DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL RUBY PARK, KOLKATA

Class –XI
CHEMISTRY

1. State law of definite proportion.

2. What is the maximum number of electrons that can be present in an atom in which the highest principal quantum
number is 4 ?
3. What is compressibility factor ?
4. Write the expression for KP for the reaction :
3Fe (s) + 4H2O (g) Fe3O4 (s) + 4H2(g)
5. On the basis of molecular orbital theory, what is the similarity between F2 and O22- ?
6. Calculate the momentum of a particle which has a de Broglie wavelength of 0.1 nm.
7. (a) Name the species that will be isoelectronic with Rb+.
(b) Would you expect the first ionisation enthalpies of two isotopes of the same element to be same or different ?
Justify your answer.
8. 3.7 g of a gas at 250C occupied the same volume that 0.184 g of hydrogen at 170C and the same pressure.What is the
molecular weight of the gas ?
9. (a) What does the equilibrium constant K< 1 indicate ?
(b) What happens to a reversible reaction if a catalyst is added to it ?
10. (a) State Hess’s Law.
(b) Under what condition ∆H becomes equal to ∆U ?
11. (a)What is the difference between an isothermal and adiabatic process ?
(b)Giving suitable reason , predict the sign of entropy change for the following :
NH4NO3 (s) → N2O (g) + 2H2O (g)
12. In Ostwald’s process for the manufacture of nitric acid ,the first step involves the oxidation of ammonia gas by oxygen
gas to give nitric oxide gas and steam. What is the maximum weight of nitric oxide that can be obtained starting only
with 10.0 g of ammonia and 20.0 g of oxygen ?
13. (a) Assign the position of the element having outer electronic configuration, (n-2)f7(n-1)d1ns2.
(b) Distinguish between electronegativity and electron gain enthalpy.
(c) Arrange the following ions in order of decreasing size : Mg2+, S2-, Be2+, Cl- , Na+.
14. (a)Explain the following :
(i) Ionization enthalpy of Be is more than that of B.
(ii) Halogens have very high negative electron gain enthalpies.
(b)Arrange the following elements in order of increasing non-metallic character : N ,P ,O ,S.
15. (a) Interpret the non-linear shape of H2S and non-planar shape of PCl5 using VSEPR theory.
(b) Which one of NF3 and NH3 is more polar and why ?
16. (a) Differentiate between sigma and pi bond.
(b) Why is H2O a liquid but H2S a gas?
17. (a) State Pauli’s exclusion principle.
(b) What are the possible values of principal (n) and azimuthal (l) quantum numbers for the unpaired electrons in the
atom of an element whose atomic number is 17 ?
(a) State Hund’s rule of maximum mulplicity.
(b) Which one Fe2+ or Fe3+ is more paramagnetic and why?
18. 1.4 g nitrogen and 1.6 g oxygen are put in a 2litre flask at 270C.Calculate partial pressure of each gas, the total
pressure of the mixture and the composition of the mixture in mole percentage.
19. (a) State Charles’ law.
(b) Plot the graph PV vs P at constant temperature.
(c)Arrange the following gases in the decreasing order of magnitude of ‘a’: H2 ,CH4 ,O2.
20. Calculate the heat of combustion of glucose from the following data:
C (graphite) + O2 (g) → CO2 (g) ∆H = -395.0 kJ / mol
H2 (g) + ½ O2 (g) → H2O (l) ∆H = -269.4 kJ / mol
6C (graphite) + 6H2 (g) + 3O2 (g) → C6H12O 6 (s) ∆H = -1169.8 kJ/ mol
21. For the reaction Ag2O(s) → 2Ag + 1/2 O2 ; ∆H = -30.56 kJ / mol and ∆S = 6.66 J/ K/ mol.
Calculate the temperature at which ∆G is equal to zero. Also predict the direction of the reaction at
(i) this temperature and (ii) below this temperature.
22. What is the equilibrium concentration of each of the substance in the equilibrium when the initial concentration of ICl
was 0.78 M ?
2ICl (g) I2 (g) + Cl2 (g) , KC = 0.14
23. (a) State Le Chatelier’s principle.
(b) Using this principle predict the effect of (i) reducing the volume and (ii) decreasing the temperature on the
following system :
2CO (g) + O2 (g) 2CO2 (g) ∆𝐻 = -ve
24. (a) Calculate the mass of CuSO4 and number of sulphate ions present in 100 mL 0.01M CuSO4 solution .
(At wt of Cu = 63.5)
(b) DNA is thought to be a chemical compound responsible for heredity. Calculate the average volume occupied
by one molecule of DNA if its density is 1.1 g / mL and its molecular weight is 6 x 103 g / mol.
25. (a) Explain the following :
(i) CO2 and SO2 are not isostructural. (ii) O2- is paramagnetic but O2- is not.
(b) Which compound from each of the following pairs is more covalent ?
(i) PbCl2 or PbCl4 (ii) AgCl or AgI
(c) Draw the resonating structures of CO2.
26. (a)Assign reason for the following :
(i) B2 is paramagnetic while C2 is not. (ii) NH3 is soluble in water while PH3 is not.
(b) From each of the following pairs ,select the molecule with higher value of the property mentioned :
(i) NH3, PH3 (bond angle) (ii) HCl , HBr (ionic character)
(c) Represent diagrammatically the bond moments and the resultant dipole moments in SO 2.
27. (a) What is common between dxy and dx2-y2 orbitals ? What is the difference between them ?
(b)What is the angle between the lobes of the above two orbitals ?
(c)A near ultra violet photon of wavelength 300 nm is absorbed by a gas and then remitted as two photons. One photon
is of red light with wavelength 760nm.What would be wavelength of the second photon ?
28. Calculate the change in free energy when 1 mole of an ideal gas is compressed from 10 L to 1 L at 27 0C.
29. How many hydrogen and oxygen atoms are present in a spherical drop of water of radius 1 mm at 40C?
(density of water = 1 g/cc)
30. a) Write increasing order of C-C bond length and bond strength of the following molecules:-
Ethane, ethane, ethyne.
(b)Ethanol and dimethyl ether have the same molecular formula, but the boiling point of ethanol is greater
than dimethyl ether.
31.(a) Silver forms fcc lattice. X- ray studies of its crystals show that the edge length of its unit cell is 410 pm.
Calculate the density of silver (Atomic mass = 107.9 u)
(b)What type of defect is produced when NaCl is doped with MgCl2
(c)What is the effect of temperature on the electrical conduction of metallic conductors?
 32. (i)Identify the defect shown in the diagram.
(ii)Is it a stoichiometric or non-stoichiometric defect?
(iii)How is the conductivity of a solid affected by this
defect?
(iv)Name a solid which shows this type of defect.

33.Explain Why:-
(a) ZnO acquires yellow colour on heating
(b) Silicon is an insulator but behaves as semiconductor when doped with Phosphorus.

34. An element crystallises in bcc.lattice with cell edge of 500pm. The density of the element is 7.5g/cc.
How many atoms are present in 300g of the element?

35. (i) Silver crystallises in a face centred cubic unit cell. Each side of the unit cell has a length of 409 pm. What is the
radius of an atom of silver ?.
(ii) Sodium crystallises in b.c.c. unit cell. Calculate the approximate number of unit cells in 9.2 g of sodium
(atomic mass of Na = 23 u).