R a n j e e t S h a h i C h e m i s t r y C l a s s e s R a n j e e t S h a h i C h e m i s t r y C l a s s e s R a n j e e t S h a h i C h e m i s t r y C l a s s e s R a n j e e t S h a h i C h e m i s t r y C l a s s e s

S CO 4 8 , I I
n d
F l o o r , S e c t o r 2 0 C, CHANDI GARH P h : 2 7 2 5 7 4 8 , 3 0 4 0 6 6 0
S C F 7 2 , S e c t o r 1 0 , P a n c h k u l a , P h : 3 9 1 4 8 4 4
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IIT IIT IIT IIT- -- -JEE JEE JEE JEE Review Questions
Nitrogen, Phosphorus and their compounds

Level-2(Following Questions have more than one correct response)
Q1. Which of the following pairs of nitrates gives the same gaseous products on thermal decomposition?
(A) KNO
3
and Pb(NO
3
)
2
(B) KNO
3
and NaNO
3

(C) Pb(NO
3
)
2
and Cu(NO
3
)
2
(D) NaNO
3
and Ca(NO
3
)
2


B
C
Q2. 2NO
2
N
2
O
4
. The dimerisation of NO
2
is accompanied with
(A) decrease in paramagnetism (B) change in colour
(C) increase in temperature (D) increase in paramagnetism

A
B
Q3. Al
2
(SO
4
)
3
+ NH
4
OH X, then
(A) X is a white coloured compound (B) X is insoluble in excess of NH
4
OH
(C) X is soluble in NaOH (D) X cannot be used as an antacid

A
B
C
Q4. The hybrid states of phosphorous atoms in each PCl
5
and PBr
3
in gaseous phase are sp
3
d. But, in solid PCl
5
, phosphorous
shows sp
3
d
2
and sp
3
hybrid states. While, P in PBr
5
is in sp
3
hybrid state. This is because
(A) PCl
5
in solid form exists as [ PCl
4
]
+
[PCl
6
]

(B) PBr
5
in solid form exists as [PCl
4
]
+
[ PBr
6
]

(C) PCl
5
in solid form exists as [PCl
4
]
+
Cl

(D) PBr
5
in solid form exists as [PBr
4
]
+
Br

A
D
Q5. Phosphine is obtained by the reaction when:
(A) white phosphorus is heated with NaOH (B) Ca
3
P
2
reacts with water
(C) red phosphorus is heated with NaOH (D) phosphorus is heated in a current of hydrogen.

A
B
Q6. At high temperatures, nitrogen directly combines with:
(A) Zn (B) Mg (C) Al (D) Fe

B
C
Q7. The compounds obtained by heating of orthophosphoric acid are:
(A) metaphosphoric acid (B) pyrophosphoric acid (C) P
4
O
6
(D) P
4
O
10


A
B
D
Q8. Which are used as refrigerant?
(A) NH
3
(B) CO
2
(C) CCl
2
F
2
(D) CO

A
B
C
Q9. Which of the following compounds is(are) explosive(s)?
(A) NF
3
(B) NCl
3
(C) NBr
3
NH
3
(D) NI
3
NH
3


B
C
D
Q10. If M represents Group 15 element, the correct order of HMH bond angle is
(A) NH
3
< PH
3
< AsH
3
< SbH
3
(B) SbH
3
< AsH
3
< PH
3
< NH
3

(C) NH
3
< PH
3
< SbH
3
< BiH
3
(D) BiH
3
< SbH
3
< AsH
3
< PH
3


B
D
Q11. Which of the following is true for N
2
O?
(A) Its molecule is linear.
(B) Symmetric NON is a favoured structure as compared to NNO skeleton.
(C) Bond orders are fractional for NN and NO bonds.
(D) It is a neutral oxide.

A
C
D
Q12. Which of the following is true for N
2
O
5
?
(A) It is obtained by carefully dehydrating HNO
3
with P
2
O
5
(B) It is acidic oxide
(C) No NN bond exists in N
2
O
5
(g) (D) It is ionic in solid state as NO
2
+
NO
3

A
B
C
D

Group-15

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S CO 4 8 , I I
n d
F l o o r , S e c t o r 2 0 C, CHANDI GARH P h : 2 7 2 5 7 4 8 , 3 0 4 0 6 6 0
S C F 7 2 , S e c t o r 1 0 , P a n c h k u l a , P h : 3 9 1 4 8 4 4
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Q13. Which of the following species is (are) formed when conc. HNO
3
is added to conc. sulphuric acid.
(A) NO
3

(B) NO
2
+
(C) NO
+
(D) HSO
4

B
D
Q14. Which of the following will give N
2
when heated?
(A) NaN
3
(B) NH
4
NO
2
(C) NH
4
NO
3
(D) Mg
3
N
2


A
B
Q15. Which of the following precipitates dissolve in aqueous ammonia leaving no solid residue?
(A) Cu(OH)
2
(B) Ag
2
SO
4
(C) Ni(OH)
2
(D) Hg
2
Cl
2


A
B
C
Q16. PH
3
can be obtained by
(A) heating hypophosphorus acid (B) heating orthophophorus acid
(C) reacting white phosphorus with hot conc. NaOH (D) hydrolysis of calcium phosphide

A
B
C
D
Q17. Drops of nitric acid reacts with P
4
O
10
to give
(A) NO (B) NO
2
(C) N
2
O
5
(D) HPO
3

C
D
Q18. Nitrating mixture is obtained by mixing conc. HNO
3
and conc. H
2
SO
4
. Role of H
2
SO
4
in nitration is
(A) to force HNO
3
to behave as a base (B) to suppress the dissociation of HNO
3

(C) to produce NO
2
+
ions (D) to remove the color of NO
2
produced during nitration

A
C
Q19. Which of the following, when dissolved in water, will liberate ammonia?
(A) NaNO
3
(B) NaNO
2
(C) NaNH
2
(D) Na
3
N

C
D
Q20. As, Sb and Bi shown little or no tendency to form negative ions of the type M
3-
. This is because
(a) these elements are less electronegative (b) Their atoms have large size
(c) They are unable to hold the added electrons due to inert pair effect (d) They do not posses half filled np subshells
A
B
Q21. Which of the following statements is (are) correct?
(a) The hydrides of group 15 elements act as oxidizing agent
(b) The hydrides of group 15 elements act as reducing agent
(c) The oxidizing power increases in going from NH
3
to BiH
3

(d) The reducing power increases in going from NH
3
to BiH
3

B
D
Q22. Which of the following statement is (are) correct?
(a) Antimony on reaction with conc. HNO
3
gives antimonic acid.
(b) Manganese on reaction with conc.HNO
3
gives NO
2
gas
(c) HNO
2
disproportionate to give HNO
3
and NO
(d) HNO
3
on reaction with P
4
O
10
gives N
2
O
5

A
C
D
Q23. Which of the following statement is (are) correct?
(a) SbH
3
> NH
3
> AsH
3
> PH
3
(boiling point)
(b) H
3
PO
4
> H
3
PO
3
> H
3
PO
2
(reducing character)
(c) N
2
O < NO < N
2
O
3
< N
2
O
5
(oxidation state on nitrogen atom)
(d) NH
3
> PH
3
> AsH
3
> SbH
3
BiH
3
(Basicities)
A
C
D
Q24. Which of the following statements are true for ammonia?
(a) reduction of NO
3
-
by zinc dust and NaOH forms NH
3

(b) ammonia reacts with excess of Cl
2
and forms nitrogen
(c) hydrolysis of A/N forms NH
3

(d) ammonia is sparingly soluble in water
A
C

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S CO 4 8 , I I
n d
F l o o r , S e c t o r 2 0 C, CHANDI GARH P h : 2 7 2 5 7 4 8 , 3 0 4 0 6 6 0
S C F 7 2 , S e c t o r 1 0 , P a n c h k u l a , P h : 3 9 1 4 8 4 4
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Q25. White phosphorus (P
4
) has
(a) six P-P single bonds (b) four P-P single bonds
(c) four lone pairs of electrons (d) PPP angle of 60
A
B
C
Q26. HNO
3
is treated with ferrous salt then the final product is
(a) NO
2
(b) Fe
3+
(c) Fe
2
O
4
(d) None of these
A
B

Assertion Reason Types
Questions given below consist of two statements each printed as Assertion (A) and Reason (R); while answering these
questions you are required to choose any one of the following four responses:
(A) if both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(B) if both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not correct explanation of (A)
(C) if (A) is true but (R) is false
(D) if (A) is false and (R) is true


Q27. Assertion: Ammonium nitrite on heating gives N
2
O.
Reason: N
2
O is a neutral oxide.
D
Q28. Assertion: H
3
PO
3
is a dibasic acid and shows reducing character.
Reason: H
3
PO
3
contains two OH

groups and one hydrogen atom directly attached to P atom.

A
Q29. Assertion: Liquid NH
3
is used for refrigeration
Reason: Enthalpy of vaporization of ammonia is very large.
A
Q30. Assertion: PCl
5
is covalent in gaseous and liquid state but ionic in solid state.
Reason: PCl
5
in solid state consists of tetrahedral PCl
4
+
cation and octahedral PCl
6

anion.
B
Q31. Assertion: Among nitrogen halides NX
3
, the dipole moment is highest for NI
3
and lowest for NF
3
.
Reason: Nitrogen halides NX
3
, have trigonal pyramidal structure.
B
Q32.
Assertion: NO
3

is planar while NH
3
is pyramidal.
Reason: N in NO
3

is sp
2
hybridised but in NH
3
it is sp
3
hybridized.
A
Q33. Assertion: NaH
2
PO
2
is the acid salt.
Reason: It contains no ionizable protons.
D
Q34. Assertion: Both H
3
PO
3
and H
3
PO
4
have the same number of hydrogen atoms but H
3
PO
4
is a tribasic acid and H
3
PO
3
is
a diabasic acid.
Reason: 1 mol of H
3
PO
3
is neutralized by 2 mol of NaOH while 1 mol of H
3
PO
4
is neutralized by 3 mol of NaOH.
B
Passage
The following flow diagram represents the industrial preparation of nitric acid from ammonia:
NH
3
O
2
(A)
(excess of air)
NO
(B)
air
(C)
water
HNO
3
NO
+
900
o
C
+

Answer the questions given below:


Q35. Which line of entry describes the undefined reagents, products and reaction conditions?
A B C A B C
(A) catalyst R.T. (25C) NO
2
(B) catalyst R.T. (25C) N
2
O
(C) catalyst high pressure NO
2
(D) high pressure catalyst N
2
O
3



A

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S CO 4 8 , I I
n d
F l o o r , S e c t o r 2 0 C, CHANDI GARH P h : 2 7 2 5 7 4 8 , 3 0 4 0 6 6 0
S C F 7 2 , S e c t o r 1 0 , P a n c h k u l a , P h : 3 9 1 4 8 4 4
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Q36. Formation of HNO
3
when (C) is dissolved in H
2
O takes place through various reactions. Select the reaction not observed in
this step.
(A) NO
2
+ H
2
O HNO
3
+ HNO
2
(B) HNO
2
H
2
O + NO + NO
2

(C) NO
2
+ H
2
O HNO
3
+ NO (D) none of these

D
Matching Type Questions

Q37. Column I Column II
(a) Acid hydride of nitrogen (i) [Fe(H
2
O)
5
NO]
(b) Nitrolim (ii) Dinitrogen trioxide
(c) Brown ring (iii) Calcium cyanamide and carbon.
(d) Deep blue liquid (iv) Hydrazoic acid


Q38. Column I Column II
(a) PCl
5

Moist
Air
(p) Hydrolysis
(b) P
4
+ NaOH (conc.)+ H
2
O
2
CO

(q) At least one of the products has tetrahedral hybridisation

(c) H
3
PO
3

(r) Disproportionation.
(d) P
2
O
3
+ H
2
O

(s) At least one of the products has p - d bonding.

Answers
1. B C 16. A B C D 31. B 46.

2. A B 17. C D 32. A 47.

3. A B C 18. A C 33. D 48.

4. A D 19. C D 34. B 49.

5. A B 20. A B 35. A 50.

6. B C 21. B D 36. D
7. A B D 22. A C D 37. (a = iv, b = iii, c = i, d = ii)
8. A B C 23. A C D 38. (A:PQS), (B:QRS)
9. B C D 24. A C (C:S), (D:PQRS)
10. B D 25. A B C
11. A C D 26. A B
12. A B C D 27. D
13. B D 28. A
14. A B 29. A
15. A B C 30. B