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CHEMISTRY
Atomic Structure

01. Nitrogen has the electronic configuration

1s 2 2s 2 2p 1x 2p1y 2pz1 and not 1s 2 2s 2 2p 2x 2p1y 2pz0 which is determined by:
(a) Pauli exclusion principle (b) Aufbau principle
(c) Hund's rule (d) Uncertainty principle
02. Which of the following has largest de-Broglie wavelength, provided all has equal velocity?
(a) Carbon dioxide molecule (b) Electron
(c) Ammonia molecule (d) Proton
03. The orbital diagram in which the aufbau principle is violated is:

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

04. Which of the following relates to photons both as wave motion and as a stream of particles?
(a) Interference (b) E = mc2 (c) Diffraction (d) E = hv
05. According to classical theory, the proposed circular path of an electron in Rutherford atomic model will be:
(a) Circular (b) Straight line (c) Parabolic (d) Spiral
06. Which of the following electronic jump in a hydrogen atom will require the largest amount
of energy?
(a) From n = 1 to n = 2 (b) From n = 2 to n = 3
(c) From n = � to n = 1 (d) From n = 3 to n = 5

07. The orbital diagram in which both the Pauli's exclusion principle and Hund's rule are violated is:
(a) (b)

(c) (d)

08. The number of nodal planes '5d' orbital has, is:

(a) zero (b) one (c) two (d) three

09. For a d electron, the orbital angular momentum is:

(a) 6� (b) 2� (c) � (d) 2�

10. The position of both, an electron and a helium atom, is known within 1.0 nm. Further, the
momentum of the electron is known within 5.0 × 10-26 kg ms-1. The minimum uncertainty in
the measurement of momentum of helium atom is:
(a) 50 kg ms-1 (b) 5.0 × 10-26kg ms-1 (c) 80 kg ms-1 (d) 80 × 10-26kg ms-1
11. Principal azimuthal and magnetic quantum numbers are respectively related to:
(a) Size, orientation and shape (b) Size, shape and orientation
(c) Shape, size and orientation (d) None of these

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12. For which of the following species, Bohr's theory is not applicable?
(a) Be3+ (b) Li2+ (c) He2+ (d) H

13. In Cu(At. No. 29)

(a) 13 electrons have spin in one direction and 16 electrons in other direction
(b) 14 electrons have spin one direction and 15 electrons in other direction
(c) One electron can have spin only in the clockwise direction
(d) None of the above is correct

14. What is the maximum number of electrons which can be accommodated in an atom in which
the highest principal quantum number is 4?
(a) 10 (b) 18 (c) 36 (d) 54

15. The following quantum numbers are possible for how many orbitals?
n = 3, l = 2, m = +2
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

16. Which of the following element outermost orbit's last electron has magnetic quantum num-
ber m = 0?
(a) Na (b) O (c) Cl (d) N

17. In hydrogen atom, energy of the first excited state is -3.4eV. Then find out the K.E. of the
same orbit of H-atom.
(a) +3.4eV (b) +6.8eV (c) -13.6eV (d) +13.6eV

18. In the Bohr's orbit, what is the ratio of total kinetic energy and the total energy of the elec-
tron?
(a) -1 (b) -2 (c) +1 (d) +2

19. In Bohr series of lines of hydrogen spectrum, the third line from the red end corresponds to
which one of the following inter-orbit jumps of the electron for Bohr orbits in an atom of
hydrogen?
(a) 5 ���2 (b) 4 ���1 (c) 2 ��
�5 (d) 3 ��
�2

20. The value of Planck's constant is 6.63 × 10-34 Js. The velocity of light is 3.0 × 108 ms-1. Which
value is closest to the wavelength in nanometers of a quantum of light with frequency of 8 ×
1015 s-1?
(a) 2 × 10-25 (b) 5 × 10-18 (c) 4 × 101 (d) 3 × 107

21. The frequency of the radiation emitted when the electron falls from n = 4 to n = 1 in a
hydrogen atom will be
(Given ionization energy of H = 2.18 × 10-18 J atom-1 and h = 6.625 × 10-34 Js)
(a) 1.54 × 1015 s-1 (b) 1.03 × 1015 Js-1 (c) 3.08 × 1015 s-1 (d) 2.0 × 1015 s-1

22. The radius of which of the following orbit is same as that of the first Bohr's orbit of hydrogen
atom?
(a) He+ (n = 2) (b) Li2+ (n = 2) (c) Li2+ (n = 3) (d) Be3+ (n = 2)

23. Consider the ground state of Cr atom (Z = 24). The number of electrons with the azimuthal
quantum numbers l = 1 and 2 are respectively:
(a) 12 and 4 (b) 12 and 5 (c) 16 and 4 (d) 16 and 5

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24. The number of 2p electrons having spin quantum number s = -1/2 are:
(a) 6 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3

25. The one electron species having ionization energy of 54.4 eV is:
(a) H (b) He+ (c) B4+ (d) Li2+ (e) Be2+

26. If the ionization energy of hydrogen atom is 13.6 eV, the energy required to excited it from
ground state to the next higher state is nearly:
(a) 3.4eV (b) 10.2eV (c) 12.1eV (d) 1.5eV

27. If n = 3, l = 0, m = 0 , then atomic number is:

(a) 12, 13 (b) 13, 14 (c) 10, 11 (d) 11, 12

28. Among the following transition metal ions, the one where all the metal ions have 3d2 elec-
tronic configuration is:
(a) Ti3+, V2+, Cr3+, Mn4+ (b) Ti4+, V4+, Cr6+, Mn7+
(c) Ti4+, V3+, Cr2+, Mn3+ (d) Ti2+, V3+, Cr4+, Mn5+
[At. Nos. Ti = 22, V = 23, Cr = 24, Mn = 25]

29. The wavelength of the electron emitted, when in a hydrogen atom, electron falls from infin-
ity to stationary state 1, would be (Rydberg constant = 1.097 × 107 m-1).
(a) 91 nm (b) 192nm (c) 406nm (d) 9.1 × 10-8nm

30. The ratio of area covered by second orbital to the first orbital is:
(a) 1 : 1 (b) 1 : 16 (c) 8 : 1 (d) 16 : 1

31. The energy of the second bohr orbit of the hydrogen atom is -328kJ mol-1; Hence the energy
of fourth Bohr orbit would be:
(a) -1312kJ mol-1 (b) -82kJ mol-1 (c) -41kJ mol-1 (d) -164kJ mol-1

32. The number of radial nodes in 3s and 2p respectively are:

(a) 2 and 0 (b) 1 and 2 (c) 0 and 2 (d) 2 and 1

33. Alpha-particle that come closer to nuclei:

(a) Are deflected more (b) Are deflected less
(c) Make more collisions (d) None

34. Which of the following transitions will have minimum wavlenegth?

(a) n 4 � n 1 (b) n 2 � n 1 (c) n 4 � n 2 (d) n 3 � n 1

35. A near UV photon of 300 nm is absorbed by a gas and then re-emitted as two photons. One
photon is red with wavelength 760nm. Then the wavelength of the second photon will be
early:
(a) 460nm (b) 300nm (c) 496nm (d) 1060nm

36. Electron falls from 7th energy level and lower energy levels to produce bands in the Paschen
series. Total number of bands in the Paschen obtained will be:
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

37. If E1, E2 and E3 represent respectively the kinetic energies of an electron, an �-particle and a
proton each having same de-Broglie wavelength, then:
(a) E1 > E2 > E3 (b) E3 > E2 > E1 (c) E1 > E3 > E2 (d) E1 = E2 = E3

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38. How fast is an electron moving if it has a wavelength equal to the distance it travels in one second?

m h h h
(a) (b) (c) (d)
h m p 2(KE)

39. Planck's constant has the unit of

(a) Work (b) Energy
(c) Angular momentum (d) Linear momentum

40. When the frequency of the incident radiation on a metallic plate is doubled, KE of the pho-
toelectrons will be:
(a) doubled (b) havled
(c) more than doubled (d) increases but less than doubled

41. If the radius of the first Bohr orbit is x, then de-Broglie wavelength of electorn in 3rd orbit is
nearly?
(a) 3x (b) 9x (c) 2�x (d) 6�x

42. For hydrogen atom, Rydberg constant (RH) is xm-1. Then for He+ ion, the corresponding
value of this constant will be:
(a) xcm-1 (b) 400 x cm-1 (c) 4 x cm-1 (d) 0.04 x cm-1

43. Which particle may be removed from a stable neutral atom with least energy change :
(a) An a � particle (b) A neutron (c) A proton (d) An electron

44. Photoelectric emission is observed from a metal surface will incident frequencies v1 and v2
where v1 > v2. If the kinetic energies of the photoelectrons emitted in the two cases are in the
ratio 2 : 1, then the threshold frequency v0 of the metal is:
�1 � �2
(a) v1 - v2 (b) (c) 2v1 - v2 (d) 2v2 - v1
h

45. If �E is the energy emitted in electron volts when an electronic transition occurs from higher
energy level to a lower energy level in H-atom, the wavelength of the line produced is
approximately equal to:
19800 12375 13600 21800
(a) Å (b) Å (c) Å (d) Å
�E �E �E �E

46. Any p-orbital can accommodate up to:

(a) 4 electrons (b) 2 electrons with parallel spins
(c) 6 electrons (d) 2 electrons with opposite spins

47. As electron moves away from the nucleus, its

(a) K.E. decreases but P.E. increases (b) Both K.E. and P.E. decrease
(c) Both K.E. and P.E. increase (d) K.E. increases but P.E. decreases

48. According to (n + l) rule, after np level is filled with electrons, the next electron will enter
into:
(a) (n + 1) p (b) (n + 1) s (c) (n - 1)d (d) nd

49. In Bohr's model of hydrogen atom, the period of revolution of an electron in the 1st orbit to
that in the 2nd orbit are in the ratio:
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 2 : 1 (c) 1 : 4 (d) 1 : 8

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50. Three energy level and the wavelengths of the lines produced by transitions are shown in
the Fig. below:

Which one of the following relationship is correct?

�1� 2
(a) � 3 � � 1 � � 2 (b) � 23 � � 12 � � 22 (c) � 3 � � � � (d) � 1 � � 2 � � 3 � 0
1 2

51. According to Bohr's theory of the angular moemntum of an electron in 5th orbit is:
(a) 10 h/� (b) 2.5 h/� (c) 25 h/� (d) 1.0 h/�

52. Given: The mass of electron is 9.11 × 10-31 kg, Planck constnat is 6.626 × 10-34J, the uncertainty
involved in the measurement of velocity within a distance of 0.1 Å is:
(a) 5.79 × 108 ms-1 (b) 5.79 × 105 ms-1 (c) 5.79 × 106 ms-1 (d) 5.79 × 107 ms-1

53. The de-Broglie wavelength associated with a ball of mass 1 kg having kinetic energy 0.5J is:
(a) 6.626 × 10-34m (b) 13.20 × 10-34m (c) 10.38 × 10-21m (d) 6.626 × 10-34 Å

54. The orbital angular momentum of an electron is zero. In which orbital may it be present?
(a) 2s (b) 2p (c) 3d (d) 4f (e) 5f

55. What is the maximum number of electrons in an atom that can have the quantum numbers,
n = 4, ml = +1?
(a) 4 (b) 15 (c) 3 (d) 1 (e) 6

56. The radius of the first Bohr orbit of hydrogen atom is 0.529 Å. The radius of third orbit of
He+ will be:
(a) 8.46 Å (b) 0.705 Å (c) 1.59 Å (d) 1.41 Å (e) 2.38Å

57. If the uncertainty in position and momentum are equal, then uncertainty in velocity is:
1 h h 1 h h
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2m � 2� m � �

58. The electronic configuration, 1s2 2s2 2p63s2 3p6 3d9, represents a:
(a) metal atom (b) Non-metal atom
(c) Non-metallic anion (d) Metallic cation

59. The energy absorbed by each molecule (A2) of a substance is 4.4 × 10-19J and bond energy
per molecule is 4.0 × 10-19J. The kinetic energy of the molecule per atom will be:
(a) 2.2 × 10-19J (b) 2.0 × 10-19J (c) 4.0 × 10-20J (d) 2.0 × 10-20J

60. Maximum number of electrons in a sub shell of an atom is determined by the following:
(a) 2l + 1 (b) 4l – 2 (c) 2n2 (d) 4l + 2

61. Which of the following is not permissible arrangement of electrons in an atom?

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 1 1
(a) n � 5, l = 3, m = 0, s = + (b) n � 3, l = 2, m = -3, s = -
2 2
1 1
(c) n � 3, l = 2, m = -2, s = - (d) n � 4, l = 0, m = 0, s = -
2 2

62. In an atom, an electron is moving with a speed of 600 m/s with an accuracy of 0.005%.
Certainity with which the position of the electron can be located is (h = 6.6 × 10-34kg m2 s-1,
mass of electron, me = 9.1 × 10-31kg)
(a) 1.52 × 10-4m (b) 5.10 × 10-3m (c) 1.92 × 10-3m (d) 3.84 × 10-3m

63. Calculate the wavelength (in nanometer) associated with a proton moving at 1.0× 103 ms-1:
(a) 0.032nm (b) 0.40nm (c) 2.5nm (d) 14.0nm

64. 1 mole of photons, each of frequency 250s-1 would have approximately a total energy of :
(a) 1erg (b) 1joule (c) 1eV (d) 1MeV

65. A metallic ion M2+ has an electronic configuration of 2, 8, 14 and the ionic weight is 56 amu.
The number of neutrons in its nucleus is:
(a) 30 (b) 32 (c) 34 (d) 42

66. The five d-oribtals are designated an d xy , d yz , d xz , d x2 � y2 and d z 2 . Choose the correct statement:
(a) The shapes of the first three orbitals are similar but that of the fourth and fifth orbitals are different
(b) The shapes of all the five d-orbitals are similar.
(c) The shapes of the first four orbitals are similar but that of the fifth orbital is different
(d) The shapes of all the five d-orbitals are different

67. Arrange in decreasing order, the energy of 2s orbital in the following atoms
H, Li, Na, K
(a) E2s(H) > E2s(Li) > E2s(Na) > E2s(K) (b) E2, (H) > E2s(Na) > E2s(Li) > E2s(K)
(c) E2s(H) > E2s(Na) = E2s(K) > E2s(Li) (d) E2s(K) > E2s(Na) > E2s(Li) > E2s(H)

68. The correct set four quantum numbers for outermost electron of potassium (Z = 19) is:
1 1 1 1
(a) 3, 1, 0, (b) 4, 0, 0, (c) 3, 0, 0, (d) 4, 1, 0,
2 2 2 2
-1
69. A body of mass x kg is moving with a velocity of 100 ms . Its de-Broglie wavlength is 6.62 ×
10-35m. Hence, x is (h = 6.62 × 10-34J s)
(a) 0.25kg (b) 0.15kg (c) 0.2kg (d) 0.1kg

70. Which one of the following pairs constitutes isotones?

(a) 6C13 and 6C14 (b) 6C13 and 7N14 (c) 7N14 and 9F19 (d) 7N14 and 7N15

71. If the de Broglie wavelength of a particle of mass m is 100 times its velocity, then its value in
terms of its mass (m) and Planck's constant (h) is:
1 m h 1 h m
(a) (b) 10 (c) (d) 10
10 h m 10 m h

72. For principal quantum number n = 4, the total number of orbitals having l = 3 is:
(a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d) 9

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73. Ionisation energy of He+ is 19.6 × 10-18J atom-1. The energy of the first stationary state (n = 1)
of Li2+ is:
(a) -2.2 ×10-15 J atom-1 (b) 8.82 × 10-17 J atom-1
(c) 4.41 × 10-16J atom-1 (d) -4.41 × 10-17 J atom-1

74. A 0.66kg ball is moving with a speed of 100 m/s. The associated wavelength will be
(h = 6.6 × 10-34Js)
(a) 6.6 × 10-32m (b) 6.6 × 10-34m (c) 1.0 × 10-35m (d) 1.0 × 10-32m

75. The shortest wavelength in hydrogen spectrum of Lyman series when RH = 109678 cm-1 is:
(a) 1002.7 Å (b) 1215.67 Å (c) 1127.30 Å (d) 911.7 Å (e) 1234.7 Å

76. The line spectrum of He+ ion will resemble that of:
(a) Hydrogen atom (b) Li+ ion
(c) Helium atom (d) Lithium atom (e) Be2+ ion

77. The atom/ion that has the highest number of unpaired electrons is:
(a) Mg2+ (b) F (c) N (d) S2- (E) Ti3+

78. Calculate the wavelength of the light required to break the bond between two chlorine at-
oms in a chlorine molecule. The Cl-Cl bond energy in 243 kJ mol-1
(h = 6.6 × 10-34Js, c = 3 × 108 ms-1, Avogadro's number = 6.02 × 1023 mol-1)
(a) 8.18 × 10-31m (b) 6.26 × 10-21m (c) 4.91 × 10-7m (d) 4.11 × 10-6m

79. The wave number of the spectral line in the emission spectrum of hydrogen will be equal to
8/9 times the Rydberg's constant if the electron jumps from:
(a) n = 3 to n = 1 (b) n = 10 to n = 1 (c) n = 9 to n = 1 (d) n = 2 to n = 1

80. The set of quantum number for outermost electron for copper in its ground state is___:
(a) 4, 1, 1, +1/2 (b) 3, 2, 2, +1/2 (c) 4, 0, 0, +1/2 (d) 4, 2, 2, +1/2

81. If a species has 16 protons, 18 electrons and 16 neutrons, Find the species and its charge:
(a) S1- (b) Si2+ (c) P3- (d) S2-

82. Which of the following set of quantum numbers represents the 19th electron in chromium
(Z = 24 for Cr)
1 1 1 1
(a) 4, 0, 0, (b) 4, 1, �1, (c) 3, 2, 2, (d) 3, 2, �2,
2 2 2 2
83. Deuterium nucleus contains:
(a) 1p + 1n (b) 2p + 0n (c) 1p + 1e- (d) 2p + 2n

84. In photoelectric effect, the kinetic energy of the photoelectrons increases linearly with the:
(a) wavelenght of incident light (b) frequency of incident light
(c) velocity of incident light (d) atomic mass of the element

85. An electron will have the highest energy in the set:

(a) 3, 2, 1, 1/2 (b) 4, 2, -1, 1/2 (c) 4, 1, 0, -1/2 (d) 5, 0, 0, 1/2

86. If an electron travels with a velocity of 1/100th speed of light in the first Bohr orbit, what is
its velocity (relative to the speed of light) in the 5th Bohr orbit?
(a) 0.002 (b) 0.1 (c) 0.5 (d) 0.7

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 ANSWERS
01. C 02. B 03. B 04. D 05. D 06. A 07. A
08. C 09. A 10. B 11. B 12. C 13. B 14. C
15. A 16. A 17. A 18. A 19. A 20. C 21. C
22. D 23. B 24. D 25. B 26. B 27. D 28. D
29. A 30. D 31. B 32. A 33. A 34. A 35. C
36. D 37. C 38. B 39. C 40. C 41. D 42. D
43. D 44. D 45. B 46. D 47. A 48. B 49. D
50. C 51. B 52. C 53. A 54. A 55. E 56. E
57. A 58. D 59. D 60. D 61. B 62. C 63. B
64. A 65. A 66. C 67. A 68. B 69. D 70. B
71. B 72. B 73. D 74. C 75. D 76. A 77. C
78. C 79. A 80. C 81. D 82. A 83. A 84. B
85. B 86. A

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