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COURSE NAME : UMANG (UP) DATE : 15.07.2013 to 20.07.2013 DPP NO. 35 & 36

* Marked Questions are having more than one correct option.

DPP No. # 35
1. Choose the incorrect option-
(A) Among ,  and  rays,  ray has highest penetration power
(B)  ray has highest velocity
(C)  ray has highest ionization power
(D)  particle is also called helium nucleus.

2. In the nuclear reaction 238 206 The number of  and  particles emitted are–
92 U  82 Pb
(A) 7 , 5 (B) 6 , 4 (C) 4, 3 (D) 8, 6

3. The end product of (4n + 2) disintegration series the–

(A) 204 (B) 208 (C) 209 (D) 206
82 Pb 82 Pb 82 Pb 82 Pb

4. In the radioactive change ZPA  A A–4 A –4 the radiations emitted in sequence are
Z1 Q  Z –1 R  Z –1 S
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 

5.* Which of the following nuclides is/are likely to be stable ?

(A) 30 (B) 24 (C) 114 (D) 114
15 P 12 Mg 49 In 48 Cd

6. Match the items of column I to those of column II :

column I column II
(A) Disintegration constant (p) 1.44 t1/2
(B) Average life (q) 1 dps
0.693
(C) One curie (r)
t1/ 2
(D) One Becquerel (s) 3.7 × 1010 dps

7. The half-life of a radioisotope is 1.5 hours. If its initial mass is 32 g, the mass left undecayed after 6 hours
is
(A) 32 g (B) 16 g (C) 4 g (D) 2 g

234 206
8. Th 90 disintegrates to give Pb82 as the final product.  and  particles emitted during the process are
(A) 7 and 6 (B) 6 and 7 (C) 2 and 4 (D) 4 and 2
9. What is the half-life of a radioactive substance, if 87.5 % of a given amount of substance disintegrates in 40
minutes?
(A) 10 minutes (B) 20 minutes
(C) 160 minutes (D) 13 minutes and 20 seconds

10. If U235 is bombarded with neutrons, the atom splits into :

(A) Sr + Pb (B) Ba + Kr (C) Kr + Cd (D) Ba + Xe

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 DPP No. # 36

1. Identify ‘X’ in the nuclear reaction given below

14 1
7 N 1 H  15
8 O  'X ' :

(A) 11 H (B) 10 n (C)  (D) 01 e

2. C14 14
6 has a half-life of 5760 years. How much time is required to reduce 80 mg of a sample of C to 20 mg?
(A) 1440 (B) 23040 (C) 11520 (D) none of these

3. An old sample of wood from an archaeological excavation was found to have a radioactivity of about
8.8 counts per minute due to 14C (t1/2 = 5700 years) as against 15.3 counts per minute for that of a freshly
cut piece of wood. The age of the old sample of wood is nearly–
(A) 9000 years (B) 7000 years (C) 4500 years (D) 2500 years

4. What are the  and  particles are emitted in the nuclear reaction 90Th228  83Bi212
(A) Four alpha and one beta (B) Three alpha and seven beta
(C) Eight alpha and one beta (D) One alpha and four beta

5. If 8.0 g of a radioactive isotope has a half life of 10 h, the half-life of 2.2 g of the same substance is –
(A) 2.6 h (B) 5 h (C) 10 h (D) 40 h
6. The analysis of a rock shows that the relative number of 206Pb and 238U atoms is Pb/U = 0.25. If t1/2 for the
reaction 238U  206U is 4 × 109 years, the age of the rock (in years) is :
2.303 5 2.303 1
(A) (4  109 )log (B) (4  109 )log
0.693 4 0.693 4

2.303 2.303 4
(C) (4  109 )log 4 (D) (4  109 )log
0.693 0.693 5

7. The activity of a radio nuclide (X 100) is 6.023 curie at a time ‘t’. If the disintegration constant is
3.7  104 sec–1, the mass of ‘X’ after ‘t’ seconds is :
(A) 10–3 g (B) 10–6 g (C) 10–14 g (D) 10–15 g

8. The half-life period of polonium is 140 days. If one starts with 1.0 g of polonium, 75% of it will have undergone
disintegration in :
(A) 420 days (B) 280 days (C) 105 days (D) 35 days

9. If uranium (mass number 238 and atomic number 92) emits an ‘’ particle, the product respectively has
mass number and atomic number as :
(A) 236, 92 (B) 234, 90 (C) 238, 90 (D) 236, 90

10. The activity of 1 g of radium is 0.5 curie. Calculate the half-life period of radium and the time required for the
decay of radium from 2.0 g to 0.25 g. (Atomic mass = 226) :

ANSWER KEY
DPP No. # 35
1. (C) 2. (D) 3. (D) 4. (B) 5. (BD)
6. (A) r ; (B) p ; (C) s ; (D) q 7. (D) 8. (A) 9. (D) 10. (B)

DPP No. # 36

1. (C) 2. (C) 3. (C) 4. (A) 5. (C) 6. (A) 7. (D)

8. (B) 9. (B) 10. 9492 years

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