OBJECTIVE (MULTIPLE CHOICE)

option in Uhe toliowing questions

correct
Choose the
of neutron became very late because
1. The discovery
neutrons are present in nucleus
(a)
are chargeless
(b) neutrons
f u n d a m e n t a l particles
neutrons are
(c)
above.
(d) all of the about proton?
correct statement
2. Which is the deuterium
nucleus of
(a) Proton is
(b) is a-particle
Proton
molecule
Proton is ionised hydrogen
(c) atom.
ionised hydrogen
(d) Proton is radioactive isotope
of hydrogen
neutrons in the
number of
3. The
IS
(d) 3.
(b) 0
(c) 1
(a) 2
4. If the nucleus of an atom is enlarged to the size of a ball of
10 cm diameter, the atom would look like a sphere of
diameter roughly equal to
(a) 10 mn (b) 10 km (c) 100 km (d) 1000 km.
5. No two electrons in an atom of an element have
(a) same principal quantum number
(b) same azimuthal quantum number
(c) identical sets of quantum numbers
(d) same magnetic quantum number.
6. The number of unpaired electrons in chromium (atomic
number 24) is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 6.
7. Atomic number of an element indicates
(a) the number of electrons in the nucleus
(b) the number of neutrons in the nucleus
c) the number of protons in the nucleus
(d) valency of an element.
8. lf the mass number of an element is W and its atomic number
is N, then
(a) number of je = W - N (b) number of jiH = W - N

(c) number of on = W - N (d) number of ón = N.

9. Electronic configuration of H is
(a) 1s (b) 1s (c) 1s (d) 1s 2s
10. Magnetic quantum number specifies
(a) size of orbitals
(b) shape of orbitals
(c) orientation of orbitals in space
(d) nuclear stability.
11. When the value of n = 2, m can have
(a) 1 value (b) 3 values (c) 4 values
(d) 7 values.
12. The correct set of quantum numbers for the unpaired electron
of chlorine atom is
m

(a) 2
(b) 2 1
(c) 3
(d) 3
13. From the given sets of quantum numbers, the one that
is
inconsistent with the theory is

(a) n 3,/ = 2, m = -3, s = +

2

(b) n = 4,1 = 3, m = 3, s = +

(c)n =
2,I =1, m =
0,s =
-
(d) n = 4,1 = 3, m = 2, S = +
 14. Which of the following are isoelectronic with one another:
(a) Na and Ne (b) K and O
(c) Ne and O (d) NaT and Kt.
15. The total number of neutrons in dipositive zinc ions with
mass number 70 is
(a) 34 (b) 40 (c) 36 (d) 38.
16. Ap-orbital can accommodate
(a) 4 electrons
(b) 6 electrons
(c) 2 electrons with parallel spins
(d) 2 electrons with opposite spins.
17. Which of the following is not correct for
electronic distribution
in the ground state?
 (a) Co [Arl

(b) Ni [Arl

(c) Cu [Arl

(d) Zn Arl
electron transitions will reauira th
18. Which of the following
in a hydrogen atom?
largest amount of energy
=2 (b) Fromn =2 to n = 3
(a) From1 n = to n
to n 1 (d) Fromn =3 to n =5.
=

(c) From n = o

with a speed of 3 x 10 cm/ser

19. A 200g cricket ball is thrown et
what will be its de-Broglie wavelength?
(a) 1.1x 10 cm (b) 2.2 x 102 cm
(c) 0.55 10 cm
x
(d) 11.0 x 103 cm.
20. For the energy levels in an atom which one of the following
statements is correct?
(a) There are seven principal electron energy levels
(b) The second principal energy level can have four subenergy
levels and contains a maximum of eight electrons
(c) The M energy level can have a maximum of 32 electrons
(d) The 4s subenergy level is at a higher energy than the 3d
subenergy level.
21. Which electronic level would allow the hydrogen atom 0
absorb a photon but not to emit a photon?
(a) 3s (b) 2p (c) 1s (d) 3d.
M0
22. Spectrum produced due to transition of an electron from
L shell is
(a) absorption (b) emission
(c) X-rays (d) continuous.
 orbit of Bohr's atom is
23. tnergy of the third
(a) -13.6 eV (b)-3.4 eV
(c) -1.5 eV (d) None of these.
24. Ifthe speed of the electron in the Bohr's first orbit is
then
speed of the electron in the 3rd orbit would be
(a) x/9 (b) x/3 (c) 3x (d) 9x.
25. An ion has 18 electrons in the outermost shell, it is
(a) Cu (b) Th4+
(b) Th (c) Cs (d)K*.
26. Which of the following statement(s) is not correct?
(a) The electronic configuration of Cr is [Ar] 3d 4s (At. No.
of Cr = 24).

(b) The magnetic quantum number may have a negative

value.
(c) In silver atom, 23 electrons have a spin of one type and
24 of the opposite type. (At. no. of Ag = 47).
(d) The oxidation state of nitrogen in NaH is -3.
27. The electrons identified by quantum numbers n andi, (0n=4,
= 1, (ii) n = 4, 1 =0, (ii) n = 3, / = 2, (iv) n =3, / = l can
be placed in the order of increasing energy, from the lowest
to highest, as
(a) (iv)< (ii) < (ii) < (i)
(b) (ii) < (iv) < (i) < (ii)
(c) (i) < (ii) < (i) < (iv)
(d) (ii)< (i) < (iv) < (ii). [II.T., 1999]
28. Ground state electronic contiguration of nitrogen atom can be
represented by
(a) t
(b) 1
(c)
(d) 1
in p, orbital is
29. The number of nodal planes
a

(a) one (b) two

(c) three (d) zero.
.I.T. Screening, 20001
30. The electronic configuration of
an element is 1s 2s 2p 3s2
3p 3d 4s. This represents its
(a) excited state (b) ground state
(c) cationic form (d) anionic form.
[1.1.T. Screening, 2000]
31. Which of the following statements regarding the electron spin

2
and is correct? These two numbers
(a) represent the rotation of electron in clockwise and
anticlockwise directions respectively
(b) represent the rotation of electron in anticlockwise and
clockwise directions respectively
(c) represent the upward and downward directions of
magnetic moment

(d) represent two quantum mechanical states which have no

classical mechanical analogues. [1.1.T. Screening, 2001]

32. The speed of a 200 g golf ball is 5.0 metre per hour. The
wavelength of this ball will be of the order of
(a) 1010 m (b) 10<0m
(c) 103m (d) 10 m
1.1.T. Screening, 2001]
 of H-atom in the ground state is
33. Ener8y
-

13.6 eV, hence

second excited state is
energy in the
(a)- 6.8 eV (b) - 3.4 eV

(c) -1.51 eV (d) - 4.53 eV.

LA.I.E.E.E., 2002
34, Uncertainty in position of a particle of 25g in space is 10 m.
Hence, uncertainty in velocity (m s *) is (Planck's constant
h 6.6 x 10* J s)

(a) 2.1 x 1028 (6) 2.1 x 10-34

(c) 0.5 x 10-34 (d) 5.0 x 10-24
A.I.E.E.E., 2002]
35. In Balmer series of lines of hydrogen spectrum, the third line
from the red end corresponds to which one of the following
inner-orbit jumps of the electron for Bohr orbits in an atom of
hydrogen?
(a) 32 (b) 5 2 (c) 4 1 (d) 2 5
A.I.E.E.E., 20031
36. The de-Broglie wavelength of a tennis ball of mass 60 gg
moving with a velocity of 10 m/s is approximately (Planck's
constant, h = 6.63 x 103* J s)
(a) 1033 m (b) 10-31 m
(c) 10-16m (d) 104 m.
LA.I.E.E.E., 20031
.The orbital angular momentum for an electron revolving in
an orbit is given by + 1 ) . T h e momentum foran
2T
S-electron will be given by
h h
(a) + (b) zero (c) (d)
2t 21T 2T
[A.I.E.E.E., 2003]
38. Which of the following sets of quantum numbers is correct for
an electron in 4f orbital?
(a) n =
4,/ =
3, m =+4, s + =

(b) n = 4,/ = 4, m =- 4, s = -
2

(c) n =
4,/ =
3,m +1, s = =
+.

(d) n 3,/ =
2,m =
-2,s =+ LA.I.E.E.E., 2004]

39. Consider the ground state of Cr atom (Z = 24). The numbers

of electrons with the azimuthal quantum numbers,I 1 and
2 are respectively
=

(a) 12 and 4 (b) 12 and 5

(c) 16 and 4 (d) 16 and 5.
[A.I.E.E.E., 2004]
40. The wavelength of the radiation emitted, when in a hydrogen
atom electron falls from infinity to stationary state 1, would
be (Rydberg constant 1.097 x 10 m)
(a) 91 nm (b) 192 nm
(c) 406 nm (d) 9.1x 10-8 nm.
A.I.E.E.E., 2004]
41. In multi-electron atom, which of the following orbitals
a
described by the three quantum numbers will have the same
?
energy in the absence of magnetic and electric fields
(A) n 1, / = 0, m =0 (B) n 2, / =0, m =0
(C)n =
2,/ =
1, m = 1 (D) n =
3,/ =2, m =1
(E) n 3, l = 2, m = 0
(a) (D) and (E) (b) (C) and (D)
(c) (B) and (C) (d) (A) and (B).
[A.I.E.E.E., 2005]
42. Uncertainty in theposition of an electron (mass =

9.1 x
10 kg) moving with a velocity 300 ms, accurate
upto 0.001% will be
(a) 19.2 x 10< m (b) 5.76 x
10 m

(c) 1.92 x 104 m (d) 3.84 x 10 m.

(h =6.63 x 103 J s) [A.I.E.E.E., 2006]

43. Which of the following sets of quantum numbers represents
the highest energy of an atom?
(a) n = 3,/ = 1,m = 1,s = +

(b) n =
3,/ =
2, m= 1,s =
+2

(c)n = 4,/ = 0, m =0, s = +

1
(d) n 3,/ =
0,m= 0, s =
+2 [A.I.E.E.E., 20071
44. Which one of the following constitutes a group of the
isoelectronic species?

(a) C.0 ,CO,NO (b) NO',C ,CN ,N

(c) CN,N,05 .C (d) N,Op, NO', CO.
IA.I.E.E.., 2008)
45. The ionisation enthalpy of hydrogen atom is
1.312x 10° J mol. The energy required to excite the
electron in the atom from n= 1 to n= 2 is
(a)8.51x 10 J mol (b) 6.56 10° J mol
(c) 7.56 x 10 J mol (d) 9.84 10 J mol
A.I.E.E.E., 2008]
46. The total number of atomic orbitals in fourth energy level of
an atom is
(a) 16 (b) 32 (c) 4 (d) 8
(A.I.P.M.T., 2011)
47. The energies E and Ez of two radiations are 25 eV and 50 eV
respectively. The relation between their wavelengths, i.e.,
and 2 Will be
(a) 1=2A2 (b) =4h2
(c) 1 2 (d) =2

(A.I.P.M.T., 2011)
48. If n=6, the correct sequence for filling of electrons will be
(a) ns (n - 1)d
( n 2)f np
(b) ns (n- 2)f np (n -1)d
(c) ns np (n 1)d > (n - 2)f
(d) ns ( n - 2)f > (n -

1)d np
(A.I.P.M.T., 2011)
49. The correct set of four quantum numbers for the valence

electron of rubidium atom (Z = 37) is

1
(a) 5, 1, 1, +
2 (b)6, 0, 0, +
2
1 1
(c) 5, 0, 0,+ (d) 5, 1, 0, +
2 2
(A.I.P.M.T., 2012)
50. What is the maximum number of orbitals that can be
identified with the following quantum numbers?
n 3,/= 1, m =00
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
(A.I.P.M.T., 2014)
51. Calculate the energy in joule corresponding to light of
wavelength 45 nm: (Planck's constanth = 6.63x 10" Js;
speed of light ç= 3 x 10° ms
(a) 6.67 x 101 (b) 6.67 x 10
(c) 4.42 x 10
15
(d) 4.42 x 1018
(A.I.P.M.T. 2014)
52. Energy ofan electron is given by E = - 2.178 x 108 2

Wavelength of light required to excite an electron in a

hydrogen atom from level n =1 to n = 2 will be
-34
(h 6.62x 10* Jsand c =3.0x 10° ms)7
(a) 1.214x 107 m (b) 2.816 x 10 m
(c) 6.500x 107 m (d)8.500x 10 m
(J.E.E. Main, 2013)
53. The electrons identified by quantum numbers n and
2. n = 4, l = 0
1.n 4, I = 1
3. n 3, l = 2 4.n 3 , l = 1
can be placed in the order
of increasing energy as
(b) (4) < (2) < (3) < (1)
(a) (3)< (4) < (2) < (1)
(d) (1)< (3) < (2) < (4)
(c) (2) < (4) < (1) < (3)
(A.I.E.E.E. Main, 2012)
54. A gas absorbs photon of 355 nm and emits at two
If one of the emission is at 680 nm, the other
wavelengths.
is at
(a) 1035 nm (b) 325 nm (c) 743 nm (d) 518 nm
(A.I.E.E.E., 2011)
light emitted for the transitionn 4 ton=2
55. The frequency of
=

of Het is equal to the transition in H atom corresponding to

which of the following?
(a) n 3 to n 1
= = (b) n 2 to n =1
(c)n 3 to n = 2 (d) n = 4 to n =
3
(A.I.E.E.E., 2011)
56. The energy required to break one mole of Cl--CI bonds in Cl
is 242 kJ mol. The longest wavelength of light capable of
breaking a single Cl-Cl bond is
(a) 594 nm (b) 640 nm
(c) 700 nm (d) 494 nm
(A.I.E.E.E., 2010)
57. Which one is the wrong statement?
h
is given by a where
(a) de-Broglie's wavelength =

mv

m = mass of the particle, v = group velocity of the particle

h
(b)The uncertainty principle is AE x At 2
4T
due
(c) Half-filled and fully filled orbitals have greater stability
more
to greater exchange energy, greater symmetry and
balanced arrangement
(d) The energy of 2s orbital is less than the energy of 2P
orbital in case of hydrogen like atomS
IN.E.E.T.(UG),20171
 58. The radius of the second Bohr orbit34forJS hydrogen atom ie
S
(Planck's const. h = 6.6262 x 10 Js;
mass of electron = 9.1091 x 10 kg:
charge of electrone = 1.60210 x 10 9C
permittivity of vacuum
o 8.854185 x 1012 kg m3 A)
(a) 0.529 Å (b) 2.12 A (c) 1.65 A (d) 4.76Å
(J.E.E. Main, 2017)
59. The most abundant elements by mass in the body of a healthy
human adult are
Oxygen (61.4%); Carbon (22.9%), Hydrogen (10.0%); and
Nitrogen (2.6%). The weight which a 75 kg person would
gain if all H atoms are replaced by 2
"H atoms is
(a) 7.5 kg (b) 10 kg (c) 15 kg (d) 37.5 kg
(J.E.E. Main, 2017)
60. Which one is a wrong statement?
(a) Total orbital angular momentum of electron in 's' orbitai
is equal to zero
(b) An orbital is designated by three
quantum numbers wni
an electron in an atom
is designated by four quantun
numbers
 (c) The electronicC configuration of N atom is
1
1s2 252 2, 2p 2p
1 11|
(d) The value of m for dz2 is zero
(N.E.E.T., 2018)
61, 4d, 5p, 5f and 6p orbitals are
arranged in the order of
decreasing energy. Ihe correct option is
(a)6p> 5f> 4d > 5p (b) 5f> 6p > 4d> 5p
(c) 5f > 6p> 5p » 4d (d) 6p > 5f> 5p > 4d
[N.E.E.T. (UG) 2019]
62. Which of the following series of transitions in the spectrum of
hydrogen atom fall in visible region?
(a) Paschen series (b) Brackett series
(c) Lyman series (d) Balmer series.
(N.E.E.T. (UG) 2019]
63. Among the following, the energy of 2s orbital is lowest in:
(a) Li (b) H (c) Na (d) K.
(U.E.E. Main, 2019)
64. Which one of the following about an electron occupying the
1s orbital in a hydrogen atom is incorrect? (The Bohr radius
is represented by ag).
a) The magnitude of the potential energy is double that of its
kinetic energy on an average.
(b) The probability density of finding the electron is maximum
at the nucleus.
(c) The total energy of the electron is maximum when it is at
a distance ao from the nucleus.
(d) The electron can be found at a distance 2a0 from the
nucleus. (J.E.E. Main, 2019)
65. The size of the iso-electronic species CI, Ar and Ca is
affected by:
Answers
1. () 2. (d) 3. a) 4. (b) 5. (c) 6. (d) 7. (c) 8. (c) 9. (c) 10. (c)

11. (c) 12. (c) 13. (a) 14. (a) 15. (b) 16. (d) 17. (c) 18. (a) 19. (a) 20. (b)
21 (c) 22. (D) 23. (c) 24. (b) 25. (a) 26. (d) 27. (a) 28. (a) 29. (b) 30. (b)
31. a) 32. (d) 33 (c) 34. (a) 35. (b) 36. (a) 37. (b) 38. (c) 39. (b) 40. (a)

41. (a) 42. (c) 43 (b) 44 (b) 45 (d) 46. (a) 47. (a) 48. (d) 49. (c) 50. (a
51. (d 52. (a) 53. (b) 54. (c) 55. (b) 56. (d) 57. (d) 58. (b) 59. (a) 60. (c).
61. (c) 62. (d) 63 (d) 64. (C) 65. (a) 66. (b) 67. (a)

ints
For second excited state, n = 3.
3.
15. Zn possesses the same number of neutrons as Zn atom Hence, E3 = 13.6 13.6-1.51ev.
18. Calculate with the help of Eq. 2.21. (3) 9
h
19. 34. x Av 2
4T
21. Because it is of lowest energy n 6.6x 1034
AV ATM:
23. E= - 3.6 1 2 Ze
24. Vn 4TE0 4 rum Ax 4x3.14 x 25x10 10
nh =
2.1 x
10-28ms
33. For H atom, E =

3 eVv 35. The third line from the red end in Baimer series
corresponds to ng 5> n1 =2
=
 6.63x 10 Since, (D) and E) Occupy the
36. me subshe they
mv 60x 1 0 x10 possess the same energy in the abse of
and electric fields. magnet
=
1.1x 10dm 105 m. h 300x0.001
37.
37. For a s-electron, I = 0.
42. AX Av 2
4Tm
Av = O- 0.003 ms
100
L=
I D 27 =oo 1) = O. 4 6.63 x10-34
4 Tm AV
38. For a 4f electron; n
=4,1 = 0, 1, 2, 3; m =
any value =
4x3.14x9.1x10x0.003
1.93x 10 m.

between- 3 and + 3 and 43. A subshell with lower value

s =

+Or- energy.
of
n+ possesses lower
39. The ground state electronic configuration of Cr is 1s For electron (a), n +l = 3 + 1 = 4
2s 2p° 3s 3p 3d 4s For electron (b), n3 + 2 +l
5 = =

No. of electrons with 1 (p subshell) 6 (in 2p°)

=
= For electron (c), n +l = 4 + 0 = 4
+6 (in 3p°) = 12 For electron (d), n +I =3 + 0 = 3
No. of electrons with / 2 (d subshell) =5 (in 3d).
=
Electron (b) possesses highest
it will have the
value of n+I. Therefore
40. highe_t energy.
44. The species NO, C2*, CN, N2 pOSsess 14
electrons
n2 each.

= 1.097x 10' 45. 1.312 1 0 Jmoll

molrl
En
n
1
or 79.1lx 105m.
1.097x 10 AE =
E2 -E =1.312 10 x

41. The subshels in which the given electrons are present

are as follows
(A) 1s (B): 2s (C) 2p (D) : 3d (E): 3d =
1.312x 10xJ molr =
9.84 x10°Jmolf
4