DPP # Modern Physics (PYQs/FYQs)

BY PRAVEEN KUMAR PACHAURI (PKR SIR, IIT BOMBAY)

IIT- JEE- 2021- 2022, Referral code–PPLIVE

1. A plane electromagnetic wave, has frequency of 2.0 × 1010 Hz and its energy
density is 1.02 × 10−8 J/m3 in vacuum. The amplitude of the magnetic field of the
1 Nm2
wave is close to (4𝜋𝜀 = 9 × 109 and speed of light = 3 × 108 ms −1 )
0 C2
(a) 190 nT (b) 160 nT
(c) 150 nT (d) 180 nT

2. In a plane electromagnetic wave, the directions of electric field and magnetic field
^ ^ ^
are represented by k and 2𝐢 − 2𝐣 respectively. What is the unit vector along
direction of propagation of the wave?
1 ^ ^ 1 ^ ^
(a) (i + 2j ) (b) (j + k)
√5 √2
1 ^ ^ 1 ^ ^
(c) (i + j ) (d) (2i + j )
√2 √5

→
3. The magnetic field of a plane electromagnetic wave is B = 3 × 10−8 sin [200𝜋(y +
^
ct)]i T where 𝑐 = 3 × 108 ms−1 is the speed of light. The corresponding electric field
is
→ ^ → ^
(a) E = −9sin [200𝜋(y + ct)]kV/m (b) E = 9sin [200𝜋(y + ct)]kV/m
→ ^ → ^
(c) E = −10−6 sin [200𝜋(y + ct)]kV/m (d) E = 3 × 10−8 sin [200𝜋(y + ct)]kV/m

4. The electric field of a plane electromagnetic wave propagating along the 𝑥

^ →
direction in vacuum is E = E0 j cos (𝜔t − kx). The magnetic field B at the moment
𝑡 = 0 is
^ ^
(a) 𝐁 = 𝐄0 √𝜇0 𝜀0 cos (𝐤𝐱)𝐣 (b) B = E0 √𝜇0 𝜀0 cos (kx)k
E0 ^ E0 ^
(c) B = cos (kx)k (d) B = cos (kx)j
√ 𝜇0 𝜀 0 √ 𝜇0 𝜀 0

5. Choose the correct option relating wavelengths of different parts of

electromagnetic wave spectrum
(a) 𝜆x-rays < 𝜆micro waves < 𝜆radio waves < 𝜆visible
(b) 𝜆visible > 𝜆x rays > 𝜆radio waves > 𝜆micro waves
(c) 𝜆radio waves > 𝜆micro waves > 𝜆visible > 𝜆x-rays
(d) 𝜆visible < 𝜆micro waves < 𝜆radio waves < 𝜆x-rays
 ^ ^
6. The electric field of a plane electromagnetic wave is given by E = E0 (x + y)sin (kz −
𝜔t) Its magnetic field will be given by
𝐸0 ^ ^ 𝐸0 ^ ^
(a) (𝑥 − 𝑦)cos (𝑘𝑧 − 𝜔𝑡) (b) (𝑥 − 𝑦)sin (𝑘𝑧 − 𝜔𝑡)
𝑐 𝑐
𝐸0 ^ ^ 𝐸0 ^ ^
(c) (−𝑥 + 𝑦)sin (𝑘𝑧 − 𝜔𝑡) (d) (𝑥 − 𝑦)𝑐𝑜𝑠 (𝑘𝑧 − 𝜔𝑡)
𝑐 𝑐

7. Half lives of two radioactive nuclei 𝐴 and 𝐵 are 10 minutes and 20 minutes,
respectively. If, initially a sample has equal number of nuclei, then after 60
minutes, the ratio of decayed numbers of nuclei 𝐴 and 𝐵 will be:
(a) 3: 8 (b) 1: 8
(c) 8: 1 (d) 9: 8
315
8. Suppose that intensity of a laser is ( ) W/m2 . The rms electric field, in units of
𝜋
V/m associated with this source is close to the nearest integer is (𝜀0 =
8.86 × 10−12 C2 Nm−2 ; c = 3 × 108 ms −1

9. For a plane electromagnetic wave, the magnetic field at a point 𝑥 and time 𝑡is
→ ^
B(𝑥, t) = [1.2 × 10−7 sin(0.5 × 103 x + 1.5 × 1011 t)k] T
→ →
The instantaneous electric field E corresponding to 𝐁 is (speed of light 𝑐 =
3 × 108 ms −1 )
→ v
(a) E(𝑥, 𝑡) = [36sin(1 × 103 𝑥 + 1.5 × 1011 t) i ] m
→ ^ V
(b)E(𝑥, 𝑡) = [36sin(0.5 × 103 𝑥 + 1.5 × 1011 t)k] m
→ ^ V
(c)E(𝑥, t) = [−36sin(0.5 × 103 x + 1.5 × 1011 t)j ] m

→ ^ v
(d)E(x, t) = [36sin(1 × 103 x + 0.5 × 1011 t)j ] m

10. The first three spectral lines of H-atom in the Balmer series are given⋋1 ,⋋2 ,⋋3
considering the Bohr atomicmodel, the wave lengths of first and third spectral
1 ⋋
lines (⋋ )are related by afactor of approximately 'x'× 10−1. The value of x,to the
3
nearest integer, is ____.

11. If an electron is moving in the nth orbit of the hydrogen atom, then its velocity
(vn )for thenth orbit is given as:
1
(a)vn ∝ n (b) vn ∝ n
 1
(c) vn ∝ n2 (d) vn ∝ n2

12. Which level of the single ionized carbon hasthe same energy as the ground state
energy of hydrogen atom?
(a) 1 (b) 6
(c) 4 (d) 8

13. The atomic hydrogen emits a line spectrum consisting of various series. Which
series of hydrogen atomicspectra is lying in the visible region?
(a) Brackett series (b) Paschen series
(c) Lyman series (d) Balmer series

14. A particle of mass moves in a circular orbit in a central potential field U(r) = U0 𝑟 4 .
If Bohr's quantizationconditions are applied, radii ofpossible orbitals rn vary with
1
𝑛𝛼 , where 𝛼is ______

15. An oil drop of radius 2 mm with a density 3g cm−3 is held stationary under a
constant electric field 3.55 × 105 Vm−1 in the Millikan's oil drop experiment.What
is the number of excess electrons that the oil drop will possess?
(Consider g = 9.81 m/s²)
(a) 48.8 × 1011 (b) 1.73 × 1010
(c) 17.3 × 1010 (d) 1.73 × 1012

16. Imagine that the electron in a hydrogen atom is replaced by a muon (μ). The
mass of muon particle is 207times that of an electron and charge is equal to the
charge of an electron. The ionization potential of this hydrogen atom will be:
(a) 13.6 V (b) 2815.2 V
(c) 331.2 V (d) 27.2 V

17. A proton and an 𝛼-particle, having kinetic energies K p and K α respectively, enter
into a magnetic field atright angles. The ratio of the radii of trajectory of proton
to that of 𝛼-particle is 2:1. The ratio of K p : K α is :

(a) 1: 8 (b) 8: 1
(c) 1: 4 (d) 4: 1

18. When radiation of wavelength λ is used to illuminate a metallic surface, the

stopping potential is V. When the same surface is illuminated with radiation of
𝑉
wavelength 3λ, the stopping potential is 4 . If the threshold wavelength for the
metallic surface is n then value of n will be :
19. In a hydrogen atom the electron makes a transition from (𝑛 + 1)𝑡ℎ level on the
𝑛𝑡ℎ level. If n >> 1, the frequency of radiation emitted is proportional to :
1 1 1 1
(a) 𝑛
(b) 𝑛2
(c) 𝑛3
(d) 𝑛4

20. A particle is moving 5 times as fast as an electron. The ratio of the de-Broglie
wavelength of the particle to that of the electron is 1.878 × 10−4. The mass of the
particle is close to :
(a) 1.2 × 10−28 kg (b) 9.1 × 10−31 kg
(c) 4.8 × 10−27 kg (d) 9.7 × 10−28 kg

21. When the wavelength of the radiation falling on a metal is changed from 500nm
to 200 nm, the maximum kinetic energy of the photoelectrons becomes three
times larger. The work function of the metal is close to
(a) 0.52 eV (b) 1.02 eV
(c) 0.61 eV (d) 0.81 eV

22. Two sources of light emit X-rays of wavelength 1 nm and visible light of
wavelength 500nm respectively. Both the sources emit light of the same power
200W. The ratio of the number density of photons of X -rays to the number
density of photons of the visible light of the given wavelengths is:
1 1
(a) 250 (b) 500
(c) 500 (d) 250
𝑚
23. Particle 𝐴 of mass 𝑚𝐴 = 2
moving along the x -axis with velocity v0 collides
𝑚
elastically with another particle B at rest having mass 𝑚𝐵 = 3 . If both particles
move along the x-axis after the collision, the change ∆ ⋋in de-Broglie wavelength
of particle 𝐴, in terms of its de-Broglie wavelength (⋋0 ) before collision is:
(a) ∆ ⋋= 2 ⋋0 (b) ∆ ⋋= 4 ⋋0
3 5
(c) ∆ ⋋= 2 ⋋0 (d) ∆ ⋋= 2 ⋋0

24. Given figure shows few data points in a photo electric effect experiment for a
certain metal. The minimum energy for ejection of electron from its surface is
(Plancks constant ℎ = 6.62 × 10−34 𝐽. 𝑠)
 (a) 2.59 eV (b) 2.27 eV
(c) 1.93 eV (d) 2.10 eV

25. In the line spectra of hydrogen atom, difference between the largest and the
shortest wavelengths of the Lyman series is 304 Å. The corresponding difference
for the Paschen series in Åis ___________.

26. In a photoelectric effect experiment, the graph of stopping potential V versus

reciprocal of wavelength obtained is shown in the figure. As the intensity of
incident radiation is increased

(a)Slope of the straight line get more steep

(b)Graph does not change
(c)Straight line shifts to left
(d)Straight line shifts to right

27. A particle of mass 200MeV/c² collides with a hydrogen atom at rest. Soon after
the collision the particle comes to rest, and the atom recoils and goes to its first
excited state. The initial kinetic energy of the particle (in eV) is 14. The value of
N is
(Given the mass of the hydrogen atom to be 1Ge V/c²)

28. The surface of a metal is illuminated alternately with photons of energies E1 =

4eV and E2 = 2.5eV respectively. The ratio of maximum speeds of the
 photoelectrons emitted in the two cases is 2. The work function of the metal in
(eV) is

29. An electron, a doubly ionized helium ion (He++ ) and a proton are having the
same kinetic energy. The relation between their respective de-Broglie
wavelengths ⋋𝑒 ,⋋𝐻𝑒 + and ⋋𝑝 is

(a) ⋋𝑒 >⋋𝐻𝑒 𝜇 >⋋𝑝 (b) ⋋𝑒 <⋋𝑝 <⋋𝐻𝑒 −

(c) ⋋𝑒 >⋋𝑝 >⋋𝐻𝑒 − (d) ⋋𝑒 <⋋𝐻𝑒 + =⋋𝑝

30. The time period of revolution of electron in its ground state orbit in a hydrogen
atom is 1.6 × 10−16 𝑠 . The frequency of revolution of the electron in its first excited
state (in 𝑠 −1 ) is :
(a) 7.8 × 1014 (b) 7.8 × 1016 (c) 3.7 × 1014 (d) 3.7 × 1016

31. A beam of electromagnetic radiation of intensity 6.4 × 10−5 W/cm2 is comprised of

wavelength,⋋ = 310𝑛𝑚. It falls normally on a metal (work function = 2𝑒𝑉 ) of
surface area of 1 cm² . If one in 10³ photons ejects an electron, total number of
electrons ejected in 1s is 10𝑥 . (ℎ𝑐 = 1240 𝑒𝑉𝑛𝑚, 1𝑒𝑉 = 1.6 × 10−19 𝐽), then 𝑥 is:

32. An electron & a photon have same energy 𝐸 . Find the ratio of de Broglie
wavelength of electron to wavelength of photon. Given mass of electron is m &
speed of light is C.
1 1 1
√2𝑚𝐸
(a) 1 ( 𝐸 )2 (b) ( 𝐸 )2 𝐶 (c) (d) ( 𝐸 )2
𝐶 2𝑚 𝑚 𝐶 2𝑚

33. When photon of energy 4.0eV strikes the surface of a metal 𝐴 , the ejected
photoelectrons have maximum kinetic energy 𝑇𝐴 𝑒𝑉 and deBroglie wavelength ⋋𝐴
. The maximum kinetic energy of photoelectrons liberated from another metal 𝐵
by photon of energy 4.50eV is 𝑇𝐵 = (𝑇𝐴 — 1.5)6𝑉 . If the deBroglie wavelength of
these photoelectrons ⋋𝐵 = 2 ⋋𝐴 , then the work function of metal B is:
(a) 3 eV (b) 1.5 eV (c) 4.5 eV (d) 4 eV

34. Number 𝑁 of the 𝛼 particles deflected in Rutherford a scattering experiment

varies with the angle of deflection 𝜃. Then the graph between the two is best
represented by.
 (a) (b)

(c) (d)

35. In H-spectrum wavelength of 1st line of Balmer series is ⋋= 6561 Å. Find out -
wavelength of 2nd line of same series in nm.

36. Kinetic energy of the particle is E and it’s De-Broglie wavelength is ⋋ . On

⋋
increasing it's KE by ∆E, it's new De-Broglie wavelength becomes 2 . Then AE is

(a) 3 E (b) E (c) 2 E (d) 4 E

37. Radiation, with wavelength 6561 Å falls on a metal surface to produce

photoelectrons. The electrons are made to enter a uniform magnetic field of
3 x 10−4 T . If the radius of the largest circular path followed by the electrons is
10𝑚𝑚, the work function of the metal is close to :
(a) 1.8 eV (b) 0.8 eV (c) 1.1 eV (d) 1.4 eV

38. The energy required to ionize a hydrogen like ion in its ground state is 9
Rydberg's. What is the wavelength of the radiation emitted when the electron in
this ion jumps from the second excited state to the ground state :
(a) 24.2 nm (b) 6.8 nm
(c) 35.8 nm (d) 11.4 nm
39. An electron of mass m and magnitude of charge |e| initially at rest gets
accelerated by a constant electric field 𝐸 . The rate of change of de-Broglie
wavelength of this electron at time 𝑡 ignoring relativistic effects is:
ℎ ℎ ℎ |𝑒|𝐸𝑡
(a) − |𝑒|𝐸𝑡 (b) − |𝑒|𝐸√𝑡 (c) − |𝑒|𝐸𝑡 2 (d)
ℎ
40. An electron is moving initially with velocity 𝑣0 𝑖̂ + 𝑣0 𝑗̂ in uniform electric field 𝐸⃗ =
−𝐸0 𝑘̂0 . If initial wavelength of electron is :
 ⋋0 ⋋0

(a) √1+
𝑒2 𝐸2
0 2
𝑡
(b) 𝑒2 𝐸2
√2+ 2 02 𝑡 2
2𝑚2 𝑣20 𝑚 𝑣 0
⋋0 𝑚𝑣0 2⋋0 𝑚𝑣0
(c) 𝑒𝐸0 𝑡
(d) 𝑒𝐸0 𝑡

41. Hydrogen ion and singly ionized helium atom are accelerated, from rest, through
the same potential difference. The ratio of final speeds of hydrogen and helium
ions is close to
(a) 02:01 (b) 01:02 (c) 10:07 (d) 05:07

42. An 𝑋 −ray tube is operated at 1.24 million volt. The shortest wavelength of the
produced photon will be:
(a) 10−2 nm (b) 10−3 nm (c) 10−4 nm (d) 10−1 nm

43. Two radioactive substances 𝑋 and 𝑌 originally have 𝑁1 and 𝑁2 nuclei respectively.
Half life of 𝑋 is half ofthe half life of 𝑌. After there half lives of 𝑌, number of nuclei
𝑁
of both are equal. The ratio 𝑁1will be equal to:
2
8 1 3 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
1 8 1 3

44. The wavelength of an 𝑋 −ray beam is 10Å. The mass of a fictitious particle having
𝑥
the same energy as that of the𝑋 −ray photons is ℎkg. The value of 𝑥 is
3

45. A radioactive sample is undergoing 𝛼decay. At any time 𝑡1 , its activity is 𝐴 and
𝐴
another time 𝑡2 the activity is 5 . What is the average life time for the sample?
𝑡2 −𝑡1 1𝑛(𝑡2 +𝑡1 ) 𝑡1 −𝑡2 1𝑛5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
ln 5 2 1𝑛5 𝑡2 −𝑡1

46. The half-life of Au198 is 2.7 days. The activity of 1.50 𝑚𝑔 of Au198 if its atomic weight
is 198gmol−1 is,(NA = 6 × 1023 /mol)
(a) 240Ci (b) 357Ci (c) 535Ci (d) 252Ci

47. Calculate the time interval between 33% decay and 67% decay if half-life of a
substance is 20 minutes.
(a) 60minutes (b) 20minutes
(c) 40minutes (d) 13minutes

48. A radioactive sample disintegrates via two independent decay processes having
(1) (2)
half lives T1/2 and T1/2respectively. The effective half- life T1/2 of the nuclei is:
 (1) (2)
(a) None of the above (b)T1/2 = T1/2 + T1/2
(1) (2) (t) (2)
T1/2 T1/2 T1/2 +T1/2
(c) T1/2 = (1) (2) (d) T1/2 = (1) (2)
T1/2 +T1/2 T1/2 −T1/2

49. The decay of a proton to neutron is :

(a) not possible as proton mass is less than the neutron mass
(b) possible only inside the nucleus
(c) not possible but neutron to proton conversion is possible
(d) always possible as it is associated only with 𝛽 + decay

50. In a reactor, 2𝑘𝑔 of 92U 235 fuel is fully used up in 30 days. The energy released
per fission is 200𝑀𝑒𝑉. Given that the Avogadro number, 𝑁 = 6.023 × 1026 per kilo
mole and 1eV = 1.6 × 10−19 J . The power output of the reactor is close to
(a) 125𝑀𝑊 (b) 35𝑀𝑊
(c) 60𝑀𝑊 (d) 54𝑀𝑊

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51. In a radioactive material, fraction of active material remaining after time 𝑡 is16.
𝑡
The fraction that was remaining after is
2
3 4 3 7
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 5 5 8

52. The radius 𝑅 of a nucleus of mass number 𝐴 can be estimated by the formula
𝑅 = (1.3 × 10−15 )A1/3 m It follows that the mass density of a nucleus is of the order
of (Mprot. ≅ 𝑀neut. = 1.67 × 10−27 kg)
(a) 1024 kgm−3 (b) 1010 kgm−3
(c) 1017 kgm−3 (d) 103 kgm−3

53. Find the binding energy per nucleon for 120 Sn. Mass of proton mp = 1.00783U
mass of neutron mn = 1.00867U and mass of tin nucleus 𝑚𝑠𝑛 = 119.902199U (take
1 ∪= 931MeV
(a) 9.0𝑀𝑒𝑉 (b) 8.5𝑀𝑒𝑉
(c) 8.0𝑀𝑒𝑉 (d) 7.5𝑀𝑒𝑉

54. Activities of three radioactive substances 𝐴, 𝐵 and 𝐶 are represented by the

curves 𝐴, 𝐵 and 𝐶, in the figure. Then their half-lives T1 (A): T1 (B): T1 (C) are in the
2 2 2
ratio
 (a) 02: 01: 03 (b) 04: 03: 01
(c) 02: 01: 01 (d) 03: 02: 01

55. A radioactive nucleus decays by two different processes. The half life for the first
process is 10s and that for the second is 100𝑠. The effective half life of the nucleus
is close to
(a) 12sec (b) 9𝑠𝑒𝑐 (c) 55𝑠𝑒𝑐 (d) 6𝑠𝑒𝑐

56. You are given that Mass of 73 Li = 7.0160u Mass of 42 He = 4.0026u and Mass of 11 H =
1.0079u.When 20𝑔 of 73 Li is converted into 42 He by proton capture, the energy
liberated, (in kWh), is [Mass of nucleon = 1GeV/c 2 ]
(a) 1.33 × 106 (b) 4.5 × 105
(c) 8 × 106 (d) 6.82 × 105

57. Given the masses of various atomic particles 𝑚𝑝 = 1.0072𝑢, 𝑚𝑛 = 1.0087𝑢, 𝑚𝑒 =

0.000548𝑢 n ≡ neutron, e ≡ electron, v ≡ antineutrino and d ≡ deuteron. Which
of the following process is allowed by momentum and energy conservation?
(a) n + n →deuterium atom (electron bound to the nucleus)
(b) n + p → d + 𝛾
(c) 𝐩 → 𝐧 + 𝐞+ + 𝑣
(d) e+ + e− → 𝛾

58. Activity of a substance changes from 700𝑠 −1 to 500𝑠 −1 in 30 minute. Find its half-
life in minutes
(a) 66 (b) 62 (c) 56 (d) 50

59. A hydrogen atom, initially in the ground state is excited by absorbing a photon
of wavelength 980Å. The radius of the atom in the excited state, in terms of Bohr
radius 𝑎0 , will be : (hc = 12500 e𝑉 − Å)
 (a) 25𝑎0 (b) 9𝑎0 (c)16𝑎0 (d) 4𝑎0

60. In a hydrogen like atom, when an electron jumps from the M-shell to the L-shell,
the wavelength of emitted radiation is 𝜆. If an electron jumps from N-shell to eh
L-shell, the wavelength of emitted radiation will be :
27 16 25 20
(a) 𝜆 (b) 𝜆 (c)16 𝜆 (d) 𝜆
20 25 27

61. A particle of mass m moves in a circular orbit in a central potential field 𝑈(𝑟) =
1
𝑘𝑟 2. If Bohr’s quantization conditions are applied, radii of possible orbitls and
2
energy levels vary with quantum number n as:
1
(a) 𝑟𝑛 ∝ √𝑛, 𝐸𝑛 ∝ 𝑛 (b) 𝑟𝑛 ∝ √𝑛, 𝐸𝑛 ∝ 𝑛
1
(c) 𝑟𝑛 ∝ 𝑛, 𝐸𝑛 ∝ 𝑛 (d) 𝑟𝑛 ∝ 𝑛2 , 𝐸𝑛 ∝ 𝑛2

62. Radiation coming from transitions 𝑛 = 2 to 𝑛 = 1 of hydrogen atoms fall on 𝐻𝑒 +

ions in n = 1 and n = 2 states. The possible transition of helium ions as they
absorb energy from the radiation is :

(a) 𝑛 = 2 → 𝑛 = 3 (b) 𝑛 = 1 → 𝑛 = 4
(c) 𝑛 = 2 → 𝑛 = 5 (d) 𝑛 = 2 → 𝑛 = 4

63. Taking the wavelength of first Balmer line in hydrogen spectrum (𝑛 = 3 𝑡𝑜 𝑛 = 2)

as 660 nm, the wavelength of the 2ndBalmer line (𝑛 = 4 𝑡𝑜 𝑛 = 2) will be;

(a) 889.2 nm (b)488.9 nm

(c) 642.7 nm (d) 388.9 nm

64. A𝐻𝑒 + ion is in its first excited state. Its ionization energy is :

(a) 48.36 eV (b) 54.40 eV

(c) 13.60 eV (d) 6.04 eV

65. In 𝐿𝑖 ++ , electron in first Bohr orbit is excited to a level by a radiation of

wavelength 𝜆. When the ion gets deexcited to the ground state in all possible
ways (including intermediate emissions), a total of six spectral lines are observed.
What is the value of 𝜆?
(Given :ℎ = 6.63 × 10−34 𝐽𝑠; 𝑐 = 3 × 108 𝑚𝑠 −1 )
(a) 11.4 nm (b) 9.4 nm
(c) 12.3 nm (d) 10.80 nm
66. An excited 𝐻𝑒 + ion emits two photons in succession, with wavelengths 108.5 nm
and 30.4 nm, in making a transition to ground state. The quantum number 𝑛,
corresponding to its initial excited state is (for photon of wavelength 𝜆, energy 𝐸 =
1240𝑒𝑉
)
𝜆(𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑚)

(a) 𝑛 = 4 (b) 𝑛 = 5 (c)𝑛 = 7 (d) 𝑛 = 6

67. The electron in a hydrogen atom first jumps from the third excited state to the
second excited state and subsequently to the first excited state. The ratio of the
𝜆1
respective wavelengths, , of the photons emitted in this process is:
𝜆2

(a) 20/7 (b) 27/5 (c) 7/5 (d) 9/7

68. Consider an electron in a hydrogen atom, revolving in its second excited state
(having radius 4.65Å). The de-Broglie wavelength of this electron is :

(a) 3.5Å (b) 6.6 Å (c) 12.9Å (d) 9.7 Å

69. A sample of radioactive material A, that has an activity of 10mCi(1Ci = 3.7 × 1010 )
decays, has twice the number of nuclei as another sample of a different
radioactive material 𝐵 which has an acitvity of 20mCi. The correct choices for
half-lives of 𝐴 and 𝐵 would then be respectively:
(a) 5 days and 10 days (b) 10 days and 40 days
(c) 20 days and 5 days (c) 20 days and 10 days

70. At a given instant, say 𝑡 = 0, two radioactive substances𝐴 and 𝐵 have equal
𝑅
activities. The ratio 𝑅𝐵 of theiractivities after time t itself decays with time 𝑡 as
𝐴
𝑒 −3𝑡 . If the half-life of Ais 𝑙𝑛2 the half-life of 𝐵 is:
𝑙n2 ln 2
(a) 4ln 2 (b) (c) (d) 2𝑙𝑛2
2 4

71. Using a nuclear counter the count rate of emitted particles from a radioactive
source is measured. At 𝑡 = 0 it was 1600 counts per second and t = 8 seconds it
was 100 counts per second. The count rate observed, as counts per second, at
𝑡=6 seconds is close to:
(a) 200 (b) 150 (c) 400 (d) 360

72. Consider the nuclear fission Ne20 → 2He4 + C12 Given that the binding
energy/nucleon of Ne20 , He4 and 𝐶 12 are, respectively, 8.03MeV, 7.07MeV and
7.86MeVidentify the correct statement:
(a) energy of 12.4MeV will be supplied
 (b) 8.3MeV energy will be released
(c) energy of 3.6MeV will be released
(d) energy of 11.9MeV has to be supplied

73. In a radioactive decay chain, the initial nucleus is 232 Th.At the end there are 6𝛼
-particles and 4𝛽 -particles which areemitted. If the end nucleus is 𝐴𝑍 𝑋𝐴and 𝑍 are
given by:
(a) 𝐴 = 208; 𝑍 = 80 (b) 𝐴 = 202; 𝑍 = 80
(c) A = 208; Z = 82 (d) 𝐴 = 200; 𝑍 = 81
74. The ratio of the mass densities of nuclei of 40 Ca and 16 O is close to:
(a) 1 (b) 0.1 (c) 5 (d) 2

75. A nucleus 𝐴 , with a finite de-broglie wavelength 𝜆A , undergoes spontaneous

fission into two nuclei 𝐵 and 𝐶 of equal mass. B flies in the same direction as
that of 𝐴, while 𝐶 flies in the opposite direction with a velocity equal to half of
that of 𝐵 . the de-Broglie wavelengths 𝜆B and 𝜆𝐶 of 𝐵 and 𝐶 are respectively:
𝜆A 𝜆A
(a) 𝜆A , 2𝜆A (b) 2𝜆A , 𝜆A (c) 𝜆A , (d) , 𝜆A
2 2

76. Two radioactive materials 𝐴 and 𝐵 have decay constants10𝜆 and 𝜆, respectively.
If initially they have the same number of nuclei, then the ratio of the number of
nuclei of𝐴 to that of 𝐵 will be 1/e after a time:
1 1 11 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
9𝜆 11𝜆 10𝜆 10𝜆

77. Two radioactive substances 𝐴 and 𝐵 have decay constants 5𝜆 and 𝜆 respectively.
At At 𝑡 = 0, a sample has the same number of the two nuclei. The time taken for
1 2
the ratio of thenumber of nuclei to become(𝑒) will be:
(a) 1/2𝜆 (b) 1/4𝜆 (c) 1/𝜆 (d) 2/𝜆
 Answer Key
Q 1 2 3 4 5
A b c a b c
Q 6 7 8 9 10
A c d 194 c 15
Q 11 12 13 14 15
A b b d c b
Q 16 17 18 19 20
A b d 9 c d
Q 21 22 23 24 25
A c b b b 10553.14
Q 26 27 28 29 30
A b 51 2 c a
Q 31 32 33 34 35
A 11 a d b 486
Q 36 37 38 39 40
A a c d c a
Q 41 42 43 44 45
A a b a 10a
Q 46 47 48 49 50
A b b c b c
Q 51 52 53 54 55
A a c b a b
Q 56 57 58 59 60
A a b b c d
Q 61 62 63 64 65
A a d b c d
Q 66 67 68 69 70
A b a d c
Q 71 72 73 74 75
A a d c a d
Q 76 77
A a a