VITEEE PYQs for Nuclei with Solutions: Practice VITEEE Previous Year Questions

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Nuclei is an important topic in the Physics section in VITEEE exam. Practising this topic will increase your score overall and make your conceptual grip on VITEEE exam stronger.

This article gives you a full set of VITEEE PYQs for Nuclei with explanations for effective preparation. Practice of VITEEE Physics PYQs including Nuclei questions regularly will improve accuracy, speed, and confidence in the VITEEE 2026 exam.

VITEEE PYQs for Nuclei with Solutions

1.
The radioactivity of a certain material drops to $\frac{1}{16}$ of the initial value in $2$ hours. The half life of this radionuclide is
- 10 min
- 20 min
- 30 min
- 40 min
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2.
Ionization power and penetration range of radioactive radiation increases in the order
- $\lambda, \beta, \alpha \, \, and \, \lambda, \beta, \alpha$ respectively
- $\lambda, \beta, \alpha \, \, and \, \alpha, \beta, \lambda$ respectively
- $\alpha, \beta, \lambda \, \, and \, \alpha, \beta, \lambda$ respectively
- $\alpha, \beta, \lambda \, \, and \, \lambda, \beta, \alpha$ respectively
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3.
Assertion :
The binding energy of the nucleus increases with the increase in atomic number.
Reason :
Heavier elements have a greater number of non-radioactive isotopes than radioactive isotopes.
- Both assertion and reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for assertion.
- Both assertion and reason are correct and Assertion is the correct explanation for Reason.
- Assertion is correct but reason is incorrect
- Both assertion and reason are incorrect
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4.
Radio carbon dating is done by estimating in specimen
- the amount of ordinary carbon still present
- the amount of radio carbon still present
- the ratio of amount of $^{14}C_{6} \, to ^{12}C_{6}$ still present
- the ratio of amount of $^{12}C_{6} \, to \, ^{14}C_6$ still present
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5.
The half-life of radioactive radon is 3.8 days. The time at the end of which $\frac{1}{20}th$ of the Radon sample will remain undecayed is (given log₁₀^e=0.4343)
- 3.8 days
- 16.5 days
- 33 days
- 76 days
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6.
$^{234}U $ has $92$ protons and $234$ nucleons total in its nucleus. It decays by emitting an alpha particle. After the decay it becomes
- $^{232}\,U$
- $^{232}\,Pa$
- $^{230}\,Th$
- $^{230}\,Ra$
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VITEEE PYQs for Nuclei with Solutions

1.The radioactivity of a certain material drops to $\frac{1}{16}$ of the initial value in $2$ hours. The half life of this radionuclide is

2.Ionization power and penetration range of radioactive radiation increases in the order

3.Assertion :The binding energy of the nucleus increases with the increase in atomic number. Reason :Heavier elements have a greater number of non-radioactive isotopes than radioactive isotopes.

4.Radio carbon dating is done by estimating in specimen

5.The half-life of radioactive radon is 3.8 days. The time at the end of which \(\frac{1}{20}th\) of the Radon sample will remain undecayed is (given log10e=0.4343)

6.$^{234}U $ has $92$ protons and $234$ nucleons total in its nucleus. It decays by emitting an alpha particle. After the decay it becomes

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1.
The radioactivity of a certain material drops to $\frac{1}{16}$ of the initial value in $2$ hours. The half life of this radionuclide is

2.
Ionization power and penetration range of radioactive radiation increases in the order

3.
Assertion :
The binding energy of the nucleus increases with the increase in atomic number.
Reason :
Heavier elements have a greater number of non-radioactive isotopes than radioactive isotopes.

4.
Radio carbon dating is done by estimating in specimen

5.
The half-life of radioactive radon is 3.8 days. The time at the end of which \(\frac{1}{20}th\) of the Radon sample will remain undecayed is (given log₁₀^e=0.4343)

6.
$^{234}U $ has $92$ protons and $234$ nucleons total in its nucleus. It decays by emitting an alpha particle. After the decay it becomes