ATOMIC STRUCTURE

TOTAL QUESTION – 35 TIME – 30 MINUTE MARKS – 35

1. Electron was discovered in the year 1897 by___ 10. Which of the following is NOT positively
(a) T. A. Edison (b) Nicola Tesla charged?
(c) J J Thomson (d) Isaac Newton (a) Alpha particle (b) Proton
2. Who discovered the neutron in 1932 while (c) Helium nucleus (d) Electron
working at Cavendish Laboratory? 11. Which of the following particles were made to
(a) James Chadwick (b) Ernest Rutherford fall on a thin gold foil by Ernest Rutherford?
(c) Carl D. Anderson (d) Edmond Becquerel (a) Gamma (b) Beta
3. Which among the following is false about alpha (c) Electron (d) Alpha
particles? 12. Atomic number of an atom gives the number of
(a) They have high ionization power which of the following?
(b) They have high penetrating power (a) Electrons (b) Protons
(c) They have high kinetic energy (c) Neutrons (d) Neutrons and Protons
(d) They are positively charged helium nuclei 13. The antiparticle of an electron is?
4. Alpha particles are……….? (a) Positron (b) Proton
(a) Twice the mass of beta particles (c) Alpha particles (d) Beta particles
(b) Negatively charged 14. The number of protons in a Lithium nucleus is:
(c) Just like helium nuclei (a) One (b) Two
(d) Lower in ionizing power as compared to gamma (c) Three (d) Four
rays 15. Neutrons are present in the nucleus of all
5. The atomic nucleus was discovered by atoms EXCEPT in those of _____.
(A) Rutherford (B) Dalton (a) Oxygen (b) Hydrogen
(C) Einstein (D) Thomson (c) Nitrogen (d) Carbon
6. Which among the following is present inside the 16. Cathode rays are a ray of ____.
nucleus of an atom? (a) Proton (b) Positron
(a) Protons and Neutrons (c) Neutron (d) Electron
(b) Electrons and Protons 17. Which of the following represents on alpha
(c) Neutrons and Electrons particle?
(d) Neutrons, Protons, and Electrons (a) 1He1 (b) 4He2
7. The mass of proton and mass of ………is same. (c) 2He1 (d) 2He2
(a) Neutron (b) Electron 18. There are stable, negatively charged paticles
(c) Isoprone (d) Alpha particle found in all atoms?
8. Electrons move around the nucleus in..........…. (a) Photons (b) Neutrons
motion. (c) Electrons (d) Protons
(a) translator (b) spin 19. The isoneutronic group, in the following is
(c) orbital (d) vibrational (a) 6C12, 7N14, 8O16
9. Which of the following property of a proton (b) 6C12, 7N14, 8N18
cannot change while it moves freely in magnetic (c) 6C14, 7N14, 8O16
field? (d) 6C14, 7N15, 8O16
(a) Speed (b) Velocity 20. How many protons are there in a lithium
(c) Momentum (d) speed and velocity nucleus?

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(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) Gold (d) Nitrogen

(c) 5 (d) 3 29. The existence of isotopes was first suggested in
21. The first electron shell which is the nearest to 1913 by the radiochemist.........
the nucleus never holds more than 'n' electrons, (a) Frederick Soddy (b) Carl D. Anderson
where 'n' is equal to: (c) Arnest rutherford (d) Joseph Priestley
(a) 8 (b) 2 30. Atoms of same element having different mass
(c) 6 (d) 4 numbers are called____?
22. Fe has 26 protons in its nucleus. What are the (a) Isobars (b) Isotopes
number of electrons in Fe2+ (II) ion? (c) Isotones (d) Isomers
(a) 24 (b) 26 31. Chemical properties of isotopes______?
(c) 28 (d) 13 (a) Must be same
23. Barium loses………. electrons to achieve noble (b) Must be different
gas electronic configuration? (c) Need not be same
(a) 1 (b) 2 (d) Need not be different
(c) 3 (d) 4 32. Which of the following is not an isotope of the
24. The general electronic configuration ns2np3 fits element hydrogen?
which of the following elements? (a) Deuterium (b) Radium
(a) Boron (b) Fluorine (c) Tritium (d) Protium
(c) Oxygen (d) Nitrogen 33. Atoms of different elements with different
25. Atoms of which of the following elements has atomic numbers, having same mass number is
more than one electron in its outermost shell? known as ––––.
(a) Lithium (b) Sodium (a) Isobars (b) Isohalines
(c) Hydrogen (d) Beryllium (c) Isotopes (d) Ion
26. What is the atomic mass of oxygen (expressed 34. Which of the following is an example of pair of
in ‘u’)? Isobars?
(a) 24 (b) 8 (a) Hydrogen and Helium
(c) 16 (d) 32 (b) Calcium and Argon
27. Which of the following is false? (c) Chlorine and Oxygen
(a) Hydrogen atom is roughly a third of the mass of (d) Oxygen and Carbon
tritium 35. In the context of isotopes of any element,
(b) Deuterium is called heavy hydrogen which of the following statements is not correct?
(c) Deuterium atom has 1 neutron (a) They have same atomic number
(d) Protium is the rarest isotope of hydrogen (b) They differ in physical properties
28. Protium, deuterium and tritium are the (c) They have same mass number
naturally occurring isotopes of: (d) They have identical chemical properties
(a) Hydrogen (b) Carbon

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