In the nuclear decay given below:
\({ }_{\mathrm{Z}}^{\mathrm{A}} \mathrm{X} \rightarrow { }_{\mathrm{Z}+1}^{\mathrm{A}} \mathrm{Y}\rightarrow { }_{\mathrm{Z-1}}^{\mathrm{A-4}} \mathrm{B}\rightarrow { }_{\mathrm{Z-1}}^{\mathrm{A-4}} \mathrm{B}\) the particles emitted in the sequence are:
1. \(\beta, \alpha, \gamma\) 2. \( \gamma, \beta, \alpha\)
3. \(\beta, \gamma,\alpha\) 4. \(\alpha,\beta, \gamma\)

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The number of beta particles emitted by a radioactive substance is twice the number of alpha particles emitted by it. The resulting daughter is an:

1. isobar of a parent. 2. isomer of a parent.
3. isotone of a parent. 4. isotope of a parent.
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In the radioactive decay process, the negatively charged emitted β-particles are:

1. the electrons present inside the nucleus
2. the electrons produced as a result of the decay
of neutrons inside the nucleus
3. the electrons produced as a result of collisions
between atoms
4. the electrons orbiting around the nucleus

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Two radioactive substances A and B have decay constants 5λ and λ respectively. At t = 0, they have the same number of nuclei. The ratio of the number of nuclei of A to those of B will be 1e2 after a time interval:

1. 14λ

2. 4λ

3. 2λ

4. 12λ

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In a radioactive material, the activity at time t1 is R1 and at a later time t2, it is R2. If the decay constant of the material is λ, then:

1. R1=R2eλ(t1+t2)

2. R1=R2e-λ(t1-t2)

3. R1=R2(t1-t2)

4. R1=R2

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The half-life of 198Au is 2-.7 days. The average life is:

1.  4 days

2.  3.4 days

3.  3.9 days

4.  None of the above

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If M0 is the mass of an oxygen isotope 8O17, MP and Mn are the masses of a proton and a neutron, respectively, the nuclear binding energy of the isotope is:

1.  Moc2

2.  Mo-17Mcc2

3.  Mo-8Mpc2

4.  8Mp+9Mn-Moc2

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A nucleus disintegrates into two nuclear parts which have their velocities in the ratio \(2:1\). The ratio of their nuclear size will be:
1. \( 2^{1 / 3}: 1 \)
2. \( 1: 3^{1 / 2} \)
3. \( 3^{1 / 2}: 1 \)
4. \( 1: 2^{1 / 3}\)

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The binding energy per nucleon is maximum in the case of:
1. \(^{235}_{92}U\)
2. \(^{141}_{56}U\)
3. \(^{56}_{26}Fe\)
4. \(^{2}_{4}He\)

 

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The half-life of a radioisotope is \(4\) h. If the initial mass of the isotope was \(200\) g, then the mass remaining after \(24\) h will be:
1. \(1.042\) g
2. \(2.084\) g
3. \(3.125\) g
4. \(4.167\) g

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