UP High Court RO / ARO 07 Jan 2022 Shift 2
  1. Isotopes of an element have :
Verified Answer
A. the same physical properties/समान भौतिक विशेषताएँ
B. different chemical properties/विभिन्न रासायनिक विशेषताएँ
C. different number of neutrons/भिन्न न्यूट्रॉन की संख्या
D. different atomic numbers/भिन्न परमाणिवक संख्या

Explanation:

Isotopes are atoms of the same element, meaning they have the same number of protons (and thus the same atomic number) but a different number of neutrons. This difference in neutron count leads to different mass numbers. Consequently, they exhibit nearly identical chemical properties (determined by electrons/protons) but can have slightly different physical properties (like mass and density) due to the mass variation. They do not have different atomic numbers.