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GATE Physical Chemistry: Rotational Motion: Angular momentum operators (orbital and spin), spherical harmonics and their properties. – Previous Year Questions

3 GATE previous year questions on Rotational Motion: Angular momentum operators (orbital and spin), spherical harmonics and their properties. (Physical Chemistry, Chemistry) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2026 CY Q28 (1 mark, Multiple select) – The correct statement(s) about spherical harmonics Y lm is(are)
  2. GATE 2026 CY Q65 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – An electron has orbital angular momentum magnitude 12. The minimum angle between L and its z-component in degrees (one decimal place) is
  3. GATE 2025 CY Q57 (2 marks, Multiple select) – If a particle’s state function is an eigenfunction of the operator L2 with eigenvalue 302, then the possible eigenvalue(s) of the operator L z2 for…