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1451.

The number of unpaired electrons in \[F{{e}^{3+}}(Z=26)\] are [KCET 2000]

A.                 5             
B.                 6
C.                 3             
D.                 4
Answer» B.                 6
1452.

Maximum electrons in a \[d\]-orbital are              [CPMT 1999]

A.                 2             
B.                 10
C.                 6             
D.                 14
Answer» C.                 6             
1453.

The total number of unpaired electrons in \[d\]- orbitals of atoms of element of atomic number 29 is     [CPMT 1983]

A.                 10          
B.                 1
C.                 0             
D.                 5
Answer» D.                 5
1454.

Which of the following has more unpaired \[d\]-electrons [CBSE PMT 1999]

A.                 \[Z{{n}^{+}}\]   
B.                 \[F{{e}^{2+}}\]
C.                 \[{{N}^{3+}}\]   
D.                 \[C{{u}^{+}}\]
Answer» C.                 \[{{N}^{3+}}\]   
1455.

Which of the following has the maximum number of unpaired electrons                                               [IIT 1996]

A.                 \[M{{g}^{2+}}\]               
B.                 \[T{{i}^{3+}}\]
C.                 \[{{V}^{3+}}\]
D.                 \[F{{e}^{2+}}\]
Answer» E.
1456.

The total number of electrons present in all the \[p\]-orbitals of bromine are                                     [MP PET 1994]

A.                 Five       
B.                 Eighteen
C.                 Seventeen         
D.                 Thirty five
Answer» D.                 Thirty five
1457.

A transition metal \[X\] has a configuration \[[Ar]3{{d}^{4}}\] in its \[+3\] oxidation state. Its atomic number is   [EAMCET 1990]

A.                 25          
B.                 26
C.                 22          
D.                 19
Answer» B.                 26
1458.

The number of \[d\] electrons in \[F{{e}^{+2}}\] (atomic number of \[Fe=26\]) is not equal to that of the             [MNR 1993]

A.                 \[p\]-electrons in \[Ne\] (At. No.= 10)
B.                 \[s\]-electrons in \[Mg\] (At. No.= 12)
C.                 \[d\]-electrons in \[Fe\]
D.                 \[p\]-electrons in \[C{{l}^{-}}\] (At. No. of  \[Cl\]  = 17)
Answer» E.
1459.

The number of unpaired electrons in carbon atom in excited state is                                       [MNR 1987]

A.                 One      
B.                 Two
C.                 Three   
D.                 Four
Answer» E.
1460.

Maximum number of electrons present in \['N'\] shell is [EAMCET 1984]

A.                 18          
B.                 32
C.                 2             
D.                 8
Answer» C.                 2             
1461.

The atom of the element having atomic number 14 should have                                               [AMU 1984]

A.                 One unpaired electron 
B.                 Two unpaired electrons
C.                 Three unpaired electrons            
D.                 Four unpaired electrons
Answer» C.                 Three unpaired electrons            
1462.

An atom has 2 electrons in \[K\] shell, 8 electrons in \[L\] shell and 6 electrons in \[M\] shell. The number of \[s\]-electrons present in that element is            [CPMT 1989]

A.                 6             
B.                 5
C.                 7             
D.                 10
Answer» B.                 5
1463.

A filled or half-filled set of \[p\] or \[d\]-orbitals is spherically symmetric. Point out the species which has spherical symmetry                                           [NCERT 1983]

A.                 \[Na\]  
B.                 \[C\]
C.                 \[C{{l}^{-}}\]     
D.                 \[Fe\]
Answer» D.                 \[Fe\]
1464.

Which orbital is dumb-bell shaped [MP PMT 1986; MP PET/PMT 1998]

A.                 \[s\]-orbital       
B.                 \[p\]-orbital
C.                 \[d\]-orbital      
D.                 \[f\]-orbital
Answer» C.                 \[d\]-orbital      
1465.

The molecule having one unpaired electron is

A.                 \[NO\] 
B.                 \[CO\]
C.                 \[C{{N}^{-}}\]   
D.                 \[{{O}_{2}}\]
Answer» B.                 \[CO\]
1466.

The maximum number of unpaired electron can be present in \[d\]orbitals are

A.                 1             
B.                 3
C.                 5             
D.                 7
Answer» D.                 7
1467.

Which of the following metal ions will have maximum number of unpaired electrons      [CPMT 1996]

A.                 \[F{{e}^{+2}}\] 
B.                 \[C{{O}^{+2}}\]
C.                 \[N{{i}^{+2}}\]  
D.                 \[M{{n}^{+2}}\]
Answer» E.
1468.

 \[3{{d}^{10}}4{{s}^{0}}\] electronic configuration exhibits by

A.                 \[Z{{n}^{++}}\] 
B.                 \[C{{u}^{++}}\]
C.                 \[C{{d}^{++}}\]
D.                 \[H{{g}^{++}}\]
Answer» B.                 \[C{{u}^{++}}\]
1469.

The number of unpaired electrons in a chromic ion \[C{{r}^{3+}}\]  (atomic number = 24) is          [MNR 1986; CPMT 1992]

A.                 6             
B.                 4
C.                 3             
D.                 1
Answer» D.                 1
1470.

The number of unpaired electrons in an \[{{O}_{2}}\] molecule is [MNR 1983]

A.                 0             
B.                 1
C.                 2             
D.                 3
Answer» D.                 3
1471.

How many unpaired electrons are present in \[N{{i}^{2+}}\] cation  (atomic number = 28)                                            [IIT 1981; MNR 1984; MP PMT 1995; Kerala PMT 2003]

A.                 0             
B.                 2
C.                 4             
D.                 6
Answer» C.                 4             
1472.

Number of unpaired electrons in the ground state of beryllium atom is

A.                 2             
B.                 1
C.                 0             
D.                 All the above
Answer» D.                 All the above
1473.

The maximum number of electrons which each sub-shell can occupy is                                  [Pb. CET 1989]

A.                 \[2{{n}^{2}}\]    
B.                 \[2n\]
C.                 \[2(2l+1)\]          
D.                 \[(2l+1)\]
Answer» D.                 \[(2l+1)\]
1474.

If \[n=3\], then the value of \['l'\] which is incorrect [CPMT 1994]

A.                 0             
B.                 1
C.                 2             
D.                 3
Answer» E.
1475.

The number of unpaired electrons in \[1{{s}^{2}},\,2{{s}^{2}}2{{p}^{4}}\] is [NCERT 1984; CPMT 1991; MP PMT 1996, 2002]

A.                 4
B.                 2
C.                 0             
D.                 1
Answer» C.                 0             
1476.

Total number of unpaired electrons in an atom of atomic number 29 is                                   [CPMT 1984, 93]

A.                 1             
B.                 3
C.                 4             
D.                 2
Answer» B.                 3
1477.

Number of unpaired electrons in \[1{{s}^{2}}2{{s}^{2}}2{{p}^{3}}\] is [CPMT 1982; MP PMT 1987; BHU 1987; CBSE PMT 1990; CET Pune 1998; AIIMS 2000]

A.                 2             
B.                 0
C.                 3             
D.                 1
Answer» D.                 1
1478.

The number of electrons that can be accommodated in \[d{{z}^{2}}\] orbital is                   [Kurukshetra CEE 2002]

A.                 10          
B.                 1
C.                 4             
D.                 2
Answer» E.
1479.

For sodium atom the number of electrons with \[m=0\] will be                  [RPMT 1999]

A.                 2             
B.                 7
C.                 9             
D.                 8
Answer» C.                 9             
1480.

The configuration \[1{{s}^{2}}2{{s}^{2}}2{{p}^{5}}3{{s}^{1}}\] shows        [AIIMS 1997]

A.                 Ground state of fluorine atom
B.                 Excited state of fluorine atom
C.                 Excited state of neon atom
D.                 Excited state of ion \[O_{2}^{-}\]
Answer» D.                 Excited state of ion \[O_{2}^{-}\]
1481.

The maximum number of electrons in an atom with \[l=2\]  and \[n=3\] is                                            [MP PET/PMT 1998]

A.                 2             
B.                 6
C.                 12          
D.                 10
Answer» E.
1482.

The  number  of electrons in the atom which has 20 protons in the nucleus          [CPMT 1981, 93; CBSE PMT 1989]

A.                 20          
B.                 10
C.                 30          
D.                 40
Answer» B.                 10
1483.

The maximum number of electrons accommodated in \[5f\] orbitals are               [MP PET 1996]

A.                 5
B.                 10
C.                 14          
D.                 18
Answer» D.                 18
1484.

Which of the following sets of quantum numbers represent an impossible arrangement               [IIT 1986; MP PET 1995]                                                 

A.                 n ? 3      l ? 2        m - - 2   \[{{m}_{s}}\]- (+)\[\frac{1}{2}\] 
B.                 n ? 4      l ? 0        m ? 0     \[{{m}_{s}}\]-  (?)\[\frac{1}{2}\]
C.                 n ? 3      l ? 2        m - -3    \[{{m}_{s}}\] -  (+)\[\frac{1}{2}\]
D.                 n ? 5      l ? 3        m ? 0     \[{{m}_{s}}\] - (?) \[\frac{1}{2}\]
Answer» D.                 n ? 5      l ? 3        m ? 0     \[{{m}_{s}}\] - (?) \[\frac{1}{2}\]
1485.

The number of electrons which can be accommodated in an orbital is     [DPMT 1981; AFMC 1988]

A.                 One      
B.                 Two
C.                 Three   
D.                 Four
Answer» C.                 Three   
1486.

The maximum number of electrons that can be accommodated in \['f'\]  sub shell is [CPMT 1983, 84; MP PET/PMT 1988; BITS 1988]

A.                 2             
B.                 8
C.                 32          
D.                 14
Answer» E.
1487.

\[{{p}_{x}}\] orbital can accommodate [MNR 1990; IIT 1983; MADT Bihar 1995; BCECE 2005]

A.                 4 electrons
B.                 6 electrons
C.                 2 electrons with parallel spins
D.                 2 electrons with opposite spins
Answer» E.
1488.

Which of the following electronic configuration is not possible    [MHCET 2003]

A.                 \[1{{s}^{2}}2{{s}^{2}}\] 
B.                 \[1{{s}^{2}},2{{s}^{2}}2{{p}^{6}}\]
C.                 \[[Ar]\,3{{d}^{10}},4{{s}^{2}}4{{p}^{2}}\]             
D.                 \[1{{s}^{2}},2{{s}^{2}}2{{p}^{2}},3{{s}^{1}}\]
Answer» E.
1489.

The number of orbitals present in the shell with \[n=4\] is            [UPSEAT 2004]

A.                 16          
B.                 8
C.                 18          
D.                 32
Answer» B.                 8
1490.

Number of two electron can have the same values of ?? quantum numbers      [UPSEAT 2004]

A.                 One      
B.                 Two
C.                 Three   
D.                 Four
Answer» D.                 Four
1491.

The maximum number of electrons in \[p\]-orbital with \[n=5,\,m=1\] is              [Pb. CET 2003]

A.                 6             
B.                 2
C.                 14          
D.                 10
Answer» C.                 14          
1492.

The electronic configuration of element with atomic number 24 is            [Pb. CET 2004]

A.                 \[1{{s}^{2}},2{{s}^{2}}2{{p}^{6}},3{{s}^{2}}3{{p}^{6}}3{{d}^{4}},4{{s}^{2}}\]
B.                 \[1{{s}^{2}},2{{s}^{2}}2{{p}^{6}},3{{s}^{2}}3{{p}^{6}}3{{d}^{10}}\]
C.                 \[1{{s}^{2}},2{{s}^{2}}2{{p}^{6}},3{{s}^{2}}3{{p}^{6}}3{{d}^{6}}\]
D.                 \[1{{s}^{2}},2{{s}^{2}}2{{p}^{6}},3{{s}^{2}}3{{p}^{6}}3{{d}^{5}}4{{s}^{1}}\]
Answer» E.
1493.

The ground state term symbol for an electronic state is governed by       [UPSEAT 2004]

A.                 Heisenberg?s principle
B.                 Hund?s rule
C.                 Aufbau principle
D.                 Pauli exclusion principle
Answer» D.                 Pauli exclusion principle
1494.

Which of the following electronic configuration is not possible according to Hund?s rule                  [Kerala PMT 2004]

A.                 \[1{{s}^{2}}2{{s}^{2}}\] 
B.                 \[1{{s}^{2}}2{{s}^{1}}\]
C.                 \[1{{s}^{2}}2{{s}^{2}}2p_{x}^{1}2p_{y}^{1}2p_{x}^{1}\]
D.                 \[1{{s}^{2}}2{{s}^{2}}2p_{x}^{2}\]
E.                 \[1{{s}^{2}}2{{s}^{2}}2p_{x}^{2}2p_{y}^{1}2p_{z}^{1}\]
Answer» E.                 \[1{{s}^{2}}2{{s}^{2}}2p_{x}^{2}2p_{y}^{1}2p_{z}^{1}\]
1495.

The magnetic quantum number specifies [MNR 1986; BHU 1982; CPMT 1989, 94; MP PET 1999; AFMC 1999; AMU (Engg.) 1999]

A.                 Size of orbitals  
B.                 Shape of orbitals
C.                 Orientation of orbitals  
D.                 Nuclear stability
Answer» D.                 Nuclear stability
1496.

The four quantum numbers of the valence electron of potassium are                                     [DPMT 2004]

A.                 4, 1, 0 and \[\frac{1}{2}\]             
B.                 4, 0, 1 and \[\frac{1}{2}\]
C.                 4, 0, 0 and \[+\frac{1}{2}\]           
D.                 4, 1, 1 and \[\frac{1}{2}\]
Answer» D.                 4, 1, 1 and \[\frac{1}{2}\]
1497.

Which of the following sets of quantum numbers is correct for an electron in \[4f\] orbital           [AIEEE 2004]

A.                 \[n=4,\,l=3,\,m=+1,\,s=+\frac{1}{2}\]
B.                 \[n=4,\,l=4,\,m=-4,\,s=-\frac{1}{2}\]
C.                 \[n=4,\,l=3,\,m=+4,\,s=+\frac{1}{2}\]
D.                 \[n=3,\,l=2,\,m=-2,\,s=+\frac{1}{2}\]
Answer» B.                 \[n=4,\,l=4,\,m=-4,\,s=-\frac{1}{2}\]
1498.

Consider the ground state of \[(Z=24)\]. The numbers of electrons with the azimuthal quantum numbers, \[l=1\] and 2 are, respectively                                       [AIEEE 2004]

A.                 16 and 4              
B.                 12 and 5
C.                 12 and 4              
D.                 16 and 5
Answer» C.                 12 and 4              
1499.

The number of \[2p\] electrons having spin quantum number \[s=-1/2\] are                                       [KCET 2004]

A.                 6             
B.                 0
C.                 2             
D.                 3
Answer» E.
1500.

For principle quantum number \[n=4\] the total number of orbitals having \[l=3\]            [AIIMS 2004]

A.                 3             
B.                 7
C.                 5
D.                 9
Answer» C.                 5