ATOMIC STRUCTURE CH-43

EXERCISE – I

AIEEE-SINGLE CHOICE CORRECT

1. A ball of mass 200 g moving with a velocity of 10 m sec 1. If the error in measurement of
velocity is 0.1%, the uncertainty in its position is
(a) 3.3  1031 m (b) 3.3  1027 m
(c) 5.3  1025 m (d) 2.64  1032 m

2. Which of the following set of quantum numbers represents an impossible arrangement?

n l m s
(a) 3 2 2 1/2
(b) 4 0 0 1/2
(c) 3 2 3 1/2
(d) 5 3 0 1/2

3. If the series limit of wavelength of the Lyman series for the hydrogen atoms in 912 Å, then
the series limit of wavelength for the Balmer series of the hydrogen atom is
(a) 912 Å (b) 912  2 Å
(c) 912  4 Å (d) 912/2 Å

4. The shortest  for the Lyman series of hydrogen atom is ….. (Given RH = 109678 cm1)
(a) 911.7 Å (b) 700 Å
(c) 600 Å (d) 811 Å

5. With increasing quantum number, the energy difference between adjacent orbits of
hydrogen atom
(a) increases (b) decreases
(c) remains constant (d) first increases followed by a decrease

6. The number of orbitals in a subshell is equal to

(a) n2 (b) 2l
(c) 2l + 1 (d) m

7. Ground state electronic configuration of nitrogen atom can be represented as

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

8. Which of the following set of quantum numbers belong to highest energy?

1 1
(a) n = 4, l = 0, m = 0, s = + (b) n = 3, l = 0, m = 0, s = +
2 2
1 1
(c) n = 3, l = 1, m = 1, s = + (d) n = 3, l = 2, m = 1, s = +
2 2

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nearly
(a) 2x (b) 6x
(c) 9x (d) x/3

10. In Bohr’s hydrogen atom, the electronic transition emitting light of longest wavelength is
(a) n = 4 to n = 5 (b) n = 4 to n = 3
(c) n = 3 to n = 2 (d) n = 2 to n = 4

11. The frequency of first line of Balmer series in hydrogen atom is o. The frequency of
corresponding line emitted by singly ionised helium atom is
(a) 2o (b) 4o
(c) o/2 (d) o/4

12. The magnetic quantum number for valence electron of sodium is

(a) 3 (b) 2
(c) 1 (d) zero

13. The potential energy of the electron in an orbit of hydrogen atom would be
(a) mv2 (b) e2/r2
(c) 1/2 mv2 (d) e2/2r

14. Which of the following radiations has the highest wave number?
(a) Xrays (b) Microwaves
(c) I. R. rays (d) Radiowaves

15. Which of the following particles moving with same velocity would be associated with
smallest deBroglie wavelength?
(a) Hydrogen molecule (b) Oxygen molecule
(c) Helium molecule (d) Nitrogen molecule

16. If the velocity of an electron in the first Bohr orbit of a hydrogen atom is V, then its velocity
in the third Bohr orbit will be
(a) V/9 (b) V/3
(c) 9 V (d) 3 V

17. What is the wavelength associated with an electron moving with a velocity of 10 6 m/s?
(Given h = 6.63 × 1034 Js and m = 9.11 × 1028 g)
(a) 72.8 nm (b) 0.728 nm
(c) 7.28 nm (d) 7.28 × 10–13 m

18. If the ionization potential for hydrogen atom is 13.6 eV then the second ionization potential
for helium atom should be
(a) 13.6 eV (b) 27.2 eV
(c) 54.4 eV (d) none of these

19. The ratio of the radius of Bohr first orbit for the electron orbiting the hydrogen nucleus to
that of the electron orbiting the deuterium nucleus (mass nearly twice that of H nucleus) is
approximately
(a) 1 : 1 (b) 1 : 2
(c) 2 : 1 (d) 1 : 4
20. Velocity of electron in the first orbit of Hatom as compared to that of velocity of
light is nearly

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(a) th (b) th
10 100
1 1
(c) th (d) th
1000 150

21. Assuming the velocity to be same, which subatomic particle possesses smallest de
Broglie wavelength
(a) An electron (b) A proton
(c) An aparticle (d) All have same wavelength

22. An electron in Hatom in its ground state absorbs 1.50 times as much as energy as the
minimum required for its escape (13.6 eV) from the atom. Thus KE given to emitted
electron is
(a) 13.6 eV (b) 20.4 eV
(c) 34.0 eV (d) 6.8 eV

23. The velocity of an electron in a Bohr’s orbit is

1
(a)  (b)  n
n
1
(c)  n 2 (d)  2
n

24. Bohr’s theory is not valid for the species

(a) H atom (b) He+ ion
(c) Li+ ion (d) Li2+ ion

25. If wavelength of an electron is equal to distance travelled by it in one second, then correct
relation is
h h
(a)  = (b)  =
p p
h h
(c)  = (d)  =
m m

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EXERCISE – II
IIT-JEE- SINGLE CHOICE CORRECT

1. An electron, a proton and an alpha particle have kinetic energies of 16E, 4E and E
respectively. What is the correct order of their deBroglie wavelengths?
(a) e > p ~
 a (b) p ~
 a > e
(c) e > p > a (d) a < e > p

2. Which of the following electronic transitions requires that the greatest quantity of energy be
absorbed by a hydrogen atom?
(a) n = 1 to n = 2 (b) n = 2 to n = 4
(c) n = 3 to n = 6 (d) n = ¥ to n = 1

3. Which of the following statement regarding an orbital is correct?

(a) An orbital is a definite trajectory around the nucleus in which electron can move.
(b) An orbital always has spherical trajectory.
(c) It is the region around the nucleus where there is 90 to 95% probability of finding all the
electrons in an atom.
(d) An orbital is characterized by three distinct quantum numbers n, l and m.

4. If uncertainty in position of an electron were zero, the uncertainty in its momentum

would be
(a) Zero (b) h/2
(c) h/4 (d) Infinity

5. When the frequency of light incident on a metallic plate is doubled above threshold
frequency, the KE of the emitted photoelectrons will be
(a) doubled
(b) halved
(c) increased but will be more than double of the previous KE
(d) unchanged

6. The radius of Hatom in ground state is 0.53 Å. Radius of the first orbit of Li2+ in Å is
(a) 0.106 (b) 0.3
(c) 0.17 (d) 0.53

7. The amount of energy required to remove an electron from a Li2+ ion in its ground state is
how many times the amount of energy required to remove the electron from a hydrogen
atom in its ground state
(a) 9 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 5

8. In an atom, two electrons move around the nucleus in circular orbits of radii R and 4R. The
ratio of the time taken by them to complete one revolution is
(a) 1 : 4 (b) 4 : 1
(c) 1 : 8 (d) 8 : 7
9. A 3porbital has
(a) two angular nodes

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(c) one radial and one angular node
(d) one radial and two angular nodes

10. Which of the following statement is not correct?

(a) The shape of an atomic orbital depends on the azimuthal quantum number.
(b) The orientation of an atomic orbital depends on the magnetic quantum number.
(c) The energy of an electron in an atomic orbital of multielectron atom depends on
principal quantum number.
(d) The number of degenerate atomic orbitals of one type depends on the value of
azimuthal quantum number.

11. The orbital angular momentum of an electron in 2s orbital is

(a) h/4 (b) zero
h
(c) h/2 (d) 2
2

12. The first emission line of Balmer series in H spectrum has the wave number equal to
9 RH 7 RH
(a) (b)
400 144
3 RH 5 RH
(c) (d)
4 36

13. The potential energy of the electron present in the ground state of Li2+ ion is represented by
3e 2 3e
(a)  (b) 
4 0 r 4  0 r
3e 2 3e 2
(c)  (d) 
4 0 r 2 4 0 r

14. If n and l are the principal and Azimuthal quantum numbers respectively, then the
expression for calculating the maximum number of electrons in any orbit is
l n l n 1
(a)  2(2l  1) (b)  2( 2l  1)
l 1 l 1

l n 1 l n 1
(c)  2(2l  1) (d)  2( 2l  1)
l 0 l 0

15. If 0 is the threshold wavelength of a metal and  is the wavelength of the incident
radiation, the maximum velocity of the ejected electrons from the metal would be
1/ 2 1/ 2
 2hc   0     2hc     0 
(a)    (b)   
 m   0   m   0 
1/ 2 1/ 2
 hc   2h 
(c) 2 (  0   ) (d)  (    0 )
 m  m 
16. If kinetic energy of a proton is increased to nine times, the wavelength of the deBroglie
wave associated with it would become
(a) 3 times (b) 9 times

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(c) times (d) times
3 9

17. If r1 is the radius of the first orbit of hydrogen atom, then the radii of second, third and
fourth orbits in terms of r1 are
(a) r12 , r13 , r14 (b) 8r1, 27r1, 64r1
(c) 4r1, 9r1, 16r1 (d) 2r1, 6r1, 8r1

18. The difference in angular momentum associated with the electron in two successive orbits
of hydrogen atom is
(a) h/ (b) h/2
(c) h/2 (d) (n 1) h/2

19. Difference between nth and (n + 1)th Bohr’s radius of ‘H’ atom is equal to it’s (n1)th Bohr’s
radius. The value of n is
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 4

20. Total number of transitions of an electron from nth shell to 2nd shell will be
(n  1) (n  2) n(n  1)
(a) (b)
2 2
n(n  1) n
(c) (d)
2 2

ONE OR MORE THAN ONE CHOICE CORRECT

1. The radius of the following orbits are double as that of the first Bohr’s orbit of
hydrogen atom.
(a) He+ (n = 2) (b) Be+3 (n = 2)
+7
(c) O (n = 4) (d) C+5 (n = 3)

2. Which of the following statements are incorrect in relation to energies of orbitals?

(a) Energy of an electron in a hydrogen atom is determined solely by the principal quantum
number.
(b) Energy of an electron in a multi electron atoms, depends on both, principal and
azimuthal quantum number.
(c) Energy of the orbitals in the same subshell increase with increase in the atomic
number.
(d) Higher the value of (n + l) for an orbital lower is its energy.

3. Which of the following are correct statements?

(a) Hund’s rule deals with degenerate orbitals.
(b) Pauli’s exclusion principle stated that only two electrons may exist in one orbital and
these electrons must have opposite spin.
(c) In ground state of atom, the orbitals are filled on the basis of increasing (n + l) value.

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equal to 2n2?

4. If uncertainty in momentum is twice the uncertainty in position of an electron, then

 h 
uncertainty in velocity is,    
 2 
h h
(a) (b)
4 m 2m 2
1 1
(c)  (d) 
m 2m

5. Which of the following statements are correct?

(a) Electronic configuration of Cu is [Ar] 3d94s1. (atomic number of Cu = 29)
(b) Magnetic quantum number may have negative value.
(c) In copper atom, 14 electrons have spin one type and 15 of the opposite type.
(d) Spin multiplicity of copper is two.

6. Which of the following statements are not correct about atomic orbital?
(a) Size of the atomic orbital depends on the azimuthal quantum number.
(b) Shape of the atomic orbital depends on both principal and azimuthal quantum number.
(c) Orientation of an atomic orbital depends on the spin quantum number.
(d) Rotation of an electron in an atomic orbital depends on Heisenberg uncertainty
principal.
7. Which of the following sets of quantum numbers are correct for a 3d electron?
1 1
(a) 3, 2, 1, – (b) 3, –2, –1, +
2 2
1 1
(c) 3, 2, –2, + (d) 3, 2, 0, –
2 2

8. Which of the following statements do not form a part of Bohr’s model of hydrogen atom?
(a) Splitting of spectral lines takes place in electric and magnetic field.
(b) Energy of the electron in the orbit is not quantized.
(c) Angular momentum of the electron in the orbit is quantized.
(d) The radius and velocity of the electron in the orbit can be determined simultaneously.

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(a) the nuclear charge of the ion containing only one electron.
(b) velocity of electron in an atom undergoing transition.
(c) difference in the energy levels involved in the transition.
(d) circumference of the orbits in which transition taking place.
10. Choose the correct statements from among the following
(a) The total number of spherical nodes in an orbital are n – l – 1.
(b) The total number of angular nodes in an orbital are l.
(c) The number of maxima in the plot between 2 vs r for an orbital is (n – l).
(d) A node is a point in space where the wave function  has zero amplitude.

EXERCISE – V
MATCH THE FOLLOWING
1.

Column I
Column II
(For mono electronic species)
I. Radius of nth orbit (A) inversely proportional to Z
II. Energy of electron in nth orbit (B) inversely proportional to n2
III. Velocity of electron in nth orbit (C) inversely proportional to n
IV. Angular momentum of electron (D) proportional to n
(E) proportional to n2

REASONING TYPE

Directions: Read the following questions and choose

(A) If both the statements are true and statement-2 is the correct explanation of
statement-1.
(B) If both the statements are true but statement-2 is not the correct explanation of
statement-1.
(C) If statement-1 is True and statement-2 is False.
(D) If statement-1 is False and statement-2 is True.

1. Statement-1: Bohr’s orbits are called stationary orbits.

Statement-2: Electrons donot move in these orbits.
(a) (A) (b) (B) (c) (C) (d) (D)

2. Statement-1: If an electron is located within the range of 0.1 Å then the uncertainly in
velocity is approximately 6 × 106 m/sec.
Statement-2: Trajectory of above can be defined.

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3. Statement-1: Hydrogen has only one electron in its orbit but produces several spectral
lines.
Statement-2: There are many excited energy levels available.
(a) (A) (b) (B) (c) (C) (d) (D)

4. Statement-1: An orbital cannot have more than two electrons.

Statement-2: The two electrons in an orbital create opposite magnetic field.
(a) (A) (b) (B) (c) (C) (d) (D)

5. Statement-1: The radial probability of 1s electron first increases, till it is maximum at

0.529 Å and then decreases.
Statement-2: Bohr’s radius for the first orbit is 0.529 Å.
(a) (A) (b) (B) (c) (C) (d) (D)

LINKED COMPREHENSION TYPE

The only electron in the hydrogen atom residue under ordinary conditions on the first orbit.
When energy is supplied, the electron moves to higher energy orbit depending on the amount of
energy absorbed. When this electron returns to any of the lower orbits, it emits energy. Lyman
series is formed when the electron returns to the lowest orbit while Balmer series is formed when
the electron returns to second orbit. Similarly, Paschen, Brackett and Pfund series are formed
when electron returns to the third, fourth and fifth orbits from higher energy orbits respectively.
Maximum number of lines produced when an electron jumps from nth level to ground
n(n  1)
level is equal to . For example, in the case of n = 4, number of lines produced is 6.
2
(4  3, 4  2, 4  1, 3  2, 3  1, 2  1). When an electron returns from n 2 to n1 state, the
number of lines in the spectrum will be equal to
(n 2  n1 ) (n 2  n1  1)
2
If the electron comes back from energy level having energy E 2 to energy level having
energy E1, then the difference may be expressed in terms of energy of photon as:
hc
E2 – E1 = E,  =
E
Since h and c are constants, E corresponds to definite energy; thus each transition from
one energy level to another will produce a light of definite wavelength. This is actually observed as
a line in the spectrum of hydrogen atom.
 1 1 
 
  n2 n2 
Wave number of line is given by the formula
 = RZ2  1 2 .

Where R is a Rydberg constant

1. In a single isolated atom an electron makes transition from 5th excited state to 2nd state
then maximum number of different types of photons observed is

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(c) 6 (d) 15

2. The difference in the wavelength of the 2nd line of Lyman series and last line of bracket
series in a hydrogen sample is
119 1271
(a) (b)
8R 8R
219
(c) (d) None of these
8R

3. The wave number of electromagnetic radiation emitted during the transition of electron in
between two levels of Li2+ ion whose principal quantum numbers sum is 4 and difference is
2 is
(a) 3.5 RH (b) 4 RH
8
(c) 8 RH (d) RH
9

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EXERCISE – IV
SUBJECTIVE PROBLEMS

1. The Schrodinger wave equation for hydrogen atom is

3/2
1  1   ro  r / ao
 2s =   2  e
4 2  a o   ao 
where ao is Bohr radius. If the radial node in 2s be at ro, then find ro in terms of ao.

2. Consider the hydrogen atom to be a proton embedded in a cavity of radius a 0 (Bohr radius)
whose charge is neutralized by the addition of an electron to the cavity in vacuum infinitely
slowly. Estimate the average total energy of an electron in its ground state in a hydrogen
atom as the work done in the above neutralization process. Also, if the magnitude of
average KE is half the magnitude of average potential energy, find the average potential
energy.
3. When a certain metal was irradiated with light of frequency 3.2 × 10 16 Hz, the
photoelectrons emitted has twice the kinetic energy as did photoelectrons emitted when the
same metal was irradiated with light of frequency 2.0 × 1016 Hz. Calculate 0 for the metal.

4. Calculate the energy required to excite 1.23 litre of hydrogen gas at 1 atm and 300 K
to the first excited state of atomic hydrogen. The energy for the dissociation of H–H bond is
436 kJ mol–1. Also calculate the minimum frequency of photon to break this bond.

5. A certain dye absorbs light of  = 4530 Å and then fluorescence light of wavelength
5080 Å. Assuming that under given conditions 47% of the absorbed energy is re–emitted
out as fluorescence, calculate the ratio of quanta emitted out to the number of quanta
absorbed.

6. The ionisation potential of H is 13.6 eV. It is exposed to electromagnetic waves of 1028 Å

and gives out induced radiations. Find the wavelength of these induced radiations.
7. Wavelength of high energy transition of H atom is 91.2 nm. Calculate the corresponding
wavelength of He+ ion.
8. Find out the number of waves made by a Bohr electron in one complete revolution in its
3rd orbit.

9. The photo electric emission requires a threshold frequency 0. For a certain metal
1 = 2200 Å and 2 = 1900 Å produce electrons with a maximum kinetic energy
KE1 and KE2, if KE2 = 2KE1. Calculate 0.

10. Find out the following:

(a) The velocity of electron in first Bohr orbit of H–atom (r = a0).
(b) de Broglie wavelength of the electron in first Bohr orbit of H–atom.
h
(c) The orbital angular momentum of 2p–orbitals in terms of units.
2

ANSWERS

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EXERCISE – I

AIEEE-SINGLE CHOICE CORRECT

1. (d) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (b)

6. (c) 7. (a) 8. (d) 9. (b) 10. (b)

11. (b) 12. (d) 13. (a) 14. (a) 15. (b)
16. (b) 17. (b) 18. (c) 19. (a) 20. (d)
21. (c) 22. (d) 23. (a) 24. (c) 25. (d)

EXERCISE – II
IIT-JEE-SINGLE CHOICE CORRECT

1. (a) 2. (a) 3. (d) 4. (d) 5. (c)

6. (c) 7. (a) 8. (c) 9. (c) 10. (c)

11. (b) 12. (d) 13. (d) 14. (d) 15. (a)
16. (c) 17. (c) 18. (b) 19. (d) 20. (a)

ONE OR MORE THAN ONE CHOICE CORRECT

1. (a, c) 2. (c, d) 3. (a, b, c) 4. (b, c) 5. (b, c, d)

6. (a,b,c,d) 7. (a,c,d) 8. (a, b) 9. (a, c) 10. (a,b,c,d)

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EXERCISE – III
MATCH THE FOLLOWING

1. I  (A), (E) ; II  (B) ; III  (C) ; IV  (D)

REASONING TYPE

1. (c) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. (b)

LINKED COMPREHENSION TYPE

1. (a) 2. (a) 3. (c)

EXERCISE – IV
SUBJECTIVE PROBLEMS

1. 2a0.

1 Ze 2
2. –
4  0 a 0

3. 8.0 × 1015 Hz.

4. 120 kJ ; 1.09 × 1015 sec–1 or Hz

5. 0.527

6.  = 1028 Å ;  = 1216 Å ;  = 6568 Å

7. 22.8 nm

8. 3

9. 1.148 × 1015 sec–1

 h 
10. (a) 2.19 × 108 cm/sec (b) 3.32 Å (c) 2     
 2 

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