Atomic Structure


  1. Which of the following electromagnetic wave has the longest wavelength ?









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    Infra red radiation has the longest wavelength out of these choices, and hence the lowest frequency. Gamma radiation has the shortest wavelength and the highest frequency.

    Correct Option: A

    Infra red radiation has the longest wavelength out of these choices, and hence the lowest frequency. Gamma radiation has the shortest wavelength and the highest frequency.


  1. Which of the following has highest frequency?









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    The correct frequency order is radio waves < mocrowaves < x- rays < cosmic rays

    Correct Option: A

    The correct frequency order is radio waves < mocrowaves < x- rays < cosmic rays



  1. Meson was discovered by









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    Meson was discovered by Yukawa.

    Correct Option: D

    Meson was discovered by Yukawa.


  1. The atomic orbital is









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    An orbital is the area around an atom where the electron (or electrons) are most likely to be. (90-95% likely)

    Correct Option: D

    An orbital is the area around an atom where the electron (or electrons) are most likely to be. (90-95% likely)



  1. Discovery of the nucleus of an atom was due to the experiment carried out by









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    In one of their most well-known experiments, which took place while Rutherford was a professor at the University of Manchester, the physicists beamed alpha particles at a thin sheet of gold foil. During the experiment, most of the particles passed through the gold foil onto the screen behind it, but some were deflected. Rutherford determined that the particles that made up the gold foil must consist mostly of empty space since most of the alpha particles passed through. However, some regions of the gold must have been too dense to allow the alpha particles through, and this heavy part of the atom was what Rutherford called the nucleus. He concluded that it was the nucleus that held most of the atom's mass.

    Correct Option: B

    In one of their most well-known experiments, which took place while Rutherford was a professor at the University of Manchester, the physicists beamed alpha particles at a thin sheet of gold foil. During the experiment, most of the particles passed through the gold foil onto the screen behind it, but some were deflected. Rutherford determined that the particles that made up the gold foil must consist mostly of empty space since most of the alpha particles passed through. However, some regions of the gold must have been too dense to allow the alpha particles through, and this heavy part of the atom was what Rutherford called the nucleus. He concluded that it was the nucleus that held most of the atom's mass.