Classification of Cations
1. Which of the following is not group-I cation though the chlorides of all
cations are sparingly soluble in water.
(A) Ag+ (B) Hg22+ (C) Cu+ (D) Pb2+
2. Which of the following compound does not gives ppt with dil. HCl ?
(A) AgNO3 (B) Pb(NO3)2 (C) Hg2(NO3)2 (D) Hg(NO3)2
3. Which of the following cation gives ppt in two groups during group
analysis
(A) Hg2+ (B) Hg22+ (C) Pb2+ (D) Cu2+
4. Type of sulphide ppt may be obtained in the group-II ppt during group
analysis.
(A) M2S3 (B) M2S (C) MS (D) MS2
5. Which of the following is soluble in yellow ammonium sulphide?
(A) CuS (B) CdS (C) SnS (D) PbS
6. H2S in the presence of HCl precipitates II group but not IV group because
(A) HCl activates H2S
(B) HCl increases concentration of Cl–
(C) HCl decreases concentration of S2–
(D) HCl lowers the solubility of H2S in solution
7. A black sulphide is formed by the action of H2S on :
(A) cupric chloride (B) cadmium chloride
(C) zinc chloride (D) ferric chloride.
8. Which of the following metal sulphide is soluble in YAS (yellow
ammonium sulphide)
(A) HgS (B) PbS (C) Bi2S3 (D) Sb2S3
9. Which of the following metal sulphide are in brown/balck in colour ?
(A) HgS (B) PbS (C) Bi2S3 (D) Sb2S3
10. Which of the following cations form(s) black precipitate(s) with H2S (g) ?
(A) Cu2+ (B) Sb3+ (C) Pb2+ (D) Bi3
11. Sometimes yellow turbidity appears while passing H2S gas even in the
absence of II group radicals. This is because of
(A) sulphur is present in the mixture as impurity.
(B) IV group radicals are precipitated as sulphides.
(C) the oxidation of H2S gas by some acid radicals.
(D) III group radicals are precipitated as hydroxides.
12. The ion that cannot be precipitated by H2S and HCl is
(A) Pb2+ (B) Cu2+ (C) Ag+ (D) Ni2+
13. The metal ion which is precipitated when H2S is passed with HCl:
(A) Zn2+ (B) Ni2+ (C) Cd2+ (D) Mn2+
14. Which one of the following metal sulphide has maximum solubility in
water?
(A) HgS, Ksp =10–54 (B) CdS, Ksp =10–30
(C) FeS, Ksp =10–20 (D) ZnS, Ksp = 10–22
15. Identify the correct order of solubility of Na2S, CuS and ZnS in aqueous
medium is:
(A) CuS > ZnS > Na2S (B) ZnS > Na2S > CuS
(C) Na2S > CuS > ZnS (D) Na2S > ZnS > CuS
16. What are the following steps are to be done before adding group-III reagent
into the group-II filtrate.
(A) Group-II filtrate is to be evapourated to dryness
(B) Group-II filtrate is to be boiled of first
(C) After boiling 2-3 drops of dil.H2SO4 is added and boiled again.
(D) After boiling 2-3 drops of HNO3 is added and boiled again.
17. When NH4Cl is added to a solution of NH4OH :
(A) the dissociation of NH4OH increases.
(B) the concentration of OH– increases.
(C) the concentrations of both OH– an NH4+ increase.
(D) the concentration of OH– ion decreases.
18. To avoid the precipitation of Hydroxides of Zn2+, Mn2+ and Ni2+ along with
those of Fe3+, Al3+ and Cr3+ the third group solution should be :
(A) Concentrated HNO3 is added
(B) Treated with excess of NH4Cl
(C) Concentrated H2SO4 is added
(D) Treated with excess of NH4OH
19. Which one of the following can be used in place of NH4Cl for the
identification of the third group radicals?
(A) NH4NO3 (B) (NH4)2SO4 (C) (NH4)2S (D) (NH4)2CO3
20. In III group, NH4Cl is added to decrease concentration of ammonium ion.
We do not add (NH4)2SO4 along with NH4OH because
(A) (NH4)2SO4 is insoluble in water
(B) It precipitate other insoluble sulphates
(C) It is weak electrolyte
(D) None of these
21. What is the group-III reagent is generally used for group analysis.
(A) NH4OH + NH4NO3 (B) NH4Cl + (NH4)2CO3
(C) NH4OH + (NH4)2SO4 (D) NH4OH + NH4Cl
22. If reddish brown ppt (only) is obtained in group-III during group analysis,
then oxidation state of Fe in the original sample may be
(A) +2 (B) +3
(C) +2 and +3 both (D) Neither +2 nor +3
23. If NH4Cl is not added to the group-III reagent which of the following ppt
could be obtained
(A) Cr(OH)2 (B) Fe(OH)3 (C) Mn(OH)2 (D) Mg(OH)2
24. Match the column :
Column-I Column-II
(Metal cation) (Group reagent)
(1) Zn+2 (P) H2S in basic medium
(2) Fe+3 (Q) dil HCl
(3) Bi+3 (R) H2S in acidic medium
(4) Ag+ (S) NH4OH in presence of NH4Cl
25. Mark the correct statement:
(A) I group basic radicals precipitate as chlorides
(B) IV group basic radicals precipitates as sulphides.
(C) V group basic radicals precipitates as carbonates.
(D) All the above statement are correct.
25. The auxiliary reagent in group-IV reagent is
(A) H2S (B) [Link] (C) NaOH (D) NH4OH
26. Which of the following metal cation(s) is/are detected by using
(NH4)2CO3in presence of NH4OH and NH4Cl ?
(A) Cr+3 (B) Co+3 (C) Sr+2 (D) Ca+2
27. Mark the correct statement:
(A) I group basic radicals precipitate as chlorides
(B) IV group basic radicals precipitates as sulphides.
(C) V group basic radicals precipitates as carbonates.
(D) All the above statement are correct.
28. In fifth group, (NH4)2CO3 is added to precipitate out the carbonates. We do
not add Na2CO3 because :
(A) CaCO3 is soluble in Na2CO3
(B) Na2CO3 increases the solubility of fifth group carbonates
(C) MgCO3 will be precipitated out in fifth group
(D) none
29. The addition of K2CO3 (aq) to the following solution is expected to produce
a precipitate in every case but that one which does not produce precipitate
is :
(A) BaCl2(aq) (B) CaBr2(aq) (C) Na2SO4(aq)
(D) Pb(NO3)2 (aq)
30. Mg is not precipitated in V group because :
(A) MgCO3 is soluble in water. (B) Ksp of MgCO3 is high.
(C) MgCO3 is soluble in NH4OH. (D) None.