PHYSICS

Class: XII | Batch: JEE

Topic: Nuclei

1. The mass number of a nucleus is

(A) always less than atomic number (B) always more than atomic number
(C) equal to atomic number
(D) some times more than and some times equal to atomic number.

2. In which of the following decays, the element does not change?

(A)  – decay (B) + – decay (C)  – decay (D) y – decay

3. In the reaction 7 N14 2 He4 8 O17 1 H1 the minimum energy of the   particle is

(A) 1.21 MeV (B) 1.62 MeV (C) 1.89 MeV (D) 1.96 MeV.
(MN = 14.00307 amu, MHe = 4.00260 amu and MO = 16.99914 amu, MH = 1.00783 amu and 1 amu = 931 MeV)

4. In the carbon cycle of fusion

(A) Four 1H1 fuse to form 2He4 and two positrons (B) Four 1H1 fuse to form 2He4 and two electrons
(C) Two 1H2 fuse to form 2He4 (D) Two 1H2 fuse to form 2He4 and two neutrons

5. In each fission of U235, 200 MeV of energy is released. If a reactor produces 100 MW power, the rate of
fission in it will be
18 17
(A) 3.125 × 10 per minute > (B) 3.125 × 10 per second
(C) 3.125 × 1017 per minute> (D) 3.125 × 1018 per second

6. To generate a power of 3.2 MW, the number of fissions of U235 per minute is (Energy released per fission
= 200 MeV, 1 eV = 1.6  10–19 J)
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(A) 6×10 ¡ (B) 6×10 (C) 10 (D) 6×10

7. If in nuclear reactor using U235 as fuel, the power output is 4.8 MW, the number of fissions per second is
(Energy released per fission of U235 = 200 MeV watts, e eV = 1.6  10–19 J)
(A) 1.5×1017 (B) 3×1019 (C) 1.5×025 (D) 3×1025

8. In the following nuclear reaction 6 C

11
5 B11    X . What does X stand for ?
(A) A neutron (B) A neutrino (C) an electron (D) A proton

9. If 200 MeV energy is released in the fission of a single U235 nucleus, the number of fissions required per
–19
second to produce 1 kilowatt power shall be (given 1 eV = 1.6  10 J)
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(A) 3.125×10 (B) 3.125×10 (C) 3.125×1015 (D) 3.125×1016

10. MP = 1.008 a.m.u., MN = 1.009 a.m.u. and 2He4 = 4.003 a.m.u. then the binding energy of -particle is
(A) 21.4 MeV (B) 8.2 MeV (C) 34 MeV (D) 1.35 A/m.

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11. Energy released in fusion of 1 kg of deuterium nuclei
13 27 7 23
(A) 9×10 J (B) 6×10 J (C) 2×10 KwH (D) 8×10 MeV

12. The energy produced in the sun is due to

(A) fission reaction (B) fusion reaction
(C) chemical reaction (D) motion of electrons and ions

13. Atomic number of a nucleus is Z, while its mass number is M. What will be the number of neutrons in its
nucleus ?
(A) M (B) Z (C) (M–Z) (D) (M+Z)

14. In uncontrolled chain reaction, the quantity of energy released, is

(A) very high (B) very low (C) normal (D) first (A) to (B)

15. The net force between two nucleons 1 fm apart is F1 if both are protons, F2 if both are neutrons, and F3 if one is
a neutron and the other is a proton.
(A) F1 < F2 < F3 (B) F2 < F1 < F3 (C) F1 < F2 = F3 (D) F1 = F2 < F3
16. Which of the following process represents a  -decay?
A 3
(A) A
Xz  y  A Xz 1  a  b (B) A
Xz  1n0  Xz2  c

(C) A
Xz  A Xz1  f (D) A
Xz  e1  AXz1  g

17. The activity of a sample of radioactive material is R1 at time t1 and R2 at time t2 (t2 > t1). If mean life of the
radioactive sample is T, then:

R1  R2
(A) R1t1 = R2t2 (B) = constant
t 2  t1

t t   t 
(C) R2  R1 exp  1 2  (D) R2  R1 exp  1 
 T   Tt 2 

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18. When 15P decays to become 14Si , the particle released is

(A) electron (B) -particle (C) neutron (D) positron

19. Among electron, proton, neutron and -particle the maximum penetration capacity is for

(A) electron (B) proton (C) neutron (D) -particle

20. Plutonium decays with a half-life of 24000 years. If plutonium is stored for 72000 years, the fraction of it
that remains is

1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 3 4 8

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21. The decay constant () and the half-life (T) of a radioactive isotope are related as:
1 T 2 loge 2
(A)  (B)   (C)   (D)  
loge 2 T loge 2 T T

22. The decay constant of a radioactive sample is . The half-time and the average-life of the sample will be
respectively

(A)
1
and
ln 2 (B)
ln 2 and 1 (C)  ln 2 and
1
(D)

and
1
     ln 2  

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23. In the uranium radioactive series, the initial nucleus is 92U and the final nucleus is 82Pb . When the
uranium nucleus decays to lead, the number of -particle emitted will be
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 8

24. The activity of a radioactive sample is 1.6 curie, and its half-life is 2.5 days. Its activity after 10 days will be:
(A) 0.8 curie (B) 0.4 curie (C) 0.1 curie (D) 0.16 curie

25. In a mean life of a radioactive sample:

(A) about 1/3 of substance disintegrates (B) about 2/3 of the substance disintegrates
(C) about 90% of the substance disintegrates (D) almost all the substance disintegrates.

26. Concept of neutrino was given by

(A) Sommerfield (B) Pauli (C) P-Fermy (D) J. Chadwick

27. Half-life of an element is 30 days. How much part will remain after 90 days
(A) 1/4th part (B) 1/16 part (C) 1/8th part (D) 1/3rd part

28. In the radioactive decay 92 X

234
 87 Y222 number of emitted  and  particles emitted are

(A) 3, 3 (B) 3, 1 (C) 5, 3 (D) 3, 5

29. After five half lives what will be the fraction of initial substance remaining undecayed
10 5 4
 1  1  1 1
(A) 2 (B)   (C)   (D)
  2 2 2

30. If half-life of a substance is 3.8 days & its initial quantity is 10.38 gm, then quantity of substance reaming
after 19 days will be:
(A) 0.151 gm (B) 0.32 gm (C) 1.51 gm (D) 0.16 gm

Answer Key

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D D A A D A A B A D A A C A C C C D C D

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D B D C B B C B B B

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