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Hund's Rule, Pauli Exclusion Principle, and the Aufbau Principle - Practice Questions & MCQ

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Which of the following is correct order of filling of electrons in a species having more than one electron

Which of the following sets violate Pauli's exclusion principle :

Which of the following sets violate the Hund's rule

 

 

 

Element with electronic configuration $1 s^2, 2 s^2, 2 p^6, 3 s^2 3 p^6 3 d^{10}, 4 s^2 4 p^6 4 d^{10}, 5 s^2 5 p^3$ belongs to which group of the periodic table?

General electronic configuration of outermost and penultimate shell of an atom is $(n-1) s^2 \quad(n-1) p^6(n-1) d^x n s^2$. If n=4 and n=5, the number of protons in the nucleus is 

The incorrect order of energy of following orbitals is

Which of the following options does not represent ground state electronic configuration of an atom?

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If the Aufbau principle is not followed, the first three quantum numbers (n, l and m) for the valence electron of K atom may take value

The statement that is not correct for periodic classification of elements is:

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An element R forms the highest oxide $R_2O_5$ . R belong to

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Aufbau Principle, Pauli Exclusion Principle and Hund's Rule of Maximum Multiplicity

Aufbau Principle -

According to this rule, “orbitals are filled in the increasing order of their energies starting with the orbital of lowest energy”.

Energy of various orbitals are compared with (n+l) rule.

  • The orbitals having lower value of (n+l), has lower energy.
  • If value of (n+l) is same for two orbitals, then orbital with lower value of ‘n’ would have lower energy and filled first.

For eg: 3p and 3d.

For 3p : n=3, l=1 so n+l= 4           For 3d : n=3, l=2 so n+l=5

Thus energy of 3p is lower than that of 3d.

Pauli Exclusion Principle - 

“No two electrons in an atom can have the same set of four quantum numbers" .

Hund’s Rule of Maximum Multiplicity - 

"pairing of electrons in the orbitals belonging to the same subshell ( p,d or f ) does not take place until each orbital belonging to that subshell has got one electron each i.e. It is singly occupied”.

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