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IIT – JEE: 2022 CRASH COURSE (MAIN) DATE: 11/01/22

TIME: 1 Hr. TOPIC: CO-ORDINATION COMPOUNDS MARKS: 100
METALLURGY & SALT ANALYSIS

SINGLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE

This section contains 20 multiple choice questions. Each question has 4 options (A), (B), (C) and
(D) for its answer, out of which ONLY ONE option can be correct.
Marking scheme: +4 for correct answer, 0 if not attempted and –1 in all other cases.

1. Sulphide ores of metals are usually concentrated by froth flotation process. Which one of the
following sulphide ores offer an exception and is concentrated by chemical leaching?
(A) Galena
(B) Copper pyrite
(C) Sphalerite
(D) Argentite

2. Which of the following pairs of metals is purified by van Arkel method?

(A) Ga and In
(B) Zr and Ti
(C) Ag and Au
(D) Ni and Fe

3. Which one of the following is a mineral of iron?

(A) Malachite
(B) Cassiterite
(C) Pyrolusite
(D) Magnetite

4. Which one of the following ores is best concentrated by froth-flotation method?

(A) Galena
(B) Cassiterite
(C) Magnetite
(D) Malachite

5. Heating mixture of Cu 2 O and Cu 2S will give

(A) Cu 2SO3
(B) CuO  CuS
(C) Cu  SO3
(D) Cu  SO 2

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6. Pb and Sn are extracted from their chief ore by
(A) Carbon reduction and self reduction
(B) Self reduction and carbon reduction
(C) Electrolysis and self reduction
(D) Self reduction and electrolysis

7. In the cyanide extraction process of silver from argentite ore, the oxidising and reducing agents used
are
(A) O 2 and CO respectively
(B) O 2 and Zn dust respectively
(C) HNO3 and Zn dust respectively
(D) HNO3 and CO respectively

8. Extraction of Ag from commercial lead is possible by

(A) Parke’s process
(B) Clarke’s process
(C) Pattinson’s process
(D) Electrolytic process

9. When the sample of copper with zinc impurity is to be purified by electrolysis, the appropriate
electrodes are
Cathode anode
(A) pure zinc pure copper
(B) impure sample pure copper
(C) impure zinc impure sample
(D) pure copper impure sample

10. Consider the following reactions at 1000o C

1
(a) Zn  s   O2  g   ZnO  s  ; G o 
360 kJ mol1
2
1
(b) C  gr   O2  g   CO  g  ; G o 460 kJ mol 1
2
Choose the correct statement at 1000o C
(A) Zinc can be oxidised by carbon monoxide
(B) Zinc oxide can be reduced by graphite
(C) Carbon monoxide can be reduced by zinc
(D) Both statements (A) and (B) are true

11. In which of the following coordination entities the magnitude  0 (CFSE in octahedral field) will be
maximum?
3
(A) Co  H 2O 6 
3
(B) Co  NH 3 6 
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(C) Co  CN 6 
3
(D) Co  C2O4 3 

12. Which of the following does not show optical isomerism?

o
(A) Co  NH3 3 Cl3 

(B) Co  en  Cl 2  NH 3 2 
3
(C) Co  en 3 
(en = ethylenediamine)

(D) Co  en 2 Cl 2 

13. Which one of the following complexes is not expected to exhibit isomerism?
2
(A)  Ni  en 3 
2
(B)  Ni  NH 3  4  H 2 O 2 

(C)  Pt  NH 3 2 Cl 2 

(D)  Ni  NH3 2 Cl 2 

14. Which of the following carbonyls will have the strongest C – O bond?

(A)  Mn  CO 6 

(B)  Cr  CO 6 

(C)  V  CO 6 

(D)  Fe  CO 5 

15. Which one of the following is an outer orbital complex and exhibits paramagnetic behavior?
2
(A)  Ni  NH3 6 
2
(B)  Zn  NH3 6 
3
(C) Cr  NH3 6 
3
(D) Co  NH3 6 

16. Low spin complex of d 6 -cation in an octahedral field will have the following energy:
12
(A) 0  P
5
12
(B)  0  3P
5
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(C) 0  2P
5
2
(D) 0  P
5
(  0 = Crystal Field splitting Energy in an octahedral field, P = Electron pairing energy)

17. Coordination compounds have great importance in biological systems. In this context which of the
following statements is incorrect?
(A) Cyanocobalamin is B12 and contains cobalt
(B) Haemoglobin is the red pigment of blood and contains iron
(C) Chlorophylls are green pigments in plants and contain calcium
(D) Carboxypeptidase – A is an enzyme and contains zinc

18. Which of the following pairs represent linkage isomers?

(A)  Pd  PPh 3  2  NCS 2  and  Pd  PPh 3  2  SCN  2 

(B) Co  NH 3 5 NO 3  SO 4 and Co  NH 3 5 SO 4  NO3

(C)  PtCl 2  NH 3 4  Br2 and  Pt Br2  NH 3 4  Cl 2

(D) Cu  NH 3 4   Pt Cl4  and  Pt  NH 3 4   CuCl 4 

19. A solution contain2.675 g of (molar mass = 267.5 g mol 1 ) is passed through a cation exchanger.
The chloride ions obtained in solution were treated with excess of AgNO3 to give 4.78 g of AgCl
(molar mass = 143.5 g mol1 ). The formula of the complex is
(A) Co  NH 3 6  Cl3

(B) CoCl2  NH 3 4  Cl

(C) CoCl3  NH 3 3 

(D)  CoCl  NH 3 5  Cl2

20. The complex showing a spin-only magnetic moment of 2.82 B.M is:
(A) Ni  CO 4

(B)  NiCl 4 
2

(C) Ni  PPh 3 4
2
(D)  Ni  CN 4 

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 NUMERICAL VALUE TYPE
This section contains 10 questions. Attempt any 5 questions out of 10. Each question is
numerical value type. For each question, enter the correct numerical value (in decimal notation
(e.g. 6.25, 7.00, 7, –0.33, –.30, 30.27, –127.30).
Marking scheme: +4 for correct answer, 0 if not attempted and 0 in all other cases.

21. Consider the following complex compounds:

(i)  Pt  NH 3  2  SCN 2  (ii) Co  NH 3 3  NO 2 3 

 Pt  en  Cl 2 

(iii) (iv) Cr  en 2 Br2 
3
 Rh  en 3  (vi)  CoCl 2 Br2 
2
(v)
Then calculate sum of total number of geometric isomers in all above complex compounds.

22. Consider the following transformation

Cr  CO  x  Cr  CO  y  NO  x
If both reactant and product follow EAN rule, then calculate value of x  z  y (where x, y and z are
natural numbers).

23. Brown colour of the complex  Fe  H 2 O 5  NO   SO 4 is due ro C.T. spectrum which causes
momentary change in oxidation state. Find out oxidation state of Fe in this complex.

Calculate C.F.S.E (mod value) is term of Dq. For complex ion  MnF6  .
3
24.

25. How many electrons are present in t 2g set of d-orbitals of central metal cation in
 Fe  H 2 O 5  NO   SO 4 brown ring complex?

26. Consider the following complex.

(i)  Fe IF  CN  H 2 O  en  
2
(ii)  Mo Cl2 F2  gly  
Then, calculate value of x  y (where x and y are total number of possible optically active isomers
in (i) and (ii) complex respectively).

27. Consider the following ligands NH 2 , acac, OH  , Gly, O 2 , Phen, DMG,

NO , CO , Cl , CH 3COO , en,SO . then calculate value of "P  Q  R  S"

2
2
3
  2
4

Here
P : Total number of ligands which act as bridging as well as monodentate only
Q : Total number of flexidentate ligands
R : Total number of bidentate ligands only
S : Total number of unsymmetrical bidentate ligands

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28. Consider the following complex compounds.
(i)  Pt  NH 3 2  SCN 2  (ii) Co  NH 3 3  NO 2 3 

 Pt  en  Cl 2 

(iii) (iv) Cr  en 2 Br2 
3
 Rh  en 3  (vi)  CoCl 2 Br2 
2
(v)
Then calculate sum of total number of geometric isomers in all above complex compounds

29. Total number of complexes among the following which are optically active?
cis   Pt  Cl 2  en  
3
(i) Cr  Ox 3  (ii)
 3
(iii) cis-  Rh  Cl2  NH 3 4  (iv)  Ru  dipy 3 

(v) cis- Co  NO 2 3  dien   (vi) Trans- Co  NO 2 3  dien  

(vii) cis- Co  NO 2 3  NH 3 3 

30. M  CO  x  NO  y 
 NO
 CO
 M  NO  x
Where EAN of metal (M) in both product and reactant is same and it is 54. Then calculate value of
 x  y  x  . (Where x, y. and z are natural numbers and M belong to 6th group according to long
form of periodic table)

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