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XAVIER’S SCHOOL, BURDWAN

CLASS: IX F.M.: 80
DATE: 20.09.21 DURATION: 2.00 Hrs.
SUBJECT: CHEMISTRY SEMESTER– 1(2021 – 2022)

SECTION-I (40 marks)

(ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS)

Question 1A. Write the following chemical equations and balance them. [10]
(i) Sulphur + Nitric acid → Sulphuric acid + Nitrogen di oxide +water
(ii) Potassium dichromate + hydrochloric acid → Potassium chloride + Chromium
chloride + Water + Chlorine
(iii) Arsenic Trioxide + Stannous Chloride + Hydrogen Chloride →Stannic
Chloride + Arsenic + Water
(iv) Iron pyrite + Oxygen → Ferric Oxide + Sulphur dioxide
(v) Sodium chloride + Manganese dioxide + Sulphuric acid → Sodium Hydrogen
Sulphate + Manganese Sulphate + Water + Chlorine

Question 1B. What do you observe when- [5]

(i) Copper Carbonate crystals are heated.
(ii) Ammonium dichromate crystals are heated.
(iii) Anhydrous Ferrous sulphate crystals are heated.
(iv) High energy sound wave is passing through Ethyne gas.
(v) Hydrogen peroxide is kept in an ordinary bottle in open atmosphere.

Question 1C Match the column [5]

(i) Respiration (a) White
(ii) Alcohol as solvent in solution (b) Exothermic reaction
(iii) Green Vitriol (c) Deuterium
(iv) Glauber’s Salt (d) Bluish Green
(v) Isotope (e) Tincture

Question 1D Name the following- [5]

(i) An air tight glass vessel with suitable drying agent placed at the bottom of it.
(ii) An energy shell of an atom where n=3.
(iii) A hard glass tube fitted with two different electrodes at two end and vacuum
pump.
(iv) A group of elements with 8 or 2 electrons in their outermost shell of atom.
(v) Atoms of different elements with same mass number.

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Question 1E State the importance of- [5]
(i) Isotope (minimum two points) (ii) Micelles (iii) Air dissolved in water
(iv) Chemical equation (two points) (v) Molecular Formula (two points)

Question 1F Define and give suitable example where requires [10]

(i) Covalent bond (ii) Promoters (iii) Plum pudding model (iv)
Radioactivity (v) Hygroscopy

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SECTION-II (40 marks)

(ANSWER ANY FOUR QUESTIONS)

Question 2 [6+4]
(i) Explain with example the main difference between the following terms
(a) Efflorescence and Deliquescence
(b) Latent heat of fusion and Latent heat of vaporization
(c) Displacement and double displacement reaction
(ii)Answer the following questions
(a) State the advantages of anomalous expansion of water.
(b) Why water is considered as a universal solvent?
(c) What is the formula of Zincate and Stannate ion?
(d) What is variable valency? Give example.

Question 3 [4+6]
(i) Draw the orbit structure of electrovalent bonding in sodium chloride and
covalent bonding in ammonia molecule.
(ii) Answer the following questions
(a) Why are ionic compound stable? Explain.
(b) What is the reason behind the chemical activity of an atom? Explain.
(c) What are stalactites and stalagmites?

Question 4 [2+2+3+3]
(i) Balance the following equations
(a) Cu + HNO3 → Cu (NO3)2 + NO2 + H2O (b) PbO + NH3 = Pb + N2 + H2O
(ii) Explain why-
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 (a) Water can be used as an excellent coolant.
(b) Solubility of calcium sulphate in water decreases on increasing the
temperature.
(iii) The formula of a metal chloride is MCl2. What will be the formula of its-
(a) Nitrate (b) Bicarbonate (c) Phosphate
(iv) State the observation of Rutherford experiment with suitable diagram.
Question 5 [6+4]
(i) Answer the following questions
(a) How the subatomic particle neutron was discovered?
(b) In case of calcium though M shell has the capacity of 18 electrons but we
put only 8 electrons in the M shell, why?
(c) What is effervescence?
(d) What happens when if you heat the sodium carbonate and bi carbonate
salt separately?
(e) Mention the colour of mercuric iodide crystal and Potassium iodide
crystal.
(f) What are desiccants? Give example.
(ii) The element chlorine has atomic number 17 and mass number 35 (75%)
and 37(25%) (Isotope)
(a) What is the neutron number of the two isotopes?
(b) What is its electronic configuration?
(c) What is the relative mass number of chlorine?
(d) How many valence electron it has and what is its valency?

Question 6 [4+4+2]
(i) (a) What is ‘permanent hardness’? How is it different from ‘temporary
hardness’?
(b) How will you remove temporary as well as permanent hardness from a
sample of water? Explain with chemical equation.
(ii) Give answer of the following questions
(a) How the maximum electron accommodating capacity of any shell is
determined by Bohr-Bury Scheme?
(b) Why the physical properties of isotopes are different?
(c) Name an element with valency 0.
(d)How can you dry ammonia gas?
(iii) An element M burns in oxygen to form an ionic compound MO. Write the
formula of the compounds formed if this element is made to combine with chlorine
and sulphur separately.
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 Question 7 [4+2+3+1]
(i) An element X has 2 electrons in its M shell, it forms bond with an
element Y which has 7 electrons in its third orbit.
(a) Write the formula of the compound formed.
(b) Which nearest inert gas electronic configuration will element X and Y
acquire?
(c) Show by orbital diagram the formation of compound between X and
Y.
(ii) What was the main drawback of Rutherford model? How it was corrected
by Bohr?
(iii) Mention the factors which affect solubility.
(iv) State the difference between saturated and supersaturated solution.

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