General
✓✗The region in space where the probability of finding an electron is maximum is called
- an orbit
- an orbital
- a node
- a shell
General
✓✗Select the correct statements from the following:
A. Atoms of all elements are composed of two fundamental particles.
B. The mass of an electron is 9.10939 × 10−31 kg.
C. All the isotopes of a given element show the same chemical properties.
D. Protons and electrons are collectively known as nucleons.
E. Dalton's atomic theory regarded the atom as the ultimate particle of matter.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
A. Atoms of all elements are composed of two fundamental particles.
B. The mass of an electron is 9.10939 × 10−31 kg.
C. All the isotopes of a given element show the same chemical properties.
D. Protons and electrons are collectively known as nucleons.
E. Dalton's atomic theory regarded the atom as the ultimate particle of matter.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- A, B and C only
- A and E only
- C, D and E only
- B, C and E only
General
✓✗Given below are two statements:
Statement I: The Balmer spectral line for the H atom with the lowest energy is located at \( \dfrac{5}{36}R_H \) cm−1 (RH = Rydberg constant).
Statement II: When the temperature of a black body increases, the maximum of the curve (intensity versus wavelength) shifts to a shorter wavelength.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Statement I: The Balmer spectral line for the H atom with the lowest energy is located at \( \dfrac{5}{36}R_H \) cm−1 (RH = Rydberg constant).
Statement II: When the temperature of a black body increases, the maximum of the curve (intensity versus wavelength) shifts to a shorter wavelength.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
- Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
- Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
- Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
- Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
General
✓✗The electronic configuration of chromium (Z = 24) is
- [Ar] 3d4 4s2
- [Ar] 3d6
- [Ar] 3d5 4s1
- [Ar] 4s2 4p4
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✓✗The de Broglie wavelength of an electron moving with a velocity of 1 × 106 m s−1 is about (h = 6.626 × 10−34 J s, me = 9.1 × 10−31 kg)
- 0.073 nm
- 73 nm
- 7.3 nm
- 0.73 nm
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✓✗The ratio of the shortest wavelength of the Lyman series to the shortest wavelength of the Balmer series of hydrogen is
- 4 : 1
- 1 : 2
- 3 : 4
- 1 : 4
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✓✗In Bohr's model, the ratio of kinetic energy to total energy of an electron is
- 2
- −2
- −1
- 1
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✓✗The total number of electrons in an atom that can have n + l = 5 is
- 18
- 8
- 26
- 10
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✓✗The value of Planck's constant is 6.63 × 10−34 J s. The velocity of light is 3.0 × 108 m s−1. Which value is closest to the wavelength in nanometres of a quantum of light with frequency 8 × 1015 s−1?
- 3 × 107
- 2 × 10−25
- 4 × 101
- 5 × 10−18
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✓✗Consider the following sets of quantum numbers:
Which of the following sets of quantum numbers are NOT possible?
| n | l | m | s | |
| (i) | 3 | 0 | 0 | +1/2 |
| (ii) | 2 | 2 | 1 | +1/2 |
| (iii) | 4 | 3 | −2 | −1/2 |
| (iv) | 1 | 0 | −1 | −1/2 |
| (v) | 3 | 2 | 3 | +1/2 |
- (ii), (iii) and (iv)
- (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
- (ii), (iv) and (v)
- (i) and (iii)
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✓✗The photoelectric effect supports the
- wave nature of light
- particle nature of light
- uncertainty principle
- wave nature of electrons
General
✓✗Hund's rule states that pairing of electrons in orbitals of the same subshell
- takes place before single occupation
- occurs only in s orbitals
- never occurs
- does not take place until each orbital is singly occupied
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✓✗For a 1s orbital, the plot of the probability density ψ2 against the distance r from the nucleus
- has one node
- increases continuously with r
- is zero at the nucleus
- is maximum at the nucleus and decreases with r
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✓✗The number of photons of light of wavelength 500 nm that together carry 1 J of energy is about (h = 6.626 × 10−34 J s, c = 3 × 108 m s−1)
- 2.5 × 1018
- 2.5 × 1015
- 1.0 × 1019
- 4.0 × 10−19
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✓✗The number of d-electrons in Fe2+ (Z = 26) is NOT equal to the number of electrons in which one of the following?
- s-electrons in Mg (Z = 12)
- p-electrons in Ne (Z = 10)
- p-electrons in Cl (Z = 17)
- d-electrons in Fe (Z = 26)