NH 3 , CO2 CH 4

1. The volume of gases and adsorbed by one gram of charcoal at

298 K are in
CH 4 CO2 NH 3 NH 3 CH 4 CO2
1) 2)
NH 3 CO2 CH 4 CO2 NH 3 CH 4
3) 4)
2. In an experiment, 200ml of 0.5 M oxalic acid is shaken with 10 g of
activated charcoal and filtered the filtrate is reduced to 0.4M. The amount of
x

m
adsorption is
1) 0.9 2) 1.8 3) 0.18 4) 0.09
x
log
m log P 450
3. Graph between and is a straight line inclined at an angle .
log k 0.699
When pressure of 0.5 atm and , the amount of solute adsorbed
per g of adsorbent will be
1g / g 1.5 g / g
1) adsorbent 2) adsorbent
2.5 g / g 0.25 g / g
3) adsorbent 4) adsorbent
4. Lyophilic sols are more stable than lyophobic sols because
1) The colloidal particles have positive charge
2) The colloidal particles have no charge
3) The colloidal particles are solvated
4) There are strong electrostatic repulsions between the negatively charged
colloidal particles
Which of the following statements is not correct?
1) Peptization is the process by which certain substances are converted into
the colloidal state
2) Metal sols of gold, silver and platinum can be prepared by Bredigs arc
method
3) Impurities present in a solution makes it more stable
 4) Dialysis is a process to remove impurities of ions and molecules from a
sol
5. When a hydrophilic solute like gelatin is subjected to electric field, the
solute particles move
1) Towards cathode at pH less the iso-electric point
2) Towards anode at pH greater than the iso-electric point
3) In neither direction at iso-electric pH
4) All of these
6. For the coagulation of 100ml of arsenous sulphide sol 4 ml of 1M NaCl is
required. What would be the flocculation value of NaCl?
1) 40 2) 20 3) 60 4) 80
BaCl2
7. Addition of 4.0 ml of 0.005 M solution to 16.0 ml of arseneous sol
just causes the complete coagulation. The ion that is effective in flocculation
and its flocculating value are
Ba 2 ,1.25 Ba 2 ,1.0 Cl , 2.5 Cl , 2.0
1) 2) 3) 4)
8. At CMC, the surfactant molecules does not undergoes
1) Association 2) Aggregation
3) Micelle formation 4) Coagulation
9. Which one of the sols acts as protective colloid?
As2 S3 Fe OH 3
1) 2) Gelatin 3) Au 4)
10.A weak acid HA (0.5 molar) is 20% dissociated in water. If molal elevation
constant of acid in water is 0.325 the B.Pt of solution is
1000 C 100.1250 C 100.1950 C 100.50 C
1) 2) 3) 4)
11.The correct expression relating molality (m), molarity (M), density (d) and

MB
molar mass of solute is
 M M d MM B d MM B
m m m m
d MM B d MM B M M
1) 2) 3) 4)
12.To a 4L of 0.2M solution NaOH, 2L of 0.5M NaOH are added. The molarity
of resulting solution is
1) 0.9 M 2) 0.3 M 3) 1.8 M 4) 0.18 M
13.A 0.2 molal aqueous solution of a weak acid (HX) is 20 per cent ionized.

K f 1.860 Ckg mol 1

The freezing point of this solution is (Given for water)
0.450 C 0.900 C 0.310 C 0.530 C
1) 2) 3) 4)
14.Benzene and toluene form an ideal solution. 3 mole benzene and 2 mole
toluene are added. V.P. of pure benzene and toluene are 300 & 200 mm of
Hg respectively. The V.P. of the solution is (in mm of Hg)
1) 500 2) 250 3) 260 4) 440
15.At a given temperature, total vapour pressure in torr of a mixture of volatile

PTotal 120 75 X B
components A and B is given by hence, vapour pressure of
pure A and B respectively ( in torr) are
1) 120, 75 2) 120, 195 3) 120, 45 4) 75, 45
16.The correct relationship between the boiling points of very dilute solutions

AlCl3 t1 CaCl2 t2
of and , having the same molar concentration, is
t1 t2 t1 t2 t2 t1 t2 t1
1) 2) 3) 4)
17.The vapour pressure of a solvent decreased by 10 mm of Hg when a non
volatile solute was added to the solvent. The mole fraction of solute in
 solution is 0.2, what would be the mole fraction of solvent if decrease in
vapour pressure is 20 mm of Hg?
1) 0.8 2) 0.6 3) 0.4 4) 0.2
18.Liquids A and B form an ideal solution. The correct one is
1) The enthalpy of mixing is zero 2) The entropy of mixing is zero
3) The free energy of mixing is zero
4) The free energy as well as the entropy of mixing are each zero
19.Acetic acid exists in benzene solution in the dimeric form. In an actual
experiment, the Vant Hoff factor was found to the 0.52. Then the degree of
association of acetic acid is
1) 0.48 2) 0.88 3) 0.96 4) 0.52
20.The boiling point of an azeotropic mixture of water ethanol is less than that
of both water and ethnol. Then
1) The mixture will show negative deviation form Raoults
2) The mixture will shows positive deviation from Raoults law
3) The mixture will show no deviation from Raoults law
4) This mixture cannot be considered as true solution
K 18.6 K mol 1 100 g
21.The amount of urea to be dissolved in 500 mL of water (

0.1860 C
solvent) to produce a depression of in freezing point is
1) 5g 2) 3g 3) 6g 4) 8g
22.Which of the following plots correctly represents the behaviour of an ideal
binary liquid solution ?
(A) Plot of xA (mole fraction of A in liquid phase) versus y A (mole fraction
of A in vapour phase) is linear
(B) Plot of xA versus yB is linear
(C) Plot of 1/xA versus 1/yA is linear
(D) Plot of 1/xA versus 1/yB is linear
23.Identify the correct statement.
 (A) 1 M NaCl has higher freezing point than 1 M glucose solution.
(B) 1 M NaCl solution has almost same boiling point as 1 M KCl solution,
assuming 100% ionisation.
(C) Apparent molecular weight of NaCl will be less than 58.5 in water
because it undergoes dissociation.
(D) i = 1 when acetic acid is dissolved in benzene.
24.To 10 mL of 1M BaCl2 solution 5 mL of 0.5 M K2SO4 is added. BaSO4 is
precipitated out. What will happen?
(A) Freezing point will increase (B) Boiling point will increase
(C) Freezing point will lower down (D) Boiling point will lower down

25.Kb of solvent X is 0.42 and Kf of solvent Y is 1.62, match the following for
possible values :
Column I Column II
(A) Kf of solvent X P) 0.62
(B) Kb of solvent Y Q) 1.82
(C) Boiling point of X R) 48C
(D) Boiling point of Y S) 55C

26.Point out the wrong statement :

Physical adsorption is characterised by
(A) Attraction due to weak Van der Waal's forces
(B) Irreversible nature of adsorption
(C) Multimolecular adsorption layers
(D) Decrease in adsorption with increase in temperature

27.Which of the following statements are correct?

(A) Physical adsorption is multilayer, non-directional and non specific.
 (B) Chemical adsorption first increases and then decreases with increase in
temperature.
(C) In some cases, solvent may be adsorbed in preference to the solute on
the surface of the adsorbent.
(D) As a result of adsorption, there is increase of surface energy.
28.A solution of palmitic acid (M = 256) in benzene contains 4.24 g acid per
litre. When this solution is dropped on the water surface, benzene evaporates
and palmitic acid forms monomolecular film of the solid type. If we wish to
cover an area of 500 cm2 with a monolayer, the volume of solution should be
used is y 10x cm3. The area occupied by one palmitic acid molecule may

21 10 20 m 2 .
be taken to be The value of x is
29.Which of the following are correct about Tyndall effect?
(A) True solution do not show Tyndall effect due to very small size of the
particles.
(B) The diameter of the particles of the dispersed phase must not be much
smaller than the wavelength of light used.
(C) Tyndall effect is very weak in case of lyophobic sols.
(D) The refractive index of the dispersed phase and dispersion medium
must differ considerably.
30.Which of the following is required in lowest concentration for coagulating a
sol having positively charged colloidal particle ?
(A) KCl (B) K2SO4 (C) K3[Fe(CN)6] (D) K4[Fe(CN)6]
31. Adsorption isostere is
(A) The curve showing the effect of temperature on the extent of adsorption at a given
pressure
(B) The curve showing the variation of pressure with temperature, for a given amount
of
adsorption.
 (C) The curve showing the variation of adsorption with pressure at a constant
temperature.
(D) A line parallel to x-axis.

32. The protective power of a lyophilic colloid is measured by the property called
(A) flocculation value (B) gold number
(C) Hardy-Schulze rule (D) peptization
33. The Brownian motion is due to
(A) temperature fluctuation within the liquid phase
(B) attraction and repulsion between charges on the colloidal particles
(C) impact of the molecules of the dispersion medium on the colloidal particles
(D) convectional currents
34. Correct order of coagulating power is
K Mg2 Ca2 Al3 Mg2 K
(A) (B)
Sn4 Al3 Mg2 Sn4 Al3 Mg2
(C) (D)
100ml
35. The coagulation of of gold sol is completely prevented by addition of 0.25 g of
starch. The gold number of starch is
(A) 0.025 (B) 0.25
(C) 2.5 (D) 25
36.

Column I Column II

(A) Adsorption (p) Accumulation of molecular species at

surface of solid or liquid
poisonous gases
(B) Desorption (q) Silica gel.

(C) Charcoal (r) Removal of adsorbed material

substance
(D) For humidity (s
) One of the adsorbents
KEY
1.3 2.3 3.3 4.3 5.4 6.1 7.2 8.4 9.2 10.3 11.2 12.2 13.1
14.3 15.3 16.2 17.2 18.1 19.3 20.2 21.2 22.C 23.B,C 24.AD
25. (Ap,q); (Bp); (Ct,r); (Dr,s) 26.B 27.ABC 28.2 29.ABD 30.D
31.B 32.B 33.C 34.BC 35.D 36. A p B r C s D q, s
SOLUTIONS
2. Mass of oxalic acid adsorbed by 10g charcoal
200 10 3 0.5 0.4 90 1.8g

x 1.8
0.18
m 10

28. V litre volume of solution taken.

W (4.24 V) g

W Avogadro ' s number

Atomic mass
Number of molecules

4.24V 6.023 10 23
256

500 10 4 m 2 4.24V 6.023 10 23 21 10 20

256
Area =
V 0.0000239 litre

0.0239 cm 3

= 2.39 102 cm3

35.100 ml gold requires 250 mg of starch
10 ml of gold requires 25 mg of starch
Gold number = 25