NEET UG PHYSICS MCQ: NUCLEI

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After one alpha particle emission and one

\beta

-particle emission from a nucleus

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Correct option: D

Atomic number reduces by 1

Option D is correct because after alpha emission, the mass number decreases by 4 and the atomic number decreases by 2. After beta-minus emission, the mass number remains the same, and the atomic number increases by 1. Therefore, the net change is a decrease of 4 in mass number and a decrease of 1 in atomic number.

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The ratio of the nuclear radii of elements with mass numbers

\mathrm{216}

\mathrm{125}

is In a hypothetical fission reaction

{ }_{92} X^{236} \rightarrow{ }_{56} Y^{141}+{ }_{36} Z^{92}+3 R

The identity of emitted particles

({R})

is: The radius of the nucleus of the atom with A=216 is (take

{R_0}\; = \mathrm{ }1.3fm

) The correct sequence of the increasing wavelength of the given radiation sources is Which of the following nuclear fragments corresponding to nuclear fission between neutron

\left({ }_0^1 \mathrm{n}\right)

and uranium isotope

\left({ }_{92}^{235} \mathrm{U}\right)

is correct: Which of the following has the mass closest in value to that of the positron

1\,\,a.m.u = 931\,\,MeV