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In an α -decay the kinetic energy of α-particle is 48 MeV and Q -value of the reaction is 50 MeV. The mass number of the mother nucleus is (assume that daughter nucleus is in ground state)

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A sample of radioactive material decays simultaneously by two processes A and B with half lives 12 and 14 hr, respectively. For first half hour it decays with the process A, next one hr with the process B and for further half an hour with both A and B. If originally there were N0 nuclei, find the number of nuclei after 2 hr of such decay.
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In which of the following process the number of protons in the nucleus increases.
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A radioactive nucleus 'X'' decays to a stable nucleus 'Y'. Then the graph of rate of formation of 'Y'' against time 't'' will be
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A heavy nucleus having mass number 200 gets disintegrated into two small fragments of mass number 80 and 120. If binding energy per nucleon for parent atom is 6.5 MeV and for daughter nuclei is 7 MeV and 8 MeV, respectively, then the energy released in the decay will be
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An element X decays, first by positron emission and then two α-particles are emitted in successive radioactive decay. If the product nuclei has a mass number 229 and atomic number 89, the mass number and atomic number of element X are
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When an electron accelerated by potential difference U is bombarded on a specific metal, the emitted X-ray spectrum obtained is shown in adjoining graph. If the potential difference is reduced to U3, the correct spectrum is

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90% of a radioactive sample is left undecayed after time t has elapsed. What percentage of the initial sample will decay in a total time 2t.
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A radioactive element X converts into another stable element Y. Half life of X is 2 hrs. Initially only X is present. After time t, the ratio of atoms of X and Y is found to be 1: 4, then t in hours is