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8. The oxidation states of S-atoms in S4O62– from
Oxidsing and Reducing Agent
• Exceptional cases on determination of left to right respectively, are
oxidation number
1. On the basis of composition, the oxidation 1) +6, 0, 0, +6 2) +3,+1, +1, +3
numbers of iron in Fe3O4 is/are 3) +5, 0, 0, +5 4) +4, +1, +1, +4
1) +2 and +3 2) +1 and +2 9. The oxidation number of the sulphur atoms
3) +2 only 4) +3 only in peroxomonosulphuric acid (H2SO5) and
peroxodisulphuric acid (H2S2O8) respectively,
2. CrO5 has structure as shown are
1) +8 and +7 2) +3 and +3
3) +6 and +6 4) +4 and +6
The oxidation number of Cr in the above 10. The oxidation states of
compound is Cr in [Cr(H 2 O) 6 ]Cl 3 , [Cr(C6 H 6 ) 2 ] and
1) 4 2) +5 K2[Cr(CN)2 (O)2 (O2) (NH3)] respectively are
3) 6 4) 10 1) +3, +4 and +6 2) +3, +2 and+4
3. The oxidation number of sulphur in H2S2O8, 3) +3, 0 and +6 4) +3, 0 and +4
H2S2O4, H2S2O6 are respectively 11. Al2O3 in reduced to aluminium by cathodic
1) +3, +4, +5 2) +5, +4, +3 reduction in electrolytic cell. Which of the
following is not true about this process
3) +6, +3, +5 4) +3, +5, +4
1) It involves a redox reaction
4. Which of the following have been arranged
2) It involves the application of redox reactions
in decreasing order of oxidation number of
in the extraction of metals
sulphur?
3) Here Al3+ is reduced to Al metal
1) Na2S4O6 > H2S2O7 > Na2S2O3 > S8
4) Here Al is oxidised to Al3+ ions
2) H2SO4 > SO2 > H2S > H2S2O8 12. In the reaction the reductant is
3) SO 2  SO 42  SO 32   HSO 4 C 2 O 42  MnO 4  H  
 CO 2  Mn 2
4) H2SO5 > H2SO3 > SCl2 > H2S
1) MnO 4 2) H+
5. In which of the following compounds there is
no fallacy about the oxidation number of the 3) both MnO 4 & H+ 4) C2O4–2
underlined element?
13. In the reaction
1) H 2 SO 5 2) CrO 5
 4S 2  2S 2 O 32  6H 2 O
S8  12OH  
3) NO 3 4) KI 3 S has undergone oxidation and reduction.
Which of the following statement is true?
6. In chromite ore, the oxidation number of iron
1) In S2–, sulphur has been oxidised and in
and chromium respectively, are
S 2 O 32  , sulphur has been reduced
1) +3, +2 2) +3, +6
2) In S2– sulphur has been reduced and in
3) +2, +6 4) +2, +3
S 2 O 32  , sulphur has been oxidised as well as
7. Oxidation number of S in H2S2O8 is
3) In both S2–& S2O 32 sulphur has been oxidised
1) +2 2) +4
3) +3 4) +6 4) In both S2– & S2O 32 ions, sulphur has been
reduced
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14. In the following decomposition reaction 21. The oxidising agent is a substance whose
 oxidation number
2H 2 O   2H 2  O 2
1) decrease 2) increase
1) Hydrogen is oxidised
3) both 4) remains same

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2) Oxygen is reduced
22. Which which of the following SO2 acts as
3) Hydrogen is reduced
oxidising agent?
4) Oxygen remains unaffected
1) Acidified KMnO4
15. Indicate in the following reaction which of the
reactant is oxidised? 2) Acidified K2Cr2O7
3) Acidified C2H5OH
 2IO 3  10Cl   12H 
5Cl2 + I2 + 6H2O 
4) Aqueous H2SO2
1) Cl2 2) I2 23. In which of the following reactions, the
3) H2O 4) Cl underlined substance has been oxidized?
16. In the reaction Cr2 O 3  2Al 
 2Cr  Al 2 O 3
1) Br 2  H 2S 
 2HBr  S
the reducing agent is
1) Cr2O3 2) Al2O3 2) 2HgCl 2  SnCl 2 
 Hg 2Cl 2 SnCl 4
3) Cr 4) Al
17. Which of the following reactions depictas the 3) Cl 2  2KI 
 2KCl  I 2
oxidising property of SO2?
2 
4) 2Cu  4I 
 Cu 2 I 2  I 2
1) SO2 + H2O 
 H2SO3
24. In the reaction,
2) 2H2S + SO2 
 3S + 2H2O
 4Zn 2   NH 4  10OH  ,
Zn  NO 3  7H 2 O 
3) Cl2 + SO2 
 SO2Cl2 the substance reduced is
4) 2MnO 4  5SO 2  2H 2 O  1) Zn 2) H2O
3) NO3 – 4) NH4+
2 2 
5SO  2Mn  4H
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25. In the reaction, SO2 + 2H2S 
 3S + 2H2O,
18. In the reaction,
the substance oxidised is
3Br2  6CO 32  3H 2 O 
 5Br   BrO 3  6HCO 3 1) H2S 2) SO2
1) Bromine is oxidised & carbonate is reduced 3) S 4) H2O
2) Bromine is reduceed and water is oxidised 26. In the which of the following reactions, the
3) Bromine is neither reduced nor oxidised underlined substance has been reduced?
4) Bromine is both reduced and oxidised
1) CO  CuO 
 CO 2  Cu
19. The oxidant and the reductant species
respectively of the reactants in the reaction
2) CuO  2HCl 
 CuCl 2  H 2 O
  
Br2  OH 
 Br  BrO  H 2 O
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3) 4H 2 O(g)  3Fe 
 4H 2 (g)  Fe 3O 4
1) Br2, OH– 2) Br2, Br2
–
3) OH , OH – 4) OH–, Br–
4) C  4HNO 3 
 CO 2  2H 2 O  4NO 2
20. Consider the reaction,
Zn  Cu 2  
 Zn 2  Cu 27. In the reaction, 2Na + Cl2 
 2NaCl,
Which reference to the above, which one of 1) Na has been oxidized while Cl2 has been
the following is the correct statement? reduced
1) Zn is reduced to Zn2+ 2) Na has been reduced while Cl 2has been
2) Zn is oxidised to Zn 2+ oxidized
3) Zn2+ is oxidised to Zn 3) No substance has been oxidized or reduced
4) Cu 2+ is oxidised to Cu as it is not a redox reaction
4) NaCl cannot be obtained by this reaction
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28. In the following reaction, 36. In the reaction
4P + 3KOH + 3H2O 
 3KH2PO2 + PH3 xCuO + NH3 
 yCu + N2 + xH2O the value
1) P is only oxidised to y when balanced is

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2) P is only reduced 1) 3 2) 4
3) P is both oxidised as well as reduced 3) 5 4) 6
4) None 37. The oxide which cannot act as reducing agent
29. Which of the following molecules can act as is
an oxidising agent as well as a reducing agent? 1) SO2 2) NO2
1) H2S 2) SO3 3) CO2 4) ClO2
3) H2O2 4) F2 38. SO2 acts as an oxidant when it reacts with
30. Which substance serves as reducing agent in 1) Acidified KMnO4
the following reaction? 2) Acidified K2Cr2O7
14H   Cr2 O 72   3Ni 
 2Cr 3  7H 2 O  3Ni 2  3) H2S
4) Acidified C2H5OH
1) H2 2) Ni
39. Calculate number of moles of MnO4– required
3) Ni 4) Cr2O72–
to oxidise 1 mole of C2O4–2 in acidic medium
31. The oxide which cannot act as a reducing agent
1) 3.0 2) 1.5
is
3) 0.4 4) 1.0
1) SO2 2) NO2
40. In the rusting of iron
3) CO2 4) ClO2
32. In which of the following reactions, hydrogen  2Fe 2 O 3 ,
4Fe  3O 2 
is acting as an oxidising agent?
iron is
1) With iodine to give hydrogen iodide
1) oxidised 2) reduced
2) With lithium to give lithium hydride
3) hydrolysed 4) precipitated
3) With nitrogen to give ammonia
41. Which of the following behaves as both
4) With sulphur to give hydrogen sulphide oxidising and reducing agents?
33. In the reaction 1) H2SO4 2) SO2

Cl 2  OH  
 Cl  ClO  H 2 O 3) H2S 4) NHO3
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42. Which of the following acts as a reducing
1) chlorine is oxidised
agent?
2) chlorine is reduced
1) HNO3 2) KMnO4
3) chlorine is oxidised as well as reduced
3) H2SO4 4) (COOH)2
4) chlorine is neither oxidised nor reduced
34. Which of the following acts both as an 43. MnO 4 can oxidise NO 2– to NO 3– in basic
oxidising as well as reducing agent? medium. How many mole of NO2– are oxidised
1) HNO3 2) HNO2 by one mole of MnO4–
3) HI 4) H2SO4 1) 1 2) 1.5
35. Which of the following substance acts as both 3) 2 4) 1.6
oxidising agent and reducing agent? 44. Indicate in which of the following reactions,
1) sodium thiosulphate nitrogen is oxidised
2) sodium nitrite 1) NO 3 
 NO 2) NO 3 
 NH 4
3) sodium nitrate
4) sodium peroxide 3) NH 4 
 N2  NO 2
4) NO 2 

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45. Nitric oxide acts as a reducing agent in the 53. In the reaction between ozone and hydrogen
reaction peroxide. H2O2 acts as a/an
1) 4NH3 + 5O2 
 4NO + 6H2O 1) oxidising agent
2) reducing agent

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2) 2NO + 3I2 + 4H2O 
 2NO  6I  8H
3 3) bleaching agent
4) both oxidising and bleaching agent
3) 2 NO + H2SO3 
 N2O + H2SO4
54. Which of the following statements are correct
4) 2 NO + H2S 
 N2O + S + H2O concerning redox properties?
i. A metal M for which E° for the half life
46. The compound that can work both as an
reaction Mn+ + ne– M is very negative
oxidising as well as a reducing agent is
will be a good reducing agent.
1) KMnO4 2) H2O2
ii. The oxidising power of the halogens
3) Fe2(SO4)3 4) K2Cr2O7 decreases from chlorine to iodine
47. In the reaction, iii. The reducing power of hydrogen halides
2 FeCl3 + H2S 
 2FeCl2 + 2HCl + S increases from hydrogen chloride to hydrogen
iodide
1) FeCl3 acts as an oxidizing agent
1) i, ii and iii 2) i and ii
2) Both H2S and FeCl3 are oxidized
3) i only 4) ii and iii
3) FeCl3 is oxidized while H2S is reduced
55. Which substance is serving as a reducing agent
4) H2S acts as an oxidizing agent in the following reaction
48. Reducing agent is a substance which can 14H+ + Cr2O72– + 3Ni 2Cr3+ + 7H2O + 3Ni2+
1) Accept electrons 1) H2O 2) Ni
2) Accept protons 3) H+ 4) Cr2O72–
3) Donate electrons 56. In which of the following reactions H2O2 is a
4) Donate protons reducing agent
49. One gas bleaches the colour of flowers by 1) 2 FeCl2 + 2HCl + H2O 2FeCl3 + 2H2O
reduction while the other by oxidation. The 2) Cl2 + H2O2 2HCl + O2
gases are
3) 2HI + H2O2 2H2O + I2
1) SO2Cl2 2) CO, Cl2
4) H2SO3 + H2O2 H2SO4 + H2O
3) H2S, Br2 4) NH3, SO2
57. Stronge reducing agent is
50. Which of the following acts as an oxidising
1) F– 2) Cl–
agent?
3) Br– 4) I–
1) HNO3 2) Cl2
58. Which of the following is not a reducing agent?
3) FeCl3 4) All the three
1) NaNO2 2) NaNO3
51. An oxidizing agent is a substance which can
3) HI 4) SnCl2
1) Gain electrons
59. Pick out the stronger reducing agent among
2) lose an electronegative radical
the following oxyacids of phosphorus
3) Undergo decrease in the oxidation number
1) Hypophosphorous acid
of one its atoms
2) Phosphorous acid
4) Undergo any one of the above changes
3) Hypophosphoric acid
52. The oxidising agent in the following reaction
KI + I2 = KI3 is 4) Pyrophophorous acid
1) KI 2) I2
3) both KI and I2 4) neither KI nor I2

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60. In the reaction 69. The oxidising ability of the given anions
2 
C 2 O  MnO  H  
 Mn 2
 CO 2  H 2 O follows the order
4 4
the reductant is 1) TiO 44   VO 34  CrO 24  MnO 4
1) C2O42 2) MnO 4

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2) VO 34  CrO 24  MnO 4  TiO 44 
3) Mn2+ 4) H+
61. Reducing property of SO2 is represented by 3) CrO 24   MnO 4  VO 34  TiO 44 
the following reaction
1) 2H2S + SO2 3 S + 2H2O 4) VO 34  TiO 44   CrO 24  MnO 4
2) I2 + SO2 + H2O SO42– + 2I– + 4H+ 70. Which of the following pairs of transition
3) 3Fe + SO2 3FeO + FeS metal ions are the stronger oxidising agents
4) 4 Na + 3 SO2Na2SO4 + Na2S2O3 in aqueous solutions
62. Strongest reducing agent is 1) V2+ and Cr2+ 2) Ti2+ and Cr2+
1) K 2) Mg 3) Mn3+ and Co2+ 4) V2+ and Fe2+
3) Al 4) Ba 71. The oxidant which is used as an antiseptic is
63. In which of the following reactions, H2O2 acts 1) KBrO3 2) KMnO4
as a reducing agent? 3) CrO3 4) KNO3
H
1) HOCl + H2O2 

H3O+ + Cl– + O2 72. Of the four oxyacids of chlorine the strongest
oxidising agent in dilute aqueous solution is

2) Mn2+ + H2O2 
OH
 Mn4+ + 2 OH– 1) HClO4 2) HClO3
 3) HClO2 4) HOCl
3) 2 Fe2+ + H2O2 
OH
 2 Fe3+ + 2OH–
73. Which of the following is the most powerful

H
4) PbS(s)+4H2O2(aq)  PbSO4(s) + 4H2O(l) oxidizing agent
64. The number of electrons lost or gained during 1) F2 2) Cl2
3) Br2 4) I2
the change Fe + H2O 
 Fe3O4 + H2 is
74. In the course of a chemical reaction an oxidant
1) 2 2) 4 1) loses electrons
3) 6 4) 8 2) gains electrons
65. 1 mole of FeC2O4 is oxidised by x moles of 3) both loses and gains electrons
Cr2O72– in acidic medium, x is 4) electron change takes place
1) 1 mole 2) 0.5 mole 75. In one of the following reactions, HNO3 does
3) 0.025 mole 4) 2 mole not behave as an oxidising agent. Identify it
66. In the reaction H2S + H2O2 
 S + 2 H2O 1) I2 + 10 HNO3 2HNO3 + 10 NO2 + 4H2O
2) 3 Cu + 8 HNO3 3Cu(NO3)2 + 2 NO + 4H2O
1) H2S is an acid and H2O2 is a base
3) 4Zn +10 HNO3 4Zn(NO 3)2+NH4NO 3 +
2) H2S is a base and H2O2 is an acid
3H2O
3) H2S is an oxidizing agent and H2O2 is a
4) 2HNO3 + P2O5 2HPO3 + N2O5
reducing agent
76. Which of the following chemical reactions
4) H2S is reducing agent and H2O2 is oxidizing
depicts the oxidisng behaviour of H2SO4?
agent
1) Ca(OH)2 + H2SO4 CaSO4 + 2H2O
67. In the reaction
2) NaCl + H2SO4 NaHSO4 + HCl
HAsO2 + Sn2+ As + Sn4+ + H2O,
3) 2 HI + H2SO4 I2 + SO2 + 2H2O
oxidising agent is
4) 2 PCl5 + H2SO4 2 POCl3 + 2HCl + SO2Cl2
1) Sn2+ 2) Sn 4+
77. Which change requires an oxidising agent?
3) As 4) HAsO2
1) 2S2O32– S4O62–
68. Which one is oxidising agent in the reaction
below? 2) Zn2+ Zn
3) ClO– Cl–
2CrO 24  2H  
 Cr2 O72   H 2 O
4) SO3 SO42–
1) H+ 2) Cr2 O72
3) Cr++ 4) None of these
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78. The following reaction occurs because 85. Which of the following statements is not
correct?
XeO 64  (aq)  2 F (aq)  6H  (aq) 

1) Potassium permanganate is a poerful
XeO3(s) + F2(g) + 3H2O(l) oxidising substance

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1) XeO3 is a stronger oxidising agent than 2) Potassium permanganate is a weaker
XeO64– oxidising agent than potassium dichromate
2) XeO64– is a stronger oxidising agent than F2 3) Potassium permanganate is a stornger
3) XeO64– is a stornger reducing agent than F– oxidising agent than potassium dichromate
4) XeO64– is a oxidised while F– is reduced 4) Potassium dichromate oxidises a secondary
79. When bromine reacts with aqueous alcohol into a ketone
thiosulphate ion, the product which is not 86. When KMnO4 acts as an oxidising agent and
formed in solution is ultimately forms MnO 24  , MnO2, Mn2O3 and
1) SO 24  2) Br– Mn2+ then the number of electrons transferred
in each case, respectively, is
3) S 4 O62 4) H+ 1) 4, 3, 1, 5 2) 1, 5, 3, 7
80. Identify the oxidising agnet reducing agents 3) 1, 3, 4, 5 4) 3, 5, 7, 1
in the following redox reactions 87. In the reaction,

HCHO(l) + 2 [Ag(NH3)2]+(aq) + 3OH–(aq) 

 2FeCl3 + H2S 
 2FeCl2 + 2HCl + S
1) FeCl3 acts as an oxidizing agent
2Ag(s) + HCOO–(aq) + 4NH3(aq) + 2H2O(l)
2) both H2S and FeCl3 are oxidized
1) HCHO, NH3 2) [Ag(NH3)2]+, HCHO
3) FeCl3 is oxidised while H2S is reduced
3) OH–, HCOO– 4) [Ag(NH3)2]+, HCOO–
4) H2S acts as an oxidizing agent
81. Bromine water reacts with SO2 to form 88. Which of the following pairs acts only as
1) HBr and S 2) H2O and HBr oxidants?
3) S and H2O 4) H2SO4 andHBr 1) SO2, H2O2 2) SO2, HNO3
82. HNO3 acts as a/an 3) H2O2, O3 4) O3, HNO3
1) acid 2) oxidizing agent
3) reducing agent 4) both (1) and (2) Answer Key
83. Following reaction describes the rusting of 1 1 21 1 41 2 61 2 81 4
iron 2 3 22 4 42 4 62 1 82 4
4Fe + 3O2 
 4Fe3+ + 6O2– 3 3 23 3 43 2 63 1 83 2
Which one of the following statement is 4 4 24 3 44 3 64 4 84 2
incorrect? 5 3 25 1 45 2 65 2 85 2
1) This is an exmaple of a redox reaction 6 4 26 3 46 2 66 4 86 3
2) Metallic iron is reduced to Fe3+ 7 4 27 1 47 1 67 4 87 1
3) Fe3+ is an oxidising agent 8 3 28 3 48 3 68 4 88 4
4) Metallic iron is a reducing agent
9 3 29 3 49 1 69 1
84. In the reaction H2S + NO2 
 H2O + NO + S, 10 3 30 2 50 4 70 3
NO2 acts as a/an 11 4 31 3 51 4 71 2
1) reducing agent 12 4 32 2 52 2 72 1
2) oxidising agent 13 2 33 3 53 2 73 1
3) precipitating agent 14 3 34 3 54 1 74 2
4) acid
15 2 35 3 55 2 75 4
16 4 36 1 56 2 76 3
17 2 37 3 57 4 77 1
18 4 38 3 58 2 78 2
19 2 39 3 59 1 79 3
20 2 40 1 60 1 80 2
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