SUBJECT: NEET-PHYSICS COURSE: MASTER PRO ELP No.

-01 TOPIC: MODERN PHYSICS

PHOTON THEORY 2023-24

1. The momentum of photon of energy hν is :

hν
(1) hν (2) (3) hνc (4) h/ν
c

2. For a photon having energy 9 MeV, calculate

(a) Momentum (b) Effective Mass

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3. Energy of a quanta of frequency 10 Hz and h = 6.6 × 10 J-s will be
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(1) 6.6 × 10 J (2) 6.6 × 10 J (3) 6.6 × 10 J (4) 6.6 × 10 J

4. For a photon having wavelength 0.2µm, calculate: -

(a) Momentum (b) Frequency (c) Energy

5. The approximate wavelength of a photon of energy 2.48 eV is

(1) 500 Å (2) 5000 Å (3) 2000 Å (4) 1000 Å

6. Find linear momentum of a photon of 25 MeV.

7. Light ray of wave length 500 nm incident normally on a perfectly reflective surface. If magnitude
of average force experienced by surface is 2µN. Find number of quanta striking per second on
the surface.

8. Power of a bulb is 100 watt and its wavelength is 400 nm. Calculate no. of photons emitted by it in
10 hrs.
(a) Assuming 100% efficiency
(b) Assuming 30% efficiency for converting electric energy into light energy

9. A light of wavelength 400nm incident normally on a perfectly reflective surface. If force experienced
by the surface is 0.4 µN. Find the number of quanta incident per second on the surface ?

10. A radio transmitter operates at a frequency of 880 kHz and a power of 10 kW. The number of
photons emitted per second is
31 34 34 –34
(1) 1.72 × 10 (2) 1.327 × 10 (3) 13.27 × 10 (4) 0.075 × 10

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11. The power of a bulb is 60 milliwatt and the wavelength of light is 6000 Å. Calculate the number of
photons/second emitted by the bulb?

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12. The energy flux of sunlight reaching on the Earth’s surface is 1.388 × 10 W/m . How many photons
(nearly) per square metre are incident on the Earth per second? Assume that the photons in the
sunlight have an average length of 550 nm.

13. Earth receives energy flux of 3.98 × 10 –3 wm–2 from sun find number of photon striking per
square meter area per second on surface of earth. Average wavelength of light 550 nm.

14. A plate of mass 10 g is in equilibrium in air due to force exerted by a light beam on the plate
calculate power of the beam. Assume that the plate is perfectly reflective.
F

mg

15. The number of photons per second on an average emitted by the source of monochromatic light of
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wavelength 600 nm, when it delivers the power of 3.3 × 10 watt will be : (h = 6.6 × 10 Js)
[NEET-2021]
18 17 16 15
(1) 10 (2) 10 (3) 10 (4) 10

15
16. A source S1 is producing 10 photons per second of wavelength 5000Å. Another source S2 is

15  power of S2 
producing 1.02 × 10 photons per second of wavelength 5100 Å. Then 
 power of S  is equal to:
 1 

[AIPMT-2010]
(1) 1.00 (2) 1.02 (3) 1.04 (4) 0.98

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17. How many photons are emitted by a laser source of 5 × 10 W operating at 632.2 nm in 2 s?
–34
(h = 6.63 × 10 Js)
16 16 16 16
(1) 3.2 × 10 (2) 1.6 × 10 (3) 4 × 10 (4) 0.4 × 10

18. 10 watt power of radiation are normally incident on a plane surface. If surface can absorb only 20%
radiation and remaining are reflected back calculate force experienced by surface.

19. How many photons of wavelength λ = 6600 nm must strike a totally reflecting screen per second
at normal incident so as to exert a force of 1N?

20. Energy flux of 50 × 10−3 wm−2 incident normally on a perfectly reflective surface of area 15 cm2.
Find magnitude of average force exerted on the surface.

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 Answer Key
ELP-01

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1. (2) 2. (a) 4.8 × 10 kg m/sec (b) 1.6 × 10 kg 3. (1)
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4. (a) 3.3 × 10 kg m/sec (b) 1.5 × 10 Hz (c) 6.2 ev 5. (2)

E 25 × 106 × 1.6 × 10−19 40.0

6. P= = = × 10−21 = 13.3 × 10−21 = 1.33 × 10−20 kg m/s
c 3 × 108
3

2nh Fλ 2 × 10−6 × 500 × 10−9 50

7. F= ⇒ n= = = × 1020 =7.5 × 1020 / s
λ 2h 2 × 6.6 × 10−34
6.6
24 24 20
8. (a) 7.2 × 10 Photon (b) 2.16 × 10 Photon 9. 1.3 × 10 Photon/sec
17 21 2
10. (1) 11. 1.8 × 10 Photon/sec 12. 3.85 × 10 Photon/sec m

n 1λ 3.98 × 10−3 × 550 × 10−9 photon

13. = = = 1.09 × 1016
A hc 2 × 10−25
m2s

2Power
14. F =⇒
mg mg
=
C

mgc 10 × 10−3 × 10 × 3 × 108

Power
= = = 1.5 × 107 watt
2 2
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15. (3) 16. (1) 17. (1) 18. 6 × 10 N 19. 5 × 10 Photon/sec

P
20. I = ⇒ P = IA
A

2P 2 × I × A 2 × 50 × 10−3 × 15 × 10−4
F
= = = = 5 × 10−13 N.
C C 3 × 108

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SUBJECT: NEET-PHYSICS COURSE: MASTER PRO ELP No.-02 TOPIC: MODERN PHYSICS
PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT 2023-24

1. A photosensitive material has work function 2eV. Find threshold frequency and threshold
wavelength.

2. If the threshold wavelength of light for photoelectric effect from sodium surface is 6800 Å then,
the work function of sodium is:
(1) 1.8 eV (2) 2.9 eV (3) 1.1 eV (4) 4.7 eV

3. The work function of a substance is 4.0 eV. The longest wavelength of light that can cause
photoelectron emission from this substance is approximately:
(1) 540 nm (2) 400 nm (3) 310nm (4) 220 nm

4. Sodium and copper have work functions 2.3 eV and 4.5 eV sodium respectively. Then the ratio of
their threshold wavelengths is nearest to:
(1) 1 : 2 (2) 4: 1 (3) 2: 1 (4) 1: 4

5. In the PEE experiment, wavelength of incident light is 4000 Å and work function of cathode material
is 1.1 eV. Calculate stopping potential and range of KE for the ejected electrons?

6. The graph is showing the photocurrent with the applied voltage of a photoelectric effect experiment.
Then (here intensity means rate of photons)
(1) A & B will have same intensity and B & C have same frequency
(2) B & C have same intensity and A & B have same frequency
(3) A & B will have same frequency and B & C have same intensity
(4) A & C will have same intensity and B & C have same frequency

7. According to Einstein's photoelectric equation, the graph between the kinetic energy of
photoelectrons ejected and the frequency of incident radiation is

(1) (2)

(3) (4)

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8. The stopping potential as a function of frequency of incident radiation is plotted for two different
photo electric surfaces A and B. The graphs show the work function of A is
Vs
(1) Greater than that of B A B
(2) Smaller than that of B
(3) Same as that of B
ν
(4) No comparison can be done from given graphs

9. According to Einstein's photoelectric equation, the plot of the kinetic energy of the emitted
photoelectrons from a metal Vs the frequency, of the incident radiation gives a straight line whose
slope:
(1) depends on the nature of the metal used
(2) depends on the intensity of the radiation
(3) depends both on the intensity of the radiation and the metal used
(4) is the same for all metals and independent of the intensity of the radiation

15
10. A laser light of power 5mW is incident normally on a metal surface. In each second 8 × 10 photons
incident on it. Find kinetic energy of fastest electron and stopping potential. (work function 1.9 eV)

11. The threshold frequency for a metallic surface corresponds to an energy of 6.2eV and the stopping
potential for a radiation incident on this surface is 5 V, the incident radiation lies in:
(1) ultra-violet region (2) infra-red region (3) visible region (4) X-ray region

12. Collector is kept at +2V w.r.t. emitter. A light of wavelength 200 nm incident on emitter of work
function 4.5 eV. Find maximum and minimum kinetic energies of photoelectron on reaching
collector.

13. Threshold frequency of material used in PEE is f0. Calculate ratio of maximum speed of ejected
electrons, when it is illuminated by radiation of frequency 2f0 and 5f0 respectively. (V. Imp)

14. Light of two different frequencies whose photons have energies 1 eV and 2.5 eV respectively
illuminate a metallic surface whose work function is 0.5 eV successively. Ratio of maximum speeds
emitted electrons will be:
(1) 1 : 4 (2) 1 : 2 (3) 1 : 1 (4) 1 : 5

15. When the light of frequency 2v0 (where v0 is threshold frequency), is incident on a metal plate, the
maximum velocity of electrons emitted is v1. When the frequency of the incident radiation is
increased to 5v0, the maximum velocity of electrons emitted from the same plate is v2. The ratio of
v1 to v2 is:
(1) 1 : 2 (2) 2 : 1 (3) 4 : 1 (4) 1 : 4

16. In PEE, when frequency of incident radiation is increased by 20%, then stopping potential increases
from 0.5V to 0.8V. Calculate work function of the metal.

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17. A certain metallic surface is illuminated with monochromatic light of wavelength λ . The stopping
potential for photo-electric current for this light is 3V0. If the same surface is illuminated with light
of wavelength 2λ, The stopping potential is V0. the threshold wavelength for this surface for photo-
electric effect is :
λ λ
(1) 4 λ (2) (3) (4) 6λ
4 6

18. When monochromatic radiation of intensity Ι falls on a metal surface, the number of photoelectrons
and their maximum kinetic energy are N and T respectively. If the intensity of radiation is 2Ι, the
number of emitted electrons and their maximum kinetic energy are respectively
(1) N and 2T (2) 2N and T
(3) 2N and 2T (4) N and T

19. The frequency and intensity of a light source are both doubled. Consider the following statements.
(i) The saturation photocurrent remains almost the same.
(ii) The maximum kinetic energy of the photoelectrons is doubled.
(1) Both (i) and (ii) are true
(2) (i) is true but (ii) is false
(3) (i) is false but (ii) is true
(4) both (i) and (ii) are false

20. If the frequency of light in a photoelectric experiment is doubled then stopping potential will
(1) be doubled
(2) be halved
(3) become more than double
(4) become less than double

21. In hydrogen atom, transition of electron takes place from first excited state to ground state photon
so produced incident on a metal and stopping potential found to be 3.57 V.
Find cutoff frequency.

22. Wave equation of electric field in the light is gives by

7 –1
E = E0 sin [1.57 × 10 m (x – ct)]
This light is incident on a metal of work function 1.9 eV. Calculate stopping potential.

23. Wave equation of electric field in the light is gives by

15 15
E = E0 [sin 1.57 × 10 t + sin 6.28 × 10 t] Volt/m
This light is incident on a metal of work function 1.9 eV. Calculate stopping potential.

24. A laser light of wavelength λ incident on a silver sphere of radius r suspended by an insulating
thread. If λ < λ0. Find potential acquired by the sphere and number of electrons escaped from it ?

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25. A point source causes photoelectric effect from a small metal plate. Which of the following curves
may represent the saturation photocurrent as a function of the distance between the source and
the metal?

(1) (2)

(3) (4)

26. A photocell is illuminated by a small bright source placed 1 m away. When the same source of light
is place 0.5 m away. the number of electrons emitted by photocathode would:
(1) decrease by a factor of 4 (2) increase by a factor of 4
(3) decrease by a factor of 2 (4) increase by a factor of 2

27. When UV rays are incident on emitter plate of photocell then, stopping potential is found –1V.
11
If ratio of charge to mass of electron is 1.8 × 10 C/Kg. Then find maximum speed of photoelectron?

Answer Key
ELP-02

14
1. ν0  5 × 10 Hz, λ0 = 6200 Å 2. (1) 3. (3)
4. (3) 5. V0 = 2 Volt, KEmax = 2 eV 6. (1)
7. (3) 8. (2) 9. (4)
10. V0 = 1.9 Volt, KEmax = 1.9 eV 11. (1)
v1 1
12. KEmax = 3.7 eV, KEmin = 2 eV 13. = 14. (2)
v2 2
15. (1) 16. φ = 1 eV 17. (1)
18. (2) 19. (2) 20. (3)
15
21. ν0 = 1.6 × 10 Hz 22. V0 = 1.2 Volt 23. V0 = 2.2 Volt

hc  1 1  4πε0hcr  1 1 
24. V=  −  ,n =  −  25. (4) 26. (2)
e  λ λ0  e 2
 λ λ0 
5
27. vmax = 6 × 10 m/sec

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SUBJECT: NEET-PHYSICS COURSE: MASTER PRO ELP No.-03 TOPIC: MODERN PHYSICS
MATTER-WAVES 2023-24

1. The ratio of deBroglie wavelengths of a proton and an alpha particle of same energy is.
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 4 (4) 0.25

2. The ratio of deBroglie wavelengths of a proton and an alpha particle moving with the same velocity is
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 4 (4) 0.25

3. Two particles have identical charges. If they are accelerated through identical potential differences,
then the ratio of their deBroglie wavelength would be
(1) λ1 : λ2 = 1 : 1 (2) λ1 : λ2 = m2 : m1 (3) λ1 : λ2 = m2 : m1 (4) λ1 : λ2 = m1 : m2

4. If the velocity of a moving particle is reduced to half, then percentage change in its wavelength will be
(1) 100% decrease (2) 100% increase (3) 50% decrease (4) 50% increase

5. Which one of the following statements is NOT true for de Broglie waves ?
(1) All atomic particles in motion have waves of a definite wavelength associated with them
(2) The higher the momentum, the longer is the wavelength
(3) The faster the particle, the shorter is the wavelength
(4) For the same velocity, a heavier particle has a shorter wavelength

6. What is the percentage change in de-Broglie wavelength of an electron if its KE is made 16 times
of initial KE.

7. What is the change in de-Broglie wavelength of an electron if its KE is decreased by 36% ?

8. If the momentum of an electron is changed by P, then the de Broglie wavelength associated with it
changes by 0.2%. The initial momentum of electron will be about :-

9. In a TV tube the electron are accelerated by a potential difference of 10 kV. Then, their deBroglie
wavelength is nearly
(1) 1.2 Å (2) 0.12 Å (3) 12 Å (4) 0.01 Å

2
10. An α-particle moves along a circular path of radius 0.83 cm in a magnetic field of 0.25 Wb/m . The
de-Broglie wavelength associated with it will be
(1) 10 Å (2) 1 Å (3) 0.1 Å (4) 0.01 Å

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11. The de Broglie wavelength of a tennis ball of mass 60 g moving with a velocity of 10 metres per
–34
second is approximately - (Planck's constant, h = 6.63 × 10 Js) [AIEEE_2003]
–33 –31 –16 –25
(1) 10 metre (2) 10 metre (3) 10 metre (4) 10 metre

8 –1
12. The de Broglie wavelength of an electron moving with a velocity 1.5 × 10 ms is equal to that of a
photon. The ratio of the kinetic energy of the electron to that of the energy of photon is :
1 1
(1) 2 (2) 4 (3) (4)
2 4

C
13. Wave length of a photon is twice that of an electron of speed . find ratio of energy of electron
100
to energy of photon.

14. Let p and E denote the linear momentum and the energy of a photon. For another photon of smaller
wavelength (in same medium)
(1) both p and E increase (2) p increases and E decreases
(3) p decreases and E increases (4) both p and E decreases

15. If the kinetic energy of a free electron doubles, its de-Broglie wavelength changes by the factor :
[AIEEE_2005]
1 1
(1) (2) 2 (3) (4) 2
2 2

16. A particle A of mass 'm' and charge 'q' is accelerated by a potential difference of 50 V. Another
particle B of mass 4m and charge q is accelerated by a potential difference of 2500 V. The ratio of
λA
de–Broglie wavelengths is close to : [JEE Main_2019]
λB
(1) 14.14 (2) 10.00 (3) 0.07 (4) 4.47

17. An electron (of mass m) and a photon have the same energy E in the range of a few eV. The ratio
of the de-Broglie wavelength associated with the electron and the wavelength of the photon is
(c = speed of light in vacuum) [JEE MAIN_2020]
1 1 1
1  2E  2  E  2 1
1 E  2
(1)   (2)   (3) c ( 2mE ) 2 (4)  
cm  2m  c  2m 

Answer Key
ELP-03

1. (2) 2. (3) 3. (3) 4. (2) 5. (2) 6. 75% 7. 25%

–2
8. 500p 9. (2) 10. (4) 11. (1) 12. (4) 13. 10 14. (1)
15. (3) 16. (1) 17. (4)
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SUBJECT: NEET-PHYSICS COURSE: MASTER PRO ELP No.-04 & 05 TOPIC: MODERN PHYSICS
ELP-04 ATOMIC STRUCTURE 2023-24

1. Which one of the series of hydrogen spectrum is in the visible region ?

(1) Lyman series (2) Balmer series (3) paschen series (4) Bracket series

2. In Bohr’s model of hydrogen atom, the centripetal force is provided by the Coulomb attraction
between the proton and the electron. If a0 is the radius of the ground state orbit, m is the mass
and e the charge of an electron and ε0 is the vacuum permittivity, the speed of the electron is :

e e 4πε0a0m
(1) zero (2) (3) (4)
ε0a0m 4πε0a0m e

3. The energy of an electron in the excited state of H-tom is –1.5 eV, then according to Bohr’ model,
its angular momentum will be:
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(1) 3.15 × 10 J-sec (2) 2.15 × 10 J-sec (3) 5.01 × 10 J-sec (4) 3.15 × 10 J-sec

4. According to Bohr’s model of hydrogen atom, relation between principal quantum number n and
radius of stable orbit:
1 1 2
(1) r ∝ (2) r ∝ n (3) r ∝ (4) r ∝ n
n n2

5. The radius of first Bohr orbit is 0.5Å, then radius of fourth Bohr orbit will be:
(1) 0.03 Å (2) 0.12 Å (3) 2.0 Å (4) 8.0 Å

6. The wavelength of the first line in Balmer series in the hydrogen spectrum is λ. What is the
wavelength of the second line :
20λ 3λ 5λ 3λ
(1) (2) (3) (4)
27 16 36 4

7. An electron makes a transition from orbit n = 4 to the orbit n = 2 of a hydrogen atom. The wave
number of the emitted radiation (R = Rydberg’s constant) will be
(1) 16/3R (2) 2R/16 (3) 3R/16 (4) 4R/16

8. The wavelength of the first line of Lyman series for hydrogen atom is equal to that of the second
line of Balmer series for a hydrogen like ion. The atomic number Z of hydrogen like ion is:
(1) 3 (2) 4 (3) 1 (4) 2

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9. An electron of a stationary hydrogen atom passes from the fifth energy level to the ground level.
The velocity that the atom acquired as a result of photon emission will be:
24hR 25hR 25m 24m
(1) (2) (3) (4)
25m 24m 24hR 25hR
(m is the mass of atom, R, Rydberg constant and h Planck’s constant)

10. Hydrogen atom in ground state is excited by a monochromatic radiation of λ = 975 Å. Number of
spectral lines in the resulting spectrum emitted will be
(1) 3 (2) 2 (3) 6 (4) 10

11. In the spectrum of hydrogen, the ratio of the longest wavelength in the Lyman series to the longest
wavelength in the Balmer series is:
5 4 9 27
(1) (2) (3) (4)
27 9 4 5

12. Let T1 and T2 be the energy of an electron in the first and second excited states of hydrogen atom,
respectively. According to the Bohr's model of an atom, the ratio T1 : T2 is:
(1) 1 : 4 (2) 4 : 1 (3) 4 : 9 (4) 9 : 4

k
13. Suppose an electron is attracted towards the origin by a force where ‘k’ is a cosntant and 'r' is
r
the distance of the electron from the origin. By applying Bohr model to this sytem, the radius of
th
the n orbital of the electron is found to be ‘rn’ and the kinetic energy of the electron to be ‘Tn’.
Then which of the following is true?
1
(1) Tn ∝ ,rn ∝ n2 (2) Tn independent of n, rn ∝ n
n2
1 1
(3) Tn ∝ , r ∝n (4) Tn ∝ , r ∝ n2
n n n n

14. In a hydrogen like atom electron makes transition from an energy level with quantum number n to
another with quantum number (n–1). If n>>1, the frequency of radiation emitted is proportional to
1 1 1 1
(1) (2) (3) (4)
n n2 n
3
2 n3

++
15. Energy required for the electron excitation in Li from the first to the third Bohr orbit is:-
(1) 108.8 eV (2) 122.4 eV (3) 12.1 eV (4) 36.3 eV

Answer Key
ELP-04

1. (2) 2. (3) 3. (1) 4. (4) 5. (4) 6. (1) 7. (3)

8. (4) 9. (1) 10. (3) 11. (1) 12. (4) 13. (2) 14. (4)
15. (1)

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 ELP-05

1. The minimum wavelength λmin in the continuous spectrum of X-rays is

(1) Proportional to the potential difference V between the cathode and anode.
(2) Inversely proportional to potential difference V between the cathode and anode.
(3) Proportional to the square root of the potential difference V between the cathode and the
anode.
(4) Inversely proportional to the square root of the potential difference V between the cathode and
the anode.

2. The characteristic X-ray radiation is emitted when

(1) The bombarding electrons knock out electrons from the inner shell of the target atoms and one
of the outer electrons falls into this vacancy.
(2) The valance electrons are removed from the target atoms as a result of the collision.
(3) The source of electrons emits a mono energetic beam.
(4) The electrons are accelerated to a fixed energy.

3. Characteristic x-rays are produced

(1) During electric discharge at low pressure.
(2) During nuclear explosions.
(3) When cathode rays are reflected from the target.
(4) When electrons from higher energy state come back to lower energy state.

4. The characteristic X-ray spectrum is emitted due to transition of

(1) valence electrons of the atom
(2) inner electrons of the atom
(3) nucleus of the atom
(4) both, the inner electrons and the nucleus of the atom

5. X-rays obtained by Coolidge tube:

(1) are mono-chromatic
(2) have all wavelengths are below a maximum wavelength.
(3) have all wavelengths are above a minimum wavelength.
(4) have all wavelengths are between a maximum and a minimum wavelength.

6. The wavelength of x-ray photon is 0.01 Å, its momentum in Kg m/sec is

–22 –20 –46 –27
(1) 6.6 × 10 (2) 6.6 × 10 (3) 6.6 × 10 (4) 6.6 × 10

7. If X-rays are passed through strong magnetic field, then X-rays

(1) will deviate maximum (2) will deviate minimum
(3) pass un-deviated (4) none of these

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8. The minimum wavelength of X-rays emitted by X-ray tube is 0.4125 Å. The accelerating voltage is:
(1) 30 kV (2) 50 kV (3) 80 kV (4) 60 kV

9. The difference between soft and hard X-rays is of

(1) velocity (2) intensity (3) frequency (4) polarization

10. If the frequency of Kα, X-ray of the element of atomic number 31 is f, then the frequency of Kα, X-
ray for atomic number 51 is
(1) 25/9 f (2) 16/25 f (3) 9/25 f (4) zero

11. Find minimum wavelength of continuous X-ray if voltage of light in cooling tube is 2000 volt ?

12. Find which is Kα and Kβ

2
Ι 1

λ1 λ2 λ

13. Frequency of Kα X-ray for element for with atomic no. Z = 29 is f1. Find frequency of Kα X-ray for
element (Z = 57).

14. The minimum wavelength of X-rays produced by an electron accelerated through a potential
difference of V volts is proportional to: [NEET-2023]
1 1 2
(1) V (2) (3) (4) V
V V

Answer Key
ELP-05

1. (2) 2. (1) 3. (4) 4. (2) 5. (3) 6. (1) 7. (3)

8. (1) 9. (3) 10. (1) 11. 0.62 nm 12. 1 is Kβ and 2 is Kα

13. f2 = 4f1 14. (2)

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SUBJECT: NEET-PHYSICS COURSE: Master Pro ELP-06 to 08 TOPIC: NUCLEAR PHYSICS
ELP-06 2023-24
1
1. An alpha nucleus of energy mu2 bombards a heavy nuclear target of charge Ze. Then the distance
2
of closest approach for the alpha nucleus will be proportional to
1 2 1 1
(1) (2) u (3) (4)
Ze m u4

13 14
2. The nuclei 6A and 7B can be described as :-
(1) Isotones (2) Isobars (3) Isotopes of carbon (4) Isotopes of nitrogen

3. The mass density of a nucleus varies with mass number A as

2
(1) A (2) A (3) constant (4) 1/A

4. Two nuclei have their mass numbers in the ratio of 1 : 3. The ratio of their nuclear densities would
be
1/3
(1) (3) :1 (2) 1 : 1 (3) 1 : 3 (4) 3 : 1

5. If r1 and r2 are the radii of the atomic nuclei of mass numbers 64 and 125 respectively, then the
ratio (r1/r2) is :
64 64 5 4
(1) (2) (3) (4)
125 125 4 5

27 64
6. If the nuclear radius of Al is 3.6 Fermi, the approximate nuclear radius of Cu in Fermi is :
(1) 2.4 (2) 1.2 (3) 4.8 (4) 3.6

7. If radius of the 27
12
Al nucles is taken to be RAl ' then the radius of 125
53
Te nucleus is nearly :
1/3 1/3
5 3  13   53 
(1) RAl (2) RAl (3)   RAl (4)   RAl
3 5  53   13 

8. A nucleus at rest breaks into two nuclear parts which have their velocities ratio equal to 2 : 1. What
will be the ratio of their nuclear radii ?
1/3 1/3 3/2 3/2
(1) 2 :1 (2) 1 : 2 (3) 2 :1 (4) 1 : 2

4 7
9. Binding energy of 2He and 3Li are 27.37 MeV and 39.3 MeV respectively. Which of the two nuclei is
more stable?
4 7
(1) He (2) Li (3) Equally (4) Can't decide

10. The energy equivalent to 1mg of matter in MeV is:-

22 24 26 28
(1) 56.25 × 10 (2) 56.25 × 10 (3) 56.25 × 10 (4) 56.25 × 10

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11. The binding energy per nucleon for a 6C nucleus is
12
(Nuclear mass of 6C = 12.00000 a.m.u. Mass of hydrogen nucleus = 1.007825 a.m.u. Mass of neutron
= 1.008665 a.m.u.)
(1) 2.675 MeV (2) 7.675 MeV (3) 0 MeV (4) 3.675 MeV

12. If 1 gm hydrogen is converted into 0.993 gm of helium in a thermonuclear reaction, the energy
released in the reaction is :
7 10 14 20
(1) 63 × 10 J (2) 63 × 10 J (3) 63 × 10 J (4) 63 × 10 J

13. The Q value of a nuclear reaction A + b → C + d is defined by

2
Q = [ mA + mb – mC – md]c
where the masses refer to the respective nuclei. Determine from the given data the Q-value of the
following reactions and state whether the reactions are exothermic or endothermic.
(i) 11H + 31 H → 21 H + 21 H (ii) 12
6
C + 612C → 20
10
Ne + 24He
Atomic masses are given to be
m( 11H) = 1.007825u m(21 H) = 2.014102u m(31 H) = 3.016049u
m(612 C) = 12.000000u m(20
10
Ne) = 19.992439u
mass of He atom is 4.0015 amu

14. The Binding energy per nucleon of 37 Li and 24 He nucleon are 5.60 MeV and 7.06 MeV, respectively.
In the nuclear reaction 37 Li + 11 H →24 He + 24 He + Q , the value of energy Q released is :
(1) 19.6 MeV (2) –2.4 MeV (3) 8.4 MeV (4) 17.3 MeV

15. The binding energy per nucleon for a deuteron and an α-particle are x1 and x2 respectively. The
energy (Q) released in the reaction H + H → He + Qis : 2
1
2
1
4
2

(1) 2(x2 – x1) (2) 2(x1 + x2) (3) 4(x1 + x2) (4) 4(x2 – x1)

16. The binding energies of the nuclei A and B are Ea and Eb respectively. Three atoms of the element
B fuse to give one atom of element A and an energy Q is released. Then Ea, Eb and Q are related:-
(1) Ea – 3Eb = Q (2) 3Eb – Ea = Q (3) Ea + 3Eb = Q (4) Eb + 3Ea = Q

17. In a fission reaction 236

90
U → 117 X + 117 Y + n + n . The binding energy per nucleon of X and Y are 8.5 MeV
236
whereas of U is 7.6 MeV. The total energy liberated will be about :
(1) 400 MeV (2) 200 MeV (3) 300 MeV (4) 200 keV

Answer Key
ELP-06

1. (3) 2. (4) 3. (3) 4. (2) 5. (4) 6. (3) 7. (1)

8. (2) 9. (1) 10. (1) 11. (2) 12. (2)

13. (i) – 4.031 MeV, endothermic (ii) + 5.64 MeV, exothermic 14. (4) 15. (4)

16. (1) 17. (2)

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1. Heavy water instead of ordinary water is used as a moderator in nuclear reactor because ordinary water:
(1) Cannot slow down neutron (2) Absorbs neutrons
(3) Is expensive (4) Accelerates neutrons

2. When a uranium isotope 235

92
U is bombarded with a neutron, it generates 89
36
Kr, three neutrons and
(1) 144
56
Ba (2) 91
40
Zr (3) Kr
101
36
(4) 103
36
Kr

3. Fission of nuclei is possible because the binding energy per nucleon in them
(1) increases with mass number at low mass numbers
(2) decreases with mass number at low mass numbers
(3) increases with mass number at high mass numbers
(4) decreases with mass number at high mass numbers.

–11
4. If the energy released in the fission of one nucleus is 3.2 × 10 J, then find number of nuclei required
per second in a power plant of 16 kW.

5. Energy released in the fission of a single 235

92
U nucleus is 200 MeV. The fission rate of 235
92
U filled
reactor operating at a power level of 5W is:-
–10 –1 11 –1 –16 –1 –17 –1
(1) 1.56 × 10 s (2) 1.56 × 10 s (3) 1.56 × 10 s (4) 1.56 × 10 s

235
6. Find out the mass of Uranium required per day to generate 10 MW power from the fission of 92U .

7. The mass defect in a nuclear fusion reaction is 0.3 percent. What amount of energy will be liberated
in one kg fusion reaction ?

235 235
8. The power obtained in a reactor using U disintegration is 1000 kW. The mass decay of U per
hour is :
(1) 10 microgram (2) 20 microgram (3) 40 microgram (4) 1 microgram

9. In a nuclear fusion reaction, if the energy is released then :

(1) BEproducts = BEreactants (2) BEreactants > BEproducts
(3) BEproducts > BEreactants (4) Mass of product > Mass of reactant

10. The binding energy per nucleon in deuterium and helium nuclei are 1.1 MeV and 7.0 MeV, respectively.
When two deuterium nuclei fuse to form a helium nucleus the energy released in the fusion is
(1) 23.6 MeV (2) 2.2 MeV (3) 28.0 MeV (4) 30.2 MeV

Answer Key
ELP-07

14
1. (2) 2. (1) 3. (4) 4. 5 × 10 5. (2) 6. 10.5 g
14
7. 2.7 × 10 J 8. (3) 9. (3) 10. (1)

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1. In the nuclear decay given below

A
Z
X→ A
Z+ 1
Y → ZA−−14B* → ZA−−14B,
The particles emitted in the sequence are
(1) γ , β, α (2) β, γ , α (3) α, β, γ (4) β, α, γ

2. The number of beta particles emitted by a radioactive substance is twice the number of alpha
particles emitted by it. The resulting daughter is an
(1) isomer of parent (2) isotone of parent (3) isotope of parent (4) isobar of parent

3. A nucleus X undergoes following transformation

X 
α
→ Y than Y 
2β
→Z

(1) X and Y are isotopes (2) X and Z are isobars

(3) X and Y are isobars (4) X and Z are isotopes

β0
4. 92
U238 
α
→ 
+
→ a Xb , find a & b.

0 0
5. a
Xb 
−β α
→  _β
→ C Y 215  → 110 Y d Find a, b, c and d.

nα , n'_ β0
6. 92
→ 82Pb206 . Find n & n'
U238 

232
7. Thorium isotope 90 Th emits some α–particles and some β–particles and gets transformed into
200
lead isotope 82 Pb . Find the number of α and β particles emitted.

8. A radioactive nucleus undergoes a series of decays according to the following scheme:

−
A 
α
→ A 1 
β
→ A2 
α
→ A 3 
γ
→ A4
If the mass number and atomic number of A are 180 and 72 respectively, what are these numbers
for A4?

9. What are the respective number α-and β-particles emitted in the following radioactive decay?
200
90
X→ 168
80
Y
(1) 6 and 8 (2) 6 and 6 (3) 8 and 8 (4) 8 and 6

10. Out of the following, which one is not emitted by a natural radioactive substance ?
(1) Electrons
(2) Electromagnetic radiations
(3) Helium nuclei with charge equal to that of two protons
(4) Neutrons

Answer Key
ELP-08

1. (4) 2. (3) 3. (4) 4. a = 89, b = 234

5. a = 110, b = 219, c = 109, d = 215 6. n = 8, n' = 6 7. Nα 8,
= = Nβ 8
8. Mass number = 172 and Atomic number = 69 9. (4) 10. (4)

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