Questions

QUIZ-1

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Q-1 Consider the equation  2    5eV   0 for the wave function of an electron
zm 4 0r
in hydrogen atom.

(a)  must decrease as r increases

(b)  must increase as r decreases
(c)  is a constant function
(d) No such  exists (correct)

Q-2 The maximum number of the electrons in a quantum state of

(a) 1s orbital is one(correct)

(b) 1s orbital is two
(c) 2p orbital is one(correct)
(d) 2p orbital is 6

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Q-3  r   cannot be a valid wave function of a bound particle because
r  a 

(a) it is a discontinuous function

(b) it blows to infinity at r  a
(c) it is not square integrable (correct)
(d) it is not a complex function (no 1 involved)

Q-4 The z-component of the orbital angular moment of a hydrogen atom in its ground state is

h
(a)
2
(b) 0(correct)
h h
(c) or 
4 4
ℎ
(d)
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Q-5 Choose the correct options.

(a) An electron has Spin angular momentum because it spins about a diameter
(b) No matter which direction you take the z-axis, the z- component of the spin angular
ℏ ℏ
momentum will be found to be either or − (correct)
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(c) The electron in a hydrogen atom has spin angular momentum but an electron moving
in free space does not have spin angular momentum.
(d) All electrons in the universe have spin angular momentum having the same magnitude
√3ℏ
. (correct)
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Q-6 A particle moving in a Coulomb potential 𝑉(𝑟) = − has a wave function which is a solution
𝑟
of its Schrӧdinger equation. It has

(a) a definite energy and a definite position

(b) a definite energy but no definite position(correct)
(c) a definite position but no definite energy
(d) neither a definite energy nor a definite position

Q-7 The ground state wave function of the electron in a hydrogen atom has

(a) Total angular momentum equal to zero

(b) Spin angular momentum equal to zero
(c) Orbital angular momentum equal to zero(correct)
(d) Z-component of orbital angular momentum equal to zero(correct)

Q-8 Consider three phenomena : (A) Large differences in the electric conductivity in solids, (B)
Fusion in the Sun and (C) Spectrum of hydrogen. Classical physics can explain

(a) A and B but not C

(b) A and C but not B
(c) B and C but not A
(d) All A, B and C
(e) None of A, B and C(correct)

Q-9 Experimentalists reported only 4 wavelengths in hydrogen atomic spectrum at the time of
Balmer. This is because,

(a) Transition n = 7 onwards to n=2 do not fall in visible region (380 nm – 720 nm)
(b) In a hydrogen discharge tube, higher energy levels have less atoms(correct)
(c) The spectroscope was tuned for only four transitions
(d) In actual hydrogen sample, there are levels only up to n =6

Q-10 A wave function of hydrogen atom does not depend on θ or φ. This implies that

(a) The electron can only have linear motion

(b) The probability of finding the electron depends only on the distance from the origin.
(correct)
(c) This represents an s-state(correct)
(d) The orbital angular momentum of the electron is zero(correct)