Atoms and Nuclei

345 Questions
2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 11th April Evening Shift

A nucleus disintegrates into two nuclear parts, in such a way that ratio of their nuclear sizes is $1: 2^{1 / 3}$. Their respective speed have a ratio of $n: 1$. The value of $n$ is __________.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 10th April Evening Shift

If 917 $\mathop A\limits^o $ be the lowest wavelength of Lyman series then the lowest wavelength of Balmer series will be ___________ $\mathop A\limits^o $.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 10th April Morning Shift

The decay constant for a radioactive nuclide is 1.5 $\times$ 10$^{-5}$ s$^{-1}$. Atomic weight of the substance is 60 g mole$^{-1}$, ($N_A=6\times10^{23}$). The activity of 1.0 $\mu$g of the substance is ___________ $\times$ 10$^{10}$ Bq.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 8th April Evening Shift

The ratio of wavelength of spectral lines $\mathrm{H}_{\alpha}$ and $\mathrm{H}_{\beta}$ in the Balmer series is $\frac{x}{20}$. The value of $x$ is _________.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 8th April Morning Shift

A nucleus with mass number 242 and binding energy per nucleon as $7.6~ \mathrm{MeV}$ breaks into two fragment each with mass number 121. If each fragment nucleus has binding energy per nucleon as $8.1 ~\mathrm{MeV}$, the total gain in binding energy is _________ $\mathrm{MeV}$.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 6th April Evening Shift

Experimentally it is found that $12.8 ~\mathrm{eV}$ energy is required to separate a hydrogen atom into a proton and an electron. So the orbital radius of the electron in a hydrogen atom is $\frac{9}{x} \times 10^{-10} \mathrm{~m}$. The value of the $x$ is __________.

$\left(1 \mathrm{eV}=1.6 \times 10^{-19} \mathrm{~J}, \frac{1}{4 \pi \epsilon_{0}}=9 \times 10^{9} \mathrm{Nm}^{2} / \mathrm{C}^{2}\right.$ and electronic charge $\left.=1.6 \times 10^{-19} \mathrm{C}\right)$

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 6th April Morning Shift

The radius of fifth orbit of the $\mathrm{Li}^{++}$ is __________ $\times 10^{-12} \mathrm{~m}$.

Take: radius of hydrogen atom $ = 0.51\,\mathop A\limits^o $

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 1st February Evening Shift

Nucleus A having $Z=17$ and equal number of protons and neutrons has $1.2 ~\mathrm{MeV}$ binding energy per nucleon.

Another nucleus $\mathrm{B}$ of $Z=12$ has total 26 nucleons and $1.8 ~\mathrm{MeV}$ binding energy per nucleons.

The difference of binding energy of $\mathrm{B}$ and $\mathrm{A}$ will be _____________ $\mathrm{MeV}$.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 1st February Morning Shift

A light of energy $12.75 ~\mathrm{eV}$ is incident on a hydrogen atom in its ground state. The atom absorbs the radiation and reaches to one of its excited states. The angular momentum of the atom in the excited state is $\frac{x}{\pi} \times 10^{-17} ~\mathrm{eVs}$. The value of $x$ is ___________ (use $h=4.14 \times 10^{-15} ~\mathrm{eVs}, c=3 \times 10^{8} \mathrm{~ms}^{-1}$ ).

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 31st January Evening Shift
If the binding energy of ground state electron in a hydrogen atom is $13.6\, \mathrm{eV}$, then, the energy required to remove the electron from the second excited state of $\mathrm{Li}^{2+}$ will be : $x \times 10^{-1} \mathrm{eV}$. The value of $x$ is ________.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 31st January Morning Shift

For hydrogen atom, $\lambda_{1}$ and $\lambda_{2}$ are the wavelengths corresponding to the transitions 1 and 2 respectively as shown in figure. The ratio of $\lambda_{1}$ and $\lambda_{2}$ is $\frac{x}{32}$. The value of $x$ is __________.

JEE Main 2023 (Online) 31st January Morning Shift Physics - Atoms and Nuclei Question 111 English

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 30th January Evening Shift

A radioactive nucleus decays by two different process. The half life of the first process is 5 minutes and that of the second process is $30 \mathrm{~s}$. The effective half-life of the nucleus is calculated to be $\frac{\alpha}{11} \mathrm{~s}$. The value of $\alpha$ is __________.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 29th January Morning Shift

A radioactive element $_{92}^{242}$X emits two $\alpha$-particles, one electron and two positrons. The product nucleus is represented by $_{\mathrm{P}}^{234}$Y. The value of P is __________.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 25th January Evening Shift

A nucleus disintegrates into two smaller parts, which have their velocities in the ratio 3 : 2. The ratio of their nuclear sizes will be ${\left( {{x \over 3}} \right)^{{1 \over 3}}}$. The value of '$x$' is :-

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 25th January Morning Shift

The wavelength of the radiation emitted is $\lambda_0$ when an electron jumps from the second excited state to the first excited state of hydrogen atom. If the electron jumps from the third excited state to the second orbit of the hydrogen atom, the wavelength of the radiation emitted will $\frac{20}{x}\lambda_0$. The value of $x$ is _____________.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 24th January Evening Shift

The energy released per fission of nucleus of $^{240}$X is 200 MeV. The energy released if all the atoms in 120g of pure $^{240}$X undergo fission is ____________ $\times$ 10$^{25}$ MeV.

(Given $\mathrm{N_A=6\times10^{23}}$)

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 24th January Morning Shift

Assume that protons and neutrons have equal masses. Mass of a nucleon is $1.6\times10^{-27}$ kg and radius of nucleus is $1.5\times10^{-15}~\mathrm{A^{1/3}}$ m. The approximate ratio of the nuclear density and water density is $n\times10^{13}$. The value of $n$ is __________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 29th July Evening Shift

Two radioactive materials A and B have decay constants $25 \lambda$ and $16 \lambda$ respectively. If initially they have the same number of nuclei, then the ratio of the number of nuclei of B to that of A will be "e" after a time $\frac{1}{a \lambda}$. The value of a is _________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 28th July Morning Shift

A freshly prepared radioactive source of half life 2 hours 30 minutes emits radiation which is 64 times the permissible safe level. The minimum time, after which it would be possible to work safely with source, will be _________ hours.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 26th July Evening Shift

Two lighter nuclei combine to form a comparatively heavier nucleus by the relation given below :

${ }_{1}^{2} X+{ }_{1}^{2} X={ }_{2}^{4} Y$

The binding energies per nucleon for $\frac{2}{1} X$ and ${ }_{2}^{4} Y$ are $1.1 \,\mathrm{MeV}$ and $7.6 \,\mathrm{MeV}$ respectively. The energy released in this process is _______________ $\mathrm{MeV}$.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 26th July Morning Shift

In the hydrogen spectrum, $\lambda$ be the wavelength of first transition line of Lyman series. The wavelength difference will be "a$\lambda$'' between the wavelength of $3^{\text {rd }}$ transition line of Paschen series and that of $2^{\text {nd }}$ transition line of Balmer series where $\mathrm{a}=$ ___________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 25th July Evening Shift

${x \over {x + 4}}$ is the ratio of energies of photons produced due to transition of an electron of hydrogen atom from its

(i) third permitted energy level to the second level and

(ii) the highest permitted energy level to the second permitted level.

The value of x will be ____________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 30th June Morning Shift

A hydrogen atom in its first excited state absorbs a photon of energy x $\times$ 10$-$2 eV and excited to a higher energy state where the potential energy of electron is $-$1.08 eV. The value of x is ______________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 29th June Evening Shift

The half life of a radioactive substance is 5 years. After x years a given sample of the radioactive substance gets reduced to 6.25% of its initial value. The value of x is ____________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 29th June Morning Shift

$\sqrt {{d_1}} $ and $\sqrt {{d_2}} $ are the impact parameters corresponding to scattering angles 60$^\circ$ and 90$^\circ$ respectively, when an $\alpha$ particle is approaching a gold nucleus. For d1 = x d2, the value of x will be ____________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 27th June Morning Shift

A beam of monochromatic light is used to excite the electron in Li+ + from the first orbit to the third orbit. The wavelength of monochromatic light is found to be x $\times$ 10$-$10 m. The value of x is ___________.

[Given hc = 1242 eV nm]

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 24th June Evening Shift

A sample contains 10$-$2 kg each of two substances A and B with half lives 4 s and 8 s respectively. The ratio of their atomic weights is 1 : 2. The ratio of the amounts of A and B after 16 s is ${x \over {100}}$. The value of x is ___________.

2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 27th August Evening Shift
X different wavelengths may be observed in the spectrum from a hydrogen sample if the atoms are exited to states with principal quantum number n = 6 ? The value of X is ______________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 27th July Evening Shift
The K$\alpha$ X-ray of molybdenum has wavelength 0.071 nm. If the energy of a molybdenum atoms with a K electron knocked out is 27.5 keV, the energy of this atom when an L electron is knocked out will be __________ keV. (Round off to the nearest integer)

[h = 4.14 $\times$ 10$-$15 eVs, c = 3 $\times$ 108 ms$-$1]
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 27th July Morning Shift
In Bohr's atomic model, the electron is assumed to revolve in a circular orbit of radius 0.5 $\mathop A\limits^o $. If the speed of electron is 2.2 $\times$ 166 m/s, then the current associated with the electron will be _____________ $\times$ 10$-$2 mA. [Take $\pi$ as ${{22} \over 7}$]
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 27th July Morning Shift
A radioactive sample has an average life of 30 ms and is decaying. A capacitor of capacitance 200 $\mu$F is first charged and later connected with resistor 'R'. If the ratio of charge on capacitor to the activity of radioactive sample is fixed with respect to time then the value of 'R' should be _____________ $\Omega$.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 25th July Evening Shift
From the given data, the amount of energy required to break the nucleus of aluminium $_{13}^{27}$Al is __________ x $\times$ 10$-$3 J.

Mass of neutron = 1.00866 u

Mass of proton = 1.00726 u

Mass of Aluminium nucleus = 27.18846 u

(Assume 1 u corresponds to x J of energy)

(Round off to the nearest integer)
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 25th July Evening Shift
The nuclear activity of a radioactive element becomes ${\left( {{1 \over 8}} \right)^{th}}$ of its initial value in 30 years. The half-life of radioactive element is _____________ years.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 20th July Evening Shift
A radioactive substance decays to ${\left( {{1 \over {16}}} \right)^{th}}$ of its initial activity in 80 days. The half life of the radioactive substance expressed in days is ____________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 17th March Evening Shift
A particle of mass m moves in a circular orbit in a
central potential field U(r) = U0r4. If Bohr's quantization conditions
are applied, radii of possible
orbitals rn vary with ${n^{{1 \over \alpha }}}$, where $\alpha$ is ____________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 16th March Morning Shift
The first three spectral lines of H-atom in the Balmer series are
given $\lambda$1, $\lambda$2, $\lambda$3 considering the Bohr atomic model, the wave lengths of first and third spectral lines $\left( \frac{\lambda_{1} }{\lambda_{3} } \right) $ are related by a factor of approximately 'x' $\times$ 10$-$1.

The value of x, to the nearest integer, is _________.
2020 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 5th September Morning Slot
A particle of mass 200 MeV/c2 collides with a hydrogen atom at rest. Soon after the collision the particle comes to rest, and the atom recoils and goes to its first excited state. The initial kinetic energy of the particle (in eV) is
${N \over 4}$. The value of N is :
(Given the mass of the hydrogen atom to be 1 GeV/c2) ______ .
2020 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 8th January Evening Slot
The first member of the Balmer series of hydrogen atom has a wavelength of 6561 Å. The wavelength of the second member of the Balmer series (in nm) is:
2025 JEE Advanced MCQ
JEE Advanced 2025 Paper 1 Online

List-I shows various functional dependencies of energy $(E)$ on the atomic number $(Z)$. Energies associated with certain phenomena are given in List-II.

Choose the option that describes the correct match between the entries in List-I to those in List-II.

List–I List–II
(P) $E \propto Z^2$ (1) energy of characteristic x-rays
(Q) $E \propto (Z - 1)^2$ (2) electrostatic part of the nuclear binding energy for stable nuclei with mass numbers in the range 30 to 170
(R) $E \propto Z(Z - 1)$ (3) energy of continuous x-rays
(S) $E$ is practically independent of $Z$ (4) average nuclear binding energy per nucleon for stable nuclei with mass number in the range 30 to 170
(5) energy of radiation due to electronic transitions from hydrogen-like atoms
A.

P→4, Q→3, R→1, S→2

B.

P→5, Q→2, R→1, S→4

C.

P→5, Q→1, R→2, S→4

D.

P→3, Q→2, R→1, S→5

2023 JEE Advanced MCQ
JEE Advanced 2023 Paper 1 Online
List-I shows different radioactive decay processes and List-II provides possible emitted particles. Match each entry in List-I with an appropriate entry from List-II, and choose the correct option.

List - I List - II
(P) ${ }_{92}^{238} U \rightarrow{ }_{91}^{234} \mathrm{~Pa}$ (1) one $\alpha$ particle and one $\beta^{+}$particle
(Q) ${ }_{82}^{214} \mathrm{~Pb} \rightarrow{ }_{82}^{210} \mathrm{~Pb}$ (2) three $\beta^{-}$particles and one $\alpha$ particle
(R) ${ }_{81}^{210} \mathrm{Tl} \rightarrow{ }_{82}^{206} \mathrm{~Pb}$ (3) two $\beta^{-}$particles and one $\alpha$ particle
(S) ${ }_{91}^{228} \mathrm{~Pa} \rightarrow{ }_{88}^{224} \mathrm{Ra}$ (4) one $\alpha$ particle and one $\beta^{-}$particle
(5) one $\alpha$ particle and two $\beta^{+}$particles
A.
$P \rightarrow 4, Q \rightarrow 3, R \rightarrow 2, S \rightarrow 1$
B.
$P \rightarrow 4, Q \rightarrow 1, R \rightarrow 2, S \rightarrow 5$ 
C.
$P \rightarrow 5, Q \rightarrow 3, R \rightarrow 1, S \rightarrow 4$
D.
$P \rightarrow 5, Q \rightarrow 1, R \rightarrow 3, S \rightarrow 2$
2021 JEE Advanced MCQ
JEE Advanced 2021 Paper 1 Online
A heavy nucleus Q of half-life 20 minutes undergoes alpha-decay with probability of 60% and beta-decay with probability of 40%. Initially, the number of Q nuclei is 1000. The number of alpha-decays of Q in the first one hour is
A.
50
B.
75
C.
350
D.
525
2019 JEE Advanced MCQ
JEE Advanced 2019 Paper 1 Offline
In a radioactive sample, ${}_{19}^{40}K$ nuclei either decay into stable ${}_{20}^{40}Ca$ nuclei with decay constant 4.5 $ \times $ 10-10 per year or into stable ${}_{18}^{40}Ar$ nuclei with decay constant 0.5 $ \times $ 10-10 per year. Given that in this sample all the stable ${}_{20}^{40}Ca$ and ${}_{18}^{40}Ar$ nuclei are produced by the ${}_{19}^{40}K$ nuclei only. In time t $ \times $ 109 years, if the ratio of the sum of stable ${}_{20}^{40}Ca$ and ${}_{18}^{40}Ar$ nuclei to the radioactive ${}_{19}^{40}K$ nuclei is 99, the value of t will be

[Given : In 10 = 2.3]
A.
9.2
B.
1.15
C.
4.6
D.
2.3
2016 JEE Advanced MCQ
JEE Advanced 2016 Paper 2 Offline
An accident in a nuclear laboratory resulted in deposition of a certain amount of radioactive material of half-life 18 days inside the laboratory. Tests revealed that the radiation was 64 times more than the permissible level required for safe operation of the laboratory. What is the minimum number of days after which the laboratory can be considered safe for use?
A.
64
B.
90
C.
108
D.
120
2016 JEE Advanced MCQ
JEE Advanced 2016 Paper 2 Offline
The electrostatic energy of Z protons uniformly distributed throughout a spherical nucleus of radius R is given by $E = {3 \over 5}{{Z(Z - 1){e^2}} \over {4\pi {\varepsilon _0}R}}$

The measured masses of the neutron, $_1^1H$, $_7^{15}N$ and $_8^{15}O$ are 1.008665u, 1.007825u, 15.000109u and 15.003065u, respectively. Given that the radii of both the $_7^{15}N$ and $_8^{15}O$ nuclei are same, 1 u = 931.5 MeV/c2 (c is the speed of light) and e2/(4$\pi$${{\varepsilon _0}}$) = 1.44 MeV fm. Assuming that the difference between the binding energies of $_7^{15}N$ and $_8^{15}O$ is purely due to the electrostatic energy, the radius of either of the nuclei is (1 fm = 10$-$15 m)
A.
2.85 fm
B.
3.03 fm
C.
3.42 fm
D.
3.80 fm
2015 JEE Advanced MCQ
JEE Advanced 2015 Paper 1 Offline

Match the nuclear processes given in Column I with the appropriate option(s) in Column II:

JEE Advanced 2015 Paper 1 Offline Physics - Atoms and Nuclei Question 36 English

A.
(A)→(R) or (RT), (T); (B)→(P), (S); (C)→(Q), (T); (D)→(R)
B.
(A)→(R), (T); (B)→(Q), (S); (C)→(Q), (T); (D)→(R)
C.
(A)→(R) or (RT), (T); (B)→(P), (S); (C)→(S), (T); (D)→(R)
D.
(A)→(P), (T); (B)→(P), (S); (C)→(Q), (T); (D)→(R)
2014 JEE Advanced MCQ
JEE Advanced 2014 Paper 2 Offline

If $\lambda$Cu is the wavelength of K$\alpha$ X-ray line of copper (atomic number 29) and $\lambda$Mo is the wavelength of the K$\alpha$ X-ray line of molybdenum (atomic number 42), then the ratio $\lambda$Cu/$\lambda$Mo is close to

A.
1.99
B.
2.14
C.
0.50
D.
0.48
2013 JEE Advanced MCQ
JEE Advanced 2013 Paper 2 Offline

The correct statement is

A.
the nucleus $_3^6Li$ can emit an alpha particle.
B.
the nucleus $_{84}^{210}Po$ can emit a proton.
C.
deuteron and alpha particle can undergo complete fusion.
D.
the nuclei $_{30}^{70}Zn$ and $_{34}^{82}Se$ can undergo complete fusion.
2013 JEE Advanced MCQ
JEE Advanced 2013 Paper 2 Offline

The kinetic energy (in keV) of the alpha particle, when the nucleus $_{84}^{210}Po$ at rest undergoes alpha decay, is

A.
5319
B.
5422
C.
5707
D.
5818
2013 JEE Advanced MCQ
JEE Advanced 2013 Paper 2 Offline

Match List I of the nuclear processes with List II containing parent nucleus and one of the end products of each process and then select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :

List I List II
P. Alpha decay 1. $_8^{15}O \to _7^{15}N + ...$
Q. ${\beta ^ + }$ decay 2. $_{91}^{238}U \to _{90}^{234}Th + ...$
R. Fission 3. $_{83}^{185}Bi \to _{82}^{184}Pb + ...$
S. Proton emission 4. $_{94}^{239}Pu \to _{57}^{140}La + ...$

A.
P-4, Q-2, R-1, S-3
B.
P-1, Q-3, R-2, S-4
C.
P-2, Q-1, R-4, S-3
D.
P-4, Q-3, R-2, S-1
2012 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2012 Paper 2 Offline

What is the maximum energy of the anti-neutrino?

A.
Zero.
B.
Much less than 0.8 $\times$ 106 eV.
C.
Nearly 0.8 $\times$ 106 eV.
D.
much larger than 0.8 $\times$ 106 eV.