Question Bank
Q. No. Unit 1: Water Chemistry: (CO1)
1 Define Priming and Foaming?
2 Define Scales and Sludge
3 Give any four differences between Scales and Sludge
4 Explain the term Colloidal conditioning
5 What is Calgon?
6 What is meant by exhausted Zeolite? Write the chemical reaction for
regeneration
7 Draw a well labeled diagram for Ion-Exchange process for purification of
water
8 Draw a well-labelled diagram of Zeolite Softening of water.
9 What is Caustic embrittlement?
10 What is reverse osmosis?
11 Explain break-point chlorination with a well labelled diagram for water
treatment
12 Calculate the amount of lime and soda needed for softening 1,00,000
litres of water containing the following: HCl= 7.3 mg/L, Al2(SO4)3 = 34.2
mg/L, MgCl2 = 9.5 mg/L, NaCl = 29.25 mg/L. (Purity of lime is 90% and
that of soda is 98%). [Atomic weights: H=1, Cl=35.5, Al= 27, S=32,
O=16, Mg=24, Na=23]
13 100 ml water sample required 8.6 ml 0.02 N H2SO4 up to phenolphthalein
end point and 23.8 ml of same acid up to methyl orange end point.
Determine the type and extent of alkalinity present in the water sample.
14 50 ml of alkaline water sample consumed 5.2 ml of N/50 HCl, up to
phenolphthalein end pint and 14.5 ml for complete neutralization. Find
the type and amount of alkalinity present
15 Calculate the temporary and total hardness of a sample of water
containing Mg(HCO3)2 = 146 mg/L, Ca(HCO3)2 = 162 mg/L, MgCl2 =
95 mg/L and CaSO4 = 136mg/L
16 A Zeolite bed gets exhausted after softening 1200 liters of water sample.
The exhausted bed requires 5.85 liters of 10 % NaCl solution for
regeneration. Find the hardness of water.
Q. No Unit 2: Polymers and Composites (CO-2)
1 Define the term Degree of Polymerization
2 Define the term Tacticity
3 What is Functionality of a polymer
4 Write any three differences between Thermoplastic and Thermosetting
polymer
5 Give an example of natural polymer and synthetic polymer
6 Explain the mechanism for Cationic polymerization
7 Explain the mechanism for Anionic polymerization
8 Write any three differences between Addition and Condensation
[3] polymerization
9 What is meant by homopolymers, copolymer and graft copolymer
10 If polymer sample has population as:
10 molecules of molecular mass each 5,000;
20 molecules of molecular mass each = 7,500;
20 molecules of Molecular mass each = 10,000;
Calculate its number average, weight average and Mw/ Mn ratio.
11 Write short note on (a) Polyethylene (b) Polystyrene
12 Define a composite
13 Give the characteristics of composite materials
14 Mention the applications of composite materials
15 Explain the mechanism for free radical polymerization
16 Explain Graft and Block copolymers with diagrams.
[Link] Unit 3: Spectroscopic techniques and applications (CO-3)
1 What is an Auxochrome?
2 What is Chromophore?
3 Explain the different types of Vibration in IR spectroscopy
4 Draw the block diagram of UV visible spectrometer and explain
functioning of various components.
5 Write the different electronic transitions found in UV-Visible
spectroscopy
6 The groups responsible for imparting colour to organic compounds are
known as? Give example.
7 Explain the transition in UV-Visible spectroscopy
8 Give the important vibrations in IR
9 Explain the principle of NMR spectroscopy
10 Predict the number of NMR signals for 1. Benzene 2. Ethanol 3.
Cyclobutane 4. Isopropyl chloride
11 At what glancing would the first order diffraction from (110) plane from
KCl be observed using x – rays of wavelength 154 pm? The dimension of
the unit cell is 315 pm
12 What is Miller indices of a plane which makes intercepts (2a, 3b, 2c)?
13 Chromium has monotonic Body-centered cubic structure. Its edge is 300
pm. What is its density? (molar mass of Cr = 52 g mol -1; Avogadro’s
constant = 6.023x 1023 mol -1)
14 The density of a face centered cubic element having 4 formula units is 6.2
g. cm-3. The atomic of the element is 60.2 amu. Calculate the length of the
edge of the unit cell. ( Avogadro’s constant, NA = 6.02×1023 mol-1 )
15 Write the law for constancy of interfacial angles
In a Braggs reflection of X-rays, a reflection was found at 30 glancing
angle with the lattice planes of spacing 1.87Å. If the order of reflection is
2 then find the wavelength of incident x-rays
A solution has a molar absorptivity of 500 [Link]-1 cm-1, and its
absorbance is measured as 0.5. The path length of the cuvette containing
the solution is 2.0 cm. What is the concentration of the compound in the
solution?
Q. No Unit 4: Energy Science and Nanomaterials (CO-4)
1 Give one example each for natural fuel and artificial fuel.
2 Explain any three characteristics of a good fuel
3 Write the equation for the inter-relationship between gross calorific
value and net calorific value.
4 What is Calorific value? Explain the terms GCV and NCV
5 Explain the term Octane number of a fuel.
6 Draw a well-labelled diagram of a Bomb calorimeter and explain its
functioning.
7 Mention three advantages of Catalytic cracking process
8 Give any four differences between Octane number and Cetane number
9 Mention three differences between low temperature and high temperature
carbonization of coal
10 Describe proximate analysis of Coal
11 Calculate the Gross and Net calorific value of coal having the following
composition: Carbon =85%, Sulphur = 1%, Hydrogen = 8%, Nitrogen=
2%, Ash = 4%. Latent heat of steam is 587cal/g.
12 A fuel is found to contain C = 90%, H = 6%, S = 2.5% O = 1% and ash =
0.5%. Calculate the amount of air required for the complete combustion
of 1kg of fuel
13 0.62 grams of fuel sample containing 80% carbon when burnt in a bomb
calorimeter increased the temperature of water from 27.3 C to 29.1C. If
the
calorimeter contains 250 gram of water, and its water equivalent is 150
grams,
calculate the HCV of the fuel. Express your answer in KJ/Kg
14 A coal sample was analysed as follows. Exactly 2.5 grams of coal was
weighed into a silica crucible. After heating for one hour at 110C, the
residue weight 2.415 g. The crucible was then covered with a vented lid
and strongly heated for exactly seven minutes at 95020C. The residue
weighed 1.528 g. The crucible was then heated without the cover until a
constant weight was obtained. The last residue was found to weigh 0.245
g. Calculate the percentage of moisture, volatile matter, ash and fixed
carbon respectively in the coal sample.
15 Explain the applications of Nano materials’
16 Explain top down and bottom up approach
17 Explain any two Nano synthesis methods
18 Write a short note on 1. Carbon Nanotubes and 2. Fullerene.
Q. No. Unit 5: Environmental and green chemistry (CO-5)
1 Explain the significance of COD and BOD
2 What is green chemistry
3 Define atom economy
4 Explain the principles of Green chemistry
5 Explain the factors responsible for global warming
6 Which gases are responsible for greenhouse effect.
7 A 40 mL of sample contains 500 ppm of dissolved oxygen. After
incubating the sample at 20°C for 5 days, the dissolved oxygen value
becomes 350 ppm after the sample has been diluted to 70 mL.
Calculate the Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD).
8 Differentiate between BOD and COD.