TS SENIOR INTER

SUB: CHEMISTRY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

I VERY SHORT QUESTIONS:
QUESTION NO:1
1. What is the coordination number of atoms in a cubic close-pack structure.
2. How do you distinguish between crystal lattice and unit cell?
3. Stability of a crystal is reflected in the magnitude of its melting point. Comment.
QUESTION NO:2

1. How many lattice points are there in one unit cell of face-centered cubic lattice?
2. What is co-ordination number?
3. How many lattice points are there in one unit cell of body centered cubic lattice?
QUESTION NO:3
1. What is Schottky defect?
2. What is Frenkel defect?
3. What are f-centres?
QUESTION NO:4
1. Define mole fraction.
2. State Raoult’s law and give its two limitations ?
3. What are isotonic solutions? Give example
QUESTION NO:5
1. State Henry’s law.
2. Define molality.

3. Calculate the molality of 2.5gm of ethanoic acid in 75gm of benzene.

QUESTION NO:6
1. Define osmotic pressure.
2. Calculate weight of Glucose required to prepare 500ml of 0.1M solution.
3. Calculate the molarity of a solution containing 5gm of NaOH in 450ml solution?
QUESTION NO:7
1. The moist air becomes dry in the presence of silica gel. Give reason for this.
2. What is Gold number?
3. What is Tyndal effect?
QUESTION NO:8

1. Amongst , which will be adsorbed more readily on the surface of charcoal and why?
2. What is protective colloid?
3. Define occlusion?
QUESTION NO:9
1. Nitrogen molecule is highly stable- why ?
2. A mixture of Ca3P2 and CaC2 is used in making Holme’s signal -explain ?

3. H2O is neutral while H2S is acidic - explain

QUESTION NO:10
1. How is ClF3 prepared ? Draw the structure of ClF3.

2. Give the hybridization of sulphur in the following.

a) SO2 b) SO3 c) SF4 d) SF6

3. Chlorine acts as an oxidising agent-explain with two examples ?

QUESTION NO:11
1. What is an ambidentate ligand? Give example.

2. is blue in colour where as anhydrous is colourless. Why?

3. Aqueous Cu2+ ions are blue in colour whereas aqueous Zn2+ ions are colourless. Why?
QUESTION NO:12
1. What is Zwitter ion? Give an example.
2. What are essential and non-essential amino acids ? Give one example for each.
3. What are amino acids? Give two examples
QUESTION NO:13
1. What are fibrous proteins? Give examples.
2. What are globular proteins? Give examples.
3. What is glycogen? How is it different from starch.
QUESTION NO:14
1. Ethanol with at 443K forms ethane while at 413 K it forms ethoxyethane. Explain the mechanism.

2. Write the strutures of the following compounds.

(i) 2-chloro-3-methyl pentane. (ii) p-bromo chloro benzene.

3. Write the isomers of the compound having molecular formula

QUESTION NO:15

1. An organic acid with molecular formula on decarboxylation forms Toluene .Identify the
organic acid.
 2. H.V.Z. Reaction.
3. Wurtz Reaction.

SHORT ANSWER QUESTION :

QUESTION NO:16
1. Derive Bragg’s equation
2. Explain why ionic solids are hard and brittle.
3. Calculate the efficiency of packing in case of a metal of body-centered cubic crystal?
QUESTION NO:17
1. What is electrolysis?and State Faraday’s laws of electrolysis.
2. A reaction has a half life of 10 minutes.Calculate the rate constant for the first order reaction.
3. Give the construction and working of a standard hydrogen electrode with a neat diagram
QUESTION NO:18
1. What do you understand by the terms given below
a. Absorption b. Adsorption c. Adsorbent and Adsorbate
2. What are micelles? Discuss the mechanism of micelle formation and cleaning action of soap.
3. What are different types of adsorption? Give any four differences between characteristics of the
different types
QUESTION NO:19
1. What are colloidal solutions? How are they classified? Give examples.
2. Name the dispersed phase and dispersion medium in the following colloidal systems
(i) fog (ii) smoke (iii) milk (iv) cloud (v) blood (vi) gold sol.
3. How are colloids classified on the basis of interaction between dispersed phase and dispersion
medium?
QUESTION NO:20
1. How does P4 react with the following ?

(a) SOCl2 (b) SO2Cl2

2. How is nitric acid manufactured by Ostwald’s process ? How does it react with the following ?

(a) Copper (b) Zn (c) S8 (d) P4

3. Explain the structures of SF4 and SF6

QUESTION NO:21
1. How can you prepare Cl2 from HCl and HCl from Cl2 ? Write the reactions.

2. How does SO2 react with the following ?

a) Na2SO3(aq) b) Cl2 c) Fe+3 ions d) KMnO4

 3. Write balanced equations for the following ?
(a) NaCl is heated with conc H2SO4 in the presence of MnO2

(b) Chlorine is passed into a solution of NaI in water

QUESTION NO:22
1. How are XeF2 and XeF4 are prepared ? Give their structures.

2. How are XeO3 and XeOF4 ,prepared? Give their structures.

3. Explain the structure of a) XeF6 b) XeOF4

QUESTION NO:23
1. Write the characteristic properties of transition elements
2. Explain the terms (i) Ligand (ii) Coordination number (iii) Coordination entity (iv) Central metal
atom / ion

3. Account for the zero oxidation state of and in and respectively.

QUESTION NO:24
1. Explain Werner’s theory of coordination compounds with suitable examples
2. What is meant by chelate effect? Give example.
3. Explain the applications of co-ordination compounds in different fields.
QUESTION NO:25
1. Using IUPAC names write the formulae for the following:
(i) Tetrahydroxozincate(II) (ii) Hexaamminecobalt(III) sulphate
(iii) Potassium tetrachloropalladate(II) and (iv) Potassium tri(oxalato) chromate (III)
2. Using IUPAC names write the systematic names of the following:

(i) (ii) (iii)

(iv) (v) (vi) (vii)

3. What are homoleptic and heteroleptic complexes? give one example for each
QUESTION NO:26
1. Write the importance of carbohydrates.
2. Explain the denaturation with suitable examples.
3. Explain the classification of carbohydrates.
QUESTION NO:27
1. i) Reimer-Tiemann Reaction.
ii) Williamson’s Ether Synthesis.
2. Write the structures of the following compounds whose IUPAC names are
 (i) 2-methylbutan-1-ol, (ii) 2,3-diethylphenol, (iii) 1-ethoxypropane, (iv) cyclohexylmethanol

3. Write the mechanism of hydration of ethene to yield ethanol.

QUESTION NO:28
1. How will you carry out the following conversions ?
i) Ethane to bromoethene ii) Toluene to benzyl alcohol
2. Explain the acidic nature of phenols and compare with that of alcohols.
3. What is Tollens reagent? Explain its reaction with Aldehydes.
QUESTION NO:29
1. Give one chemical test to distinguish between the following pairs of compounds
(i) Methylamine and dimethylamine
(ii) Aniline and N-methyaniline
(iii) Ethylamine and aniline
2. Compare the basicity of the following in gaseous and in aqueous state and arrange them in

increasing order of basicity and

3. How do you carry out the following conversions?
i) N-ethylamine to N,N-diethylpropanamine, ii) Aniline to Benzene Sulphonamide

LONG ANSWER QUESTION :

QUESTION NO:30

1. (a) solution of glucose in water is labelled as . What would be the molarity of the
solution?
(b) What is relative lowering of vapour pressure? How is it useful to determine the molar mass of solute?

2. (a) State Raoult’s law. Vapour pressure of water at is Calculate the vapour

pressure of the solution at when of gulcose is dissolved in of water.

(b) The vapour pressure of pure benzene at a certain temperature is 0.850 bar. A non-volatile, non-

electrolyte solid weighing 0.5g when added to 39.0g of benzene (molar mass ). Vapour
pressure of the solution, then is 0.845 bar. What is the molar mass of the solid substance?

3. (a) Calculate the mass of non-volatile solute (molar mass ) which should be dissolved in

114g Octane to reduce its vapour pressure to

(b) Define molefraction? Calculate the mole fraction of in a solution containing 98%

by mass.
QUESTION NO:31
1. (a) Derive the integrated rate equation for a first order reaction.
 (b) Discuss the effect of temperature on the kinetics of rate of reaction
2. (a) State and Explain Kohlrausch’s law of independent migration of ions.
(b) Give the applications of Kohlrausch’s law of independent migration of ions.

3. (a) A solution of is electrolysed for 10 minutes with a current of 1.5 amperes. What is the
mass of copper deposited at the cathode?
(b) What is “molecularity” of a reaction? How is it different from the ‘order’ of a reaction? Name
one bimolecular and one trimolecular gaseous reactions.
QUESTION NO:32
1. How is ozone prepared from oxygen ? Explain its reaction with
a) C2H4 b) KI c) Hg d) PbS e) Ag

2. How is chlorine prepared in the laboratory or Deacon’s method? How does it react with the
following ?
a) Iron b) NaOH c) Acidified FeSO4 d) Iodine e) H2S

f) Na2S2O3 g)Excess h)

3. How is ammonia manufactured by Haber’s process ? Explain the reactions of ammonia with

(a) (b) (c) AgCl(s)

QUESTION NO:33
1. i. Acetylation ii. Cannizaro’s Reaction.
iii. Cross Aldol Condensation. iv. Decarboxylation.
2. i. Wurtz-Fittig Reaction. ii. Fittig Reaction.
iii. Esterification iv. Carbylamine reaction
3. Complete the following conversions Aniline to
i) Fluorobenzene ii) Cyanobenzene iii) Benzene and iv) Phenol

FEW MORE IMPORTANT VSAQ’S (2MARKS)

1. What are colligative properties? Give examples.
2. Define reverse osmosis?
3. Easily liquifiable gases are readily adsorbed on solids. Why?
4. What is inert pair effect?
5. Ammonia is a good complexing agent explain with an example.
6. Iron becomes passive in concentrated why?
7. Write the reaction of and with water.
8. What is Aquaregia? Write it’s reaction with gold and platinum
9. In modern diving apparatus, a mixture of is used – why?
10. What is misch metal give its composition and uses.