Atomic Structure
Holidays Practice Paper)
1. A 5g orbital has
(1) Zero angular node and zero radial node (2) Zero radial node and two angular nodes
(3) 4 radial nodes and 4 angular nodes (4) Zero radial node and 4 angular nodes
2. The threshold wavelength (0) of sodium metal is 6500Å. If UV light of wavelength 360Å is used, what
will be kinetic energy of the photoelectron in ergs?
(1) 55.175 × 10–12 (2) 3.056 × 10–12 (3) 52.119 × 10–12 (4) 48.66 × 10–10
3. Radiation corresponding to the transition n = 4 to n = 2 in hydrogen atoms falls on a certain metal (work
function = 2.5 eV). The maximum kinetic energy of the photo-electrons will be :
(1) 0.55 eV (2) 2.55 eV (3) 4.45 eV (4) None of these
4. Calculate the number of photons emitted by a 100 W yellow lamp in 1.0 s. Take the wavelength of
yellow light as 560 nm and assume 100 percent efficiency.
(1) 6.8 × 1020 (2) 4 × 1012 (3) 4 × 1020 (4) 2.8 × 1020
5. A sample of hydrogen (in the form of atoms), is made to absorb white light. 52% of the hydrogen atoms
got ionised. In order to calculate the ionisation energy of hydrogen from its absorption spectrum
(assuming the electrons that got ejected have KE = 0), it is possible by measuring the frequency of the
(1) line of shortest wavelength (2) line of longest wavelength
(3) line of greatest intensity (4) line of smallest intensity
6. In what region of the electromagnetic spectrum would you look for the spectral line resulting from the
electronic transition from the tenth to the fifth electronic level in the hydrogen atoms? (RH = 1.10 × 105
cm–1)
(1) Microwave (2) Infrared (3) Visible (4) Ultraviolet
7. The increasing order for the values of e/m (charge/mass) is :
(1) e, p, n, (2) n, p, e, (3) e, , e (4) n, , p, e
x
8. An electron in an atom jumps in such a way that its kinetic energy changes from x to . The change in
4
potential energy will be :
3 3 3 3
(1) + x (2) x (3) x (4) x
2 8 4 4
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9. What atomic number of an element “X” would have to become so that the 4th orbit around X would fit
inside the 1st Bohr orbit of Hydrogen ?
(1) 3 (2) 4 (3) 16 (4) 25
1
10. Select the incorrect graph for velocity of e– in an orbit VS. Z, and n :
n
(1) (2) (3) (4)
11 Which of the following is discreted in Bohr’s theory ?
(1) Potential energy (2) Kinetic energy
(3) Velocity (4) Angular momentum
12. In any subshell, the maximum number of electrons having same value of spin quantum number is :
(1) ( 1) (2) + 2 (3) 2 + 1 (4) 4 + 2
13. Which quantum number defines the orientation of orbital in the space around the nucleus ?
(1) Principal quantum number (n) (2) Angular momentum quantum number
(3) Magnetic quantum number (m) (4) Spin quantum number (ms )
14. For similar orbitals having different values of n :
(1) the most probable distance increases with increase in n
(2) the most probable distance decreases with increase in n
(3) the most probable distance remains constant with increase in n
(4) none of these
15. Maximum number of total nodes is present in :
(1) 5s (2) 5p (3) 5d (4) All have same number of nodes
16. The possible set of quantum no. for the unpaired electron of chlorine is :
n m n m
(1) 2 1 0 (2) 2 1 1
(3) 3 1 1 (4) 3 0 0
17. Which of the following has the maximum number of unpaired electrons ?
(1) Mn (2) Ti (3) V (4) Al
18. An exited state of H-atom emits a photon of wavelength and returns in the ground state, the principal
quantum number of excited state is given by :
R (R 1)
(1) R(R 1) (2) (3) R(R 1) (4)
(R 1) R
19. Light of wavelength strikes a metal surface with intensity X and the metal emits Y electrons per
second of average energy Z. What willl happen to Y and Z if X is havled?
2
(1) Y will be halved (2) Y will double
(3) Y will be remain same (4) Z will be halved
20. The nucleus of an atom is located at x = y = z = 0. If the probability of finding an electron in dX2–y2
orbital in a tiny volume around x=a , y =0 , z = 0 is 1 × 10–5, what is the probablility of finding the
electron in the same size volume around x = 0 ,y = a, z = 0 ?
(1) 1 × 10–5 (2) 1 ×10–5 × a (3) –1 × 10–5 × a (4) zero
4E
21. The energy of a I, II and III energy levels of a certain atom are E, and 2E respectively. A photon of
3
wavelength is emitted during a transition from III to I. What will be the wavelength of emission for
transition II to I ?
(1) (2) (3) 2 (4) 3
2
22. A compound of vanadium has a magnetic moment of 1.73 BM. What will be the electronic
configurations:
(1) 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d1 (2) 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d2
(3) 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d3 (4) 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d4
23. Calculate the minimum and maximum number of electrons which may have magnetic quantum number,
1
m = +1 and spin quantum number, s = – in chromium (Cr) :
2
(1) 0, 1 (2) 1, 2 (3) 4, 6 (4) 2, 3
24. Which of the following pairs are isobars ?
235 239 83 84 19 19 139 140
(1) 92 U, 94 Pu (2) 36 Kr, 36 Kr (3) 10 Ne, 9 F (4) 58 Ce, 58 Ce
25. The ratio of the velocity of the electron in the third and fifth shell for He+ would be :
(1) 5 : 3 (2) 1 : 2 (3) 3 : 5 (4) 3 : 4
26. The light radiations with discrete quantities of energy are called :
(1) Photoelectric effect (2) photons (3) Photo emission (4) Photo-absorbtion
27. Bohr's theory is not applicable to :
(1) H (2) He+ (3) Li 2+ (4) H+
28. Difference in 17Cl35 and 17Cl 37 is of :
(1) atomic number (2) number of neutron (3) number of electron (4) number of proton
29. Which of the following is known as alpha particle?
(1) Electron (2) Charged helium atom
(3) Proton (4) Positron
30. Which of the following do not travel with the speed of light?
(1) de-Broglie waves (2) X-rays (3) Gamma rays (4) All of the above
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31. The ratio of area covered by second orbital to the first orbital is :
(1) 1 : 1 (2) 1 : 16 (3) 8 : 1 (4) 16 : 1
32. The probability of finding of three unpaired electron in nitrogen atom is defined by :
(1) Aufbau’s principle (2) Uncertainty principle (3) Pauli’s principle (4) Hund’s rule
33. Electron occupy the available sub level which has lower (n + l) value. This is called :
(1) Aufbau rule (2) Paulli exclusion principle
(3) Hund’s rule (4) Heisenberg uncertainty principle
34. For n = 3 the value of I and m respectively are :
(1) 3, 9 (2) 3, 6 (3) 9,3 (4) 6, 3
35. The minimum real charge on any particle which can exist is :
(1) 4.8 × 10–10 coulomb (2) 1.6 × 10–19 coulomb (3) 1.6 × 10–10 coulomb (4) zero
36. In d-subshell electron is :
(1) less than p (2) equal to p (3) more than s (4) more than f
37. The mass of neutron is of the order of :
(1) 10–27 kg (2) 10–26 kg (3) 10–24 kg (4) 10–23 kg
38. When the frequency of light incident on a metallic plate is doubled, the maximum KE of the emitted
photoelectrons will be :
(1) Doubled (2) Halved (Half)
(3) Increased but more than double of the initial maximum KE (4) Unchanged
39. A wavelength of 400 nm of an electromagnetic radiation is not correspond to :
(1) frequency = 7.5 × 1014 Hz (2) wave number = 2.5 × 106 m–1.
(3) velocity = 3 × 108 ms–1 (4) = 40 Å
40. In a isolated H-atom, electron transits from 6th orbit to 2nd orbit maximum number of spectral lines will be
:
(1) 6 (2) 10 (3) 4 (4) 0
41. A photon of energy 4.4 × 10–19 J collides with A2 molecules. If bond energy of A2 is 4.0 × 10–19 J. Then
kinetic energy of per atom of A will be :
(1) 2.0 × 10–20 J (2) 2.2 × 10–19 J (3) 2.0 × 10–19 J (4) 4.0 × 10–20 J
42. Magnetic moment 2.84 B.M. is given by
(At. nos, Ni =28, Ti= 22, Cr =24, Co = 27 )
(1) Ti 3+ (2) Cr2+ (3) Co2+ (4) Ni2+
rd
43. What will be the KE of photoelectrons ejected, when photon of 13eV is absorbed by H-atom in 3
excited state.
(1) 12.15 eV (2) 11.49 eV (3) 12.46 eV (4) 12.63 eV
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44. The de Broglie wavelength () associated with a photoelectron varies with the frequency () of the
incident radiation as, [0 is threshold frequency] :
1 1 1 1
(1) (2) (3) (4)
v –
3
v0 2
v 0 – v 0 v –
1
v0 2
1
v – v 0 4
45. Atomic radius is of the order of 10–8 cm and nuclear radius is of the order of 10–13 cm. Calculate what
fraction of atom is occupied by nucleus ?
(1) 10–20 (2) 10–15 (3) 10–12 (4) None
Answers
1. (4) 2. (3) 3. (4) 4. (4) 5. (1) 6. (2) 7. (4)
8. (1) 9. (3) 10. (4) 11 (4) 12. (3) 13. (3) 14. (1)
15. (4) 16. (3) 17. (1) 18. (2) 19. (1) 20. (1) 21. (4)
22. (1) 23. (4) 24. (3) 25. (1) 26. (2) 27. (4) 28. (2)
29. (2) 30. (1) 31. (4) 32. (4) 33. (1) 34. (1) 35. (2)
36. (3) 37. (1) 38. (3) 39. (4) 40. (3) 41. (1) 42. (4)
43. (1) 44. (3) 45. (2)
