Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Bohr's theory accounts for the stability and line spectrum of Li⁺ ion.
Statement II: Bohr's theory was unable to explain the splitting of spectral lines in the presence of a magnetic field.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Statement I: Bohr's theory accounts for the stability and line spectrum of Li⁺ ion.
Statement II: Bohr's theory was unable to explain the splitting of spectral lines in the presence of a magnetic field.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
- (A)Both statement I and statement II are true.
- (B)Statement I is true but statement II is false.
- (C)Both statement I and statement II are false
- (D)Statement I is false but statement II is true.✓ Correct
Answer: (D)
Solution
Bohr's model solves a single electron moving in the field of a nucleus, so it covers hydrogen and hydrogen-like ions such as and . The ion still carries two electrons, and the repulsion between them falls outside the model, so the first statement fails. The model gives each orbit one fixed energy and contains nothing that would let a magnetic field separate a level into components, so it cannot account for the splitting of spectral lines in a magnetic field and the second statement holds. Statement I is false and Statement II is true.
JEE Main · 2021 · 18 Mar 2021 · Shift 2 · Single correct option