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Phy-20-Kamran Soomro - ©DR - Mehtu
Superb in Education
PHYSICS NUCLEAR RADIATION CH#20
1. An alpha particle exerts larger coulomb force on nearby charges than electron because its
charge is:
a) Less than that of electron b) Greater than that of electron
c) Twice that of election d) Zero
2. Which of the following produces more ionization while passing through a gas:
a) Alpha particles b) Beta particles
c) Gamma particles d) Electrons
3. Alpha particles are highly ionized because of their:
a) Greater mass b) Greater charge and low speeds
c) Greater density d) Greater energy
4. The distance traveled by a particle from the source to point where it is stopped in the medium
is called:
a) Its range b) Its displacement
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c) Its velocity d) None of these
5. The range of alpha particles in air is less because:
a) It does interact with matter b) it produces intense ionization
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c) It is reflected soon d) None of the above
6. Which of the particles does not produce fluorescence in substance like barium platino-cyanide:
a) -particles b) -particles
c) Gamma particles M
d) None of the above
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7. -particles ionize the atoms due to:
a) Electrostatic force of repulsion b) Electrostatic force of attraction
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PHYSICS NUCLEAR RADIATION CH#20
15. In pair-production, Gamma-ray photon is converted into:
a) An electron b) A proton
c) A positron d) A pair of electron and positron
16. The range of –radiation is:
a) Very small b) Very high
c) Not specific d) Zero
17. Capture of a neutron by a nucleus produces:
a) Radio isotope b) Proton
c) Helium d) Deutron
18. Which of the following is electromagnetic in nature:
a) -rays b) -rays
c) Gamma rays d) Cathode rays
19. Which of the following materials is used for shielding -radiations?
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a) Wood b) Lead
c) Air d) All of the above
20. Which of the following is not a radiation detector?
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a) Wilson cloud chamber b) Geiger counter
c) Cyclotron d) Solid state detector
21. Wilson cloud chamber is an instrument used for:
a) Accelerating negatively charged particles
c) Making the path of ionizing particle visible
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b) Accelerating positively charged particles
d) All of the above
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22. Which of the following is used to produce ions of high energy?
a) A cyclotron b) A betatron
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24. In which of the following the paths of and -particles are observed:
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PHYSICS NUCLEAR RADIATION CH#20
31. The range of 7.7 Mev -particle in air is about:
a) 10 cm b) 20 cm
c) 17 cm d) 7 cm
32. -particle can penetrate in aluminium foil of:
a) 0.08 mm thickness b) 0.4 mm thickness
c) 0.04 mm thickness d) 0.05 mm thickness
33. Thyroid concave is cured by:
a) Carbon-14 b) Sodium-24
c) Iodine-131 d) Caesium-137
34. The -particle has:
a) An erratic or zigzag path b) Curved path
c) Circular path d) Elliptical path
35. Alpha radiation are advised for the treatment of skin of a patient because:
a) They are highly ionizing b) They are helium nuclei
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c) They are less penetration d) They are positively charged
36. -particle has penetration power:
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a) 100 times more than the of an -particle b) 100 times has than that of an -particle
c) 1000 times less than of an -particle d) 10 times more than that of an -particle
37. Capture of a neutron by a nucleus results in the formation of:
a) Tritium
c) Deutron
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b) Radio isotope
d) Proton
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38. An alpha particle has a charge of:
a) + 2e b) - 2e
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c) +e d) -e
39. Gamma rays are:
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40. Why gamma radiation’s are used to kill bacteria to sterilize surgical equipment etc:
a) Because they are charge less b) Because they are mass less
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45. Beta particles are much less ionizing than alpha particles because of:
a) Their smaller mass b) Their smaller energy
c) Their smaller charge and large speeds d) They’re coming out of the nuclei
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PHYSICS NUCLEAR RADIATION CH#20
46. Pair production can not take place in vacuum as:
a) Mass is not conserved b) Energy is not conserved
c) Momentum is not conserved d) Charge is not conserved
47. -particles posses greater penetration power than that of -particles duet to its:
a) Smaller ionization power b) Greater ionization power
c) Neither greater nor smaller ionization power d) The same ionization power
48. The process of making the gas non-conducting immediately after the passage of ionizing
particle through the tube is called:
a) Gaseous discharged b) De-Excitation of discharge
c) Quenching of discharge d) Excitation of discharge
49. -rays lose their energy by:
a) Pair production b) Compton effect
c) Photo-electric effect d) All of the above
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50. Alpha particles are highly ionizing because of:
a) Their high charge and low speeds b) Their greater mass
c) Their larger energy d) Their constituents
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51. -rays are electromagnetic waves like:
a) X-rays b) Light waves
c) Heat waves d) All of the above
52. M
Which one of the following radiation is extremely penetrating?
a) Neutrons b) -rays
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c) -rays d) -rays
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54. -radiations are used to sterilize surgical equipment in order to kill bacteria because:
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57. -radiation is used for the treatment of skin of a patient due to:
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PHYSICS NUCLEAR RADIATION CH#20
64. Geiger counter is a device to detect:
a) Mass b) Momentum
c) Charge d) Radiation
65. One micro curie is:
a) A thousand curies b) A thousand of a curie
c) A million curie d) A millionth of a curie
66. In 1911, cloud chamber was invented by:
a) Muller b) Rutherford
c) Lawrence d) C.T.R. Wilson
67. A Wilson cloud chamber uses:
a) Super heated liquid b) Vapour’s
c) Supersaturated vapour d) Saturated vapours
68. It is a drawback of G.M. counter:
a) -particle counter b) Jon counter
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c) Fast counting d) -ray counter
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a) Heat radiation b) Electromagnetic radiation
c) Light radiation d) Unit of radiation
70. The most useful tracer is:
a) Iodine-131
c) Carbon-14 Mb) Strontium-90
d) Cobalt-60
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71. A device that may be used to detect the passage of a single, light energy charged particle is
called a:
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PHYSICS NUCLEAR RADIATION CH#20
80. Specially designed solid state detector can be used to detect:
a) Alpha rays only b) Beta – rays only
c) Gamma rays only d) X – rays
81. Geiger counter was designed by:
a) Rutherford and Thomson b) Geiger and Wilson
c) Lawrence and Geiger d) Geiger and Muller
82. By producing radiographs -rays can be used to detect:
a) Void or fissure in the metal casting b) Cracks in metal plates of welding faults
c) Faults within the heavy machinery like jet engine d) All of the above
83. Geiger counter is suitable:
a) For extremely fast counting b) For fast counting
c) For slow counting d) For fast and slow counting
84. In a Wilson cloud chamber, the alpha particles have:
a) Thin and discontinuous tracks b) Irregular cloud tracks
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c) Dense straight and continuous tracks d) No definite tracks
85. Which one of the following detectors can count fast and operate at low voltage:
a) Geiger counter b) Wilson cloud chamber
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c) Solid state detector d) Scintillation counter
86. Draw back of Geiger counter is:
a) Very high voltage
c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’ Mb) Slow counting
d) None
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87. -rays show _______ in Wilson cloud chamber:
a) Thin and discontinuous tracks b) Irregular cloud tracks
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C D C D C D C D
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1 11 21 31 41 51 61 C 71 81
2 A 12 A 22 A 32 C 42 D 52 D 62 - 72 D 82 D
3 B 13 B 23 B 33 C 43 B 53 C 63 A 73 C 83 C
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4 A 14 C 24 C 34 A 44 C 54 D 64 D 74 D 84 C
5 B 15 D 25 B 35 C 45 C 55 - 65 D 75 - 85 C
6 C 16 C 26 D 36 A 46 C 56 D 66 D 76 D 86 C
7 A 17 A 27 - 37 B 47 A 57 B 67 C 77 D 87 D
8 B 18 C 28 C 38 A 48 C 58 D 68 C 78 C 88 B
9 C 19 B 29 B 39 C 49 D 59 - 69 D 79 D
10 A 20 C 30 C 40 D 50 A 60 C 70 C 80 C
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