NEET Sample Paper NEET Sample Test Paper-21

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    The wavelength of the first line in Balmer series in the hydrogen spectrum is \[\lambda .\]What is the wavelength of the second line.

    A) \[\frac{20\lambda }{27}\]                              

    B) \[\frac{3\lambda }{16}\]                    

    C)   \[\frac{5\lambda }{36}\]                    

    D)   \[\frac{3\lambda }{4}\]   

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    The first line corresponds to \[n=3.\]Therefore, \[\frac{1}{{{\lambda }_{1}}}=R\left( \frac{1}{4}-\frac{1}{{{3}^{2}}} \right)=R\left( \frac{1}{4}-\frac{1}{9} \right)=\frac{5R}{36}\]or \[{{\lambda }_{1}}=\frac{36}{5R}.\] For the second line \[n=4\] \[\therefore \]    \[\frac{1}{{{\lambda }_{2}}}=R\left( \frac{1}{4}-\frac{1}{{{4}^{2}}} \right)\,\,\Rightarrow {{\lambda }_{2}}=\frac{16}{3R}\] \[\therefore \]\[\frac{{{\lambda }_{2}}}{{{\lambda }_{1}}}=\frac{16}{3R}.\frac{5R}{36}=\frac{20}{27}\]or \[{{\lambda }_{2}}=\frac{20}{27}\lambda \] Hence, the correction option is (a).


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