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#tagged questions are numerical type: (5). An α-particle of energy 5 MeV is

scattered through 180° by a fixed
(1). 13.6 eV energy is required to ionize the uranium nucleus. The distance of
hydrogen atom, then the energy closest approach is of the order of –
required to remove an electron from [AIEEE-2004]
n = 2 is – (1) 10–12 cm (2) 10–10 cm
[AIEEE-2002]
(1) 10.2 eV (2) 0 eV (3) 1Å (4) 10–15 cm
(3) 3.4 eV (4) 6.8 eV
(6). The diagram shows the energy levels
(2). The wavelengths involved in the for an electron in a certain atom.
spectrum of deuterium are slightly Which transition shown represents
different from that of hydrogen the emission of a photon with the most
spectrum, because – energy?
[AIEEE-2003]
(1) The nuclear forces are different in
the two cases n=4
(2) The masses of the two nuclei are n=3
different
(3) The attraction between the n=2
electron and the nucleus is different
in the two cases
(4) The size of the two nuclei are n=1
I II III IV
different

(3). Which of the following atoms has the [AIEEE-2005]

lowest ionization potential? (1) III (2) IV
[AIEEE-2003]
(1) 133 Cs 40
(2) 18 Ar (3) I (4) II
55
16 14
(3) 8
O (4) 7
N
(7). Which of the following transitions in
hydrogen atoms emit photons of
(4). If the binding energy of the electron in highest frequency?
a hydrogen atom is 13.6 eV, the energy [AIEEE-2007]
required to remove the electron from (1) n = 2 to n = 6
the first excited state of Li++ is –
[AIEEE-2003] (2) n = 6 to n = 2
(1) 13.6 eV (2) 3.4 eV (3) n = 2 to n =1
(3) 122.4 eV (4) 30.6 eV (4) n = 1 to n = 2
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(8). Suppose an electron is attracted (12). A diatomic molecule is made of two
k masses m1 and m2 which are separated
towards the origin by a force where by a distance r. If we calculate its
r
‘k’ is a constant and ‘r’ is the distance of rotational energy by applying Bohr's
the electron from the origin. By rule of angular momentum
applying Bohr model to this system, quantization, its energy will be given
by: (n is an integer)
the radius of the nth orbital of the
[AIEEE-2012]
electron is found to be ‘r n’ and the
n2 2
kinetic energy of the electron to be ’Tn’. (1)
2  m1  m 2  r 2
Then which of the following is true?
[AIEEE-2008]
2n2 2
(1) Tn independent of n, rn ∝ n (2)
1
 m1  m 2  r 2
(2) Tn ∝ ,r ∝n
n n
(3)
m 1
 m2  n 2 2

1 2m1m2r2
(3) Tn ∝ , rn ∝ n2
n
m  m2  n2
2
2
1
(4) Tn ∝ 2 , rn ∝ n2 (4) 1
n 2m12m22r2

(9). The transition from the state n = 4 to

n = 3 in a hydrogen like atom results in (13). Ionization energy of Li (Lithium) atom
ultraviolet radiation. Infrared in ground state is 5.4 eV. Binding
radiation will be obtained in the energy of an electron in Li+ ion in the
transition from – ground state is 75.6 eV. Energy
[AIEEE-2009] required to remove all three electrons
(1) 2 → 1 (2) 3 → 2 of Lithium (Li) atom is:
[AIEEE online 2012]
(3) 4 → 2 (4) 5 → 4 (1) 203.4 eV (2) 135.4 eV

(10). Energy required for the electron (3) 81.0 eV (4) 156.6 eV
excitation in Li++ from the first to the
third Bohr orbit is:
[AIEEE-2011] (14). In a hydrogen like atom electron
(1) 12.1 eV (2) 36.3 eV makes transition from an energy level
with quantum number n to another
(3) 108.8 eV (4) 122.4 eV with quantum number (n – 1). If
n >> 1, the frequency of radiation
(11). Hydrogen atom is excited from ground emitted is proportional to –
state to another state with principal [JEE Main-2013]
quantum number equal to 4. Then the 1 1
(1) 3/2 (2) 3
number of spectral lines in the n n
emission spectra will be-
[AIEEE-2012] 1 1
(1) 3 (2) 5 (3) (4)
n n2
(3) 6 (4) 2
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(15). In the Bohr model an electron moves in (18). If the binding energy of the electron in
a circular orbit around the proton. a hydrogen atom is 13.6 eV. The energy
Considering the orbiting electron to be required to remove the electron from
a circular current loop, the magnetic the first excited state of Li++ is:
moment of the hydrogen atom, when [JEE Main online 2014]
the electron is in excited state of (1) 122.4 eV (2) 30.6 eV
quantum number n is:
(3) 13.6 eV (4) 3.4 eV
[JEE Main online 2013]
 e  n2h  e  nh
(1)   (2)   (19). Hydrogen (1H1), Deuterium (1H2),
 2m  2  m  2
singly ionized Helium (2He4)+, and
doubly ionized lithium (3Li6)++ all have
 e  nh  e  n2h one electron around the nucleus.
(3)   (4)  
 2m  2  m  2 Consider an electron transition from
n =2 to n =1. If the wavelength of
emitted radiation are λ1, λ2, λ3 and λ4
(16). In the Bohr’s model of hydrogen-like respectively then approximately
atom, the force between the nucleus which one of the following is correct?
and the electron is modified as [JEE Main 2014]
e2  1   (1) λ1 = 2λ2 = 2 λ3 = λ4
F    , where  is a (2) λ1 = λ2 = 4 λ3 = 9λ4
40  r2 r3 
(3) λ1 = 2λ2 = 3 λ3 = 4λ4
constant. For this atom, the radius of
the nth orbit in terms of the Bohr radius (4) 4λ1 = 2λ2 = 2 λ3 = λ4
  h2 
 a0  0 2  is: (20). A hydrogen atom makes a transition
 me  from n = 2 to n = 1 and emits a photon.
This photon strikes a doubly ionized
[JEE Main online 2013] lithium atom (z = 3) in excited state
(1) rn = a0n – β (2) rn = a0n2 + β and completely removes the orbiting
electron. The least quantum number
(3) rn = a0n2 – β (4) rn = a0n + β for the excited state of the ion for this
process is:
[JEE Main online 2016]
(17). Orbits of a particle moving in a circle (1) 2 (2) 3
are such that the perimeter of the orbit
equals an integer number de-Broglie (3) 4 (4) 5
wavelengths of the particle. For a
charged particle moving in a plane (21). A neutron moving with a speed ‘v’
perpendicular to a magnetic field, the makes a head on collision with a
radius of the nth orbit will therefore be stationary hydrogen atom in ground
proportional to: state. The maximum kinetic energy of
the neutron for which inelastic
[JEE Main online 2013] collision will take place is:
(1) n2 (2) n [JEE Main online 2016]
(1) 12.1 eV (2) 20.4 eV
(3) n1/2 (4) n1/4
(3) 10.2 eV (4) 16.8 eV

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(22). Some energy levels of a molecule are (25). If the series limit frequency of the
shown in the figure. The ratio of the Lyman series is υL, then the series limit
 frequency of the Pfund series is:
wavelength r = 1 , is given by: [JEE Main 2018]
2
(1) 25 υL (2) 16 υL
–E (3) υL/16 (4) υL/25

E
(26). The energy required to remove the
electron from a singly ionized Helium
–E
atom is 2.2 times the energy required
–3E to remove an electron from Helium
atom. The total energy required to
[JEE Main 2017] ionize the Helium atom completely is:
4 2 [JEE Main online 2018]
(1) r  (2) r 
3 3 (1) 20 eV (2) 79 eV
3 1 (3) 109 eV (4) 34 eV
(3) r  (4) r 
4 3
(27). Muon (μ–1) is negatively charged
(23). According to Bohr’s theory, the time (|q| = |e|) with a mass mμ = 200 me,
averaged magnetic field at the centre where me is the mass of the electron
(i.e. nucleus) of a hydrogen atom due and e is the electronic charge. If μ–1 is
to the motion of electrons in the nth bound to a proton to form a hydrogen
orbit is proportional to: like atom, identify the correct
(n = principal quantum number) statement:
[JEE Main online 2017]
(1) n–3 (2) n–2 (a) Radius of the muonic orbit is 200
times smaller than that of the
(3) n–4 (4) n–5
electron
(b) The speed of the in the nth orbit is
(24). An electron from various excited states
of hydrogen atom emit radiation to 1
times that of the electron in the
come to the ground state. Let λn, λg be 200
the de-Broglie wavelength of the nth orbit
electron in the nth state and the ground (c) The ionization energy the muonic
state respectively. Let Λn be the atom is 200 times more than that of
wavelength of the emitted photon in an hydrogen atom
the transition from n th to the ground
(d) The momentum of the muon in
state. For large n, (A, B are constants):
[JEE Main 2018] the nth orbit is 20 times more than
B that of the electron
(1)  n  A  2 (2)  n  A  B n
n
[JEE Main online 2018]
(1) (a), (b), (d) (2) (b), (d)
(3) 2n  A  B2n (4) 2n  
(3) (c), (d) (4) (a), (c), (d)

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(28). The de-Broglie wavelength (λB)
associated with the electron orbiting in
the second excited state of hydrogen
atom is related to that in the ground
state (λG) by:
[JEE Main online 2018]
(1) λB = λG/3 (2) λB = λG/2
(3) λB = 2λG (4) λB = 3λG

Answers
(1). (2). (3). (4). (5). (6). (7). (8).
3 2 1 4 1 1 3 1
(9). (10). (11). (12). (13). (14). (15). (16).
4 3 3 3 1 2 3 3
(17). (18). (19). (20). (21). (22). (23). (24).
3 2 2 3 2 4 4 1

(25). (26). (27). (28).

4 2 4 4

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