BCM Arya Model Sr.

Sec School, Shastri Nagar ,Ludhiana

Assignment 1- Solutions (XII)
N.C.E.R.T. QUESTIONS
1. What role does the molecular interaction play in solution of alcohol and water?
2. State Henry’s law. Mention some of its important applications.
3. The vapour pressure of water is 12.3 kPa at 300 K. Calculate the vapour pressure of 1 modal
solution of a solute in it.
4. Suggest the most important type of intermolecular interaction in the following pairs:
(i) n – hexane and n – octane (ii) I 2 and CCl 4
(iii) NaClO 4 and water (iv) methanol and acetone
(v) acetonitrile (CH 3CN ) and acetone (C 3 H 6 O )
5. Based on solute – solvent interactions, arrange the following in order of increasing solubility
in n – octane and explain:
Cyclohexane, KCl, CH 3OH , CH 3CN
6. Determine the osmotic pressure of a solution prepared by dissolving 25 mg of K 2 SO 4 in 2
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litre of water at 25 C, assuming that it is completely dissociated.
7. Calculate the depression in the freezing point of water when 10g of CH 3CH 2CHClCOOH
3 K  1.86 1
is added to 250 g of water. K a  1.4  10 , f K kg mol .
8. Why does chemist prefer to refer concentration of solution in terms of molality?
OR
Which of the two molarity and molality is better to express concentration and why?
9. What happens when blood cells are placed in pure water?
10. What would be the value of Vant’s Hoff factor for a dilute solution of K 2 SO 4 in water?
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11. Two liquids X and Y boil at 110 C and 130 C respectively. Which one of the following has
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higher vapour pressure at 50 C?
12. State Raoult’s law for a binary solution containing volatile components.
OR
State Raoult’s law for a solution of volatile liquids.
13. Define azetrope.
OR
Some liquids on mixing form azetropes. What are azeotropes?
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
14. Explain why on addition of 1 mole of NaCl to 1 litre of water, the boiling point of water
increases, while addition of 1 mole of methyl alcohol to one litre of water decreases its boiling point.
15. (a) Explain the following phenomena with the help of Henry’s law.
(i) Painful condition known as bends.
(ii) Feeling of weakness and discomfort in breathing at high altitude.
(b) Why soda water bottle kept at room temperature fizzes on opening?
16. How does sprinkling of salt help in clearing the snow covered roads in hilly areas? Explain
the phenomenon involved in the process.
17. Why should a solution of a non – volatile solute boil at a higher temperature? Draw the
diagram to prove your point.
OR
Show graphically how the vapour pressures of a solvent and a solution of a non – volatile
solute in it change with temperature. Show on the graph the boiling points of the solvent and the
solution. Which is higher and why?
18. Why do you get sometimes abnormal molecular masses of the substance by using colligative
properties of the solution? State the factors with examples which produce abnormality in the result.
OR
 BCM Arya Model Sr. Sec School, Shastri Nagar ,Ludhiana
Assignment 1- Solutions (XII)
“The osmotic pressure observed when benzoic acid is dissolved in benzene is less than the
expected value.” Comment.
19. Why is that elevation in boiling point of the water is not the same in the following solutions:
0.1 molar NaCl solution and 0.1 molar glucose solution.
OR
Which of the following has higher boiling point and why?
0.1 M NaCl or 0.1 M Gulcose
20. (a) Why is an increase in temperature observed on mixing chloroform and acetone?
(b) Why does sodium chloride solution freeze at a lower temperature than water?
21. What type of deviation is shown by a mixture of ethanol and acetone? Give reason.
22. A decimolar solution of potassium ferrocyanide is 50% dissociated at 300K. Calculate the
osmotic pressure of the solution.

HOTS QUESTIONS
FeCl 3 on reaction with K 4 [Fe(CN )6 ] in aqueous solution gives blue colour. These are
S.P.M.
23.
separated by a semi – permeable membrane. Will there be the appearance of a blue colour
0.01 M in the side
0.01 M
X due to osmosis.
24. Semipermeable membrane of Cu2 [Fe(CN )6 ] is not used for studying osmosis in non –
aqueous solutions. Why?
25. Why is great care taken in intravenous injection to have comparable concentration of solution
to be injected to blood plasma?
26. Addition of HgI 2 to aqueous KI solution shows an increase in the vapour pressure. Why?
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27. Will the molarity of a solution at 70 C be same, less or more than at 25 C?

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