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Heavy water is

A

Compound of helium and oxygen

B

Water at `4^@C`

C

Compound of heavy oxygen and heavy hydrogen

D

Water in which soup does not lather

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  2. The binding energy of nucleus is a measure of its.

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  3. Heavy water is

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  4. 1 atomic mass unit is equal to

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  5. A nucleus of .84^210 Po originally at rest emits alpha particle with s...

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  6. The curve of blinding energy per nucleon as a function of atomic mass ...

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  7. The atoms of same element having same chemical properties but differen...

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  8. Which of the following is most unstable

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  9. In any fission process the ratio ("mass of fission products ")/(" mas...

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  10. In a radioactive substance at t = 0, the number of atoms is 8 xx 10^4....

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  11. Some radioactive nucleus may emit.

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  12. The percentage of quantity of a radioactive material that remains afte...

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  13. Beta rays emitted by a radicactive material are

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  14. Alpha rays emitted from a radioactive substance are

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  15. In a given reaction, ""(Z)X^(A)to(Z+1)Y^(A)to(Z-1)K^(A-4)to(Z-1)K^(A...

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  16. The radioactivity of a certain radioactive elements drops to 1/(64) ...

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  17. If the half life of a radioactive is T. then the fraction that would r...

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  18. The half-life of a radioactive element which has only 1//32 of its ori...

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  19. The half-life of Bi^210 is 5 days. What time is taken by (7//8)^th par...

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