7/9/2021 JEE MAINS INORGANIC PART 1

RVS PU College
JEE MAINS INORGANIC PART 1
09 Jul 2021

1) A member of Lanthanide
1)Caesium 2)Lanthanum 3)Neoybium 4)Lutetium

2) Match the following.

Type-I Type-II
Series Elements
A) 3d 1) Sc (21) to Zn (30)
B) 4d 2) La (57), Hf (72) to Hg (80)
C) 5d 3) Y (39) to Cd (48)
D) 6d 4) Ac (89), Rf (104) to Mt (109)

1)A-l,B-3,C-2,D-4 2)A-2, B-3,C-l,D-4 3)A-3.B-1. C-2,D-4 4)A-4,B-2,C-3,D-1

3) The ionization potential values of an element are in the following order I < I <<<<I < I < I . The element is 1 2 3 4 5

1)Alkali metal 2)Chalcogen 3)Halogen 4)Alkaline earth metal

4) There are four elements ''p'', ''q'', ''r'' and ''s'' having atomic numbers Z-1, Z, Z+1 and Z+2 respectively. If the element ''q'' is an inert gas, identify the
correct statements.

i) ''p'' has most negative electron gain enthalpy in the respective period

ii) ''r'' is an alkali metal

iii) ''s'' exists in +2 oxidation state
1)i and ii 2)ii and iii 3)i and iii 4)i, ii and iii

5) The formula of the binary compound formed by the element with atomic number 120 and sulphur is
1)X 3S 2)X 2S 3)XS 2 4)XS

6) A σ bonded molecule M X is T-shaped. The number of non bonding pairs of electrons is

3

1)0 2)2 3)1 4)Can be predicted only if atomic number of M is known

7) The ONO bond angle is maximum in

1)N O −

3
2)N O −

2
3)N O 2 4)N O +

8) The AsF molecule is trigonal bipyramidal. The hybrid orbitals used by the "As" atoms for bonding are
5

1)d 2
x −y
2 , dz 2 , s, px , py 2)d xy , s, px , py , pz 3)s, p x, p y , p z , dz 2 4)d 2
x −y
2 , s, px , py , pz

9) Maximum density of heavy water is at

1)0°C 2)11.6 0
C 3)4 0
C 4)3.2 0
C

10) Which of the following is not true

1)Ordinary water is electrolysed 2)D 2O freezes at lower 3)Reaction between H and Cl is 2 2 4)Bond dissociation energy for
more rapidly than D 2O temperature than H O 2 much faster than D and Cl 2 2 D2 is greater than H
2

11) Lithium is the only alkali metal which is not placed in kerosene but is wrapped in paraffin wax, because
1)it reacts with 2)it floats to the surface of kerosene because of low 3)it does not react with air and H 2 4)None of
kerosene density O these

12) Alkali metal chloride soluble in pyridine is

1)LiCl 2)CsCl 3)NaCl 4)KCl

13) The E for I 0

2 /I
−
is +0.53 V, for Li +
/Li is -3.04 V, for Ag +
/Ag is +0.79 V and for N a +
/N a is -2.71 V. Which among the following has least
reducing strength.
1)Li 2)Ag 3)Na 4)I −
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14) BCl3 on hydrolysis forms:

1)H Cl 2)H 3 BO3 3)Both (1) and (2) 4)None of these

15) Which of the following statements is correct?

1)BCl 3 and AlCl3 are both Lewis 2)BCl 3 and AlCl3 both are Lewis 3)BCl 3 and AlCl3 are both 4)Both
acids and BCl is stronger than AlCl
3 3 acids and AlCl is stronger than BCl
3 3 equally strong Lewis acids BCl3 and AlCl3 are
not Lewis acids

16) Maximum pπ − pπ back bonding exists in

1)BCl 3 2)BBr 3 3)BI 3 4)BF 3

17) An aqueous solution of BCl is: 3

1)Strong base 2)Weak base 3)Neutral 4)Weak acid

18) Precipitation of Al 3+
(aq) as Al(OH) by CO shows that:
3
2

1)The basic property is very 2)The basic property is very 3)The acidic property is very 4)The acidic property is very
weak strong weak strong

19) B4 C is also known as

1)Cast steel 2)Carbo boron 3)Boron carbide 4)Carbon steel with boron impurity

20) The shape of jeweller’s borax is

1)Tetrahedral 2)Octahedral 3)Triangular 4)Prismatic

21) On small scale, boron is best isolated by reducing boron trioxide with
1)Metallic magnesium 2)Metallic aluminium 3)Metallic zinc 4)Metallic copper

22) The ionization enthalpy of Lithium is 520 kJmol-1. Calculate the amount of energy required to convert 140 mg of lithium atoms in gaseous state into
Li
+
ion
1)14.4 kJ 2)12.4 kJ 3)10.4 kJ 4)13.4 kJ

23) The amount of Mg in g to be dissolved in dil. H SO to liberate H which is just sufficient to smelt 160 g of Ferric oxide is
2 4 2

1)24 2)48 3)72 4)96

24) 1000 g of water contains 10 −3

moles of CaCl , then degree of hardness is
2

1)1 ppm 2)10 ppm 3)100 ppm 4)1000 ppm

25) The volume strength of 1.5 N H 2 O2 solution is

1)4.8 2)8.4 3)3.0 4)8.0

26) Commercial 11.2 volume H 2 O2 solution has a molarity of

1)1.0 2)0.5 3)11.2 4)1.12

27) The number of OH units directly linked to boron atoms in Na

−
2 B 4 O7 . 10H2 O is :

1)10 2)3 3)4 4)2

28) Borax is treated with hot conc. HCl to get NaCl and compound A. The oxidation state of B in compound A is
1)+1 2)+2 3)+3 4)-3

29) The level of CO gas in air that causes immediate death is

1)10 ppm 2)100 ppm 3)500 ppm 4)1000 ppm

30) Water becomes useless for drinking purpose if the fluoride concentration exceeds
1)10 ppm 2)5 ppm 3)3 ppm 4)20 ppm