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The number of alpha particles emitted when U-238 becomes Pb-206:
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Ratio of speeds of electrons in n=1 and n=4 orbits of hydrogen:
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The number of neutrons emitted in fission of U-235 by slow neutron is typically:
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A free neutron decays into:
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Nuclear radius varies as:
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Radiation least penetrating in matter is:
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Fusion of hydrogen nuclei requires very high temperature mainly to:
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A radioactive isotope decays to 1/16 in 2 hours. Half-life is:
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The energy released in fusion is mainly due to:
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In Bohr’s model, total energy of electron in any orbit is:
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Neutron-to-proton ratio in stable heavy nuclei is approximately:
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If 75% of a radioactive sample decays in time t, its half-life is:
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A nucleus X(Z,A) undergoes β⁺ decay. The daughter nucleus is:
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The ratio of radii of hydrogen atom in n=5 to n=1 is:
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Ionization energy of He⁺ is:
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Nuclear fission is caused due to:
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The atomic spectrum is due to:
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Kinetic energy of α particle emitted in decay increases if:
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The ratio of nuclear densities of Fe and U is:
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A radioactive sample has activity A. After two half-lives, the activity becomes:
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Wavelength of emitted photon for transition n=5→2 in hydrogen lies in:
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Which decay increases atomic number by 1?
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In α-decay, kinetic energy is shared between α particle and daughter nucleus. The α particle receives more KE because:
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Hydrogen spectrum Lyman series lies in which region?
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If R₀ is nuclear radius constant, volume of nucleus is proportional to:
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A radioactive element has half-life 10 days. After 50 days, remaining fraction is:
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The radius of the first Bohr orbit of hydrogen is r. The radius of the third orbit is:
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If the mass of a nucleus is less than sum of nucleons, the difference is:
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In Bohr model, angular momentum of electron is quantized as:
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Energy of electron in hydrogen’s second orbit is –3.4 eV. Energy in the fourth orbit is:
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The ratio of frequencies of radiation emitted in transitions n=3→1 and n=4→1 for H-atom is:
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A radioactive nuclide has decay constant 0.693/day. Its half-life is:
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Half-life of a radioactive sample is 20 min. Activity reduces to 1/8 in:
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If radius of Li nucleus (A = 7) is R, radius of Au nucleus (A = 197) is:
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Number of β-decays when Th-232 becomes Pb-208 after emitting 6 α-particles:
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Ionization energy of hydrogen is 13.6 eV. Wavelength of emitted photon for transition n=3 → n=2 is:
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When electron jumps from n=4 to n=2 in hydrogen, the emitted photon is in:
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The nuclear force is:
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Binding energy per nucleon is maximum for:
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A radioactive sample has decay constant λ. Time taken to reduce to 1/e of initial value:
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A nucleus splits into two equal fragments. Its binding energy per nucleon increases because:
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A neutron is more stable inside nucleus than free because:
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Nucleus A (mass defect = 0.8 u) and B (mass defect = 0.2 u). Which is more stable?
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If binding energy of He-4 is 28.3 MeV, binding energy per nucleon is:
