Structure of Atom (2)
Structure of Atom (2)
What is the
arrangement of electrons in the shells? State nuclear composition of an
atom of the element.
Q.2 Goldstein’s experiments which involved passing high voltage electricity
through gases at very low pressure resulted in the discovery of:
A. electron
B. proton
C. nucleus
D. neutron
Q.3 The ion of an element has 3 positive charges. The mass number of atom of this element is
27 and the number of neutrons is 14. What is the number of electrons in the ion?
Q.4 Describe two drawbacks of Rutherford atomic model?
Q.5 The atom of an element X has 7 electrons in its M shell
(a) Write the electronic configuration
b. What is the atomic number
c.Is it metal or non metal ?
d.what type of ion it will form?
e.what could element X be?
Q.6 An atom of element E contains 3 protons, 3 electrons and 4 neutrons:
(a) What is its atomic number?
(b) What is its mass number?
(c) Write the electronic configuration.
Q.7 Complete the following statements:
(a) Magnesium has 3 valence electrons in the ………… shell.
(b) The valency of nitrogen in N2 molecule is ……….
(c) Isotopes have different mass numbers because their nuclei contain
different number of ……….
(d) Some boron atoms have mass number 10 and some have mass number 11.
These boron atoms with different mass number are called ………
Q.8 Which of the following are isotopes and which are isobars?
Argon, Deuterium, Calcium, Tritium, Protium
Q.9 An element Z contains two naturally occurring isotopes 17Z35 and 17Z37. If the
average atomic mass of this element be 35.5 u, calculate the percentage of
two isotopes.
Q.10 The radioactive isotope used in the treatment of cancer is:
A. plutonium – 239
B. arsenic – 74
C. cobalt – 60
D. iodine – 131
Q.11 In a sample of ethyl ethanoate (CH3COOC2H5), the two oxygen atoms have
the same number of electrons but different number of neutrons. Which of the
following is the correct reason for it?
A. one of the oxygen atoms has gained electrons
B. one of the oxygen atoms has gained protons
C. the two oxygen atoms are isotopes
D. the two oxygen atoms are isobars
Q.12 The atomic numbers of four elements A, B, C and D are 12, 13, 15 and 3
respectively. The element which cannot form a cation is:
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
Q.13 The number of valence electrons in a sulphide ion, S2- is:
A. 16
B. 10
C. 9
D. 8
Q.14 The atomic number of an element X is 8 and that of element Y is 4. Both these elements
can exhibit a valency of:
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Q.15 The atomic species A and B have different number of protons but the same number of
nucleons. On the other hand, the atomic species X and Y have the same number of protons but
different number of nucleons. Which pair is an example of isobars? Why?