A certain mass of hydrogen is changed to Helium by the process of fusion. The mass defect in the fusion reaction is \(0.02866~\text{u}.\)The energy liberated per nucleon is:
(given \(1~\mathrm{u} = 931~\text{MeV}\) )
1. \(26.7~\text{MeV}\)
2. \(6.675~\text{MeV}\)
3. \(13.35~\text{MeV}\)
4. \(2.67~\text{MeV}\)

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. \(10~\mu\text{g}\)

The half-life of a radioactive element X is 50 yrs. It decays to another element Y which is stable. The two elements X and Y were found to be in the ratio of 1:15 in a sample of a given rock. The age of the rock was estimated to be:

1.  200 yr

2.  250 yr

3.  100 yr

4.  150 yr

A nucleus \({ }_{{n}}^{{m}} \mathrm{X}\) emits one $\mathrm{}$\(\alpha\text -\text{particle}\) and two \(\beta\text- \text{particle}\) The resulting nucleus is:

The mass of a ${}_3{}^7\mathrm{Li}$ nucleus is \(0.042~\text{u}\) less than the sum of the masses of all its nucleons. The binding energy per nucleon of the ${}_3{}^7\mathrm{Li}$ nucleus is near:
1. \(4.6~\text{MeV}\)
2. \(5.6~\text{MeV}\)
3. \(3.9~\text{MeV}\)
4. \(23~\text{MeV}\)