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JEE Main 4 September 2020, Shift 1, Chemistry Q31

Question 31 of 75 in this shift, Chemistry question 6 of 25.

The region in the electromagnetic spectrum where the Balmer series lines appear is :

(1)Ultraviolet
(2)VisibleOfficial answer
(3)Infrared
(4)Microwave

Official answer

Option 2

NTA final key (Sep 2020).

Chapter: Structure of Atom
Topic: Bohr's Atomic Theory
Idea tested: Electromagnetic Regions of Spectral Series

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