Level 1

1. Who proposed the plum pudding model of the atom?

- A) Rutherford B) Thomson C) Bohr D) Dalton

2. What did Rutherford's gold foil experiment demonstrate?

- A) Electrons are in fixed orbits.
- B) Atoms have a nucleus.
- C) Atoms are indivisible.
- D) Atoms are electrically neutral.

3. What particles are found in the nucleus of an atom?

- A) Electrons and protons
- B) Electrons and neutrons
- C) Protons and neutrons
- D) Only protons

4. What is the charge of an electron?

- A) Positive B) Negative C) Neutral D) Depends on the atom

5. Bohr's model states that electrons revolve around the nucleus in:
- A) Elliptical orbits B) Fixed orbits C) Random paths D) Parabolic paths

6. When an electron jumps from a higher orbit to a lower orbit, it:

- A) Absorbs energy B) Emits energy C) Remains stationary D) Loses mass

7. Which series of hydrogen spectrum lies in the visible region?

- A) Lyman series B) Balmer series C) Paschen series D) Brackett series

8. The energy of an electron in a Bohr orbit is:

- A) Positive B) Negative C) Zero D) Depends on the orbit

angular momentum of an electron is:

- A) Quantized B) Continuous C) Always zero D) Infinite

10. What is the principal quantum number \( n \) of the ground state of a hydrogen atom?
- A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3

11. The spectral lines of hydrogen were explained using:

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12. What does the Rydberg constant represent?

- A) Speed of light
- B) Planck's constant
- C) The constant used in calculating the wavelengths of spectral lines
- D) Mass of an electron

13. In the hydrogen atom, the transition from ( n = 3 ) to (n = 2 )emits a photon in which
series?
- A) Lyman series B) Balmer series C) Paschen series D) Pfund series

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14. Who discovered the nucleus of the atom?
- A) Bohr B) Thomson C) Rutherford D) Einstein

15. Which particle has the least mass?

- A) Proton B) Neutron C) Electron D) Nucleus

16. The energy levels in an atom are:

- A) Continuous B) Quantized C) Infinite D) Non-existent

17. What is the charge of a neutron?

- A) Positive B) Negative C) Neutral D) Double positive

18. In Bohr's model, which orbit has the lowest energy?

- A) First orbit B) Second orbit C) Third orbit D) Fourth orbit

- A) Could not explain atomic spectra

- B) Could not explain the charge of the nucleus
- C) Could not explain the mass of the atom
- D) Could not explain the behavior of neutrons

20. In which region of the electromagnetic spectrum does the Lyman series lie?
- A) Visible B) Infrared C) Ultraviolet D) X-ray
Level 2
1. According to Bohr's model of the atom, which of the following statements is true about
the orbits of electrons?
- A) Electrons in higher orbits have higher energy.
- B) Electrons in lower orbits have higher energy.
- C) Electrons in all orbits have the same energy.
- D) Electrons have no defined energy in Bohr's model.

2. Which series of hydrogen spectrum lies in the ultraviolet region?

- A) Lyman series B) Balmer series C) Paschen series D) Brackett series

3. In Bohr's model, what does the quantum number \( n \) represent?

- A) Energy level of the electron
- B) Angular momentum of the electron
- C) Spin of the electron
- D) Magnetic quantum number of the electron

4. What is the fundamental assumption in Bohr's model that leads to quantization of

electron orbits?
- A) Electrons emit radiation continuously.
- B) Electrons do not radiate energy while moving in orbits.
- C) Electrons move in random paths around the nucleus.
- D) Electrons have no specific mass.

5.The energy difference between two energy levels in an atom corresponds to:
- A) The wavelength of light emitted or absorbed
- B) The number of electrons in the atom

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 - C) The speed of electrons in the atom
- D) The mass of the nucleus

6.The ionisation potential of hydrogen is 13.6 V. The energy of the atom in n = 2 state
will be
A) -10.2 eV B) -6.4eV C) 3.4 eV D) 4.4 eV

7.
electron in the orbit n = 1 to the period of revolution of electron in the orbit n = 2 is
A) ½ B) ¼ C)1/8 D) 2

8.To explain fine structure of spectrum of hydrogen atom, we must consider.

A) a finite size of nucleus.
B) the presence of neutrons in the nucleus.
C) spin angular momentum.
D) orbital angular momentum.

9.When an electron jumps from some outer orb it to the innermost orbit in the hydrogen
atom, the spectral line belongs to
A) Lyman series
B) Balmer series
C) Paschen series
D) Pfund series

10.How does the energy difference between two consecutive energy levels vary on the
quantum number n increases?
A) does not change
B) decreases
C) increases
D) may increase or decrease.
Level 3

1.If the electron in hydrogen atoms is excited to n = 5 state, the number of different
frequencies of radiation which may be emitted is:
A) 4 B) 10 C) 8 D) 5

2.The ionisation potential of hydrogen is 13.6 V. The energy of the atom in n = 2 state
will be
A) -10.2 ev B) -6.4eV C) 3.4 eV D) 4.4 eV

3.The ratio of the energies of the hydrogen atom in its first to second excited state is :
A) ¼ B) 4/9 C) 9/4 D) 1/9

4.When an electron jumps from some outer orb it to the innermost orbit in the hydrogen
atom, the spectral line belongs to
A) Lyman series B) Balmer series C) Paschen series D) Pfund series

5.According to classical theory, Rutherford atom is

A) stable B) unstable C) metastable D) semistable

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6.For an electron orbit to be non-radiating, it should be
A) such that the angular momentum should be integral multiple of h.
B) circular in nature
C) elliptical in nature
D) none of these

7.The ratio of the angular momentum of an electron in first orbit to that in the second
orbit is
A) ½ B)1/4 C) 4/1 D) 2

8.The ionisation energy of hydrogen atom is E. When the electron in a hydrogen atom

A) 3E/4 B) 4E/3 C) E/4 D) E/3

9.In the Bohr model of the atom, which of the following quantities takes quantized
values?**

A) Linear momentum of electron B) Radius of electron orbit

C) Angular momentum of electron D) None of the above

10.The ionization energy of hydrogen is 13.6 eV. The energy required to remove an
electron from the second orbit of Li2+ is:

A) 13.6 Ev B) 30.6 eV C) 40.8 eV D) 122.4 eV

2 marks Questions
Level 1
Q1.Define ionisation energy. What is its value for a hydrogen atom?
Q2.Write
Q3.What is the ratio of radii of the orbits corresponding to first excited state and ground
state in a hydrogen atom?
Q4.Why is the classical (Rutherford) model for an atom of electron orbiting around the
nucleus not able to explain the atomic structure?
Q5.What is the maximum number of spectral lines emitted by a hydrogen atom when it
is in the third excited state?

Level 2
Q1. What are the values of first and second excitation potential of hydrogen atom?
Q.2 The wavelength of some of the spectral lines of obtained in hydrogen spectrum are
1216 A0 , 6463 A0 and and 9546 A0 Which one of these wavelength belongs to the
paschen series.
Q3.Name the series of Hydrogen spectrums lying in ultraviolet and visible regions.
Q4. what are results What is 4 Do you expect if alpha particle, scattering experiment is
repeatedly using a thin sheet of hydrogen in place of a gold foil?
Q5.Define ionisation energy. What is its value for a hydrogen atom?

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 Level 3
Q1.When an electron in hydrogen atom jumps from the third excited state to the ground
state, how would the de Broglie wavelength associated with the electron change? Justify
your answer.
Q2.The figure shows energy level diagram of hydrogen
atom
Find out the transition which results in the emission of
a photon of wavelength 496 nm.
Q3.The energy level diagram of an element is given.
Identify, by doing necessary calculations, which
transition corresponds to the emission of a spectral line
of wavelength 102.7 nm

3 marks questions
Level 1
Q1.Calculate the shortest wavelength of the spectral lines emitted in Balmer series.

charged does ?
Q3.What is the ratio of radii of the orbits corresponding to first excited state and ground
state in a hydrogen atom?
Q4 .The radius of innermost electron orbit of a hydrogen atom is 5.3 × 10 -11 m. What is
the radius of orbit in the second excited state?
Q5 write to postulates of Bohr atomic model
Level 2
Q1.The ground state energy of hydrogen atom is -13.6 eV. What are the kinetic and
potential energies of electron in this state?
Q2.Write two important limitations of Rutherford nuclear model of the atom.
Q3.Name the series of Hydrogen spectrums lying in ultraviolet and visible regions.
Level 3
Q1.
Q2. Define ionization energy. How would the ionization energy change when electron in
hydrogen atom is replaced by a particle of mass 200 times that of the electron but having
the same charge?
Q3.Show that the radius of the orbit in hydrogen atom varies as n 2, where n is the
principal quantum number of the atom.

5 Marks questions
Level 1
Q1.i) In hydrogen atom, an electron undergoes transition from 2nd excited state to the
first excited state and then to the ground state. Identify the spectral series to which these
transitions belong.
(ii) Find out the ratio of the wavelengths of the emitted radiations in the two cases.
Level 2
Q1.i) In hydrogen atom, an electron undergoes transition from third excited state to the
second excited state and then to the first excited state. Identify the spectral series to
which these transitions belong.
(ii) Find out the ratio of the wavelengths of the emitted radiations in the two cases.
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 Level 3
1. Describe brother for atom model. What are the drawbacks of this model?
NUMERICALS
Level 1
1.The ground state energy of hydrogen atom is -13.6 electron volt. What are the potential
energy of electron in the state?
2.what is the energy possessed by an electron four and tends to be infinity?
3. What is the ratio of radii of orbit corresponding to the first excited state and ground
state in hydrogen atom?
4. The radius of inner most electron orbit of an hydrogen atom is 5.3×10 -11 m. What is
the radius of the orbit in second excited state?
Level 2
1.The energy levels of a hypothetical atom are shown below.
Which of the shown transitions will result in the emission of a
photon of wavelength 275 nm? Which of these transitions
correspond to emission of radiation of
(i) maximum and
(ii) minimum wavelength ?
2.Find the ratio of energies of photons produced due to transition of an electron of
hydrogen atom from its
(i) second permitted energy level to the first level, and
(ii) the highest permitted energy level to the first permitted level.

3.The ground state energy of hydrogen atom is -13.6 eV. What are the kinetic and
potential energies of electron in this state? (All India)

Level 3.
1.The value of a ground state energy of hydrogen atom is -13.6 eV.
(i) Find the energy required to move an electron from the ground state to the first excited
state of the atom.
(ii) Determine
(a) the kinetic energy and
(b) orbital radius in the first excited state of the atom.
(Given the value of Bohr radius = 0.53 Å)
2.The energy levels of an atom are as shown here.
Which of them will result in the transition of a photon
of wavelength 275 nm?
b) Which transition corresponds to emission of radiation of maximum wavelength?
3.The total energy of an electron in the first excited state of hydrogen atom is -3.4 eV.
(a) What is kinetic energy of electron in this state? (ii) What is potential energy of electron
in this state? (c) Which of the answers above would change if the choice of zero of
potential energy is changed?

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Case based study question / Source based question
Each element is having specific properties as it emits or shows the specific emission
spectrum of radiation. The emission line spectrum has bright lines on the dark surface.
The hydrogen spectrum consist of series namely Balmer, Lyman, Paschen, Brackett and
Pfund series. The Lyman series is formed in the ultraviolet region while Paschen,

electrons are revolving in particular stable orbits without radiating any form of energy.
And in his second postulate he told that, these electrons are revolving around the nucleus

And third postulate tells us that, when electron jumps from higher energy state to lower
energy state it will emits some amount of energy and which is equal to the energy
difference between those energy levels.

And he gave the energy of an electron in an hydrogen atom as En = -13.6/ n2 eV

The negative sign shows that electron is tightly bound with the nucleus. And when n = 1,

only applicable to single electron system like hydrogen and it cannot be applicable to
helium atom also which is having two electrons.
Read the above passage and answer the rolling questions .
1.) In hydrogen atom, the ground state energy is given by___
a) +13.6 Ev b) -13.6 J c) -13.6 KJ d) -13.6 eV

3.) What is the shortest wavelength in the Balmer series

a) 656.3 nm b) 364.6 nm c) 656.3 mm d) 364.6 mm

4.) For ground state of hydrogen atom the value of principal quantum number is___
a) n = 2 b) n = 0 c) n = 1 d) n = infinity
Competency Based Question
Q1.Explain how the observation of spectral lines can be used to identify elements in
distant stars.
Q2.Discuss the significance of the Balmer series in the context of hydrogen's atomic
spectrum and its application in astronomy.

CCT BASED QUESTION

A hydrogen atom is excited from its ground state (n = 1) to the n = 3 energy level. The
atom then returns to the ground state by emitting photons.

1. Describe how the wavelengths relate to the hydrogen emission spectrum.

2. Discuss the implications of these transitions in the context of Bohr's model of the
atom.

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 SELF ASSESSMENT TEST
Total marks =25 Time = 40 Mins.
Question 1 to 6 each of 1 mark
Question 7to8 each of 2 mark
Question 9to 10:each of 3 mark
Question 11 of 4 mark
Question 12 is of 5 marks

- A) Could not explain atomic spectra

- B) Could not explain the charge of the nucleus
- C) Could not explain the mass of the atom
- D) Could not explain the behaviour of neutrons

Q2 The spectral lines of hydrogen were explained using:

-

Q3.Two H atoms in the ground state collide inelastically. The maximum amount by which
their combined kinetic energy is reduced is
-A) 10.20 eV - B) 20.40 eV - C) 13.6 eV - D) 27.2 eV
Q4.The Bohr model for the spectra of a H - atom.

- A) will not be applicable to hydrogen in the molecular form

- B) will not be applicable as it is for a He -atom.
- C) is valid only at room temperature
- D) predicts continuous as well as discreeter spectral lines .

Directions for Assertion-Reason Type Questions

In each of the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement

of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as: - (a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are
true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A). - (b) Both Assertion (A)
and Reason (R) are true but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).

- (c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false.

- (d) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true.

Q5.Assertion (A): in alpha rays, scattering experiment, most of the alpha particle goes
on deflected.
Reason (R): most of the space in the atom is empty

quantized.
Reason (R): The electron in an atom revolves in circular orbits around the nucleus under
the influence of electrostatic forces.
Q7.

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Q8. The ground state energy of hydrogen atom is -13.6 electron volt. What are the kinetic
and potential energy of the electron in the
state?
Q9.The energy level diagram of an element is
given here . Which transition corresponds to
the emission of a spectral line of wavelength
102.7nm?
Q10.Explain the concept of the Bohr radius

model.
Q11. In the early 20th century, the study of hydrogen atom spectra provided crucial
evidence for the development of quantum mechanics. The hydrogen atom, being the
simplest atom with only one electron, showed a series of discrete spectral lines that were
first observed and recorded in the visible region (Balmer series). Later, other series like
the Lyman series (UV region) and Paschen series (IR region) were also discovered.
These observations led Niels Bohr to propose his model of the atom, introducing the
concept of quantized energy levels.In Bohr's model, an electron revolves around the
nucleus in specific, quantized orbits without radiating energy. The electron can only gain
or lose energy by jumping from one allowed orbit to another, with the energy difference
between these orbits being emitted or absorbed as a photon. This model successfully
explained the spectral lines of hydrogen and the Rydberg formula for their wavelengths.

Read the above paragraph carefully and answer the following question .
(I)Explain the significance of the Balmer series in the context of the hydrogen atom
spectra.
(II)Why are the spectral lines of hydrogen atom discrete and not continuous?
(III)Describe how Bohr's model of the atom accounts for the stability of electron orbits
(IV)If the ionisation energy of the hydrogen atom is 13.6 eV, what is the energy of the
electron in the ( n = 2)state?

expression for radius of orbit and the energy of orbital electron in hydrogen atom.

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