JEE Main 2025 — Structure Of Atom Question with Solution
From: JEE Main 2025 (Online) 8th April Evening Shift
Question
Correct statements for an element with atomic number 9 are:
A. There can be 5 electrons for which and 4 electrons for which .
B. There is only one electron in orbital.
C. The last electron goes to orbital with and .
D. The sum of angular nodes of all the atomic orbitals is 1.
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(A) 5 electrons can be up-spin and 4 electrons can be down spin
(B) Unpaired electron can be in anyone of or orbital
(C) Last electron is in 2 p subshell with
(D) Angular node for s-orbital while of each p -orbital
Sum of all angular node
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