Important Questions on Some basic Concepts of chemistry
1. Define the law of Constant [Link] with two examples.
2. Define the law of Combining Volumes? Explain with two examples.
3. Define the law of multiple proportions. Explain it with two examples. How does
this law point to the existance of atoms?
4. Calculate the [Link] moles in 0.72 grams of glucose?
5. Calculate weight of 0.1 moles of Na2CO3?
6. Calculate the number of moles in 5.6lit of methane at STP?
7. Calculate weight of 3.01×1023 molecules of SO2?
8. Calculate the number of molecules in 1120ml of hydrogen at STP?
9. What is the ratio of number of molecules, if the mass ratio of N 2 and O2 is 4:1 ?
10. The volume of a drop of water is 0.04 mL. How many H 2O molecules are there
in a drop of a water ? d = 1.0 g mL.
11. An oxide of iron contains 69.94% Fe and 30.06% O. Determine its E.F.
(Fe=55.85, O=16.0)
12. On analysis of a compound, it was found that it contains (i) 4.08 grams Na (ii)
0.264 mole oxygen atoms (iii) 5.3×1022 atoms of carbon. Determine its E.F.
13. Calculate the M.F. of a hydrocarbon which contains 85.7% carbon and has
molecular mass 84
14. The weight of oxygen gas liberated by the heating of 2.45 g of KClO3 is________
15. The volume of CO2 gas liberated at S.T.P by heating 5 grams of pure lime stone
is
16. The volume of O2 at S.T.P required for completely burnt out 100 ml. of ethane
is
17. Calculate the volume of air,contained 21%of oxygen by volume required for the
complete combustion of 10 L of ethylene under similar conditions
18. H2O2 is sold as a solution of approximately 5.0g H2O2 per 100 ml of the
solution. The molarity of this solution is approximately
19. The amount of oxalic acid required to prepare 500 ml of its 0.10 M solution is
20. The molality of a solution having 18 g of glucose dissolved in 500 g of water is
21. If 5.85 g of NaCl is dissolved in 90 g of water, the mole fraction of solute is
22. Mass percentage (w/w) of ethylene glycol (HOCH2 - CH2OH) in a aqueous
solution is 20, then mole fraction of solute is
23.100ml of ethylalcohol is made upto a litre with distilled water . If the density of
C2H5OH is 0.46 gr/ml. then its molality is
24. The mass of Na2CO3 required to prepare 500ml of 0.1M solution is
25. The molarity of NaOH in the solution prepared by dissolving its 4 g in enough
water to form 250 mL of the solution is
26. If 5 ml of methane is completely burnt the volume of oxygen required and the
volume of CO2 formed under the same conditions are
[Link] weight of oxygen required to completely react with 27 gms of 'Al' is
28.20 gms of sulphur on burning in air produced 11.2 lits of SO 2 at STP. The
percentage of unreacted sulphur
[Link] number of moles of Fe2O3 formed when 0.5 moles of O2 and 0.5 moles of Fe
are allowed to react are
30. What is the volume (in lit) of carbon dioxide liberated at STP, when 2.12 grams
of sodium carbonate (mol. wt. = 106) is treated with excess dilute HCl?
31. The amount of zinc required to produce 224 ml of H 2 at NTP on treatment with
dilute H2SO4 solution will be
32. The volume of phosgene formed at STP when 11.2 lit of chlorine reacts with
carbon monoxide is
33. If 100 ml hydrogen chloride is completely decomposed the volume of H 2 formed
will be (P and T are constant).
34. The volume of H2 STP required to completely reduce 160 gms of Fe2O3 is
35. Calcium carbonate reacts with aqueous HCl to give CaCl 2 and CO2 according to
the reaction given below: (5M)
CaCO3(s) + 2HCl(aq) → CaCl2(aq) + CO2(g) + H2O(l)
What mass of CaCl2 will be formed when 250 ml of 0.76 M HCl reacts with 1000 g
of CaCO3? Name the limiting reagent. Calculate the number of moles of CaCl2
formed in the reaction.
36. At STP one litre of a gas weighs 1.25 grams. The gas contains 85.71% of carbon
and 14.29% of hydrogen. The formula of the compound is
37. A certain compound contains magnesium, carbon and Nitrogen in the mass ratio
12 : 12 : 14. The formula of the compound is
38. The specific gravity of 98% H2SO4 is 1.8 g/cc. 50 ml of this solution is mixed
with 1750 ml of pure water. Molarity of resulting solution is
39. What volume of 75 % H2SO4 by mass is required to prepare 1.5 litres of 0.2 M
H2SO4? (Density of the sample is 1.8 g/c.c)
40. How many grams of CH3OH would have to be added to water to prepare 150 ml
of a solution that is 2M CH3OH ?
Importanat Questions on Redox Reactions
1. Justify that the following reactions are redox reactions:
(a) CuO(s) + H2(g) —–> Cu(s) + H20(g)
(b) Fe2O3(s) +3CO(g) —-> 2Fe(s) + 3CO2(g)
(c) 4BCl3(g) +3LiAlH4(s) ——> 2B2H6(g) + 3LiCl(s) + 3AlCl3(s)
(d) 2K(s) +F2(g)——> 2K+F–(s)
2. Fluorine reacts with ice and results in the change:
H20(S) + F2 (g) ——-> HF(g) + HOF(g)
Justify that this reaction is a redox reaction.
3. Suggest a list of substances where carbon can exhibit oxidation states from -4
to +4 and nitrogen from -3 to +5.
4. While sulphur dioxide and hydrogen peroxide can act as an oxidising as well
as reducing agents in their reactions, ozone and nitric acid act only as
oxidants. Why?
5. The compound AgF2 is unstable. However, if formed, the compound acts as a
very strong oxidising agent. Why?
6. Balance the following redox reactions by ion-electron method.
(a) MnO4–(aq) +I–(aq) ———>Mn02(s) + I2 (s) (in basic medium)
(b) MnO4–(aq) + S02(g) ——-> Mn2+(aq) +H2S04–(in acidic solution)
(c) H2O2(aq) + Fe2+(aq) ———-> Fe3+(aq) + H2O(l) (in acidic solution)
(d) Cr2O72- (aq) + S02 (g)——> Cr3+ (aq) + SO42-(aq) (in acidic solution)
7. Balance the following equation in basic medium by oxidation number
method and identify the oxidising agent and the reducing agent.
(a) P4(s) + OH–(aq) ———> PH3(g) + H2PO2–(aq)
(b) N2H4(l) + ClO–(aq) ——–> NO(g) + Cl-(aq)
3+
8. The Mn ion is unstable in solution and undergoes disproportionation to give
Mn2+, MnO2 and H+ ion. Write a balanced ionic equation for the reaction.
9. Arrange the following metals in the order in which they displace each other
from the solution of their [Link], Cu, Fe, Mg and Zn.
10. Given the standard electrode potentials,
K+/K = -2.93 V, Ag+/Ag = 0.80 V, Hg2+/Hg = 0.79 V, Mg2+/Mg = -2.37 V,
Cr3+/Cr = -0.74 V. Arrange these metals in increasing order of their reducing
power.
11. What is salt bridge? What is the role of a salt bridge in an electrochemical
cell?
12. Calculate the oxidation numbers of each sulphur atom in the following
compounds: 1. Na2S2O3 2. Na2S4O6
13. Depict the galvanic cell in which the reaction,
Zn(s) + 2Ag+(aq) ————> Zn2+(aq) + 2Ag(s)
takes place. Further show:
(i) which of the electrode is negatively charged.
(ii) the carriers of current in the cell and
(iii) individual reaction at each electrode.
14. What is a disproportionation reaction ? Give one example.
15. What is meant by electrochemical series? What are characteristics of
electrochemical series?
16. Write the O.N of underline the atoms for the following compounds?
(i) KMnO4 (ii) K2Cr2O7 (iii) KClO4 Iv) CrO5 V) Br3O8 vi) H2SO5
17. Formulate possible compounds of’Cl’ in its O.S. is: 0, -1, +1, +3, +5, +7.
(b) List three measures used to prevent rusting of iron.
18. Account for the following:
(a) HNO3 acts only as an oxidising agent while HNO3 can act both as reducing
and oxidising agent.
(b) ClO4 – does not show disproportionation reaction.
(c) Ozone acts as an oxidising agent.
19. Write the O.N of underline the atoms for the following compounds?
a) Ni(CO)4 b) H3PO4 c) NH4NO3 d) CaOCl2
MCQs On Some basic concepts of chemistry
1. The number of significant figures in 0.0045 are
1) Two 2) Three 3) Four 4) Five
2. The number of significant figures in 20700 are
1) Three 2) Four 3) Five 4) Can be any of these
3. 5.041 has how many significant figures.
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4
4. 0.00025 has how many significant figures
1) 6 2) 3 3) -4 4) 2
5. 314.000 has how many significant figures.
1) 6 2) 3 3) 5 4) 4
6. The correctly reported difference of 16.4215 and 6.01 will have significant figures
equal to
1) Three 2) Four 3) Five 4) Six
7. After rounding off 1.235 and 1.225, we will have their answers respectively as
1) 1.23, 1.22 2) 1.24, 1.23 3) 1.23, 1.23 4) 1.24, 1.22
8. In the reaction, Hydrogen(g) + Nitrogen(g) →Ammonia(g), the ratio of volumes is
3: 1 : 2. This illustrates the law of
1) Conservation of mass 2) Combining weights
3) Combining volumes 4) All the above
9. The law of multiple proportions is illustrated by the two compounds
1) Sodium chloride and sodium bromide 2) Ordinary water and heavy water
3) Caustic soda and caustic potash 4) Sulphur dioxide and sulphur trioxide.
10. In the formation of SO2 and SO3 the ratio of the weights of oxygen which combines
with 10kg of sulphur is
1) 1 : 1 2) 3 : 2 3) 2 : 3 4) 3 : 4
11. Percentage of copper and oxygen in samples of CuO obtained by different methods
were found to be the same. This proves the law of
1) Constant proportions 2) Reciprocal proportions
3) Multiple proportions 4) Conservation of mass
12. 10 grams of each O2, N2 and Cl2 are kept in three bottles. The correct order of
arrangment of bottles containing decreasing number of Molecules.
1) O2, N2, Cl2 2) Cl2, N2, O2 3) Cl2, O2, N2 4) N2, O2, Cl2
13. Which of the following has highest mass
1) 50 gms of iron 2) 5 moles of nitrogen
3) 1 gm atom of silver 4) 5 × 1023 atoms of carbon
14. 1.5 moles of oxygen atoms are present in
1) 0.5 moles of BaCO3 2) 1 mole of BaCO3
3) 2 moles of BaCO3 4) 0.25 moles of BaCO3
15. The gas having same number of molecules as 16g. of oxygen is
1) 16g. of O3 2) 16g. of SO3 3) 48g. of SO3 4) 1gm of hydrogen
16. Maximum number of atoms are present in
1) 14 gms. of carbon monoxide 2) 2 gms. of hydrogen
3) 11.2 lit. of nitrogen at STP 4) 1.5 gm atoms of helium
17. The empirical formula of a compound is CH One mole of this compound has a mass
of 78 gm. Its molecular formula is :
1) CH2 2) C2H2 3) C3H6 4) C6H6
18. The empirical formula of a gaseous compound is CH2. The density of the compound
is 1.25 gm/lit. at S.T.P. The molecular formula of the compound is ‘X’
1) C2H4 2) C3H6 3) C6H12 4) C4H8
19. How much volume of CO2 at S.T.P is liberated by the combustion of 100 cm³ of
propane (C3H8)?
1) 100cm3 2) 200cm3 3) 300cm3 4) 400cm3
20. If 0.5 mole of BaCl2 is mixed with 0.2 mole of Na3PO4, the maximum number of
moles of Ba3(PO4)2 formed are
1) 0.7 2) 0.5 3) 0.3 4) 0.1
21. The oxidation state of phosphorus is maximum in
1) Phospine (PH3) 2) Diphosphine (P2H4)
3) Metaphosphoric acid (HPO3) 4) Phosphorus acid (H3PO3)
22. The oxidation state of oxygen is maximum in
1) Bleaching powder (CaOCl2) 2) Oxygen difluoride (OF2)
3) Dioxygen difluoride (O2F2) 4) Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)
23. Which of the following statements is wrong
1) Oxidation number of oxygen is 1/2 in peroxides
2) Oxidation number of oxygen is +2 in oxygen difluoride
3) Oxidation number of Nitrogen is -3 is ammonia
4) Oxidation number of oxygen is -2 in most of its compounds
24. Assertion :Decomposition of potassium chlorate is an example of redox reaction.
Reason: There is a change in the oxidation number of chlorine and oxygen in
decomposition of potassium chlorate.
1) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
2) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A
3) A is true but R is false
4) A is false but R is true
25. Compound that acts as oxidant as well as reductant
1) SO2 2) CrO3 3) SO3 4) Al2O3