FSc ICS MCAT ECAT Physics Second Year Chapter 20 Atomic Spectra Choice Multiple Question (MCQ) Notes

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FSc ICS MCAT ECAT Physics Second Year Chapter 20 Atomic Spectra Choice Multiple Question (MCQ) Notes


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1. Quality of X-rays depends upon:
  • Accelerating voltage
  • Filament current
  • Material of the target
  • Both first and third

2. X-rays exhibit the phenomenon of:
  • Diffraction
  • Interference
  • Polarization
  • All of the above

3. The reverse process of photo-electric effect is called:
  • Annihilation of matter
  • Compton effect
  • Pair production
  • X-rays

4. The transition of inner shell electrons in heavy atoms give rise to the emission of:
  • High energy photon or x-rays
  • High energy γ rays
  • Low energy photons or x-rays
  • High energy β rays

5. The duration of a laser pulse is 10(-8) sec. The uncertainty in its energy will be:
  • ΔE = h/Δt
  • ΔE = hΔt
  • ΔE = Δt/h
  • None of the these

6. Characteristic of x-rays are produced from:
  • Heavy element
  • Light element
  • Inner shell
  • Both first and third

7. In the production of laser beam for each incident photon, we will have two photons going:
  • In the same direction
  • In opposite direction
  • At right angle to each other
  • In arbitrary direction

8. Reflecting mirrors in laser is used to:
  • Further stimulation
  • For producing more energetic lasers
  • Both first and second
  • None of these

9. In He-Ne laser, the laser action is produced by:
  • Ne only
  • He-Ne both
  • Electrons of He
  • Electrons Ne

10. The excited atoms returns to their ground state in:
  • 10(-6) sec
  • 10(-8) sec
  • 10(-5) sec
  • 10(-11) sec

11. Life time of meta-stable states is:
  • 10(-6) sec or more
  • 10(-3) sec or more
  • 10(-5) sec or more
  • None of these

12. If the speed of light were 2/3 of its present value, the energy released in a given atomic explosion will be decreased by a fraction of:
  • 2/3
  • 4/9
  • 5/9
  • 2/9

13. Helium-Neon laser discharge tube contains neon:
  • 82 %
  • 15 %
  • 25 %
  • 85 %

14. Laser can be made by creating:
  • Population inversion
  • Metastable state
  • Assembly
  • All of the above

15. What is the speed of electron in the first Bohr orbit?
  • 2.19 * 10(6) m/s
  • 1.6 * 10(6) m/s
  • 2.2 * 10(-6) m/s
  • 3 * 10(8) m/s

16. The dual nature of light is exhibited by:
  • Diffraction and photoelectric effect
  • Diffraction and reflection
  • Refraction and interference
  • Photoelectric effect

17. The size of the atom is approximately equal to:
  • 10(-4) cm or 10(-6) meter
  • 10(-6) cm or 10(-8) meter
  • 10(-8) cm or 10(-10) meter
  • 10(-12) cm or 10(-14) meter

18. According to Bohr's postulates which of the following quantities takes discrete values?
  • Kinetic energy
  • Potential energy
  • Angular momentum
  • Momentum

19. According to Bohr principle, the relation between main quantum number (n) and radius of orbit (r) is:
  • r ∝ 1/n
  • r ∝ n
  • r ∝ n(2)
  • r ∝ 1/n(2)

20. The radius of electron's second stationary orbit in Bohr's atom is R. The radius of the third orbit will be:
  • 3 R
  • 2.25 R
  • 9 R
  • R/3

21. According to Bohr when electron jumps from any higher orbit to third orbit, the spectral lines so emitted are called:
  • Balmer series
  • Paschen series
  • Lyman series
  • P.fund series

22. The ratio of the energies of the hydrogen atom in its first to second excited states is:
  • 1/4
  • 4/9
  • 9/4
  • 4

23. Of the various series of the hydrogen spectrum, the one which lies wholly in the ultraviolet region is:
  • Lyman series
  • Balmer series
  • Paschen series
  • Brackett series

24. The speed of an electron in the orbit of hydrogen atom in the ground state is:
  • c
  • c/10
  • c/2
  • c/137

25. Hydrogen atoms are excited from ground state to the state of principal quantum number 4. Then the number of spectral lines observed will be:
  • 3
  • 6
  • 5
  • 2

26. The angular momentum of an electron in a hydrogen atom is proportional to:
  • 1/√r
  • 1/r
  • √r
  • r(2)

27. The required energy to detach one electron from Balmer series of hydrogen spectrum is:
  • 13.6 eV
  • 10.2 eV
  • 3.4 eV
  • -1.5 eV

28. The total energy of the electron in the hydrogen atom in the ground state is -13.6 eV. The K.E of this electron is:
  • 13.6 eV
  • 0 eV
  • -13.6 eV
  • 6.8 eV

29. Which of the following electromagnetic waves have the smallest wavelength?
  • γ-rays
  • X-rays
  • UV-rays
  • Infrared rays

30. An electromagnetic radiation has an energy of 13.2 KeV. Then the radiation belongs to the region of:
  • Visible light
  • Ultraviolet
  • Infrared
  • Microwave

31. The shortest wavelength of X-rays emitted from an X-ray tube depends on the:
  • Current in the tube
  • Voltage applied to the tube
  • Nature of the gas in the tube
  • Atomic number of the target

32. The wavelength of X-rays is nearer to the order of:
  • 10(-2) m
  • 10(-4) m
  • 10(-8) m
  • 10(-10) m

33. The characteristic of the target element that determines the frequency of characteristic X-rays, is:
  • its mass number
  • its atomic number
  • its melting point
  • its conductivity

34. On increasing the number of electrons striking the anode of an X-ray tube, which one of the following parameters of the resulting X-ray would increase.
  • Penetration power
  • Frequency
  • Wavelength
  • Intensity

35. The voltage applied across an X-ray tube is nearly:
  • 10 volt
  • 100 volt
  • 10000 volt
  • 10(6) volt

36. X-rays were discovered by:
  • Roentgen
  • Becquerel
  • Marie Curie
  • Van Lave

37. Which of the following lies wholly in the ultraviolet region?
  • Lyman series
  • Paschen series
  • Brackett series
  • Balmer series

38. The Balmer series of hydrogen results when electron jumps from higher orbits to:
  • 1st orbit
  • 2nd orbit
  • 3rd orbit
  • 4th orbit

39. What is the ratio of the velocity of electron in third Bohr's orbit to the velocity in 2nd orbit?
  • 9/4
  • 2/3
  • 3/2
  • 4/9

40. Dimension of Rydberg constant is: 
  • LT(-1)
  • L(-1)T
  • L(-1)
  • None of these

41. To find longest wavelength radiation in Balmer series the value of 'n' used is:
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

42. The ionization energy of hydrogen is:
  • 13.6 eV
  • -13.6 eV
  • 3.4 eV
  • Zero

43. By CAT scans we can detect the density difference of the order of:
  • 1 %
  • 15 %
  • 10 %
  • 50 %

44. The longest wavelength of light which ionizes a hydrogen atom is:
  • 0.74 Ã…
  • 400 Ã…
  • 720 Ã…
  • 912 Ã…

45. The ratio of minimum to maximum wavelength in Balmer series is:
  • 5 : 9
  • 5 : 36
  • 1 : 4
  • 3 : 4

46. X-rays and γ-rays of same energies may be distinguished by:
  • Method of production
  • Their intensities
  • Ionizing power
  • Their velocities

47. Atomic hydrogen is excited to the 8th energy level. How many spectral lines can be observed in spectrum?
  • 8
  • 16
  • 28
  • 64

48. Compton effect is associated with:
  • γ-rays
  • Positive rays
  • β-rays
  • X-rays

49. Which of the following types of electromagnetic waves have the longest wavelength?
  • X-rays
  • Infrared
  • Radio waves
  • Visible light

50. Which of the following radiation series is found in the visible region?
  • Lyman
  • Paschen
  • Pfund
  • Balmer

51. The ground state energy of H-atom is 13.6 eV. The energy needed to ionize H-atom from its second excited state is:
  • 1.51 eV
  • 3.4 eV
  • 13.6 eV
  • 12.1 eV

52. Line spectrum is obtained whenever the incandescent vapours at low pressure of the excited substance are it their:
  • Atomic state
  • Molecular state
  • Nuclear state
  • None of these

53. In black and white televisions, pictures on the screen are produced due to bombardment of:
  • X-ray photons on a white screen
  • X-ray photons on a white fluorescent screen
  • Electrons on a white screen
  • Electrons on a fluorescent screen

54. The value of Rydberg constant is:
  • 1.0974 * 10(-7) m(-1)
  • 1.0974 * 10(7) m(-1)
  • 1.0974 * 10(7) m(-2)
  • 10.0974 * 10(7) m(-1)

55. According to Bohr's theory of the hydrogen atom. Only those orbits around the nucleus are allowed along with angular momentum of electron is:
  • n(2Ï€/h)
  • 2Ï€/nh
  • nh/2Ï€
  • n/2Ï€h

56. The velocity of moving electron in nth orbit is given by the relation:
  • vn = nh/2Ï€r
  • vn = n/Ï€mr
  • vn = nhÏ€m/r
  • vn = n(2)Ï€mr/h

57. If the radius of first orbit of hydrogen atom is 0.53Ã…, the radius of second orbit will be:
  • 2.120 Ã…
  • 0.2120 Ã…
  • 21.200 Ã…
  • 0.142 Ã…

58. In an electronic transition, atom cannot emit:
  • γ-rays
  • Infrared radiation
  • Visible light
  • Ultra violet rays

59. The shortest wavelength radiation in Balmer series is:
  • 3645 Ã…
  • 3055 Ã…
  • 8235 Ã…
  • 5230 Ã…

60. The maximum frequency f(max) of X-rays produced by the electrons accelerated by a potential of Vo volts can be expressed by:
  • f(max) =   h/Ve
  • f(max) =   Ve/h
  • f(max) =   hV
  • f(max) =   V/hc

Written by: Asad Hussain

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