Scheme of TIFR Test
This test consists of three parts: Section A, Section B and Section C. You must answer questions according to the programme you are applying for.
Candidate applying for
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Must answer
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Should not attempt
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Integrated M.Sc.-Ph.D.
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Section A + Section B
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Section C
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Ph.D.
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Section A + Section C
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Section B
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Section A has 20 questions: 1-10 are multiple choice; 11-20 are numerical
Section B has 15 questions: 21-30 are multiple choice; 31-35 are symbolic
Section C has 15 questions: 36-45 are multiple choice; 45-50 are symbolic
Indicate your ANSWER ON THE OMR ANSWER SHEET as follows.
Multiple choice questions have four options (a), (b), (c) and (d), of which only one option is correct. Indicate the answers by filling up the bubble on the Answer Sheet corresponding to the correct option. If more than one bubble is filled in, it will be treated as not answered.
Numerical questions have answers which are 3 (three) digit integers. Indicate the answers by filling in the corresponding bubbles on the Answer Sheet. Unless all three bubbles for a given question are filled, it will be treated as not answered. (See inside for details)
Symbolic questions have answers which are a number, a short formula or a word. Indicate the answers by writing in the boxes on the Answer Sheet next to the appropriate question numbers. (See inside for details)
The marking for these questions shall be as follows:
If the answer is |
Multiple-choice |
Numerical |
Symbolic |
Correct |
+3 |
+5 |
+5 |
Incorrect |
–1 |
0 |
0 |
Not attempted |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Multiple options marked |
0 |
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Note: Only multiple choice type questions have negative marking.
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Nuclear and Particle Physics: Nuclear radii and charge distributions, nuclear binding energy, electric and magnetic moments; semi-empirical mass formula; nuclear models; liquid drop model, nuclear shell model; nuclear force and two nucleon problem; alpha decay, beta-decay, electromagnetic transitions in nuclei; Rutherford scattering, nuclear reactions, conservation laws; fission and fusion; particle accelerators and detectors; elementary particles; photons, baryons, mesons and leptons; quark model; conservation laws, isospin symmetry, charge conjugation, parity and time-reversal invariance. |