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How did Thomson's atomic model arrange positive charge and electrons?
  1. Positive charge filled the atomic volume with electrons embedded in it ✓
  2. Positive charge occupied a tiny nucleus with electrons outside
  3. Positive and negative charges formed two separate hemispheres
  4. Electrons filled a positive shell around an empty centre
Answer: A. Thomson's plum-pudding model embedded electrons in a diffuse sphere of positive charge.
Why not B: A concentrated nucleus is Rutherford's later model.
Why not C: Thomson proposed a roughly uniform positive distribution rather than charge-separated halves.
Why not D: The positive material occupied the volume; it was not only an outer shell.
What is the energy of the nth Bohr level of hydrogen?
  1. +13.6n² eV
  2. −13.6n² eV
  3. −13.6/n² eV ✓
  4. +13.6/n eV
Answer: C. Hydrogen bound-state energies are En=−13.6 eV/n² and approach zero from below as n increases.
Why not A: Bound levels are negative and become less widely spaced at large n.
Why not B: This grows more negative with radius instead of approaching zero.
Why not D: The sign and inverse-square dependence are both incorrect.
A 7.70 MeV alpha particle approaches a gold nucleus head-on. What closest-approach distance is predicted? Use Z=79, k=9.00×10⁹ N m² C⁻² and e=1.60×10⁻¹⁹ C.
  1. 3.03×10⁻¹⁴ m ✓
  2. 6.06×10⁻¹⁴ m
  3. 3.03×10⁻¹⁵ m
  4. 1.52×10⁻¹⁴ m
Answer: A. d=k(2e)(Ze)/K with K=7.70×10⁶ eV gives d=3.03×10⁻¹⁴ m.
Why not B: This doubles the Coulomb energy after the alpha charge 2e is already included.
Why not C: This loses one power of ten when converting 7.70 MeV to joules.
Why not D: This omits the alpha particle's charge factor two.

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This chapter test has 30 questions — 10 easy, 14 medium and 6 hard — all written against the NCERT Class 12 chapter.

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Yes — every distractor carries its own explanation naming the specific misconception that makes a student pick it. That is the part most question banks skip, and it is the part that changes your next attempt.