Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry

Solutions

SECTION – A

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Objective Type Questions
1. A sample of ammonium phosphate (NH4)3PO4 contains 3.18 moles of hydrogen atoms. The number of moles
of oxygen atoms in the sample is
(1) 0.265 (2) 0.795

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2. In which of the following numbers all zeros are significant?
(1) 0.0007 (2) 0.0070 (3) 70.000 (4) 0.700

3. Two metallic oxides contain 27.6% and 30% oxygen respectively. If the formula of the first oxide is X3O4, that
of the second will be
(1) XO (2) XO2 (3) X2O5 (4) X2O3
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4. Calculate the molality of solution containing 3 g glucose dissolved in 30 g of water. (molar mass of glucose
= 180)
(1) 0.50 m (2) 0.56 m (3) 0.091 m (4) 0.05 m
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5. An element, X has the following isotopic composition 200X : 90% 199X : 8% 202X : 2.0%. The weighted average
atomic mass of the naturally occurring element X is closest to
(1) 201 amu (2) 202 amu (3) 199 amu (4) 200 amu

6. Which has the maximum number of molecules among the following?

(1) 8 g H2 (2) 64 g SO2 (3) 44 g CO2 (4) 48 g O3

7. What volume of oxygen gas (O2) measured at 0°C and 1 atm, is needed to burn completely 1 L of propane
gas (C3H8) measured under the same conditions?
(1) 10 L (2) 7 L (3) 6 L (4) 5 L

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8. Volume occupied by one molecule of water (density = 1 g cm–3) is

(1) 5.5 × 10 –23 cm3 (2) 9.0 × 10 –23 cm3 (3) 6.023 × 10 –23 cm3 (4) 3.0 × 10 –23 cm3

9. The total number of electrons in 1.6 g of CH4 to that in 1.8 g of H2O

(1) Double (2) Same (3) Triple (4) One fourth

10. When x molecules are removed from 200 mg of N2O, 2.89 × 10–3 moles of N2O are left. x will be
(1) 1020 molecules (2) 1010 molecules (3) 21 molecules (4) 1021 molecules

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11. 4 g of hydrogen reacts with 20 g of oxygen to form water. The mass of water formed is

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(1) 24 g (2) 36 g (3) 22.5 g (4) 40 g

12. Which has maximum molecules?

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(1) 7 g N2O (2) 20 g H2 (3) 16 g NO2 (4) 16 g SO2

13. The number of molecules in 4.25 g of NH3 is approximately

(1) 4 × 1023 (2) 1.5 × 2023 (3) 1 × 1023 (4) 6 × 1023
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14. The maximum number of molecules is present in

(1) 15 L of H2 gas at STP (2) 5 L of N2 gas at STP
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(3) 0.5 g of H2 gas (4) 10 g of O2 gas

15. The number of atoms in 0.1 mol of a tetraatomic gas is (NA = 6.02 × 1023 mol–1)
(1) 2.4 × 1022 (2) 6.026 × 1022 (3) 2.4 × 1023 (4) 3.600 × 1023

16. How many grams of NaOH should be added to water to prepare 250 ml solution of 2 M NaOH?
(1) 9.6 × 103 (2) 2.4 × 103 (3) 20 (4) 24

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17. Haemoglobin contains 0.334% of iron by weight. The molecular weight of haemoglobin is approximately 67200.
The number of iron atoms (Atomic weight of Fe is 56) present in one molecule of haemoglobin is
(1) 4 (2) 6 (3) 3 (4) 2

18. In the reaction, 2SO2 + O2  2SO3

when 1 mole of SO2 and 1 mole of O2 are made to react to completion
(1) All the oxygen will be consumed (2) 1.0 mole of SO3 will be produced
(3) 0.5 mole of SO2 is remained (4) All of these

19. If the weight of metal chloride is x gram containing y gram of metal, the equivalent weight of metal will be

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x 8( y  x ) y 8( x  y )
(1) E   35.5 (2) E  (3) E   35.5 (4) E 
y x (x  y) y

(1) 1 mol (2) 2 mol

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20. 10 g of hydrogen and 64 g of oxygen were filled in a steel vessel and exploded. Amount of water produced in
this reaction will be
(3) 3 mol (4) 4 mol
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SECTION – B
Objective Type Questions
1. The total number of electrons in 4.2 g of N3– ion is (NA is the Avogadro’s number)
(1) 2.1 NA (2) 4.2 NA (3) 3 NA (4) 3.2 NA

2. The number of mole of nitrogen in one litre of air containing 10% nitrogen by volume, under standard conditions,
is
(1) 0.03 mole (2) 2.10 moles (3) 0.186 mole (4) 4.46 × 10–3 mole

3. Liquid benzene (C6H6) burns in oxygen according to 2C6H6 (l) + 15O2(g)  12CO2(g) + 6H2O(g)

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How many litres of O2 at STP are needed to complete the combustion of 39 g of liquid benzene?
(1) 74 L (2) 11.2 L (3) 22.4 L (4) 84 L

4. 1 mol of KClO3 is thermally decomposed and excess of aluminium is burnt in the gaseous product. How many
moles of Al2O3 are formed?
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 1.5 (4) 3

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5. The amount of zinc required to produce 1.12 ml of H2 at STP on treatment with dilute HCl will be
(1) 65 g (2) 0.065 g (3) 32.5 × 10–4 g (4) 6.5 g

6. Volume of CO2 obtained at STP by the complete decomposition of 9.85 g Na2CO3 is

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(1) 2.24 litre (2) Zero litre (3) 0.85 litre (4) 0.56 litre

7. One litre of CO2 is passed through red hot coke. The volume becomes 1.4 litres at same temperature and
pressure. The composition of products is
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(1) 0.8 litre of CO2 and 0.6 litre of CO (2) 0.7 litre of CO2 and 0.7 litre of CO
(3) 0.6 litre of CO2 and 0.8 litre of CO (4) 0.4 litre of CO2 and 1.0 litre of CO

8. Suppose that A and B form the compounds B 2 A 3 and B 2 A. If 0.05 mole of B 2 A 3 weighs 9 g and
0.1 mole of B2A weighs 10 g, the atomic weight of A and B respectively are
(1) 30 and 40 (2) 40 and 30 (3) 20 and 5 (4) 15 and 20

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9. When 100 ml of H SO is mixed with 500 ml of NaOH then nature of resulting solution and normality of
10 2 4 10
excess of reactant left is
N N N N
(1) Acidic, (2) Basic, (3) Basic, (4) Acidic,
5 5 20 10

10. Mole fraction of solvent in aqueous solution of NaOH having molality of 3 is

(1) 0.3 (2) 0.05 (3) 0.7 (4) 0.95

11. Concentrated aqueous sulphuric acid is 98% H2SO4 by mass and has a density of 1.80 gmL–1. Volume of acid
required to make one litre of 0.1 M H2SO4 solution is

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(1) 16.65 mL (2) 22.20 mL (3) 5.55 mL (4) 11.10 mL

12. Number of significant figures in 6.62 × 10–34.

(1) Two (2) Three (3) Four (4) One

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13. Ammonia gas is passed into water, yielding a solution of density 0.93 g/cm3 and containing 18.6% NH3 by
weight. The mass of NH3 per cc of the solution is
(1) 0.17 g/cm3 (2) 0.34 g/cm3 (3) 0.51 g/cm3 (4) 0.68 g/cm3

14. A certain amount of a metal whose equivalent mass is 28 displaces 0.7 L of H2 at S.T.P. from an acid hence
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mass of the element is

(1) 1.75 g (2) 0.875 g (3) 3.50 g (4) 7.00 g

15. Number of Fe atoms in 100 g Haemoglobin if it contains 0.33% Fe. (Atomic mass of Fe = 56)
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(1) 0.035 × 1023 (2) 35 (3) 3.5 × 1023 (4) 7 × 108

16. An organic compound containing C and H gave the following analysis C = 40%, H = 6.7%. Its empirical formula
would be
(1) CH4 (2) CH2O
(3) C2H4O2 (4) C2H4

17. The number of electrons in 1.6 g of CH4 is approximately

(1) 25 × 1024 (2) 1.5 × 1024 (3) 6 × 1023 (4) 3.0 × 1024

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18. 6.025 × 1020 molecules of acetic acid are present in 500 ml of its solution. The concentration of solution is
(1) 0.002 M (2) 10.2 M (3) 0.012 M (4) 0.001 M

19. How many litre of oxygen at STP is required to burn 60 g C2H6?

(1) 22.4 L (2) 11.2 L (3) 22.4 × 7 L (4) 8.5 L

20. For the formation of 3.65 g of HCl gas, what volume of hydrogen gas and chlorine gas are required at NTP
conditions?
(1) 1 L, 1 L (2) 1.12 L, 2.24 L (3) 3.65 L, 1.83 L (4) 1.12 L, 1.12 L

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21. Specific volume of cylindrical virus particle is 6.02 × 10–2 cc/gm whose radius and length are 7 Å and 10 Å
respectively. If NA = 6.02 × 1023, find molecular weight of virus.
(1) 15.4 kg/mol (2) 1.54 × 104 kg/mol
(3) 3.08 × 104 kg/mol (4) 3.08 × 103 kg/mol

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SECTION – C
Previous Years Questions
1. How many moles of lead (II) chloride will be formed from a reaction between 6.5 g of PbO and 3.2 g of HCl?
(Pb = 208)
(1) 0.029 (2) 0.044 (3) 0.333 (4) 0.011

2. How many grams of CH3OH should be added to water to prepare 150 ml solution of 2 M CH3OH?
(1) 9.6 × 103 (2) 2.4 × 103 (3) 9.6 (4) 2.4

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3. The total number of valence electrons in 4.2 g of N3– ion is (NA is the Avogadro’s number)
(1) 2.1 NA (2) 4.2 NA

ic(3) 1.6 NA (4) 3.2 NA

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4. The number of mole of oxygen in one litre of air containing 21% oxygen by volume, under standard conditions,
is
(1) 0.0093 mole (2) 2.10 moles (3) 0.186 mole (4) 0.21 mole
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5. The amount of zinc required to produce 224 ml of H2 at STP on treatment with dilute H2SO4 will be (Zn = 65)
(1) 65 g (2) 0.065 g (3) 0.65 g (4) 6.5 g
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6. Given the numbers : 161 cm, 0.161 cm, 0.0161 cm. The number of significant figures for the three numbers is
(1) 3, 3 and 4 respectively (2) 3, 4 and 4 respectively
(3) 3, 4 and 5 respectively (4) 3, 3 and 3 respectively

7. Change in volume when 100 mL PH3 decomposed to solid phosphorus and H2 gas.
(1) Increase in 50 mL (2) Decrease in 50 mL (3) Increase in 150 mL (4) Decrease in 200 mL

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8. In the reaction,
4NH3(g) + 5O2(g)  4NO(g) + 6H2O(l )
When 1 mole of ammonia and 1 mole of O2 are made to react to completion
(1) All the oxygen will be consumed (2) 1.0 mole of NO will be produced
(3) 1.0 mole of H2O is produced (4) All the ammonia will be consumed

9. An organic compound containing C, H and N gave the following analysis C = 40%, H = 13.33%,
N = 46.67%. Its empirical formula would be
(1) CH4N (2) CH5N (3) C2H7N2 (4) C2H7N

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10. How many g of dibasic acid (mol. weight 200) should be present in 100 ml. of the aqueous solution to give
strength of 0.1 N?
(1) 10 g (2) 2 g

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11. The number of atoms in 4.25 g of NH3 is approximately
(1) 4 × 1023 (2) 2 × 2023 (3) 1 × 1023 (4) 6 × 1023

12. Volume of CO2 obtained at STP by the complete decomposition of 9.85 gm BaCO3 is (Mol. wt. of BaCO3 =
m

197)
(1) 2.24 litre (2) 1.12 litre (3) 0.85 litre (4) 0.56 litre
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13. Percentage of Se in peroxidase anhydrous enzyme is 0.5% by weight (at. wt. = 78.4) then minimum molecular
weight of peroxidase anhydrous enzyme is
(1) 1.568 × 104 (2) 1.568 × 103 (3) 15.68 (4) 2.136 × 104

14. 2.5 litre of 1 M NaOH solution mixed with another 3 litre of 0.5 M NaOH solution. Then find out molarity of
resultant solution.
(1) 0.80 M (2) 1.0 M (3) 0.73 M (4) 0.50 M

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15. Which has maximum molecules?

(1) 7 gm N2 (2) 2 gm H2 (3) 16 gm NO2 (4) 16 gm O2

16. In Haber process 30 litres of dihydrogen and 30 litres of dinitrogen were taken for reaction which yielded only
50% of the expected product. What will be the composition of gaseous mixture under the aforesaid condition
in the end?
(1) 20 litres ammonia, 20 litres nitrogen, 20 litres hydrogen
(2) 10 litres ammonia, 25 litres nitrogen, 15 litres hydrogen
(3) 20 litres ammonia, 10 litres nitrogen, 30 litres hydrogen
(4) 20 litres ammonia, 25 litres nitrogen, 15 litres hydrogen

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17. The maximum number of molecules is present in
(1) 15 L of water at STP (2) 15 L of H2O gas at STP
(3) 15 g of ice (4) Same in all

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18. Concentrated aqueous sulphuric acid is 98% H2SO4 (w/v) and has a density of 1.80 gmL–1. Molarity of solution
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(1) 1 M (2) 1.8 M (3) 10 M (4) 1.5 M

19. An element, X has the following isotopic composition 56X : 90% 57X : 8% 59X : 2.0%. The weighted average
atomic mass of the naturallyoccurring element X is closest to
(1) 56.14 amu (2) 56.8 amu (3) 60 amu (4) 55 amu
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20. 10 g of hydrogen and 64 g of oxygen were filled in a steel vessel and exploded. Volume of gaseous product
after reaction
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(1) 1 × 22.4 L (2) 2 × 22.4 L (3) 3 × 22.4 L (4) 4 × 22.4 L

21. 6.02 × 1020 molecules of urea are present in 100 mL of its solution. The concentration of solution is
(1) 0.01 M (2) 0.001 M (3) 0.1 M (4) 0.02 M

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22. What is the [OH–] in the final solution prepared by mixing 20.0 mL of 0.050 M HCl with 30.0 mL of 0.10 M
Ba(OH)2?
(1) 0.12 M (2) 0.10 M (3) 0.40 M (4) 0.0050 M

23. 25.3 g of sodium carbonate, Na2CO3 is dissolved in enough water to make 250 mL of solution. If sodium
carbonate dissociates completely, molar concentration of sodium ion, Na+ and carbonate ions, CO32  are
respectively (Molar mass of Na2CO3 = 106 g mol–1)
(1) 0.477 M and 0.477 M (2) 0.955 M and 1.910 M
(3) 1.910 M and 0.955 M (4) 1.90 M and 1.910 M

24. The number of atoms in 0.1 mol of a triatomic gas is (NA = 6.02 × 1023 mol–1)
(1) 1.800 × 1022 (2) 6.026 × 1022 (3) 1.806 × 1023 (4) 3.600 × 1023

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25. The total number of electrons in 2.0 g of D2O to that in 1.8 g of H2O
(1) Double (2) Same (3) Triple (4) One fourth

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26. From 200 mg of CO2 when x molecules are removed, 2.89 × 10–3 moles of CO2 are left. x will be
(1) 1020 molecules (2) 1010 molecules (3) 21 molecules (4) 1021 molecules

27. If the weight of metal oxide is x g containing y g of oxygen, the equivalent weight of metal will be
m

8x 8(y  x) y 8(x  y)
(1) E  (2) E  (3) E  (4) E 
y x 8 y
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28. The number of significant figures in 2.653 × 104 is

(1) 8 (2) 4 (3) 7 (4) 1

29. Mole fraction of solute in aqueous solution of 30% NaOH.

(1) 0.16 (2) 0.05 (3) 0.25 (4) 0.95

30. When 22.4 litres of H2(g) is mixed with 11.2 litres of Cl2(g), each at STP, the moles of HCl(g) formed is equal to
(1) 1 mol of HCl(g) (2) 2 mol of HCl(g)
(3) 0.5 mol of HCl(g) (4) 1.5 mol of HCl(g)

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31. 1.0 g of magnesium is burnt with 0.56 g O2 in a closed vessel. Which reactant is left in excess and how much?
(At. wt. Mg = 24; O = 16)
(1) Mg, 0.16 g (2) O2, 0.16 g (3) Mg, 0.44 g (4) O2, 0.28 g

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SECTION – D
Assertion–Reason Type Questions
1. A : 1 a.m.u. = 1.66 × 10–24 gram.
R : Actual mass of one atom of C–12 is equal to 1.99 × 10–23 g.

2. A : Unit of specific gravity is gram–cc–1.

R : Specific gravity is same as density of a liquid in normal conditions.

3. A : Number of atoms in 2 mole of NH3 is equal to number of atoms in 4 mole of CH4.

R : Both are chemically similar species.

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4. A : In the reaction

2NaOH  H3PO4  Na2HPO4  2H2O,

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equivalent weight of H3PO4 is , where M is its molecular weight.
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R : Equivalent weight = .
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5. A : Mass of 1 gram molecule of H2SO4 is 98 gram.

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R : One gram atom contains NA atoms.

6. A : One mole of sucrose reacts completely with oxygen produces 268.8 litre of carbon dioxide at STP.
R : Amount of oxygen required for reaction is 268.8 litre.
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7. A : In the reaction

2NaOH  H2 SO4  Na2 SO4  2H2O ,

equivalents of NaOH, Na2SO4 and H2SO4 are equal.
R : Number of equivalents = number of moles × n–factor.

8. A : When 4 moles of H2 reacts with 2 moles of O2, then 4 moles of water is formed.
R : O2 will act as limiting reagent.

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9. A : 50 ml, decinormal HCl when mixed with 50 ml, decinormal H2SO4, then normality of H+ ion in resultant
solution is 0.1 N.
R : Here, MV = M1V1 + M2V2.

10. A : 50 ml, decimolar H2SO4 when mixed with 50 ml, decimolar NaOH, then normality of resultant solution is
0.05 N.
R : Here, NV = | N1V1 – N2V2 |.

11. A : Ratio of empirical formula mass and molecular formula mass may be a whole number.
R : Molecular formula mass = n × empirical formula mass, where n is the simplest whole number.

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12. A : For a given solution (density = 1 gm/ml), molality is greater than molarity.
R : Molarity involves volume of solution while molality involves mass of solvent.

13. A : 1 gram of salt in 1 m3 of solution has concentration of 1 ppm.

R : ppm is defined as number of parts by mass of solute per million parts of solution.

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14. A : Total charge on NA ions of CO32  is 1.93 × 105 coulomb.
R : Charge on one electron in 96500 coulomb.
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15. A : Number of ions in 9 gram of NH4 is equal to Avogadro's number (NA).

R : Number of ions is equal to number of atoms.
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