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Nuclei practice · Medium
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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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The binding energy per nucleon of is and that of is . The energy (in ) required to remove a neutron from is
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Correct option: C
4.23
Option C (4.23 MeV) is correct because the energy required to remove a neutron is the difference in binding energies of O-17 and O-16.
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The example of nuclear fusion is
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Correct option: B
Formation of helium from hydrogen
Option B (Formation of helium from hydrogen) is correct because nuclear fusion involves combining light nuclei to form a heavier nucleus, such as the fusion of hydrogen isotopes to form helium.
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In an decay, the kinetic energy of particle is 48 MeV and Q value of the reaction is 50 MeV. The mass number of the mother nucleus is [assume that daughter nucleus is in ground state]
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Correct option: B
100
Option B (100) is correct because the mass number of the mother nucleus can be calculated using the kinetic energy of the alpha particle and the Q value of the reaction.
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If of a material decays in 5 days, then the amount of original material left after 20 days is approximately
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Correct option: B
Option B (65%) is correct because the remaining material is calculated using the exponential decay formula after determining the decay constant.
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How much mass of is required per sec to operate the nuclear reactor generating power .
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it is the mass of U-235 required per second to generate 100 kW of power, calculated using the energy released per gram of U-235.
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Assertion: The nuclear force between two nucleons falls rapidly to zero as their distance is more than a few femtometer.
Reason: Nuclear force is a short range force
Reason: Nuclear force is a short range force
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Correct option: A
Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
Option A is correct because the nuclear force is a short-range force, and its strength diminishes rapidly beyond a few femtometers.
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and represent mass of neutron and proton respectively. If an element having atomic mass has -neutrons and -protons, then the correct relation will be
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the mass of the nucleus is less than the sum of the masses of its constituent nucleons due to the binding energy.
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If half life of radium is . Its decay constant in day will be
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it is calculated using the formula relating half-life and decay constant.
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The activity of a radioactive sample decreases to one-third of the original value in 9 years. What will be the activity after further 9 years ?
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because after two half-lives (18 years), the activity will be reduced to one-ninth of the original value, given that it reduces to one-third in the first 9 years.
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Half-life of radioactive sample, when activity of material initially was and after it becomes , is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it is calculated by finding the number of half-lives that have elapsed and dividing the total time by that number.
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The ratio of mass densities of nuclei of and is close to
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Correct option: D
1
Option D is correct because the mass density of nuclear matter is approximately constant for all nuclei.
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Which of the following is possible in a decay?
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Correct option: A
A proton may decay into neutron and a positron
Option A is correct because in decay, a proton transforms into a neutron, a positron, and a neutrino to conserve charge and baryon number.
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A nucleus decays by -emission followed by a . If the atomic and mass numbers of the parent nucleus are and respectively, the corresponding numbers for the daughter nucleus are respectively
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Correct option: C
and
Option C ( and ) is correct because -emission decreases the atomic number by 1, while -emission does not change either number.
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The fraction of the initial number of radioactive nuclei which remain undecayed after half of a half-life of the radioactive sample is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because after half of a half-life, the remaining fraction is calculated as .
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will turn into if it is bombarded with
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Correct option: B
Neutrons
Option B (Neutrons) is correct because bombarding with neutrons adds a neutron to the nucleus, resulting in .
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denotes the mass of a proton and that of a neutron. A given nucleus, of binding energy , contains protons and neutrons. The mass of the nucleus is given by ( is the velocity of light)
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Correct option: C
Option C is correct because the mass of a nucleus is less than the sum of the masses of its constituent nucleons due to the binding energy, which is released when the nucleus is formed.
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It is observed that only of a given radioactive sample is left undecayed after a period of 16 days. What is the decay constant of this sample, in day ?
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it is calculated using the half-life formula and the decay constant relationship.
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A radioactive substance contains nuclei and its half-life period is days. The number of nuclei present at the end of days is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it is calculated using the radioactive decay formula .
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Consider the binding energy of and are 287.67 MeV and , respectively. Then,
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Correct option: B
is more stable than
Option B is correct because the stability of a nucleus is determined by the binding energy per nucleon, and has a higher binding energy per nucleon than .
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The sodium nucleus contains
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Correct option: D
12 neutrons
Option D (12 neutrons) is correct because the number of neutrons is calculated by subtracting the atomic number (number of protons) from the mass number.
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Nuclear forces are
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Correct option: A
Short ranged attractive and charge independent
Option A (Short ranged attractive and charge independent) is correct because nuclear forces are strong, short-ranged, and act equally between protons and neutrons, making them charge-independent.
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Half – lives of two radioactive elements and are 20 min and 40 min, respectively. Initially, the samples have equal number of nuclei. After 80 min, the ratio of decayed numbers of and nuclei will be
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Correct option: D
0.211111111
Option D (5:04) is correct because it represents the ratio of decayed nuclei after considering the different half-lives.
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Which of the following statements is true for nuclear forces?
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Correct option: C
they are short range forces
Option C (they are short range forces) is correct because nuclear forces operate only over very short distances, approximately the size of the nucleus.
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