  The unique properties of central potential of the form $-\beta
e^{-r}r^{\gamma}$ were studied using the recently developed critical parameter
technique. The particular cases of $\gamma=0$ and $\gamma=-1$ yield,
respectively, the exponential and Yukawa potentials widely used in the atomic,
molecular and nuclear physics. We found different behavior of the energy levels
of this potential for three different ranges of the value of $\gamma$. For
$\gamma\geq0$ it was found that the energy of bound states with the same
principal quantum number $N$ decreases with increasing angular momentum $\ell$.
The Gaussian and Woods-Saxon potentials also show this behavior. On the
contrary, for $-2\leq\gamma\leq-1$ increasing $\ell$ gives a higher energy,
resembling the Hulthen potential. However, a potential with $-1<\gamma<0$
possesses mixed properties, which give rise to several interesting results. For
one, the order of energy levels with different quantum numbers is not preserved
when varying the parameter $\beta$. This leads to a quantum degeneracy of the
states, and in fact, for a given value of $\gamma$ we can find the values
$\beta_{thr}$ for which two energy levels with different quantum numbers
coincide. Another interesting phenomena is the possibility, for some values of
$\gamma$ in this range, for two new energy levels with different quantum
numbers to appear simultaneously when $\beta$ reaches their common critical
value.
