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In Rutherford's experiment, a thin gold foil was bombarded by alpha particles. If Thomson's "Plum Pudding Model" of the atom were correct, what would have been the outcome of the experiment?

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Y: Number of scattered α -particles detected
(Plots are schematic and not to scale)
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(I) All isotopes of elements have the same number of neutrons.

(II) Only one isotope of an element can be stable and non-radioactive.

(III) All elements have isotopes.

(IV) All isotopes of Carbon can form chemical compounds with Oxygen-16.

The correct option regarding an isotope is:

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A beam of fast moving alpha particles were directed towards a thin film of Gold. The parts A', B' and C' of the transmitted and reflected beams corresponding to the incident parts A, B and C of the beam are shown in the adjoing diagram. The number of alpha particles in

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Match ListI (Experiment performed) with ListII (Phenomena discovered/associated)and select the correct option from the options given below the lists

  List-I   List-II
(a) Davisson and Germer experiment i Wave nature of electrons 
b Millikan's oil drop experiment ii Charge of an electron 
c Rutherford experiment  iii Quantisation of energy levels
d Franck-Hertz experiment (iv) Existence of the nucleus
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