SOME BASIC CONCEPTS IN CHEMISTRY
WORK SHEET 1 - NUMERICALS
1.1L of a gas at STP weighs 2.97g. What is molecular mass?
2. 5L of water is added to 2L of 6 M nitric acid solution. What is the molarity of the
resulting solution?
3. Calculate the number of grams of SO2 which can be pre prepared by treatment of
100g of Na2O3 with HCl according to the reaction Na2SO3 +HCl ------- > 2NaCl +
H2O+ SO2 ( Ans 50.56g)
4. Commercially available HBr solution contains 48% HBr by mass . What is the
molarity of this solution ? The density of solution is 1.50g/cm3 ( Ans= 8.89M)
5. An aqueous solution of NaCl is 10% (w/w) having density 1.071g/cm3 . What is
molarity and molality of the solution . Also calculate mole fraction of each component
in the solution. (Ans:M=1.82 m=1.89)
6. A solution is prepared by dissolving 150g of NaCl in 900 g of water. Calculate the
mole fraction of each component.
7. How many moles of N2 are required to produce 85g of NH3? Calculate its mass.
8. A solution has been prepared by dissolving 60g of methyl alcohol in 120g of water.
What is the mole fraction of methyl alcohol and water? [XCH3OH= 0.22, XH20 =0.78]
[Link] organic compound on analysis gave the following percentage composition;
C=57.8%, H=3.6% and the rest is oxygen. The molecular mass of the compound
was found to be 166. Find out the molecular formula of the compound. [C4H3O2]
[Link] the molarity and molality of 93% H2SO4 (weight/volume). The density
of the solution is 1.84 g/cc. [9.5 M, 10.44 m]
MCQ’S
1. 1.0g of magnesium is burnt with 0.56 g of oxygen in a closed vessel. Which
reactant is left in excess and how much? ([Link] of mg= 24, O=16)
(a) Mg, 0.16g (b) O2 , 0.16 g (c) Mg, 0.44 g (d) O2 , 0.28 g
2. 6.02 x1020 molecules of urea are present in 100mL of its solution. The
concentration of solution is
(a) 0.02M (b) 0.01M (c) 0.001M (d) 0.1M
3. What volume of oxygen gas (O2 ) measured at 00 C and 1 atm, is needed to burn
completely 1L of propane gas (C3 H6 ) measured under the same conditions?
(a) 7L (b) 6L (c) 5L (d)10L
4. The number of moles of KMnO4 reduced by one mole of KI in alkaline medium is
(a) One fifth (b) five (c) one (d) two
[Link] has maximum number of molecules?
(a) 7gN2 (b) 2g H2 (c) 16 g NO2 (d) 16 gO2
[Link] of the following solutions have the same concentration?
(a) 20 g of NaOH in 200 mL of solution (b) 0.5 mol of KCl in 200 mL of solution
(c) 40 g of NaOH in 100 mL of solution (d) 20 g of KOH in 200 mL of solution
7. Which of the following terms are unit less?
(a) Molality (b) Molarity (c) Mole fraction (d) Normality
[Link] mole of oxygen gas at STP is equal to____ .
(a) 6. 022 x 1022 molecules of oxygen (b) 6.022 x 1023 atoms of oxygen
(c) 16 g of oxygen . (d) 32 g of oxygen
9. Which of the following statements indicates that law of multiple proportions is
being followed?
(a) Sample of carbon dioxide taken from any source will always have carbon and
oxygen in the ratio 1:2.
(b) Carbon forms two oxides namely C02 and CO, where masses of oxygen which
combine with fixed mass of carbon are in the simple ratio 2:1.
(c) When magnesium bums in oxygen, the amount of magnesium taken for the
reaction is equal to the amount of magnesium in magnesium oxide formed.
(d) At constant temperature and pressure 200 mL of hydrogen will combine with 100
mL oxygen to produce 200 mL of water vapour.
10. One mole of any substance contains 6.022 x 1023 atoms/molecules. Number of
molecules of H2S04 present in 100 mL of 0.02 M H2S04 solution is __________
(a)12.044 x 1020 molecules (b) 6.022 x 1023 molecules
(c) 1 x 1023 molecules (d) 12.044 x 1023 molecules