Key Idea : Excitation energy is defined as the energy required to take the electron from ground level orbit to any higher order orbit (ie, n=2,3,4…). Given, ground state energy of hydrogen atom E1=−13.6eV Energy of electron in first excited state (ie, n=2 ) E2=−(2)213.6eV Therefore, excitation energy ΔE=E2−E1=−413.6−(−13.6)=−3.4+13.6=10.2eV