JEE-Main (Previous Year Questions)

1. As an electron makes a transition from an excited state to the ground state of a hydrogen –
like atom/ion: [JEE(Main)-2015]
(1) kinetic energy decreases, potential energy increases but total ene0rgy remains same
(2) kinetic energy and total energy decrease but potential energy increases
(3) its kinetic energy increases but potential energy and total energy decreases
(4) kinetic energy, potential energy and total energy decrease

2. Match List-I (Fundament Experiment) with List-II (its conclusion) and select the correct option
from the choices given below the list: [JEE(Main)-2015]
List-I List-II
(A) Franck-Hertz Experiment (i) Particle nature of light
(B) Photo-electric Experiment (ii) Discrete energy levels of atom
(C) Davison-Germer Experiment (iii) Wave nature of electron
(iv) Structure of atom
(1) A-ii, B-i, C-iii (2) A-iv, B-iii, C-ii (3) A-i, B-iv, C-iii (4) A-ii, B-iv, C-iii

3. Radiation of wavelength , is incident on a photocell. The fastest emitted electron has speed .
3
If the wavelength of changed to , the speed of the fastest emitted electron will be: [JEE(Main)-2016]
4
1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2
3 4 4 4
(1) =    (2)     (3)     (4) =   
5 3 3 3

4. An electron beam is accelerated by a potential difference V to hit a metallic target to produce

X-rays. It produces continuous as well as characteristic X-rays. If min is the smallest possible
wavelength of X-ray in the spectrum, the variation of log min with log V is correctly represented
in: [JEE(Main)-2017]

(1) (2)

(3) (4)

5. Some energy levels of a molecule are shown in the figure. The ratio of the wavelengths r = 1/2,
is given by: [JEE(Main)-2017]

3 1 4 2
(1) r = (2) r = (3) r = (4) r =
4 3 3 3

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6. A particle A of mass m and initial velocity v collides with a particle B of mass which is at
2
rest. The collision is head on and elastic. The ratio of the de–Broglie wavelengths A to B after
the collision is: [JEE(Main)-2017]
A 2 A 1 A 1 A
(1) = (2) = (3) = (4) =2
B 3 B 2 B 3 B

7. If the series limit frequency of the Lyman series is L, then the series limit frequency of the
Pfund series is: [JEE(Main)-2018]
(1) L/25 (2) L (3) L (4) L/16

8. An electron from various excited states of hydrogen atom emit radiation to come to the ground
state. Let n, g be the de broglie wavelengths of the electron in nth state and the ground state
respectively. Let n be the wavelength of the emitted photon in the transition from the n th state
to the ground state. For large n, (A,B are constants) [JEE(Main)-2018]
B
(1) n2   (2) n  A + (3) n  A + Bn (4) n2  A + Bn2
n2

9. Surface of certain metal is first illuminated with light of wavelength 1 =350 nm and then, by
light of wavelength 2 = 54 nm. It is found that the maximum speed of the photo electron in
the two cases differ by a factor of 2. The work function of the metal (in eV) is close to:
1240
(Energy of photon = eV ) [JEE(Main)-2019]
(innm)
(1) 1.8 (2) 1.4 (3) 2.5 (4) 5.6

10. The magnetic field associated with a light wave is given, at the origin, by B = B0 [sin(3.14 × 107)ct
+ sin(6.28 × 107)ct]. If this light falls on a silver plate having a work function of 4.7 eV, what will
be the maximum kinetic energy of the photo electrons?
(c = 3 × 108 ms–1, h = 6.6 × 10–34 J-s) [JEE(Main)-2019]
(1) 12.5 eV (2) 8.52 eV
(3) 6.82 eV (4) 7.72 eV

11. A metal plate of area 1 × 10–4 m2 is illuminated by a radiation of intensity 16 mW/m2. The work
function of the metal is 5eV. The energy of the incident photons is 10eV and only 10% of it
produces photo electrons. The number of emitted photo electrons per second and their
maximum energy, respectively, will be: [1 eV = 1.6 × 10–19J] [JEE(Main)-2019]
(1) 10 and 5 eV
12
(2) 10 and 5 eV
10

(3) 10 and 10 eV
14
(4) 1011 and 5 eV

12. A hydrogen atom, initially in the ground state is excited by absorbing a photon of
wavelength 980 Å. The radius of the atom in the excited state, it terms of Bohr radius a 0, will
be: (hc = 12500 eV – Å) [JEE(Main)-2019]
(1) 9a0 (2) 4a0
(3) 25a0 (4) 16a0

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13. If the de-Broglie wavelength of an electron is equal to 10–3 times the wavelength of a photon of
frequency 6 × 1014 Hz, then the speed of electron is equal to: [JEE(Main)-2019]
(Speed of light = 3 × 10 m/s
8

Planck's constant = 6.63 × 10–34 J.s

Mass of electron = 9.1 × 10–31 kg)
(1) 1.7 × 106 m/s (2) 1.45 × 106 m/s (3) 1.1 × 106 m/s (4) 1.8 × 106 m/s

14. In a hydrogen like atom, when an electron jumps from the M - shell to the L- shell, the
wavelength of emitted radiation is . If an electron jumps from N-shell to the L-shell, the
wavelength of emitted radiation will be: [JEE(Main)-2019]
27 20 16 25
(1)  (2)  (3)  (4) 
20 27 25 16

15. In a photoelectric experiment, the wavelength of the light incident on a metal is changed from
 hc 
300 nm to 400 nm. The decrease in the stopping potential is close to:  = 1240nm − V 
 e 
[JEE(Main)-2019]
(1) 2.0 V (2) 1.0 V (3) 0.5 V (4) 1.5 V

16. A particle A of mass 'm' and charge 'q' is accelerated by a potential difference of 50 V. Another
particle B of mass '4 m' and charge 'q' is accelerated by a potential difference of 2500 V. The
A
ratio of de-Broglie wavelengths is close to: [JEE(Main)-2019]
B
(1) 10.00 (2) 0.07 (3) 4.47 (4) 14.14

1 2
17. A particle of mass m moves in a circular orbit in a central potential field U(r) =
kr . If Bohr's
2
quantization conditions are applied, radii of possible orbitals and energy levels vary with
quantum number n as: [JEE(Main)-2019]
1 1
(1) rn  n,En  (2) rn  n2 ,En  (3) rn  n,En  n (4) rn  n,En  n
n n2

18. When a certain photosensitive surface is illuminated with monochromatic light of frequency ,
the stopping potential for the photo current is –V0/2. When the surface is illuminated by
monochromatic light of frequency /2, the stopping potential is –V0. The threshold frequency
for photoelectric emission is: [JEE(Main)-2019]
4 3 5
(1) 2 (2) (3) (4)
3 2 3

19. In a Frank-Hertz experiment, an electron of energy 5.6 eV passes through mercury vapour and
emerges with an energy 0.7 eV. The minimum wavelength of photons emitted by mercury atoms
is close to: [JEE(Main)-2019]
(1) 220 nm (2) 1700 nm (3) 250 nm (4) 2020 nm

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20. Radiation coming from transitions n = 2 to n = 1 of hydrogen atoms fall on He+ ions in n = 1 and
n = 2 states. The possible transition of helium ions as they absorb energy from the radiation is:
[JEE(Main)-2019]
(1) n = 2 → n = 5 (2) n = 2 → n =4
(3) n = 2 → n = 3 (4) n = 1 → n = 4

21. Two particles move at right angle to each other. The de Broglie wavelengths are 1 and 2
respectively. The particles suffer perfectly inelastic collision. The de Broglie wavelength , of
the final particle, is given by [JEE(Main)-2019]
1 1 1 2 1 1  1 + 2
(1) = 2 + 2 (2)  =  12 (3) = + (4)  =
 2
 1 2   1 2 2

40 16
22. The ratio of mass densities of nuclei of Ca and O is close to: [JEE(Main)-2019]
(1) 1 (2) 0.1 (3) 2 (4) 5

23. A nucleus A, with a finite de–broglie wavelength Å, undregoes spontaneous fission into two
nuclei B and C of equal mass. B flies in the same direction as that of A, while C flies in the
opposite direction with a velocity equal to half of that of B. The de–Broglie wavelengths B and
C of B and C are respectively: [JEE(Main)-2019]
A A
(1) A , (2) 2A, A (3) , A (4) A, 2A
2 2

 2x  N
24. The electric field of the light wave is given as E = 10−3 cos  −7
− 2  6  1014 t  x
ˆ . This light
 5  10  C
falls on a metal plate of work function 2 eV. The stopping potential of the photo-electrons is:
12375
Given, E (in eV) = [JEE(Main)-2019]
(A)
(1) 0.48 V (2) 2.0 V (3) 0.72 V (4) 2.48 V

25. Taking the wavelength of first Balmer line in hydrogen spectrum (n = 3 to n = 2) as 660 nm, the
wavelength of the 2nd Balmer line (n = 4 to n = 2) will be: [JEE(Main)-2019]
(1) 388.9 nm (2) 488.9 nm (3) 642.7 nm (4) 889.2 nm

26. A particle 'P' is formed due to a completely inelastic collision of particles 'x' and ‘y' having
de-Broglie wavelengths 'x' and 'y' respectively. If x and y were moving in opposite directions,
then the de-Broglie wavelength of 'P' is: [JEE(Main)-2019]
x  y x  y
(1) (2) (3) x + y (4) x –y
x +  y x −  y

27. A He+ ion is in its first excited state. Its ionization energy is: [JEE(Main)-2019]
(1) 6.04 eV (2) 54.40 eV
(3) 48.36 eV (4) 13.60 eV

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28. In a photoelectric effect experiment the threshold wavelength of light is 380 nm. If the
wavelength of incident light is 260 nm, the maximum kinetic energy of emitted electrons will
be: [JEE(Main)-2019]
(1) 15.1 eV (2) 4.5 eV (3) 3.0 eV (4) 1.5 eV

29. Two radioactive materials A and B have decay constants 10 and  respectively. If initially they
have the same number of nuclei, then the ratio of the number of nuclei of A to that of B will
be 1/e after a time: [JEE(Main)-2019]
1 11 1 1
(1) (2) (3) (4)
11 10  9 10 

30. A 2 mW laser operates at a wavelength of 500 nm. The number of photons that will be emitted
per second is: [JEE(Main)-2019]
[Given Planck’s constant h = 6.6×10 Js, speed of light c = 3.0×10 m/s]
–34 8

(1) 2×1016 (2) 1×1016 (3) 1.5×1016 (4) 5×1015

31. In Li+ +, electron in first Bohr orbit is excited to a level by a radiation of wavelength . When the
ion gets deexcited to the ground state in all possible ways (including intermediate emissions),
a total of six spectral lines are observed. What is the value of ?
(Given: h = 6.63 × 10–34 Js; c = 3 × 108 ms–1) [JEE(Main)-2019]
(1) 12.3 nm (2) 9.4 nm (3) 11.4 nm (4) 10.8 nm

32. Light is incident normally on a completely absorbing surface with an energy flux of 25 Wcm –2.
If the surface has an area of 25 cm2, the momentum transferred to the surface in 40 min time
duration will be: [JEE(Main)-2019]
(1) 6.3 × 10 Ns
–4
(2) 1.4 × 10 Ns
–6
(3) 5.0 × 10 Ns
–3
(4) 3.5 × 10 Ns
–6

33. An excited He+ ion emits two photons in succession, with wavelengths 108.5 nm and 30.4 nm,
in making a transition to ground state. The quantum number n, corresponding to its initial
1240eVnm
excited state is (for photon of wavelength , energy E = ) [JEE(Main)-2019]
(in nm)
(1) n = 5 (2) n = 6 (3) n = 4 (4) n = 7

34. The stopping potential V0 (in volt) as a function of frequency () for a sodium emitter, is shown
in the figure. The work function of sodium, from the data plotted in the figure, will be:
(Given: Planck's constant (h) = 6.63×10 –34 Js, electron charge e = 1.6×10 –19 C) [JEE(Main)-2019]

(1) 1.66 eV (2) 1.82 eV (3) 1.95 eV (4) 2.12 eV

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35. Half lives of two radioactive nuclei A and B are 10 minutes and 20 minutes, respectively. If,
initially a sample has equal number of nuclei, then after 60 minutes, the ratio of decayed
numbers of nuclei A and B will be: [JEE(Main)-2019]
(1) 3 : 8 (2) 1 : 8 (3) 8 : 1 (4) 9 : 8

36. Consider an electron in a hydrogen atom, revolving in its second excited state (having radius
4.65 Å). The de-Broglie wavelength of this electron is: [JEE(Main)-2019]
(1) 3.5 Å (2) 12.9 Å (3) 6.6 Å (4) 9.7 Å

37. The electron in a hydrogen atom first jumps from the third excited state to the second excited
1
state and subsequently to the first excited state. The ratio of the respective wavelengths, ,
2
of the photons emitted in this process is: [JEE(Main)-2019]
27 7 20 9
(1) (2) (3) (4)
5 5 7 7

38. The time period of revolution of electron in its ground state orbit in a hydrogen atom is
1.6 × 10-16 s. The frequency of revolution of the electron in its first excited state (in s –1) is:
[JEE(Main)-2020]
(1) 6.2 × 1015 (2) 5.6 × 1012
(3) 7.8 × 1014 (4) 1.6 × 1014

39. A beam of electromagnetic radiation of intensity 6.4 × 10 –5 W/cm2 is comprised of wavelength,

 = 310 nm. It falls normally on a metal (work function  = 2eV) of surface area of 1 cm2. If one
in 103 photons ejects an electron, total number of electrons ejected in 1 s is 10 x.
(hc = 1240eVnm, 1eV=1.6×10–19 J), then x is_______. [JEE(Main)-2020]

40. An electron (of mass m) and a photon have the same energy E in the range of a few eV. The
ratio of the de-Broglie wavelength associated with the electron and the wavelength of the
photon is (c = speed of light in vacuum) [JEE(Main)-2020]
1/2 1/2
 E  1 E 
(1)   (2)  
 2m  c  2m 
1/2
1  2E 
(3) c(2mE)1/2 (4)  
c m

41. The graph which depicts the results of Rutherford gold foil experiment with -particles is:  :
Scattering angle Y : Number of scattered -particles detected (Plots are schematic and n to
scale) [JEE(Main)-2020]

(1) (2) (3) (4)

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42. An electron (mass m) with initial velocity v = v0ˆi + v0ˆj is in an electric field E = −E0kˆ . If 0 is
initial de-Broglie wavelength of electron, its de-Broglie wave length at time t is given by:
[JEE(Main)-2020]
0 2 0
(2)
2 2 2
1+
eE t e2E2 t2
(1) 2+
m2 v02 m2 2 + v 02

0 0
(3) (4)
2 2 2
eE t e2E02 t2
1+ 1+
2m2 v02 m2 v02

43. The first member of the Balmer series of hydrogen atom has a wavelength of 6561 Å. The
wavelength of the second member of the Balmer series (in nm) is: [JEE(Main)-2020]

44. An electron of mass m and magnitude of charge |e| initially at rest gets accelerated by a constant
electric field E. The rate of change of de-Broglie wavelength of this electron at time t ignoring
relativistic effects is: [JEE(Main)-2020]

−h e Et
(1) (2)
e Et2 h

h h
(3) (4) −
2 e Et
e Et

45. In a hydrogen atom the electron makes a transition from (n + 1) th level to the nth level. If n>>l,
the frequency of radiation emitted is proportional to: [JEE(Main)-2020]
1 1
(1) (2)
4
n n3
1 1
(3) (4)
2 n
n

46. Given below are two statements: [JEE(Main)-2021]

Statement-I: Two photons having equal linear momenta have equal wavelengths.
Statement-II: If the wavelength of photon is decreased, then the momentum and energy of a
photon will also decrease.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
(1) Both Statement I and Statement II are true
(2) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
(3) Both Statement I and Statement II are false
(4) Statement I is true but Statement II is false

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47. In the given figure, the energy levels of hydrogen atom have been shown along with some
transitions marked A, B, C, D and E. The transitions A, B and C respectively represent:
[JEE(Main)-2021]

(1) The ionization potential of hydrogen, second member of Balmer series and third member of
Paschen series.
(2) The first member of the Lyman series, third member of Balmer series and second member
of Paschen series.
(3) The series limit of Lyman series, third member of Balmer series and second member of
Paschen series.
(4) The series limit of Lyman series, second member of Balmer series and second member of
Paschen series.

48. The de Broglie wavelength of a proton and -particle are equal. The ratio of their velocities is:
[JEE(Main)-2021]
(1) 4 : 3 (2) 4 : 1 (3) 4 : 2 (4) 1 : 4

49. An X-ray tube is operated at 1.24 million volt. The shortest wavelength of the produced photon
will be: [JEE(Main)-2021]
(1) 10 nm
–3
(2) 10 nm
–1
(3) 10 nm
–2
(4) 10 nm
–4

50. The wavelength of the photon emitted by a hydrogen atom when an electron makes a transition
from n = 2 to n = 1 state is: [JEE(Main)-2021]
(1) 194.8 nm (2) 913.3 nm (3) 490.7 nm (4) 121.8 nm

51. The stopping potential for electrons emitted from a photosensitive surface illuminated by light
of wavelength 491 nm is 0.710 V. When the incident wavelength is changed to a new value, the
stopping potential is 1.43 V. The new wavelength is: [JEE(Main)-2021]
(1) 329 nm (2) 309 nm (3) 382 nm (4) 400 nm

52. The wavelength of an X-ray beam is 10Å. The mass of a fictitious particle having the same energy
x
as that of the X-ray photons is h kg. The value of x is_________. (h = Planck's constant)
3
[JEE(Main)-2021]

53. If 1 and 2 are the wavelengths of the third member of Lyman and first member of the Paschen
series respectively, then the value of 1 : 2 is: [JEE(Main)-2021]
(1) 1 : 9 (2) 7 : 108 (3) 7 : 135 (4) 1 : 3

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54. The stopping potential in the context of photoelectric effect depends on the following property
of incident electromagnetic radiation: [JEE(Main)-2021]
(1) Phase (2) Intensity
(3) Amplitude (4) Frequency

55. Choose the correct option from the following options given below: [JEE(Main)-2022]
(1) In the ground state of Rutherford’s model electrons are in stable equilibrium. While in
Thomson’s model electrons always experience a net-force
(2) An atom has a nearly continuous mass distribution in a Rutherford’s model but has a highly
non-uniform mass distribution in Thomson’s model
(3) A classical atom based on Rutherford’s model is doomed to collapse.
(4) The positivity charged part of the atom possesses most of the mass in Rutherford’s model
but not in Thomson’s model

56. In Bohr’s atomic model of hydrogen, let K.P and E are the kinetic energy, potential energy and
total energy of the electron respectively. Choose the correct option when the electron
undergoes transition to a higher level: [JEE(Main)-2022]
(1) All K.P and E increase. (2) K decreases. P and E increase
(3) P decreases. K and E increase. (4) K increases. P and E decrease

57. The ratio for the speed of the electron in the 3rd orbit of He+ to the speed of the electron in the
3rd orbit of hydrogen atom will be: [JEE(Main)-2022]
(1) 1 : 1 (2) 1 : 2
(3) 4 : 1 (4) 2 : 1

R 
58. Which of the following figure represents the variation of ln   with ln A (If R = radius of a
R
 0 
nucleus and A = its mass number) [JEE(Main)-2022]

(1) (2) (3) (4)

59. When light of frequency twice the threshold frequency is incident on the metal plate, the
maximum velocity of emitted election is v1. When the frequency of incident radiation is
increased to five times the threshold value, the maximum velocity of emitted electron becomes
v2. If v2 = x v1, the value of x will be ________. [JEE(Main)-2022]

60. The light of two different frequencies whose photons have energies 3.8 eV and 1.4 eV
respectively, illuminate a metallic surface whose work function is 0.6 eV successively. The ratio
of maximum speeds of emitted electrons for the two frequencies respectively will be:
[JEE(Main)-2022]
(1) 1 : 1 (2) 2 : 1
(3) 4 : 1 (4) 1 : 4

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61. Given below are two statements: [JEE(Main)-2022]
Statement I: Davission-Germer experiment establishes the wave nature of electrons.
Statement II: If electrons have wave nature, they can interference and show diffraction.
In the light of the above statements choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) Both Statement I and Statement II are true
(2) Both statement and Statement II are false
(3) Statement I is true but Statement II is false
(4) Statement I is false but Statement II is true

62. A proton, a neutron, an electron and an -particle have same energy. If P , n , e and   are the
de-Broglie’s wavelength of proton, neutron, electron and  particle respectively, then choose
the correct relation from the following: [JEE(Main)-2022]
(1) P = n  e   (2)   n  P  e

(3) e  P = n   (4) e = P = n = 

ANSWER KEY

1. (3) 2. (1) 3. (2) 4. (3) 5. (2) 6. (4) 7. (1)

8. (2) 9. (1) 10. (4) 11. (4) 12. (4) 13. (2) 14. (2)
15. (2) 16. (4) 17. (3) 18. (3) 19. (4) 20. (2) 21. (1)
22. (1) 23. (3) 24. (1) 25. (2) 26. (2) 27. (4) 28. (4)
29. (3) 30. (3) 31. (4) 32. (3) 33. (1) 34. (1) 35. (4)
36. (4) 37. (3) 38. (3) 39. 11 40. (2) 41. (3) 42. (3)
43. 486 44. (1) 45. (2) 46. (4) 47. (3) 48. (2) 49. (1)
50. (4) 51. (3) 52. 10 53. (3) 54. (4) 55. (3) 56. (2)
57. (4) 58. (2) 59. 2 60. (2) 61. (1) 62. (2)

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 JEE-Advanced (Previous Year Questions)

1. The work functions of Silver and sodium are 4.6 and 2.3 eV, respectively. The ratio of the slope
of the stopping potential versus frequency plot for Silver to that of Sodium is:
[JEE(Advanced)-2013]

2. The radius of the orbit of an electron in a Hydrogen-like atom is 4.5 a0, where a0 is the Bohr
3h
radius. Its orbital angular momentum is . It is given that h is Planck constant and R is Rydberg
2
constant. The possible wavelength (s), when the atom de-excites, is (are)
[JEE(Advanced)-2013]
9 9
(A) (B)
32R 16R
9 4
(C) (D)
5R 3R

3. If cu is the wavelength of K X-ray line of copper (atomic number 29) and M is the wavelength
0

of the K X-ray line of molybdenum (atomic number 42), then the ratio cu / M is close to
0

[JEE(Advanced)-2014]
(A) 1.99 (B) 2.14
(C) 0.50 (D) 0.48

4. A metal surface is illuminated by light of two different wavelengths 248 nm and 310 nm. The
maximum speeds of the photoelectrons corresponding to these wavelengths are u 1 and u2,
respectively. If the ratio u1 : u2 = 2 : 1 and hc = 1240 eV nm, the work function of the metal is
nearly [JEE(Advanced)-2014]
(A) 3.7 eV (B) 3.2 eV
(C) 2.8 eV (D) 2.5 eV

5. Consider a hydrogen atom with its electron in the nth orbital. An electromagnetic radiation of
wavelength 90 nm is used to ionize the atom. If the kinetic energy of the ejected electron is
10.4 eV, then the value of n is (hc = 1242 eV nm) [JEE(Advanced)-2015]

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6. For photo-electric effect with incident photon wavelength , the stopping potential is V0.
Identify the correct variation(s) of V0 with  and 1/. [JEE(Advanced)-2015]
v0 v0 v0 v0

(A) (B) (C) (D)

   

7. Planck’s constant h, speed of light c and gravitational constant G are used to form a unit of
length L and a unit of mass M. Then the correct option(s) is(are) [JEE(Advanced)-2015]
(A) M  c (B) M  G (C) L  h (D) L  G

8. An electron in an excited state of Li2+ ion has angular momentum 3h/2. The de Broglie
wavelength of the electron in this state is pa0 (where a0 is the Bohr radius). The value of p is
[JEE(Advanced)-2015]

9. In a historical experiment to determine Planck's constant, a metal surface was irradiated with
light of different wavelengths. The emitted photoelectron energies were measured by applying
a stopping potential. The relevant data for the wavelength () of incident light and the
corresponding stopping potential (V0) are given below:
(m) V0 (Volt)
0.3 2.0
0.4 1.0
0.5 0.4
Given that c = 3×108 ms–1 and e = 1.6 × 10–19 C, Planck's constant (in units of Js) found from such
an experiment is: [JEE(Advanced)-2016]
(A) 6.0 × 10 –34
(B) 6.4 × 10 –34
(C) 6.6 × 10 –34
(D) 6.8 × 10–34

10. Highly excited states for hydrogen like atom (also called Rydberg states) with nuclear charge
Ze are defined by their principal quantum number n, where n >> 1. Which of the following
statement(s) is (are) true? [JEE(Advanced)-2016]
(A) Relative change in the radii of two consecutive orbitals does not depend on Z
(B) Relative change in the radii of two consecutive orbitals varies as 1/n
(C) Relative change in the energy of two consecutive orbitals varies as 1/n 3
(D) Relative change in the angular momenta of two consecutive orbitals varies as 1/n

11. A hydrogen atom in its ground state is irradiated by light of wavelength 970 Å. Taking
hc
=1.237×10–6 eV m and the ground state energy of hydrogen atom as –13.6 eV, the number of
e
lines present in the emission spectrum is [JEE(Advanced)-2016]

12. An electron in a hydrogen atom undergoes a transition from an orbit with quantum number n i
to another with quantum number nf . Vi and Vf are respectively the initial and final potential
vi
energies of the electron. If = 6.25, then the smallest possible nf is [JEE(Advanced)-2017]
vf

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13. A photoelectric material having work-function 0 is illuminated with light of wavelength
 hc 
,     . The fastest photoelectron has a de Broglie wavelength d. A change in wavelength
 0 

of the incident light by  results in a change d in d. Then the ratio d /  is proportional to
[JEE(Advanced)-2017]
(A) d/ (B) d2 / 

(C) d3 /  (D) d3 /  2

14. In a photoelectric experiment a parallel beam of monochromatic light with power of 200 W is
incident on a perfectly absorbing cathode of work function 6.25 eV. The frequency of light is
just above the threshold frequency so that the photoelectrons are emitted with negligible
kinetic energy. Assume that the photoelectron emission efficiency is 100%. A potential
difference of 500 V is applied between the cathode and the anode. All the emitted electrons
are incident normally on the anode and are absorbed. The anode experiences a force F = n ×
10–4 N due to the impact of the electrons. The value of n is __________. Given Mass of the
electron me= 9 ×10–31 kg and 1.0 eV = 1.6 ×10–19 J. [JEE(Advanced)-2018]

15. Consider a hydrogen-like ionized atom with atomic number Z with a single electron. In the
emission spectrum of this atom, the photon emitted in the n = 2 to n = 1 transition has energy
74.8 eV higher than the photon emitted in the n = 3 to n = 2 transition. The ionization energy of
the hydrogen atom is 13.6 eV. The value of Z is __________. [JEE(Advanced)-2018]

16. A free hydrogen atom after absorbing a photon of wavelength a gets excited from the state
n = 1 to the state n = 4. Immediately after that the electron jumps to n = m state by emitting a
photon of wavelength e. Let the change in momentum of atom due to the absorption and the
1
emission are pa and pe respectively. If a/e = , which of the option(s) is/are correct?
5
[JEE(Advanced)-2019]
[Use: hc = 1242 eV nm; 1 nm = 10–9 m, h and c are Planck’s constant and speed of light, respectively]
(A) m = 2
1
(B) pa/pe =
2
1
(C) The ratio of kinetic energy of the electron in the state n = m to the state n = 1 is
4
(D) e = 418 nm

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17. A perfectly reflecting mirror of mass M mounted on a spring constitutes a spring-mass system
4M
of angular frequency  such that = 1024 m–2 with h as Planck’s constant. N photons of
h
wavelength  = 8 × 10–6 m strike the minor simultaneously at normal incidence such that the
minor gets displaced by 1 µm. If the value of N is X × 10 12, then the value of X is______.
[Consider the spring as massless] [JEE(Advanced)-2019]

18. A particle of mass m moves in circular orbits with potential energy V(r) = Fr, where F is positive
constant and r its distance from the origin. Its energies are calculated using the Bohr model. If
the radius of the particle’s orbit is denoted by R and its speed and energy are denoted by v and
E, respectively, then for the nth orbit (here h is the Planck’s constant) [JEE(Advanced)-2020]
(A) R  n1/3 and v  n2/3 (B) R  n2/3 and v  n1/3
1/3 1/3
3  n2h2F2   n2h2F2 
(C) E =   (D) E = 2  
2  42m   4 m 
2

19. In an X-ray tube, electrons emitted from a filament (cathode) carrying current I hit a target
(anode) at a distance d from the cathode. The target is kept at a potential V higher than the
cathode resulting in emission of continuous and characteristic X-rays. If the filament current I
I
is decreased to , the potential difference V is increased to 2V, and the separation distance d
2
d
is reduced to , then [JEE(Advanced)-2020]
2
(A) the cut-off wavelength will reduce to half, and the wavelengths of the characteristic X-rays
will remain the same
(B) the cut-off wavelength as well as the wavelengths of the characteristic X-rays will remain
the same
(C) the cut-off wavelength will reduce to half, and the intensities of all the X-rays will decrease
(D) the cut-off wavelength will become two times larger, and the intensity of all the X-rays will
decrease

20. Which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct about the spectrum of hydrogen atom?
[JEE(Advanced)-2021]
(A) The ratio of the longest wavelength to the shortest wavelength in Balmer series is 9/5
(B) There is an overlap between the wavelength ranges of Balmer and Paschen series
 1 
(C) The wavelength of Lyman series are given by  1 + 2  0 , where 0 is the shortest
 m 
wavelength of Lyman series and m is an integer
(D) The wavelength ranges of Lyman and Balmer series do not overlap

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21. In a photoemission experiment, the maximum kinetic energies of photoelectrons from metals
P, Q and R are EP, EQ and ER, respectively, and they are related by EP = 2EQ = 2ER. In this
experiment, the same source of monochromatic light is used for metal P and Q while a different
source of monochromatic light is used for the metal R. The work functions for metals P, Q and
R are 4.0 eV, 4.5 eV and 5.5 eV, respectively. The energy of the incident photon used for metal
R, in eV, is _____. [JEE(Advanced)-2021]

22. When light of a given wavelength is incident on a metallic surface, the minimum potential
needed to stop the emitted photoelectrons is 6.0 V. This potential drops to 0.6 V if another
source with wavelength four times that of the first one and intensity half of the first one is
used. What are the wavelength of the first source and the work function of the metal,
hc
respectively? [Take = 1.24  10−6 Jm C−1 . ] [JEE(Advanced)-2022]
e
(A) 1.72 x 10–7 m, 1.20 eV (B) 1.72 x 10–7 m, 5.60 eV
(C) 3.78 x 10–7 m, 5.60 eV (D) 3.78 x 10–7 m, 1.20 eV

ANSWER KEY

1. 1 2. (AC) 3. (B) 4. (A) 5. 2 6. (AC) 7. (ACD)

8. 2 9. (B) 10. (ABD) 11. 6 12. 5 13. (D) 14. 24.00
15. 3.00 16. (AC) 17. 1.00 18. (BC) 19. (AC) 20. (AD) 21. 6
22. (A)

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