In a hydrogen atom, if energy of an electron in ground state is - 13.6eV, then the energy in the nearest excited state is

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1.51eV

-3.4eV

6.04eV

13.6eV

answer is B.

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Given E1 = -13.6 ev ; Nearest excited state is 2nd orbit; For H-atom z = 1, n = 2

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