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1

Two radioactive substances A and B of mass numbers 200 and 212 respectively, shows spontaneous -decay with same Q value of 1 MeV. The ratio of energies of -rays produced by A and B is .

  1. 25482650
  2. 27062646
  3. 25972600
  4. 28622499
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 8th April Evening Shift
2

The energy released if hydrogen atoms are combined to form 24He is MeV. (Take binding energies per nucleon of 12H and 24He as 1.1 MeV and 7.2 MeV, respectively)

  1. 6.1
  2. 24.4
  3. 26.6
  4. 5
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 6th April Evening Shift
3

Assuming the experimental mass of 612C as 12 u, the mass defect of 612C atom is MeV/c2. (Mass of proton = 1.00727 u, mass of neutron = 1.00866 u, 1 u = 931.5 MeV/c2 and c is the speed of the light in vacuum).

  1. 127.5
  2. 89.03
  3. 272.0
  4. 92.0
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 5th April Evening Shift
4

Two nuclei of mass number 3 combine with another nucleus of mass number 4 to yield a nucleus of mass number 10. If the binding energy per nucleon for the mass numbers 3, 4 and 10 are 5.6 MeV, 7.4 MeV and 6.1 MeV, respectively, then in the process, Mc2= MeV.

  1. 6.9
  2. 7.9
  3. 2.2
  4. 4.3
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 4th April Morning Shift
5

The binding energy per nucleon of 20983Bi is MeV. [Take m( 20983Bi) = 208.980388 u, mp = 1.007825 u, mn = 1.008665 u, 1 u = 931 MeV/c2]

  1. 7.48
  2. 7.84
  3. 8.79
  4. 6.94
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 2nd April Evening Shift
6

An atom 83X is bombarded by shower of fundamental particles and in 10 s this atom absorbed 10 electrons, 10 protons and 9 neutrons. The percentage growth in the surface area of the nucleus is recorded by :

  1. 150\%
  2. 900\%
  3. 125\%
  4. 225\%
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 28th January Morning Shift
7

A nucleus has mass number and radius R . Another nucleus has mass number and radius R . If = 8 then R /R is :

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 8
  4. 0.5
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 28th January Evening Shift
8

Given below are two statements : In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

  1. Statement I is false but Statement II is true
  2. Both Statement I and Statement II are true
  3. Both Statement I and Statement II are false
  4. Statement I is true but Statement II is false
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 24th January Morning Shift
9

The binding energies for the following nuclear reactions are expressed in MeV. 2He3 + 0n1 2He4 + 20 MeV 2He4 + 0n1 2He5 - 0.9 MeV If X3, X4, X5 denote the stability of 2He3, 2He4 and 2He5, respectively, then the correct order is :

  1. X4 > X5 > X3
  2. X4 < X5 < X3
  3. X4 > X5 < X3
  4. X4 = X5 = X3
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 24th January Evening Shift
10

Which of the following pair of nuclei are isobars of the element?

  1. 31H and 32He
  2. 19880Hg and 19779Au
  3. 21H and 31H
  4. 23692U and 23892U
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 23rd January Evening Shift
11

The minimum frequency of photon required to break a particle of mass 15.348 amu into 4 particles is kHz. [mass of He nucleus = 4.002 amu, 1 amu = 1.66 10-27 kg, h = 6.6 10-34 J s and c = 3 108 m/s]

  1. 14.94 1020
  2. 9 1019
  3. 9 1020
  4. 14.94 1019
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 22nd January Morning Shift
12

For a nucleus of mass number A and radius R, the mass density of nucleus can be represented as

  1. A 23
  2. Independent of A
  3. A3
  4. A 13
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 8th April Evening Shift
13

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

  1. (A) is correct but (R) is not correct
  2. Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
  3. (A) is not correct but (R) is correct
  4. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 7th April Evening Shift
14

A radioactive material P first decays into Q and then Q decays to non-radioactive material R. Which of the following figure represents time dependent mass of P, Q and R ?

  1. [figure]
  2. [figure]
  3. [figure]
  4. [figure]
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 4th April Evening Shift
15

Energy released when two deuterons (1H2 ) fuse to form a helium nucleus (2He4 ) is : (Given : Binding energy per nucleon of 1H2 = 1.1 MeV and binding energy per nucleon of 2He4 = 7.0 MeV)

  1. 26.8 MeV
  2. 8.1 MeV
  3. 23.6 MeV
  4. 5.9 MeV
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 2nd April Evening Shift
16

Choose the correct nuclear process from the below options [p : proton, n : neutron, e- : electron, e+ : positron, : neutrino, : antineutrino]

  1. n p + e+ +
  2. n p + e- +
  3. n p + e+ +
  4. n p + e- +
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 28th January Morning Shift