SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER – 1

Time: 3 Hours General Instructions Max.Marks: 70

i) All questions are compulsory.

ii) Marks for each question are indicated against it.
iii) Question numbers 1 to 8 are very short answer questions, carrying 1 mark each.
Answer these in one word or about one sentence each.
iv) Question numbers 9 to 18 are short answer questions, carrying 2 marks each.
Answer these in about 30 words each.
v) Question numbers 19 to 27 are short answer questions carrying 3 marks each.
Answer these in about 40 words each.
vi) Question numbers 28 to 30 are long answer questions carrying 5 marks each.
Answer these in about 70 words each.
vii) Use log tables, if necessary. Use of calculator is not permitted.

1. Match the following prefixes with their multiples: 1

Prefixes Multiples

a. Micro i. 106

b. Deca ii. 109

c. Mega iii. 10- 6

d. Giga iv. 10- 15

e. Femto v. 10

2. In terms of period and group, where would you locate the element with Z = 114? 1
3. Which element do you think would have been named by a) Lawrence Berkeley
Laboratory b) Seaborg’s group? 1

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4. N2O and CO2 have the same rate of diffusion under same conditions of temperature and
pressure. Why? 1
5. Why liquids have a definite volume but no definite shape? 1
6. Calculate the molarity of a solution of ethanol in water in which the mole fraction of
ethanol is 0.040. 2
7. Write the structural formula of a) 2-methylbutane b) 2-ethoxypropane. 2
Or
Write the structural formula of a) But-3-en-1-ol b) 3-ethyl hexane.
8. Explain the differences in the properties of diamond and graphite based on their
structures. 2
9. Define Dalton’s law of partial pressures. How the pressure of dry gas is determined using
this law? 2
10. How is the bond order related to bond length of a molecule? 2
11. Explain why alkali and alkaline earth metals cannot be obtained by chemical reduction
method. 2
12. The first ionization enthalpy values in kJ/mol of group 13 elements are:
B Al Ga In Tl
801 577 579 558 589
Explain the deviation from the general trend of the above.
13. What is meant by a) delocalization b) resonance energy? 2
14. Draw the structures to show the position isomerism in arenes.
15. An atom of an element contains 29 electrons and 35 neutrons. Deduce a) the no. of
protons b) the electronic configuration of the element. 2
16. Why BeH2 molecule has a zero dipole moment although the Be – H bonds are polar.2
17. Predict the dipole moment of a molecule of the type AX4 having a square planar
geometry.
18. Describe the structure of common form of ice. 2
19. 2 L of an ideal gas at a pressure of 10 atm expands isothermally into a vacuum until its
total volume is 10 L. How much heat is absorbed and how much work is done in the
expansion? 3

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20. If 0.02 M solution of pyridinium hydrochloride has pH 3.44, then what would be the
ionization constant of pyridine. 3
21. What causes the temporary and permanent hardness of water? 3
22. Arrange the following in the order of increasing covalent character: MCl, MBr, MI
where M = alkali metal. 3
23. What are the harmful effects of photochemical smog and how can they be controlled?3
24. Calculate w, q and ∆U when 0.758 mol of an ideal gas expands isothermally and
reversibly at 270C from a volume of 15 L to 25 L. 3
25. Find out the Kc value for each of the following equilibria from the value of Kp: 3
i) 2NOCl (g) ⇌ 2NO + Cl2 (g), Kp = 1.8 x 10-2 at 500 K.
ii) CaCO3(s) ⇌ CaO (s) + CO2 (g), Kp = 167 at 1073 K.
Or
Consider the reactions: 3
i) 6 CO2 (g) + 6 H2O(l) ⇌ C6H12O6 (s) + 6 O2
ii) O3(g) + 6 H2O2 (l) ⇌ C6H2O (l) + 2 O2
Why it is more appropriate to write these reactions as:
i) 6 CO2 (g) + 12 H2O (l) C6H12O6 (s) + 6 O2 (g) + 6 H2O(l)
ii) O3(g) + H2O2 (l) ⇌ H2O(l) + O2(g) + O2(g)
26. Give the no. of electrons in the species H2+, H2 and O2+ 3
27. How much energy is required to ionize a hydrogen atom if the electron occupies 5th orbit?
Compare your answer with the I.E. of hydrogen atom. 3
28. Discuss briefly the structure of alkanes. What are the various methods used for their
representation? 5
Or
Explain the following giving reasons:
a) Boron trifluoride is a Lewis acid.
b) Boron trifluoride is weaker acid than boron trichloride
c) The +1 oxidation state is more stable for thallium than for gallium.
d) The +1 oxidation state gets stabilized progressively from Ga to Ti in group 13

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 e) Boron chloride exists as a monomer while the anhydrous aluminium chloride exists as
a dimer.
29. a) Give the composition and uses of the following alloys: 5
i) Aluminium boron
ii) Duralumin
iii) Magnalium
b) What happens when aluminium reacts with? i) Sodium hydroxide ii) conc. HNO3
Or
Explain the term ‘hybridization’. Why does carbon undergo hybridization? Explain the
different types of hybridizations carbon atom can undergo.
30. What are hydrocarbons? How are they classified? 5
Or
In terms of hybridization of carbon atom, discuss the shapes of methane, ethane, ethane
and ethyne.