Final JEE - Main Exam March, 2021/18-03-2021/Evening Session

FINAL JEE–MAIN EXAMINATION – MARCH, 2021

(Held On Thursday 18th March, 2021) TIME : 3 : 00 PM to 6 : 00 PM
CHEMISTRY TEST PAPER WITH ANSWER & SOLUTION

SECTION-A R–C–NH2 + Br2 + 4NaOH

Sol.
1. The oxidation states of nitrogen in NO, NO2,
–
O
N2O and NO 3 are in the order of :
(1) NO3- > NO 2 > NO > N 2O R–NH2 + Na2CO3 + 2NaBr + 2H2O
Mechanism
(2) NO 2 > NO3- > NO > N 2O
H OH
(3) N 2 O > NO2 > NO > NO3- R–C–N R–C–NH + Br – Br
H –H2O
-
(4) NO > NO 2 > N 2 O > NO 3 O O
Official Ans. by NTA (1)
Sol. The oxidation states of Nitrogen in following –H2O
molecules are as follows R–C–N – Br R–C–N – Br
– –Br HO
NO 3 ® +5 O O H
NO 2 ® +4
NO ® +2
N 2O ® +1
EN R–N=C=O
H – OH
2

(2NaOH)
HO
R–NH2 + Na2CO3
or
2. In basic medium, H2O2 exhibits which of the
H – OH 2
following reactions ? CO3
(A) Mn2+ ® Mn4+ 4. The oxide that shows magnetic property is :
(B) I2 ® I– (1) SiO2 (2) Mn3O4
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(C) PbS ® PbSO4 (3) Na2O (4) MgO

Choose the most appropriate answer from the Official Ans. by NTA (2)
options given below : Sol. Mn 3O 4 shows magnetic properties.
(1) (A), (C) only 5. Main Products formed during a reaction of
(2) (A) only 1-methoxy naphthalene with hydroiodic acid are:
A

(3) (B) only I

(4) (A), (B) only
Official Ans. by NTA (4) (1) and CH3OH
Sol. In basic medium, oxidising action of H 2O 2.
2+ +4 –
Mn + H2O 2 ® Mn + 2OH
OH
In basic medium, reducing action of H2O 2
– –
I2 + H2O 2 + 2OH ® 2I + 2H2O + O2
(2) and CH3I
In acidic medium, oxidising action of H2O2.
PbS(s) + 4H2O2(aq) ® PbSO 4(s) + 4H2O(l)
Hence correct option (4) OH
3. In the reaction of hypobromite with amide, the
carbonyl carbon is lost as : (3) and CH3OH
(1) CO32–
– I
(2) HCO3
(3) CO2 (4) and CH3I
(4) CO
Official Ans. by NTA (1) Official Ans. by NTA (2)

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O – CH3 OH 8. The first ionization energy of magnesium is smaller

as compared to that of elements X and Y, but
Sol. HI
+ CH3–I higher than that of Z. the elements X, Y and Z,
respectively, are :
Mechanism (1) chlorine, lithium and sodium
H (2) argon, lithium and sodium
O – CH3 O – CH3 (3) argon, chlorine and sodium
(4) neon, sodium and chlorine
H I Official Ans. by NTA (3)
st rd
(SN2 ) Sol. The 1 IE order of 3 period is
Na < Al < Mg < Si < S < P < Cl < Ar
X & Y are Ar & Cl
OH
Z is sodium (Na).
9. The secondary valency and the number of
+ CH3–I hydrogen bonded water molecule(s) in
6. Deficiency of vitamin K causes : CuSO4×5H2O, respectively, are :
(1) Increase in blood clotting time (1) 6 and 4 (2) 4 and 1
(2) Increase in fragility of RBC's (3) 6 and 5 (4) 5 and 1
(3) Cheilosis EN Official Ans. by NTA (2)
(4) Decrease in blood clotting time
Official Ans. by NTA (1) Sol. H2 O OH2 H O O
Sol. Due to deficiency of Vitmain K causes Cu 2+
O S
increases in blood clotting time. H O
Note : Vitamin K related to blood factor. H2 O OH2 O
7. An organic compound "A" on treatment with
LL
benzene sulphonyl chloride gives compound B. B
Hydrogen bonded
is soluble in dil. NaOH solution. Compound A is : water molecule = 1
(1) C6H5–N–(CH3)2 (2) C6H5–NHCH2CH3 Secondary valency = 4
(3) C6H5–CH2 NHCH3 (4) C6H5–CH–NH2
CH3 10. Given below are two statements :
A

Official Ans. by NTA (4) Statement I : Bohr's theory accounts for the
Sol. Hinsberg reagent (Benzene sulphonyl chloride) stability and line spectrum of Li+
gives reaction product with 1° amine and it
ion.
is soluble in dil. NaOH.
O Statement II : Bohr's theory was unable to
.. explain the splitting of spectral
R – NH2 + Cl – S
lines in the presence of a
(A) O
(1° amine) magnetic field.
In the light of the above statements, choose the
O most appropriate answer from the options given
dil. NaOH
R – NH – S below :
(B) O (1) Both statement I and statement II are true.
(2) Statement I is false but statement II is true.
(3) Both statement I and statement II are false.
O
(4) Statement I is true but statement II is false.
R–N–S Official Ans. by NTA (2)
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Sol. Statement-I is false since Bohr's theory accounts Official Ans. by NTA (3)
for the stability and spectrum of single electronic Sol. (A) Antifertility drug ® (iii) Nor ethindrone
+ 2+
species (eg : He , Li etc) (B) Antibiotic ® (iv) Salvarsan
Statement II is true. (C) Tranquilizer ® (i) Meprobamate
11. NH2 NH2 NH2 NH2 (D) Artificial sweetener ® (ii) Alitame
NO2 Ans. A–iii, B-iv, C-i, D-ii
HNO 3, H 2SO 4
+ +
288 K
NO2 O
NO2 dil.NaOH +
A B C 14. ¾¾¾¾ ® "X" ¾¾¾¾
H , Heat
® "Y"
2
Consider the given reaction, percentage yield
of :
Consider the above reaction, the product 'X' and
(1) C > A > B (2) B > C > A
(3) A > C > B (4) C > B > A 'Y' respectively are :
Official Ans. by NTA (4)
OH O
NH2
HNO3 + H2SO4 (1) ,
Sol. 288 K O
Aniline
EN (2)
O

,
O

NH 2 NH2 NH 2
OH
NO 2
+ +
NO2 O O
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NO2 (3) ,
(A) (B) (C) OH
(2%) (47%) (51%)
% yield order Þ C > B > A O O
12. The charges on the colloidal CdS sol and TiO2
A

sol are, respectively : (4) ,

OH
(1) positive and positive
(2) positive and negative Official Ans. by NTA (3)
(3) negative and negative
(4) negative and positive
Official Ans. by NTA (4) O O O
Sol. CdS sol ® –ve sol OH
Sol. H
TiO2 sol ® +ve sol –H2O
13. Match List - I with List - II :
List - I List - II
H 2O
(Class of Chemicals) (Example)
(a) Antifertility drug (i) Meprobamate
(b) Antibiotic (ii) Alitame O OH
(c) Tranquilizer (iii) Norethindrone O
(d) Artificial Sweetener (iv) Salvarsan D
(1) (a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i)
(2) (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i) (X)
(3) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii) (Y)
(4) (a)-(ii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(iii)
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15. Match list-I with list-II : (1) Both statement I and statement II are false
(2) Statement I is true but statement II is false
List-I List-II (3) Statement I is false but statement II is true
(a) Be (i) Treatment of cancer (4) Both statement I and statement II are true.
Official Ans. by NTA (4)
(b) Mg (ii) Extraction of metals
Sol. Non-biodegradable wastes are generated by the
(c) Ca (iii) Incendiary bombs and signals thermal power plants which produces fly ash.
(d) Ra (iv) Windows of X-ray tubes Detergents which are biodegradable causes
problem called eutrophication which kills
(v) Bearings for motor engines. animal life by deprieving it of oxygen.
Choose the most appropriate answer the option 18. Match list-I with list-II :
given below : List-I List-II
(1) a-iv, b-iii, c-i, d-ii (a) Mercury (i) Vapour phase refining
(2) a-iv, b-iii, c-ii, d-i (b) Copper (ii) Distillation refining
(3) a-iii, b-iv, c-v, d-ii (c) Silicon (iii) Electrolytic refining
(4) a-iii, b-iv, c-ii, d-v (d) Nickel (iv) Zone refining
Official Ans. by NTA (2) Choose the most appropriate answer from the
Sol. (a) Be ® it is used in the Windows of X-ray EN option given below :
(1) a-i, b-iv, c-ii, d-iii (2) a-ii, b-iii, c-i, d-iv
tubes
(3) a-ii, b-iii, c-iv, d-i (4) a-ii, b-iv, c-iii, d-i
(b) Mg ® it is used in the Incendiary bombs Official Ans. by NTA (3)
and signals Sol. (a) Mercury ® Distillation refining
(c) Ca ® it is used in the Extraction of metals (b) Copper ® Electrolytic refining
(d) Ra ® it is used in the Treatment of cancer (c) Silicon ® Zone refining
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(d) Nickel ® Vapour phase refining
16. Given below are two statements : 19. In the following molecules,
a
Statement I : C 2H5OH and AgCN both can H3C
b
generate nucleophile. c
C=C–O
Statement II : KCN and AgCN both will H
A

H
generate nitrile nucleophile with all reaction Hybridisation of carbon a, b and c respectively
conditions. are :
Choose the most appropriate option : (1) sp3, sp, sp (2) sp3, sp2, sp
(1) Statement I is true but statement II is false (3) sp , sp , sp
3 2 2 (4) sp3, sp, sp2
(2) Both statement I and statement II are true Official Ans. by NTA (3)
(3) Statement I is false but statement II is true 3
a (sp )
(4) Both statement I and statement II are false H3C 2
b (sp ) (sp )
2

Official Ans. by NTA (1) Sol. c

C=C–O
17. Given below are two statements : H H
Statement I : Non-biodegradable wastes are 20. A hard substance melts at high temperature and
generated by the thermal power plants. is an insulator in both solid and in molten state.
Statement II : Bio-degradable detergents leads This solid is most likely to be a / an :
to eutrophication. (1) Ionic solid (2) Molecular solid
In the light of the above statements, choose the (3) Metallic solid (4) Covalent solid
most appropriate answer from the option given Official Ans. by NTA (4)
below :

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Sol. Covalent or network solid have very high melting
point and they are insulators in their solid and F F
F
molten form. Sol. SF4 = S , BF4 = B
F F F
SECTION-B F F
1. A reaction has a half life of 1 min. The time F
required for 99.9% completion of the reaction ClF3 = Cl–F , AsF3 = As
F F
is ______ min. (Round off to the Nearest F
F
integer)
Cl F
[Use : ln 2= 0.69, ln 10 = 2.3] Cl F F
PCl5 = Cl–P , BrF5 = Br
Official Ans. by NTA (10) Cl F F
Cl
1 100 F
ln F F F F
t 99.9% K 0.1
Sol. = XeF4 = Xe , SF6 = S
t 50% 1 F F F F
ln 2
K F

ln1000 Two l.p. on central atom is = ClF3, XeF4

= × t50%
ln 2 EN 4. A xenon compound 'A' upon partial hydrolysis
3ln10 gives XeO2 F 2 . The number of lone pair of
= × 1
ln 2 electrons present in compound A is
3 ´ 2.3 _______(Round off to the Nearest integer)
= = 10
0.69 Official Ans. by NTA (19)
Sol. XeF6 + 2H2O ¾® XeO2F2 + 4HF
2. The molar conductivities at infinite dilution of
(A) (Limited water)
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barium chloride, sulphuric arid and Structure of 'A'

hydrochloric acid are 280, 860 and 426 Scm2
mol–1 respectively. The molar conductivity at F
F F
infinite dilution of barium sulphate is Xe
F F
A

________S cm2 mol–1(Round off to the Nearest

F
Integer).
Official Ans. by NTA (288) Total l.p. on (A) = 19
Sol. From Kohlrausch's law 5. The gas phase reaction
¥ ¥ 2+ ¥ 2-
L (BaSO4 ) = l (Ba ) + l (SO ) ˆˆˆ
2A(g) ‡ˆˆ †
m m m 4 ˆ A2(g)
¥ ¥ ¥
L (BaSO4 ) = L (BaCl 2 ) + L (H2SO4 )
m m m at 400 K has DGº = + 25.2 kJ mol–1.
¥ The equilibrium constant KC for this reaction
–2 L m (HCl) is ______× 10 –2. (Round off to the Nearest
= 280 + 860 – 2 (426) integer)
2
= 288 Scm mol
–1
[Use : R = 8.3 J mol–1K–1 , ln 10 = 2.3
log10 2 = 0.30, 1 atm = 1 bar]
3. The number of species below that have two
[antilog (–0.3) = 0.501]
lone pairs of electrons in their central atom is
____(Round off to the Nearest integer)
SF4, BF4– , CIF3, AsF3, PCl5, BrF5, XeF4, SF6
Official Ans. by NTA (2)

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Official Ans. by NTA (166) 7. The solubility of CdSO 4 in water is
Official Ans. by ALLEN (2) 8.0 × 10 –4 mol L –1. Its solubility in 0.01 M
Sol. Using formula H 2 SO 4 solution is ______× 10 –6 mol L –1 .
D r G0 = –RTlnKp (Round off to the Nearest integer) (Assume that
25200 = –2.3 × 8.3 × 400 log(K p) solubility is much less than 0.01 M)
–3.3 –3
K p = 10 = 10 × 0.501 Official Ans. by NTA (64)
–4 –1
= 5.01 × 10 Bar Sol. In pure water,
–9 –1
= 5.01 × 10 Pa 2
Ksp = S = (8 × 10 )
–4 2

–8
KC = 64 × 10
= In 0.01 M H2SO 4
8.3 ´ 400
+ 2–
–5 3 H2SO4(aq) ® 2H (aq) + SO4 (aq.)
K C = 1.66 × 10 m /mole
–2 0.02 0.01
= 1.66 × 10 L/mol
Ans = 2 ˆˆˆ
†
BaSO 4(s) ‡ˆˆ
ˆ Ba
2+
(aq.)
+ SO4
2–
(aq)

6. In Tollen's test for aldehyde, the overall x x (x + 0.01)

number of electron(s) transferred to the Tollen's K sp = x (x + 0.01)
reagent formula [Ag(NH 3 ) 2 ] + per aldehyde
group to form silver mirror is_______.(Round
off to the Nearest integer)
EN = 64 × 10
–8

x + 0.01 @ 0.01 M
So, x (0.01) = 64 × 10
–8

Official Ans. by NTA (2) x = 64 × 10

–6
M
Sol. AgNO3 + NaOH ® AgOH + NaNO 3
2AgOH ® Ag 2O + H 2O 8. A solute a dimerizes in water. The boiling point
LL
1 of a 2 molar solution of A is 100.52ºC. The
+
Ag 2O + 4NH3 + H2O ® 2Ag(NH 3) 2 + 2OH percentage association of A is.____.
(Round off to the Nearest integer)
.
O . [Use : Kb for water = 0.52 K kg mol–1
HO O
–e– + OH
R–C–H Boiling point of water = 100°C]
A

+ R H R H
O Ag Ag
Official Ans. by NTA (50)
Official Ans. by ALLEN (100)
0
Sol. DTb = Tb – Tb
O OH 100.52 – 100
e– = 0.52ºC
. HO .
+
Ag Ag R OH R OH æ aö
i = ç1 - ÷
è 2ø
Q DTb = i Kb × m
R – C – OH R–C–O
æ aö
O O 0.52 = ç1 - ÷ ´ 0.52 ´ 2
è 2ø
– a = 1
Total 2e transfer to Tollen's reagent
So, percentage association = 100%.

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9. 10.0 ml of Na2CO3 solution is titrated against 0.2 6.1

M HCl solution. The following titre values were Sol. Moles of Benzoic acid =
122
obtained in 5 readings. = moles of m-bromobenzoic acid
So, weight of m-bromobenzoic acid
4.8 ml, 4.9 ml, 5.0 ml, 5.0 ml and 5.0 ml
6.1
Based on these readings, and convention of = ´ 201gm
122
titrimetric estimation of concentration of
= 10.05 gm
Na2CO3 solution is ________mM.
Actual weight
(Round off to the Nearest integer) % yield = ´ 100
Theoretical weight
Official Ans. by NTA (50)
7.8
Sol. Most precise volume of HCl = 5 ml = ´ 100
at equivalence point 10.05
Meq. of Na 2CO3 = meq. of HCl. = 77.61%
Let molarity of Na2CO3
solution = M, then
M × 10 × 2 = 0.2 × 5 × 1
M = 0.05 mol / L
= 0.05 × 1000 EN
= 50 mM

COOH COOH

FeBr3
10. + Br2 ¾¾¾¾ ® + HBr
LL
Br

Consider the above reaction where 6.1 g of

benzoic acid is used to get 7.8 g of m-bromo
benzoic acid. The percentage yield of the
A

product is_____.
(Round off to the Nearest integer)
[Given : Atomic masses : C = 12.0u, H : 1.0u,
O : 16.0u, Br = 80.0 u]
Official Ans. by NTA (78)