MAJOR TEST - 1 (MAIN) CHEMISTRY (MAIN) CODE: 1

PART (B) : CHEMISTRY

SOLUTION

31. An alkane has a C/H ratio (by mass) of 5.1428 : 1. Its molecular formula is :
(1) C6 H14 (2) C5 H12 (3) C7 H16 (4) C8 H18
31. (1)
C6 H14 has ratio of C : H  72 :14  5.1428 :1

32. One litre of CO2 is passed over hot coke. After one hour volume becomes 1.4 litre. The percent
composition of products is
(1) 0.6 litre CO (2) 0.8 litre CO2
(3) 0.6 litre CO2 and 0.8 litre CO (4) None of these
32. (3)
C  CO2   2CO
Initial 1L 0
After1h (1 - x)L (2x)L
 Total volume  1  x  2 x
or 1  x  2 x  1.4
1  x  1.4
x  1.4  1
x  0.4 L
 CO2  1  0.4  0.6 L
CO  0.4  2  0.8L

33. The pair of species having same percentage of carbon is

(1) CH 3COOH and C6 H12 O6 (2) CH 3COOH and C2 H 5OH
(3) HCOOCH 3 and C12 H 22O11 (4) C6 H12 O6 and C12 H 22O11
33. (1)
The pair of compounds with same empirical formula will have same percentage of carbon.

34. The percent loss in weight after heating a pure sample of potassium chlorate (mol. Mass = 122.5)
will be
(1) 12.25 (2) 24.50 (3) 39.18 (4) 49.0
34. (3)
2 KClO3   2 KCl  3O2  ;
245 g KClO3 on heating shows a wt. loss = 96 g (of O2 )
 100 g KClO3 on heating shows a wt. loss
96  100
 g  39.18%
245

35. The mass of 112 cm3 of CH 4 gas at STP is

(1) 0.08 g (2) 1.6 g (3) 0.16 g (4) 0.8 g
35. (1)
22,400 cm3CH 4 at STP weighs = 16 g

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16
 112 cm3 will weigh =  112
22, 400
= 0.08 g

36. If half mole of oxygen combine with Al to form Al2O3 , the weight of Al used in the reaction is
(1) 27 g (2) 40.5 g (3) 54 g (4) 18 g
36. (4)
4 Al  3O2   2 Al2O3
4 × 27 g 3 moles
1
Hence, mole of oxygen will use
2
4  27 1
Al    18 g
3 2

37. On repeated sparking 10 mL of mixture of carbon monoxide and nitrogen required 7 mL of oxygen
for combustion of CO and N 2 to CO2 and NO . The volume of nitrogen in mixture is (All volumes
are measured under identical conditions)
7 17
(1) mL (2) 4 mL (3) 7 mL (4) mL
2 2
37. (2)
1
CO  O2   CO2 ; N 2  O2   2 NO
a 2 b b
a/2
 a  b  10 …(initial amt)
a
 b  7 ... (Amt. of oxygen for combustion)
2
On solving we get
 a(vol. of oxygen) = 6
And b(vol. of nitrogen) = 4

38. For a given mass of a gas, if pressure is reduced to half and temperature is increased two times, then
the volume would become
V
(1) (2) 2V 2 (3) 6V (4) 4V
4
38. (4)
PV T
Applying equation 1 1  1
PV2 2 T2
P1 V T V 1
We get  1  1  1  or V2  4V1
1 / 2 P1 V2 2T1 V2 4

39. The compressibility factor for H 2 and He is usually

(1) > 1 (2) = 1 (3) < 1 (4) Either of these
39. (1)
The compressibility factor,
PV
Z
nRT
For H 2 and He, PV > nRT

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Hence Z > 1

40. The four quantum numbers of the valence electron of potassium are
1 1 1 1
(1) 4, 1, 0 and (2) 4, 0, 1 and (3) 4, 0, 0 and (4) 4, 1, 1 and
2 2 2 2
40. (3)
2 2 6 2 6 1
19 K conf. is 1s  2s  2p  3s  3p  4s

1
 n  4,   0, m  0, s  
2

41. The ratio of rate of diffusion of SO2 (M = 64) and oxygen (M = 32) is ……
(1) 1:1 (2) 2:1 (3) 1:2 (4) 1:1.414
41. (4)
rSO2 32
  or1: 2  1:1.414
rO2 64

42. The volume occupied by 7g of nitrogen gas at 27ºC and 750.9 mm Hg pressure is
(1) 8.24 L (2) 6.14 L (3) 6.22 L (4) 5.24 L
42. (3)
W RT 7 0.082  300
V     760  6.22L
M P 28 750.9

43. The average kinetic energy of an ideal gas, per molecule at 25ºC will be
(1) 61.7 1021 J (2) 6.17 1020 J (3) 6.17 1021 J (4) 7.16 1020 J
43. (3)
3 RT 3 8.314  298
K .E .   
2 N A 2 6.02 10 23
K .E.  6.17 1021 J

44. Two separate bulbs contain ideal gases A and B. The density of gas A is twice that of B. The
molecular mass of A is half that of B. The two gases are at the same temperature. The ratio of the
pressure of A to that of B gas is
(1) 2 (2) 1/2 (3) 4 (4) 1/4
44. (3)
Applying gas equation, PV = nRT
n W RT dRT
or P  RT  
V V M M
PA d A M B 2d A 2 M A
Hence,  .  . 4
PB M A d B dA M A

45. Consider 1cm3 sample of air at absolute temperature T0 at sea level and another 1cm3 sample of air
(same number of moles) at a height where the pressure is one third atmosphere. The absolute
temperature T of the sample at the height is
T
(1) Equal to 0
3
(2) Equal to T0
(3) Equal to 3T0
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(4) Cannot be determined in terms of T0 from the above data

45. (1)
Applying equation
P1 P2 T
 we get T  0
T1 T2 3

46. Which one is the electron deficient compound?

(1) ICl (2) NH3 (3) BCl3 (4) PCl3
46. (3)
BCl3 is electron deficient compound because it has only ‘6’ electrons after forming bond.

47. Octet rule is not valid for the molecule

(1) CO2 (2) NO (3) CO (4) O2
47. (2)
NO is an odd e– species.

48. The correct sequence of increasing electron affinity is

(1) F  Cl  Br  I (2) S  Se  Te  O (3) F  O  N  C (4) Cl  S  P  Si
48. (2)
Factual

49. Which one of the following is having zero dipole moment?

(1) CCl4 (2) CH 3Cl (3) CH 3 F (4) CHCl3
49. (1)

50. Which of the following have both polar and non-polar bonds?
(1) C2 H 6 (2) NH 4Cl (3) HCl (4) AlCl3
50. (1)
H H

H C C H
H H
C–C bond is non polar.
C–H bonds are polar.

51. Which of the following has p  d bonding?

(1) NO3 (2) CO32 (3) BO33 (4) SO32
51. (4)
O

O O
Only one p  d bond.

52. A 3p-orbital has

(1) Two non-spherical nodes
(2) Two spherical nodes
(3) One spherical and one non-spherical node

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(4) One spherical and two non-spherical nodes

52. (3)
Radial node  n    1 ; Angular node = 

53. The linear structure is not formed by

(1) SnCl2 (2) NCO (3) CS2 (4) NO2
53. (1)
SnCl2 has V-shaped geometry.

54. Which one of the following species is diamagnetic in nature?

(1) Fe 2 (2) Cu  (3) Mn2 (4) Ni 2
54. (2)
Fe2 : Ar

Cu  : Ar 0

Fe 2 : Ar

Ni 2 : Ar

55. Which one of the following oxides is expected exhibit paramagnetic behaviour?
(1) CO2 (2) SO2 (3) ClO2 (4) SiO2
55. (3)
Due to unpaired e  ClO2 is paramagnetic.

56. The number of d-electrons in Fe 2  (Z  26) is not equal to that of

(1) p-electrons in Ne(Z = 10) (2) s-electrons in Mg(Z = 12)
(3) d-electrons in Fe(Z = 26) (4) p-electrons in Cl(Z = 17)
56. (4)
Fe 2 has six d electrons; Cl has 12p electrons.

57. If each hydrogen atom is excited by giving 8.4 eV of energy, then the number of spectral lines
emitted is equal to
(1) None (2) Two (3) Three (4) Four
57. (1)
For excitation of electron from ground state the minimum energy needed is 10.2 eV;
E 2  E1  3.4  (13.6) . Hence no excitation occurs.

58. The tenth element in the periodic table resembles the element with atomic number
(1) 2 and 30 (2) 8 and 18 (3) 2 and 54 (4) 8 and 54
58. (3)
The tenth element in P.T. belongs to group 18 i.e. noble gases.

59. Which of the following gas has highest critical temperature?

(1) NH 3 (2) Co2 (3) O2 (4) N 2
59. (1)
NH3 is polar while other are non polar.

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60. The first, second and third ionization potentials ( E1 , E2 and E3 ) for an element are 7 eV, 12.5 eV
and 42.3 eV respectively. The most stable oxidation state of the element will be
(1) +1 (2) +2 (3) +3 (4) +4
60. (2)
When the difference between the two successive ionization potentials is less than 10 eV. Then, the
higher oxidation state is more stable. And, when this difference is more than 16 eV, the lower
oxidation state is more stable.
 E2  E1  5.5 eV ,( 10 eV )
and E3  E2  29.8 eV , ( 16 eV )
Hence, +2 oxidaton state will be the most stable.

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