Day-1: Structure of Atom

Objective
1. 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.

2. Rutherford’s experiment of scattering of particles showed for the first time that the atom has
(a) electrons (b) protons
(c) nucleus (d) neutrons

3. If uncertainty in position of an electron were zero, the uncertainity in its momentum would be
(a) Zero (b) h/2
(c) h/4 (d) Infinity

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

5. The ratio of kinetic energy and potential energy of an electron in a Bohr orbit of a hydrogenlike species
is
(a) ½ (b)  ½
(c) 1 (d) 1

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. Which of the following represents the correct set of four quantum numbers of a
4d electron?
(a) 4, 3, 2, + ½ (b) 4, 2, 1, 0
(c) 4, 3, 2, + ½ (d) 4, 2, 1,  ½

8. The amount of energy required to remove an electron from a Li2+ ion in its ground state is how many
times greater than 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
9. If the wavelength of the first line of the Balmer series of hydrogen atom is 656.1 nm,
the wavelength of the second line of this series would be
(a) 640.0 nm (b) 218.7 nm
(c) 328.0 nm (d) 486.0 nm

10. 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

11. A 3porbital has

(a) two nonspherical nodes
(b) two spherical nodes
 (c) one spherical and one nonspherical node
(d) one spherical and two nonspherical nodes

12. Which of the following statement is not true?

(a) Lyman spectral series of hydrogen atom lies in the ultraviolet region of electromagnetic radiation.
(b) Balmer spectral series of hydrogen atom lies in the visible region of electromagnetic radiation.
(c) Paschen spectral series of hydrogen atom lies in the visible region of electromagnetic radiation.
(d) Brackett spectral series of hydrogen atom lies in the infrared region of electromagnetic radiation.

13. 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 and
magnetic quantum numbers.

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

(a) h/4 (b) zero
h
(c) h/2 (d) 2
2

15. The first emission line of Balmer series in H spectrum has the wave number equal to
9 RH 7 RH
(a) cm 1 (b) cm 1
400 144
3 RH 5 RH
(c) cm 1 (d) cm 1
4 36

16. 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

17. If the spin quantum number ‘s’ has three possible values (1/2, 0, +1/2), then electronic configuration of
K(19) will be
(a) 1s32s32p93s33p1 (b) 1s22s22p63s23p64s1
(c) 1s22s22p93s23p4 (d) none of these

18. If n and l are the principal and Azimuthal quantum numbers respectively, then the expression for
calculating the total number of electrons in any orbit is

 2(2l  1)  2(2l  1)
l n l n 1
(a) (b)
l 1 l 1

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

19. A photon of 300 nm is absorbed by a gas and then emits two photons. One photon has a wavelength
496 nm then the wavelength of second photon is
(a) 757 (b) 857
(c) 957 (d) 657

20. 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
  2hc   0     2hc     0 
1/ 2 1/ 2

(a)    (b)    

 m   0   m   0  
 hc   2h 
1/ 2 1/ 2
(c) 2 ( 0   ) (d)  (   0 )
 m  m 

21. If kinetic energy of a proton is increased nine times the wavelength of the deBroglie wave associated
with it would become
(a) 3 times (b) 9 times
1 1
(c) times (d) times
3 9

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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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
Subjective
1. What is the speed and de Broglie wavelength of an electron that has been accelerated by a potential
difference of 300 V?

2. Iodine molecule dissociates into atoms after absorbing light of 4500 Å. If one quantum of radiation is
absorbed by each molecule, calculate the kinetic energy of one iodine atom. Given: Dissociation energy
of I2 = 36 kcal/mol.

3. A photon of 300 nm is absorbed by a gas and then reemits two photons. One reemitted photon has
wavelength 496 nm. Calculate energy of the other reemitted photon.

4. To what series does the spectral lines of atomic hydrogen belong if its wave number is equal to the
difference between the wave numbers of the following two lines of Balmer series: 486.1 and 410.2 nm?
What is the wavelength of that line?

5. (a) What is the speed of an electron whose de Broglie wavelength is 0.1 nm?
(b) By what potential difference should an electron beam be accelerated from an initial speed of zero?
(c) If all the energy of such an electron be transferred to a single photon, what is the wavelength of this
photon?

6. An electron beam can undergo diffraction by crystals. Through what potential should a beam of
electrons be accelerated so that its wavelength becomes equal to 1.54 Å?
7. Calculate the frequency, energy and wavelength of radiations corresponding to spectral line of lowest
frequency in Lyman series in the spectra of H atom. Also calculate the energy of corresponding line in
the spectra of Li+2.

8. Find the quantum number ‘n’ corresponding to the excited state of He+ ion if on transition to the ground
state that ion emits two photons in succession with wavelengths 108.5 and
30.4 nm.

9. Electrons of energies 10.20 eV and 12.09 eV can cause radiations to be emitted from hydrogen atom.
Calculate in each case the principal quantum number of the orbit to which electron belongs and the
wavelength of the radiations emitted if it drops back to ground state.

10. 1.0 g of Mg atoms (atomic mass = 24.0 amu) in the vapour phase absorbs 50.0 kJ of energy. Find the
composition of the final mixture, if the first and second ionization energies of Mg are 740 and 1450 kJ
mol1, respectively.

11. Calculate the energy required to excite one litre of hydrogen gas at 1 atm and 298 K to the first excited
state of atomic hydrogen. The energy for the dissociation of HH bond is
436 kJ mol1.

12. 1.8 g hydrogen atoms are excited to radiations. The study of spectra indicates that 27% of the atoms
are in 3rd energy level and 15% of atoms in 2nd energy level and the rest in ground state. Ionization
potential of H is 13.6 eV. Calculate
(a) Number of atoms present in III and II energy level.
(b) Total energy evolved when all the atoms return to ground state.

13. The velocity of electron in a certain Bohr orbit of hydrogen atom bears the ratio of 1 : 275 to the velocity
of light.
(a) What is the quantum number (n) of orbit?
(b) Calculate the wave number of radiations emitted when electron jumps from (n + 1) state to ground
state.

14. A hydrogenlike atom (atomic number Z) is in a higher excited state of quantum number n. This excited
atom can make a transition to the first excited state by successively emitting two photons of energies
10.20 eV and 17.00 eV respectively. Alternatively, the atom from the same excited state can make a
transition to the second excited state by successively emitting two photons of energy 4.25 eV and 5.95
eV respectively. Determine the values of n and Z. (ionization energy of hydrogen atom = 13.6 eV)

15. O2 undergoes photochemical dissociation into 1 normal oxygen atom and 1 oxygen atom 1.967 eV
more energetic than normal. The dissociation of O2 into 2 normal oxygen atoms is known to require 498
kJ/mol O2. What is the maximum wavelength effective for the photochemical dissociation of O2?
 Objective
1. (d) 2. (c) 3. (d) 4. (c) 5. (b)

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

11. (c) 12. (c) 13. (c) 14. (b) 15. (d)

16. (d) 17. (a) 18. (d) 19. (a) 20. (a)

21. (c) 22. (c) 23. (b) 24. (d) 25. (a)

Subjective
1. 1.028  10 ms , 7.08  10 m
7 1 11

2. 9.56  1020 J or 2.288  1020 cal

3. 2.62  1019 J
4. Brackett series, 2.63  104 cm
5. (a) 7.27  106 ms1 (b) 150.3 V (c) 828 nm
6. 63.6 V
7.  = 2.468  1015 Hz, EH = 16.36  1019,  = 1215.6 Å, E Li3 = 14.7  1018 J
8. 5
9. n = 2, 1215.6 Å and n = 3, 1025.7 Å
10. Mg+ = 68.3%, Mg2+ = 31.7%
11. 98.24 kJ
12. (a) 292.68  1021 atom, 162.6  1021 atom, (b) 831.48 kJ
13. (a) 2 (b) 9.75  104 cm1
14. n = 6, Z = 3
15. 174 nm