PHYSICS

26. In nuclear reaction denotes

A) electron B) positron C) proton D) neutron

27. Two nucleons are at a separation of The net force between them is if both
are neutrons, if both are protons and if one is a proton and other is a neutron. In
such a case

A) B) C) D)

28. If a radioactive nucleus decay according to the following reaction

then the mass number and atomic number of
will be respectively

A) 172, 70 B) 172, 69 C) 172, 68 D) 171, 69

29. Consider the following two statement A and B and identify the correct answer given
below:

A) Nuclear density is same for all nuclei

B) Radius of the nucleus (R) and its mass number (A) are related as

A) A and B are true B) A and B are false C) A is true but B is false D) A is false
but B is true

30. If one microgram of is completely destroyed in an atom bomb, how much energy
will be released?

A) B) C) D)

31. In the reaction If the binding energies of are

respectively a, b and c (in MeV) released in this reaction is

A) B) C) D)
32. Two radioactive materials have decay constant respectively. Initially
they have the same number of nuclei. The ratio of number of nuclei to that of will

be after time:

A) B) C) D)

33. The BE/A for deuteron and an -particle are respectively. The energy
released in the reaction will be

A) B) C) D)

34. At a given instant there are 25% of undecayed radio-active nuclei in a sample. After 10S,
the number of undecayed nuclei reduces to 12.5%. The time in which the number of
undecayed nuclei will further reduced to 6.25% of the reduced number is,

A) 20 Sec B) 30 Sec C) 10 Sec D) 40 Sec

35. In a sample of radioactive material, what fraction of the initial number of active nuclei
will remain undisintegrated after half of a half-life of the sample?

A) B) C) D)

36. A sample of radioactive material has mass m, decay constant 1, and molecular weight M.
Avogadro constant The activity of the sample after time t will be

A) B) C) D)

37. Binding energy per Nucleon of are 5.6 MeV and 7.06 MeV. Then find the
energy of proton in the following reaction

A) 1.728 MeV B) 17.28 MeV C) 172.8 MeV D) 1728 MeV

38. If 50% of energy released during fission would be converted into electrical energy, then
the number of fissions in a second in a nuclear reactor of 6.4MW output is (Energy per
fission is 200MeV)
 A) B) C) D)

39. A nucleus ruptures into two nuclear parts which have their velocity ratio equal to 2:1.
What will be ratio of their nuclear size (nuclear radius)

A) B) C) D)

40. Let be the mass of proton, the mass of neutron, is the mass of nucleus
and the mass of a nucleus. Then

A) B) C) D)

41. Binding energy per nucleon verses mass number curve for nuclei is shown in the fig. W,
X, Y and Z are four nuclei indicated on the curve. The process that would release energy
is

A) B) C) D)

42. The binding energies per nucleon are 5.3 MeV, 6.2 MeV and 7.4 MeV for the nuclei with
mass numbers 3, 4 and 5 respectively. If one nucleus of mass number 3 combines with
one nucleus of mass number 5 to give two nuclei of mass number 4, then

A) 0.3 MeV of energy absorbed B) 0.3 MeV of energy is released

C) 2.81 MeV energy is absorbed D) 3.3 MeV energy is absorbed

43. The binding energy of deuteron is 1.112 MeV per nucleon and an particle
has a binding energy of 7.047 MeV per nucleon. Then in the fusion reaction
, the energy released is
 A) 1 MeV B) 11.9 MeV C) 23.8 MeV D) 931 MeV

44. From a newly formed radioactive substance (half life 2 hours), the intensity of radiation
is 64 times the permissible safe level. The minimum time after which work can be done
safely form this source is

A) 6 hours B) 12 hours C) 24 hours D) 128 hours

45. The half-life of The time taken for the radioactivity of a sample of to
decay to of its initial value is

A) B) C) D)

46. Which of the following statement is correct?

A) The rest mass of a stable nucleus is less than the sum of the masses of its separated
nucleons.

B) The rest mass of a stable nucleus is greater than the sum of the rest masses of
separated nucleons.

C) In nuclear fission, energy is released by fusing two nuclei of medium mass

(approximately 100 amu)

D) In nuclear fission, energy is released by fragmentation of a very heavy nucleus

47. An unstable element is produced in a nuclear at a constant rate. If its half life is 100 years
the time in years is required to produce 50% of the equilibrium quantity is then the
value of is?

A) 12 B) 10 C) 5 D) 2.5

48. The binding energies of nuclei X and Y are respectively. Two atoms of X fuse
to give one atom of Y and an energy Q is released. Then:

A) B) C) D)

49. During negative decay, an anti-neutrino is also emitted along with the ejected electron.
Then

A) only linear momentum will be conserved

 B) total linear momentum and total angular momentum but not total energy will be
conserved

C) total linear momentum and total energy but not total angular momentum will be
conserved

D) total linear momentum, total angular momentum and total energy will be conserved

50. Consider the following statements:

i) Nuclear fission is normally followed by emission of -particles.

ii) Emission of -particle is normally followed by emission of rays.

iii) In carbon-carbon cycle of fusion reaction which powers the large stars, two carbon
combine nuclei to form a magnesium nucleus:

The correct order of True/False in above statements is

A) T T T B) T T F C) F T T D) T F T

51. The figure given by below is a plot of binding energy per nucleon, against the nuclear
mass M; A, B, C, D, E and F correspond to different nuclei. Consider four reactions:

i) ii) iii) iv)

Here is the energy released. In which reaction is positive?

A) i and iv B) i and iii C) ii and iv D) ii and iii

52. In a radioactive decay chain, the initial nucleus is . At the end where are 6
particles and 4 particles which are emitted. If the end nucleus is are given
by

A) A = 208, Z = 80 B) A = 200; Z = 81 C) A = 202, Z = 80 D) A = 208; Z = 82

53. Consider the nuclear fission .Given the binding energy/nucleon of
are, respectively, 8.03 MeV, 7.07 MeV and 7.86 MeV, identify the
correct statement

A) 8.3 MeV energy will be released B) energy of 3.6 MeV will be released

C) energy of 11.9MeV has to be supplied D) energy of 12.4 MeV will be supplied

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