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Assignment 0

Q1. Classically, waves exhibit interference pa erns, par cles do not. When two non-interac ng streams
of par cles combine in the same region of space, their intensi es add. Whereas, when waves combine,
their amplitudes add but not intensi es.
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Q2. Consider two wave func ons where y and t are in meters and seconds respec vely. The
superposi on of these two wave func ons will be

Q3. The De-Broglie wavelength of an electron moving with a speed of 10 5 m/s is ____nm.

(Write upto two decimal places.)

(Hint: Use Plank’s constant, h = 6.63 x 10-34Js)

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Q4. When an incident light of energy hv falls on a metal of work func on w and threshold frequency v0,
then electrons are emi ed with kine c energy,

Q5. The pairs which must obey Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle are

Q6. Which of the following statements are correct ?

a) The wave func on must be finite, con nuous and single valued at every point of space.

b) Both sin x and cot x can be wavefunc ons.

c) The posi on probability density >=1

d) The states for which the probability density is constant in me are called sta onary states.
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Q7. A photon of wavelength λ = 0.414nm collides elas cally with an electron ini ally at rest. If the
photon is sca ered at an angle 60o with wavelength λ’ = 0.4152nm, then the angle at which the electron
recoils is ____ degrees. (Write upto two decimal places.)

Q8. The func on g(x) = is the eigenfunc on of the operator O = . The eigenvalue if the operator when
operated on this func on will be

Q9. In pair produc on, a massive object such as the nucleus must par cipate in the process to take
away some of the photon’s momentum. However, in pair annihila on process, energy and momentum
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can simultaneously be conserved without any addi onal field or mass such as nucleus.

Q10. The energy of the second lowest state of positronium is; E = - ____ eV.

(Hint: Use Rydberg constant, R = 13.6eV)

Assignment 1

Q1. The energy eigenvalue and the corresponding eigenfunc on for a par cle of mass m in a one-
dimensional poten al V(x) are,

Q2. Consider a photon that sca ers from an electron at rest. If the photon sca ers at an angle of 60o
with a wavelength (λ) that is twice its incident wavelength (λ) , then the angle at which the electron
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recoils will be ____ degrees. (Answer should be an integer.)

Q3. For a par cle in a one dimensional box, the ground state energy is given by E0. The allowed energy of
such a par cle are

Q4. Consider a par cle in a two dimensional box whose ground state energy is ε 0. Then the energy E=13
ε0 is two fold degenerate.

Q5. Suppose the 2nd energy level of a par cle in a cubic box is given by E=6Eg, where Eg is the ground
state energy. Then the immediate 3rd energy level will be ____ fold degenerate. (Answer should be
integer.)
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Q6. The non-zero commutator brackets are

Q7. A par cle is represented at me t = 0 by the wavefunc on,

where A and a are posi ve real constants. The normalized constant A is

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Q8. The wavefunc on of a par cle in a two-dimensional square box of length, L at me, t = 0 is given by,

Q9. The wavefunc on of a par cle is , where A, a, and b are constants. The uncertainty in its momentum
is

Q10. Suppose in a double slit experiment, the waves emi ed by slits 1 and 2 are represented by

The intensity produced on the screen when both slits are open is given by
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Assignment 2

Q1. A par cle of mass m ins confined to move in a poten al of the form

The wavelength of the par cle at me t = 0 is given by

Normalized (x,0) can be wri en as,

Q2. For a harmonic oscillator in its ground state with wavefunc on,

the probability density is maximum at x = 0.

Q3. A par cle of mass m is trapped in the poten al

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The probability of finding the trapped par cle between x = 0 and x = a/n, when it is in its nth state is 1/n.

Q4. An electron is confined in the ground state of a one-dimensional harmonic oscillator such that the
uncertainty in posi on If the expecta on values of kine c and poten al energy are same, i.e. <T> =
<V>, then the energy required to excite the electron to its first excited state is ____eV. (Write upto two
decimal places.)

(Hint: Use h = 1.05 x 10-34 Js, m = 9.1 x 10-31 kg)

Q5. Let and denote respec vely the ground state and second excited state energy eigenfunc ons of a
par cle moving in a harmonic oscillator poten al with frequency w. At me t = 0, the par cle has the
wavefunc on
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The expecta on value of energy as a func on of me can be wri en as

Q6. The probability density for a par cle to lie between x and x + dx which is in a state
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Q7. For a poten al barrier of height U0 and finite width b, the posi on space wavefunc on will be
oscillatory for any x if and only if energy E of the par cle is

Q8. A 1eV electron got trapped inside the surface of a metal. If the poten al barrier is 4.0eV and the
width of the barrier is 2A then the transmission co-efficient T is

Q9. Consider a poten al step of form,

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A beam of par cles with energy E approach this poten al step from le . Then the statement that best
describes the reflec on coefficient (R) is

Q10. For an infinite square well poten al, if the width of the well decreases, what happens to the zero
point energy (E0) and momentum uncertainty ?

Assignment 3

Q1. The commutator of two Hermi an operators is Hermi an.

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Q2. Which if the following operators are Hermi an?

Q3. Consider two operators A and B defined by,

Which of the following statements about their linearity is true?

Q4. Which of the following statements about projec on operators are true?

a) An operator is said to be a projec on operator if it is Hermi an and equal to its own square.

b) The operator is a projec on operator only when is normalized.

c) Two projec on operators are said to be orthogonal if their product is 0 .

d) The product of any two projec on operators is always a projec on operator.

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Q5. Consider a ket |U> which is not normalized. It can be normalized by mul plying it with a factor of
1/sqrt(a), where a = ____. (Answer should be an integer)

Q6. Consider a ket and bra The value of will be a – bi.

i) a = ____ (Answer should be an integer)

ii) b = ____ (Answer should be an integer)

Q7. The Hermi an adjoint of f(A) = (1 - 2iA + 3A)(1 + iA – 2A) is

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(where linear operator A !=A+)

Q8. Evaluate the commutator [x,[x,H]], where H is the Hamiltonian operator.

Q9. Consider the states and where and are orthonormal. Then is ____. (Answer should be an
integer)
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Q10. Consider the states and where are orthonormal kets and a is a constant. The value of a so that
and are orthogonal is

Assignment 4

Q1. If operator A is Hermi an, then the operator B = iA is Hermi an.

Q2. Which of the following statements about parity operator are correct ?

a) Parity operator P is an -Hermi an.

b) P is unitary.

c) P2 is equal to unity operator I.

d) The eigen values of P are +1 or -1.

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Q3. Consider the states and where the vectors and form a complete and orthonormal basis. Then
where

i) a = ____ (Answer should be an integer)

ii) b = ____ (Answer should be an integer)

Q4. By evalua ng the commutator [A,[B,C]D] we get

Q5. Given that, where |V1> and |V2> are orthonormal pair of kets. Then the norm of |V> is sqrt(a),
where a = ____. (Answer should be an integer.)
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Q6. Consider a three-dimensional vector space spanned by an orthonormal basis . Kets and are given
by Then the inner product where

i) a = ____ (Answer should be an integer)

ii) b = ____ (Answer should be an integer)

Q7. Consider an unnormalized state which is given in terms of three orthonormal vectors as follows.

where are eigenstates of an operator B such that Then the expecta on value of B for the state
would be a/b where

i) a = ____ (Answer should be an integer)

ii) b = ____ (Answer should be an integer)

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Q8. Consider a pair of orthonormal kets |V1> and |V2>. The dual of the ket |V> = will be

Q9. Consider an operator B are orthonormal. Then the correct statement about B 2 and BB+ is

Q10. The parity of both the posi on operator R and momentum operator P are odd.

Assignment 5
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Q1. Consider the states are orthonormal. The states sa sfy the triangle inequality.

Q2. Consider two operators A and B which are Hermi an and commute. Then the operator is unitary.

Q3. Consider a one-dimensional par cle with the wavefunc on

which is confined within the region The probability of finding the par cle in the interval is ____
(Write upto two decimal places.)
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Q4. A system is ini ally in the state where are the eigenstates of the system’s Hamiltonian such that
If energy E2 is measured, its value and probability will be respec vely,

Q5. If for any observable A, then the expecta on value of zpy is

Q6. Consider the one dimensional mo onfor a free par cle and three operators, the Hamiltonian H, the
momentum operator p and parity operator P. Which of the following are commu ng?

Q7. The ini al wavefunc on of a par cle in the harmonic oscillator poten al can be wri en as
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where A is the normaliza on constant, represent the ground state and first excited states of the
harmonic oscillator respec vely and are orthogonal. Then can be wri en as where

i) a = ____ (Answer should be an integer)

ii) b = ____ (Answer should be an integer)

iii) c = ____ (Answer should be an integer)

iv) d = ____ (Answer should be an integer)

Q8. The Hamiltonian operator for a two state system is given by

where a is a number with dimensions of energy. The corresponding eigenvalues and eigenvectors will be
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Q9. Suppose a particle is in state, form an orthonormal basis. For an observable B = the probability of
measuring b in such a state is

Q10. In a system described by three orthonormal basis the operator form of an observable A will be

Assignment 6

Q1. Consider a system whose Hamiltonian is given by H = where a is real number having dimensions of
energy and are normal eigenstates of a Hermitian operator A that has no degenerte eigenvalues. Is H a
projection operator?
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Q2. Consider a one-dimensional harmonic oscillator with Hamiltonian H = The posi on and
momentum operators in the Heisenberg picture for this harmonic oscillator are respec vely given as

Then the commutators [PH(t1), PH(t2)] will be

Q3. Consider a one-dimensional harmonic oscillator with Hamiltonian H = The posi on and
momentum operators in the Heisenberg picture for this harmonic oscillator are respec vely given as

Then the commutators [XH(t1), XH(t2)] will be

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XH(t1), XH(t2) will be

Q4. Consider a system of two spin-half par cles, in a state with total spin quantum number S = 0. If the
spin Hamiltonian is H = AS1.AS2, where A is a posi ve constant and S1 and S2 are spin angular momentum
operators, then the eigenvalue of the Hamiltonian will be

Q5. For Puli’s spin matrices, which of the following rela ons are correct?
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Q6. For the case, n = 2, l = 1, m1 = 0, the value r at which the radial probability density of the hydrogen
atom reaches its maximum is ____a0. (Answer should be an integer)

Q7. A Hamiltonian of a system is given by H(t) = The Heisenberg equa on of mo on for the posi on
operator R(t) in the Heisenberg picture for this system can be wri en as

Q8. The first excited state of Hydrogen atom is ____ fold degenerate when we take into account the spin
of the electron. (Answer should be an integer)

Q9. A par cle of mass m and charge q is moving under the influence of a one-dimensional harmonic
oscillator poten al. Assume that it is placed in a constant electric field and the Hamiltonian is given by
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The nth excited state energy En of this par cle can be wri en as

Q10. The expecta on value of a physical observable O in Schrodinger’s representa on is the same as its
expecta on value in Heisenberg’s representa on