The GATE Grind

GATE Physical Chemistry: Hydrogen and Hydrogen-like Atoms: Atomic orbitals; radial and angular distribution functions and their probabilities; Atomic units, Multi-electron atoms: Orbital approximation; electron spin; Pauli exclusion principle; Slater determinants. Variational method and secular determinants; first order non-degenerate perturbation techniques. – Previous Year Questions

3 GATE previous year questions on Hydrogen and Hydrogen-like Atoms: Atomic orbitals; radial and angular distribution functions and their probabilities; Atomic units, Multi-electron atoms: Orbital approximation; electron spin; Pauli exclusion principle; Slater determinants. Variational method and secular determinants; first order non-degenerate perturbation techniques. (Physical Chemistry, Chemistry) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2025 CY Q45 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – The correct option with regard to the following statements is (a) Time-independent Schrödinger equation can be exactly solved for Be2+. (b) For a…
  2. GATE 2024 CY Q33 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – The value of e22 0a 0 in atomic unit of energy is . (e: charge of electron; a 0: Bohr radius; 0: permittivity of vacuum) (rounded off to the nearest…
  3. GATE 2024 CY Q56 (2 marks, Multiple select) – Among the following, the correct statement(s) is (are):