A set of atoms in an excited state decays:

1. in general to any of the states with lower energy.
2. into a lower state only when excited by an external electric field.
3. all together simultaneously into a lower state.
4. to emit photons only when they collide.

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The Balmer series for the H-atom can be observed:
 

a. if we measure the frequencies of light emitted when an excited atom falls to the ground state
b. if we measure the frequencies of light emitted due to transitions between excited states and the first excited state
c. in any transition in a H-atom
d. as a sequence of frequencies with the higher frequencies getting closely packed

1. (b, c)

2. (a, c)

3. (b, d)

4. (c, d)

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