TWENTEITH PAPER OF CHEMISTRY (p – BLOCK ELEMENTS – I {GROUP 15 ELEMENTS)

M.M:50 TIME: 1.30hrs

1. What is the difference between the natures of the pie – bonds in H₃PO₃ & HNO₃? 1
2. How can you obtain the pure nitrogen industrially? 1
3. Why dinitrogen is less reactive at room temperature? 1
4. Beryllium trihydride is the strongest reducing agent amongst all the hydrides of group 15 elements. How?1
5. How can you maximise the yield of ammonia? 1
6. What is the covalence of Nitrogen in N₂O₅? 1
7. Bond angle in PH₄⁺ is higher than in PH₃. Why? 1
8. Nitrogen exists as diatomic molecule but phosphorus exists as tetratomic molecule. Why? 1
9. Why nitrogen does shows less catenation property than phosphorous? 1
10. N-N Single bond is weaker than P-P single bond. Explain. 1
11. Bismuth (V) is a stronger oxidising agent than lead (V). 1
12. NO₂ dimerises N₂O₄. Why? 1
13. Ammonia is a stronger base than phosphine. Why? 1
14. NCl₃ gets readily hydrolysed while NF₃ doesn’t. Why? 1
15. Nitric oxide becomes brown when released in air. Give reasons. 1
16. Ammonia act as a ligand. How? 1
17. Solid phosphorous pentachloride solution exists some ionic character. Why? 1
18. Pentahalides of phosphorous is known but nitrogen doesn’t shows pentahalides. Why? 1
19. Nitric oxide is paramagnetic in the gaseous state but diamagnetic in the liquid & solid states. Why? 1
20. Tendency to form pentahalides decreases down the group in group 15 of the periodic table. Why? 1
21. Why all the P-Cl bonds in PCl₅ are not equivalent. Explain why? 1
22. In the solid state, PCl₅ behaves as an ionic species. Comment? 1
23. Red phosphorous is less reactive than white phosphorous. Why? 1
24. Why the bond angle in phosphine is lesser than that in ammonia molecule? 1
25. The stability of +5 oxidation state decreases down the group. Why? 1
26. What do you mean by Holme’s signals? 1
27. NF₃ is an exothermic compound but NCl₃ is not. Why? 1
28. Ammonia has greater affinity for protons than phosphine. Why? 1
29. The HNH angle is higher than HPH, HAsH & HSbH angles. Why? 1
30. Assign the oxidation no. of phosphorus in Caro’s acid. 1
31. Why does R₃P=O exists but R₃N=O doesn’t? (R: alkyl group) 1
32. Complete the following reaction:
a. P₄ + NaOH + H₂O 1
b. P₄ + SO₂Cl₂ 1
c. I₂ + HNO₃(conc.) 1
d. NH₃ + NaOCl 1
e. Cu²⁺ + NH₃ 1
33. Explain brown ring test. 3
34. On heating compound A gives a gas B which is a constituent of air. This gas when treated with 3mol of
hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst gives another gas C which is basic in nature. Gas C on further
oxidation in moist conditions give a compound D which is a part of acid rain. Identify all with reactions. 3
35. On heating Lead nitrate gives a brown gas A. The gas A on cooling changes to colourless solid B, which on
heating with NO changes to blue solid C. Identify all with reactions. 3
36. Draw the structure of the following: a.) Cyclotrimeric phosphoric acid. b.) pyrophosphoric acid. c.) nitrogen
pentoxides. d.) phosphorous pentoxides. e.) phosphorous pentachloride. 5