1. The line spectrum of two elements is not 7.

The difference in wavelength of second and

identical because third line of Balmer series in the atomic
(A) They do not have same number of spectrum is
neutrons (A) 131 Å (B) 524 Å
(B) They have dissimilar mass number (C) 324 Å (D) 262 Å
(C) They have different energy level schemes
(D) They have different number of valence 8. The third line in Balmer series corresponds
electrons to an electronic transition between which
Bohr's orbits in hydrogen atom
2. The line spectrum observed when electron (A) 5  3 (B) 5  2
jumps from higher level to M level is (C) 4  3 (D) 4  2
known as
(A) Balmer series (B) Lyman series 9. When electrons in N shell of excited
(C) Paschen series (D) Brackett series hydrogen atom return to ground state, the
number of possible lines in spectrum is:
3. How many spectral lines are produced in (A) 6 (B) 4
the spectrum of hydrogen atom from 5th (D) 3 (C) 2
energy level?
(A) 5 (B) 10 10. The wave number of the first line of Balmer
(C) 15 (D) 4 series of H atom is 15200 cm–1. What is the
wave number of the first line of Balmer
4. What transition in He+ ion shall have the series of Li2+ ion?
same wave number as the first line in (A) 15200 cm–1 (B) 6080 cm–1
Balmar series of H atom? (C) 76000 cm –1
(D) 136800 cm–1
(A) 7  5 (B) 5  3
(C) 6  4 (D) 4  2 11. In hydrogen spectrum, the series of lines
appearing in ultra violet region of
5. An electron jumps from 6th energy level to electromagnetic spectrum are called
3rd energy level in H-atom, how many lines (A) Balmer lines (B) Lyman lines
belong to visible region? (C) Pfund lines (D) Brackett lines
(A) 1 (B) 2
(D) Zero (C) 3 12. The frequency of light emitted for the
transition n = 4 to n = 2 of He+ is equal to
6. The wavenumber for the shortest wavelength the transition in H atom corresponding to
transition in the Balmer series of atomic which of the following?
hydrogen is (A) n = 3 to n = 1
(A) 27420 cm–1 (B) 28420 cm–1 (B) n = 2 to n = 1
(C) 29420 cm –1
(D) 12186 cm–1 (C) n = 3 to n = 2
(D) n = 4 to n = 3
13. A certain transition in H spectrum from an
excited state to the ground state in one or
more steps gives rise to a total of 10 lines.
How many of these belong to the UV 16. A gas absorbs photon of 355 nm and emits
spectrum? at two wavelengths. If one of the emission
(A) 3 (B) 4 is at 680 nm, the other is at
(C) 6 (D) 5 (A) 1035 nm (B) 325 nm
(C) 743 nm (D) 518 nm
14. In Bohr 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) 3  2 (B) 5  2
(C) 4  1 (D) 2  5

15. 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 × 107m–1)
(A) 91 nm (B) 192 nm
(C) 406 nm (D) 9.1 × 10–8 nm
 ANSWERS

1. (C)2. (C)3. (B)4. (C)5. (D)6. (A)7. (B)8. (B)9. (A)10. (D)11. (B)12. (B)13. (B)14. (B)15. (A)16. (C)