The decay of a proton to neutron is :

  • [JEE MAIN 2021]
  • A

    not possible as proton mass is less than the neutron mass

  • B

    possible only inside the nucleus

  • C

    not possible but neutron to proton conversion is possible

  • D

    always possible as it is associated only with $\beta^{+}$ decay

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$(I)$ ${ }_{32}^{65} X$ and ${ }_{33}^{65} Y$ are isotopes.

$(II)$ ${ }_{42}^{86} X$ and ${ }_{42}^{85} Y$ are isotopes.

$(III)$ ${ }_{85}^{174} X$ and ${ }_{88}^{177} Y$ have the same number of neutrons.

$(IV)$ ${ }_{92}^{235} X$ and ${ }_{94}^{235} Y$ are isobars.

Which of the above statements are correct?

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Obtain approximately the ratio of the nuclear radii of the gold isotope $^{197}_{79} Au$ and the silver isotope $^{107}_{47} Ag$ .

The nuclear radius is given by $R=r_0 A^{1 / 3}$, where $r_0$ is constant and $A$ is the atomic mass number. Then, the nuclear mass density of $U^{238}$ is

  • [KVPY 2019]