ATOMIC STRUCTURE

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
C C C C A B A B C D
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
C D A B C A C A B D
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
B B C A B B B B C C
31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
A-Q A-S
B-PQR B-R
B D A C B B B B
C-PQ C-P
D-S D-Q
41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
A C D C A C D C A B
51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60
B C D A C C A A A C

HINTS AND SOLUTIONS

q1q2
1. Sol: E 
40r
2. Sol: An electron cannot absorb two photons simultaneously.

16. Sol: While coming to ground state, the transition that must
have occurred was 2 1, as some Balmer lines were bserved.

2
25. Sol: probability of finding an electron = 
(e0 )2
 7.4
Relative probability = (e 1 )2
38. Sol: Potential energy and kinetic energies become equal
only in the orbit with n = 

2
41. Sol: Node is a point where  =0.
Zr
2
a0
 1 21 1
46. Sol:   R  2  Z  4  9 
 
47. Sol:

H e   H e   e  2 4 .6 e V
 2 
H e   H e  e 5 4 .4 e V

H e   H e 2   2e  79 eV

50. Sol: As the masses of electron and nucleus in positronium

are same, reduced mass
should be used in the place of actual mass of electron.
mn  me me2
 
mn  me 2me
51.
Sol: H2  2H 4.7eV
+ -
H +H  H2 -17.6eV
+ -
H  H + e 13.6eV
--------------------------------------
H-  H+ e- 0.7eV

52.
Sol: Total energy of two electrons = - 14.3 eV
Energy of each electron = - 7.15 eV
13.6  Zeff 2
- 7.15  
n2
Zeff  0.7
53. Sol: Data is insufficient to decide whether the principal
quantum number of ‘A’ is 3 or 4.

56. Sol: Balmer lines appear in visible region in hydrogen

spectrum. In any other spectrum it may or may not be
true. We need to verify that. For example if one
 calculates the wavelength of the transition n3  n2 ,
7
it comes out to be 1.64  10 m which is clearly less
than visible range wavelength. We can check
for a transition n4  n3 , which gives a higher
wavelength and that can be in the visible range.
1 1 1 
 109675  4     4.7  10 5 cm  4.7  10 7 m
  9 16 
58.
Sol: First, one has to decide as to which electrons are getting
excited: electrons in A or B? It can be decided in two ways.
I. If photons of energy greater than 2.55 eV are obtained,
electrons in A cannot be excited.
II.According to the data given in the passage, electrons are
excited to fourth level. In the case of hydrogen the energy
difference between first and fourth levels is 12.75 eV. In the case
of other hydrogenic atoms it is only greater than 12.75 eV. As
a result , a photon of 2.55 eV can not be absorbed by an
electron in the first orbit of any hydrogenic atom.