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IIT-JAM CHEMISTRY-(CY) 2016

TEST : ATOMIC STRUCTURE

Time : 00:50 Hour Date : 04-07-2015

M.M. : 60
Instructions :
• Part-A contains 10 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ). Each question has 4 choices (a), (b), (c)
and (d), for its answer, out of which ONLY ONE is correct. For each correct answer you will be
awarded 3 marks. For each incorrect answered 1 mark will be deducted.
• Part-B contains 05 Multiple Select Questions(MSQ). Each question has 4 choices (a), (b), (c)
and (d) for its answer, out of which ONE or MORE than ONE is/are correct. For each correct
answer you will be awarded 2 marks, there is no negative marking in this section.
• Part-C contains 10 Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions which contain 2 Marks for each, and
there is no negative marking.

PART- A
1. A particle is moving in one dimensional box between x = a and x = b. The potential energy is such that
A
the particle can not be outside these limits and the wave function in between is   . The average value
x
of x is:

ab ab b ab b ab a
(a) (b) n (c) n (d) n
ba ba a ba a ba b

2. An electron is confined in a 1-D box of 1 nm long. How many energy levels are there with energy less than
10 eV is:
(a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d) 16
3. Identify which of the following operators is not hermitian ?
 d d2 d2
(a) (b) i (c) (d) x 2
i dx dx 2 dx 2
4. TThe angle between the angular momentum l = 2 and the z-axis for ml = 2 is:
(a) 35.3 (b) 65.9 (c) 114.1 (d) 144.7

5. A hydrogenic orbital with radial function of the form r α exp  βr  and  –part as exp  3i  corresponds
to
(a) n  4, l  3, m  3 (b) n  4, l  3, m  3
(c) n  4, l >3, m  3 (d) n > 4, l = 3, m  3
6. A particle is in a one-dimensional box with a potential V0 inside the box and infinite outside. An energy state
corresponding to n = 0 (n : quantum number) is not allowed because
(a) the total energy becomes zero
(b) the average momentum becomes zero
(c) the wave function becomes zero everywhere
(d) the potential V0  0

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7. An eigenstate of energy satisfie H n  E n  n . In the presence of an extra constant potential V0

(a) both En and  n will change (b) both En and average kinetic energy will change
(c) only En will change, but not  n (d) only  n will change, but not En.
8. Compare the difference of energies of the first excited and ground states of a particle confined in (i) a 1-d box
 1  , (ii) a 2-d square box   2  and (iii) a 3-d cubic box  3  . Assume the length of each of the boxes is the
same. The correct relation between the energy differences 1 ,  2 and 3 for the three states is
(a) 1   2   3 (b) 1   2   3 (c) 3   2  1 (d) 3  1   2
9. The correct statement about both the average value of position  x  and momentum  p  of a 1-d har-
monic oscillator wavefunction is
(a) x  0 and p  0 (b) x  0 but p  0
(c) x  0 and p  0 (d) x  0 but p  0

10. The value of the commutator  x,  x, p x  is

(a) ix (b) i (c) i (d) 0

PART- B
2   /3
11. Analyse the function given ,  n, ,m   e sin  cos  cos 
The correct statement is
(a) Angular node corresponding to this function = 3 and radial node corresonding to this function = 0
h
(b) The z-component of angular momentum corresponding to the above function is
2
2
3h
(c) Total angular momentum corresponding to this function and energy corresponding to this function is
2 2
– 0.055 a.u.
(d) Average value of r corresponding to above function is 12a0.
12. Consider the statement. The correct statements are
(a) In the Bohr atom the angular momentum always had a non-zero value. While in the modern theory the
angular momentum is zero in S state only
(b) In Schrodinger model n has nothing directly to do with angular momentum, while on Bohr model n was
measure first of the angular momentum of the system.
(c) If a hydrogen atom in the ground 1s state absorb radiation, then it must be finally in 2s state.
(d) The virial theorem corresonding to H-atom is 2×total energy = – <potential energy)
13. The incorrect statement is
e2
(a) The degeneracy corresponding to Li species having energy 
++
is 9
72 0 a0
5h 2
(b) The degeneracy corresponding to rotating a particle of mass ‘m’ having energy is 7
2 2mr 2
25h 2
(c) The energy corresponding to particle confined to move in 2D square box having energy is 2
42
 13.6 z 2 
(d) The negative value of energy eigenvalue E    corresponds to scattering states in which there is
 n 2 
not enough energy for the electron to escape from the nucleus
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14.   N r  6  Z r  e  Zr /3 cos  , is a proposed hydrogenic wavefunction, where Z = atomic number, r =

radial distance from the nucleus,  = azimuthal angle, N is a constant. The CORRECT statement about 
is
(a)   0 in the xy-plane
(b) two radial nodes are presenet in 
(c) one angular node is present in 
(d) the size of the orbital decreases with increase in atomic number
15. Among the following statements, which statements TRUE for a Hermitian operator are :
(a) The eigen values are real
(b) the eigen functions are orthogonal
(c) The represent observables
(d) The scalar product of two different eigen function is equal to one
PART- C

16. The wavelength associated with an electron moving with a velocity of 103 m sec  ___________(–10–7 m).

12h 2
17. The degenracy of the energy level of a particle in a three dimensional cube of the length ‘a’ is ________
8ml 2

h2
18. In the units of , the energy difference between levels corresponding to 3 to 2 node eigen functions for a
8ml 2
particle of mass m in a one dimensional box of length ‘  ’ is _________

 2r  r 2   r 
19. For unnormalized wave-function,   r, ,    sin  cos       exp    , the number of radial
 a0  a0    a0 
 
node(s) is_____________________
20. The wavelength of an electron accelerated through a potential of 100 kV is _______________________(Å)

L 3L
21. The probability of finding the particle in one dimensional box of length L in the region between and for
4 4
quantum number n = 2 is ____________________ %
22. The ground state translational energy of a particle in one-dimensional box of 300pm length is about 4 eV.
Suppose that the same particle is moving in a three-dimensional cubic box of 100 pm on the side. The ground
state energy of the particle in the three-dimensional box is ______________ (eV).
23. A cubic box of edge-length 1.2 nm contains 10 electrons. Applying the simple particle in a box theory, the value
of E for the first excited state of this system is ____________(10–20 J)
1
2 2
24. For a particle of mass m confined in a box of length L, assume x = L. Assume further that p(min)  p .
Use the uncertainity principle to obtain an estimate of the energy of the particle. The value will be ________
 2 
 2 .
 mL 

25. The ground state energy of hydrogen atom is –13.598 eV. The expectation values of kinetic energy, T is
__________ (in units of eV).

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IIT-JAM CHEMISTRY-2016 Date : 04-07-2015

TEST : ATOMIC STRUCTURE

ANSWER KEY

Part - A
1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (a) 5. (d) 6. (c) 7. (c)
8. (b) 9. (c) 10. (d)

Part - B
11. (b,c,d) 12. (a,b) 13. (a,b,c,d) 14. (a,c,d) 15. (a,b,c )

Part - C

16. (7.25) 17. (1) 18. (7) 19. (1) 20. (0.037) 21. (50)
22. (108) 23. (8.366) 24. (0.125) 25. (13.598 )

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