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The spectral series which corresponds to the electronic transition from the levels $$n_2=5,6, \ldots$$ to the level $$n_1=4$$ is

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Water is used as a coolant in a nuclear reactor because of its

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Some energy levels of a molecule are shown in the figure with their wavelengths of transitions. Then :

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Select the correct statements among the following :

A. Slow neutrons can cause fission in $${ }_{92}^{235} \mathrm{U}$$ than fast neutrons.

B. $$\alpha$$-rays are Helium nuclei.

C. $$\beta$$-rays are fast moving electrons or positrons.

D. $$\gamma$$-rays are electromagnetic radiations of wavelengths larger than $$\mathrm{X}$$-rays.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

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Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Atoms are electrically neutral as they contain equal number of positive and negative charges.

Statement II: Atoms of each element are stable and emit their characteristic spectrum.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

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Match List I with List II:

List I
(Spectral Lines of Hydrogen for transitions from)
List II
(Wavelengths (nm))
A. $$
n_2=3 \text { to } n_1=2
$$
I. 410.2
B. $$
n_2=4 \text { to } n_1=2
$$
II. 434.1
C. $$
n_2=5 \text { to } n_1=2
$$
III. 656.3
D. $$
n_2=6 \text { to } n_1=2
$$
IV. 486.1

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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$$ { }_{82}^{290} X \xrightarrow{\alpha} Y \xrightarrow{e^{+}} Z \xrightarrow{\beta^{-}} P \xrightarrow{e^{-}} Q $$

In the nuclear emission stated above, the mass number and atomic number of the product $$Q$$ respectively, are

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The ground state energy of hydrogen atom is $$-13.6 ~\mathrm{eV}$$. The energy needed to ionize hydrogen atom from its second excited state will be :

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The wavelength of Lyman series of hydrogen atom appears in:

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The angular momentum of an electron moving in an orbit of hydrogen atom is $$\mathrm{1.5\left(\frac{h}{\pi}\right)}$$. The energy in the same orbit is nearly.

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The half life of a radioactive substance is 20 minutes. In how much time, the activity of substance drops to $$\left(\frac{1}{16}\right)^{\text {th }}$$ of its initial value?

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In hydrogen spectrum, the shortest wavelength in the Balmer series is $$\lambda$$. The shortest wavelength in the Bracket series is :

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The radius of inner most orbit of hydrogen atom is $$5.3 \times 10^{-11} \mathrm{~m}$$. What is the radius of third allowed orbit of hydrogen atom?

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Let R1 be the radius of the second stationary orbit and R2 be the radius of the fourth stationary orbit of an electron in Bohr's model. The ratio $${{{R_1}} \over {{R_2}}}$$ is :

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Given below are two statements

Statement I : The law of radioactive decay states that the number of nuclei undergoing the decay per unit time is inversely proportional to the total number of nuclei in the sample.

Statement II : The half of a radionuclide is the sum of the life time of all nuclei, divided by the initial concentration of the nuclei at time t = 0.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

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At any instant, two elements X1 and X2 have same number of radioactive atoms. If the decay constant of X1 and X2 are 10 $$\lambda$$ and $$\lambda$$ respectively, then the time when the ratio of their atoms becomes $${1 \over e}$$ respectively will be :

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The ratio of Coulomb's electrostatic force to the gravitational force between an electron and a proton separated by some distance is 2.4 $$\times$$ 1039. The ratio of the proportionality constant, $$K = {1 \over {4\pi {\varepsilon _0}}}$$ to the gravitational constant G is nearly (Given that the charge of the proton and electron each = 1.6 $$\times$$ 10$$-$$19 C, the mass of the electron = 9.11 $$\times$$ 10$$-$$31 kg, the mass of the proton = 1.67 $$\times$$ 10$$-$$27 kg) :

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The graph which shows the variation of the de Broglie wavelength ($$\lambda$$) of a particle and its associated momentum (p) is

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In the given nuclear reaction, the element X is

$${}_{11}^{22}Na \to X + {e^ + } + v$$

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Let T1 and T2 be the energy of an electron in the first and second excited states of hydrogen atoms, respectively. According to the Bohr's model of an atom, the ratio T1 : T2 is

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A nucleus of mass number 189 splits into two nuclei having mass number 125 and 64. The ratio of radius of two daughter nuclei respectively is

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A nucleus with mass number 240 breaks into two fragments each of mass number 120, the binding per nucleon of unfragmented nuclei is 7.6MeV while that of fragments is 8.5MeV. The total gain in the Binding Energy in the process is :
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The half life of a radioactive nuclide is 100 hours. The fraction of original activity that will remain after 150 hours would be :
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A radioactive nucleus
$$_Z^AX$$ $$\to$$ $${}_{Z - 1}B$$ $$\to$$ $${}_{Z - 3}C$$ $$\to$$ $${}_{Z - 2}D$$,
where Z is the atomic number of element X. The possible decay particles in the sequence are :
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When a uranium isotope $$_{92}^{235}U$$ is bombarded with a neutron, it generates $$_{36}^{89}Kr$$ three neutrons and :
NEET 2020 Phase 1
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For which one of the following, Bohr model is not valid?
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The energy equivalent of 0.5 g of a substance is :
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$$\alpha $$-particale consists of :
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The total energy of an electron in an atom in an orbit is –3.4 eV. Its kinetic and potential energies are, respectively.
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For a radioactive material, half-life is 10 minutes. If initially there are 600 number of nuclei, the time taken (in minutes) for the disintegration of 450 nuclei is
NEET 2018
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The ratio of kinetic energy to the total energy of an electron in a Bohr orbit of the hydrogen atom, is
NEET 2018
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The ratio of wavelengths of the last line of Balmer series and the last line of Lyman series is
NEET 2017
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Radioactive material 'A' has decay constant '8 $$\lambda $$' and material 'B' has decay constant '$$\lambda $$'. Initially they have same number of nuclei. After what time, the ratio of number of nuclei of material 'B' to that 'A' will be e ?
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If an electron in a hydrogen atom jumps from the 3rd orbit to the 2nd orbit, it emits a photon of wavelength $$\lambda $$. When it jumps from the 4th orbit to the 3rd orbit, the corresponding wavelength of the photon will be
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The half-life of a radioactive substance is 30 minutes. The time (in minutes) taken between 40% decay and 85% decay of the same radioactive substance is
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When an $$\alpha $$-particle of mass m moving with velocity v bombards on a heavy nucleus of charge Ze, its distance of closest approach from the nucleus depends on m as
NEET 2016 Phase 1
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Given the value of Rydberg constant is 107 m$$-$$1, the wave number of the last line of the Balmer series in hydrogen spectrum will be
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In the spectrum of hydrogen, the ratio of the longest wavelength in the Lyman series to the longest wavelength in the Balmer series is
AIPMT 2015
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A nucleus of uranium decays at rest into nuclei of thorium and helium. Then
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Consider 3rd orbit of He+ (Helium), using non-relativistic approach, the speed of electron in this orbit will be [given K = 9 $$ \times $$ 109 constant, Z = 2 and h (Planck's Constant) = 6.6 $$ \times $$ 10$$-$$34 J s]
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If radius of the $${}_{13}^{27}$$ Al nucleus is taken to be RAl, then
the radius of $${}_{53}^{125}$$Te nucleus is nearly
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A radioactive X with a half life 1.4 $$ \times $$ 109 years decays to Y which is stable. A sample of the rock from a cave was found to contain X and Y in the ratio 1 : 7. The age of the rock is
AIPMT 2014
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The binding energy per nucleon of and nuclei are 5.60 MeV and 7.06 MeV respectively. In the nuclear reaction

$${}_3^7Li + {}_1^1H \to {}_2^4He + _2^4He + Q$$

the value of energy Q released is
AIPMT 2014
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Hydrogen atom in ground state is excited by a monochromatic radiation of $$\lambda $$ = 975 $$\mathop A\limits^ \circ $$. Number of spectral lines in the resulting spectrum emitted will be
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An electron in hydrogen atom makes a transition n1 $$ \to $$ n2 where n1 and n2 are principal quantum numbers of the two states . Assuming Bohr's model to be valid, the time period of the electron in the initial state is eight times that in the final state. The possible values of n1 and n2 are
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How does the Binding Energy per nucleon vary with the increase in the number of nucleons ?
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$$\alpha $$-particles, $$\beta $$-particles and $$\gamma $$-rays are all having same energy. Their penetrating power in a given medium in increasing order will be
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The half life of a radioactive isotope 'X' is 20 years. It decays to another element 'Y' which is stable. The two elements 'X' and 'Y' were found to be in the ratio 1 : 7 in a sample of a given rock. The age of the rock is estimated to be
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A certain mass of Hydrogen is changed to Helium by the process of fusion. The mass defect in fusion reaction is 0.02866 u. The energy liberated per u is (given 1 u = 931 MeV)
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Ratio of longest wave lengths corresponding to Lyman and Balmer series in hydrogen spectrum is
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The transition from the state n = 3 to n = 1 in a hydrogen like atom results in ultraviolet radiation. Infrared radiation will be obtained in the transition from
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The half life of a radioactive nucleus is 50 days. The time invertal (t2 $$-$$ t1) between the time t2 when $${2 \over 3}$$ of it has decayed and the time t1 when $${1 \over 3}$$ of it had decayed is
AIPMT 2012 Mains
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A mixture consists of two radioactive materials A1 and A2 with half lives of 20 s and 10 s respectively. Initially the mixture has 40 g of A1 and 160 g of A2. The amount of the two in the mixture will become equal after
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An electron of a stationary hydrogen atom passes from the fifth energy level to the ground level. The velocity that the atom acquired as a result of photon emission will be
AIPMT 2012 Prelims
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Electron in hydrogen atom first jumps from third excited state to second excited state and then from second excited to the first excited state. The ratio of the wavelengths $$\lambda $$1 : $$\lambda $$2 emitted in the two cases is
AIPMT 2012 Prelims
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If the nuclear radius of 27Al is 3.6 fermi, the approximate nuclear radius of 64Cu in fermi is
AIPMT 2012 Prelims
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Out of the following which one is not a possible energy for a photon to be emitted by hydrogen atom according to Bohr's atomic model?
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Two radioactive nuclei P and Q, in a given sample decay into a stable nucleus R. At time t = 0. number of P species are 4 N0 and that of Q are N0. Half -life of P (for conversion to R) is 1 minute where as that of Q is 2 minutes. Initially there are no nuclei of R present in the sample. When number of nuclei of P and Q are equal, the number of nuclei of R present in the sample would be
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An electron in the hydrogen atom jumps from excited state n to the ground state. The wavelength so emitted illuminates a photosensitive material having work function 2.75 eV. If the stopping potential of the photoelectron is 10 V, then the value of n is
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Fusion reaction takes place at high temperature because
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A radioactive nucleus of mass M emits a photon of frequency $$v$$ and the nucleus recoils. The recoil energy will be
AIPMT 2011 Prelims
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The power obtained in a reactor using U235 disintegration is 1000 kW. The mass decay of U235 per hour is
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The half life of a radioactive isotope X is 50 years. It decays to another element Y which is stable. The two elements X and Y were found to be in the ratio of 1 : 15 in a sample of a given rock. The age of the rock was estimated to be
AIPMT 2011 Prelims
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The wavelength of the first line of Lyman series for hydrogen atom is equal to that of the second line of Balmer series for a hydrogen like ion. The atomic number Z of hydrogen like ion is
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A nucleus $${}_n^mX$$ emits one $$\alpha $$ particle and two $$\beta $$ particles. The resulting nucleus is
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The binding energy per nucleon in deuterium and helium nuclei are 1.1 MeV and 7.0 MeV, respectively. When two deuterium nuclei fuse to form a helium nucleus the energy released in the fusion is
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The decay constant of a radio isotope is $$\lambda $$. If A1 and A2 are its activities at times t1 and t2 respectively, the number of nuclei which have decayed during the time (t1 $$-$$ t2)
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An alpha nucleus of energy $${1 \over 2}$$ mv2 bombards a heavy nuclear target of charge Ze. Then the distance of closest approach for the alpha nucleus will be proportional to
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The activity of a radioactive sample is measured as N0 counts per minute at t = 0 and N0/e counts per minute at t = 5 minutes. The time (in minutes) at which the activity reduces to half its value is
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The mass of a $${}_3^7Li$$ Li nucleus is 0.042 u less than the sum of the masses of all its nucleons. The binding energy per nucleon of $${}_3^7Li$$ nucleus is nearly
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The energy of a hydrogen atom in the ground state is $$-$$ 13.6 eV. The energy of a He+ ion in the first excited state will be
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The energy of a hydrogen atom in the ground state is $$-$$ 13.6 eV. The energy of a He+ ion in the first excited state will be
AIPMT 2010 Prelims
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The number of beta particles emitted by a radioactive substance is twice the number of alpha particles emitted by it. The resulting daughter is an
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The ionization energy of the electron in the hydrogen atom in its ground state is 13.6 eV. The atoms are excited to higher energy levels to emit radiations of 6 wavelengths, Maximum wavelength of emitted radiation corresponds to the transition between
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In a Rutherford scattering experiment when a projectile of charge z1 and mass M1 approaches a target nucleus of charge z2 and mass M2, the distance of closest approach is r0. The energy of the projectile is
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In the nuclear decay given below

$${}_Z^AX \to {}_{Z + 1}^AY \to {}_{Z - 1}^{A - 4}B{}^ * \to {}_{Z - 1}^{A - 4}B,$$

the particles emitted in the sequence are
AIPMT 2009
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Two nuclei have their mass numbers in the ratio of 1 : 3. The ratio of their nuclear densities would be
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Two radioactive materials X1 and X2 have decay constants $$5\lambda $$ and $$\lambda $$ respectively. If initially they have the same number of nuclei, then the ratio of the number of nuclei of X1 to that X2 will be 1/e after a time
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The ground state energy of hydrogen atom is $$-$$ 13.6 eV. When its electron is in the first excited state, its excitation energy is
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If M(A; Z), Mp and Mn denote the masses of the nucleus $${}_Z^AX,$$ proton and neutron respectively in units of u (1 u = 931.5 MeV/c2) and BE represents its bonding energy in MeV, then
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The total energy of electron in the ground state of hydrogen atom is $$-$$ 13.6 eV. The kinetic energy of an electron in the first excited state is
AIPMT 2007
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If the nucleus $${}_{13}^{27}Al$$ has a nuclear radius of about 3.6 fm, them $${}_{32}^{125}Te$$ would have its radius approximately as
AIPMT 2007
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A nucleus $${}_Z^AX$$ has mass represented by M(A, Z). If Mp and Mn denote the mass of proton and neutron respectively and B.E. the binding energy in MeV, then
AIPMT 2007
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In a mass spectrometer used for measuring the masses of ions, the ions are initially accelerated by an electric potential $$V$$ and then made to describe semicircular paths of radius R using a magnetic field B. If V and B are kept constant, the ratio $$\left( {{{ch\arg e\,\,on\,\,\,the\,\,ion\,\,} \over {mass\,\,of\,\,the\,\,ion}}} \right)$$ will be proportional to
AIPMT 2007
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In a radioactive decay process, the negatively charged emitted $$\beta $$-particles are
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Two radioactive substances A and B have decay constants 5$$\lambda $$ and $$\lambda $$ respectively. At t = 0 they have the same number of nuclei. The ratio of number of nuclei of A to those of B will be (1/e)2 after a time interval
AIPMT 2007
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The binding energy of deuteron is 2.2 MeV and that of $${}_2^4$$He is 28 MeV. If two deuterons are fused to form one $${}_2^4$$He then the energy released is
AIPMT 2006
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Ionization potential of hydrogen atom is 13.6 eV. Hydrogen atoms in the ground state are excited by monochromatic radiation of photon energy 12.1 eV. According to Bohr's theory, the spectral lines emited by hydrogen will be
AIPMT 2006
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In a radioactive material the activity at time t1 is R1 and at a later time t2, it is R2. If the decay constant of the material is $$\lambda $$, then
AIPMT 2006
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The radius of germanium (Ge) nuclide is measured to be twice the radius of $${}_4^9$$Be. The number of nucleons in Ge are
AIPMT 2006
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Fission of nuclei is possible because the binding energy per nucleon in them
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In any fission process the ratio
mass of fission products
mass of parent nucleus
is
AIPMT 2005
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Which one of the following pairs of nuclei are isotones ?
AIPMT 2005
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In the reaction $${}_1^2$$H + $${}_1^3$$H $$ \to $$ $${}_2^4$$He + $${}_0^1$$n, if the binding
energies of $${}_1^2$$ H, $${}_1^3$$H and $${}_2^4$$He are respectively a, b and c (in MeV),
then the energy (in MeV) released in this reaction is
AIPMT 2005
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The total energy of an electron in the first excited state of hydrogen atom is about $$-$$ 3.4 eV. Its kinetic energy in this state is
AIPMT 2005
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Energy levels A, B and C of a certain atom corresponding to increasing values of energy i.e. EA < EB < EC. If $$\lambda $$1, $$\lambda $$2 and $$\lambda $$3 are wavelengths of radioations corresponding to transitions C to B, B to A and C to A respectively, which of the following relations is correct?
AIPMT 2005
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If M(A; Z), Mp and Mn denote the masses of the nucleus $${}_Z^AX,$$ proton and neutron respectively in units of u (1 u = 931.5 MeV/c2) and BE represents its bonding energy in MeV, then
AIPMT 2004
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The half life of radian is about 1600 years. Of 100 g of radium existing now, 25 g will remain unchanged after
AIPMT 2004
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If in a nuclear fusion process the masses of the fusing nuclei be m1 and m2 and the mass of the resultant nucleus be m3, then
AIPMT 2004
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The Bohr model of atoms
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A nucleus represented by the symbol $${}_Z^AX$$ has
AIPMT 2004
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The mass of proton is 1.0073 u and that of neutron is 1.0087 u (u = atomic mass unit). The binding energy of $${}_2^4$$ He is
(Given helium nucleus mass $$ \approx $$ 4.0015 u.)
AIPMT 2003
103
The mass number of a nucleus is
AIPMT 2003
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A sample of radioactive element has a mass of 10 g at an instant t = 0. The approximate mass of this element in the sample after two mean lives is
AIPMT 2003
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The volume occupied by an atom is greater than the volume of the nucleus by a factor of about
AIPMT 2003
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Solar energy is mainly caused due to
AIPMT 2003
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An electron is moving round the nucleus of a hydrogen atom in a circular orbit of radius r. The Coulomb force $$\overrightarrow F $$ between the two is
AIPMT 2003
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A nuclear reaction given by

ZXA $$ \to $$ z+1YA + $$-$$1e0 + $$\overline v $$ represents
AIPMT 2003
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In which of the following systems will the radius of the first orbit (n = 1) be minimum ?
AIPMT 2003
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A deutron is bombarded on 8O16 nucleus then $$\alpha $$-particle is emitted. The product nucleus is
AIPMT 2002
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A sample of radioactive element containing 4 $$ \times $$ 1016 active nuclei. Half life of element is 10 days, then number of decayed nuclei after 30 days
AIPMT 2002
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Which of the following are suitable for the fusion process ?
AIPMT 2002
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Energy released in nuclear fission is due to
AIPMT 2001
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Mn and Mp represent the mass of neutron and proton respectively. An element having mass M has N neutrons and Z protons, then the correct relation will be
AIPMT 2001
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The energy of hydrogen atom in nth orbit is En then the energy in nth orbit of singly ionised helium atom will be
AIPMT 2001
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The interplanar distance in a crystal is 2.8 $$ \times $$ 10$$-$$8 m. The value of maximum wavelength which can be diffracted
AIPMT 2001
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Half life of a radioactive element is 12.5 hour and its quantity is 256 g. After how much time its quantity will remain 1 g?
AIPMT 2001
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X(n, $$\alpha $$) $${}_3^7$$Li, then X will be
AIPMT 2001
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Which rays contain (positive) charged particles ?
AIPMT 2001
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The relation between $$\lambda $$ and T1/2 as (T1/2 $$ \to $$ half life)
AIPMT 2000
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Maximum frequency of emission is obtained for the transition
AIPMT 2000
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The life span of atomic hydrogen is
AIPMT 2000
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When an electron does transition from n = 4 to n = 2, then emitted line spectrum will be
AIPMT 2000
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Nuclear fission is best explained by
AIPMT 2000
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For the given reaction, the particle X is
$$_6{C^{11}} \to {}_5{B^{11}} + {\beta ^ + } + X$$
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