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Question 11 Mark
Write the electronic configuration of the element with atomic number 17. Indicate the valency of the element.
Answer
Atomic No. = 17
E.C. = (2, 8, 7)
Valency = 8 - no. of valence electrons
Valency = 8 - 7
Valency = 1
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Question 21 Mark
Write the distribution of electrons in an atom of element whose atomic number is 18. What is special about the outermost electron shell (or valence shell) of the atom of this element?
Answer
Atomic No: 18
Electronic configuration: (2, 8, 8)
The special thing about the outermost shell is that it is completely filled with the electrons.
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Question 31 Mark
Which subatomic particle whose relative charge is:
  1. Chadwick?
  2. Thomson?
  3. Goldstein?
Answer
  1. Chadwick discovered ‘neutron’.
  2. Thomson discovered ‘electron’.
  3. Goldstein discovered ‘proton’.
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Question 41 Mark
Which subatomic particle is not present in an ordinary hydrogen atom?
Answer
Neutron is not present in ordinary hydrogen atom.
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Question 51 Mark
Which shell of an atom can accommodate a maximum of:
  1. 8 electrons?
  2. 32 electrons?
Answer
  1. L shell can accommodate maximum of 8e-
  2. N shell can accommodate maximum of 32e-
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Question 61 Mark
Which radioactive isotope is used to determine the activity of thyroid gland?
Answer
lodine-131 radioisotope is used to determine the activity of thyroid gland.
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Question 71 Mark
Which part of an atom was discovered by Rutherford’s alpha particle scattering experiment?
Answer
Nucleus was discovered by Rutherford in the alpha particle scattering experiment.
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Question 81 Mark
Which of the nuclear particles is present in the same fixed number in the atoms of any particular element?
Answer
Proton is present in same fixed no. in the atoms of any particular element.
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Question 91 Mark
Which of the following are isotopes and which are isobars?
Argon, Deuterium, Calcium, Tritium, Protium.
Answer
Deuterium, Protium and Tritium are isotopes.
Argon and Calcium are isobars.
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Question 101 Mark
Which noble gas has less than 8 electrons in the valence shell of its atom? What is this number?
Answer
Helium has less than 8 electrons in the valence shell of an atom. Its atomic no. is 2
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Question 111 Mark
What name is given to those isotopes which have unstable nuclei and emit various types of radiations?
Answer
Radioactive isotopes have unstable nuclei and emit various types of radiations.
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Question 121 Mark
What name is given to those atoms which contain the same number of protons and electrons but different number of neutrons?
Answer
Atoms containing same number of protons and electrons but different number of neutrons are called ISOTOPES.
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Question 131 Mark
What name is given to the pair of atoms such as $^{14}_\text{ 7}\text{N}\ \text{and }^{15}_\text{ 7}?$
Answer
The given pair are isotopes.
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Question 151 Mark
What is the relationship between an atom containing 11 protons, 11 electrons ad 11 neutrons, and another atom containing 11 protons, 11 electrons and 12 neurtrons?
Answer
Isotopes.
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Question 161 Mark
What is the relation between the atomic number and mass number of an element?
Answer
Mass No. = Atomic no. + No. of neutrons
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Question 171 Mark
What is the reason for the slightly different physical properties of all the isotopes of an element?
Answer
Due to slight difference in the masses of the isotopes of an element, the physical properties of the isotopes are slightly different.
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Question 181 Mark
What is the reason for the identical chemical properties of all the isotopes of an element? Explain with the help of an example.
Answer
Because all the isotopes of an element have identical atomic configuration containing same number of valence electrons, therefore, all the isotopes of an element show identical chemical properties.
For example: Cl-35 and Cl-37, show identical chemical properties as they have same no. of 7 valence electrons.
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Question 191 Mark
What is the reason for the different atomic masses of the isotopes of an element?
Answer
The difference in the masses of isotopes of an element is due to different number of neutrons in their nuclei.
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Question 201 Mark
What is the positive charge on the nucleus of an atom due to?
Answer
Positive charge on the nucleus is due to presence of protons.
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Question 211 Mark
What is the number of valence electrons in the atoms of an element having atomic number 13? Name the valence shell of this atom.
Answer
There are 3 valence electrons present in the element with atomic no. 13.
Valence shell of this atom is M.
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Question 221 Mark
What is the nucleus of an atom and what is the nature of charge on it?
Answer
Nucleus is a small positively charged part at the center of an atom. Nucleus is positively charged.
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Question 231 Mark
What is the maximum number of electrons which can be accommodated in the:
Outermost shell of an atom?
Answer
Maximum of 8e- can be accommodated in outermost shell of an atom.
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Question 241 Mark
What is the maximum number of electrons which can be accommodated in the:
Innermost shell of an atom?
Answer
Maximum of 2e- can be accommodated in innermost shell of an atom.
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Question 251 Mark
What is the maximum number of electrons which can be accommodated in the L shell of an atom?
Answer
Maximum of 8e- can be accommodated in L shell of an atom.
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Question 261 Mark
What is the maximum number of electrons which can be accommodated in the K shell of an atom?
Answer
Maximum of 2e- can be accommodated in K shell of an atom.
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Question 271 Mark
What is the maximum number of electrons that can go into the N shell of an atom?
Answer
Maximum of 32e- can be accommodated in N shell of an atom.
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Question 281 Mark
What is the maximum number of electrons an M shell of the atom can accommodate?
Answer
Maximum of 18e- can be accommodated in M shell of an atom.
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Question 291 Mark
What is the general name of the elements having 8 electrons in the valence shell of their atoms?
Answer
Noble gases.
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Question 311 Mark
What is the absolute mass and charge of a proton?
Answer
Absolute mass of proton 1.6 × 10-27Kg
Absolute charge of proton 1.6 × 10-19C
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Question 321 Mark
What is the absolute mass and charge of an electron?
Answer
Absolute mass of electron is 9 × 10-28Kg
Absolute charge on electron is 1.6 × 10-19C
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Question 331 Mark
What is a proton? How does it differ from a neutron?
Answer
Protons are positively charged particle found in the atoms of all the elements whereas neutron is a neutral particle found in the nucleus of an atom.
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Question 341 Mark
What is a neutron? State its relative mass and charge.
Answer
The neutron is a neutral particle found in the nucleus of an atom. Its relative mass is 1u. It has no charge.
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Question 351 Mark
What do we call this number which is characteristic of a particular element?
Answer
Atomic no. is characteristic for any particular element.
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Question 361 Mark
What conclusion is obtained from the fact that all the gases form cathode rays?
Answer
The conclusion is that all the atoms contain negatively charged particles called electrons.
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Question 371 Mark
What are valence electrons? Where are valence electrons situated in an atom?
Answer
The number of electrons present in the valence shell are called valence electrons.
Valence electrons are situated in the outermost shell.
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Question 381 Mark
What are the various letters used by Bohr to represent electron shells in an atom?
Answer
K, L, M, N were the letters used by Bohr to represent electron shells in an atom.
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Question 391 Mark
What are isotopes? Explain by giving an example.
Answer
Isotopes are the atoms of the same element having the same atomic number but different mass numbers.
For example: $^{35}\text{Cl}_{17}\text{ and }^{37}\text{Cl}_{17}$ are isotopes of chlorine.
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Question 401 Mark
What are isobars? Explain with an example.
Answer
Isobars are the atoms of different elements having different atomic numbers but the same mass number (or same atomic mass).
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Question 411 Mark
The total number of electrons in a nitrogen atom is 7. Find the number of valence electrons in it.
Answer
E.C of Nitrogen = 2, 5 So, no. of valence electrons in Nitrogen atom = 5
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Question 421 Mark
The number of protons, neutrons and electrons in particles A to E are given below:
Particle
Protons
Neutrons
Electrons
A
17
18
17
B
3
4
2
C
18
22
18
D
17
20
17
E
9
10
10
Give reasons, find a pair of isotopes from the above particles.
Answer
Here, A and D are isotopes as they have the same number of protons but different number of neutrons.
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Question 431 Mark
The atomic number of an element X is 16.
Write down the electronic configuration of X.
Answer
Atomic No. of X = 16
E.C. of X = (2, 8, 6)
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Question 441 Mark
State the number of electrons present in the outermost shell of the atom of the following elements:
  1. Neon.
  2. Chlorine.
Answer
  1. 8 electrons are present in outermost shell of Neon.
  2. 7 electrons are present in outermost shell of Chlorine.
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Question 451 Mark
State one use of radioactive isotopes in medicine.
Answer
Radioactive isotopes are used in the treatment of cancer.
One such isotope is Cobalt-60.
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Question 461 Mark
State one use of radioactive isotopes in industry.
Answer
Radioactive isotopes are used in industry to detect the leakage in underground oil pipelines, gas pipelines and water pipes.
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Question 471 Mark
Name the three subatomic particles present in an atom.
Answer
Three subatomic particles present in atom are electrons, protons and neutrons.
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Question 481 Mark
Name the subatomic particle whose relative charge is:
  1. +1
  2. -1
  3. 0
Answer
  1. Proton has relative charge of +1.
  2. Electron has relative charge of -1.
  3. Neutron has relative charge of 0.
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Question 491 Mark
Name the shell of an atom which can accommodate a maximum of:
  1. 2 electrons.
  2. 18 electrons.
Answer
  1. K shell can accommodate maximum of 2e-
  2. M shell can accommodate maximum of 18e-
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