Radioactive ${}_{27}{}^{60}Co$ is transformed into stable ${}_{28}{}^{60}Ni$ by emitting two $\gamma$-rays of energies

1. 1.33 MeV and 1.17 MeV in succession

2. 1.17 MeV and 1.33 MeV in succession

3. 1.37 MeV and 1.13 MeV in succession

4. 1.17 MeV and 1.13 MeV in succession

The volume occupied by an atom is greater than the volume of the nucleus by factor of about

1. ${10}^{10}$ 

2. ${10}^{15}$ 

3. ${10}^1$ 

4. ${10}^5$

A radioactive nucleus undergoes a series of decay according to the scheme 

$A\stackrel{\alpha }{\to }{A}_1\stackrel{\beta }{\to }{A}_2\stackrel{\alpha }{\to }{A}_3\stackrel{\gamma }{\to }{A}_4$

If the mass number and atomic number of A are 180 and 72 respectively, then what are these number for $A_4$?

1. 172 and 69 

2. 174 and 70

3. 176 and 69

4. 176 and 70

What fraction of a radioactive material will get disintegrated in a period of two half-lives?

1. whole

2. half

3. one-fourth

4. three-fourth

If the nucleus ${}_{13}{}^{27}Al$ has a nuclear radius of about 3.6 fm, then ${}_{52}{}^{125}Te$ would have its radius approximately as 

1. 6.0 fm 

2. 9.6 fm

3. 12.0 fm 

4. 4.8 fm

After two hours, one-sixteenth of the starting amount of a certain radioactive isotope remained undecayed. The half life of the isotope is

1. 15 minutes 

2. 30 minutes

3. 45 minutes

4. 1 hour

Atomic weight of boron is 10.81 and it has two isotopes ${}_5{}^{10}B and {}_5{}^{11}B$. Then, the ratio of atoms of  ${}_5{}^{10}B and {}_5{}^{11}B$ in nature would be 

1. 19 : 81

2. 10 : 11 

3. 15 : 16 

4. 81 : 19

The half-life of radium is 1600 yr.  The fraction of a sample of radium that would remain

after 6400 yr 

1. $\frac{1}{4}$   

2. $\frac{1}{2}$ 

3. $\frac{1}{8}$ 

4. $\frac{1}{16}$

The count rate of a Geiger Muller counter for the radiation of a radioactive material of half-life 30 min decreases to 5 $s^{-1}$ after 2 h. The initial count rate was 

1. 20 $s^{-1}$ 

2. 25 $s^{-1}$ 

3. 80 $s^{-1}$ 

4. 625 $s^{-1}$