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CUET · PHYSICS · PYQ PAPER 2025

The hydrogen atom is excited from ground state to a state with the principal quantum number (n) = 4. The number of spectral lines in the emission spectra will be

  1. A 6
  2. B 5
  3. C 4
  4. D 3
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(A) 6

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\(N = \frac{n(n-1)}{2}\) \(N = \frac{4(4-1)}{2}\) \(N = \frac{4 \times 3}{2}\) \(N = 6\)