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Given below are two statements: Statement I: For all elements, greater the mass of the nucleus, greater is the binding...
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The average energy released per fission for the nucleus of ${ }_{92}^{235} \mathrm{U}$ is 190 MeV . When all the...
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Which of the following pair of nuclei are isobars of the element?
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The minimum frequency of photon required to break a particle of mass 15.348 amu into $4 \alpha$ particles is $\_\_\_\_$...
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Light is incident on a metallic plate having work function $110 \times 10^{-20} \mathrm{~J}$. If the produced photoelectrons have zero...
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A particle of mass $m$ moves in a circular orbit in a central potential field $U(r)=\frac{1}{2} k r^2$. If Bohr's...
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A particle A of mass ‘m’ and charge ‘q’ is accelerated by a potential difference of 50 V. Another particle...
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Two radioactive materials A and B have decay constants $10 \lambda$ and $\lambda$, respectively. If initially they have the same...
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The number density of molecules of a gas depends on their distance $r$ from the origin as $n(r)=n_0 e^{\alpha r^4}$....
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Half lives of two radioactive nuclei A and B are 10 minutes and 20 minutes, respectively. If, initially a sample...
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An alpha-particle of mass m suffers 1-dimensional elastic collision with a nucleus at rest of unknown mass. It is scattered...
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In a radioactive decay chain, the initial nucleus is ${ }_{90}^{232}$ th at the end there are $6 \alpha$-particles and...
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Given the masses of various atomic particles $\mathrm{m}_{\mathrm{p}}= 1.0072 \mathrm{u}, \mathrm{m}_{\mathrm{n}}=1.0087 \mathrm{u}, \mathrm{m}_{\mathrm{e}}=0.000548 \mathrm{u}$, $\mathrm{m}_{\mathrm{v}}^{-}=0, \quad \mathrm{~m}_{\mathrm{d}}=2.0141 \mathrm{u}$, where $...
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If the deBroglie wavelength of an electron is equal to $10^{-3}$ times the wavelength of a photon of frequency $...
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Activities of three radioactive substances $\mathrm{A}, \mathrm{B}$ and C are represented by the curves $\mathrm{A}, \mathrm{B}$ and C , in...
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A hydrogen atom, initially in the ground state is excited by absorbing a photon of wavelength $980 \AA$. The radius...
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A radioactive nucleus decays by two different processes. The half life for the first process is 10 s and that...
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Two radioactive substances $A$ and $B$ have decay constants $5 \lambda$ and $\lambda$ respectively. At $\mathrm{t}=0$, a sample has the...
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Using a nuclear counter the count rate of emitted particles from a radioactive source is measured. At t = 0...
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In a photoelectric experiment, the wavelength of the light incident on a metal is changed from 30 nm . The...
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In a hydrogen like atom, when an electron jumps from the M-shell to the L-shell, the wavelength of emitted radiation...
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Find the binding energy per nucleon for ${ }_{50}^{120} \mathrm{Sn}$. Mass of proton $m_p=1.00783 \mathrm{U}$, mass of neutron $m_n=1.00867 \mathrm{U}$...
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The radius $R$ of a nucleus of mass number $A$ can be estimated by the formula $...
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At a given instant, say $t=0$, two radioactive substances $A$ and $B$ have equal activities. The ratio $\frac{R_B}{R_A}$ of their...
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A sample of a radioactive nucleus A disintegrates to another radioactive nucleus B, which in turn disintegrates to some other...
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Consider the following statements : A. Atoms of each element emit characteristics spectrum. B. According to Bohr’s Postulate, an electron...
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The nuclear activity of a radioactive element becomes $\left(\frac{1}{8}\right)^{\text {th }}$ of its initial value in 30 years. The half-life...
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From the given data, the amount of energy required break the nucleus of aluminium ${ }_{13}^{27} \mathrm{Al}$ is $\_\_\_\_$ $...
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The half life period of radioactive element x is same as the mean life time of another radioactive element y....
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Consider the following statements : A. Atoms of each element emit characteristics spectrum. B. According to Bohr’s Postulate, an electron...
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The half-life of ${ }^{198} \mathrm{Au}$ is 3 days. If atomic weight of ${ }^{198} \mathrm{Au}$ is $...
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Some muclei of a radioactive material are undergoing radioactive decay. The time gap between the instances when a quarter of...
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A nucleus with mass number 184 initially at rest emits an $\alpha$-particle. If the Q value of the reaction is...
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The ratio of mass densities of nuclei ${ }^{40} \mathrm{Ca}$ and ${ }^{16} \mathrm{O}$ is close to :
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A nucleus of mass M emits -ray photon of frequency ‘v’. The loss of internal energy by the nucleus is...
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A nucleus $A$, with a finite de-Broglie wavelength $\lambda_A$, undergoes spontaneous fission into two nuclei $B$ and $C$ of equal...
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A radioactive substance decays to $\left(\frac{1}{16}\right)^{\text {th }}$ of its initial activity in 80 days. The half life of the...
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A radioactive material decays by simultaneous emissions of two particles with half lives of 1400 years and 700 years respectively....
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For a certain radioactive process the graph between In R and t(sec) is obtained as shown in the figure. Then...
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10. The half life period of radioactive element x is same as the mean life time of another radioactive element...
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The activity of a radioactive material is $6.4 \times 10^{-4}$ curie. Its half life is 5 days. The activity will...
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A sample of radioactive material A , that has an activity of $10 \mathrm{mCi}\left(1 \mathrm{Ci}=3.7 \times 10^{10}\right.$ decays $\left./ \mathrm{s}\right)$,...
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Calculate the time interval between 33% decay and 67% decay if half-life of a substance is 20 minutes.
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The half-life of $\mathrm{Au}^{198}$ is 2.7 days. The activity of 1.50 mg of $\mathrm{Au}^{198}$ if its atomic weight is $...
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A radioactive sample is undergoing $\alpha$ decay. At any time $t_1$, its activity is A and another time $t_2$, the...
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Following statements related to radioactivity are given below: (A) Radioactivity is a random and spontaneous process and is dependent on...
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Two radioactive materials A and B have decay constants $25 \lambda$ and $16 \lambda$ respectively. If initially they have the...
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Two lighter nuclei combine to form a comparatively heavier nucleus by the relation given below: $$ { }_1^2 \mathrm{X}+{ }_1^2...
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A radioactive sample decays $\frac{7}{4}$ times its original quantity in 15 minutes. The half-life of the sample is
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Read the following statements : (A) Volume of the nucleus is directly proportional to the mass number. (B) volume o...
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Mass numbers of two nuclei are in the ratio of $4: 3$. Their nuclear densities will be in the ratio...
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A freshly prepared radioactive source of half life 2 hours 30 minutes emits radiation which is 64 times the permissible...
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The half life period of a radioactive substance is 60 days. The time taken for $\frac{7}{8}$ th of its original...
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A nucleus of mass $M$ at rest splits into two parts having masses $\frac{M^{\prime}}{3}$ and $\frac{2 M^{\prime}}{3}\left(M^{\prime}
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The disintegration rate of a certain radioactive sample at any instant is 4250 disintegrations per minute. 10 minutes later, the...
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A travelling microscope is used to determine the refractive index of a glass slab. If 40 divisions are there in...
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A radioactive nucleus can decay by two different processes. Half-life for the first process is 3.0 hours while it is...
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How many alpha and beta particles are emitted when Uranium ${ }_{92} \mathrm{U}^{238}$ decays to lead $82 \mathrm{~Pb}^{206}$?
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The activity of a radioactive material is $2.56 \times 10^{-3} \mathrm{Ci}$. If the half life of the material is 5...
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Q JEE MAIN 2024
From the statements given below : (A) The angular momentum of an electron in orbit is an integral multiple of...
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In a nuclear fission reaction of an isotope of mass $M$, three similar daughter nuclei of same mass are formed....
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Experimentally it is found that 12.8 eV energy is required to separate a hydrogen atom into a proton and an...
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A nucleus disintegrates into two smaller parts, which have their velocities in the ratio 3 : 2. The ratio of...
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For a nucleus of mass number and radius , the mass density of nucleus can be represented as 1.
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Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R)....
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A radioactive material first decays into Q and then Q decays to non-radioactive material . Which of the following figure...
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A radio-active material is reduced to $1 / 8$ of its original amount in 3 days. If $...
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The half-life of a radioactive substance is $T$. The time taken, for disintegrating $\frac{7}{8}$ th part of its original mass...
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The energy released per fission of nucleus of 240X is 200 MeV. The energy released if all the atoms in...
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Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R....
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Substance A has atomic mass number 16 and half life of 1 day. Another substance B has atomic mass number...
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An $\alpha$-particle, a proton and an electron have the same kinetic energy. Which one of the following is correct in...
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A nucleus with mass number 242 and binding energy per nucleon as 7.6 MeV breaks into fragment each with mass...
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For a nucleus having mass number A and atomic number Z A. The surface energy per nucleon (bs) = a1A2/3...
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A radioactive element ${ }_{92}^{242} \mathrm{X}$ emits two $\alpha$-particles, one electron and two positrons. The product nucleus is represented by...
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If a radioactive element having half-life of 30 min is undergoing beta decay, the fraction of radioactive element remains undecayed...
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The ratio of the density of oxygen nucleus and helium nucleus is
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The mass defect in a particular reaction is 0.4 g . The amount of energy liberated is $...
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If three helium nuclei combine to form a carbon nucleus then the energy released in this reaction is ............ ×...
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Which of the following nuclear fragments corresponding to nuclear fission between neutron $\left(\begin{array}{l}1 \\ 0\end{array} \mathrm{n}\right)$ and uranium isotope $...
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The explosive in a Hydrogen bomb is a mixture of ${ }_1 \mathrm{H}^2,{ }_1 \mathrm{H}^3$ and ${ }_3 \mathrm{Li}^6$ in...
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Energy released when two deuterons $\left({ }_{1} H^{2}\right)$ fuse to form a helium nucleus $\left({ }_{2} H e^{4}\right)$ is :...
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In a nuclear fission process, a high mass nuclide $(\mathrm{A} \approx 236)$ with binding energy $7.6 \mathrm{MeV} /$ Nucleon dissociated...
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Match the LIST-I with LIST-II Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
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Choose the correct nuclear process from the below options [p : proton, n : neutron, ${{\rm{e}}^-}$ : electron, ${{\rm{e}}^+}$ :...
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During the transition of electron from state A to state C of a Bohr atom, the wavelength of emitted radiation...
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A radioactive nucleus $n_2$ has 3 times the decay constant as compared to the decay constant of another radioactive nucleus...
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Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion...
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