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NDA 2025 GAT · General Knowledge · Nuclear and Modern Physics · hard

Radiations is NOT deflected by an electric field or a magnetic field?

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Which one of the following radiations is NOT deflected by an electric field or a magnetic field?
  1. A. Alpha particles
  2. B. Gamma rays
  3. C. Beta particles
  4. D. Cathode rays
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Answer: (B) Gamma rays

Alpha particles are positively charged helium nuclei, beta particles are electrons and cathode rays are electron streams, so all carry charge and are deflected in electric and magnetic fields. Gamma rays are high-energy electromagnetic radiation with no charge and no rest mass, so they pass undeflected, and they have the greatest penetrating power of the three radioactive emissions.
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