
Which of the following statements are correct regarding the elements given below?
I The correct order of increasing proton number is
II The correct order of increasing mass number is
III There is difference in the orders of proton number and mass number.
IV The number of protons is equal to number of neutrons in all the given elements.
II The correct order of increasing mass number is
III There is difference in the orders of proton number and mass number.
IV The number of protons is equal to number of neutrons in all the given elements.


Important Questions on Structure of Atom

Identify the difference between particles of each given pair.
(I) and
(II) and
(III) and
I | II | III | |
(A) | Number of protons | Number of electrons | Number of neutrons |
(B) | Number of electrons | Number of protons | Number of neutrons |
(C) | Number of neutrons | Number of electrons | Number of protons |
(D) | Number of protons | Number of neutrons | Number of electrons |


Which of the given pairs of atoms contain(s) the same number of neutrons?
I and
II and
III and
IV and

Description of a few atoms is given in the table.
Atom | ||||
No. of protons | ||||
No. of neutrons | ||||
No. of electrons |
Identify a cation, an anion and a pair of isotopes from the given table:
Cation | Anion | Pair of isotopes | |
(A) | |||
(B) | |||
(C) | |||
(D) |

Study the given mass spectrum of magnesium carefully.
The number of protons in , number of neutrons in , and the relative atomic mass of are respectively

Electron distribution of two elements and in their outermost shell is shown below.
Atomic numbers of and are respectively
