Radioactive material 'A' has decay constant '8\(\lambda\)' and material 'B' has a decay constant '\(\lambda\)'. Initially, they have the same number of nuclei. After what time, the ratio of the number of nuclei of material 'A' to that of 'B' will be \(\frac{1}{e}\)?

\(1 .   \frac{1}{7 \lambda}\)
\(2 .   \frac{1}{8 \lambda}\)
\(3 .   \frac{1}{9 \lambda}\)
\(4 .   \frac{1}{\lambda}\)

For radioactive material, the half-life is \(10\) minutes. If initially, there are \(600\) number of nuclei, the time taken (in minutes) for the disintegration of \(450\) nuclei is :
1. \(20\)
2. \(10\)
3. \(30\)
4. \(15\)

A nucleus of uranium decays at rest into nuclei of thorium and helium. Then:

If the radius of \(_{13}^{27}\mathrm{Al}\) nucleus is taken to be \(\mathrm{R}_{\mathrm{Al}},\) then the radius of \(_{53}^{125}\mathrm{Te}\) nucleus is near:
1. \(\left(\frac{53}{13}\right) ^{\frac{1}{3}}~\mathrm{R_{Al}}\)
2. \(\frac{5}{3}~\mathrm{R_{Al}}\)
3. \(\frac{3}{5}~\mathrm{R_{Al}}\)
4. \(\left(\frac{13}{53}\right)~\mathrm{R_{Al}}\)

A radioisotope 'X' with a half-life 1.4 × 10⁹ years decays to 'Y' which is stable. A sample of the rock from a cave was found to contain 'X' and 'Y' in the ratio 1:7. The age of the rock is:

1. 1.96 x 10⁹ years

2. 3.92 x 10⁹ years

3. 4.20 x 10⁹ years

4. 8.40 x 10⁹ years

If the nuclear radius of \(^{27}\text{Al}\) is \(3.6\) Fermi, the approximate nuclear radius of \(^{64}\text{Cu}\) in Fermi is:
1. \(2.4\)
2. \(1.2\)
3. \(4.8\)
4. \(3.6\)

A mixture consists of two radioactive materials A₁ and A₂ with half-lives of 20 s and 10 s respectively. Initially, the mixture has 40 g of A₁ and 160 g of A₂. The amount of the two in the mixture will become equal after:

1. 60 s

2. 80 s

3. 20 s

4. 40 s

The power obtained in a reactor using \(\mathrm{U}^{235}\) ${\mathrm{}}^{}$disintegration is \(1000~\text{kW}\). The mass decay of \(\mathrm{U}^{235}\) ${\mathrm{}}^{}$per hour is approximately equal to:
1. \(20~\mu\text{g}\)
2. \(40~\mu\text{g}\)
3. \(1~\mu\text{g}\)
4. \(10~\mu\text{g}\)