A. Temperature
B. Pressure
C. Amount of element present
D. None of these
Related Mcqs:
- The half life period of a radioactive substance is best determined by counting the number of alpha particles emitted per second in a Geiger Muller counter from its known quantity. If the half life period of a radioactive substance is one month, then____________?
A. 3/4th of it will disintegrate in two months
B. It will completely disintegrate in two months
C. It will completely disintegrate in four months
D. 1/8th of it will remain intact at the end of four months - The half life period of a radioactive element is 100 days. After 400 days, one gm of the element will be reduced to ______________ gm?
A. 1/4
B. 1/8
C. 1/2
D. 1/16 - The half life period of a radioactive element depends on its _______________________?
A. Temperature
B. Pressure
C. Amount
D. None of these - 75% of a radioactive element decays in 6 hours. Its half life period is ______________ hours?
A. 3/4
B. 1/6
C. 3
D. 4 - What is the average life of a radioactive atom having a ‘half life period’ of T ?
A. 1.44 T
B. 0.144 T
C. 14.4 T
D. 2T - If 4 gm of a radioisotope has a half life period of 10 days, the half life of 2 gm of the same isotope will be ____________ days?
A. 5
B. 10
C. 20
D. 30 - The amount of a radioactive material (having a half life of 100 years) remaining after 400 years will be ______________ of its original weight?
A. 1/2
B. 1/4
C. 1/8
D. 1/16 - The disintegration rate of a radioactive element _______________?
A. Progressively increases
B. Progressively decreases
C. Remains constant throughout
D. May increase or decrease depending on the material - The atomic number of a radioactive element is not changed, when it emits _____________ rays?
A. α
B. β
C. γ
D. α & β - The new nucleus formed after β-decay of a radioactive element has___________________?
A. Less atomic number
B. Less atomic weight
C. More atomic number
D. More atomic weight
