The principle that describes our inability to precisely determine both the position and momentum of a subatomic particle simultaneously is known as:

1. Rydberg equation
2. Heisenberg uncertainty principle
3. Hund's rule
4. Pauli exclusion principle
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The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle states that it is impossible to simultaneously know both the exact position (x) and exact momentum (p) of a particle with arbitrary precision.

Mathematically, it is expressed as

1. \(\Delta x \geq \frac{\Delta p \times h}{4 \pi} \)
2. \(\Delta x \times \Delta p \geq \frac{h}{4 \pi} \)
3. \(\Delta x \times \Delta p < \frac{h}{4\pi} \)
4. \(\Delta p \geq \frac{\pi h}{\Delta x} \)
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Match Column-I (parameters) with Column-II (expressions) and mark the appropriate choice: 
Column-I
(Parameters)
Column-II
(Expressions)
(A) Uncertainty of an object (i) \({5.29 \times n^2} \over Z\)
(B) Bohr's radius of an orbit (ii) \(h \over 4 \pi m\)
(C) The angular momentum of an electron (iii) \(h \over mv\)
(D) de Broglie wavelength  (iv) \(n . { h \over 2 \pi}\)

1. (A)→(iii), (B)→(iv), (C)→(i), (D)→(ii)
2. (A)→(ii), (B)→(i), (C)→(iv), (D)→(iii)
3. (A)→(iv), (B)→(iii), (C)→(i), (D)→(ii)
4. (A)→(i), (B)→(ii), (C)→(iv), (D)→(iii)
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If uncertainty in position and momentum are equal, then the minimum uncertainty in velocity will be:

1. \(\dfrac{1}{m} \sqrt{\dfrac{h}{\pi}} \) 2. \(\sqrt{\dfrac{h}{\pi}} \)
3. \(\dfrac{1}{2 m} \sqrt{\dfrac{h}{\pi}} \) 4. \(\dfrac{h}{4 \pi} \)
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