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SURE SHOT QUESTIONS

Chap 12 : Atoms
1. State the basic assumption of the Rutherford model of the atom. Explain, in brief, why
this model cannot account for the stability of an atom.

2. State Bohr’s quantization condition of angular momentum. Calculate the shortest

wavelength of the Brackett series and state to which part of the electromagnetic
spectrum does it belong.

3. A hydrogen atom in the ground state is excited by an electron beam 12.5 eV energy.
Find out the maximum number of lines emitted by atom from its excited state.

4. How is the stability of hydrogen atom in Bohr model explained by de-Broglie’s

Hypothesis?

5. (a) Draw the energy level diagram for the line spectra representing Lyman series and
Balmer series in the spectrum of hydrogen atom.
(b) Using the Rydberg formula for the spectrum of hydrogen atom, calculate the

spectrum of hydrogen atom. (Use the value of Rydberg constant 𝑅 = 1.1 ×

largest and shortest wavelengths of the emission lines of the Balmar series in the

107𝑚−1.

6. Find out the wavelength of the electron orbiting in the ground state of hydrogen
atom.

7. (a) state Bohr’s quantization condition for defining stationary orbits. How does de-

(b)Find the relation between the three wavelengths 𝜆1, 𝜆2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝜆3 from the energy
Broglie hypothesis explain the stationary orbits?

level diagram shown below.

8. Using Bohr’s postulates, obtain the expression for the total energy of the electron in
the stationary states of the hydrogen atom. Hence draw the energy level diagram

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showing how the line spectra corresponding to Balmer series occur due to transition
between energy levels.

9. The ground state energy of hydrogen atom is −13.6 𝑒𝑉. If an electron makes a
transition from an energy level −1.51 𝑒𝑉 to −3.4 𝑒𝑉 , calculate the wavelength
of the spectral line emitted and the series of hydrogen spectrum to which it belongs.

10.Write two important limitations of Rutherford nuclear model of the atom.

11.Define the distance of closest approach. An 𝛼-particle of kinetic energy ‘K’ is

bombarded on a thin gold foil. The distance of the closest approach is ‘r’. What will be
the distance of closest approach for an𝛼-particle of double the kinetic energy?

12.Define ionization energy.

How would the ionization energy change when electron in hydrogen atom is replaced by
the particle of mass 200 times that of the electron but having the same charge?
[Given Rydberg constant, R = 10-7 m-1]

13.The energy levels of a hypothetical atom are given below. Which of the shown
transitions will result in the emission of photon of wavelength 275 nm?

14.The electron, in a hydrogen atom, is in its second excited state.

Calculate the wavelength of the lines in the Lyman series that can be emitted through
the permissible transitions of this electron. [Given the value of Rydberg constant, R =
14.1 x 107 m-1]

15.Using Rutherford model of the atom, derive the expression for the total energy of the
electron in hydrogen atom. What is the significance of total negative energy
possessed by the electron?

16.(i) State Bohr postulate of hydrogen atom that gives the relationship for the frequency
of emitted photon in a transition.
(ii) An electron jumps from fourth to first orbit in an atom. How many maximum
numbers of spectral lines can be emitted by the atom? To which series these lines
correspond?

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17. The energy level diagram of an element is given below. Identify, by doing necessary
calculations, which transition corresponds to the emission of a spectral line of
wavelength 102.7 nm.

18. The energy levels of an atom are given below in the diagram.

Which of the transitions belong to Lyman and Balmer series? Calculate the ratio of
the shortest wavelengths of the Lyman and the Balmer series of the spectra.

19. (i) The radius of the innermost electron orbit of a hydrogen atom is 5.3 x 10-11 m.
Calculate its radius in n = 3 orbit.

−3.4 𝑒𝑉. Find out its (a) kinetic energy and (b) Potential energy in this state.
(ii) The total energy of an electron in the first excited state of the hydrogen atom is

20.(i) In Rutherford scattering experiment, draw the trajectory traced by –particles in the
coulomb field of target nucleus and explain how this led to estimate the size of the
nucleus.
(ii) Describe briefly how wave nature of moving electrons was established
experimentally.

and 𝛼-particles when they are accelerated from rest through the same
(iii) Estimate the ratio of de-Broglie wavelengths associated with deuterons

accelerating potential V.

scattering of 𝛼-particles by a thin foil of gold. Why is it that most of the 𝛼-particles go
21.(i) Draw a schematic arrangement of Geiger-Marsden experiment showing the

Draw the trajectory of the 𝛼-particle in the coulomb field of a nucleus. What is
right through the foil and only a small fraction gets scattered at large angles?

the significance of impact parameter and what information can be obtained

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regarding the size of the nucleus?

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(ii) Estimate the distance of closest approach to the nucleus (Z = 80) if a 7.7 MeV 𝛼-
particle before it comes momentarily to rest and reverses its direction.

22.Using Bohr's second postulate of quantization of orbital angular momentum show

that the circumference of the electron in the orbital state in hydrogen atom is n times
the de-Broglie wavelength associated with it.

23. In hydrogen atom, electron excites from ground state to higher energy state and its
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orbital velocity is reduced to ( ) of its initial value. The radius of the orbit in the
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ground state is R. Find the radius of the orbit in that higher energy state.

(b) The electron in a given Bohr orbit has a total energy of −1.5 𝑒𝑉. Calculate its
24. (a) Explain Bohr's quantization condition of angular momentum.

(i) kinetic energy.

(ii) potential energy.
(iii) wavelength of radiation emitted, when this electron makes a transition to the

[Given : Energy in the ground state = −13.6 𝑒𝑉 and Rydberg's constant =

ground state.

1.09 × 107𝑚−1]

25.In a hydrogen atom an electron jumps from 4th orbit to 2nd orbit. If 𝑅 =
107𝑚−1, then calculate the frequency of the emitted radiation.