Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Nuclei

Question:

Read the passage and answer the question.

Experiments performed have showed that radioactivity is a nuclear phenomenon in which an unstable nucleus undergoes a decay. This is referred to as radioactive decay. Three types of radioactive decay occur in nature :

  1. α-decay
  2. β-decay
  3. γ-decay

 Consider that 92U238 decays via alpha decay. 

Which of the following can be a possible daughter nuclei?

Options:

90Th232

88Th234

90Th234

88Th238

Correct Answer:

90Th234

Explanation:

In alpha decay, mass no. falls by 4 and atomic no. falls by 2