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Very Short Answer Type (1 Mark)

1. Why are alkali metal salts difficult to be reduced ?

2. Why are alkali metals (except Li) kept in kerosene ?

3. Alkali metal ions are colourless as well as diamagnetic. Explain.

4. IE1 value of Mg is more than that of Na while it’s IE2 value is less. Explain.

5. Name the classes of hydrides to which H2O, B2H6 and NaH belong.

6. Name the process used in the manufacture of Na 2CO3 .

Short Answer Type-I (2 Marks)

7. What happens when :
(i) Sodium metal is dropped in water ?
(ii) Sodium metal is heated in free supply of air ?
(iii) Sodium peroxide dissolves in water ?

8. Beryllium chloride fumes in air. Why ?

9. Explain why alkaline earth metals are harder than alkali metals ?

10. Hydrated magnesium chloride cannot be dehydrated by heating. Why ?

11. What is meant by autoprotolysis of water ?

12. Why HNO3 is not used in the laboratory preparation of dihydrogen ?

Short Answer Type-II (3 Marks)

13. How would you explain ?
(i) BeO is insoluble but BeSO4 is soluble in water
(ii) BaO is soluble but BaSO4 is insoluble in water

14. When an alkali metal dissolves in liquid ammonia the solution acquires different colours. Explain the
reasons for this type of colour change.

15. (a) Arrange the following in decreasing order of ionic character. CaCl2, BeCl2, BaCl2 , MgCl2, SrCl2 .
(b) Arrange the following in decreasing order of solubility in water.
(i) Be(OH)2 , Ca(OH)2 , Ba(OH)2 , Sr(OH)2
(ii) BaSO4 , MgSO4 , CaSO4 , SrSO4

16. What is the difference between hydrolysis and hydration ?

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17. What are advantages of using hydrogen as a fuel over gasoline or coal ?

18. The following statements are true under certain conditions. Mention condition in each case.
(i) Hydrogen reacts with nitrogen to form ammonia.
(ii) Hydrogen can be prepared from water at ordinary temperature.
(iii) A metal will liberate hydrogen by its reaction with dilute H2SO4

19. Hydrogen peroxide is a strong oxidizing agent both in acidic and alkaline medium”. Justify giving suitable
reactions.

Long Answer Type (5 Marks)

20. Contrast the action of heat on the following and explain your answer :
(i) Na 2CO3 and CaCO3 (ii) MgCl2  6H2O and CaCl2  6H2O
(iii) Ca(NO3 )2 and NaNO3

21. How is dihydrogen obtained from? Give one equation in each case :
(A) Dilute sulphuric acid (B) sodium hydroxide (C) water

22. (a) Name the blue compound formed in the reaction of H2O2 with acidified K 2Cr2O7 in ether?
Give reaction.
(b) What is the principle in the bleaching action of H2O2 ?

23. Complete the following reactions :

(i) CaO(s)  H2O (ℓ )  (ii) Na 2O(s)  H2O(ℓ ) 

(iii) Fe(s)  H2O(g)  (iv) CuO(s)  H2 (g) 

Co
(v) CO(g)  H2 (g) 


24. What happens when H2O2 is treated with ?

(a) acidified potassium permanganate
(b) lead sulphide
(c) alkaline potassium ferrocyanide
(d) acidified ferrous sulphate
(e) sulphurous acid.

25. What happens when ?

(i) Chromium hydroxide is treated with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of NaOH
(ii) Hydrazine reacts with hydrogen peroxide
(iii) Hydrogen peroxide reacts with Ba(OH)2

(iv) Sodium hypochlorite reacts with H2O2

VMC | Level-0 92 DTS | Hydrogen & s-Block Elements