MCQ questions -X-ray -Science cycle –3
1.In radiotherapy, X-rays are used to:
- Detect bone fracture
- Treat cancer
- Detect skin disease
- Detect fault in the radio receiving circuit
Ans: D
2.X-rays will not show the phenomena of———–
- Diffraction
- Polarization
- Interference
- Deflection by an electric field
Ans: D
3.In radiotherapy, X-rays are used to:
- Detect bone fracture
- Treat cancer
- Detect skin disease
- Detect fault in the radio receiving circuit
Ans: B
4.X-rays can’t penetrate through a sheet of:
- Wood
- Paper
- Aluminum
- Lead
Ans: D
5.Penetrating power of X-ray increases through:
- Increase in p.d between cathode and anode
- Speed
- Distance
- Velocity
Ans: A
- X-rays diffraction was first of all observed by——
- Laue
- Bragg
- Zeeman
- Moseley
Ans: A
- The hydrogen atom does not emit X – rays because:
- It is too small in size
- Its energy levels are too far apart
- Its energy levels are too close to each other
- It has a single electron
Ans: C
- When objects placed in a room are exposed to X-rays, they appear:
- Invisible
- Yellow
- Blue
- Red
Ans: A
- 10 KeV electron strikes a tungsten target in a vacuum. The radiation emitted by the target is————-
- Visible light
- X-rays
- Infrared radiation
- Radio wave
Ans: B
- The wavelength of characteristic X-rays depends upon—–
- Size of target
- Mass of target
- Temperature of target
- Atomic no. of target
Ans: D
- The potential difference applied to an X-ray tube is 5 kV and the current through it is 3.2 mA. The no. of electrons striking the target per second is——–
- 2 × 1016
- 5 × 1016
- 1 × 1017
- 4 × 1015
Ans: A
- 12. Kα wavelength emitted by an atom λ is given by an atom of a number Z = 11 is λ. Find the atomic number for an atom that emits Kα radiation with wavelength 4λ.
- Z = 6
- Z = 4
- Z = 11
- Z = 44
Ans: A