Atomic Structure

1. The energies of three conservative energy levels L3, L2 and L1 of hydrogen atom are
4E0 E
E0 , and 0 respectively. A photon of wavelength λ is emitted for a transition
9 4
L3 to L1. What will be the wavelength of emission for transition L2 to L1 ?
16λ 27λ 19
(a) (b) (c) λ (d) λ [Concept Evaluator-III]
31 7 20
2. The time of revolution of an electron around a nucleus of charge Ze in nth
Bohr orbit is directly proportional to :  [Concept Builder-1]
(a) n (b) n3/ Z2 (c) n2/Z (d) Z/n
3. The ratio of minimum to maximum wavelength in Balmer series is :
[Concept Builder-1]
(a) 5 : 9 (b) 5 : 36 (c) 1 : 4 (d) 3 : 4
4. The product of angular speed and tangential speed of electron in nth orbit of
hydrogen atom is [Concept Builder-1]
(a) Directly proportional to n2 (b) Directly proportional to n3
(c) Inversely proportional to n4 (d) Independent of n
5. If the binding energy of the electron in a hydrogen atom is 13.6 eV, the energy
required to remove the electron from the first excited state of Li++ is
[Concept Builder-1]
(a) 122.4 eV (b) 30.6 eV (c) 13.6 eV (d) 3.4 eV
6. The wavelength of the first line of the Lyman series of a ten-times ionised
sodium atom (i.e., Z = 11) is nearly :  [Final Shoot-1]
1216 1216 1216
(a) 1216 Å (b) Å (c) 2
Å (d) Å
11 (11) (11)3
7. Electrons in a certain energy level n = n1, can emit 3 spectral lines. When they
are in another energy level, n = n2. They can emit 6 spectral lines. The orbital
speed of the electrons in two orbits are in the ratio :  [Final Shoot-1]

(a) 4 : 3 (b) 3 : 4 (c) 2 : 1 (d) 1 : 2

8. The ionisation potential of hydrogen atom is -13.6 eV. An electron in the ground
state of a hydrogen atom absorbs a photon of energy 12.75 eV. How many
different spectral lines can one expect when the electron makes a downward
transition [Final Shoot-1]

(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 6

9. A hydrogen like atom of atomic number Z is in an excited state of quantum
number 2n. It can emit a maximum energy photon of 204 eV. If it makes a
transition to quantum state n, a photon of energy 40.8 eV is emitted. The
value of n will be [Final Shoot-1]

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

10. A Hydrogen atom and a Li++ ion are both in the second excited state. If lH
and lLi are their respective electronic angular momenta and EH and ELi their
respective energies, then [Final Shoot-1]

(a) lH > lLi and |EH| > |ELi| (b) lH = lLi and |EH| < |ELi|

(c) lH = lLi and |EH| > |ELi| (d) lH < lLi and |EH| < |ELi|