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MODERN PHYSICS - SHEET: 2 (Lecture-2)
LEVEL 1

1. What will happen if we do not consider nucleus in Bohr atom infinitely heavy

2. What is the de-Broglie wavelength of an electron in the first Bohr orbit?

3. What is the time period of an electron in 2nd Bohr’s orbit of hydrogen-like He+?

4. Find the radius of the second Bohr obit of singly ionised helium atom

5. What is the ratio of magnetic dipole moment of an electron of charge e and mass m in Bohr’s orbit in
hydrogen to its angular momentum

6. Can a hydrogen atom absorb a photon whose energy exceeds its binding energy(13.6 eV)?

7. The radius of Bohr’s first orbit is a0. What is the radius of the electron in nth orbit?

8. The ionisation potential of hydrogen atom is 13.6 volt. Find the energy required to remove an
electron from the second orbit of hydrogen

9. (a) Find the first excitation potential of He+ ion. (b) Find the ionization potential of Li++ ion.

10. In a hydrogen atom, the binding energy of the electron in the nth state is En, then what is the
frequency of revolution of the electron in the nth orbits?
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LEVEL 2
1. If the electron in a hydrogen atom were in the energy level with n = 3, how much energy in joule would be
required to ionise the atom? (Ionisation energy of H-atom is 2.18 × 10–18J):

2. The electron in a hydrogen atom makes transition from M shell to L. Find the ratio of magnitudes of initial to
final centripetal acceleration of the electron.

3. An electron in Bohr’s hydrogen atom has an energy of –3.4 eV. Find the angular momentum of the electron.

4. The average kinetic energy of molecules in a gas at temperature T is 1.5 kT. Find the temperature at which
the average kinetic energy of the molecules of hydrogen equals the binding energy of its atoms. Will hydrogen
remain in molecular form at this temperature? Take k = 8.62  105 eV/K.

5. Difference between nth and (n +1)th Bohr’s radius of ‘H’ atom is equal to it’s (n–1)th Bohr’s radius. What is the
value of n?

6. If 13.6 eV energy is required to ionize the hydrogen atom, then the energy required to remove an electron
from n = 2 is-
(A) 10.2 eV (B) 0 eV
(C) 3.4 eV (D) 6.8 eV

7. If the binding energy of the electron in a hydrogen atom is 13.6 eV, the energy required to remove the electron
++
from the first excited state of Li is:
(A) 122.4 eV (B) 30.6 eV
(C) 13.6 eV (D) 3.4 eV
++
8. Energy required for the electron excitation in Li from the first to the third Bohr orbit is :
(A) 36.3 eV (B) 108.8 eV
(C) 122.4 eV (D) 12.1 eV

9. Suppose an electron is attracted towards the origin by a force k/r where ‘k’ is a constant and ‘r’ is the distance
th
of the electron from the origin. By applying Bohr model to this system, the radius of the n orbital of the

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electron is found to be ‘r n’ and the kinetic energy of the electron to be Tn. Then which of the following is true?

(A) Tn  1/n , rn  n (B) Tn independent of n, rn  n

2 2

(C) Tn  1/n, rn  n (D) Tn  1/n, rn  n

2

10. An electron of mass m e and charge e (e > 0) moves in a closed orbit in a uniform magnetic field B, acting
perpendicular to the plane of the orbit. If Bohr's quantization rule for angular momentum were to be applied to
this system, what is the minimum magnetic flux passing through the orbit equals?

11. In a hypothetical system a particle of mass m and charge –3q is moving around a very heavy particle having
charge q. Assuming Bohr’s model to be true to this system, find the orbital velocity of mass m when it is
nearest to heavy particle.

12. In an atom, two electrons move around the nucleus in circular orbits of radii R and 4R. Find the ratio of the
time taken by them to complete one revolution is : (neglect electric interaction)

13. The magnitude of angular momentum, orbit radius and frequency of revolution of electron in hydrogen atom
corresponding to quantum number n are L, r and f respectively. Then according to Bohr's theory of hydrogen
atom,
(A) fr2L is constant for all orbits (B) frL is constant for all orbits
2
(C) f rL is constant for all orbits (D) frL2 is constant for all orbits

14. When a hydrogen atom is excited from ground state to first excited state, then
(A) its kinetic energy increases by 10.2 eV (B) its kinetic energy decreases by 10.2 eV
(C) its potential energy increases by 10.2 eV (D) its angular momentum increases by h/2
th st
15. Suppose the radius of n orbit of a hydrogen atom in Bohr model is r n and radius of 1 orbit is r1, then the plot
r 
of log  n  with log() will be
 r0 
(A) a straight line intercepting the y-axis at log(2)
(B) a straight line passing through the origin
(C) a straight line with slope 2
(D) a parabolic curve with its vertex at the origin

16. Choose the correct statements from the following.

(A) According to Bohr’s postulate the energy of an electron is greater in inner orbits than in outer orbits.
(B) According to wave theory of light, any frequency can emit photoelectrons depending on the time of
incidence.
(C) According to quantum theory the kinetic energy of emitted photoelectrons should be quantized.
(D) The maximum speed of the emitted photoelectrons depends both on the incident frequency and the
material on which light is incident.

17. An electron in a hydrogen atom makes a transition from n = n 1 to n = n2. The time period of the electron in the
initial state is eight times that the final state. The possible values of n1 and n2 are
(A) n1 = 4, n2 = 2 (B) n1 = 8, n2 = 2
(C) n1 = 8, n2 = 1 (D) n1 = 6, n2 = 3

18. de-Broglie wavelength of an electron in the nth Bohr orbit is n and the angular momentum is Jn, then:
1
(A) Jn n (B) 
Jn
(C)  J n
2
(D) none of these

19. The frequency of revolution of electron in nth Bohr orbit is n. The graph between log n and log
(n /1) may be
(A) (B) (C) (D)

20. Consider the spectral line resulting from the transition n = 2  n = 1 in the atoms and ions given below. The
shortest wavelength is produced by :
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(A) hydrogen atom (B) deuterium atom
(C) singly ionized helium (D) doubly ionized lithium

21. If radiation of allowed wavelengths from ultraviolet to infrared is passed through hydrogen gas at room
temperature, absorption lines will be observed in the :
(A) Lyman series (B) Balmer series
(C) both (A) and (B) (D) neither (A) nor (B)

22. Choose the correct statement(s) for hydrogen and deuterium atoms (considering motion of nucleus)
(A) The radius of first Bohr orbit of deuterium is less than that of hydrogen
(B) The speed of electron in the first Bohr orbit of deuterium is more than that of hydrogen.
(C) The wavelength of first Balmer line of deuterium is more than that of hydrogen
(D) The angular momentum of electron in the first Bohr orbit of deuterium is more than that of hydrogen.

23. Let An be the area enclosed by the nth orbit in a hydrogen atom. The graph of ln (An/A1) agains ln (n).
(A) will pass through origin
(B) will be a stright line will slope 4
(C) will be a monotonically increasing nonlinear curve
(D) will be a circle.

24. The mass number of a nucleus is

(A) always less than its atomic number
(B) always more than its atomic number.
(C) sometimes equal to its atomic number.
(D) sometimes more than and sometimes equal to its atomic number.

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MODERN PHYSICS - SHEET: 2(Lecture-2)
ANSWERS

LEVEL - I

1. Both Nucleus and e will revolve around the common centre of mass. In this case we will work from the frame
of centre of mass of electron & nucleus and do the suitable modification in mass of e  to use formulas derived
is Bohr’s atomic model.

2.  = 2r
h h
p = h / , I = 1 mr  =
2

2 2
h h h
m(r)r =  mv = P=
2 2r 2r
 = 2r

3. 0.3  1015 sec

4. 1.06 Å

5. e/2m

6. Not required
2
7. n a0

8. 3.4 eV

9. (a) 40.8 V (b) 122.4 V

10. 2En /nh

LEVEL - II

1. 2.42 × 10–19

2. 16 : 81

3. h/

1.05  10 K
5
4.

5. 4
6. C
7. B
8. B
9. B
h
10.
2e
3q 2
11.
2 0 h
12. 1:8
13. B
14. B, D
15. B, C 16. B, C 17. A, D

18. A 19. C

20. D 21. A 22. A

23. A, B 24. C, D

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