Three α-particles and one β-particle decaying takes place in series from an isotope Ra88236. Finally the isotope obtained will be 

  • X84220         

  • X86222

  • X83224         

  • X83215

Half life of a radioactive substance is T. The time taken for all the nuclei to disintegrate will be

  • 2T           

  •  T2

  • 4T           

  • Uncertain

The half life of polonium is 140 days. After how many days, 16 gm polonium will be reduced to 1 gm (or 15g will decay) 

  • 700 days           

  • 280 days

  • 560 days           

  • 420 days

A radioactive element emits 200 particles per second. After three hours 25 particles per second are emitted. The half life period of element will be

  • 50 minutes           

  • 60 minutes

  • 70 minutes           

  • 80 minutes

The half life of the isotope Na1124 is 15 hrs. How much time does it take for 78th of a sample of this isotope to decay

  • 75 hrs               

  • 65 hrs

  • 55 hrs               

  • 45 hrs

If the half life of a radioactive sample is 10 hours,
its mean life is 

  • 14.4 hours               

  • 7.2 hours

  • 20 hours                 

  • 6.93 hours

If 20 gm of a radioactive substance due to radioactive decay reduces to 10 gm in 4 minutes, then in what time 80 gm of the same substance will reduce to 10 gm 

  • In 8 minutes             

  • In 12 minutes

  • In 16 minutes             

  • In 20 minutes

16 gm sample of a radioactive element is taken from Bombay to Delhi in 2 hour and it was found that 1 gm of the element remained (undisintegrated). Half life of the element is 

  • 2 hour         

  • 1 hour

  •  12 hour         

  • 14hour

Unit of radioactivity is Rutherford. Its value is

  •  3.7×1010 disintegrations/sec

  •  3.7×106 disintegrations/sec

  • 1.0×1010disintegrations/sec

  •  1.0×106 disintegrations/sec

A radioactive substance has a half life of 60 minutes. After 3 hours, the fraction of atom that have decayed would be

  • 12.5%               

  • 87.5%

  • 8.5%                 

  • 25.1%

An element used for radioactive carbon dating for more than 5600 years is 

  • C-14         

  • U-234

  • U-238       

  • Po-94

N atoms of a radioactive element emit n alpha particles per second. The half life of the element is

  •  nN sec                   

  •  Nn sec

  •  0.693 Nn sec           

  •   0.693 nN sec

The radioactive nucleus N713 decays to C613 through the emission of 

  • Neutron             

  • Proton

  • Electron             

  • Positron

The radioactive decay of uranium into thorium is expressed by the equation U92238Th90234+X where 'X' is

  • An electron               

  • A proton

  • A deuteron                 

  • An alpha particle

In a radioactive decay, neither the atomic number nor the mass number changes. Which of the following would be emitted in the decay process 

  • Proton             

  • Neutron

  • Electron           

  • Photon

The half life period of a radioactive substance is 5 min. The amount of substance decayed in 20 min will be

  • 93.75%                 

  • 75%

  • 25%                       

  • 6.25%

In the uranium radioactive series, the initial nucleus is U92238 and the final nucleus is Pb82206. When the uranium nucleus decays to lead, the number of  α-particles emitted will be 

  • 1               

  • 2

  • 4               

  • 8

Which of the following is a correct statement

  • Beta rays are same as cathode rays

  • Gamma rays are high energy neutrons

  • Alpha particles are singly ionized helium atoms

  • Protons and neutrons have exactly the same mass

The half life of I131 is 8 days. Given a sample of I131 at time t = 0, we can assert that 

  • No nucleus will decay before t = 4 days

  • No nucleus will decay before t = 8 days

  • All nuclei will decay before t = 16 days

  • A given nucleus may decay at any time after t = 0

Carbon-14 decays with half-life of about 5,800 years. In a sample of bone, the ratio of carbon-14 to carbon-12 is found to be 14 of what it is in free air. This bone may belong to a period about x centuries ago, where x is nearest to 

  • 2×58                       

  • 58

  • 58/2                         

  • 3×58

In the disintegration series U92238αXβ-YZA the values of Z and A respectively will be 

  • 92, 236               

  • 88, 230

  • 90, 234               

  • 91, 234

The particles emitted by radioactive decay are deflected by magnetic field. The particles will be

  • Protons and α-particles

  • Electrons, protons and α-particles

  • Electrons, protons and neutrons

  • Electrons and α-particles

Half life of a radioactive element is 10 days. The time during which quantity remains 1/10 of initial mass will be

  • 100 days             

  • 50 days

  • 33 days               

  • 16 days

In the given nuclear reaction A, B, C, D, E represents
U92238αThBAβPaDCEU92234

  • A = 234, B = 90, C = 234, D = 91, E = β

  • A = 234, B = 90, C = 238, D = 94, E =α

  • A = 238, B = 93, C = 234, D = 91, E = β

  • A = 234, B = 90, C = 234, D = 93, E = α

If half life of a radioactive element is 3 hours, after 9 hours its activity becomes 

  • 1/9                     

  • 1/27

  • 1/6                     

  • 1/8

At any instant the ratio of the amount of radioactive substances is 2 : 1. If their half lives be respectively 12 and 16 hours, then after two days, what will be the ratio of the substances?

  • 1 : 1                 

  • 2 : 1

  • 1 : 2                 

  • 1 : 4

Which of the following isotopes is used for the treatment of cancer 

  •  K40        

  • Co60

  • Sr90       

  • I131

If half-life of a radioactive atom is 2.3 days, then its decay constant would be 

  • 0.1           

  • 0.2

  • 0.3           

  • 2.3

A radio isotope has a half life of 75 years. The fraction of the atoms of this material that would decay in 150 years will be

  • 66.6%               

  • 85.5%

  • 62.5%               

  • 75%

An artificial radioactive decay series begins with unstable Pu94241. The stable nuclide obtained after eight α decays and five β-decays is 

  • Bi83209         

  • Pb82209

  •  Ti82205         

  • Hg82201

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