12 -PHY-UNIT-06(1/3)1

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Physics M.

Palanichamy
Time: 1.15 Hours]

6. ATOMIC PHYSICS

[Max Marks: 50

ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS

(20 x 1 = 20)
1. Select the correct statement:
(a) at the atmospheric pressure, air and other gases are poor conductors of electricity
(b) electric discharge through gases gives valuable information regarding the structures of atoms
(c) at atmospheric pressure, air does not have charged particles for conduction
(d) all the above
2. For a discharge tube, select the correct statement:
(a) length is 50 cm and diameter 4 m
(b) length is 50 m and diameter is 4 cm
(c) length is 50 cm and diameter is 4 cm
(d) none of the above
3. Select the wrong statement:
(a) the side of the discharge tube is connected to a high pressure gauge and a low vacuum pump
(b)
the potential applied is 50000 V (c) up to a pressure of 110 mm of Hg no discharge takes place (d)
irregular streaks of in the discharge tube broadens into a luminous column at a pressure of 10 mm Hg
4. At about 0.01 mm of Hg of pressure:
(a) the positive column disappears
(b) Crookes dark space fills the whole discharge tube
(c) the walls of the tube fluoresce with green colour
(d) all the above
5. When allowed to fall on matter cathode ray produces
(a) heat
(b) fluorescence
(c) x-rays
(d) none of the above
6. Electron was discovered by
(a) Goldstein
(b) J.J.Thomson
(c) Millikan
(d) Roentgen
7. Canal rays are
(a) protons
(b) -particles
(c) positive ions of gas
(d) cathode rays
8. Goldstein in his studies on discharge though gases, used
(a) perforated cathode
(b) perforated anode
(c) fluorescent screen
(d) both (a) and (c)
9. In Goldstein experiment, the pressure in the discharge tube is
(a) 1 mm of Hg
(b) 0.1 mm of Hg
(c) 0.01 mm of Hg
(d) 10 mm of Hg
10. The wrong statement for J.J.Thomson experiment
(a) e/m of electron is independent of gases used
(b) e/m is independent of nature of cathode material
(c) the length of deflecting plates is 22 cm
(d) in the equation y = k.y1, the value of determined
using the geometry of the discharge tube
11. The wrong statement related to Millikan experiment:
(a) diameter of metal discs is 22 cm
(b) the discs are separated by distance of 16 mm
(c) the liquid used is glycerin
(d) the potential applied is 1000 V
12. When the charged oil drop moves upwards in an electric field, the electrostatic force on the drop is
(a) equal the gravitational force
(b) less than the gravitational force
(c) greater than the mass of the oil drop
(d) greater than the gravitational force
13. The ratio of specific charge of an electron to that of a positron is
(a) 1 : 2
(b) 2:1
(c) 1 : 1
(d) 1 : 4
14. In J.J.Thomson experiment, when the electric field alone is applied, the downward acceleration is
(a) g
(b) - g
(c) Ee/m
(d) E/B
PART-I :

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12 -PHY-

UNIT-06(1/3)..2
15. In the presence of vertical electric field, an electron moving horizontally travels in
(a) strait line path
(b) parabolic path
(c) circular path
(d) elliptical path
16. Choose the correct statement:
(a) due to Thomson atom model, in a three electron system the electrons should be at the corners of the
equilateral triangle of side equal to the radius of the atom
(b) the wavelength of the light emitted by hydrogen atom is 1300
(c) this model could not explain -scattering at large angles
(d) all the above are correct
17. Select the wrong statement: In Ruther Ford atom model,
(a) any atom emits continuous spectrum
(b) value of Planks constant is 6.626 x 10-34 J s
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-1
(c) Rydbergs constant is 1.094 x 10 m
(d) none of the above
18. Select the wrong statement:
(a) when an electron jumps from M-shell to K-shell, H-line is obtained
(b) Bohr radius is equal to 0.53 x 10-10 m
(c) both ionization potential and excitation potential can be called critical potential
(d) sodium mercury vapour lamps works under the principle hot cathode positive column
19. The correct statement in the following:
(a) Zeeman effect is due to electric field
(b) the first excitation potential of hydrogen is 10.2 V
(c) Bohrs theory successfully explained the fine structure of hydrogen only
(d) according to Bohrs theory the kinetic energy of electron takes discrete values
20. Energy levels A, B, C of a certain atom correspond to increasing values of energy (i.e.,) EA < EB < EC.
If 1, 2, 3 are the wavelengths of radiations corresponding to the transitions C to B, B to A and C to A
respectively, which of the following statements is correct.
C

(a) 3
(c) 1
B
1
2
2
3
(b) 3
PART-II:

1 2
2
2
2
(d) 3 1 2
1 2
Answer all the five of the following

A
(5 x 3 = 15)

21. Why gases do not conduct ordinarily? How can you make it conduct?
22. What is positive column in a discharge tube?
23. What are positive rays?
24. Define energy level diagram.
25. Define excitation potential and ionization potential.
PART-III:

Answer the following

( 1 x 5 = 5)

26. Derive an expression for the closest approach of an alpha particle with a nucleus.
PART-IV:

Answer the following

(1 x 10 = 10)

27. Prove that the energy of an electron for hydrogen atom in the nth orbit is En

1
d
11
d

2
c
12
c

3
a
13
c

4
d
14
c

5
a
15
b

6
b
16
d

7
c
17
d

me
8 02 n 2 h 2

8
d
18
a

9
a
19
b

10
c
20
b

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