STRUCTURE OF ATOM
1 Write the electronic configuration of chromium
2 How many total electrons are present in nitrate ion
3 The nucleus of an atom of an element does not contain a
neutron. Name the element and what does its nucleus
consists of
4 How many unpaired electrons are there in a carbon atom in
its ground state?
5 Which of the following has the smallest de Broglie
wavelength?
O2,H2,a proton, and an electron
6 What type of spectrum is obtained when light emitted from
discharge tube containing hydrogen gas is analysed
7 What is the maximum number of electron in an atom having
n=3, l=1 and ms=-1/2
8 What is meant by quantization of electron energy
9 How many spherical nodal surfaces are there in 3s sub shell
10 Out of 6s and 4f orbitals, which has higher energy and why?
11 List the values for all quantum numbers in 4f electrons
12 Which of the following orbitals are not possible
1p, 2d, 3f and 4f
13 Name the orbital does not have directional property
14 Write the designation of an orbital having n=3 and l=2
15 Name the particles which constitute cathode ray.
16 Consider the electronic configuration 1s02s02p03s1
Name the element having this configuration. Is it in an excited
state or ground state?
17 Write the values of n,ml,and ms of the last electron in
potassium(z=19)
18 How many quantum numbers are required to specify an
orbital
19 What is the sequence of energies of 3s,3p and 3d orbitals in
i) H atom
ii) A multielectron atom
20 Name the cations which donot have any electron
21 Write the electronic configuration of
i) Mg2+
ii) O2-
23 Write the atomic number of an element having mass number
23 and neutrons 12 and write the symbol
24 Calculate the number of protons, neutrons and electrons in 80
35Br
25 Calculate (a) wavenumber and (b) frequency of yellow
radiation having wavelength 5800 Å.
26 Calculate energy of one mole of photons of radiation whose
frequency is 5 ×1014 Hz.
27 Limitations of Bohr’s Model
28 State
i) Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
ii) Aufbau Principle
iii) Pauli Exclusion Principle
iv) Hund’s Rule of Maximum Multiplicity
29 A golf ball has a mass of 40g, and a speed of 45 m/s. If the
speed can be measured within accuracy of 2%, calculate the
uncertainty in the position.
30 What are the information given by four quantum numbers
31 What is the total number of orbitals associated with the
principal quantum number n = 3 ?
32 Draw the shape of p and d orbitals
33 The completely filled and completely half-filled subshells are
stable.why?
34 Which of the following are isoelectronic species i.e., those
having the same number of electrons? Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, S2–,
Ar.
35 i) What are the atomic numbers of elements whose
outermost electrons are represented by (a) 3s1 (b)
2p3 and (c) 3p5 ?
ii) Which atoms are indicated by the following
configurations ?
(a) [He] 2s1 (b) [Ne] 3s2 3p3
(c) [Ar] 4s2 3d1.
36 What is the lowest value of n that allows g orbitals to exist?
37 Give the number of electrons in the species
38 (i) An atomic orbital has n = 3. What are the possible
values of l and ml ?
(ii) List the quantum numbers (ml and l) of electrons for
3d orbital.
(iii) Which of the following orbitals are possible? 1p, 2s,
2p and 3f
39 Using s, p, d notations, describe the orbital with the following
quantum numbers.
(a) n=1, l=0; (b) n = 3; l=1 (c) n = 4; l =2; (d) n=4; l=3
40 How many electrons in an atom may have the following
quantum numbers?
(a) n = 4, ms = – ½ (b) n = 3, l = 0
41 The quantum numbers of six electrons are given below.
Arrange them in order of increasing energies. If any of these
combination(s) has/have the same energy lists: 1. n = 4, l = 2,
ml = –2 , ms = –1/2
2. n = 3, l = 2, ml = 1 , ms = +1/2
3. n = 4, l = 1, ml = 0 , ms = +1/2
4. n = 3, l = 2, ml = –2 , ms = –1/2
5. n = 3, l = 1, ml = –1 , ms = +1/2
6. n = 4, l = 1, ml = 0 , ms = +1/2
42 The bromine atom possesses 35 electrons. It contains 6
electrons in 2p orbital, 6 electrons in 3p orbital and 5 electron
in 4p orbital. Which of these electron experiences the lowest
effective nuclear charge ?
43 Among the following pairs of orbitals which orbital will
experience the larger effective nuclear charge?
(i) 2s and 3s, (ii) 4d and 4f,
44 The unpaired electrons in Al and Si are present in 3p orbital.
Which electrons will experience more effective nuclear
charge from the nucleus ?
45 Indicate the number of unpaired electrons in :
(a) P, (b) Si, (c) Cr, (d) Fe
46 How many electrons will be present in the subshells having
ms value of –1/2 for
n=4?
