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I N O R G A N I C C L A S S X I
Name of the Student :_____________________ Maximum marks : 363
Date :_____________________ Maximum time: min.

SECTION – A (OBJECTIVE) (+3, 1)

1. Assertion:
0.74g of Ca  OH 2 is required for 10 l of water to remove temporary hardness of 100 ppm due to
Mg(HCO3)2 (atomic mass: Ca = 40, O = 16, H = 1,Mg = 24, C = 12)

Reason:
 2 
Hardness of water is caused due to calcium and magnesium salts of Cl , SO4 and HCO3 .
(A) Assertion is true, Reason is true, Reason is a correct explanation for Assertion
(B) Assertion is true, Reason is true, Reason is not a correct explanation for Assertion.
(C) Assertion is true, Reason is false.
(D) Assertion is false, Reason is true.

2. Assertion: if 6.8 g H 2 O2 decomposes at STP than 2.24L of oxygen will release.

Reason: 68 g of H 2 O2 gives 22400 ml of oxygen of S.T.P by its decomposition

3. Choose the correct option(s) for alkaline earth metal compounds.

(I) Lattice energy: SrCl2  CaCl2  MgCl2  BeCl2
(II) Solubility: BeSO4  SrSO4  CaSO4  MgSO4  BaSO4
(III) Hydrolysis: CaCl2  MgCl2  BeCl2
(IV) Stability : BeCO3  MgCO3  CaCO3
(A) (I) and (II) are correct (B) (I) and (IV) are correct
(C) (II) and (III) are correct (D) (IV) only is correct.

4. Out of the following metal halide (MCl2 2H2O), which one will not produce H2O on heating
(A) Mg (B) Ca (C) Sr (D) Ba
5. Potassium carbonate cannot be prepared by solvay process because
(A) K2CO3 is unstable (B) K2CO3 is soluble in water
(C) KHCO3 is quite soluble in water (D) KHCO3 is unstable

6. Which of the following has lowest thermal stability?

(A) Li2CO3 (B) Na2CO3
(C) K2CO3 (D) Rb2CO3
7. ‘A’ B is used for oxygenating in submarine. A and B are:
(a) Na2 O2 & Na2 O (b) Na 2 O & Na 2 O2
(b) Na 2 O2 & O2 (d) Na2 O & O 2
8. 3.4 g of H 2 S gas is oxidized by H 2 O2 marked as “22. 4 volume”. How many ml of H 2 O2 will be
needed for this reaction.

(a) 6.8 ml (b) 68 ml (c) 100 ml (d) .068 ml

9. O HO CO
Ba 
2
 A 
2
 B 
2
C  D
H2SO 4

E   White precipitate 
The white precipitate ‘E’ in the above reaction sequence is:
(A) BaSO3 (B) BaSO4
(C) Ba(HSO4)2 (D) BaS

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10. Which of the following properties of compounds of alkaline earth metals is not correctly matched?
(A) Thermal stability:- BeCO3  MgCO3  CaCO3  BaCO3 .
(B) Solubility in water:- BeSO 4  MgSO 4  CaSO 4  BaSO 4 .
(C) Lattice energy:- BeO  MgO  CaO  BaO.
(D) Covalent character:- BeCl2  MgCl2  CaCl2  BaCl2 .

11. Which of the following is correctly matched?

(A) Reducing power in aqueous solution : K > Na > Li
(B) Solubility in water : CaSO 4  MgSO 4  BeSO 4
(C) Lattice energy: BeO > MgO > CaO
(D) Size of cation : Li  Na   K 
12. Which of the following salts does not form any precipitate with excess of NaOH?
(A) ZnCl2 (B) FeCl3
(C) CrCl3 (D) CuSO4

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13. NaOH  CO 
200 C
5 10 atm
 X. The product ‘X’ is
(A) NaHCO3 (B) Na2CO3
(C) HCOONa (D) H2CO3

14. Oxone is:

(A) CaO (B) Na2O
(C) Na2O2 (D) NaBO3

15. Select the correct increasing order of hydrolysis:

(A) BeCl2 < MgCl2 < SrCl2 < CaCl2 (B) SrCl2 < MgCl2 < BeCl2 < CaCl2
(C) MgCl2 < CaCl2 < BeCl2 < SrCl2 (D) SrCl2 < CaCl2 < MgCl2 < BeCl2

16.
X  Na 2 CO 3  Y  Z
CO2
  Milky cloud, Z
Identify X, Y and Z.
X Y Z
(A) Ca(OH)2 NaOH CaCO3
(B) NaOH CaCO3 Ca(OH)2
(C) NaOH CaO CaCO3
(D) CaO Ca(OH)2 NaOH

17. Which pair of species is referred to as suboxides?

(A) CO, NO (B) SO2, CaO
(C) N2O, CO (D) N2O, C3O2

18. Which of the following oxides is paramagnetic in nature?

(A) KO2 (B) BaO2
(C) H2O (D) CO2

19. Which of the following pairs contains amphoteric oxides?

(A) BeO, BaO (B) BeO, Al2O3
(C) Al2O3, P2O5 (D) FeO, CuO

20. Lithium is very similar to Mg. The reason is

(A) both have same size
(B) both are found in native state
(C) both have same electronic configuration

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(D) both have same ionisation potentials

21. Which one is the wrong statement?

(A) Li has greater hardness in comparison to other alkali metals.
(B) LiHCO3 like Mg(HCO3)2 is not known in solid state.
(C) Li and Mg form nitrides with N2 but other alkali metals do not.
(D) Fluorides of alkali metals are highly soluble in water.

H2 O
22. Metal, M  N2  Metal nitride   NH3 ,
Metal, M can be
(A) Na (B) K
(C) Li (D) Rb

23. Which out of following is incorrect?

(A) Ca2 B6 O11 .5 H 2 O is colemanite.
(B) H 3 BO3 is monobasic and week Bronsted acid.
(C) No. of possible isomers for disubstituted borazine B3 N3 X 2 is 4
(D) In diborane, the two H-B-H angles are nearly 950 and 1200
24. A metal M readily forms water soluble sulphate MSO4, water insoluble hydroxide M(OH)2 and oxide
MO which becomes inert on heating. The hydroxide is soluble in NaOH. The M is
(A) Be (B) Mg (C) Ca (D) Sr
25. Borazine + HCl  Y
The structure of Y is
(A) Cl
(B) Cl Cl
B
H B H Cl N N Cl
N N
B B
B B N
Cl N Cl
Cl Cl
H
H Cl H
(C) H H (D)
B Cl B Cl
H N N H N N

Cl B B Cl B B
N H N H
H H
H H Cl

26. PbI4 does not exist became:

(a) Iodine is not reactive
(b) Pb (iv) is oxidizing and I is strong reducing agent
(c) Pb (iv) is less stable than Pb(ii)
(d) Pb+4 is not easily formed

27. From B2H6 all the following can be prepared except

(A) B2O3 (B) H3BO3
(C) B3(CH3)6 (D) NaBH4
28. Inorganic graphite is
(A) B3N3H6 (B) B2H6
(C) BN (D) BF3

29. LiAlH4 is obtained by reacting an excess of _______ with an ethereal solution of AlCl3
(A) LiH (B) Li
(C) LiCl (D) LiOH
30. Which one of the following statements about H3BO3 is not correct?
(A) It is a strong tribasic acid
(B) It is prepared by acidifying an aqueous solution of borax
(C) It has a layer structure in which planar BO 3 units are joined by hydrogen bonds
(D) It does not act as proton donor as it acts as a Lewis acid by accepting hydroxyl ions

31. Identify the statement that is not correct as far as structure of diborane is concerned

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(A) There are two bridging hydrogen atoms in diborane
(B) Each boron atom forms four bonds in diborane
(C) The hydrogen atoms are not in the same plane in diborane
(D) All B-H bonds in diborane are similar
32. The material used to give blue colouration to glass is
(A) CoO (B) NiO
(C) CdS (D) FeSO4

33. CCl4 is inert towards hydrolysis but SiCl4 is readily hydrolysed because
(A) carbon cannot expand its octet but silicon can expand its octet
(B) ionisation potential of carbon is higher than silicon
(C) carbon forms double and triple bonds
(D) electronegativity of carbon is higher than that of silicon

34. Carborundum is the commercial name of

(A) Al2O3 (B) SiC
(C) CaCN2 (D) CaC2

35. Lead dissolves most readily in

(A) acetic acid (B) sulphuric acid
(C) nitric acid (D) hydrochloric acid

36. The material used in solar cells contains

(A) Si (B) Sn
(C) Ti (D) Cs

37. Softening of lead means

(A) conversion of lead to PbO
(B) conversion of lead to Pb3O4
(C) removal of impurities (metallic) from lead
(D) washing lead with HNO3 followed by a dil. alkali solution

38. Which of the following is obtained on heating potassium ferrocyanide with H2SO4?
(A) CO2 (B) CO
(C) C2H2 (D) (CN)2

39. Inert form of carbon is

(A) Diamond (B) Graphite
(C) Coal (D) Charcoal

40. Which of following halide of carbon is used as refrigrant?

(A) CCl4 (B) CF4
(C) CH2Cl2 (D) CH2F2

41. The carbide which gives propyne of hydrolysis

(A) Al4C3 (B) CaC2
(C) Fe3C (D) Mg2C3

42. Which among the following carbide is methanide?

(A) Al4C3 (B) CaC2
(C) Be2C (D) SiC
43. Which of the following reactions is not correct?
(A) CF4  2F [CF6 ]2 
(B) SiF4  2F [SiF6 ]2 
(C) GeCl4  2Cl [GeCl6 ]2
(D) SnCl4  2Cl [SnCl6 ]2
44. CCl4 is not hydrolysed by water whereas the tetrachlorides of all other elements of group 14 are readily
hydrolysed. This is due to the
(A) covalent nature of CCl4
(B) small size of C atom
(C) presence of only four electrons in the valence shell of C atom
(D) absence of vacant d-orbitals in the valence shell of C atom

45. PbO2 is
(A) an acidic dioxide
(B) a basic dioxide
(C) an amphoteric dioxide
(D) a neutral peroxide

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46. The ions present in Al4C3, CaC2 and Mg2C3 are respectively–
(A) C4 , C22 , C34  (B) C22 , C4  , C34 
(C) C34  , C32 , C4  (D) C34  , C4 , C22

SECTION – B(Comprehension type) (+3, 1)

Paragraph for Question Nos. 1 to 3

H2O2 is an unstable liquid. On standing (or) on heating it decomposes to H2O and O2. H2O2 can acts both as
oxydising Agent and reducing agent. The concentration of H2O2 is expressed differently with volume strength
and the concentration of H2O2 at a particular time is measured by titrating it with Acidified KMnO4 solution (or)
by titrating the liberated I2 from Acidified KI and H2O2 with Hypo solution.

A sample of H2O2 has 3.4 gm of H2O2 is 100 ml solution. The Bottle containing this sample was kept at 250C
for 15 days then 20 ml of this sample is treated with excess KI and the liberated Iodine requires 50 ml 0.2 M
Na2S2O3 solution. Assume the volume of solution remains unchanged.

1. The volume strength of H2O2 in the beginning and after 15 days are
(A) 5.6, 3.4 (B) 11.2, 2.8 (C) 5.6, 4.6 (D) 11.2, 5.6

2. The amount of H2O2 that was decomposed during 15 days is

(A) 0.255 gm (B) 2.55 gm (C) 1.85 gm (D) 0.185 gm

3. The volume of H2O2 sample (after 15 days) that is required to reduce 40 ml of 0.2 M Acidified KMnO4
solution is
(A) 40 ml (B) 200 ml (C) 80 ml (D) 100 ml

SECTION – B (ONE OR MORE correct) (Marks +4,-2) partial marking

1. Correct order of ionic mobility

(a) Li  Na  K  (b) Na   Mg2  Al 3
(c) Al3  Mg   Na  (d) K   Na  Li

2. Which among the following statements are correct about hydrogen peroxide?
(a) Pure hydrogen peroxide is a colourless liquid
(b) Water is denser than H2O2
(c) H2O2 has very high dielectric constant
(d) It behaves as strong oxidizing agent only in acidic medium

3. Which of the following is/are showing diagonal relationship

(A) Li, Mg (B) B, Si (C) Mg, Sc (D) N, S

4. Halide(s) which are soluble in acetone is (are)

(A) BeCl2 (B) MgI2 (C) NaI (D) NaCl

5. Sodium sulphate is soluble in water but barium sulphate is sparingly soluble because:
(A) the hydration energy of Na2SO4 is more than its lattice energy.
(B) the lattice energy of BaSO4 is more than its hydration energy.
(C) the lattice energy has no role to play in solubility.
(D) the lattice energy of Na2SO4 is more than its hydration energy.

6. Correct statement about hydrides:

(A) stability of ionic or salt like hydrides gradually decreases down the group
i.e, LiH > NaH > KH > RbH
(B) Density of Na is greater than NaH
(C) Density of Fe is greater than FeH2
(D) The element in the middle of d-block do not form hydrides. The absence of hydrides in this part of
the periodic table is some times called as hydrogen gap or hydride gap

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7. A piece of red litmus paper turns white when it is dipped into freshly made aqueous solution of a white
solid which of the following is correct?
(A) The gas produces has bleaching action
(B) The gas produces oxidative action
(C) The white solid is Na2O2
(D) The white solid is Na2CO3.10H2O

8. Which of the following products is(are) obtained during the thermal decomposition of Lithium nitrate?
(A) LiNO2 (B) NO2
(C) Li2O (D) O2
9. Which of the following has paramagnetic character?
(A) KO2 (B) Li2O
(C) MgO (D) O2
10. Highly pure dilute solution of sodium in liquid ammonia:
(A) shows blue colour (B) exhibits electrical conductivity
(C) produces sodium amide (D) produces hydrogen gas
11. The compounds of alkaline earth metals which are amphoteric in nature are
(A) BeO (B) MgO
(C) Be(OH)2 (D) Mg(OH)2

12. Highly pure dilute solution of sodium in liquid ammonia

(A) shows blue colour (B) exhibits electrical conductivity
(C) produces sodium amide (D) produces hydrogen gas

13. BN can be obtained by heating boron with

(A) NH3 (B) N2
(C) KCN (D) KNO3

14. Borax contains which of the following, types of covalent bonds?

(A) B-B (B) B-H
(C) B-O (D) O-H

15. Reaction of BF3 and NaH can give

(A) HF (B) Na3B
(C) B2H6 (D) NaBF4

16. Which of the following will not dissolve in NaOH?

(A) Al (B) Ga
(C) In (D) Tl

17. No alums are formed by sulphates of

(A) Li (B) NH4
(C) Mg2- (D) Fe3+
(E) Fe2-

18. Which of the following will have at least one bond having bond order less than one
(A) BeH2(s) (B) AlCl3
(C) B2H6 (D) BF3

19. Which of the following will produce metal oxide on heating?

(A) NaHCO3 (B) AlCl3.6H2O
(C) Na2CO3 (D) Al2(CO3)3

20. TlI3 contains

(A) Ti+ (B) Ti3+
(C) I3- (D) I-

21. Which reaction can give anhydrous AlCl3

(A) Heating of AlCl3.6H2O
(B) passing dry HCl over heated aluminium powder
(C) passing dry Cl2 over heated aluminium powder
(D) Heating a mixture of alumina and coke in a current of dry Cl2.

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22. On adding ammonium hydroxide solution to aq Al 2(SO4)3.
(A) A precipitate is formed.
(B) The precipitate formed dissolves in excess of ammonia solution.
(C) The precipitate formed does not dissolve in excess ammonium hydroxide.
(D) produces no precipitate.
23. Alum is used
(A) As a mordant in dyeing
(B) As an insecticide
(B) In the purification of water
(D) In tanning of leather
24. Aluminium appears like gold when it is mixed with:
(A) 90% Cu (B) 50% Ni
(C) 90% Sn (D) 50% Co
25. Which of the following can be classified as alum?
(A) K2SO4.Al2(SO4)3.24H2O
(B) K2SO4.Cr(SO4)3.24H2O
(C) Na2SO3.Fe2(SO4)3.24H2O
(D) CuSO4.Al2(SO4)3.24H2O

26. Boron shows diagonal relationship with

(A) Al (B) C
(C) Mg (D) Si

27. Boron trihalides act as Lewis acids. Their Lewis acid strength is in the oreder
(A) BF3 > BCl3 > BBr3 (B) BF3 > BBr3 > BCl3
(C) BBr3 > BCl3 > BF3 (D) BCl3 > BBr3 > BF3

28. Identify the statement that is(are) correct as far as structure of diborane is concerned
(A) There are two bridging hydrogen atoms in diborane
(B) Each boron atom forms three bonds in diborane
(C) All the hydrogen atoms are not in the same plane in diborane
(D) All B-H bonds in diborane are similar
29. Gallium and indium are used to dope germanium to produce
(A) Intrinsic semiconductors
(B) p-type semiconductors
(C) n-type semiconductors
(D) Non-conducting Ge

30. A silvery white metal is solid in cold days but liquefies on hot day. It reacts with dilute HCl to give H2. It
can be
(A) Sn (B) Sb
(C) Bi (D) Ga

31. Magnesium bride is obtained by heating B2O3 with elemental magnesium. It is

(A) non-stoichiometric
(B) stoichiometric with formula Mg3B2 (continuing B3- ions)
(C) Used as an abrasive
(D) hydrolysed by water to obtain boranes
32. B2H6 can be obtained by
(A) pyrolysis of higher boranes
(B) hydrolysis of BF3 with excess water
(C) reduction of BF3 with NaH
(D) hydroboration of alkenes

33. Heating of borax can give

(A) B2O3 (B) NaBO2
(C) B2H6 (D) B12

34. Which of the following will not be formed on methylation of diborane?

(A) H2B2(CH3)3 (B) B2(CH3)6
(C) HB2(CH3)5 (D) H2B2(CH3)

35. Process (P) employed for extraction of aluminium from bauxite depends upon the type of impurity (I)
present. Correct set of P and I is given by

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(A) Baye’s process, SiO3
(B) Serpek’s process, SiO2
(C) Bayer’s process, F2O3
(D) Serperk’s process, SiO2

36. Hydrogen is obtained by adding which of the following to water?

(A) B2H6 (B) C2H6
(C) HI (D) LiH

37. Boron (III) oxide, B2O3, is anhydride of

(A) H3BO3 (B) H4B2O5
(C) (HBO2)n (D) None of these

38. H2O2 can react with aq. NaBO2 to produce

HO O O OH B)
B B O O

HO O O OH Na2
(A B B
HO O OH

(C) Na2B4O7.10H2O D) NaBO3

39. Na4B2O3 can be prepared by

(A) heating Na2HBO3 (B) heating NaH2BO3
(C) neutralizing H4B2O5 with excess NaOH
(D) heating borax

40. Boron
(A) borax, Na2B4O7.10H2O
(B) colemnite, Ca2B6O
(C) boric acid, H3BO3
(D) sodium dihydrogla pyroborate Na2H2B2O3

41. BF3 is manufactured by

(A) reaction of boron with F2 (B) heating CaF2 and B2O3 with conc. H2SO4
(C) reduction of BF3with I2
(D) reacting B2H6 with HF

42. Which of the following will sublime on heating?

(A) AlCl3 (B) AlCl3.6H2O
(C) BN (D) borax

SECTION – C (Match the following) (Marks6 each)

1. Match the following and write the correct pairs.
Column – I Column – II
A) LiH + H2O  p) A compound having ten electron

B) Al4C3 + H2O  q) Compound which adds hydrogen catalytically

C) Be2C + H2O  r) A compound which gives syn addition with
alkyne in presence of Lindlar catalyst
D) Mg2C3 + H2O  s) Giving a hydro carbon

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2.
Column – I Column – II
A) Washing soda p) NaCN

B) Indian saltpetre q) Na2CO3.10H2O

C) Germicide r) KNO3
D) Baking soda s) NaHCO3
t) Basic salt

3.
Column – I Column – II
A) Castner’s process p) Sodium

B) Solvay’s process q) Sodium peroxide

C) Nelson’s cell r) Sodium hydroxide
D) Oxone s) Sodium carbonate

4. Match the following

Column – I Column – II
Two oxygen atoms per tetra hedral unit are
(A) Linear silicones (p)
shared
(B) Cyclic silicates (q) Hybridisation of central atom is Sp3
Three oxygen atoms per tetrahedron are
(C) 2D sheet silicates (r)
shared
(D) Double chain silicates (s) Contain Si – O – Si bonding
5.
Column I Column II
(A) Si2O 6 (p) Some two (or more) shared oxygen per unit of
7
the silicate.
(B)
 Si4O11 n (q) Island silicate
6n

(C)
 Si2O5 n (r) Chain silicate
2n

(D)
 SiO3 n (s) Two-dimensional sheet silicates.
2 n

6. Match the products of reactions in column I with the facts about them in column II
Column I Column II
(A) Ca2 B6O11  Na2CO3 (p) aq. soln will behave as buffer.

(B) Na2 B4O7  NH 4CI 
(q) Dissociation is favoured by addition of cis-diol
 
(C) B2O3  H 2O 
(r) When heated with CuSO4 gives blue colour
 
(D) NaBO2  CO2 (s) Solution will be alkaline

(t) Has graphite like structure

7.

Column I Column II
(A) CaC2 (p) Ionic Carbide
(B) Al4 C3 (q) Evolves CH4 on hydrolysis
(C) Mg 2 C3 (r) Evolves propyne on hydrolysis
(D) Be2 C (s) Evolves acetylene on hydrolysis

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SECTION – D (Single integer(0,1,2,3……9) (Marks +4,0)

1. A cation exchange regin RH2 can replace Ca+2 in hard water as RH2 + Ca+2  RCa + 2H+ . 1 L of
x
Hard water (Hardness x ppm) after passing through RH2 has pH = 2. Then the value of is.
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2. Total number of BB bonds in B4H10 and B2H6 is ‘x’ the value of 2x is

3. In crystalline state stannous chloride exists as SnCl2. x H2O. Then the value of ‘x’ is

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