PHYSICS STD XII

12. atoms
Daily practice problems (DPP) sheet
1. In Bohr's atom the number of de-Broglie waves associated with an electron moving in nth
permitted orbit is ____. (a) n (b) 2n (c) n/2 (d) n2
2. The ionization energy of hydrogen atom is 13.6 eV. The ionization energy of Helium atom
will be ____ eV. (a) 27.1 (b) 54.4 (c) 13.6 (d) 6.8
3. As the quantum number increases, the difference of energy between consecutive energy
levels ____.
(a) Remains the same (b) Decrease
(c) Increase (d) First decreases and then increases
4. Planck constant has the same dimensions as ____.
(a) force x time (b) force x distance (c) force x speed (d) force x distance x time
5. According to classical theory, the path of electron in Rutherford atom model is ___.
(a) Straight line (b) Spiral (c) Circular (d) parabolic
6. The radius of first orbit of hydrogen atom is 0.53Å. Then what is the radius of its fourth orbit
(in Å)? (a) 0.193 (b) 4.24 (c) 2.12 (d) 8.48
7. In the Bohr model of hydrogen atom, the ratio of the kinetic energy and total energy of
electron in the nth quantum state will be ___.
(a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 12
8. According to Bohr's atom model, the kinetic energy of electron in an atom ___.
(a) decreases with increasing radius (b) increases with increasing radius
(c) remains unchanged with change in radius (d) none of there
9. There cannot be more than 2 electrons in n = 1 state. This number is restricted by ____.
(a) Bohr's principle (b) Un certainly principle
(c) Pauli's exclusion principle (d) Relativity theory
10. The ratio of the radii of the first three Bohr orbits is ____.
(a) 1: 1 2 : 1 3 (b) 1:2:3 (c) 1:4:9 (d) 1:8:27
11. The linear speed of the electron in nth Bohr orbit of hydrogen atom is proportional to _____.
(a) n (b) n3 (c) 1/n (d) 1/n3
12. In Bohr’s model of hydrogen atom the centripetal force is provided by Coulomb’s attraction
between the proton and electron. If a is radius of the ground state orbit, m is the mass, e is the
charge of an electron and o is permittivity of vacuum, then speed of electron is ____.
e e 4  ε0 a m
(a) Zero (b) (c) (d)
ε0 a m 4  ε0 a m e
13. In an electron transition, atom cannot emit ___.
(a) UV rays (b) Visible light rays (c) Infrared rays (d) Gamma rays
14. In an hydrogen atom, the radiation emitted is found to be in ultraviolet region due to
transition between n = 4 to n = 3. During which of the following transitions will the light
emitted be in infrared region?
(a) 2 → 1 (b) 3 → 2 (c) 4 → 2 (d) 5 → 4
15. Fraunhoffer lines are observed in the spectrum of ____.
(a) A hydrogen discharge tube (b) A carbon arc
(c) The sun (d) Sodium vapour lamp
16. Dark lines in the solar spectrum are due to ____.
(a) Lack of certain elements (b) Black body radiation
(c) Absorption of certain wavelengths by outer layers (d) Scattering

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17. Missing lines in a continuous spectrum reveal ___.
(a) defects of the observing instrument
(b) absence of some element in the light source
(c) presence in the light source of hot vapour of some elements.
(d) presence of cool vapour of some element around the light source
18. Calculate the energy required to remove an electron from He+ ion.
(a) 13.6 eV (b) 54.4 eV (c) 3.4 eV (d) 27.2 eV
19. An α-particle of 10 MeV is moving forward for a head on collision. What will be the distance
of closest approach from the nucleus of atomic number Z = 50?
0.53 1010
(a) 1.44 x 10–14 m (b) 2.88 x 10–14 m (c) 0.53 x 10–10 m (d) m
50
e 2
20. If the potential energy of the electron in the hydrogen atom is , then what is its
4 0 r
e 2 e2 e2 e2
Kinetic energy? (a) (b) (c)  (d)
4 0 r 8 0 r 8 0 r 4 0 r
21. According to Bohr’s hypothesis, the angular momentum of the electron in any stationary
orbit of radius r is proportional to ___.
(a) r (b) 1/r (c) r (d) r2
22. The radius of second orbit in an atom of hydrogen is R. What is its radius in third orbit?
(a) 3 R (b) 2.25 R (c) 9 R (d) R/3
23. The ratio of energies of electron in the first excited state to its second excited state in H-atom
is ___. (a) 1 : 4 (b) 4 : 9 (c) 9 : 4 (d) 4 : 1
24. What is the angular momentum of an electron of Li-atom in n = 5 orbit?
(a) 5.27 x 10–34 Js (b) 6.625 x 10–34 Js (c) 1.325 x 10–34 Js (d) 16.56 x 10–34 Js
25. For the first orbit of hydrogen atom the minimum excitation potential is ___ eV.
(a) 13.6 (b) 3.4 (c) 10.2 (d) 3.6
26. An electron with energy 12.09 eV strikes hydrogen atom in ground state, and gives its all
energy to the hydrogen atom. Therefore, hydrogen atom is excited to ___ state.
(a) Fourth (b) third (c) second (d) first
27. In hydrogen atom, and electron makes transition from n = 3 to n = 1 state in time interval of
1.2 x 10–8 s calculate average torque (in Nm) acting on the electron during this transition.
(a) 1.055 x 10–26 (b) 4.40 x 10–27 (c) 1.7 x 10–26 (d) 8.79 x 10–27
28. In which of the following system will the radius of the 2nd orbit be minimum?
(a) H-atom (b) Mg+11 (c) He+ (d) B-atom
29. The ionization potentials of hydrogenic ions A and B are VA and VB, respectively. Now if
VB > VA then ___. Here, r is the radius of the ion.
(a) rA > rB (b) rA < rB (c) rA = rB (d) none of the above
30. A hydrogen atom absorbs 12.1 eV of energy and excited to higher energy level. How many
photons are emitted during downward transition. Assume during each downward transition,
one photon is emitted.
(a) 1 or 3 (b) 2 or 3 (c) 1 or 2 (d) 5 or more
31. In a head-on collision between an α-particle and a gold nucleus, the minimum distance of
approach is 4 x 10-14 m. Calculate the energy of α particle, given that the atomic number of
helium and gold are 2 and 79, respectively.
(a) 5.688 MeV (b) 5.688 eV (c) 2.844 MeV (d) 2.844 eV
32. What should be the minimum speed of an electron in a hydrogen atom to revolve in an orbit
of radius 0.53 x 10-10 m so that it does not fall in the nucleus due to electrostatic attraction?
(a) 2.2 x 104 m/s (b) 2.2 x 105 m/s (c) 2.2 x 106 m/s (d) 2.2 x 107 m/s

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33. An α-particle (Z=2) of energy 6 MeV is incident on the centre of a gold (Z=79) nucleus and
gets scattered through 180º. What is the radius of the nucleus of gold?
(a) 3.8 x 10-12 m (b) 3.8 x 10-13 m (c) 3.8 x 10-15 m (d) 3.8 x 10-14 m
34. A α-particle having KE of 7.68 MeV is projected towards the nucleus of copper (Z=29).
Calculate the distance of nearest approach.
(a) 3 x 1014 m (b) 1.5 x 10-14 m (c) 3 x 10-15 m (d) 1.5 x 10-15 m
35. An electron in hydrogen atom is revolving in an orbit with radius 5.29 x 10–11 m around the
nucleus. Find the corresponding principal quantum number using the Bohr’s quantum
condition for allowed electronic orbit. h = 6.625 x 10–34 Js, e = 1.6 x 10–19 C,
0  8.85  1012 MKS , m = 9.1 x 10–31 kg.
(a) 2 (b) 1.0 (c) 3 (d) 4
36. At what speed must an electron revolve around the nucleus of a helium atom so that it is not
pulled into the nucleus by electrostatic attraction? Take the radius of orbit as 2.65 x 1011 m.
(a) 4.5 x 105 m/s (b) 2.5 x 106 m/s (c) 2.5 x 105 m/s (d) 4.5 x 106 m/s
37. When the hydrogen atom gets to its lowest excited level, orbital radius of electron is ____ as
the radius of first orbit.
(a) Twice (b) Half (c) Same (d) Four times
38. As the quantum number decrease, the difference of radii between consecutive orbits ____.
(a) remain same (b) increases (c) decreases (d) sometime increases and sometime decreases
39. The ratio of the radii of the electrons orbits for the first excited state to the ground state for
the hydrogen atom is (a) 2:1 (b) 4:1 (c) 8:1 (d) 16:1
40. According to Bohr's principle, the relation between the principle quantum number n and the
1 1
radius of the orbit is (a) r  (b) r  n (c) r  n 2 (d) r  2
n n
41. According to Bohr hypothesis, which of the following quantities is discrete?
(a) Momentum (b) Angular velocity (c) Potential energy (d) Angular momentum
42. An electron in hydrogen atom makes a transition from fourth orbit to second orbit. What is
the frequency of emitted radiation will be ____.
 3 9 3
(a)  105 Hz (b)  105 Hz (c) 1015 Hz (d)  1015 Hz
4 6 16 8
43. The main defect of Bohr model is ____.
(a) Mixing of classical and quantum theories (b) Exclusion of nuclear motion
(c) Failed to explain the fine structure of spectral lines (d) None of the above
44. According to Bohr's model of hydrogen atom, ____.
(a) the total energy of the electron is quantized
(b) the angular momentum of the electron is quantized
(c) the linear velocity of the electron is quantized
(d) the angular velocity of the electron is quantized
45. The total energy of an atomic electron is ____.
(a) Zero (b) Less than zero
(c) More than zero (d) Sometime more & some times less than zero
46. Of the following transition in the hydrogen atom, the one which gives an emission line of
highest frequency is ____.
(a) n = 1 to n = 2 (b) n = 3 to n = 10 (c) n = 10 to n = 3 (d) n = 2 to n = 1
47. What is the energy necessary to remove the electron from n = 10 state in hydrogen atom?
(a) 1.36 eV (b) 0.0136 eV (c) 13.6 eV (d) 0.136 eV
48. The meaning of negative energy is that the system is ____.
(a) Bound (b) In free state (c) Is unstable (d) None of these

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49. The order of energies of energy levels A, B and C is E A  EB  EC , If the wavelength
corresponding to transitions C  B, B  A and C  A are 1 , 2 and 3 respectively, then
which of the following relations is correct?
1 2
(a) 1  2  3  0 (b) 32  12  22 (c) 3  (d) 3  1  2
1   2

Numeric Integer type questions

50. In X-ray tube the potential difference between the anode and the cathode is 20 kV and
current flowing is 2 mA. Find (1) The number of electrons striking the anode in 1 s,
(2) The speed of electrons while striking the anode,
(3) Minimum wavelength (min) emitted.
51. Calculate the quantum number for which the radius of the orbit of electron in Be3+ would be
equal to that for the ground state of electron in a hydrogen atom. Also compare the energy of
the two states.
52. At what temperature will the average molecular kinetic energy in gaseous hydrogen be equal to the
binding energy of a hydrogen atom? Boltzmann constant kB = 1.38 x 10–23 JK–1.
53. Calculate the wavelength and energy in eV of a photon emitted when in a hydrogen atom an
electron makes a transition from the third excited state to the ground state. Rydberg constant
= 1.097  107 meter1, c = 3  108 m s1, h = 6.62  1034 J s.

54. Calculate for the first orbit (n=1) of helium atom (Z=2) (i) the radius of the orbit (ii) velocity
of the orbit (iii) ionization potential.

Answers to Numeric integer type questions:

50. 1.25 1016 s 1 , 8.386 107 m / s , 0.621 Å
51. n = 2, E 3  4 EH 52. 1.051 x 105 K
Be
53. 9.7 x 108 m, 12.76eV 54. 2.65 x 1011 m, 4.4 x 106 m/s, 54.04 eV

ANSWERS

1. a 11. c 21. a 31. a 41. d

2. b 12. c 22. b 32. c 42. c
3. b 13. d 23. c 33. d 43. a
4. d 14. d 24. a 34. a 44. b
5. b 15. c 25. c 35. b 45. b
6. d 16. c 26. b 36. d 46. d
7. b 17. d 27. d 37. d 47. d
8. a 18. b 28. b 38. c 48. a
9. c 19. a 29. a 39. b 49. d
10. c 20. b 30. c 40. c

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