For hydrogen atom, the orbital/s with lowest energy is/are :
(A) 4 s
(B) $3{p}_{x}$
(C) $3{d}_{{x}^{2}-{y}^{2}}$
(D) $3{d}_{{z}^{2}}$
(E) $4{p}_{z}$

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For hydrogen atom, the orbital/s with lowest energy is/are :
(A) 4 s
(B) $3{p}_{x}$
(C) $3{d}_{{x}^{2}-{y}^{2}}$
(D) $3{d}_{{z}^{2}}$
(E) $4{p}_{z}$

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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Correct answer: b) (B), (C) and (D) only. For H-atoms, orbitals in the shell are degenerate, meaning energy depends only on the value of ' n '. $∴{E}_{3{p}_{x}}={E}_{3{d}_{{x}^{2}-{y}^{2}}}={E}_{3{d}_{{z}^{2}}}$

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