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UNIT 12
NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
1.

Rand dioactivity was discovered by

(a) Becquereo
(b) Curie
(c) Rutherford
(d) Chadwick

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2.

The equivalence of mass and energy was

stated mathematically
(a) Eistein
(b) Bohar
(c) Oppenheimer
(d) curie

3.

The endproduct of radioactive is an isotope

of the element
(a) U
(b) Bi
(c) Na
(d) Pb

10. A radiation detector often used to keep a

record of exposure to penetrating rediation
is
(a) Geiger-Muller Counter
(b) Wilson cloud Chamber
(c) Scintillation Chamber
(d) Film Badge

4.

The element of Z =50 is most stabel when

(a) no. of p =no. of n
(b) no. of n>no. of p
(c) no.of p no. of e
(d) no. of n< no. p

5.

Magic number eleemnts are those isotopes

of elements
(a) in which the number of protons neutrons
is 2,8,20,28,50,82,126
(b) are relatively more abundant
(c) all of these

6.

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P has

n
ratio too low for stability. Its
p

stability can be increased by

(a) positron emission
(b) beta-decay
(c) electron capture
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Rb is neutron poor. Its stability can be

increased by
(a) position emission
(b) beta-decay
(c) alpha decay
(d) electron capture

The half-life of Rn
(a) 4.5 109 years
(b) 3.8 days
(c) 3.1 minutes
(d) 24.1 days

11. The S.I. unit of radioactivity is

(a) cure
(b) Micro-Curie
(c) Rutherford
(d) Becqerel
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12. The mass of radium ( 88
Ra ) that has
radioactivity of one micro-curie(half life for
Ra = 5.12 !010 sec) is nearly
(a) 106 g
(b) 105 g
(c) 104 g
(d) 103 g

13. The half life of

The common ore of Ra is

(a) sitibinite
(b) pitch blende
(c) reagler
(d) bornite

214
Bi is 19.7 minutes. The
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mass of this isotope that has an activity of

2.5 milli-curie is
(a) 5.6 1011
(b) 2.8 1012
(c) 1.46 1013
(d) 7 1014
14. The half life of

222
Rn gas in 4 days.
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Starting with 10 mgs of the isotope, what

amount will remain after 16 days ?
5

mgs

(a) 8
1

8.

is

(b) 16
3

(c) 9 8

mgs

mgs

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(d) none of these

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15. The half of a radio-isotope is 35 sec. In

what period of the time would the activity
of sample be reduced to

1
of the original
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activity ?
(a) 210 sec.
(b) 105 sec.
(c) 52.5 sec.
(d) 70 sec.
16. A certain isotope has t1/2 of 1.0 105 years.
What fraction of the original sample would
be left at the end of 1.0 106 years ?
(a) 1 103
(b) 1 104
(c) 1 105
(d) 1 106

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U+ n

Sr +

139
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Xe + ? is

1
0
1
(b) 4 n
0
1
(c) 5 n
0
1
(d) n
0

(a) 3 n

18. The t1/2 of

30
15

C is believed to be made in the upper

atmosphere as:
14
1
14
1
N+ n C+ H
7
0
6
1

If mass of H- atom is 1.00786, and that of

neutron is 1.00867 amu, the
(a) 0.61
(b) 0.31
(c) 0.15
(d) 1.22
22. The release of 2.8 1013 J in a nuclear
reactor corresponds to the conversion of
How manu grams of matter to energy ?
(a) 0.312 g
(b) 0.624 g
(c) 0.156 g
(d) 0.078 g
23. A certain radioactive series starts with
238
206
U and ends with
Pb. In the overall
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17. The missing particle in

292

14

P is 3 minutes. How much of

a 16-microgram sample would reamain

after 15 minutes?
(a) 0.125
(b) 0.50
(c) 8.0
(d) 1.0
19. The mass of a H- atom is 1.00783 amu, and
that of neutron is 1.00967 amu, find the
mass defect for C-12.
(a) 0.099
(b) 0.044
(c) 0.022
(d) 0.176
20. Refer to question 19, B.E. per nucleon in
MeV is nearly
(a) 6.8
(b) 7.1
(c) 8.8
(d) 7.69

procell, how man alpha and beta particular

are emitted ?
(a) 8,6
(b) 14,10
(c) 7,10
(d) 7,4
24. The half-life of U 238, which decays to
Pb-206, is 4.5 109.years. A rock which
contains equal number of grams of two
isotopes would be how much old?
(a) less than 4.5 109 year
(b) more then 4.5 109years
(c) 4.5 109
(d) impossible to tell
25. In C-14 dating conceived by Willard Libby,
one measures
(a) the time requird for half of the C- 14 in
the sample to decay
(b) the ratio of C-14 to C-12 in the sample
(c) the percentage of Carbon in the sample
(d) the times required for half of the organic
metrial to decay
26. A wooden object from an archeological
field has only 25% as much as C-14 as a
piece of fresh wool. Half life for C-14
14
14
0
C N + e is 5760 years. The age
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7
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object is computed to be
(a) 5760
(b) 11520
(c) 23040
(d) 2880(years)

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27. The hair of a Egyptian women has C 14

activity of 7 counts per minute per gram of
Carbon. What is the age of the hair in
years?
(a) 5760
(b) 2880
(c) 1440
(d) 720
28. The half-life of U-325 and U-238 are 0.71
109 and 4.51 109 years respectively. For
separate samples of these two isotopes
containing equal number of atoms, the rate
of decay is more rapid in
(a) U-235
(b) U-238
(c) both decay at the same rate
(d) impossible to tell
29. The decay of a neutron to a proton also
yields
(a)
(b)
(c)

0
e
1
0
+1
2

1
4

(a) particle He+, cannot penetrate paper

2

(b) Beta particle,

H+

34. What is the wource of

e; high

206
Pb if its is
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formed by alpha emission followed by beta

emission?
202
T1
81
206
(b)
T1
81
216
(c)
Bi
83
210

(a)

84

Po

35. When an

(d) He

1
1 0

e, n p +

energy electrons coming from the

nucleus can penetrate paper but not the
sheets of Al
(c) Gamma radiations show electromagnetic
radiations; only stopped by several Cm
of Pb
(d) all are deflected by magnetic field

(d)

238
U loses an alpha and the
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product then loses beta particle, the

resulting atom will be

30. The half-life of an unstabel isotope is

strongly influenced by
(a) temperature
(b) pressure
(c) both temperature and pressure
(d) neither temperature nor pressure

31. the binding energy of an atom accounts for

all the following except
(a) faults in atomic structure
(d) matter converted into energy.
(c) a contradiction to the Law of
Conservation of matter
(d) the energy equivalent of a matter lost
32. What type of reaction produces Suns
energy?
(a) fusion
(b) fission
(c) mass defect
(d) metathesis
33. What is not true of types of radiations ?

(a)
(b)

234
U
92
234

Th

90
234
(c)
Pa
91
232
(d)
Th
90

36. The initial activity of a 2-grams sample of

actinium chloride is 120 cpm, how long will
it take a 1-9 sample of the chloride to reach
an activity of 15 counts per minute ? half
life of actinium is 6 hours.
(a) 12 h
(b) 18h
(c) 24 h
(d) 48 h
37. In which of the following pairs are the rays
most similar ?
(a) alpha rays and beta rays
(b) gamma rays and X-rays
(c) alpha rays and gamma rays
(d) beta rays and X-rays.

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38. In breeder reactors

(a) Th 232 isotope can be used to breed the
fissionable isotope, U-233
(b) U-238 isotope can be used to breed
fissionable isotope Ru-239
(c) more fissionable material is produced
than it is consumed
(d) all of these
39. The mass of a menson is
(a) 273 times that of the electron
(b) 273 times that of a proton
(c)

1
times the mass of a proton
273

(d) same as mass of an electron

40. The forces which act as glue binding the
protons and neutrons in the nucleus are
(a) mesons
(b) exchange process
1
1
1
(c) H == n + +; n == H +
0
0
1
1

41. The element Si has mass number of 28.

The isotope

30
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Si would most likely decay

by emitting
(a) positron
(b) proton
(c) electron
(d) particle
42. Which one of the following isotopes would
be most likely to undergo fission ?
(a)
(b)

14
C
6
239

He,

6
10
Li and
B are
3
5

4.0015, 6.0135 and 10.0102 respectively.

The splitting of a B-10 nucleus to He-4 and
Li-6 would
(a) evolve energy
(b) absorb energy
(c) result in no energy change
(d) cannot be predicted
45. Which of the following radio0isotopes
would you use to date an object containing
each one of them if the object is expected to
be about 100 years old ?
(a)
(b)
(c)

87
14

Pb
C

63

Ni

(d) all of these

44. The masses of

(d) H

1
2
1
t
2
1
t
2

5.7 1010 yr

12.3 yr

5720 yr
92 yr

46. A barn is a unit used in nuclear chemistry.

One barn is
(a) 1024 cm2
(b) 1013 cm2
(c) 1026 cm2
(d) 1016 cm2
47. K-Capture
(a) refers to capture by other nucleus of an
electron from K-shell
(b) results in decrease in Z
(c) is of the type

133
Ba +
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133
Cs +
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X-rays
(d) all of these

Ru

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(c) Co
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48. Using the expression

(a) ????????
(b) ????????
(c) 6.65 1013 cm
(d) none of these

(d) H
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43. According to the Einsteins relation, the

energy given off in a nuclear reaction in
which the decrease in mass is 2.0 mgs
would be (in ergs)
(a) 1.8 1018
(b) 9.0 1020
(c) 1.5 1020
(d) none of these

49. A device to accelerate atomic particles is

(a) cyclotron
(b) the Van de Graof electrostatic generator
(c) the betatron
(d) all of these
50. Rutherfordium (Z=104) is made by
(a) bombardment of Cf with

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C
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(b) bombardment of Ru with

(c) bombardment of Am with

23
Ne
10
4
2
1

He

(d) bombardment of Ru with H

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