chemistry MCQ questions with answer key

STOICHIOMETRY
1. 3 mol of a mixture of FeSO4 and Fe2(SO4)3 required 100 ml of 2 M KMnO4 solution in acidic
medium. Hence, the mol fraction of FeSO4 in the mixture is
(a) 1/3 (b) 2/3 (c) 2/5 (d) 3/5
2. 100 ml of 0.6 N H2SO4 and 200 ml of 0.3 N HCl were mixed together. The normality of the
resulting solution will be
(a) 0.1 N (b) 0.2 N (c) 0.3 N (d) 0.4 N
3. The equivalent mass of MnSO4 is half of its molar mass when it is converted to
(a) Mn2O3 (b) MnO2 (c) MnO 4- (d) MnO 24-
4. 34 g of hydrogen peroxide is present in 1120 ml of solution. This solution is called
(a) 10 vol solution (b) 20 vol solution (c) 30 vol solution (d) 32 vol solution
5. 10 ml of 8% by mass NaOH is mixed with 10 ml of 8% by mass of HCl, the resulting solution
is
(a) acidic (b) basic (c) neutral (d) strongly basic
6. For the formation of 5 mol of water, which reaction uses the most nitric acid?
(a) 3Cu + 8HNO3 ¾
¾® 3Cu(NO3)2 + 2NO + 4H2O
(b) Al2O3 + 6HNO3 ¾
¾® 2Al(NO3)3 + 3H2O
(c) 4Zn + 10HNO3 ¾
¾® 4Zn(NO3)2 + NH4NO3 + 3H2O
(d) Cu + 4HNO3 ¾ ¾® Cu(NO3)2 + 2NO2 + 2H2O
7. Which substance is serving as a reducing agent in the following reaction,
14H+ + Cr2O72- + 3Ni ¾® 2Cr3+ + 7H2O + 3Ni2+
(a) H2O (b) Ni (c) H+ (d) Cr2 O 72-

8. Equivalent mass of MnO -4 ion in the process MnO -4 ¾® MnO2 is equal to its
formula mass formula mass formula mass
(a) Formula mass (b) (c) (d)
2 3 4
9. The products of combustion of an aliphatic thiol (RSH) at 298 K are
(a) CO2(g), H2O(g) and SO2(g) (b) CO2(g), H2O(l) and SO2(g)
(c) CO2(l), H2O(l) and SO2(g) (d) CO2(g), H2O(l) and SO2(l)
10. The oxidation states of the most electronegative element in the products of the reaction, BaO2
with dil. H2SO4 are
(a) 0 and -1 (b) -1 and -2 (c) -2 and 0 (d) -2 and +1
11. The products of combustion of an aliphatic thiol (RSH) at 298 K are
(a) CO2(g), H2O(g) and SO2(g) (b) CO2(g), H2O(l) and SO2(g)
(c) CO2(l), H2O(l) and SO2(g) (d) CO2(g), H2O(l) and SO2(l)
12. 0.2 g of a sample of H2O2 required 10 ml of 1 N KMnO4 in a titration in the presence of H2SO4.
The percentage purity of H2O2 is:
(a) 25% (b) 85% (c) 65% (d) 95%
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13. The bond order of NO is 2.5 while that in NO is 3. Which of the following statements is true
for these species
(a) Bond length in NO+ is greater than in NO
(b) Bond length in NO is greater than in NO+
(c) Bond length in NO+ is equal to NO
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(d) Bond length is unpredictable

14. Among the following mixture, dipole-dipole as the major interaction, is present in
(a) Benzene and ethanol (b) Acetonitrile and acetone
(c) KCl and water (d) Benzene and carbon tetrachloride
15. The molecule which has zero dipole moment is
(a) CH2Cl2 (b) BF3 (c) NF3 (d) ClO2
16. A number of ionic compounds are insoluble in water. This is due to
(a) Ionic compounds do not dissolve in water
(b) Water has a high dielectric constant
(c) Water is not a good ionizing solvent
(d) These molecules have exceptionally high attractive forces in lattice
17. How much CO is produced if 1 mole of CaCO3 is treated with 0.5 moles of C and heated?
Assume that no equilibrium is established.
(a) 2 moles (b) 1 mole (c) 3 moles (d) 4 moles
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18. The E cell of the reaction MnO -4 + Fe2+ + H+ ¾® Mn2+ + Fe3+ + H2O is 0.59 V at 25°C.
The equilibrium constant for the reaction is
(a) 50 (b) 10 (c) 1050 (d) 105
19. A 100 ml solution of 0.1 N HCl was titrated with 0.2 N NaOH solutions. The titration was
discontinued after adding 30 ml of NaOH solution. The titration was completed by adding 0.25
N KOH solution. The volume of KOH required for completing the titration is
(a) 70 ml (b) 32 ml (c) 35 ml (d) 16 ml
20. 1 L of N 2 combines with 3 L of H 2 to form 2L of NH 3 under the same conditions. This illustrates
the
(a) Law of constant composition (b) Law of multiple proportions
(c) Law of reciprocal proportions (d) Gay-Lussac’s law of gaseous volumes
21. One sample of atmospheric air is found to have 0.03% of carbon dioxide and another sample
0.04%. This is evidence that
(a) The law of constant composition is not always true
(b) The law of multiple proportions is true
(c) Air is a compound
(d) Air is a mixture

22. One part of an element A combines with two parts of another B. Six parts of the element C
combine with four parts of the element B. if A and C combine together the ratio of their weights
will be governed by
(a) Law of definite proportion (b) Law of multiple proportion
(c) Law of reciprocal proportion (d) Law of conservation of mass
23. With the above solution of H2SO4 in question no. 46 the volume of 2 (M) NaOH required for
complete neutralization will be
(a) 1000 ml (b) 500 ml (c) 800 ml (d) 100 ml
24. One mole of potassium dichromate completely oxidizes the following number of moles of
ferrous sulphate in acidic medium
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 6
25. The number of equivalents of Na 2 S 2 O3 required for the volumetric estimation of one equivalent
of Cu 2 + is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3/2 (d) 3

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26. Oxidation state of Cr in CrO5 is

(a) +5 (b) +3 (c) +6 (d) +10
27. 110% labeled oleum bottle contains ________ moles of SO3.
10 10 10 10
(a) ´2 (b) ´3 (c) ´4 (d)
18 18 18 18
28. With the above solution of H2SO4 in question no. 46 the volume of 2 (M) NaOH required for
complete neutralisation will be
(a) 1000 ml (b) 500 ml (c) 800 ml (d) 100 ml
29. Zn + OH– ¾® Zn O -2 2 + H2
In the balanced equation, what should be the coefficient of OH–?
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 1
30. In the reaction,
Zn + NaNO3 + NaOH ¾® Na2ZnO2 + NH3 + H2O
the molar coefficients of Zn and NaNO3 are
(a) 1 and 4 respectively (b) 4 and 1 respectively
(c) 1 and 8 respectively (d) 8 and 1 respectively
31. Which of the following is a balanced redox reaction?
(a) K2Cr2O7 + 6HCl ¾® 2KCl + 2CrCl3 + Cl2 + 7H2O
(b) 2HNO3 + 3H2S ¾® 3S + 2NO + H2O
(c) 6NH3 + 5O3 ¾® 6NO + 9H2O
(d) AsO 33- + 2MnO -4 + H2O ¾® 3AsO34- + 2MnO2 + OH-
32. Select the compound/ion having oxidation state of oxygen as zero.
(a) SO 32 - (b) CO2 (c) O3 (d) KO2

33. In the reaction, Fe2+ + H+ + NO 3- ¾® Fe3+ + NO2 + H2O

(a) Fe2+ is the oxidising agent.
(b) Fe2+ is the reducing agent and NO 3- is the oxidising agent.
(c) NO 3- is the reducing agent.
(d) The molar ratio in which Fe2+ and NO 3- react is 2 : 1.
34. Which is a redox reaction?
(a) 2CuI2 ¾® 2CuI + I2
(b) NaCl + AgNO3 ¾® AgCl + NaNO3
(c) NH4Cl + NaOH ¾® NH3 + NaCl + H2O
(d) Cr2(SO4)3 + 6KOH ¾® 2Cr(OH)3 + 3K2SO4
35. For the redox reaction
MnO4- + C2O42- + H+ ¾ ¾® Mn2+ + CO2 + H2O
The correct coefficient of the reactants for the balanced reaction are
MnO4- C2O4- H+
(a) 2 5 16
(b) 16 5 2

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(c) 5 16 2
(d) 2 16 5
36. Flourine exhibits only –1 oxidation state, while iodine exhibits oxidation states of –1, +1, +3,
+5 and +7. This is due to
(a) flourine being a gas (b) available d-orbitals in iodine
(c) non-availability of d-orbitals in iodine (d) none of the above
37. 0.71 g of chlorine combines with certain weight of a metal giving 1.11 g of its chloride.
The equivalent weight of the metal is
(a) 40 (b) 20 (c) 80 (d) None of these
38. Which of the following reaction represents redox reaction?
(a) Ca(HCO3)2 ¾® CaCO3 + CO2 + H2O (b) K + O2 ¾® KO2
(c) NaCl + AgNO3 ¾® AgCl + NaNO3 (d) H3PO4 + 3NaOH ¾® Na3PO4 + 3H2O

39. In which of the following compounds, the oxidation number of iodine is fractional?
(a) IF7 (b) I2- (c) IF5 (d) IF3
40. Which of the following has maximum number of carbon atoms.
(a) 4.4 g CO2 (b) 3.0 g C2H6
(c) 4.4 g C3H8 (d) 1.3 g C6H6
41. Which combination is odd with respect to oxidation number?
(a) H2SO5, H2S2O8, K2Cr2O7, SF6 (b) K2Cr2O7, K2CrO4, CrO5, CrO2Cl2
(c) NH3, NH +4 , NH3, NO -2 (d) CaH2, NaH, LiH, MgH2

42. One litre of CO2 is passed over hot coke. The volume becomes 1.4 litre. The percent
composition of products is
(a) 0.6 litre CO (b) 0.8 litre CO2
(c) 0.6 litre CO2 and 0.8 litre CO (d) None of the above
43. In the following reaction,
2Na2S2O3 + I2 ¾® 2NaI + Na2S4O6
Na2S2O3 is acting as
(a) an oxidising agent (b) a reducing agent (c) both (d) none
44. The oxide which cannot act as a reducing agent is
(a) SO 2 (b) NO 2 (c) CO 2 (d) ClO 2
45. In the reaction between ozone and hydrogen peroxide, H 2 O 2 acts as
(a) Oxidising agent (b) Reducing agent
(c) Bleaching agent (d) Both oxidising and bleaching agent
46. The charge on cobalt in [Co (CN )6 ]3 - is
(a) – 6 (b) – 3 (c) + 3 (d) + 6
47. Oxidation number of S in Na 2 SO 4 is
(a) – 2 (b) + 2 (c) – 6 (d) + 6
48. Which of the following equations is a balanced one
(a) 5 BiO 3- + 22 H + + Mn 2 + ® 5 Bi3 + + 7 H 2 O + MnO 4-
(b) 5 BiO 3- + 14 H + + 2 Mn 2 + ® 5 Bi3 + + 7 H 2 O + 2 MnO 4-
(c) 2 BiO 3- + 4 H + + Mn 2 + ® 2 Bi 3 + + 2 H 2 O + MnO 4-

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(d) 6 BiO 3- + 12 H + + 3 Mn 2 + ® 6 Bi3 + + 6 H 2 O + 3 MnO 4-

49. In alkaline condition KMnO 4 reacts as 2 KMnO 4 + 2 KOH ® 2 K 2 MnO 4 + H 2 O + O . The equivalent
weight of KMnO 4 would be (Atomic mass of K = 39, Mn = 55, O = 16)
(a) 158.0 (b) 79.0 (c) 52.7 (d) 31.6
50. If 0.5 mole of BaCl2 is mixed with 0.20 mole of Na3PO4, the maximum amount of Ba3(PO4)2
that can be formed is
(a) 0.7 mole (b) 0.5 mole (c) 0.2 mole (d) 0.1 mole
51. Number of mole of ammonia (NH3) that would completely react with 200 ml of 0.4 N sulphuric acid
are
(a) 0.16 (b) 0.08 (c) 0.167 (d) 0.017
52. One of the reactions in the petroleum industry for improving the octane rating of fuels is
C7H14 ¾® C7H8 + 3H2. The two hydrocarbons in this equation are liquid while H2 is a gas.
What is the percent reduction in liquid weight accompanying the above reaction?
(a) 9.39% (b) 0.939% (c) 6.1% (d) 0.61%
53. The normality of 0.3 M phosphorous acid (H3PO3) is
(a) 0.1 (b) 0.9 (c) 0.3 (d) 0.6
54. A metal oxide is reduced by heating it in a stream of hydrogen. It is found that after complete
reduction 3.15 g of the oxide have yielded 1.05 g of the metal. We may conclude that
(a) atomic mass of the metal is 4 (b) atomic mass of the metal is 8
(c) equivalent mass of the metal is 4 (d) equivalent mass of the metal is 8
55. Sodium thiosulphate is used in photography because of its
(a) reducing behaviour (b) oxidizing behaviour
(c) complex forming behaviour (d) reaction with light
56. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
(a) Oxidation state of oxygen is + 1 in peroxides.
(b) Oxidation state of oxygen is + 2 in OF2.
(c) Oxidation state of oxygen is - 0.5 in superoxides.
(d) Oxidation state of oxygen is - 2 in most of its compounds.
57. 10 L of hard water required 0.56 g of lime (CaO) for removing hardness. Hence temporary
hardness in ppm of CaCO3 is
(a) 100 (b) 200 (c) 10 (d) 20
58. In a reaction, 4 mole of electrons are transferred to one mole of HNO3 when it acts as an oxidant.
The possible reduction product is
(a) (1/2) mole N2 (b) (1/2) mole N2O (c) 1 mole of NO2 (d) 1 mole NH3
59. Which pair of the following compounds has elements in their highest oxidation state?
(a) [Fe(CN)6]3- and [Co(CN)6[3- (b) [MnO4]- and CrO2Cl2
(c) [MnO4]- and [NiF4]2- (d) MnO2 and TiO2
60. What is the volume of a sample of 0.25 M HNO3 that would react with 50 ml of 0.20 M K2CO3
in the following reaction?
K2CO3 + 2HNO3 ¾® 2KNO3 + H2O + CO2
(a) 40 ml (b) 10 ml (c) 20 ml (d) 80 ml

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1. (a) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (a) 5. (a)

6. (c) 7. (b) 8. (c) 9. (b) 10. (b)
11. (b) (b) (b) (c) (b)
12. 13. 14. 15.

16. (d) 17. (b) 18. (c) 19. (d) 20. (d)
21. (d) 22. (c) 23. (b) 24. (d) 25. (b)
26. (c) 27. (d) 28. (b) 29. (c) 30. (b)
31. (c) 32. (c) 33. (b) 34. (a) 35. (a)
36. (b) 37. (b) 38. (b) 39. (b) 40. (c)
41. (c) 42. (c) 43. (b) 44. (c) 45. (b)
46. (c) 47. (d) 48. (b) 49. (a) 50. (d)
51. (b) 52. (c) 53. (d) 54. (c) 55. (d)
56. (a) 57. (a) 58. (b) 59. (b) 60. (d)