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                | 81. | The fuel used in nuclear reactor is |  
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				| A. | graphite | B. | heavy water |  
				 				 | C. | cadmium | D. | uranium |  
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option D Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 82. | Atoms of U-235 and U-238 differ in structure by |  
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				| A. | three electrons | B. | three protons |  
				 				 | C. | three neutrons | D. | three electrons and three protons |  
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option C Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 83. | The atom whose nucleus contains the largest number of neutrons is |  
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				| A. | 92U235 | B. | 92U238 |  
				 				 | C. | 92U239 | D. | 94Pu239 |  
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option C Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 84. | If 92U238 emits one alpha particle the remaining nucleus will contain |  
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				| A. | 234N + 90P | B. | 236N + 88P |  
				 				 | C. | 144N + 90P | D. | 145N + 93P |  
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option C Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 85. | In the final disintegration of 92U238 to 82Pb206 the number of ?-particles ejected is |  
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                            Answer: Option C Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 86. | The fertile fuels are those |  
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				| A. | which by nuclear reactions give fission fuels | B. | which can be fissioned by thermal neutrons |  
				 				 | C. | which can be fissioned by fast neutrons | D. | which cannot be converted into fission fuels |  
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option A Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 87. | Which of the following is not a fission fuel? |  
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                            Answer: Option D Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 88. | Which of the following is a fertile fuel? |  
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                            Answer: Option A Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 89. | Pitchblende is an ore of |  
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				| A. | radium | B. | thorium |  
				 				 | C. | polonium | D. | uranium |  
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option D Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 90. | Monazite sand is a chief source of |  
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				| A. | uranium | B. | thorium |  
				 				 | C. | radium | D. | polonium |  
                        
                        
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