GATE Physics (PH) Question Papers 2024: Answer Keys, Previous Years PDF

The GATE Physics (PH) question papers 2024 help students self-evaluate, adjust to the difficulty level of the GATE exam 2024, identify key themes, and revise the fundamental concepts.

The GATE Physics (PH) syllabus includes topics like quantum mechanics, electromagnetism, mathematical Physics thermodynamics, atomic and molecular physics, classical mechanics, nuclear and particle physics, and Quantum statistics, and electromagnetic wave polarisation.

To score well in the exams, students practice GATE exam question papers, read these topics attentively and be well-versed in all related subtopics.

Table of Contents

• GATE Physics Question Papers with Answer Keys PDF 2024
• GATE Physics Previous Year Question Papers with Answer Keys PDF
• Top 10+ GATE Physics Questions with Solutions 
• GATE Exam Pattern 2024

GATE Physics Question Papers with Answer Keys PDF 2024

GATE Physics question papers 2024 with answer keys and paper analysis of the exam lets students view the paper pattern and gauge the exam's difficulty level.

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GATE Physics Previous Year Question Papers with Answer Keys PDF

GATE Physics Question Papers with answer keys in PDF format  are tabulated below for both sessions. Students can practise them to evaluate their readiness and preparation level for the upcoming exam.

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Top 10+ GATE Physics Question with Solutions

The top 10+ GATE Physics (PH) question with solutions that can be highly anticipated in GATE 2024 are listed down below for students' reference. Students can practise them and understand the level of preparation.

Q1. "You are delaying the completion of the task. Send contributions at the earliest."

(A) you are

(B) your

(C) you are

(D) yore

Ans. : (B)

 Q2. References :……….. : Guidelines : Implement

(Byword meaning)

(A) Sight

(B) Site

(C) Cite

(D) Plagiarise

Ans. : (C) 

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Q3. In 2022, June Huh was awarded the Fields Medal, the highest Mathematics prize. When he was younger, he was also a poet. He did not win any medals in the International Mathematics Olympiads. He dropped out of college.

Based only on the above information, which one of the following statements can be logically inferred with certainty?

(A) Every Field medalist has won a medal in an International Mathematics Olympiad.

(B) Everyone who has dropped out of college has won the Fields medal.

(C) All Fields medalists are part-time poets.

(D) Some Fields medalists have dropped out of college.

Ans. (D) 

Q4. Human beings are one among many creatures that inhabit an imagined world. In this imagined world, some creatures are cruel. If, in this imagined world, it is given that the statement "Some human beings are not cruel creatures" is FALSE, then which of the following set of statement(s) can be logically inferred with certainty?

(i) All human beings are cruel creatures.

(ii) Some human beings are cruel creatures.

(iii) Some cruel creatures are human beings.

(iv) No human beings are cruel creatures.

(A) only (i)

(B) only (iii) and (iv)

(C) only (i) and (ii)

(D) (i), (ii) and (iii)

Ans. (D)

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Q5. To construct a wall, sand and cement are mixed in a ratio of 3:1. The cost of sand and cement is in the ratio of 1: 2. If the total cost of sand and cement to construct the wall is 1000 rupees, what is the cost (in rupees) of cement used?

(A) 400

(B) 600

(C) 800

(D)200

Ans. (A)

Q6. Which of the following shapes can be used to tile (completely cover by repeating) a flat plane, extending to infinity in all directions, without leaving any empty spaces between them? The copies of the shape used to tile are identical and cannot overlap.

(A) circle

(B) regular octagon

(C) regular pentagon

(D) rhombus

Ans. (D) 

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Q7.  Which of the following is(are) the correct option(s) for the Joule-Thomson effect?

(A) It is an isentropic process

(B) It is an isenthalpic process

(C) It can result in cooling as well as heating

(D) For an ideal gas, it always results in cooling

Ans. (B) and (C)

Q8.  The Geiger-Muller counter is a device to detect alpha, beta and gamma radiations. It is a cylindrical tube filled with monatomic gases like argon and polyatomic gases like ethyl alcohol. The inner electrode is along the axis of the cylindrical tube, and the outer electrode is the tube. Which of the following statements is(are) correct?

(A) Argon is used so that ambient light coming from the surroundings does not produce any signal

in the detector

(B) Ethyl alcohol is used as a quenching gas

(C) The electric field strength decreases from the axis to the edge of the tube, and the direction of the field is radially outward

(D) The electric field increases from the axis to the edge of the tube, and the field direction is

radially inward

Ans. A), (B) and (C) 

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Q9. In the vector model of angular momentum applied to atoms, what is the minimum angle in degrees (in integer) made by the orbital angular momentum vector and the positive Z axis for a 2p electron?

Ans. 0

Q10. For a transistor amplifier, the frequency response is such that the mid-band voltage gain is 200. The cutoff frequencies are 20 Hz and 20kHz. What is the ratio (rounded off to two decimal places) of the voltage gain at 10 Hz to that at 100 kHz?

Ans. 2.28

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GATE Exam Pattern 2024

The organising authority has released the GATE test pattern 2024, available for each of the 30 papers. The MCQ, MSQ, and NAT question types that comprise the GATE 2024 paper format are combined with a 3-hour (180-minute) exam period.

• Marks for General Aptitude (15 marks) and subject questions (85 marks) will be distributed in papers AR, CY, DA, EY, GG, MA, PH, ST, XH, and XL.
• There will be sixty-five questions on the exam. The GATE maximum score is 100. 
• In engineering and general aptitude, approximately 28% of the total marks for the papers will come from the mathematics section.

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