Class XII

Session 2022-23
CHEMISTRY
Test Paper - 9

Time Allowed: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 70

General Instructions:

Read the following instructions carefully.

a) There are 35 questions in this question paper with internal choice.

b) SECTION A consists of 18 multiple-choice questions carrying 1 mark each.

c) SECTION B consists of 7 very short answer questions carrying 2 marks each.

d) SECTION C consists of 5 short answer questions carrying 3 marks each.

e) SECTION D consists of 2 case- based questions carrying 4 marks each.

f) SECTION E consists of 3 long answer questions carrying 5 marks each.

g) All questions are compulsory.

h) Use of log tables and calculators is not allowed

SECTION - A
1. When ammonia is oxidized to form nitric acid, what catalyst is used?
a) Platinum-Rhodium gauze
b) Vanadium (V) oxide
c) Palladium hydride
d) Sodium amalgam
2. Which of the following statements about Hypophosphorous acid is incorrect?
a) It is also called phosphonic acid
b) The oxidation state of phosphorus is +1
c) It is monobasic
d) It is represented by the formula H3PO2
3. Which of the following compounds has an oxidation state of +5 phosphorus?
a) Peroxodiphosphoric acid
b) Hypophosphorous acid
c) Orthophosphorous acid
d) Hypophosphoric acid
4. Which of the following is not a lanthanide property?
a) They are soft metals with a white silvery colour
b) They tarnish rapidly by air
c) The hardness of the metals increases with increase in the atomic number
d) The melting point of the metal ranges from 500-1000K
5. What is the lanthanide’s final element?
a) Ytterbium
b) Erbium
c) Thulium
d) Lutetium
6. Baeyer’s reagent is which of the following?
a) Acidified KMnO4
b) Aqueous KMnO4
c) Acidified K2Cr2O7
d) Alkaline KMnO4
7. More than one sort of hybridization can occur in a complex with geometry.
a) tetrahedral
b) octahedral
c) trigonal bipyramidal
d) square planar
8. Determine which of the following statements about VBT is inaccurate.
a) It does not explain the colour of coordination compounds
b) It can distinguish between strong and weak ligands
c) It does not explain the kinetic stabilities of coordination compounds
d) It is unreliable in the prediction of geometries of 4-coordinate complexes
9. The conversion of trialkyl borane to an alcohol does not require which of the following?
a) Sodium hydroxide
b) Water
c) Diborane
d) Hydrogen peroxide
10. Ethers may be used as solvents because they react only with which of the following reactants?
a) Oxidising agent
b) Bases
c) Acids
d) Reducing agents
11. Reactions occur between aldehydes and ketones.
a) nucleophilic addition
b) electrophilic substitution
c) electrophilic addition
d) nucleophilic substitution
12. Which of the following reactions to a nucleophilic assault is the least reactive?
a) Acetaldehyde
b) Di Tert-Butyl ketone
c) Diisopropyl ketone
d) Butanone
13. In a reaction, what is the driving force?
a) Energy given
b) Energy released
c) Free energy
d) None of the mentioned
14. What is the heat of reaction for ethyl acetate hydrolysis?
a) Greater than zero
b) Less than zero
c) Zero
d) None of the mentioned
15. Oxides are formed when food is roasted. But why is it necessary to roast oxide ores?
a) To avoid gangue particles
b) To get crude metal by using an oxidising agent
c) To remove volatile impurities in the form of their oxides
d) To make the ore porous
16. Electrolysis does not remove which of the following metals?
a) Na
b) Mg
c) Al
d) Fe
17. What is the method for extracting sodium from halide ores like sodium chloride (NaCl)?
a) Pyrometallurgy
b) Hydrometallurgy
c) Electrometallurgy
d) Magnetic separation
18. The conductivity of electrolytic conductors is due to __________
a) Flow of free mobile electrons
b) Movement of ions
c) Either movement of electrons or ions
d) Cannot be said
SECTION - B
19. Why does the rainwater normally have a pH of about 5.6? When does it become acid rain?

20. A compound C7H14 on ozonolysis gives ethanal and pentan–3- one. What is the structure of alkene?

21. A metal ‘X’ is present in chlorophyll. Identify the metal ‘X’. How does this metal react with N2?

22. An element ‘A’ belongs to group 2 of the periodic table. It shows anomalous behaviour from the rest
of the elements of its group. It shows a diagonal relationship with another element, ‘B’. Chlorides of both
‘A’ and ‘B’ have a bridged structure in the vapour phase. Identify A and B and draw the structures of
their respective chlorides.

23. Consider the reaction of water with F2 and suggest, in terms of oxidation and reduction, which species
are oxidised/ reduced.

24. The critical temperature of ammonia and carbon dioxide is 405.5 K and 304.10 K, respectively.
Which of these gases will liquefy first when you start cooling from 500K to their critical temperature?

25. The drain cleaner contains small bits of aluminium that react with caustic soda to produce dihydrogen
gas. What volume of dihydrogen at 20°C and one bar pressure will be released when 0.15 g of aluminium
reacts?

SECTION - C
26. The partial pressure of ethane over a saturated solution containing 6.56 x 10-2 of ethane is 1 bar. If the
solution were to contain 5.0 x 10-2 g of ethane, what will be the partial pressure of the gas.

27. (a)What are fuel cells? Explain the electrode reactions involved in working of H2 – O2 fuel cell.
(b)Represent the galvanic cell in which the reaction Zn + Cu2+ → Zn2+ + Cu , take place.
28. (a)Based on the nature of intermolecular forces, classify the following solids: Silicon carbide, Argon
(b)ZnO turns yellow on heating. Why?
(c)What is meant by groups 12-16 compounds? Give an example.
29. (a)The cell in which the following reaction occurs: 2Fe3+ (aq) + 2I–(aq) → 2Fe2+ (aq) + I2(s) has cell
E°cell= 0.236 V at 298 K. Calculate the standard Gibbs energy of the cell reaction. (Given: 1F = 96,500 C
mol-1)
(b)How many electrons flow through a metallic wire if a current of 0·5 A is passed for 2 hours? (Given:
1F = 96,500 C mol-1)
30. (a)What type of isomerism is shown by the complex: [Co (NH3)5(SCN)]2+?
(b)Why is [NiCl4]2– paramagnetic while [Ni (CN)4]2– is diamagnetic? (Atomic number of Ni = 28)
(c)Why are low spin tetrahedral complexes rarely observed?
SECTION - D

31. Read the passage given below and answer the following questions:
The half-life of a reaction is the time required for the concentration of reactant to decrease by half, i.e.,
[A]t = [A]/2
For first order reaction,
t1/2 = 0.693/k
this means t1/2 is independent of initial concentration. Figure shows that typical variation of concentration
of reactant exhibiting first order kinetics. It may be noted that though the major portion of the first order
kinetics may be over in a finite time, but the reaction will never cease as the concentration of reactant will
be zero only at infinite time.

The following questions are multiple choice question. Choose the most appropriate answer:

(i) A first order reaction has a rate constant k=3.01 x 10-3 /s. How long it will take to decompose half of
the reactant?

(ii) The rate constant for a first order reaction is 7.0 x 10-4 s-1. If initial concentration of reactant is 0.080
M, what is the half-life of reaction?

a) 990 s
b) 79.2 s
c) 12375 s
d) 10.10 x 10-4 s

(iii) For the half-life period of a first order reaction, which one of the following statements is generally
false?

a) It is independent of initial concentration.

b) It is independent of temperature.
c) It decreases with the introduction of a catalyst.
d) None of these.

(iv) The rate of a first order reaction is 0.04 mol L-1 s-1 at 10 minutes and 0.03 mol L-1 s-1 at 20 minutes
after initiation. The half-life of the reaction is

a) 4.408 min
b) 44.086 min
c) 24.086 min
d) 2.408 min

32. Read the passage given below and answer the following questions:
Nucleophilic substitution reactions are of two types; substitution nucleophilic bimolecular (SN2) and
substitution nucleophilic unimolecular (SN1) depending on molecules taking part in determining the rate
of reaction. Reactivity of alkyl halide towards SN1 and SN2 reactions depends on various factors such as
steric hindrance, stability of intermediate or transition state and polarity of solvent. S N2 reaction
mechanism is favoured mostly by primary alkyl halide or transition state and polarity of solvent, S N2
reaction mechanism is favoured mostly by primary alkyl halide then secondary and then tertiary. This
order is reversed in case of SN1 reactions.

The following questions are multiple choice question. Choose the most appropriate answer:

(i) Which of the following is most reactive towards nucleophilic substitution reaction?
(a) C6H5Cl
(b) CH2=CHCl
(c) ClCH2CH=CH2
(d) CH3CH=CHCl

(ii) Isopropyl chloride undergoes hydrolysis by

(a) SN1 mechanism
(b) SN2 mechanism
(c) SN1 and SN2 mechanism
(d) neither SN1 nor SN2 mechanism

(iii) The most reactive nucleophile among the following is

(a) CH3O-
(b) C6H5O-
(c) (CH3)2CHO-
(d) (CH3)3CO-

(iv) Tertiary alkyl halides are practically inert to substitution by SN2 mechanism because of
(a) insolubility
(b) instability
(c) inductive effect
(d) steric hindrance

SECTION - E
33. (a) Define the following terms:

i. Ideal solution
ii. Azeotrope
iii. Osmotic pressure

(b) A solution of glucose (C6H12O6) in water is labelled as 10% by weight. What would be the molality of
the solution? (Molar mass of glucose = 180 g mol–1)
34. (a) How will you convert the following:

i. Propanone to Propan-2-ol
 ii. Ethanal to 2-hydroxy propanoic acid
iii. Toluene to benzoic acid

(b) Give a simple chemical test to distinguish between:

i. Pentan-2-one and Pentan-3-one

ii. Ethanal and Propanal

35. (a)

(b) Give simple chemical tests to distinguish between the following pairs of compounds:

i. Butanal and Butan-2-one

ii. Benzoic acid and Phenol