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Nuclei practice · Mixed difficulty
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Statement-I: Nuclei having mass number about 60 are most stable.
Statement-II: When two or more light nuclei are combined into a heavier nucleus, then the binding energy per nucleon will increase.
Statement-II: When two or more light nuclei are combined into a heavier nucleus, then the binding energy per nucleon will increase.
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Correct option: A
Statement-I and Statement-II are true
Option A (Statement-I and Statement-II are true) is correct because nuclei around mass number 60 are indeed the most stable, and fusion of lighter nuclei increases the binding energy per nucleon.
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Two nuclei havge equal no.of atoms at . Their half - life are 3 hours, 9 hours. Compare their rates of disintegration after 18 hrs from the start.
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it correctly calculates the ratio of disintegration rates after 18 hours using the given half-lives.
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Half life of a substance a is 20 minutes what is the time between decay and decay?
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Correct option: B
20 minutes
Option B (20 minutes) is correct because the time between 33% decay and 67% decay is equal to one half-life, as it represents the time it takes for the remaining amount to halve from 67% to 33.5% (approximately 33%).
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Which of the following is more effective for producing nuclear reactions with nuclei compared to protons?
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Correct option: A
neutrons
Option A is correct because neutrons, being neutral, are not repelled by the nucleus and can easily initiate nuclear reactions.
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Which of the following is most unstable
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Correct option: C
Neutrons
Option C (Neutrons) is correct because free neutrons are unstable and decay with a relatively short mean lifetime.
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A radioactive element decays into . The number of particles emitted are
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Correct option: D
1
Option D (1) is correct because after accounting for alpha decay, one beta particle emission is needed to match the final atomic number.
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Assertion: Binding energy increase with increase in atomic mass number.
Reason: Density of nucleus increase with increase in atomic mass number.
Reason: Density of nucleus increase with increase in atomic mass number.
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Correct option: C
If assertion is true but reason is false
Option C (If assertion is true but reason is false) is correct because binding energy increases with atomic mass number, but the density of the nucleus remains nearly constant.
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An observer sees an asteroid with a radioactive element moving by at a speed and measures the radioactivity decay time to be . Another observer is moving with the asteroid and measures its decay time as . Then and are related as below
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because of time dilation in special relativity. The observer moving with the asteroid measures the proper time, which is shorter than the time measured by a stationary observer.
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Assertion: In fission reaction neutrons are required to be slowed down.
Reason: The probability of capture of slow moving neutrons is high for .
Reason: The probability of capture of slow moving neutrons is high for .
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Correct option: A
If both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion
Option A is correct because slow neutrons are more likely to be captured by U-235, making the fission reaction more efficient.
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If and are the masses of nucleus, neutron and proton respectively, then
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Correct option: A
Option A is correct because the mass of a nucleus is always less than the sum of the masses of its constituent nucleons due to the binding energy.
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The half life of is 5 days. What time is taken by (7/8)th part of the sample to decay
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Correct option: C
15 days
Option C (15 days) is correct because after 15 days, 7/8th of the sample decays, leaving 1/8th, which is three half-lives.
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Two nuclei have their mass numbers in the ratio of . The ratio of their nuclear densities would be
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because the nuclear density is independent of the mass number.
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When a radioactive isotope decay in series by the emission of -particles and -particle, the isotope finally formed is
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Correct option: C
Option C (₈₃X²¹⁶) is correct because it correctly accounts for the decrease in mass number and atomic number due to the emission of 3 alpha particles and 1 beta particle.
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Which one of the following nuclear reaction is a source of energy in the sun?
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Correct option: B
Option B is correct because the fusion of Helium-3 nuclei is a primary energy source in the sun.
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A nucleus of mass amu in free state decays to emit an -particle. Kinetic energy of the -particle emitted is . The recoil energy (in ) of the daughter nucleus is
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Correct option: D
0.125
Option D (0.125) is correct because the recoil energy of the daughter nucleus is calculated using the conservation of momentum.
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When a neutron is disintegrated to give a particle,
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Correct option: D
A proton and an antineutrino are emitted
Option D is correct because when a neutron decays into a beta particle (electron), it also produces a proton and an antineutrino to conserve charge and lepton number.
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Select incorrect statement about strong nuclear forces
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Correct option: D
Always attractive
Option C (III only) is correct because the photoelectric theory states that the number of photoelectrons emitted depends on the frequency, not the intensity, of the light.
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Energy evolved in a chemical reaction comes from
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Correct option: B
conversion of binding energy into heat energy
Option B is correct because energy released in a chemical reaction comes from changes in the binding energy of the electrons in the atoms and molecules involved.
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Assertion (A): Energy is released during nuclear fission reaction.
Reason (R): Total binding energy of the fission fragments is larger than the total binding energy of the parent nucleus.
Reason (R): Total binding energy of the fission fragments is larger than the total binding energy of the parent nucleus.
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Correct option: A
Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is a correct explanation of Assertion (A)
Option A (Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is a correct explanation of Assertion (A)) is correct because fission releases energy due to higher binding energy of fragments.
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Which one or more of the three decay processes , or results in a new element?
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Correct option: A
and
Option A ( and ) is correct because both alpha and beta-minus decay change the number of protons in the nucleus, thus creating a new element.
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The fraction of the initial activity of a radioactive material which remains after half of a half life of the radioactive sample is
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Correct option: A
0.707
Option A (0.707) is correct because after half of a half-life, the remaining fraction is which is approximately 0.707.
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In a working nuclear reactor, cadmium rods (control rods) are used to
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Correct option: C
Absorb some neutrons
Option C (Absorb some neutrons) is correct because cadmium rods are used to control the chain reaction by absorbing neutrons.
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The ratio of half-life times of two elements and is . The ratio of respectively decay constants is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the half-life of a radioactive element is inversely proportional to its decay constant, so the ratio of decay constants is the inverse of the ratio of half-lives.
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Radio carbon dating is done by estimating in specimen the
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Correct option: C
Ratio of amount of still present
Option C (Ratio of amount of still present) is correct because radiocarbon dating measures the ratio of Carbon-14 to Carbon-12 to estimate the age of organic materials.
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For a nuclear to be in critical condition, the value of neutron multiplication factor must be
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because for a nuclear reactor to be in a critical condition, the neutron multiplication factor k must be equal to 1, indicating a self-sustaining chain reaction.
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Pick out the unmatched pair from the following
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Correct option: D
Safety rods – Carbon
Option D (Safety rods – Carbon) is the unmatched pair because safety rods in nuclear reactors are typically made of cadmium or boron, not carbon.
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Statement I : Energy is released when heavy nuclei undergo fission or light nuclei undergo fusion.
Statement II : For heavy nuclei, binding energy per nucleon increases with increasing Z while for light nuclei it decreases with increasing .
Statement II : For heavy nuclei, binding energy per nucleon increases with increasing Z while for light nuclei it decreases with increasing .
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Correct option: D
Statement - I is true, statement - II is false
Option D (Statement - I is true, statement - II is false) is correct because statement I accurately describes energy release in fission/fusion, while statement II incorrectly describes binding energy trends.
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Hydrogen bomb is based on which of the following phenomenon
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Correct option: B
Nuclear fusion
Option B (Nuclear fusion) is correct because a hydrogen bomb utilizes the principle of nuclear fusion to release a large amount of energy.
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In the given reaction, find value of value.
Given: mass of
mass of
mass of
Given: mass of
mass of
mass of
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because the Q-value is calculated as the mass defect multiplied by .
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In nuclear fission, the fission reactions proceeds with a projectile. Which of the following suits the best
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Correct option: C
Slow neutron
Option C (Slow neutron) is correct because slow neutrons are more readily captured by the nucleus, initiating the fission process.
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