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9. The process of distillation is used for the liquids 7. Which of the following gases cannot be separated
having ____________ from air using fractional distillation?
a) Sufficient difference in their boiling point a) Argon
b) Sufficient difference in their melting point b) Oxygen
c) Sufficient difference in their solubility c) Helium
d) None of the mentioned d) Nitrogen
10. The residue in the round bottom flask is 8. Initially, the temperature at the top of the column is
____________ _______________ than at its bottom.
a) Volatile a) Greater
b) Non volatile b) Lesser
c) None of the mentioned c) Equal
d) Volatile & Non volatile d) None of the mentioned
2. Arrange the following compounds in order of their 9. The mixture of petroleum ether and benzene is used
increasing adsorption tendencies. in the elution ratio of ____________
a) Cellulose >> starch >> calcium carbonate >> a) 1 : 2
alumina b) 1 : 5
b) Cellulose >> starch >> alumina >> charcoal c) 1 : 9
c) Charcoal >> cellulose >> alumina >> starch d) 1 : 12
d) Calcium carbonate >>; alumina >> starch >>
cellulose 10. Chloroform fraction is eluted from the column by
passing chloroform through the column which acts as
3. What is the factor responsible for the separation in ____________
column chromatography? a) Eluter
a) Polarity differences between the solvent b) Eluant
b) Polarity differences between the solute c) Elution
c) Polarity indifference between the solvent d) None of the mentioned option
d) Polarity indifference between the solute
G. Thin Layer Chromatography
4. Select the correct statement from the following 1. The principle on which thin layer chromatography is
options. based is that the ____________
a) The lesser the polarity of solute, more strongly it a) Different compounds are absorbed on an
will be adsorbed on a polar surface absorbent to different degrees
b) The greater the polarity of solute, more weakly it b) Different compounds are absorbed on an
will be adsorbed on a polar surface absorbent to same degrees
c) The greater the polarity of solute, more strongly it c) Different compounds are adsorbed on an
will be adsorbed on a polar surface adsorbent to different degrees
d) All of the mentioned option d) Different compounds are absorbed on an
absorbent to same degrees
5. The correct order of increasing strength of adsorption
is ____________ 2. The size of a thin layer of adsorbent is about
a) Alkanes >> Esters >> Aldehydes >> Phenols >> ____________
Ketones a) 0.1 mm
b) Aldehydes >> Phenols >> Ketones >> Esters >> b) 0.2 mm
Alkanes c) 0.3 mm
c) Aldehydes >> Ketones >> Esters >> Alkanes >> d) 0.4 mm
Phenols
d) Alkanes >> Esters >> Ketones >> Aldehydes >> 3. The chromaplate or thin layer chromatography plate is
Phenols made up of ____________
a) Glass
6. The components of the mixture in column b) Wood
chromatography are eluted in order of ____________ c) Fibre
a) Increasing polarity and decreasing distribution ratio d) Metal
b) Increasing polarity and increasing distribution ratio
c) Decreasing polarity and increasing distribution ratio 4. The eluant filled in the closed jar is ____________
d) Decreasing polarity and decreasing distribution a) Mixture of gases
ratio b) Mixture of a liquid and a gas
c) Mixture of solids
7. The elution power of a solvent is determined by d) Mixture of liquids
____________
a) Its overall polarity 5. Select the incorrect statement from the following
b) The polarity of the stationary phase options.
c) The nature of the sample components a) The spots of colorless compounds are invisible to
d) All of the mentioned the eyes
b) These spots can be detected by putting the plate
under ultraviolet light a) The identification of unknown compounds
c) These spots can be detected by placing the plate in b) The determination of homogeneity of chemical
a covered jar containing iodine crystals substances
d) None of the mentioned c) Separation of inorganic cations or complexes
d) Separation of geometric isomers
6. The relative adsorption of each component of the
mixture is expressed in terms of its ____________ 4. Affinity chromatography is used for the analysis and
a) Acceleration factor isolation of ____________
b) Retardation factor a) Insoluble starch substances
c) Both acceleration and retardation factor b) Enzyme tyrosinase
d) None of the mentioned c) Antibodies bound with a covalently-attached
antigen on cellulose column
7. Select the correct statement from the following. d) All of the mentioned
a) Paper chromatography is a type of partition
chromatography 5. Purification of enzymes and proteins is done using
b) A special quality paper is used in paper ____________
chromatography a) Affinity chromatography
c) Chromatography paper contains water trapped in it, b) Liquid chromatography
which acts as stationary phase c) Column chromatography
d) All of the mentioned d) Thin layer chromatography
8. Amino acids detected by spraying the plate with 6. Which of the following is not an application of high
ninhydrin solution is an example of ____________ performance liquid chromatography?
a) Column chromatography a) Analysis of proteins, drugs and explosives
b) Thin layer chromatography b) Separation of pharmaceutical drugs
c) Paper chromatography c) Elimination of undesirable substances from blood
d) Liquid chromatography d) Separation of lipids, fatty acids and steroids
9. Paper chromatography is based on continuous 7. The checking of purity of samples is the application of
differential partitioning of components of a mixture thin layer chromatography.
between stationary and mobile phases. a) True
a) True b) False
b) False
8. The analysis and separation of industrial products like
10. Retardation factor is the ratio of ____________ soap and synthetic detergents is done using
a) Distance moved by substance from base line to ____________
distance moved by the solvent from base line a) Thin layer chromatography
b) Distance moved by solvent from base line to b) Gas chromatography
distance moved by the substance from base line c) Ion exchange chromatography
c) Distance moved by substance from top line to d) Partition chromatography
distance moved by the solvent from top line
d) Distance moved by solvent from top line to 9. Which of the following is the application of ion
distance moved by the substance from top line exchange chromatography?
a) The softening of hard water
H. Chromatography Applications b) The demineralisation of water
1. What are the uses of partition chromatography? c) The separation and determination of anions
a) Separation of amino acids d) All of the mentioned
b) Analysis of closely related aliphatic alcohols
c) Separation of sugar derivatives 10. The quantitative analysis is done using
d) All of the mentioned ____________
a) Ion exchange chromatography
2. Which type of chromatography is used for the b) Thin layer chromatography
structural analysis? c) Gas chromatography
a) Column chromatography d) Liquid chromatography
b) Paper chromatography
c) Partition chromatography I. Melting point
d) Affinity chromatography 1. The purity of the compound is confirmed by
____________
3. Which of the following is not done using column a) Its melting point and boiling point
chromatography? b) Chromatographic technique
c) Spectroscopy c) 7.61
d) All of the mentioned d) 6.01
2. Select the correct statement from the following 10. What is the melting point of mercury?
options. a) 3570C
a) The transformation of solid to liquid is called b) -390C
melting and the reverse process is called freezing c) 00C
b) The transformation of solid to liquid is called d) 1000C
freezing and the reverse process is called melting
c) The transformation of liquid to solid is called J. Boiling Point
melting and the reverse process is called freezing 1. On increasing the temperature of a liquid, its vapour
d) None of the mentioned pressure ____________
a) Decreases
3. The temperature at which solid and liquid coexist in b) Remain constant
equilibrium is called ____________ c) Increases
a) Melting point of liquid d) None of the mentioned
b) Freezing point of liquid
c) Freezing point of solid 2. The boiling point of a liquid is the temperature at
d) All of the mentioned which the vapour pressure ____________
a) Is equal to the internal pressure
4. Select the incorrect statement from the following b) Is equal to the external pressure
option. c) Is greater than an internal pressure
a) Every pure solid crystalline substance has a d) Is lesser than an internal pressure
characteristic and unique melting point
b) Impure sample of substance has different melting 3. The normal boiling point of a liquid is the temperature
point at which it boils when the external pressure is
c) Two different pure substances have same melting ____________
points a) 1 atm
d) Melting point serves as the criteria of purity of a b) 2 atm
solid substance c) 3 atm
d) 5 atm
5. When the solid and liquid phase are in equilibrium,
the temperature ____________ 4. If the non-volatile impurities contaminate the liquid, its
a) Increases gradually boiling point gets ____________
b) Decreases gradually a) Depressed
c) Remains constant b) Elevated
d) None of the mentioned c) Remains same
d) None of the mentioned
6. The melting point of ice is ____________
a) 00C 5. The energy required to vaporize 1 mole of a liquid is
b) 1000C known as ____________
c) 40C a) Molar heat of fusion
d) -40C b) Molar heat of freezing
c) Molar heat of boiling
7. Molar heat of fusion is defined as ____________ d) Molar heat of vaporization
a) Energy required to melt one gram of solid
b) Energy required to melt one mole of solid 6. At 1 atm pressure, the boiling point of water is
c) Energy required to melt one kilogram of solid ____________
d) Energy required to melt ten moles of solid a) 0 0C
b) 1000C
8. The temperature remains constant during phase c) -1000C
change because the increased kinetic energy is used d) None of the mentioned
to overcome the cohesive forces in the liquid.
a) True 7. The boiling point and molar heat of vaporisation is
b) False dependent on ____________
a) Strength of the inter-molecular forces
9. What is the molar heat of fusion (kJ/mol) of water? b) Composition of the liquid compound
a) 1.3 c) Size of the molecules
b) 0.84 d) All of the mentioned
8. Select the incorrect statement from the following with the emission of a photon of energy hν
options. c) In the emission spectrum, transition takes place
a) Methane and argon have weak dispersion forces with the absorption of a photon of energy hν
so their boiling point is low d) All of the mentioned
b) Diethyl ether has a dipole moment, and the dipole-
dipole forces accounts for its moderately high boiling 6. The spectra can be broadly classified into two
point categories. They are __________
c) Water and ethanol have strong hydrogen bonding a) Atomic and molecular spectra
and hence they possess high boiling point b) Atomic and electronic spectra
d) Mercury has weak metallic bonding which is c) Molecular and electronic spectra
responsible for its low boiling point d) None of the mentioned
9. For a given substance, choose the correct statement. 7. In atomic spectroscopy, only electronic transitions are
a) ΔHfus is greater than ΔHvap involved.
b) ΔHfus is equal to ΔHvap a) True
c) ΔHfus is smaller than ΔHvap b) False
d) None of the mentioned
8. Select the correct statement from the following
10. The molar heat of vaporisation (ΔHvap) for water is options.
____________ a) Molecular spectra arises from the transition of an
a) 40.79 kJ/mol electron between the molecular energy levels
b) 31.0 kJ/mol b) In molecular transitions, electronic, rotational and
c) 59.0 kJ/mol vibration transitions occurs
d) 9.2 kJ/mol c) Molecular spectra is more complicated than atomic
spectra
K. Origin of Spectrum d) All of the mentioned
1. The analysis of electromagnetic radiation scattered,
absorbed or emitted by the molecule is called 9. The necessary condition for absorption spectrum is
__________ that __________
a) Kaleidoscopy a) hν should be greater than the energy difference
b) Astronomy b) hν should be smaller than the energy difference
c) Spectroscopy c) hν should be equal to the energy difference
d) Anatomy d) none of the mentioned
2. The energy level with lower energy is called 10. Spectroscopy deals with the transition that a molecule
__________ undergoes on the absorption of suitable radiations
a) Ground state energy level determined by quantum mechanical selection rules.
b) Initial state energy level a) True
c) Excited state energy level b) False
d) All of the mentioned
L. Molecular Spectroscopy
3. Absorption spectrum results when an electron in an 1. The different types of energies associated with a
atom undergoes a transition from __________ molecule are __________
a) Higher energy level to a lower one a) Electronic energy
b) Lower energy level to a higher one b) Vibrational energy
c) Intermediate levels c) Rotational energy
d) All of the mentioned d) All of the mentioned
4. The energy of a photon is given by __________ 2. During the motion, if the centre of gravity of molecule
a) h/ν changes, the molecule possess __________
b) ν/h a) Electronic energy
c) 1/hν b) Rotational energy
d) hν c) Translational energy
d) Vibrational energy
5. Select the incorrect statement from the following
option. 3. The correct order of different types of energies is
a) Emission spectrum results when an electron in an __________
atom undergoes a transition from excited state to the a) Eel >> Evib >> Erot >> E tr
ground state b) Eel >> Erot >> Evib >> E tr
b) In the emission spectrum, transition takes place
c) Eel >> Evib >> Etr >> E rot 2. Which of the following transitions are of weak
d) Etr >> Evib >> Erot >> E el intensities and lie in the visible region?
a) n→n*
4. The region of electromagnetic spectrum for nuclear b) σ→σ*
magnetic resonance is __________ c) π→π*
a) Microwave d) n→σ*
b) Radio frequency
c) Infrared 3. Arrange the various electronic transitions in the order
d) UV-rays of increasing energy.
a) n→σ* < π→π* < n→π* < σ→σ*
5. Which of the following is an application of molecular b) n→π* < π→π* < n→σ* < σ→σ*
spectroscopy? c) n→σ* < n→π* < π→π* < σ→σ*
a) Structural investigation d) σ→σ* < π→π* < n→π* < n→σ*
b) Basis of understanding of colors
c) Study of energetically excited reaction products 4. What is the position of the band of alkanes?
d) All of the mentioned a) 190 nm
b) 185 nm
6. Select the correct statement from the following option. c) 217 nm
a) Spectroscopic methods require less time and more d) 150 nm
amount of sample than classical methods
b) Spectroscopic methods require more time and 5. Which of the following organic compound shows
more amount of sample than classical methods transition due to conjugation?
c) Spectroscopic methods require less time and less a) Alkenes
amount of sample than classical methods b) Saturated aliphatic ketones
d) Spectroscopic methods require more time and less c) Conjugated dienes
amount of sample than classical methods d) Alkanes
7. The results obtained by spectroscopic methods are 6. Which of the following is not an auxochrome group?
less reliable, less reproducible and incorrect than a) –OH
classical methods. b) –SH
a) True c) –OR
b) False d) –O2
8. The transition zone for Raman spectra is __________ 7. Which of the following shift leads to the decreased
a) Between vibrational and rotational levels intensity of absorption?
b) Between electronic levels a) Hypochromic
c) Between magnetic levels of nuclei b) Hyperchromic
d) Between magnetic levels of unpaired electrons c) Hypsochromic
d) Bathochromic
9. The criteria for electronic spin resonance is
____________ 8. Which of the following is an application of electronic
a) Periodic change in polarisability spectroscopy?
b) Spin quantum number of nuclei > 0 a) Detection of impurities
c) Presence of unpaired electron in a molecule b) Control of purification
d) Presence of chromophore in a molecule c) Study of kinetics of the chemical reaction
d) All of the mentioned
10. Sample recovery is possible after spectroscopic
analysis because the sample is not chemically 9. What will be the absorbance if %T = 80?
affected. a) 0.5
a) True b) 0.05
b) False c) 0.097
d) 0.97
M. Electronic Spectroscopy
1. The electronic spectra in the visible range span is 10. Which of the following is a limitation of the Lambert-
__________ Beer’s law?
a) 25000-72000 cm-1 a) Scattering of light due to particles
b) 25000-50000 cm-1 b) Fluorescence of sample
c) 12500-25000 cm-1 c) Non-monochromatic radiation
d) 15000-30000 cm-1 d) All of the mentioned
N. Vibrational Spectroscopy constant from vibrational spectrum
1. Vibrational spectroscopy involves the transitions c) IR spectroscopy helps in identifying an unknown
falling in the spectral range of ____________ compound
a) 100-1000 cm-1 d) None of the mentioned
b) 300-3000 cm-1
c) 400-4000 cm-1 10. IR spectroscopy helps in detecting the presence of
d) 500-5000 cm-1 hydrogen bonding.
a) True
2. Which of the region of IR spectra appears between b) False
(1400-600) cm-1?
a) Functional group region O. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
b) Fingerprint region 1. The nuclei with a spin quantum number greater than
c) Low-frequency region _______ can exhibit the NMR phenomenon.
d) None of the mentioned a) 0
b) 5
3. Select the correct statement from the following option. c) 10
a) Infrared spectra can identify the unknown materials d) -5
b) It can determine the amount of components in a
mixture 2. The number of different orientations which a magnetic
c) It can also determine the quality of a sample nucleus can take is ____________
d) All of the mentioned a) 2I
b) 2I-1
4. Which of the following molecule have infrared active c) 2I+1
vibrations? d) 4I
a) NO
b) CH4 3. Number of NMR signals obtained in CH3COCH3 will
c) H2 be ____________
d) All of the mentioned a) 6
b) 3
5. Which of the following cannot show a vibrational c) 2
absorption spectrum? d) 1
a) OCS
b) H2O 4. Propene as well as 2-Butene(cis) will show equal
c) CO2 number of signals in their NMR spectra.
d) C H2 = C H2 a) True
b) False
6. Which of the following is not a type of bending
molecular vibration? 5. Select the incorrect statement from the following
a) Twisting option.
b) Stretching a) TMS stands for tetra methyl silane
c) Wagging b) All the hydrogen in TMS have the same chemical
d) Rocking shift
c) TMS has a high boiling point, so it is not easily lost
7. What is the absorption frequency(cm-1) of –C=N when holding the NMR sample
functional group? d) TMS is relatively unreactive with most functional
a) 3610-3640 groups
b) 1690-1760
c) 1180-1360 6. The NMR spectra of the functional isomers of the
d) 2850-2960 molecular formula C2H6O show _________ and
_________ signals respectively.
8. Presence of a functional group in a compound can be a) 1, 2
established by using _____________ b) 1, 3
a) Chromatography c) 1, 4
b) IR spectroscopy d) 1, 5
c) Mass spectroscopy
d) X-ray diffraction 7. The number of signals in 1-propanol are _________
while those in 2-propanol are ______
9. Select the incorrect option from the following option. a) 4, 3
a) IR spectroscopy helps in the determination of purity b) 4, 2
b) IR spectroscopy helps in the determination of force
c) 2, 4
d) 3, 4