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NEET UG 2023 · Physics · Question 28

NEET 2023 Physics, question 28

Question 28 of the NEET 2023 paper (code G6) is a Physics question from Nuclei. Its idea, Half-Life and Decay Constant, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 1.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q28 · Physics

The half life of a radioactive substance is 20 minutes. In how much time, the activity of substance drops to (116)th\left(\frac{1}{16}\right)^{th} of its initial value?

  1. 180 minutesOfficial answer
  2. 220 minutes
  3. 340 minutes
  4. 460 minutes

Official answer: option 1 · NTA final answer key

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