CHEMISTRY

SECTION – I
Straight Objective Type
This section contains 5 multiple choice questions numbered 23 to 27. Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D), out of which
ONLY ONE is correct.

1. Which of the following represents the correct order of dissociation energy of the indicated
C – H bond of the following molecules?

(I) (II) (III) (IV)

H H H
H

(A) III  IV  II  I (B) I  II  IV  III

(C) IV  II  I  III (D) III  IV  II  I

2. Lysine is a basic amino acid. The pH at which this amino acid will show no net migration in an electric field is:
pK1 (2.78) pK2 (8.95) pK3 (10.53)
(A) 5.57 (B) 6.35
(C) 7.22 (D) 9.74

3. The concentration of cation vacancy if NaCl is doped with 10 –3 mole percentage of SrCl2 will be
(A) 6.02  10–18 (B) 6.02  1018
(C) 6.02  1020 (D) 6.02  1023

H3C C OEt H2 C CH OEt H3C C OEt H3C C OEt

NEt2 NEt2 NEt2 NEt2
(I) (II) (III) (IV)
4.
the most contributing canonical form of the above resonance hybrid in
(A) I (B) III
(C) II (D) IV

5. 20 gm of impure Mg(NH4)PO4 on heating produces a gas. The gas is dissolved in H 2O & on titration consumes
which consumes 10 cc 2M pyro phosphoric acid for complete reaction. The percentage purity of Mg(NH 4)PO4 is
(Mg = 24, P = 31)
(A) 54.8% (B) 33.8%
(C) 67.6% (D) 49%
 SECTION – II
Straight Objective Type
This section contains 4 multiple choice questions numbered 28 to 31. Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D), out of which
MORE THAN ONE is correct.

6. Which of the following statement is correct?

(A) In the coagulation of positively charged solution the flocculating power is in the order [Fe(CN) 6]4– 
PO34 

SO 24

(B) Physisorption decreases with increase of temperature

(C) The formation of micelles takes place only below a particular temperature called Kraft temperature
(D) High density polyethylene (HDPE) has more branched structure than low density polyethylene LDPE.
7. Which of the following represents the correct order of properties as written in parenthesis
(Molar ionic conductance in
(A) H+  Cs+  K+  Li+
aqueous solution)
O
(B) OMe C CH2COOH  CH 3COCH 2 COOH  CF3COCH 2 COOH (ease of decarboxylation)

(C) Na2S  MnS  CdS  CuS (solubility product)

(D) [Co(en)3]2+  [Co(EDTA)]2–  [Co(NH3)6]2+ (Stability of complexes)

8. Find out the incorrect statement.

(A) In the extraction metallurgy of copper silica removes Fe 2O3 present in the matte by forming FeSiO 3
(B) Cast iron has lower carbon content than wrought iron
(C) Out of carbon & carbon monoxide (CO), CO is a better reducing agent than carbon for ZnO
(D) Cryolite is used in the extractive metallurgy of aluminum to lower the melting point of the mixture.

9. Which of the following solutions show lowering of vapour pressure on mixing

(A) Aniline & Cyclohexane (B) Chloroform & Acetone
(C) Ethyl Alcohol & pentane (D) Dimethylether & Chloroform

SECTION – II
Assertion – Reason Type
This section contains 4 questions numbered 32 to 35. Each question contains STATEMENT-1 (Assertion) and STATEMENT-2
(Reason). Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.
Code
(A) Statement – 1 is True, Statement – 2 is True; Statement – 2 is a correct explanation for
Statement – 1.
(B) Statement – 1 is True, Statement – 2 is True; Statement – 2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement – 1.
(C) Statement – 1 is True, Statement – 2 is False.
(D) Statement – 1 is False, Statement – 2 is True.
STATEMENT – 1
 Barium nitrate does not respond to brown ring test with FeSO 4 and H2SO4.
because
STATEMENT – 2
Ba2+ forms an insoluble ppt (BaSO4) thereby inhibiting the formation of ring.

10. STATEMENT – 1
The reactivity of ketones towards CH 3SH is less as compared to CH3OH
because
STATEMENT – 2
CH3SH is a stronger nucleophile as compared to CH3OH.

11. STATEMENT – 1
The reaction rate of 1-butene with HCl is faster than that of 2-butene with HCl.
because
STATEMENT – 2
1-butene forms a more stable carbocation as compared to 2-butene.

12. STATEMENT – 1
Melting point of KCl is higher than that of CuCl
because
STATEMENT – 2
Ionisation potential of K is more than that of Cu

SECTION – III
Linked Comprehension Type
This section contains 2 paragraphs C36-38 and C39-41. Based upon each paragraph, 3 multiple choice questions have to be answered.
Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

C36–38 : Paragraph for Questions Nos. 36 to 38

A white compound (A) on strong heating decomposes to produce two products (B) and (C). (B) on reaction with white
phosphorus produces (D) which is a strong dehydrating agent. (D) on reaction with perchloric acid converts it to its
anhydride.

13. The compound (A) is

(A) NH4NO2 (B) NH4ClO4
(C) (NH4)2Cr2O7 (D) NH4NO3

14. The no. of moles of H2O needed to hydrolyse 1 mole of D is:

(A) 10 (B) 4
 (C) 6 (D) 2

15. The product obtained on hydrolysis of D is:

(A) mixture of H3PO3 + H3PO4 (B) only PH3
(C) only H3PO4 (D) mixture H3PO3 + H3PO2
C39–41 : Paragraph for Questions Nos. 39 to 41
The specific rotation [] may be defined as the rotation in degrees brought about by a pure transparent liquid or a
solution containing 1g of an optically active substance per mol of solution placed in a 1 dm polarimeter tube.
o 
[ ]t C 
 C

 = observed angle of rotation in degrees

 = length of polar meter tube in decimeter
C = concentration of solution

Optical purity of an enantiomeric mixture means the excess of one enantiomer over the d,  pair in a d,  mixture.
Optical purity is expressed as fraction or percentage optical purity.

16. Calculate the specific rotation in (° dm –1g–1 ml) of a 1M solution of 2-chloropentane in a 10 cm cell when the
observed rotation is (+) 3.64.
(A) (–) 34.2 (B) +3.42
(C) –3.42 (D) (+) 34.2

17. The specific rotation of a mixture of 30% (–) 2-bromobutane,

 []

T  23.5o 
and 70%
(+) 2-bromobutane will be
(A) –9.4 (B) zero
(C) +9.4 (D) –7.05

18. 0.1 M solution of (R)– butan-2-ol is mixed with an equal volume of 0.005 M solution of racemic 2-
butanol and the resulting solution is taken in a cell of 5 cm long polarimeter tube. If the specific
rotation of (R)-butan-2ol is 13.9 then the observed rotation of the mixture is.
(A) .051 (B) 0.26
(C) 0.5 (D) .026
 SECTION – IV
Matrix-Match Type
p q r s
This section contains 3 questions. Each question contains statements given in two
A p q r s
column which have to be matched. Statements (A, B, C, D) in Column I have to be
matched with statements (p, q, r, s) in Column II. The answers to these questions B p q r s

have to be appropriately bubbles as illustrated in the following example. C p q r s

If the correct matches are A–p, A–s, B–q, B–r, C–p, C–q and D–s, then the correctly D p q r s

bubbled 4 × 4 matrix should be as follows :

19. Column – I Column – II

(Sulfur compounds) (Oxidation state of sulfur)
(A) Sulfurous acid (p) +5
(H2SO3)
(B) Peroximonosulfuric (q) +3
acid (H2SO5)
(C) dithionic acid (r) +6
(H2S2O6)
(D) dithionous acid (s) +4
(H2S2O4)

20. Column – I Column – II

(Compounds) (Nitrogenous, gases evolved after heating)
(A)(NH4)2SO4 (p) NO2
(B) Ba(N3)2 (q) N2
(C) Mixture of urea and bleaching powder (r) N2O
(D) AgNO3 (s) NH3

Conductanetric Titration of a solvent Graph

(A) HCl against NH4OH (p)

Conductance

Vol. of titre
 (B) CH3COOH against NaOH (q)

Conductance
Vol. of titre

(C) KCl against AgNO3 (r)

Conductance
Vol. of titre

(D) mixture of HCl and CH3COOH (s)

Conductance
against NaOH

Vol. of titre

Answers
1. (B) 2. (D) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (A) 6. (A, B, D)
7. (A, B, C) 8. (C) 9. (B, D) 10. (A) 11. (D) 12. (C)
13. (B) 14. (D) 15. (C) 16. (C) 17. (D) 18. (C)
19. (D) 20. (A) – (s) (B) – (r) (C) – (p) (D) – (q)
21. (A) – (s) (B) – (q) (C) – (q) (D) – (p)
22. (A) – (q) (B) – (s) (C) – (p)(D) – (r)

1. The dissociation energy depends on the stability of radical, the more the stable the radical lower is the energy.
2. pH at isoelectric pt. where no migration takes place
pK 2  pK 3
= 2
8.95  10.53
 9.74
= 2
3. No. of vacancies per mole of NaCl
103
  105
100 mole vacancies
 105  6.02 1023 vacancies 
= 6.02 ´ 1018 vacancies
4. In (III) and (IV) octet of all atoms are complete but N being less electronegative can tolerate the +ve charge better.
 
5. 2
Mg(NH 4 ) PO 4   Mg 2P2O 7  2NH 3  H 2O

m eqv. of H4P2O7 = 10 ´ 2 ´ 4 = 80 meq.

m eqv. of NH3 produced = 80 meq.
\ Meq. of salt = 80 ´ 10–3.
w Mg( NH4 )PO4  80 103 137
= 10.96
10.96
 100  54.8
\ % purity 20 %
6. Micelle formation takes place above a particular temperature called Kraft temperature.
7. Na2S  MnS  CdS  CuS
8. Carbon is a better reducing agent than CO for reduction of zinc oxide.
9. In (B) and (D) compounds after mixing can undergo H-bonding and hence boiling point will be raised and hence
vapour pressure lowered.

  N 2O  H 2O
(B) (C)
10. NH4NO3
P4 O10  N 2
N2O + P4 ¾® (D)

P4O10 + HClO4 ¾® Cl2O7 + H3PO4

11. P4O10 reacts with 6 moles of H2O as it posses six P—O—P bonds.

12. P4O10

H2O
 H 3 PO 4

13. 1M of 2 chloropentane (C5H11Cl)

106.5
 .1065g / ml
= 1000
 ()3.64
[]T    ( )34.2
  c 1 .1065
14. 30% of (–) enantiomer will neutralise 30% of (+) enantiomer to form 60% racemic mixture. Therefore the mixture
contains 40% of pure (+) enantiomer in excess. So observed rotation will be due (+) enantiomer in excess.
40  23.5
 9.4
 rotation = 100
15. The racemic butanol has no contribution to optical activity so the only effect of its addition is to dilute (R) - 2
butanol by a factor of two.
 Concentration of R(–)2 butanol = .05 M
mol. wt. of R – butan 2-ol = 74
 Concentration of R-butan-2ol
74  .05
 3.7  103 g / ml
= 1000

   [ ]   C
= 13.9  0.5  3.7  10–3 = 0.026