start

Repeat actions in curly brackets 3 times

Repeat actions in the box 4 times
Move forward 100 units
Turn right by 90 degrees

Turn left by 30 degrees

Of the following paths

(A) (B)

(C) (D)
Which is the correct path of the ant?
(a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) D
Ans.: (a)
Q3. Sections A, B, C and D of a class have 24, 27, 30 and 36 students, respectively. One section
has boys and girls who are seated alternately in three rows, such that the first and the last
positions in each row are occupied by boys. Which section could this be?
(a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) D
Ans.: (b)
Q4. A plant grows by 10% of its height every three months. If the plant’s height today is 1 m, its
height after one year is the closest to
(a) 1.10 m (b) 1.21 m
(c) 1.33 m (d) 1.46 m
Ans.: (d)
Q5. The correct pictorial representation of the relations among the categories PLAYERS,
FEMALE CRICKETERS, MALE FOOTBALLERS and GRADUATES is
A B C D

(a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) D
Ans.: (a)
Q6. On a track of 200 m length, S runs from the starting point and R starts 20 m ahead of S at the
same time. Both reach the end of the track at the same time. S runs at a uniform speed of 10 m/s.
If R also runs at a uniform speed, what is R’s speed (in m/s)?
(a) 9 (b) 10
(c) 12 (d) 8
Ans. : (a)

Q7. The squares in the following sketch are filled with digits 1 to 9, without any repetition, such
that the numbers in the two horizontal rows add up to 20 each. What number appears in the
square labelled A in the vertical column?

(a) It cannot be ascertained in the absence of the sum of the numbers in the column
(b) 3
(c) 5
(d) 7
Ans.: (c)
Q8. Tokens numbered from 1 to 25 are mixed and one token is drawn randomly. What is the
probability that the number on the token drawn is divisible either by 4 or by 6?
(a) 8/25 (b) 10/25
(c) 9/25 (d) 12/25
Ans.: (a)
Q9. A beam of square cross-section is to be cut out of a wooden log. Assuming that the log is
cylindrical, what approximately is the largest fraction of the wood by volume that can be
fruitfully utilized as the beam?
(a) 49% (b) 64%
(c) 71% (d) 81%
Ans.: (b)
Q10. Given plot describes the motion of an object with time.
 500

400 

300 
Velocity  km/hour 
200 

100 

0
0 1 2 3 4 5
Time  hour 

(a) The object is moving with a constant velocity.

(b) The object covers equal distance every hour.
(c) The object is accelerating.
(d) Velocity of the object doubles every hour.
Ans.: (c)
Q11. In a four-digit PIN, the third digit is the product of the first two digits and the fourth digit is
zero. The number of such PINs is
(a) 42 (b) 41
(c) 40 (d) 39
Ans.: (a)
Q12. I have a brother who is 4 years elder to me, and a sister who was 5 years old when my
brother was born. When my sister was born, my father was 24 years old. My mother was 27
years old when I was born. How old (in years) were my father and mother, respectively, when
my brother was born?
(a) 29 and 23 (b) 27 and 25
(c) 27 and 23 (d) 29 and 25
Ans. : (a)
Q13. A liar always lies and a non-liar, never. If in a group of n persons seated around a round-
table everyone calls his/her left neighbor a liar, then
(a) all are liars.
(b) n must be even and every alternate person is a liar
(c) n must be odd and every alternate person is a liar
(d) n must be a prime
Ans. : (b)
Q14. A boy has kites of which all but 9 are red, all but 9 are yellow, all but 9 are green, and all
but 9 are blue. How many kites does he have?
(a) 12 (b) 15
(c) 9 (d) 18
Ans.: (a)
Q15. If one letter each is drawn at random from the words CAUSE and EFFECT, the chance that
they are the same is
(a) 1/30 (b) 1/11
(c) 1/10 (d) 2/11
Ans.: (c)
Q16. A vehicle has tyres of diameter 1 m connected by a shaft directly to gearwheel A which
meshes with gearwheel B as shown in the diagram. A has 12 teeth and B has 8. If points x on A
and y on B are initially in contact, they will again be in contact after the vehicle has travelled a
distance (in meters)

(a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 4 (d) 12
Ans.: (a)
Q17. After 12:00:00 the hour hand and minute hand of a clock will be perpendicular to each
other for the first time at
(a) 12:16:21 (b) 12:15:00
(c) 13:22:21 (d) 12:48:08
Ans.: (a)
Q18. What is the product of the number of capital letters and the number of small letters of the
English alphabet in the following text?

(a) 17 (b) 37
(c) 53 (d) 63
Ans.: (d)
Q19. How many rectangles are there in the given figure?

(a) 6 (b) 7
(c) 8 (d) 9
Ans.: (c)

Q20. In a round-robin tournament, after each team has played exactly four matches, the number
of wins / losses of 6 participating teams are as follows
Team Win Loss
A 4 0
B 0 4
C 3 1
D 2 2
E 0 4
F 3 1
Which of the two teams have certainly NOT played with each other?
(a) A and B (b) C and F
(c) E and D (d) B and E
Ans.: (d)
 Part-B
Q21. A high impedance load (network) is connected in the circuit as shown below.
R
   
Vin V 
15
9 Vin Vz  9.1V Load Vout
t s
 2 0.7V
9 
    
15 Si diode

The forward voltage drop for silicon diode is 0.7 V and the Zener voltage is 9.10 V. If the input
voltage Vin  is sine wave with an amplitude of 15 V (as shown in the figure above), which of

the following waveform qualitatively describes the output voltage Vout  across the load?

(a) (b)
Vout V  Vout V 
15 Vin 15 Vin

9 9

t S  t S 
 
2 2
9 9
15 15

(c) (d)
Vout V  Vout V 
15 Vin 15 Vin

9 9

t S  t S 
 
2 2
9 9
15 15

Ans.:(c)
Q22. Two n  n invertible real matrices A and B satisfy the relation

 
1
 AB    A1 B
T

If B is orthogonal then A must be

(a) Lower triangular (b) Orthogonal
(c) Symmetric (d) Antisymmetric
Ans.:(d)
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Q23. The value of the integral  dx e x , where m is a positive integer, is
2m

 m 1   m 1 
(a)    (b)   
 2m   2m 
 2m  1   2m  1 
(c)    (d)   
 2m   2m 
Ans.:(c)
Q24. In terms of a complete set of orthonormal basis kets n ,

n  0,  1,  2,... , the Hamiltonian is

H  n  E n n   n 1 n   n n 1 

where E and  are constants. The state    n ein n is an eigenstate with energy

(a) E   cos  (b) E   cos 

(c) E  2  cos  (d) E  2  cos 
Ans.: (c)
Q25. Two positive and two negative charges of magnitude q are placed on the alternate vertices
of a cube of side a (as shown in the figure).
q

q
k̂

q
ĵ
iˆ q

The electric dipole moment of this charge configuration is

(a) 2qakˆ (b) 2qakˆ 

(c) 2qa iˆ  ˆj  
(d) 2qa iˆ  ˆj 
Ans.:(b)
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i. 1
Q26. If z  i i (note that the exponent continues indefinitely), then a possible value of ln z is
z
(a) 2i ln i (b) ln i
(c) i ln i (d) 2ln i
Ans.:(b)
Q27. The momentum space representation of the Schrodinger equation of a particle in a potential

 2 2

V  r  is p     2p    p, t   i

t
  p, t  , where   p i 

pi
, and  is a constant. The

potential is (in the following V0 and a are constants)

(a) V0 e  r (b) V0 e  r
2
a2 4
a4

2 4
r r
(c) V0   (d) V0  
a a
Ans.: (d)
Q28. A particle of rest mass m is moving with a velocity vkˆ , with respect to an inertial frame S.
The energy of the particle as measured by an observer S', who is moving with a uniform velocity

uiˆ with respect to S (in terms of  u  1 1  u 2 c 2 and  v  1 1  v 2 c 2 is

(a)  u  v m  c 2  uv  (b)  u  v mc 2

(c)
1
2
 u   v  mc 2 (d)
1
2

 u   v  m c 2  uv 
Ans.:(b)
Q29. A wire, connected to a massless spring of spring constant k and a block of mass m, goes
around a disc of radius a and moment of inertia I, as shown in the figure.

k a
I

Assume that the spring remains horizontal, the pulley rotates freely and there is no slippage
between the wire and the pulley. The angular frequency of small oscillations of the disc is
 2ka 2 ka 2
(a) (b)
ma 2  I ma 2  I

ka 2 ka 2
(c) (d)
ma 2  2 I 2ma 2  I
Ans.: (b)
Q30. A part of an infinitely long wire, carrying a current I, is bent in a semi-circular arc of radius
r (as shown in the figure).
I

O
The magnetic field at the centre O of the arc is
0 I 0 I
(a) (b)
4r 4 r
0 I 0 I
(c) (d)
2r 2 r
Ans.:(a)
Q31. If the average energy E T of a quantum harmonic oscillator at a temperature T is such

that E T
2 E T 0
, then T satisfies

    
(a) coth  2 (b) coth  2
 kBT   2kBT 
    
(c) coth  4 (d) coth  4
 kBT   2kBT 
Ans.: (b)
Q32. An electromagnetic wave is incident from vacuum normally on a planer surface of a non-
magnetic medium. If the amplitude of the electric field of the incident wave is E0 and that of the

transmitted wave is 2 E0 3 , then neglecting any loss, the refractive index of the medium is
(a) 1.5 (b) 2.0
(c) 2.4 (d) 2.7
Ans.:(b)
Q33. Four students (S1, S2, S3 and S4) make multiple measurements on the length of a table. The
binned data are plotted as histograms in the following figures.

S1 S2

1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
Length  m  Length  m 

S3 S4

1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
Length  m  Length  m 

If the length of the table, specified by the manufacturer, is 3m, the student whose measurements
have the minimum systematic error, is
(a) S2 (b) S1
(c) S4 (d) S3
Ans.: (b)
Q34. If the expectation value of the momentum of a particle in one dimension is zero, then its
(box-normalizable) wave function may be of the form
(a) sin kx (b) eikx sin kx
(c) eikx cos kx (d) sin kx  eikx cos kx
Ans.: (a)
 5a ˆ
Q35. The electric and magnetic fields in an inertial frame are E  3aiˆ  4 ˆj and B  k , where
c
a is a constant. A massive charged particle is released from rest. The necessary and sufficient
condition that there is an inertial frame, where the trajectory of the particle is a uniform-pitched
helix, is

(a) 1  a  2 (b) 1  a  1
(c) a 2  1 (d) a 2  2
Ans.: (c)
Q36. The Lagrangian of a system described by three generalized coordinates q1 , q2 and q3

is L 
1
2
 
m q12  q22  Mq1q2  kq1q3 , where m, M and k are positive constants. Then, as a function

of time
(a) two coordinates remain constant and one evolves linearly
(b) one coordinate remains constant, one evolves linearly and the third evolves as a quadratic
function
(c) one coordinate evolves linearly and two evolve quadratically
(d) all three evolve linearly
Ans.: (a)
Q37. Consider the Hamiltonian H  AI  B x  C y , where A, B and C are positive constants, I

is the 2  2 identity matrix and  x ,  y are Pauli matrices. If the normalized eigenvector

1 1
corresponding to its largest energy eigenvalue is   , then y is
2  y
B  iC A  iB
(a) (b)
B2  C 2 A2  B 2
A  iC B  iC
(c) (d)
A C
2 2
B2  C 2
Ans.: (a)
Q38. The figure below shows a circuit with two transistors, Q 1 and Q2, having current gains 1
and 2 respectively.
VCC  12V

220k 1k

2  20 VC

Q1

VBE1  0.7V
Q2 2  20

VBE 2  0.7V
580

The collector voltage VC will be closest to

(a) 0.9 V (b) 2.2 V
(c) 2.9 V (d) 4.2 V
Ans.: (b)
Q39. The circuit containing two n-channel MOSFETs shown below, works as
5Vdc

Q1

Vout

Q2
Vin

(a) a buffer (b) a non-inverting amplifier

(c) an inverter (d) a rectifier
Ans.: (c)
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Q40. At z  0 , the function of a complex variable z has
z  sin z
(a) no singularity (b) a simple pole
(c) a pole of order 2 (d) a pole of order 3
Ans.:(d)

 n 
 1
Q41. The infinite series n 0
2
 3n  2 xn evaluated at x  , is
2
(a) 16 (b) 32 (c) 8 (d) 24
Ans. :(a)
Q42. A walker takes steps, each of length L, randomly in the directions along east, west, north
and south. After four steps its distance from the starting point is d. The probability that d  3L is
(a) 63/64 (b) 59/64 (c) 57/64 (d) 55/64
Ans.: (d)
Q43. An elastic rod has a low energy state of length Lmax and high energy state of length L min.
The best schematic representation of the temperature (T) dependence of the mean equilibrium
length L(T) of the rod, is
(a) (b)
L T  L T 
Lmax  Lmin
Lmax

Lmax
Lmin

T
T
(c) (d)
L T  L T 

Lmax  Lmin
Lmax  Lmax
2

Lmax  Lmin
Lmax
2

T T

Ans.: (d)
Q44. The periods of oscillation of a simple pendulum at the sea level and at the top of a
mountain of height 6 km are T1 and T2, respectively. If the radius of earth is approximately 6000

km, then
T2  T1  is closest to
T1
(a) – 10-4 (b) – 10-3
(c) 10-4 (d) 10-3
Ans.: (d)

Q45. A thermally isolated container, filled with an ideal gas at temperature T, is divided by a
partition, which is clamped initially, as shown in the figure below.

P, V 2P, 2V

The partition does not allow the gas in the two parts to mix. It is subsequently released and
allowed to move freely with negligible friction. The final pressure at equilibrium is
(a) 5P/3 (b) 5P/4
(c) 3P/5 (d) 4P/5
Ans. :( a)
 Part-C
Q46. Two small metallic objects are embedded in a weakly conducting medium of conductivity
 and dielectric constant. A battery connected between them leads to a potential difference V0.
It is subsequently disconnected at time t  0 . The potential difference at a later time t is
t t
 
4 2
(a) V0 e (b) V0 e
3t t
 
4 
(c) V0 e (d) V0 e

Ans. :(d)
Q47. The elastic scattering process   p    p may be treated as a hard-sphere scattering. The
1
mass of   , m m p , where mp 938MeV c2 is the mass of the proton. The total scattering
6
cross-section is closet to
(a) 0.01 milli-barn (b) 1 milli-barn
(c) 0.1 barn (d) 10 barn
Ans.: (c)
Q48. Earth may be assumed to be an axially symmetric freely rotating rigid body. The ratio of
the principal moments of inertia about the axis of symmetry and an axis perpendicular to it is
33:32. If T0 is the time taken by earth to make one rotation around its axis of symmetry, then the
time period of precession is closest to
(a) 33T0 (b) 33T0 2

(c) 32T0 (d) 16T0

Ans.: (c)
Q49. A system of N non-interacting particles in one-dimension, each of which is in a potential
V  x   gx6 where g  0 is a constant and x denotes the displacement of the particle from its

equilibrium position. In thermal equilibrium, the heat capacity at constant volume is

7 4
(a) Nk B (b) Nk B
6 3
3 2
(c) Nk B (d) Nk B
2 3
Ans.: (d)
Q50. The Figures (i), (ii) and (iii) below represent an equilateral triangle, a rectangle and a
regular hexagon, respectively.

i   ii   iii 

Which of these can be primitive unit cells of a Bravais lattice in two dimensions?
(a) only (i) and (iii) but not (ii) (b) only (i) and (ii) but not (iii)
(c) only (ii) and (iii) but not (i) (d) All of them
Ans.: (c)
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Q51. The electronic configuration of C is 1s 2 2s 2 2 p 2 . Including LS coupling, the correct
ordering of its energies is
(a) E  3 P2   E  3 P1   E  3 P0   E  1 D2  (b) E  3 P0   E  3 P1   E  3 P2   E  1 D2 

(c) E  1 D2   E  3 P2   E  3 P1   E  3 P0  (d) E  3 P1   E  3 P0   E  3 P2   E  1 D2 

Ans.: (b)
Q52. Two parallel conducting rings, both of radius R, are separated by a distance R. The planes
of the rings are perpendicular to the line joining their centres, which is taken to be the x-axis.

i R i

R 
2 2
  
O x

R R

If both the rings carry the same current i along the same direction, the magnitude of the magnetic
field along the x-axis is best represented by
(a) (b)
B  x B  x

R 2 R2 x
R 2 R2 x

(c) (d)
B  x B  x

R 2 R2 x
R 2 R2 x

Ans.: (a)
Q53. The energy/energies E of the bound state(s) of a particle of mass m in one dimension in the
 , x0

potential V  x   V0 , 0 xa (where V0  0 ) is/are determined by
 0, xa


 2m  E  V0   E  V  2m  E  V0   E
(a) cot 2  a  0
(b) tan 2  a 
 2
 E  2
 E  V0
   
 2m  E  V0   E  2m  E  V0   E  V
(c) cot 2  a  (d) tan 2  a  0
 2
 E  V0  2
 E
   
Ans.: (c)
  d 
Q54. The matrix corresponding to the differential operator  1   in the space of polynomials
 dx 
of degree at most two, in the basis spanned by f1  1 , f 2  x and f 3  x 2 , is

1 1 0 1 0 0
(a)  0 1 2  (b)  1 1 0 
0 0 1 0 2 1
   

1 1 0 1 0 0
(c)  0 1 1  (d)  1 1 0 
0 0 2 0 1 2
   
Ans.: (a)
Q55. The energy levels of a system, which is in equilibrium at temperature T  1  kB   , are 0, 

and 2. If two identical bosons occupy these energy levels, the probability of the total energy
being 3, is
e3  e3 
(a) (b)
1  e    e2    e3   e4   1  2e    2e2   e3  e4 
e3  e3 
(c)    (d)
e  2e2    e3   e4   1  e    2e2    e3   e4 
Ans.: (d)

Q56. A high frequency voltage signal Vi  Vm sin t is applied to a parallel plate deflector as
shown in the figure.

D
Z

An electron beam is passing through the deflector along the central line. The best qualitative
representation of the intensity I  t  of the beam after it goes through the narrow circular aperture

D, is
(a)
I t 

t
1 2 3 4 
(b)
I t 

t
1 2 3 4 
(c)
I t 

t
1 2 3 4 
(d)
I t 

t
1 2 3 4 
Ans.: (a)
Q57. An amplifier with a voltage gain of 40 dB without feedback is used in an electronic circuit.
A negative feedback with a fraction 1/40 is connected to the input of this amplifier. The net gain
of the amplifier in the circuit is closest to
(a) 40 dB (b) 37 dB
(c) 29 dB (d) 20 dB
Ans.:(c)
Q58. The Raman rotational-vibrational spectrum of nitrogen molecules is observed using an
incident radiation of wavenumber 12500 cm-1. In the first shift band, the wavenumbers of the
observed lines (in cm-1) are 10150, 10158, 10170, 10182 and 10190. The values of vibrational
frequency and rotational constant (in cm-1), respectively, are
(a) 2330 and 2 (b) 2350 and 2
(c) 2350 and 3 (d) 2330 and 3
Ans.: (a)
cos  x
Q59. The value of the integral  dx , for   0 , is
 x 2  1

(a)  e (b)  e 
(c)  e  2 (d)  e 2
Ans.:(b)
m 2
Q60. The Lagrangian of a particle in one dimension is L  x  ax 2  V0e 10 x where a and V0
2
are positive constants. The best qualitative representation of a trajectory in the phase space is
(a) (b)
p p

x x

(c) (d)
 p p

x x

Ans.: (b)
Q61. The tensor component of the nuclear force may be inferred from the fact that deuteron
nucleus 12 H
(a) has only one bound state with total spin S  1
(b) has a non-zero electric quadrupole moment in its ground state
(c) is stable while triton 13 H is unstable
(d) is the only two nucleon bound state
Ans.: (b)
Q62. In the absorption spectrum of H-atom, the frequency of transition from the ground state to
the first excited state is H . The corresponding frequency for a bound state of a positively

charged muon     and an electron is  . Using m  1028 kg, me  1030 kg and m p me , m ,

the value of    H   H is

(a) 0.001 (b) – 0.001

(c) – 0.01 (d) 0.01
Ans.: (c)
Q63. To first order in perturbation theory, the energy of the ground state of the Hamiltonian
p2 1   m 2 
H  m 2 x 2  exp  x 
2m 2 512  
(treating the third term of the Hamiltonian as a perturbation) is
15 17
(a)  (b) 
32 32
19 21
(c)  (d) 
32 32
Ans.: (b)
Q64. A receiver operating at 27°C has an input resistance of 100. The input thermal noise
voltage for this receiver with a bandwidth of 100 kHz is closest to
(a) 0.4 nV (b) 0.6 pV
(c) 40 mV (d) 0.4 V
Ans.:(d)
Q65. A paramagnetic salt with magnetic moment per ion     B (where B is the Bohr
magneton) is in thermal equilibrium at temperature T in a constant magnetic field B. The average
k BT
magnetic moment M , as a function of , is best represented by
B B
(a) (b)
M M
kBT B B

kBT B B

(c) (d)
M M
kBT B B

kBT B B

Ans.: (c)
Q66. The Hamiltonian for a spin-1/2 particle in a magnetic field B  B0 kˆ is given by H   S  B ,

where S is its spin (in units of ) and  is a constant. If the average spins density is S for an

d
ensemble of such non-interacting particles, then Sx
dt
 
(a) B0 S x (b) B0 S y

 
(c)  B0 S x (d)  B0 S y

Ans.: (d)
Q67. The Lagrangian of system of two particles is L 
1 2
2

1

x1  2 x22  x12  x22  x1 x2 . The normal
2
frequencies are best approximated by
(a) 1.2 and 0.7 (b) 1.5 and 0.5
(c) 1.7 and 0.5 (d) 1.0 and 0.4
Ans.: (d)
 1 for 2n  x  2n  1
Q68. The Laplace transform L  f   y  of the function f  x    ,
0 for 2n  1  x  2n  2
n  0,1, 2,.... is

(a)

e y e y  1  (b)
e y  e y

y e2 y  1 y

(c)
e y  e y
(d)

e y e y 1 
y y e 2y
 1

Ans.:(d)
Q69. At time t  0 , a particle is in the ground state of the Hamiltonian
p2 1 t
H t    m 2 x 2   x sin where ,  and m are positive constants. To O   2  , the
2m 2 2
2
probability that at t  , the particle would be in the first excited state of H  t  0  is

9 2 9 2
(a) (b)
16m  3 8m  3
16 2 8 2
(c) (d)
9m  3 9m  3
Ans.: (d)
Q70. A square conducting loop in the yz-plane, falls downward under gravity along the negative
z-axis. Region 1, defined by z  0 has a uniform magnetic field B  B0iˆ while region 2 (defined

by z  0 ) has no magnetic field.

z

Region1

Region 2

The time dependence of the speed v  t  of the loop, as it starts to fall from well within the region

1 and passes into the region 2, is best represented by

(a) (b)
v
V

t t

(c) (d)
v v

t
t

Ans.:(b)
Q71. A bucket contains 6 red and 4 blue balls. A ball is taken out of the bucket at random and
two balls of the same colour are put back. This step is repeated once more. The probability that
the numbers of red and blue balls are equal at the end, is
(a) 4/11 (b) 2/11
(c) 1/4 (d) 3/4
Ans.: (b)
Q72. The energies of a two-level system are  E . Consider an ensemble of such non-interacting
systems at a temperature T. At low temperatures, the leading term in the specific heat depends on
T as
1  E k BT 1 2 E kBT
(a) e (b) e
T2 T2
(c) T 2 e  E kBT (d) T 2 e 2 E kBT
Ans.: (b)
Q73. Thermal neutrons may be detected most efficiently by a
(a) 6Li loaded plastic scintillator (b) Geiger-Muller counter
(c) inorganic scintillator CaF2 (d) silicon detector
Ans.: (a)
Q74. A stationary magnetic dipole m  mkˆ is placed above an infinite surface  z  0  carrying a

uniform surface current density   kiˆ . The torque of the dipole is

0 0
(a) mkiˆ (b)  mkiˆ
2 2
0 0
(c) mkjˆ (d)  mkjˆ
2 2
Ans.:(a)
Q75. A liquid oxygen cylinder system is fitted with a level-sensor (L) and a pressure-sensor (P),
as shown in the figure below. The output of L and P are set to logic high  S  1 when the

measured values exceed the respective preset threshold values. The system can be shut off either
by an operator by setting the input S to high, or when the level of oxygen in the tank falls below
the threshold value

P X High pressure valve

Z X Low pressure valve

L
Z
X
Z
S Y Shut off signal

The logic gates X, Y and Z, respectively, are

(a) OR, AND and NOT (b) AND, OR and NOT
(c) NAND, OR and NOT (d) NOR, AND and NOT
Ans.:(b)