Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Atoms

Question:

Hydrogen atoms are excited from ground state of the principal quantum number 4. Then the number of spectral lines observed will be

Options:

3

6

5

2

Correct Answer:

6

Explanation:

Number of spectral lines $N_E=\frac{n(n-1)}{2}=\frac{4(4-1)}{2} = 6$