GATE Physics 2017 Solved Paper | Thermal & Statistical Physics

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Hello GATE aspirants, welcome to part EIGHT of GATE THERMAL AND STATISTICAL PHYSICS SERIES. If you want to ace GATE PHYSICS 2025, this video is for you.
About GATE THERMAL AND STATISTICAL PHYSICS Series
In this series, I’ll give detailed solutions to previous year questions from Thermal and Statistical Physics part of GATE physics papers from 2010 to 2024.
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Syllabus for GATE Thermal and Statistical Physics 2025
Laws of thermodynamics; macrostates and microstates; phase space; ensembles; partition
function, free energy, calculation of thermodynamic quantities; classical and quantum statistics;
degenerate Fermi gas; black body radiation and Planck's distribution law; Bose-Einstein
condensation; first and second order phase transitions, phase equilibria, critical point

Marking Scheme for GATE 2025
GATE PHYSICS 2025 paper is for a total of 100 marks, GA (15 marks) and Physics (85 marks). In PH, there are a total of 55 questions with 25 questions carrying 1 mark each and 30 questions carrying 2 marks each. For a 1-mark and 2-mark MCQ, 1/3 mark and 2/3 mark will be deducted for a wrong answer respectively.
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Books to refer: Thermodynamics, kinetic theory and statistical thermodynamics by Francis W. Sears, Gerhard L. Salinger
Concepts in Thermal Physics by Stephen J. Blundell, Katherine M. Blundell
Fundamentals of Statistical And Thermal Physics by Frederick Reif

Link to the GATE GENERAL APTITUDE Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx3BxPoXTo4&list=PLTDjlDJndUFB53DYFdTYA-ThDK6FwvYfB
Link to the GATE ELECTRONICS Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FzWsqTEdgM&list=PLTDjlDJndUFClnAQciu4WMZ1etSigK_gk
Link to the GATE SOLID STATE PHYSICS Series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTDjlDJndUFD0IwoVuBwhD5ikVzca2Ytl&si=Gg8MlspY5FnSyyDA
Link to the GATE SOLID STATE PHYSICS Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osPE15Vye-w&list=PLTDjlDJndUFDYkdmruJmUMDM8TrCR--NP
Link to the GATE MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56h6yi7pPnI&list=PLTDjlDJndUFCg96C5h-WpWth5nNNVluhW
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