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Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani 333031, Rajasthan; Sem-I, 2022-23
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Date: 29th November 2022 CHEM F111: General Chemistry Tutorial test-1
Duration: 30 min. CLOSED BOOK Total Marks: 30
Instructions to the students:
 Four options are given in each question. Indicate your choice by entering A, B, C or D (capital letters) as the case
may be in the box provided for each question in the answer sheet given to you. Do not overwrite.
 Do not do rough work on the answer sheet. Do not use pencil.
 Every correct answer carries 2 marks, whereas, 0.5 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer.
 Given are commonly used data, notations have usual meanings; me = 9.11×10-31 kg; h = 6.626×10-34 Js; RH = 109677
cm-1; c = 3×108 ms-1; 1 amu = 1.66×10-27 kg;  = 5.6×10-8 Wm-2K-4, Const. for Wien constant: 2.90×10-3 m K. a0 =
52.9 pm. , px = , 1eV = 1.6 × 10-19J

1. According to the Bohr’s model, the kinetic energy of the electron of a hydrogenic atom can in general be
written as? C
(A) (B) (C) (D)

2. Consider a particle in a 1D box such that for ; and for . If the

wavefunction, represents the state with the kinetic energy equal to four times the kinetic
energy of the ground state, then the values of and are, respectively C
(A) and (B) and (C) and (D) and
3. If the operator is defined by ; then the form of the operator, would be
(A) (B)
A
(C) (D)
4. Suppose the wavefunction of a 1D system is In an experiment measuring the momentum of the
system, the expected outcome of the measurement would be
(A) 0 (B) (C) (D) B
5. A quantum particle confined in a cubic box is found to be in a state with energy that is four times its ground
state energy. The degree of degeneracy of this energy level is
(A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 1 (D) 4 C
6. Given that the work function of chromium is 4.40 eV, calculate the kinetic energy of electrons emitted from a
chromium surface that is irradiated with ultraviolet radiation of wavelength 200 nm.
(A) J (B) J (C) J (D) J B

7. If is the radial function corresponding to a stationary state of

hydrogenic electron, then the electronic state belongs to which subshell?
(A) 2s (B) 2p (C) 3d (D) 3p D

8. Calculate the probability that a hydrogen 1s electron, will be found within a distance 2a0 from
the nucleus? A
(A) 0.762 (B) 0.52 (C) 0.982 (D) 1.238
9. The eigenfunctions of angular momentum squared operator are called spherical harmonics, . If for
a state, ; then the values of l and |ml| are, respectively
(A) 1 and 1 (B) 1 and 0 (C) 2 and 1 (D) 2 and 2 B
10. Amongst the following wavefunctions, identify the well-behaved one for a 1D system with finite potential
energy for .
(A) (B) (C) (D) D

PTO
 Descriptive questions B
Q1. Find the temperature and the emittance of the coil of the bulb that glows predominantly with the wavelength of
580 nm. [5]
Answer:

Q2. Using the standard integral , determine the normalization constant for the ground state

wavefunction of 1D harmonic oscillator ( . [5]

Answer:

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