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CUET · PHYSICS · PYQ PAPER 2024

The shortest wavelengths in the hydrogen spectrum, in decreasing order, for spectral series Pfund, Balmer, Brackett, and Lyman are :

  1. A (A), (B), (C), (D)
  2. B (A), (C), (B), (D)
  3. C (B), (A), (D), (C)
  4. D (A), (C), (D), (B)
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(B) (A), (C), (B), (D)

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\( \lambda_{min} = \frac{n_1^2}{R_H} \) Pfund (\(n_1=5\)), Brackett (\(n_1=4\)), Balmer (\(n_1=2\)), Lyman (\(n_1=1\)) Pfund, Brackett, Balmer, Lyman