SRI GURU JUNIOR COLLEGE

ASSIGNMENT FOR EAPCET/NEET

Dt: 31-03-2025
PHYSICS
Work, Energy and Power

1. ( ) ( )
A force F = 4iˆ − 4jˆ − 2kˆ N displaces a particle by d = 3iˆ + 2jˆ − 2kˆ m , calculate work done.
(1) Zero (2) 8 J (3) 4 J (4) 12 J

2. A particle is moved from a position r1 = (2iˆ + ˆj − 2k) ˆ metre

ˆ metre to a position r = (4iˆ + 3jˆ − k)
2

ˆ N. The work done is equal to :-

under the action of a force F = (3iˆ + 2jˆ + 2k)
(1) 32 J (2) 12 J (3) 24 J (4) 16 J
3.. ( )
A force F = x + 3x − 5 N acts on a 5 kg body along x-axis as a result of which the body gets
2

displaced from x = 0 to x = 3 m. The work done by the force will be–

(1) 35 J (2) 15 J (3) 7.5 J (4) 70 J
4. If the momentum of a body is increased n times, its kinetic energy increases.
(1) n times (2) 2n times (3) n times (4) n 2 times
5. Two bodies of mass 4kg and 9kg have equal K.E. then the ratio of their momentum is :-
(1) 3 : 2 (2) 2 : 3 (3) 4 : 9 (4) 16 : 8
6. If K.E. of body is increased by 300%. Then % change in its 'P' will be
(1) 100% (2) 41.4% (3) 17.3% (4) 200%
7. Velocity–time graph of a particle of mass 2 kg moving in a straight line is as shown in figure.
Work done by all the forces acting on the particle is :

(1) 100 J (2) –100 J (3) –200 J (4) 200 J

8. A car is moving with a speed of 36 Km/hr. If the car engine generates 7 kilowatt power, then the
resistance in the path of motion of the car will be–
(1) 300 Newton (2) 700 Newton (3) Zero (4) 500 Newton
3t 2
9. Power supplied to a particle of mass 2 kg varies with time as P = watt. Here t is in seconds.
2
If velocity of particle at t = 0 is v = 0, the velocity of particle at time t = 2 s will be :-
(1) 1 m/s (2) 4 m/s (3) 2 m/s (4) 2 2 m/s
10. A body of mass 2 kg is moving up an inclined plane rising 1 in 30 with velocity 60 m/sec. If
efficiency is 40%, then calculate power required.
(1) 60 W (2) 40 W (3) 100 W (4) 20 W

KEY
01) 2 02) 2 03) 3 04) 4 05) 2 06) 1 07) 2 08) 2 09) 3 10) 3
 NEWTON’S LAWS OF MOTION WORK, POWER AND ENERGY
1. A vehicle of mass 10kg is moving with a velocity 6. A ball of 4 kg mass moving with a speed of 3 ms 1
1
of 5 ms .To stop it in 1/10 sec the required force has a head on elastic collision with a 6 kg mass
in opposite direction is initially at rest. The speeds of both the bodies after
1) 5000N 2) 500N 3) 50N 4) 1000N collision are respectively
2. Three masses of 16 kg, 8 kg and 4kg are placed in 1) 0.6 ms 1 , 2.4 ms 1
contact as shown in Figure. If a force of 140 N is
2) 0.6 ms 1 ,  2.4 ms 1
applied on 4kg mass, then the force on 16kg will
be 3) 0.6 ms 1 , 2.4 ms 1
4) 0.6 ms 1 ,  2.4 ms 1
7. A bullet of mass ‘x’ moves with a velocity y, hits
a wooden block of mass z at rest and gets
embedded in it. After collision, the wooden
block and bullet moves with a velocity
1) 140 N 2) 120 N 3) 100 N 4) 80 N
x y z
3. A body of mass 5 kg is acted upon by a net force
1)
x
y 2) y 3) y 4) x  y y
F which varies with time t as shown in graph, then xz x x y z
the net momentum in SI units gained by the body
at the end of 10 seconds is 8. A railway truck of mass 16000kg moving with a
velocity of 5ms-1 strikes another truck of mass
4000kg at rest. If they move together after
impact, their common velocity is
1) 2ms-1 2) 4ms-1 3) 6ms-1 4) 8ms-1
9. A ball falls from a height of 10m on to a horizontal
plane. If the coefficient of restitution is 0.4, then
the velocity with which it rebounds from the
plane after second collision is
1) 2.24ms-1 2) 5.6ms-1 3) 2.8ms-1 4) 0.9ms-1
1. 0 2. 100 10. A particle falls from a height ‘h’ upon a fixed
3. 140 4. 200 horizontal plane and rebounds. If ‘e’ is the
4. Three bodies are lying on a frictionless horizontal coefficient of restitution, then the total distance
table and these are connected as shown in the figure. travelled before it comes to rest is
They are pulled towards right with a force  1  e2   1  e2 
T3  60 N If h
1)  1  e 2  h
2)  1  e 2 
m1, m2 and m3 are equal to 10    
kg,20kg and 30kg respectively, then the values of
h  1  e2  h  1  e2 
T1 and T2 will be 3) 2  1  e 2  4) 2  1  e 2 
   

KEY
01) 1 02) 4 03) 3 04) 3 05) 2
06) 3 07) 1 08) 2 09) 1 10) 1
1)10N,10N 2)30N,10N
3)10N,30N 4)30N,30N
5. A body is sliding down an inclined plane forming
an angle 300 with the horizontal. If the coefficient
of friction is0.3 then acceleration of the body is
1)1.25. ms 2 2) 2.35ms 2 3) 3.4ms 2 4) 4.9ms 2
 CHEMISTRY
SOLUTIONS M
1. The solution having lowest molar concentration is 1) m 
1000d  MM 1
1) 1.0N HCl 2) 0.4N H 2 SO 4 M  1000
2) m 
3) 0.1N Na 2 CO3 4) 1N NaOH d  MM 1
2. When an oxide M 2 O3 is oxidised to M 2 O5 its M 1000
3) m 
equivalent is (1000  d )  MM 1
1) M. w/1 2) M. w/2 3) M. w/4 4) M. w/8 m 1000
4) M
3. Equivalent weight of ammonia as a base is (1000  d )  MM 1
1) 17 2) 17/3 3)1.7 4)17/2 11. Molarity of 1m aqueous NaOH solution [density of
4. In an oxidation-reduction reaction, MnO 4 ion is the solution is 1.02 g/ml]
1)1 M 2) 1.02 M 3)1.2M 4)0.98M
converted to Mn2 . What is the number of 12. Assertion (A): The volume of 0.1M KMnO required
4
equivalents of KMnO 4 (mol. wt = 158) present in to oxidise 20 ml of 0.1 M oxalic acid in acid medium
250 ml of 0.04 M KMnO 4 solution? is 20 ml.
Reason (R) : 2 moles of KMnO4 =5 moles of oxalic
1) 0.02 2) 0.05 3) 0.04 4) 0.07
5. Which of the following is correct? acid in acid medium reaction
1) A and R are true, and R is correct explanation of
1) For a binary solution sum of the mole
A
fractions of all components is equal to one 2) A and R are true, and R is not the correct
Mole fraction of I moles of I explanation of A
2)  3) A is true but R is false
Mole fraction of II moles of II
4) A is false but R is true
(for binary solution)
13. 250 ml of a sodium carbonate solution contains 2.65
3) Mole fraction of solute
grams of Na 2 CO3 . 10 ml of this solution is added
moles of solute
= to x ml of water to obtain 0.001 M Na 2 CO3
moles of solute + moles of solvent
4) All solution. What is the value of x in ml? (Molecular
6. Normality of 0.1M H3PO3 is weight of Na 2 CO3 =106)
1)0.2N 2)0.30N 3) 0.033N 4) 0.05N 1) 1000 2) 990 3) 9990 4) 90
7. The equivalent weight of H3 PO 4 in the following 14. If 250ml of 0.25M NaCl solution is diluted with water
to a volume of 500ml, the new concentration of
reaction is
solution is
H3 PO 4  Ca(OH) 2   CaHPO 4  2H 2 O 1) 0.167M 2) 0.0167M 3) 0.125M 4) 0.0833M
1) 98 2) 49 3) 32.66 4) 40 15. 250 ml of a calcium carbonate solution contains 2.5
8. The equivalent weight of MnSO4 is half its grams of CaCO3 . If 10 ml of this solution is diluted
molecular weight, when it is converted to
to one litre, what is the concentration of the resultant
1) Mn2O3 2) MnO2
solution? 1) 0.1 M 2) 0.001 M 3) 0.01
3) MnO4 4) MnO4-2
M 4) 104 M
9. The equvivalent weight of CH 4 in the reaction
16. The amount of FeSO4 7H2O to be weighted to
CH 4  2O2  CO2  2 H 2 O is [M=[Link]] prepare a solution of 100ml of 0.1 M concentration
1) M/4 2)M/8 3)M/12 4)M/16 is ([Link] FeSO4. (7H20=278)
10. M=molarity of the solution 1) 27.8g 2) 90g 3) 2.78g 4) 5.5g
m=molality of the solution 17. Number of milli equivalents of solute in 0.5 litres of
d=density of the solution (in g. ml )
 1 0.2N solution is
1)10 2) 1 3)100 4)1000
M 1  gram molecular weight of solute
Which of the following relations is correct 18. Volume of 0.1 M K2Cr2O7 required to oxidise 35ml
of 0.5 M FeSO4 solution is
1)35ml 2)29ml 3)17.5ml 4)175ml
19. What is the volume (in litres) of 0.1M H2SO4 29. Choose the Correct answer among the following is
required to completely neutralize 1 litre of 0.5M i) Normality and molarity of HCl are same
NaOH? ii) Molality and molarity are independent of
1) 5 2) 2.5 3) 0.5 4) 10 temperature
20. 3.42 g of a substance of molecular weight 342 is iii) Normality of 1M KMnO 4 in acidic medium is 5
present in 250g of water. Molality of this solution is N.
1) 0.4m 2) 0.04 m 3) 0.8 m 4)4m 1) All are correct 2) ii only wrong
21. The mole fraction of NaCl in a solution containing 1 3) iii only correct 4) All are wrong
mole of NaCl in 1000g of water is 30. Concentrated nitric acid used in the laboratory work
1) 0.0177 2) 0.001 3) 0.5 4) 0.244 is 68% nitric acid by mass in aqueous [Link]
22. A gaseous mixture contains 4.0g of H2 and 56.0g should be the molarity such a sample of acid if the
of N2. The mole fraction of H2 in the density of the solution is 1.504g mL1 ?
mixture is
1)1.623 2)0.124 3)16.23 4)1.124
1)0.1 2)0.2 3)0.5 4)0.8
31. A solution of glucose in water is labled as 10% w/
23. Three statements are given about mole fraction
[Link] would be the molarity of the solution?
i) Mole fraction of a solute + mole fraction of solvent
1)1.212 2)0.998 3)12.12 4)0.617
=1
ii) Equal weights of Helium and methane are present 32. Molality of 2.5g of ethanoic acid CH 3COOH in 75
in a gaseous mixture. The mole g of benzene is
fraction of He is 4/5
1)0.278 mol kg 1 2)0.556 mol kg 1
iii) The mole fraction of water in the aqueous solution
of NaOH is 0.8. The molality of the solution is nearly 3)5.56 mol kg 1 4)27.8 mol kg 1
14 moles kg -1 33. A solution is obtained by mixing 300g of 25% solution
1) i and ii are correct 2) ii and iii are correct and 400g of 40% solution by [Link] the mass
3) i and iii are correct 4) all are correct percentage of the resulting solution.
24. The concentration of a 100 ml solution containing X 1) 66.66% 2)3.36% 3)33.6% 4)22.4%
34. The boiling point of
grams of Na 2 CO3 (mol. wt. = 106) is Y M. The
values of X and Y are respectively: C6 H 6 , CH 3OH, C6 H 5 NH 2 and C6 H 5 NO 2 are
1) 2.12, 0.05 2) 1.06, 0.2 80C, 65C, 184C and 212C respectively..
3) 1.06, 0.1 4) 2.12, 0.1 Which will show highest vapour pressure at room
25. The volume of water that must be added to a mixture temperature?
of 250ml of 6M HCl and 650ml of 3M HCl to obtain
3M solution is 1) C6 H 6 2) CH 3OH
1) 75ml 2)150ml 3) 300ml 4) 250ml 3) C H NH 4) C H NO
6 5 2 6 5 2
26. Equal volumes of 0.1 M AgNO3 and 0.2 M NaCl
35. Lowering of vapour pressures of equimolar solution
solutions are mixed. The concentration of nitrate ions of glucose, sodium chloride and barium nitrate are in
in the resultant mixture will be the order.
1) 0.1 M 2) 0.2 M 3) 0.05 M 4) 0.15 M
1) Glucose >NaCl>Ba (NO3)2
27. Which of the following should be done in order to
prepare a 0.4 M NaCl starting with 100ml of 0.3 2) Glucose =NaCl = Ba (NO3)2
M NaCl. ([Link] of NaCl =58.5) 1) add 5.85 g 3) Ba(NO3)2 > NaCl > Glucose
NaCl 4) NaCl > Ba(NO3)2 > Glucose
2) add 20ml of water 36. Which one of the following represents the graph
3) add 0.01 moles NaCl between log P on Y-axis and 1/T on X-axis? (P=
4) evoperate 10ml of water vapour pressure of a liquid, T= absolute temperature)
28. _____ml of 0.1 M H2SO4 is required to neutralise
50ml of 0.2 M NaOH solution
1)25 2)100 3)75 4)50
 3) 5.0  104 4) 6.0  10 6
1) y 2) y 42. A solution is obtained by dissolving 0.2 moles of urea
in a litre water. Another solution is obtained by
dissolving 0.4 moles of cane-sugar in a litre of water
at the same temperature. The lowering of vapour
pressure to the first solution is.
1) Same as that of the second solution
O x O x
2) Half to that of the second solution
3) y 4) y 3) Double to that of the second solution
4) None
43. 3 gms of urea is added to 36 gms of boiling water.
How much lowering in its vapour pressure is noticed
1) 19 mm 2) 38 mm 3) 760 mm 4) 76 mm
O x 44. The vapour pressure of methanol at certain
O x
temperature is 1 atm. by adding a small amount of
ethyl acetate the vapour pressure of the solution is
37. Which among the following will show maximum
found to be 684 mm. The relative lowering of vapour
osmotic pressure?
pressure is
1) 1M NaCl 2) 1M MgCl2
1) 0.1 2) 0.9 3) 76 4) 0.694
3) 1M (NH4)3PO4 4) 1M Na2SO4
45. The vapour pressure of water at 230C is 19.8 mm.
38. Incorrect statement is ( K H =Henry’s constant) 0.1 mole of glucose is dissolved in 178.2 g of water.
1) K H is a characteristic constant for a given gas What is the vapour pressure (in mm) of the resultant
solvent system solution at same temperature
1) 19.0 2) 19.602 3) 19.402 4) 19.202
2)Higher is the value of K H ,lower is solubility of
46. Which of the following will have highest boiling point
gas for a given partial pressure of gas at 1 atm pressure?
3) K H has temparature dependence 1) 0.1M NaCl 2) 0.1 M Sucrose
4) K H decreases with temparature 3) 0.1M BaCl2 4) 01. M Glucose
39. Which one of the following statment is incorrect 47. The boiling point of 0.1molal K4[Fe(CN)6] solution
1) Greater the lowering of vapour pressure, greater will be (Given Kb for water = 0.52 K kg mol-1)
is the boiling point of the solution 1) 100.520C 2) 100.10 40C
2) Greater the lowering of vapour pressure, greater 3) 100.260C 4) 102.60C
is the freezing point of the solution 48. Molal elevation constant and molal depression
3) At the freezing point, the solute and the solvent constant of water respectively
have same vapour pressure ( in Km-1) are
1) 0.52, 1.86 2) 1.86, 0.52
4) The units of molal depression constant are Km 1
3) 1.52, 0.86 4) 0.86, 1.52
40. Choose the correct statement 49. Which of the following solutions will have the highest
1) The boiling point of the solution falls on increasing boiling point
the amount of the solute
2) The freezing point of the solution is lowered on 1) 0.1M Al2  SO4 3 2) 0.1M FeCl3
adding more of solvent
3) The freezing point of the solution is raised on 3) 0.1M NaCl 4) 0.1 M Urea
adding more of solute 50. The boiling point of benzene is 353.23 [Link] 1.80g
4) The freezing point of the solution decreases on of a non-volatile solute was dissolved in 90g of
increasing the amount of the solute benzene,the boiling point is raised to 354.11 K. The
41. Henry’s law constant for the solubility of N 2 gas in molar mass of the solute is.( K b for benzene is
water at 298K is 1.0  105 atm . The mole fraction 2.53K kg mol 1 )
of N 2 in air is 0.6. The [Link] moles of N 2 from air
1) 58 g mol 1 2)106 g mol 1
dissolved in 10 moles of water at 298K and 5atm
pressure is 3)174 g mol 1 4)232 g mol 1
1) 3.0  104 2) 4.0 105
51. What is the normal b.p of an aquoues solution whose 62. 0.002 molar solution of NaCl having degree of
freezing point is 2.480 C ? dissociation of 90% at 270 C has osmotic pressure
equal to?
K f  1.860 [Link] / mol , K b  0.5120 [Link] / mol  1)0.94 bar 2)9.4 bar
1) 100.7 C0 0
2) 102.5 C 3)0.094 bar 4) 9.4  104 bar
3) 109.00 C 4) 99.30 C 63. When 45 grams of a solute is added to 900gm of water,
52. Calculate the molal depression constant of a solvent its vapour pressure decreased from 30mm to 24mm.
which has freezing point 16.60 and latent heat of The mole fraction of the solvent in the solution is
fusion 180.75Jg 1 1) 0.2 2) 0.8 3) 0.1 4) 0.9
1) 3.3 2)3.86 3) 2.9 4) 38.6 64. The boiling point of a solution of 0.11g of a substance
53. 200 c.c of an aqueous soloution contains 1.26 gms in 15 g of ether was found to be 0.10C higher than
of a polymer. The osmotic pressure of such solution that of pure ether. The molecular weight of the
3
at 300 K is found to be 2.57  10 bar. Calculate substance will be (Kb = 2.16 K kg mol-1)
the molar mass of the polymer 1) 148 2) 158 3) 168 4) 178
1) 61038 g/mole 2) 122076 g/mole 65. A 5% solution(by mass) of cane sugar in water has
3) 610.38 g/mole 4) 122.076 g/mole freezing point of [Link] the freezing point
54. The osmotic pressure of a solution of an of 5% glucose in water if freezing point of water is
organic substance containing 18 gm in 1 lit of solution 273.15K
at 293 K is 2.414 10 Nm . Find the molecular
5  2
1)269.07k 2) 269.07 0 C 3)373k 4) 3730 C
-1 -
mass of the substance. (If S= 8.3 J K mole
1 66. The depression in freezing point for 1 M urea, 1 M
)
1) 181.33 2) 362.66 3) 36.2 4) 18.1 glucose and 1M NaCl are in the ratio
55. Calculate the osmotic pressure of a decinormal 1) 1 : 2 : 3 2) 3 : 2 : 2
0
solution of NaCl which is ionised to 80 % at 27 C 3) 1 : 1 : 2 4) 2 : 3 : 2
1) 4.43 atm 2) 0.443 atm 67. Two solutions of glucose have osmotic pressure 1.5
3) 0.222 atm 4) 0.111 atm and 2.5 atm .1 litre of 1st solution is mixed with 2
56. What is the volume of a solution containing 2g mole litres of 2nd solution .The osmotic pressure of
of sugar that will give rise to an osmotic pressure 1 resultant solution will be
atm. at STP
1) 4.48 lit 2) 0.448 lit 3) 44.8 lit 4) 448 lit 1) 21.6 atm 2) 0.126 atm
57. For a very dilute solution of H PO van’t Hoff factor 3) 2.16 atm 4) 0.216 atm
3 3

is 68. The osmatic pressure in pascals exerted by a solution

1) i  7 2) i  3 3) i  4 4) i  5 prepared by dissolving 1.0g of polymer of molar
58. The van’t Hoff factor for a very dilute solution of mass 185,000 in 450mL of water at 37 0 C is
Fe2  SO4 3 is 1) 10.2 Pa 2)30.9 Pa
1) 9 2) 5 3) 24 4) 16
59. If a solute under goes dimerization and trimerization, 3)20.4 Pa 4)40.6 Pa
the minimum values of the van’t Hoff factors are: 69. The van’t Hoff factor for 0.1M Barium nitrate is 2.74.
1) 0.50 and 1.50 2) 1.50 and 1.33 The percentage of dissociation of Barium nitrate is
3) 0.50 and 0.33 4) 0.25 and 0.67 1) 91.3% 2) 87% 3) 100% 4) 74%
60. The Van’t Hoff factor of Hg 2Cl2 in its aqueous 70. In which of the following pairs of solutions will the
solution will be ( Hg Cl is 80% ionized in the values of the van’t Hoff factor be the same?
2 2
solution) 1) 0.05 M K 4  Fe  CN  6  and 0.10 M FeSO4
1)1.6 2)2.6 3)3.6 4)4.6
2) 0.20 M NaCl and 0.10 M BaCl 2
61. 0.1M aqueous solution of MgCl2 at 300K is 4.92
atm. What will be the percentage ionization of the 3) 0.05 M FeSO4  NH 4 2 SO 4 .6H 2 O and 0.02
salt? M KCl. MgCl2 .6H 2O
1)79% 2)59% 3)49% 4)69% 4) all have same value
71. A 0.2 molal solution of KCl freezes at 0.680 C . If
K f for H 2 O is 1.86, the degree of dissociation of
KCl is
1)85% 2)65% 3)83% 4)90%
72. x g of non-electrolytic compound (molar mass =
200) is dissolved in 1.0L of 0.05 M NaCl solution.
The osmotic pressure of this solution is found to be
4.92 atm at 27 0C . Calculate the value of x .
Assume complete dissociation of NaCl and ideal
behaviour of this solution.
1) 17.959 2) 18.959
3) 19.959 4) 16.959
73. The osmotic pressure of a solution at 00 C is 4 atm.
What will be its osmotic pressure at 546 K under
similar conditions ?
1) 4 atm 2) 9 atm 3) 8 atm 4) 6 atm
74. 2g of benzoic acid  C6 H 5COOH  dissolved in 25g
of benzene shows a depression in freezing point equal
to [Link] depression constant for benzene is
4.9K kg mol 1 .The percentage association of acid
if it forms dimer in solution is
1) 9.92% 2)99.2% 3)90.08% 4)0.8%

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1 d 21 a 41 a 61 c
2 c 22 c 42 b 62 c
3 a 23 a 43 a 63 b
4 b 24 c 44 a 64 b
5 d 25 d 45 b 65 b
6 a 26 c 46 c 66 c
7 b 27 c 47 c 67 c
8 b 28 d 48 a 68 b
9 b 29 b 49 a 69 b
10 c 30 c 50 a 70 c
11 d 31 d 51 a 71 c
12 d 32 b 52 b 72 c
13 b 33 c 53 a 73 c
14 c 34 b 54 a 74 b
15 b 35 c 55 a
16 c 36 c 56 c
17 c 37 c 57 b
18 b 38 a 58 b
19 b 39 b 59 c
20 b 40 d 60 b
 MATHEMATICS
QUADRATIC EQUATIONS 12. If  ,  are the roots of x 2  bx  c  0 and
1. Let two numbers have arithmetic mean 9 and   h,   h are the roots of x 2  qx  r  0
geometric mean 4. Then these numbers are the then h 
1 1
roots of the quadratic equation 1) b  q 2) b  q 3)  b  q  4)  b  q 
2 2
1) x 2  18 x  16  0 2) x 2  18 x  16  0 13. If the sum of the roots of the equation
5x2-4x+2+k (4x2-2x-1)=0 is 6, then k =
3) x 2  18 x  16  0 4) x 2  18 x  16  0
1) 13/17 2) 17/13 3) -17/13 4) -13/11
2. If the ratio of the roots of x 2  bx  c  0 and
14. If  ,  are t he root s of the equation
x 2  qx  r  0 is same then 5 5
2 2 2 2 x 2  3x  2  0 . Then    
1) r c  qb 2) r b  qc
1) 33 2) 32 3) 35 4) 33
3) rb 2  cq 2 4) rc 2  bq 2
15. The quadratic equation whose roots are
3. If the roots of the equation
2  3i 2  3i
a 2
 b 2  x 2  2  bc  ad  x   c 2  d 2   0 are
2  3i
and
2  3i
real then a 2 , bd , c 2 are in 1) 5 x 2  2 x  5  0 2) 5 x 2  2 x  5  0
1) A.P 2) G.P 3) H.P 4) A.G.P
3) 5 x 2  2 x  5  0 4) 5 x 2  2 x  5  0
4. The roots of the equation x 2  2 3x  3  0 are
16. If ‘3’ is root of x 2  kx  24  0 then it is also
1) rational and equal 2) rational and not equal root of
3) irrational 4) imaginary
1) x 2  5 x  k  0 2) x 2  kx  24  0
5. If ‘1’ is one of the roots of ax 2  3x  5  0
then the second root is 3) x 2  kx  6  0 4) x 2  5 x  k  0
5 5 5 5 17. If 4  i 3 is a root of quadratic equation then
1) 2) 3) 4)
3 3 16 8 the equation is
6. The minimum value of the quadratic expression
1) x 2  8 x  13  0 2) x 2  8 x  19  0
x 2  bx  c is
b2 3) x 2  8 x  13  0 4) x 2  8 x  19  0
1) cb 2 2) c b
2 3) c  b 4)
2 c 
4 18. If the product of the roots of the equation
7. If 2 x  7  5 x 2 has maximum value at x  a then
5 x 2  4 x  2  k  4 x 2  2 x  1  0 is 2 then
a
1 1 34 34
1) 2) 3) 4) k
5 5 5 5
8. If a, b, c are positive real numbers then the number 8 8 4 4
2 1) 2) 3) 4)
of real roots of the equation ax  b x  c  0 is 9 9 9 9
1) 2 2) 4 3) 0 4) 1 19. If the equations x 2  ax  b  0 and
9. Number of real roots of the equation
x 2  bx  a  0  a  b  have a common root
2
3 x  4 x  5  0 are
then a  b 
1) 2 2) 4 3) 0 4) 1 1) 1 2) 0 3) 1 4) 2
20. The equation formed by decreasing each root of 20. If x is real then the maximum value of the
the equation ax 2  bx  c  0 by 1 is expression 5  4 x  4 x 2 is
2 x 2  8 x  2  0 then 1) 6 2) 6 3) 12 4) 12
1) a  b 2) b  c 3) c  a 4) b  a  c KEY
11. If  ,  are the roots of x 2  3x  2  0 then 1) 4 2) 3 3) 2 4) 3 5) 4
 1  1 6) 4 7) 2 8) 3 9) 3 10) 2
  11) 4 12) 4 13) 4 14) 4 15) 2
 
15 6 5 16) 3 17) 2 18) 1 19) 1 20) 1
1) 2) 3) 4) 5
2 5 2
 CHEMISTRY
Coordination Compounds
Exercise -1 10. Give the correct increasing order of electrical conductivity
of aqueous solutions of following complex entities:
INTRODUCTION, LIGANDS, WERNER I. [Pt(NH3)6]Cl4 II. [Cr(NH3)6]Cl3
THEORY, EAN III. [Co(NH3)4Cl2]Cl IV. K2[PtCl6]
1. Which of the following ligands is not a chelating agent? (a) III < IV < II < I (b) IV < II < III < I
(a) EDTA (b) ethane-1,2-diamine (c) II < I < IV < III (d) I < II < IV < III
(c) Oxalate (d) Pyridine 11. The complex that violates the EAN rule is –
2. Given the molecular formula of the hexa coordinated (a) Potassium ferrocyanide
complexes (b) Potassium ferricyanide
(A) CoCl3.6NH3 (c) Tetracarbonyl Nickel
(B) CoCl3.5NH3 (d) Hexamminecobalt (III) chloride
(C) CoCl3.4NH3 12. In K4[Fe(CN)6], the E.A.N. of Fe is
If the number of Co-ordinated NH3 molecules in A, B and (a) 33 (b) 35
C respectively are 6, 5 and 4, the primary valency of metal
in (A), (B) and (C) are (c) 36 (d) 26
(a) 6, 5, 4 (b) 3, 2, 1 13. The oxidation state of cobalt in the complex compound
[Co(NH3)6]Cl3 is
(c) 0, 1, 2 (d) 3, 3, 3
(a) + 3 (b) + 6
3. Most common co-ordination number of aluminium is–
(c) + 5 (d) + 2
(a) 8 (b) 6
(c) 12 (d) 4 14. In which of the following compounds transition metal has
zero oxidation state?
4. Which of the following ligands is expected to be bidentate?
(a) CrO5 (b) NH2.NH2
(a) Br (b) C2 O 4- (c) NOClO4 (d) [Fe(CO)5]
(c) CH3 NH2 (d) CH3C ≡ N
5. In the compound lithium tetrahydridoaluminate, the ligand IUPAC NOMENCLATURE
is
15. The IUPAC name for [Co(NCS)(NH3)5]Cl2 is –
(a) H+ (b) H–
(a) Pentaammine(thiocyanato-N)cobalt(III) chloride
(c) H (d) None of these
(b) Pentaammine(thiocyanato-S)cobalt(III) chloride
6. Which of the following is the odd one out?
(a) Potassium ferrocyanide (c) Pentaamine(isothiocyanato-N,S)cobalt(III) chloride
(b) Ferrous ammonium sulphate (d) Pentaammine(mercapto-N)cobalt(III) chloride
(c) Potassium ferricyanide 16. IUPAC name of [Pt(NH3)3(Br)(NO2)Cl]Cl is –
(d) Tetrammine copper (II) sulphate (a) Triamminechloridobromidonitroplatinum(IV) chloride
7. The basic ligand is (b) Triamminebromidonitrochloroplatinum(IV) chloride
(a) NH3 (b) CN– (c) Triamminebromidochloridonitroplatinum(IV) chloride
(c) F – (d) All of these
(d) Triamminenitrochloridobromoplatinum(IV) chloride
8. The oxidation number of platinum in [Pt(NH3)5 Cl]Cl3 is –
17. The correct nomenclature for Fe4[Fe(CN)6]3 is
(a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 4 (d) 6 (a) Ferroso-ferric cyanide
9. For the complex [Cr(C2O4)2(H2O)2]–, the oxidation number (b) Ferric-ferrous hexacyanate
of Cr is _____ and the coordination number of Cr is ____ . (c) Iron(III) hexacyanoferrate(II)
(a) +3, 6 (b) +3, 4 (d) Hexacynoferrate(III-II)
(c) +2, 6 (d) +2, 4

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 18. IUPAC name of [Co(NH3)3(H2O)2Cl]Cl2 is (a) [Cu(CN)4]3– has tetrahedral geometry and dsp2
(a) Diaquachloridodiamminecobalt(III) chloride hybridization
(b) Triamminediaquachloridocobalt(III) chloride (b) [Ni(CN)6]4– is octahedral and Ni has d2sp3 hybridization
(c) Chloridodiamminediaquacobalt(III) chloride (c) [ZnBr4]2– is tetrahedral and diamagnetic
(d) Diamminediaquachloridocobalt(II) chloride (d) [Cr(NH3)6]3+ has octahedral geometry and sp3d2
hybridization
19. The formula of potassiumdicyanidobis(oxalato)nickelate(II) is
(a) K4[Ni(CN)2(Ox)2] (b) K3[Ni2(CN)2(Ox)2] 29. Which of the following electronic arrangement gives the
(c) K[Ni(CN)(Ox)2] (d) K2[Ni(CN)2(Ox)2] highest value of the magnetic moment in case of octahedral
complex?
20. The IUPAC name of [Cr(NH3)6]3+ is
(a) d6, strong field (b) d7, high spin
(a) Hexamminechromium(VI) ion 4
(c) d , weak field (d) d2, strong field
(b) Hexamminechromium(III) ion
30. Which of the following is an outer orbital complex?
(c) Hexamminechromium(II) ion
(a) [Fe(CN)6]3– (b) [Fe(CN)6]4–
(d) Hexamminechloride
(c) [FeF6] 3– (d) [Cr(CN)6]3–
ISOMERISM 31. Which of the following is correctly matched?
21. [Co(en)3]3+ ion is expected to show Column-I Column-II Column-III
(a) Two optically active isomers: d and l forms (a) [Cr(CO)6] Paramagnetic Octahedral, sp3d2
(b) Three optically active isomers: d, l and meso forms
(b) [Fe(CO)5] Paramagnetic Trigonal
(c) Four optically active isomers: cis, d and l isomers and
bipyramidal, sp3d
trans d and l isomers
(d) None of these (c) [Co(CO)4]– diamagnetic tetrahedral, sp3
22. Which of the following is a pair of ionization isomers? (d) [Ni(CO)4] diamagnetic square planar, dsp2
(a) [Co(NH3)5Br]SO4 and [Co(NH3)5SO4]Br
32. What type of hybridization is involved in [Fe(CN)6]3– ?
(b) [Cr(H2O)5Cl]Cl2.H2O and [Cr(H2O)4Cl2]Cl.2H2O
(a) d2sp3 (b) dsp2
(c) [Co(NH3)6][Cr(CN)6] and [Cr(NH3)6] [Co(CN)6]
(c) sp3d2 (d) dsp3
(d) cis-[Pt(NH3)2Cl2] and trans-[Pt(NH3)2Cl2]
33. The geometry of [Ni(CO)4] and [Ni(PPh3)2Cl2] are
23. [Pd(C6H5)2 (SCN)2] and [Pd(C6H5)2(NCS)2] are
(a) Both square planar
(a) Linkage isomers (b) Co‑ordination isomers
(c) Ionisation isomers (d) Geometrical isomers (b) Tetrahedral and square planar respectively
24. The number of geometrical isomers for [Pt(NH3)2Cl2] is (c) Both tetrahedral
(a) Two (b) One (c) Three (d) Four (d) Square planar and tetrahedral respectively
25. [Co(NH3)4Cl2]+ exhibits 34. [Pt(NH3)4]Cl2 is
(a) Geometrical isomerism (b) Optical isomerism (a) Square planar (b) Tetrahedral
(c) Bonding isomerism (d) Ionisation isomerism (c) Pyramidal (d) Pentagonal
26. The pair of complex compounds [Cr(H2O)6]Cl3 and
[Cr(H2O)5Cl]Cl2.H2O are an example of MISCELLANEOUS
(a) Linkage isomerism 35. Coordination compounds have great importance in biological
systems. In this context which of the following statements is
(b) Ionisation isomerism
incorrect?
(c) Coordination isomerism (a) Cyanocobalamine is vitamin B12 and contains cobalt
(d) Hydrate isomerism (b) Haemoglobin is the red pigment of blood and contains
iron
VBT, CFT (COMPLEX COMPOUND) (c) Chlorophylls are green pigments in plants and contain
27. A complex of certain metal has the magnetic moment of calcium
4.91 BM whereas another complex of the same metal with (d) Carboxypeptidase-A is an enzyme and contains zinc.
same oxidation state has zero magnetic moment. The metal 36. How many H-bonds are present in the complex entity
ion could be formed by Ni2+ and dmg ligands?
(a) Co2+ (b) Mn2+ (c) Fe2+ (d) Fe3+ (a) 2 (b) 3
28. Point out the correct statements amongst the following (c) 4 (d) None of these

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37. The stability constant of the complexes formed by a metal Exercise -2
ion (M2+) with NH3, CN–, H2O and en are of the order 1011,
1027, 108 and 1015 respectively. Then – 1. The donor sites of (EDTA)4– are?
(a) en is the strongest ligand (a) O atoms only
(b) CN– is the strongest ligand (b) N atoms only
(c) The strength of the ligands has no relationship with the (c) Two N atoms and four O atoms
given values (d) Three N atoms and three O atoms
(d) all ligands are equally strong 2. The oxidation state of Mo in its oxido-complex species
38. In the extraction of which of the following, complex ion is [Mo2O4(C2H4)2(H2O)2]2– is
formed. (a) +2 (b) +3 (c) +4 (d) +5
(a) Cu (b) Ag
3. What is the charge on the complex [Cr(C2O4)2(H2O)2]
(c) Fe (d) Na formed by Cr (ΙΙΙ)?
39. Ziegler-Natta catalyst is an organometallic compound of (a) +3 (b) +1 (c) +2 (d) –1
which metal?
4. [Cu(NH3)4]2+ has hybridisation and magnetic moment ____
(a) Iron (b) Zirconium
(a) sp3, 1.73 B. M. (b) sp3d, 1.73 B. M.
(c) Rhodium (d) Titanium 2
(c) dsp , 2.83 B. M. (d) sp2 d, 1.73 B. M.
40. The formula of ferrocene is
5. Consider the following statements, “According to the
(a) [Fe(CN)6]4–
Werner’s theory:
(b) [Fe(CN)6]3–
(1) Ligands are connected to the metal ions by simple
(c) [Fe(CO)]
covalent bonds.
(d) [(C5H5)2Fe]
(2) Secondary valencies have directional properties.
41. Which one is not an organometallic compound? (3) Secondary valencies are non-ionisable.
(a) RMgX (4) Secondary valencies are satisfied by both neutral or
(b) C2H5ONa negative ligands.
(c) (CH3)4Sn Of these statements.
(d) [(C2H4)PtCl3]2 (a) 1, 3 and 4 are correct (b) 2, 3 and 4 are correct
42. Among the following, which is not the π-bonded (c) 1 and 3 are correct (d) 1, 2 and 4 are correct
organometallic compound? 6. Which of the following complexes produces three moles of
(a) (CH3)4Sn silver chloride when its one mole is treated with excess of
(b) K[PtCl3(η2 –C2H4)] silver nitrate?
(c) Fe(η5 –C5H5)2
(a) [Cr(H2O)3Cl3] (b) [Cr(H2O)4Cl2]Cl
(d) Cr(η6 –C6H6)2
(c) [Cr(H2O)5Cl]Cl2 (d) [Cr(H2O)6]Cl3
43. Wilkinson’s catalyst is used in
7. On adding AgNO3 solution to a solution of [Pt(NH3)3Cl3]
(a) Polymerization
Cl, the percentage of total chloride ion precipitated is:
(b) Condensation
(a) 100 (b) 75
(c) Halogenation
(c) 50 (d) 25
(d) Hydrogenation
8. A coordination compound of cobalt has the molecular
44. What is the use of tetraethyl lead?
formula containing five ammonia molecules, one nitro
(a) As a catalyst in addition reaction of alkenes group and two chlorine atoms for one cobalt atom. One
(b) As a catalyst in polymerization reaction of alkenes mole of this compound produces three moles of ions in
(c) For reducing knocking an aqueous solution. The aqueous solution on treatment
(d) For creating knocking with an excess of AgNO3 gives two moles of AgCl as a
45. The π-bonded organo metallic compound which has ethene precipitate. The formula of this complex would be
as one of its component is (a) [Co(NH3)4(NO2)Cl] [(NH3)Cl]
(a) Zeise’s salt
(b) [Co(NH3)5Cl] [Cl NO2]
(b) Ferrocene
(c) Dibenzene chromium (c) [Co(NH3)5(NO2)]Cl2
(d) Tetraethyl tin (d) [Co (NH3)5] [(NO2)2Cl2]

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 9. CoCl3.4H2O is an anhydrous binary solute hence its 16. Oxidation number of Fe in violet coloured complex
Werner’s representation is: Na4[Fe(CN)5(NOS)] is:
Cl Cl (a) 0 (b) +2

—
— OH2

—
— OH 2
(a) Cl —Co—OH2
— (b) Cl Co— —OH2
— (c) +3 (d) +4

—
17. Which of the following complex exhibits geometrical
—
H2O OH2 H2 O OH2
Cl Cl
isomerism?
OH2
Cl (a) [Zn(gly)2] (b) [Cu(en)(NH3)2]+
—

—
(c) H2O —Co——OH2 (d) None of these (c) [PtBrCl(NH3)(py)] (d) All of these
—

Cl Cl 18. Which complex is likely to show optical activity?

OH2
(a) Trans-[CoCl2(NH3)4]+ (b) [Cr(H2O)6]3+
10. In following complexes, maximum stability is shown by
(c) Cis-[Co(NH3)2(en)2]3+ (d) Trans-[Co(NH3)2(en)2]3+
(a) [Fe(H2O)6]3+ (b) [Fe(CN)6]3–
(c) [Fe(C2O4)3] 3– (d) [Fe(Cl)6]3– 19. Complexes [Co(SO4)(NH3)5]Br and [CoBr(NH3)5]SO4 can
be distinguished by:
11. The oxidation number of Co in the complex ion
NH (a) Conductance (b) Using BaCl2
measurement
[(en)2Co Co(en)2]3+
(c) Using AgNO3 (d) All of these
OH 20. The hybridisation of Co in [Co(H2O)6]3+ is:
(a) + 2 (b) + 3
(a) d2sp3 (b) dsp2 (c) sp3 (d) sp3d2
(c) + 4 (d) + 6
12. Trioxalatoaluminate(III) and tetrafluorido-borate(III) ions 21. Which of the following statements is/are correct?
are respectively: (a) [Ni(CN)4 ]2– _____ Square planar, diamagnetic
(a) [Al(C2O4)3], [BF4]3– (b) [Al(C2O4)3]3+, [BF4]3+ (b) [Ni(dmg)2] _____ Square planar, diamagnetic
(c) [Al(C2O4)3]3–, [BF4]– (d) [Al(C2O4)3]2–, [BF4]2– (c) [NiCl4]2– _____ Tetrahedral, paramagnetic
13. A complex cation is formed by Pt (in some oxidation state) (d) All of these
with ligands (in proper number so that coordination number 22. The crystal field splitting energy for octahedral complex
of Pt becomes six). Which of the following can be its correct (∆o) and that for tetrahedral complex (∆t ) are related as
IUPAC name? 4
(a) ∆t = – ∆0 (b) ∆t = 0.5 ∆o
(a) Diammineethylenediaminedithiocyanato-S-platinum 9
(II) ion 9
(c) ∆t = 0.33 ∆o (d) ∆t = – ∆0
(b) Diammineethylenediaminedithiocyanato-S-platinate 4
(IV) ion 23. Which of the following complexes has a geometry different
(c) Diammineethylenediaminedithiocyanato-S-platinum from others?
(IV) ion (a) [NiCl4]2– (b) Ni(CO)4
(d) Diamminebis(ethylenediamine)dithiocyanate-S- (c) [Ni(CN)4]2– (d) [Zn(NH3)4]2+
platinum(IV) ion 24. Among TiF62–, CoF63–, Cu2Cl2 and NiCl42– the colourless
14. For the complex ion dichloridobis(ethylenediamine) species are:
cobalt(III), select the correct statement. (a) CoF63– and NiCl42– (b) TiF62– and CoF63–
(a) It has three isomers, two of them are optically active (c) NiCl42– and Cu2Cl2 (d) TiF62– and Cu2Cl2
and one is optically inactive.
25. Ni(CO)4 and [Ni(NH3)4]2+ do not differ in:
(b) It has three isomers, all of them are optically active.
(a) Magnetic moment (b) Oxidation number of Ni
(c) It has three isomers, all of them are optically inactive.
(c) Geometry (d) EAN
(d) It has one optically active isomer and two geometrical
isomers. 26. Which of the following statements about Fe(CO)5 is correct?
15. The formula of the complex hydridotrimethoxidoborate (a) It is paramagnetic and high spin complex
(III) ion is: (b) It is diamagnetic and high spin complex
(a) [BH(OCH3)3]2– (b) [BH2(OCH3)3]2– (c) It is diamagnetic and low spin complex
(c) [BH(OCH3)3] – (d) [BH(OCH3)3]+ (d) It is paramagnetic and low spin complex

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27. Which of the following statements is not true? Br Br
(a) MnCl42– ion has tetrahedral geometry and is paramagnetic Br Br
(b) [Mn(CN)6]2– ion has octahedral geometry and is
paramagnetic (d) en en
(c) [CuCl4]2– has square planar geometry and is paramagnetic
(d) [NiBr2(Ph3P)3] has trigonal bipyramidal geometry and
paramagnetic I I
28. Which of the following ions are optically active?
I I
en en 30. Which of the following statements is correct?
Cl + Cl +
(a) [CoF6]3- and [Co(NH3)6]3+ both are paramagnetic
I. Co II. Co complexes.
(b) [CoF6]3- and [Co(NH3)6]3+ both are high spin complexes.
Cl
en en
Cl (c) [CoF6]3- is octahedral while [Co(NH3)6]3+ has a
pentagonal pyramid shape.
en en (d) [CoF6]3- is outer orbital complex while [Co(NH3)6]3+ is
3+ Cl +
inner orbital complex.
III. Co IV. Co 31. The correct crystal field splitting and electron distribution is
(a) (b)
Cl
en en
(a) I only (b) II only (c) II and III (d) IV only
[Fe(H2O)6]3+ [Fe(CN)6]3–
29. Identify the correct set of pair of enantiomeric complexes.
Br Br (c) (d)
I I

[CoCl4]–
(a) en en

[Ni(CN4)]2–
I I
32. [Cr(H2O)6]Cl3 (atomic number of Cr = 24) has a magnetic
moment of 3.83 B.M. The correct distribution of 3d
Br Br
I I electrons in the chromium present in the complex is:
Br (a) 3dxy1, 3dyz1, 3dzx1
Br
(b) 3dxy1, 3dyz1, 3dz21
(b) en en (c) 3d (x2– y2)1, 3d1xz
(d) 3d1xy, 3d1(x2–y2)
Br
Br 33. The correct order of magnetic moments is:
(a) [MnCl4]2– > [CoCl4]2– > [Fe(CN)6]4–
I I (b) [MnCl4]2– > [Fe(CN)6]4– > [CoCl4]2–

Br
en en (c) [Fe(CN)6]4– > [MnCl4]2– > [CoCl4]2–
Br
(d) [Fe(CN)6]4– > [CoCl4]2– > [MnCl4]2–
34. Which one of the following complexes is an outer orbital
(c) complex?
(a) [Fe(CN)6]4–
I Br Br I (b) [Mn(CN)6]4–
(c) [Co(NH3)6]3+
I I
(d) [Ni(NH3)6]2+

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 35. In which of the following coordination entities, the 3. Pick out from the following complex compounds, a poor
magnitude of ∆0 [CFSE in octahedral field] will be electrolytic conductor in solution?
maximum? (a) K2[PtCl6] (b) [Co(NH3)3(NO2)3]
(a) [Co(CN)6]3– (c) K4[Fe(CN)6] (d) [Co(NH3)4]SO4
(b) [Co(C2O4)3]3– 4. Diethylene triamine is:
(c) [Co(H2O)6]3+ (a) Chelating agent (b) Polydentate ligand
(d) [Co(NH3)6]3+ (c) Tridentate ligand (d) All

36. Consider [M(CO)x(NO)y] In this complex if all NO are 5. In the coordination compound [Co(en) 2 Cl 2 ]Cl (en =
replaced by CO it become [M(CO)z] complex and EAN ethylenediamine), the coordination number and oxidation
value for M is 36 value of x, y, z and M are respectively: number of the central atom are, respectively:
(a) 3, 2, 5 and Fe (b) 2, 2, 5 and Fe (a) 4, +3 (b) 6, +2
(c) 3, 2, 6 and Fe (d) 2, 3, 5 and Ru (c) 4, +2 (d) 6, +3
6. Which of the following is π complex:
INTEGER TYPE QUESTION (a) Trimethyl aluminium (b) Ferrocene
37. Effective atomic number of Fe in [Fe(CO)4]– is: (c) Diethyl zinc (d) Nickel carbonyl
38. On adding excess of AgNO3 solution into 0.01 mole complex
7. In Dodecacarbonyl dicobalt, the oxidation state of Cobalt is:
compound PtBr4 . xNH3, 0.03 moles yellow precipitate was
obtained, then value of ‘x’ is: (a) 1 (b) 2
39. Find the total number of compounds or ions having atleast (c) 3 (d) Zero
one O–O bond longer than that in free O2 molecule. 8. Which is the strongest field ligand:
(a) Na2O2, (b) KO2, (a) CN– (b) NO2–
V VI
(c) [Cr(O 2 ) 4 ]3− (d) [Cr O(O 2 ) 2 (H 2 O)], (c) NH3 (d) en
III 9. Stability constant is more for the complex:
(e) [CrO5(Py)], (f) [Cr(O 2 )(CN)5 ]3− , (a) [Ag(NH3)2]+ (b) [Cu(NH3)4]2+
(g) Na2ZnO2 (c) [Ag(CN)2] –1 (d) [Co(NH3)6]3+
40. In how many of the following compounds ‘d’ orbital (which 10. In heamoglobin the iron shows oxidation state:
contains no nodal plane) is used in hybridisation of central
(a) +2 (b) +3
atom/ion?
(c) +1 (d) +4
Fe(CO)5, MnO4–, Co(C2O4)3–3,
NiCl2(PPh3)2, 2–
PtCl4 , Ni(CN)4–2, 11. Match List-I and List-II, (the basis of matching being
complex formation in qualitative or quantitative analysis
Ni(CN)4–4.
of ions) and select the correct answer using the codes given
41. Calculate the concentration of [Cu(H2O)4]2+ (represented below the lists.
by [Cu 2+]) in 1.0 L of a solution made by dissolving
0.10 mol Cu 2+ in 1.00 M aqueous ammonia. Stability List-I List-II
constant, Ks [Cu(NH3)42+] = 1 × 1012 (Ions involved) (Complexing agent)
If answer is y × 10–z in scientific notation, where y is whole a. Ni2+ 1. EDTA
no., find sum of y & z.
b. Zn2+ 2. Sodium nitroprusside
Exercise -3 c. Cu2+ 3. Ammonia
d. S2- 4. Dimethylglyoxime
SINGLE CORRECT TYPE QUESTIONS
1. Which of the following is the most likely structure of Codes: a b c d
CrCl3.6H2O, if 1/3 of total chlorine of the compound is (a) 1 2 4 3
precipitated by adding AgNO3 to its aqueous solution: (b) 4 1 3 2
(a) CrCl3.6H2O (c) 3 4 2 1
(b) [Cr(H2O)3Cl3](H2O)3 (d) 4 3 1 2
(c) [CrCl2(H2O)4]Cl.2H2O
12. For the t 62g e g2 system, the value of magnetic moment (μ)
(d) [CrCl.(H2O)5]Cl2.H2O
is:
2. Aqua regia reacts with Pt to yield: (a) 2.83 B.M. (b) 1.73 B.M.
(a) Pt(NO3)4 (b) H2PtCl6 (c) 3.87 B.M. (d) 4.92 B.M.
(c) PtCl4 (d) PtCl2

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13. For which transition metal ions are low spin complexes 21. In Na2[Fe(CN)5NO], sodium nitroprusside:
possible: (a) oxidation state of Fe is +2
(a) Rh3+ (b) Mn3+ (b) this has NO+ as ligand
(c) Ru 2+ (d) All are correct (c) both are correct
14. Which of the following system has maximum number of (d) none is correct
unpaired electrons? (in weak field ligand) 22. In the complex ion ML6n+ , Mn+ has four d-electrons and L
(a) d5 (octahedral) (b) d9 (octahedral) is a strong field ligand. According to crystal field theory,
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(c) d (octahedral) (d) d6 (octahedral) the magnetic properties of the complex ion correspond to
15. Which ion produces a small crystal field splitting (a weak how many unpaired electrons?
ligand field) : (a) 4 (b) 1
(a) I– (b) Cl– (c) 2 (d) 3
(c) F – (d) All 23. What is the oxidation number of chromium in the dimeric
16. An octahedral complex is formed when hybrid orbitals of hydroxo bridged species ?
the following type are involved H 4+
O
(a) sp3 (b) dsp2 (H2O)4 Cr Cr(H2O)4
3 2 O
(c) sp d (d) sp3d H
17. A sample of copper sulphate pentahydrate, CuSO4.5H2O (a) + 6 (b) + 4
contains 3.782 g of Cu. How many grams of oxygen are in (c) + 3 (d) + 2
this sample?
24. Cis-trans isomerism is found in square planar complexes of
(a) 0.952g (b) 3.809g
molecular formula: (a and b are monodentate ligands)
(c) 4.761g (d) 8.570g
(a) [Ma4] (b) [Ma3b]
18. Match List I with List II and Select the correct answer using (c) [Ma2b2] (d) [Mab3]
the codes given below the lists:
25. Which one of the following is an example of Co-ordination
List-I List-II (Magnetic Moment isomerism ?
(Complex Ions) µm Bohr Magnetons) (a) [Co(NH3)5Br]SO4 and [Co(NH3)5SO4]Br
a. [Fe(CN)6]-4 1. 1.73 (b) [Co(NH3)5NO2]Cl2 and [Co(NH3)5 ONO]Cl2
b. [Ti(H2O)6]3+ 2. 5.93 (c) [Cr(H2O)6]Cl3 and [Cr(H2O)5Cl]Cl2H2O
(d) [Co(NH3)6][Cr(CN)6] and [Cr(NH3)6][Co(CN)6]
c. [Cr(H2O)6]3+ 3. 0.00
26. The phenomenon of optical activity will be shown by:
d. Ni(H2O)6]2+ 4. 2.83
e. [FeF6]–3 5. 3.88

Codes: a b c d e (1) (2)

(a) 1 2 3 4 5
(b) 3 1 5 4 2
(c) 2 3 4 5 1 en
B
(d) 4 5 1 2 3
(3) (4) M
19. Cortisone is a molecular substance containing 21 atoms
of carbon per molecule. The weight percentage of carbon B
en
in cortisone is 69.98%. What is the molecular weight of
cortisone? 27. Which of the following compound show optical isomerism?
(a) 176.5 (b) 252.2 (en = thylenediamine)
(c) 287.6 (d) 360.4 (a) cis-[Co(NH3)4Cl2]
20. The term cryptands refers to: (b) trans-[Co(en)2Cl2]
(a) Macrocyclic ligands with nitrogen donor (c) cis-[Co(en)2Cl2]
(b) Macrocyclic ligands with nitrogen and sulphur donors (d) [Co(en)3]
(c) Macrocyclic ligands with nitrogen and oxygen donors
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(d) Aliphatic ligands with nitrogen, sulphur and oxygen (a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3
donors (c) 3 and 4 (d) 1, 3 and 4

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 28. A compound has the empirical formula [Link]
an aqueous solution of this compound is mixed with excess
silver nitrate, 2 mol of agcl precipitate per mol of compound.
On reaction with excess HCl, no NH4+ is detected. Hence it
is.
(a) [Co(NH3)5Cl2]Cl
(b) [Co(NH3)5Cl]Cl2
(c) [Co(NH3)5Cl3]
(d) [Co(NH3)4Cl2]Cl.NH3

INTEGER TYPE QUESTIONS

29. Brown colour of the complex [Fe(H2O)5(NO)]SO4 is due to
charge transfer spectrum which causes momentary change in
oxidation state. Find out oxidation state of Fe in this complex.
30. Count the number of ions which can form both low spin and
high spin complexes when co-ordination number 6
Co+3, Ni+2, Cr+3, Fe+2, Fe+3, Cu+2, Ti+3, Co+2

KEY
Exercise - 1
1. (d) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (b) 5. (b) 6. (b) 7. (d) 8. (c) 9. (a) 10. (a)
11. (b) 12. (c) 13. (a) 14. (d) 15. (a) 16. (c) 17. (c) 18. (b) 19. (a) 20. (b)
21. (a) 22. (a) 23. (a) 24. (a) 25. (a) 26. (d) 27. (c) 28. (c) 29. (c) 30. (c)
31. (c) 32. (a) 33. (c) 34. (a) 35. (c) 36. (a) 37. (b) 38. (b) 39. (d) 40. (d)
41. (b) 42. (a) 43. (d) 44. (c) 45. (a)

Exercise - 2
1. (c) 2. (b) 3. (d) 4. (d) 5. (b) 6. (d) 7. (d) 8. (c) 9. (b) 10. (c)
11. (b) 12. (c) 13. (c) 14. (a) 15. (c) 16. (b) 17. (c) 18. (c) 19. (d) 20. (a)
21. (d) 22. (a) 23. (c) 24. (d) 25. (c) 26. (c) 27. (c) 28. (c) 29. (d) 30. (d)
31. (c) 32. (a) 33. (a) 34. (d) 35. (a) 36. (b) 37. [35] 38. [5] 39. [6] 40. [2]
41. [21]

Exercise - 3
1. (c) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (d) 5. (d) 6. (b) 7. (d) 8. (a) 9. (d) 10. (a)
11. (b) 12. (a) 13. (d) 14. (a) 15. (d) 16. (c) 17. (d) 18. (b) 19. (d) 20. (c)
21. (c) 22. (c) 23. (c) 24. (c) 25. (d) 26. (b) 27. (c) 28. (b) 29. (a) 30. (d)