After two hours, one-sixteenth of the starting amount of a certain radioactive isotope remained undecayed. The half life of the isotope is [Bihar MEE 1995; Manipal MEE 1995; MP PMT 1997; AFMC 2000, 05; DPMT 2002]

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 [1991]

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 [1995]

1. 20 $s^{-1}$ 

2. 25 $s^{-1}$ 

3. 80 $s^{-1}$ 

4. 625 $s^{-1}$

An element A decays into element C by a two step process

$A\to B+{}_{2}H{e}^4$
$B\to C+2e^{-}$

then  [1989]

1. A and C are isotopes

2. A and C are isobars

3. A and B are isotopes

4. A and B are isobars

The radius R of a nuclear matter varies with A as

1. $R \alpha A^{2/3}$

2. $R \alpha A^{1/3}$

3. $R \alpha A^0$ 

4. $R \alpha A$

Number of nuclei of a radioactive substance at time t = 0 are 2000 and 1800 at time t = 2s. Number of nuclei left after t = 6s is [MGIMS 2010]

1. 1442 

2. 1554 

3. 1652 

4. 1458

In a radioactive material, the activity at time $t_1$ is $R_1$ and at a later time, $t_2$ is $R_2$. If the decay constant of the material is $\lambda$, then:

1. $R_1=R_2{e}^{-\lambda \left(t_1-t_2\right)}$   

2. $R_1=R_2{e}^{\lambda \left(t_1-t_2\right)}$

3. $R_1=R_2\left(\frac{t_2}{t_1}\right)$ 

4. $R_1=R_2$

Which of the following are suitable for the fusion process ? [2002]

1. Light nuclei

2. Heavy nuclei

3. Elements lying in the middle of periodic table

4. Elements lying in the middle of binding energy curve

An archeologist analyses the wood in a prehistoric structure and finds that ${\mathrm{C}}^{14}$ (Half - life=5700 years) to ${\mathrm{C}}^{12}$ is only one - fourth of that found in the cells buried plants. The age of the wood is about

1. 5700 yr

2. 2850 yr

3. 11,400 yr

4. 22,800 yr