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 Topic-wise DPPs for NEET Aspirants
By Tamanna Chaudhary

Nuclei
DPP- I – Properties of Nucleus, Isotopes, Isobars, Isotones, Mass defect and Binding Energy

1. Which of the following particles are constituents of the nucleus

a) Protons and electrons b) Protons and neutrons
c) Neutrons and electrons d) Neutrons and positrons
2. The radius of a nucleus with atomic mass number 7 is 2fermi. Find the radius of nucleus with atomic
number 189.
a) 3 fermi b) 4 fermi c) 5 fermi d) 6 fermi
3 Which of the following is true for a sample of isotope containing 𝑈 !"# and 𝑈 !"$
a) Number of neutrons are same in both
b) Number of protons, electrons and neutrons are same in both
c) Contain same number of protons and electrons but 𝑈 !"$ contains 3 more neutrons than 𝑈 !"#
d) 𝑈 !"$ contains 3 less neutrons than 𝑈 !"#
4. The volume of a nucleus is directly proportional to
a) 𝐴 b) 𝐴"
𝐴%/"
c) √𝐴 d)
(where 𝐴=mass number of the nucleus)
5. The neutron was discovered by
a) Marie Curie b) Pierre Curie c) James Chadwick d) Rutherford
6. The atoms of same element having different masses but same chemical properties, are called
a) Isotones b) Isotopes c) Isobars d) Isomers
7. Atomic weight of boron is 10.81 and it has two isotopes # B and # B . Then ratio of # B%' ∶ # B%% in
%' %%

nature would be
a) 19:81 b) 10:11 c) 15:16 d) 81:19
8. Which of the following pairs is an isobar
a) % 𝐻% and % 𝐻! b) % 𝐻! and % 𝐻" c) ( 𝐶 %! and ( 𝐶 %" d) %# 𝑃"' and %) 𝑆𝑖 "'
9. 𝑟% and 𝑟! are the radii of atomic nuclei of mass numbers 64 and 27 respectively. The ratio (𝑟% /𝑟! ) is
a) 64/27 b) 27/64 c) 4/3 d) 1
10. Atomic number of a nucleus is 𝑍 and atomic mass is 𝑀. The number of neutron is
a) 𝑀 − 𝑍 b) 𝑀 c) 𝑍 d) 𝑀 + 𝑍
11. If an electron and a positron annihilate, then the energy released is
12. Size of nucleus is of the order of
a) 10*%' 𝑚 b) 10*%# 𝑚 c) 10*%! 𝑚 d) 10*%+ 𝑚
 : HINTS AND SOLUTIONS :
1 (b) 7 (a)
Let the percentage of 𝐵%' atoms be 𝑥, then
2 (d) average atomic weight
𝑅 = 𝑅' 𝐴%/" =
%'/ 1%%(%''*/)
= 10.81
%''
,! -! %/"
∴ = h- i 𝑥 = 19
," " 4#!$ %+
! . %/" ∴ = $%
,"
= h%$+i 4#!!
8 (d)
⇒ 𝑅! = 6 Fermi
3 (c)
9 (c)
4 (a) 𝑟% 𝐴% %/" 64 %/" 4
=u v =u v =
Radius of nucleus 𝑅 = 𝑅' 𝐴%/" 𝑟! 𝐴! 27 3
Where 𝑅' = 1.2 × 10*%# m 10 (a)
) "
Volume of nucleus (𝑉) = " 𝜋𝑅 𝑁 = 𝑀 − 𝑍 = Total no. of nucleons – no. of
4 " protons
= 𝜋o 𝑅' 𝐴%/" p
3 11 (b)
)
= 𝜋𝑅'" 𝐴 Mass of electron = mass of positron = 9.1 ×
)
∴ 𝑉∝𝐴 10*"% 𝑘𝑔
5 (c) Energy released 𝐸 = (2𝑚). 𝑐 !
James Chadwick discovered the neutron = 2 × 9.1 × 10*"% × (3 × 10$ )! = 1.6 × 10*%" 𝐽
6 (b) 12 (b)