5 States of Matter Exerceise (42-112)

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EXERCISE - I 4) All
Inter Molecular Forces and 6. Dipole-dipole interaction energy
Thermal Energy: between rotating polar molecules
is proportional to
1. London or dispersion forces are
due to the presence of
1) Dipole 2) Ions 1) 2) 3) 4)
3) Induced momentary dipoles
7. In case of London forces, if the
4) All distance between the particles is
doubled, the energy
2. Dipole-dipole interaction energy
between stationary polar 1) Increases by a factor of 26
molecules is proportional to
2) Decreases by a factor of 26
3) Increases by a factor of 23
1) 2)
4) Decreases by a factor of 23
8. When sodium metal is dropped in

3) 4)
liquid NH3, it forms Na+ and gets
3. The type of inter molecular forces ammoniated. Which of the
present between ionic and non- following forces are responsible
polar compound are for the formation of ammoniated
1) London forces sodium ion
2) Dipole-dipole forces 1) Ion - induced dipole
3) Dipole induced dipole forces 2) Dipole - Dipole

3) Ion - dipole
4) Ion induced dipole forces
4) Dipole - Induced dipole
4. London or dispersion forces are
present in 9. Non polar compounds can also
solidify becomes of
1) 2) 1) van der Waal’s forces
2) Dipole - dipole interaction
3) 4) 3) Ionic bonds
5. Magnitude of London forces 4) Hydrogen bonds

depends on
10. Inter molecular forces in solid
1) Size of molecules hydrogen are
2) Complexity of molecules 1) Covalent forces
3) Geometry of molecules 2) Van der waals forces
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3) Hydrogen bond 2) Mass of the gas

4) Dipole - dipole bond 3) Temperature of the gas
11. Which of the following are correct 4) The units of measurement
statements?
16. Which of the following represents
1) 760 torr is equal to 1 a combination of Boyle's Law and
atmosphere Charles Law
2) 106 dynes/cm2 is called 1 bar 1) P1 V1 T1 = P2 V2 T2
3) 105 Newtons /m2 is Pascal
4) Lt Atmosphere is 1.013 2)
105dynes/m2
1) 1, 3 2) 1, 2 3) 1, 4 4) 3, 4
3)
Gas Laws
12. Which of the following is
independent of temperature for a
4)
gas
1) Density 17. V versus T curves at constant
2) Rate of diffusion pressure P1 and P2 for an ideal
gas are show in fig.
3) Vapour density
which is correct
4) R.M.S. velocity
13. A gas is found to have the

formula (CO)x its V.D is 70 the
value of 'x' must be
1) 7 2) 5 3) 4 4) 6
14. Which of the following is a correct 1) P1>P2 2) P1 < P2

representation 3) P1 = P2 4) All
18. The value of gas constant in

1) 2) Joules/ K/mole is
1) 8.314 2) 8.314
3) 4) 107
3) 1.987 4) 0.0821
15. The value of the universal gas
constant R depends upon the 19. The value of Boltzmann constant,
1) Nature of the gas K is

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1) 1.38 10–16 erg. K–1

molecule–1
2) 1.38 10–23 joule. K–1

molecule–1
3) 3.3 10–24 cal. K–1 molecule–

1
4) All the above

20. The temperature of a certain
mass of gas was increased from
23. Which of the following is not a
400C to 410C at constant unit of pressure
pressure. The volume of the gas.
1) Pascal 2) Torr
1) Will remain constant
3) Dynes 4) Atm.
24. If methane gas and oxygen gas

2) Will increase by of its
are placed in two identical
volume at 273K
containers under same
conditions of temperature and
pressure the mass of O2 gas is
3) Will increase by of its
volume at 400C 1) Negligible in comparison with
that of methane
4) Will increase, but the increase
in volume cannot be predicted. 2) Double that of methane
3) Same as that of methane
21. Which curve does not represent
4) Half that of methane
Boyle’s law?
25. Which among the following
exerts greater pressure when
equal weights are taken at the
same temperature and pressure
in a container of given volume?
1) Oxygen 2) Nitrogen
3) Chlorine
4) Sulphur dioxide
26. The density of air is 0.001293

gm per C.C its vapour density
will be at STP
22. Regarding charles law, which of
1) 10 2) 16 3) 1.43 4) 14.3
the following is wrong

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27. Vapour density corresponds

to....... lit. of a gas at STP.
3)
1) 11.2 lit 2) 22.4 lit
3) 33.6 lit 4) 44.8 lit
4)
28. The product of pressure and
volume of a gas has the unit of 33. If a gas is heated at constant
1) Momentum 2) Energy pressure. Its density
3) Entropy 4) Force 1) Will increase
29. The gas constant R represents 2) Will decrease
work done 3) Will remain unchanged
1) Per molecule 4) May increase or decrease
2) Per degree absolute
34. For one gram molecular weight
3) Per kelvin per mole
4) Per mole
of a gas =
30. If m is the mass of a molecule, k 1) 0.2 cal
2) 2 cal
is the Boltzmann constant, P is
3) 4 cal.4) 0.4 cal
the pressure and T is the
absolute temperature. The 35. Avogadro's law finds an
density of the gas is given by application in the determination
of
1) Atomicity of gas
1) 2)
2) Molecular weights of gases
3) Molecular formula of certain
3) 4) gaseous compounds
4) All the above
31. A curve drawn at constant
pressure is called an isobar and 36. The volume occupied at 00C and
shows relationship between 2 atm pressure by the gas
1) V & 1/T 2) VT & V evolved from dry ice of volume of
3) T & V 4) P & 1/V 8cc is(density of dry ice is
1.1gm/ml)
32. Charles Law is represented 1) 4.48 L 2) 2.0 L
mathematically as 3) 2.24 L 4) 22.4 L
1) Vt = KV0t
37. If Avogadro number is 'N' and
gas constant is 'R', Boltzmann
constant is equal to
2)

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4) If temperature is doubled, the
volume of the gas will be
1) 2) doubled.
3) RN 4) R+N
38. Two flasks X and Y each of 41. In which one of the following
500ml capacity contain process, the volume of the gas
Hydrogen and Helium does not change
respectively at 270C and 1 1) Pressure is doubled and
atmosphere pressure. Flask X absolute temperature is halved
contains
2) Pressure is halved and
1) Same number of atoms as in Y absolute temperature is doubled
2) Same weight of the gas as in Y
3) Pressure is reduced by three
3) Half the number of atoms as
times and absolute temperature
in Y
is increased by three times.
4) double the number of atoms
as in Y 4) Both pressure and absolute
temperature are doubled.
39. For given mass of a gas if
temperature increases Graham's Law of Diffusion:
1) Pressure and volume remain 42. Among N2, O2 and SO2 the gas
constant with high rate of diffusion is
2) Volume increases provided 1) O2 2) SO2
pressure remains constant
3) N2 4) All are same
3) Pressure decreases provided
volume is constant
43. Ansil's Alaram is used to
4) Volume decreases provided detect ...... in mines
pressure is constant
1) CO2 2) CO
40. Which of the following statement 3) CH4 4) COCl2

is not correct?
1) Volume of a gas is zero at 44. The gas which diffuses twice
absolute zero as quickly as SO 2 is
2) The ratio of volume of a gases 1) CH4 2) H2 3) O2 4) He

at 00C and 2730C are 1 : 2
45. Which of the following pair of
3) At constant volume, if gases diffuse through a porous
pressure is plotted against plug with the same rates of
absolute temperature, the diffusion
curves are called isochores.
1) CO, NO 2) NO2, CO2

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3) NH3, PH3 4) NO, C2 H6

50. The correct mathematical
equations for grahams law are
46. A mixture of 3 gases X(density at constant temperature and
0.90), Y (density 0.178) and Z pressure
(density0.42) is enclosed in a
vessel at constant temperature.
When the equilibrium is
established the a) b)
1) Gas X will be at the top of the
vessel
c) d)
2) Gas Y will be at the top of the
vessel 1) c, d 2) a, b
3) Gas Z will be at the top of the 3) b, c, d 4) b, d
vessel
51. The ratio of rate of diffusion of
4) Gases will mix carbon dioxide and nitrous
homogeneously throughout the oxide is
vessel 1) 2 : 1 2) 1 : 2
47. Which of the following mixture 3) 16 : 1 4) 1 : 1
of gases cannot be separated by 52. Which of the following diffuses
diffusion method slowly
1) NO + C2H6 2) NO + NO2 1) SO2 2) N2 3) O2 4) Cl2
3) CO + CO2 53. A bottle of perfume is opened in

the corner of a large hall of
4) C2H4 + C2H6
volume 1000m3. After some
48. The process of separation of a time the whole hall smells of the
mixture of gases by taking perfume. The property of gases
advantage of the difference in responsible for this observation
their rates of diffusion is known is
as. 1) Thermal conductivity
1) Distillation 2) Adsorption 2) Viscosity 3) Diffusion
3) Atmolysis 4) All of them 4) Compressibility
54. Rate of the diffusion of NO2 is

49. U-235 and U-238 (as hexa
fluorides) can be separated by 1) Greater than that of NO
the method of 2) Less than that of NO
1) Chromatography 3) Same as that of NO
2) Zone refining 4) Half of that of NO
3) Gaseous diffusion
4) Solvent extraction

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55. Under identical conditions the same temperature and
which of the following has pressure. If the balloon is
maximum diffusion rate punctured with a pin, it
1) Cl2 2) H2 3) CO2 4) O2 1) Collapse
56. The correct order of diffusion for 2) Bursts
the gases H2, N2, O2 and NH3 is 3) Nothing happens
1) H2 > N2 > O2 > NH3 4) Becomes red
2) NH3 > O2 > N2 > H2 61. Among the following gaseous
3) H2 > N2 > NH3 > O2 elements with atomic numbers,
which will have greater rate of
4) H2 > NH3 > N2 > O2 diffusion.
1) Z = 7 2) Z = 8
57. Gases do not settle to the
bottom of a container. This fact 3) Z = 10 4) Z = 17
is explained by Dalton’s Law:
1) Dalton's law
2) Boyle's law 62. Which gas cannot be Collected
3) Graham's law over water
4) Kinetic theory of gases 1) NH3 2) CO
58. Mixing of two gases by diffusion 3) N2 4) H2
is 63. Dalton's law of partial pressure
1) Reversible is not applicable to the following
mixture of gases at room
2) Irreversible temperature.
3) Exothermic 1) H2 + N2 2) H2 + O2
4) Endothermic 3) O2 + N2 4) CO + Cl2
59. When n1 and n2 are number of 64. The vapour pressure of a dry
moles of gases diffused in times gas is
t1 and t2 with molar mases M1 1) Less than that of wet gas
and M2 respectively then 2) Greater than that of wet gas
3) Equal to that of wet gas
4) Double then wet gas
1) 2) 65. Aqueous tension is dependent
on
1) V 2) P
3) 4) 3) T
4) Weight of gas
60. A balloon filled with acetylene is
kept in a vessel of hydrogen at

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66. In a given mixture of gases 71. The vapour pressure of a moist

which do not react with one gas at 350C is 750 mm and
another the ratio of partial aqueous tension at that
pressure of each compound is temperature is 10mm. Then
equal to its vapour pressure of the dry gas
1) Weight percent is
2) Volume percent
1) 750mm 2) 760mm
3) Mole fraction
4) Critical pressure 3) 740mm 4) 720mm
67. Dalton's law of partial pressure Kinetic Theory and Kinetic Gas
is applicable to the following Equation:
mixture of gases 72. Which one of the following is not
1) H2 + F2 2) a statement of kinetic theory of
NH3 + HCl gases
3) SO2 + Cl2 4) H2 + O2 1) The K.E depends upon the

temperature of the gas
68. Dalton's law of partial pressures
2) The K.E depends upon the
is not applicable to one of the
pressure of gas
following
1) H2 + Cl2 2) SO2 + Cl2 3) The collisions are elastic
3) NH3 + HCl 4) Pressure of gas is due to

collisions of gas molecules on
4) All the above the walls of the container
69. At the same temperature, HCl 73. Which is wrong according to
gas and NH3 gas are present in Kinetic theory
two vessels of same volume at a
pressure of ' P ' atmospheres 1) The average K.E. of the
each. When one jar is inverted molecules is directly
over the other so that the two proportional to the absolute
will mix, after some time the temp.
pressure in the vessels will 2) All the molecules in a gas
become. have the same K.E.
3) Collisions between molecules
are perfectly elastic
1) 2) 3) Zero 4) P
4) Pressure is due to the impact
of the molecules on the walls of
70. Which gas can be collected over the container
water?
1) NH3 2) N2 3) HCl 4) SO2 74. At 0 K which is false statement
1) Molecular motion ceases

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2) The volume of an ideal gas 4) K.E same for all
becomes zero
3) The kinetic energy of the 79. Which of the following is not
molecules becomes zero true regarding Kinetic Molecular
theory
4) Electronic motion ceases
1) Molecular motions are
75. According to Kinetic theory of uneffected by gravity
gases, there are
2) Average kinetic energy
1) Inter molecular attractions
3) Molecules are electrically
2) Molecules have considerable neutral
volumes
4) Real gases approach ideal
3) No intermolecular attractions behaviour at high pressure and
4) Velocity of molecules low temperature
decreases for each collision
80. When two molecules of an ideal
76. Boyle's law according to kinetic gas collide
gas equation is
1) Heat is liberated
2) No heat is liberated
1) 2)
3) Heat is absorbed
3) PV = nRT 4) PV = RT
4) There is a decrease in the
77. If Ek is the average kinetic total K.E.
energy per mole of a gas, then
81. The kinetic energy of a mole of
ideal gas in calories is
1) 2) approximately equal to
1) 3 times its absolute
temperature
4) 3 PV = Ek 2) 2 times its absolute

3) temperature
3) 4 times its absolute
78. At the same temperature and temperature
pressure which one of the
4) 2/3 times its absolute
following gas will have highest
temperature
kinetic energy per mole?
1) H2 2) O2 82. A closed flask contains H2 O in
all its three states solid, liquid
3) CH4 and vapour at 00 C. in this the

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average K.E. of water molecules 2) KE of the gas

will be
3) Number of moles of the gas
1) Greatest in the vapour state
4) Number of molecules in the
2) Same in all the three states gas
3) Greatest in the solid state
4) Greater in the liquid than in 87. R.M.S. velocity of a gas molecule
the vapour state is equal to
83. When an ideal gas under goes

expansion through a porous
plug, the gas is expected to 1) 2)
exhibit no cooling because
1) There exist no molecular
forces of attraction 3) 4)
2) The molecules collide with
each other, without any loss 88. The RMS velocity of the
energy molecule is minimum if the gas
3) The volume occupied by is
molecules is negligible in 1) N2 2) SO2 3) CO2 4) SO3
comparison to the volume of the
gas
89. The ratio between the most
4) None probable velocity, mean velocity
and root mean square velocity is
84. The most ideal gas among the
following
1) 2) He 3) 4) 1) 2) 1 : 2 : 3
85. The kinetic gas equation is
applicable when the gas is
present in a 3) 4)
1) Cubic vessel 90. The relation between R.M.S
2) Spherical vessel velocity, average velocity and
most probable velocity is
3) Vessel of any shape
1) R.M.S velocity > Average
4) Cylindrical vessel velocity > Most probable
velocity.
Types of Molecular Velocities: 2) Average velocity > R.M.S
velocity > Most probable velocity
3) R.M.S. velocity = Average
86. The quantity represents velocity > Most probable velocity
1) Mass of the gas

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4) Most probable velocity >
Average velocity > R.M.S. 1)
velocity
2)
91. At S.T.P. the order of RMS
velocities of H2, N2, O2 and HBr 3)
molecules is
4)
1) H2 > N2 > O2 > HBr
2) HBr > O2 > N2 > H2
Types of Molecular Velocities:
96. The root mean square velocity of
3) HBr > H2 > N2 > O2 a gas is ‘C’. If pressure of gas is
doubled at constant
4) N2 > O2 > H2 > HBr
temperature, what will be the
root mean square velocity of the
92. The RMS velocity of gas gas sample?
molecules at NTP cannot be
calculated from one of the
following formula 1) 2C 2) 3) C 4)
97. At 250 C the gas with maximum

1) 2) R.M.S. velocity is
1) He 2) CO2 3) N2 4) NH3
98. Which of the following statement

3) 4) is incorrect?
93. In the calculation of RMS 1) RMS velocity depends on the
velocity in cm/sec the units of R molecular weight of the gas
should be in 2) RMS velocity depends on
temperature of the gas
1) Ergs/mole/K
3) RMS velocity depends on the
2) Joules/mole/K
number of molecules present in
3) Cals/mole/K unit volume
4) Ergs 4) RMS velocity is greater than
94. Average velocity is equal to average velocity and most
probable velocity.
1) 0.8 R.M.S velocity
99. R.M.S. Velocity of a gas is
2) 0.981 RMS velocity
calculated with the formula
3) 0.9213 R.M.S velocity
4) 0.756 RMS velocity
If volume is increased by
95. Which of the following order of 3 times, the RMS velocity of the
root mean square speed of gas
different gases at the same
temperature is true? 1) Increases by 3 times

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2) Decreases by 9 times 2) Decreases

3) Remains unchanged
3) Increases by times
4) Initially increases and then
4) Does not change decreases
100. At the same temperature, which 105. The average speed of O at

2
of the following pair of gases
273K is equal to that of H2 at
have same R.M.S velocity
1) Cl2, O2 2) O2, O3 1) Same temperature
2) Higher temperature
3) C3H8, CO2 4) CO2, CO
3) Lower temperature
101. Which of the following gas 4) Critical temperature
molecules have the greatest
average molecular speed at 106. A molecule of sulphur dioxide is
100 0 C 4 times heavier than an atom of
oxygen gas. The average kinetic
1) Carbon dioxide 2) Chlorine energy of an oxygen molecule at
3) Nitrogen 4) Oxygen 298K is
1) 1/4th of SO2 molecule
102. At 300K, the no. of molecules
possessing most probable 2) Same as that of SO2 molecule
velocity are 100. At 400K the no.
of molecules possessing most 3) 1/2 of that of SO2 molecule
probable velocity are 4) 4 times that of SO2 molecule
1) 90 2) 100
3) 110 4) 120 107. When pressure is increased
upon a gas at constant
103. Among the three types of temperature
velocities, which has greater 1) The R.M.S. velocity decreases
value at a given temperature
2) The R.M.S. velocity increases
1) Most probable velocity
3) The R.M.S. velocity remains
2) R.M.S. velocity the same
3) Average velocity 4) The average kinetic energy of
4) All the three have same value the molecules increases.
104. With the increase in
108. In a gas 10% molecules have a
temperature of a gas, the
velocity of 2km/sec and 8%
fraction of the molecules having
molecules have a velocity of 1.5
velocities with in a given range,
Km/sec and 82% molecules
around the most probable
have a velocity 1km. per sec.
velocity will be
The most probable velocity of
1) Increases molecules is

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1) 1 km/sec 2) 1.5 km/sec
3) 2 km / sec 4) 15 km/sec
4)
109. In Maxwell velocity distribution
curve the peak point 112. The most favorable conditions
corresponds to to liquefy a gas are
1) RMS velocity 1) High T and low P
2) Most probable velocity 2) High T and high P
3) Average velocity 3) Low T and low P
4) All of these 4) Low T and high P
Real Gases:
110. The critical temperature is the 113. In van der Waals equation of
temperature state for a real gas, the term
that accounts for the
1) Below which the gas intermolecular forces is
undergoes cooling when
expanded into vacuum 1) Vm– b 2) P + a/Vm2
2) At which a gas liquefies at 1
3) RT 4) 1/RT
atm
3) At which the average kinetic 114. The intermolecular force of
energy of the molecules is attraction between non-polar
minimum molecules is called:
4) Above which the gas cannot 1) H-bonding
be liquefied how so ever high
pressure may be applied 2) Dispersion forces
3) Interionic attraction
111. Which of the following
4) Adhesive forces
expressions correctly
represents the van der Waals
equation of state? 115. A given gas cannot be liquefied if
its temperature is
1) Equal to its critical
1) temperature
2) Greater than its critical
temperature
2) 3) Smaller than its critical
temperature
4) Equal to its inversion
3) temperature

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116. A real gas expected to exhibit

maximum deviations from ideal
gas laws at 4)
1) Low T and high P 120. a/V2 given in van der Waals
2) Low T and low P equation is for:
3) High T and high P 1) Internal pressure
4) High T and low P 2) Intermolecular attraction
3) Both 1 and 2
117. The temperature at which a real 4) Temperature correction.
gas obeys the ideal gas laws over
a wide range of pressure is 121. The gas is heated up during
called the Joule Thomson effect at
1) Critical temperature ordinary temperature is
2) Boyle temperature 1) O2 2) CO2 3) H2 4) SO2
3) Inversion temperature Liquid state:
4) Reduced temperature 122. Vapour pressure of all liquids
become equal at:
118. The nature of intermolecular 1) Their boiling point
forces among benzene molecule
is: 2) Their freezing point
1) Hydrogen bonding 3) 00C

2) Dispersion forces 4) Dew point
3) Dipole-dipole attraction 123. Molecular interactions between
4) Ion-dipole attraction. molecules is in order:
1) Solid<liquid<gas
119. Which of the following is the
2) Solid<gas<liquid
correct representation of van der
Waal’s equation for 1mole of real 3) Gas<liquid<sold
gas. 4) Liquid<solid<gas
124. Which is not a surface

1) phenomenon?
1) Surface tension 2) Viscosity
3) Evaporation
2) 4) All of these
125. As temperature increases,

3) surface tension
1) Decreases 2) Increases

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3) Remains constant 2) Surface tension – water is
4) First increases and remains vapourised at any
constant temperature
126. Which of the following 3) Glass is super cooled liquid

statements regarding a liquid is 4) Glass is not a true solid
not correct?
130. The presence of ionic salt in a
1) The surface tension of a liquid liquid
is a temperature dependent
1) Decreases the viscosity of the
property
liquid
2) The surface tension of a liquid 2) Increases the viscosity of the
is an intensive quantity liquid
3) The SI unit of surface tension 3) Does not effect the viscosity of
liquid
is
4) None of the above is correct
4) For a liquid, surface tension
and surface energy have 131. The surface tension of water at
different values
20oC is 72.75 dyne cm–1
127. Increasing temperature of a is. Its value in SI system is
liquid causes
1) 2.275 Nm–1
1) Decrease in its viscosity
2) 0.7275 Nm–1
2) Increase in its viscosity
3) 0.07275Nm–1
3) No effect on its viscosity
4) None of the above
4) Decrease followed by increase
in its viscosity
132. The viscosity of four liquids P,
Q, R and S are 85, 11.4, 18 and
128. Which one of the following is 12.3 respectively. Then which
expected to have a maximum flows slowly
viscosity at a given
temperature? 1) P 2) Q 3) R 4) S
1) Acetic acid 2) Water 133. Which of the following

3) Ethylene glycol 4) Acetone expression regarding the unit of
coefficient of viscosity is not
129. The thickness of windowpanes true.
of old buildings become thicker 1) Dyne cm–2 S
at the bottom than at the top
because of 2) Dyne cm–2 S–1
1) Viscosity of glass is very low 3) Nm–2S
4) 1 poise = 10–1 Kgm–1S–1

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111. 112. 113. 114. 115.

4 4 2 2 2
116. 117. 118. 119. 120.
1 2 2 3 2
121. 122. 123. 124. 125.
3 1 3 2 1
EXERCISE – I KEY
126. 127. 128. 129. 130.
1. 3 2. 2 3. 4 4. 2 5. 4 4 1 3 3 2
6. 3 7. 2 8. 3 9. 1 10. 2 131. 132. 133.
3 1 2
11. 2 12. 3 13. 2 14. 3 15. 4
16. 2 17. 2 18. 1 19. 4 20. 2
21. 3 22. 4 23. 3 24. 2 25. 2
26. 4 27. 1 28. 2 29. 3 30. 3 Exercise – I Hints Conceptual
31. 3 32. 4 33. 2 34. 2 35. 2
36. 3 37. 2 38. 4 39. 2 40. 4 7. Attractive forces
41. 4 42. 3 43. 3 44. 1 45. 4 13. Vapour Density = molecular
weight /2
46. 4 47. 1 48. 3 49. 3 50. 3
51. 4 52. 4 53. 3 54. 2 55. 2 25. , lower the mol. wt higher is
the n value
56. 4 57. 4 58. 2 59. 3 60. 2
26. 1-cc-0.001293 gm
61. 3 62. 1 63. 4 64. 1 65. 3
11200 cc-?
66. 3 67. 4 68. 3 69. 3 70. 2
71. 3 72. 2 73. 2 74. 4 75. 3
36.
76. 1 77. 3 78. 4 79. 4 80. 2 38. Equal volumes of all gases
81. 1 82. 2 83. 1 84. 2 85. 3 contains equal no of molecules
at same tem. and pressure.
86. 4 87. 2 88. 4 89. 1 90. 1
91. 1 92. 4 93. 1 94. 3 95. 1
42.
100.
96. 3 97. 1 98. 3 99. 4
3
101. 102. 103. 104. 105.
44. 51.
3 1 2 2 3
62. Ammonia dissolves in water
106. 107. 108. 109. 110.
2 3 1 2 4

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69. are a pair of reacting

gases
70. is in soluble in water
71.
81.
82.
88. 91.
96. At given temperature PV is
constant
102. As temperature increases
fraction of molecules possessing
decreases
106.
108. Velocity possessed by maximum EXERCISE - II
no of molecules Intermolecular Forces & Thermal
118. Benzene is non polar molecule Energy:
123. At boiling point vapour pressure 1. The approximate energy
of all liquids is equal to required to break +AB– type
atmospheric pressure ionic crystal into its ions is in
the range of
1) 10 to 100 kJ/mole
2) 50 to 150 kJ/mole
3) 500 to 1000 kJ/mole
4) 2 to 50 kJ/mole
2. Ion-dipole attractions are

present in
1) Water
2) NaCl + water
3) Benzene
4) All

18 States of Matter
3. The energy order of dipole-dipole Gas Laws and Ideal Gas Equation
forces is 8. For a given mass of a gas at
1) 1 to 2 kJ/mole constant temperature, if the
2) 3 to 4 kJ/mole volume, 'V' becomes three times
then pressure P will become
3) 10 to 20 kJ/mole
4) 15 to 25 kJ/mole
4. The molecular interactions 1) 3P 2)
responsible for hydrogen
bonding in HF
3) 4) 9P2
1) Ion-induced dipole
2) Dipole-dipole 9. The pressure and absolute temp.
3) Dipole induced dipole of a certain mass of a gas is
doubled. The new volume of the
4) Ion-dipole gas is
5. In ion-dipole forces, the

magnitude of the interaction 1) 2) 2V 3) V 4) 4V
energy (E)
10. Volume of a gas at 00C is
doubled at constant P and n
1) 2)
1) 273K 2) 2730C
3) 5460C 4)1270C
3) 4)
11. A gas mixture contains Nitrogen
6. The melting point of four
and Methane in 7:4 ratio by
substances are given in bracket
weight. The ratio of their
then the attraction forces in a
molecules is
solid is more in case of
1) 7:4 2) 4:7
1) Ice (273 K)
3) 1:1 4) 1:2
2) NaF (1270 K)
3) Phosphorous (317 K) 12. One mole of argon will have
4) Naphthalene (353 K) least density at
1) STP
7. Hydration of different ions is an
example of 2) 00C, 2atm
1) Ion - dipole interaction 3) 2730C, 2atm
2) Dipole - dipole interaction 4) 2730C, 1atm
3) Dipole - induced dipole
4) Dispersion 13. A steel vessel of capacity 22.4
lit.contains 2gm of H2 , 8gms of

States of Matter 19
O2 and 22 gm of CO2 at 00 C 1) 202.87 mL 2) 203.50 mL

temperature. The total pressure 3) 302.50 mL 4) 303.50 mL
of the mixture is
18. Pressure of 1g of an ideal gas A
1) 3.5 atm 2) 5.25atm
at 270C is found to be 2 bar.
3) 1.75atm 4) 4.0 atm When 2 g of another deal gas B
is introduced in the same flask
14. An open vessel at 270 C is at same temperature the
heated until 3/5 of the air in it pressure becomes 3 bar. The
has been expelled. The relationship between their
temperature to which the vessel molecular masses is
must be heated to achieve this
(in0C) is 1) 2)
1) 750 2) 300 3) 600 4) 477
3) 4)
15. Four one litre flasks are
separately filled with the gases 19. When the pressure on a gas is
H2, He, O2, O3 at the same decreased to 1/4 and the
temp and pressure. The ratio of absolute temperature is
the weights of these gases is increased four-fold the volume
of gas
1) 1 : 1 : 1 : 1
1) Increases by 16 times
2) 2 : 1 : 2 : 3
2) Decreases to 1/16
3) 1 : 2 : 16 : 24
3) Increases by 8 times
4) 2 : 1 : 16 : 24
4) Remains the same
16. The total number of electrons
present in 1.4 g of dinitrogen
20. The density of a gas is equal to
gas are
1) 4.2164 1023
1) nP 2)
2) 4.2154 1023
3) 4.2144 1023
3) 4)
4) 4.2174 1023
21. On a ship sailing in Pacific
17. The drain cleaner, drainex Ocean where temperature is
contains small bits of 23.40C, a balloon is filled with 2
aluminium which reacts with L air. The volume of the balloon
caustic soda to produce when the ship reaches Indian
dihydrogen. The volume of ocean at a temperature of
dihydrogen at 200C and one bar 26.10C is
will released when 0.15g of
aluminium reacts is 1) 2.19 L 2) 2.17 L

20 States of Matter
3) 2.018L 4)2.018 ML 26. According to Avogadro's law the

correct statements are
22. A student forgot to add the a) Volume of gas is proportional
reaction mixture to the round to the no. of moles at constant T
bottomed flask at 270C but and P
instead he/she placed the flask
b) The pressure of a gas is
on the flame. After a lapse of
directly proportional to temp. of
time, he realized his mistake
the gas under all conditions
and using a pyrometer he found
the temperature of flask was c) Equal volumes of different
gases under similar conditions
4770C. The fraction of air that
consist of equal no. of molecules
has been expelled out is
d) Equal volumes of different
gases under same conditions
2) 3) 4) have equal no. of atoms
1)
1) b, c 2) a, c
23. The percent of volume occupied 3) d, b 4) c, d
by the gaseous molecules and
27. Which of the following changes
liquid molecules are and cannot increase the volume of a
gas by 4 times
of the volume of the
container then x, y are] 1) T is doubled, P is decreased
to half
1) 0.1 %, 70 %
2) P is kept constant, T is
2) 70 %, 0.1 %
increased by 4 times
3) 99 %, 1 %
3) ‘t’ is doubled, P is decreased
4) 99.9 %, 0.1 % to half
4) ‘t’ is kept constant, P is
decreased to 1/4th
24. At 1270C and 1atm. pressure, a
mixture of a gas contains 0.3
28. The temperature of a gas is
moles of N2, 0.2 mole of O2. The
increased by 1°C. Then from
volume of the mixture is the following statements pick
1) 15 L 2) 22.4 L out the correct one
3) 18.2 L 4) 16.4 L a) The volume increases by
1/273 of its volume at 0°C at
25. The vapour density of a gas is constant pressure
11.2. The volume occupied by b) The pressure increases by
10g of the gas at STP is 1/273 of its pressure at 0°C at
1) 10L 2) 1 L 3) 11.2L 4) 5.6L constant volume
c) The volume decreases by
1/273 of its volume at 0°C

States of Matter 21
d) The pressure is doubled to its 31. At absolute zero which of the
pressure at 0°C following statements about an
1) a, c 2) c, d 3) a, b 4) b, c ideal gas are correct?
a) The motion of gaseous
29. 1 mole of any gas molecules ceases
a) Occupies 22.4 lit at STP b) The volume of gas increases
by 273 times
b) Contains molecules c) The K.E of gas molecules
increases ab normally
c) Contains molecules
d) The volume of a gas becomes
d) Contain same number of zero
molecules as in 22 gm of CO2
1) b, d 2) b, c 3) c, d 4) a, d
1) b, d 2) a, c
3) b, c 4) a, d Graham’s Law Of Diffusion:
30. Which of the following indicates 32. Hydrogen diffuses six times
the isotherms? faster than a gas 'X'. The
molecular weight of 'X' is
1) 36 2) 72 3) 28 4) 48
33. Rate of diffusion of a gas is

720ml/minute. But the gas
a) diffused for 20 seconds only.
The volume of the gas diffused
in ml is
1) 240 2) 120
3) 60 4) 30
b)
34. The density of gas "A" is four
times that of another gas "B". If
the molecular weight of A is M,
the molecular weight of B will be
c)
2) 4M 3) 4)
1) 2M
35. A uniform glass tube of 100cm

d) length is connected to a bulb
containing Hydrogen at one end
1) a, d 2) a, c and another bulb containing
3) b, d 4) b, c Oxygen at the other end at the
same temperature and pressure.

22 States of Matter
The two gases meet for the first 40. 350Cm3 of CH and 175Cm3 of
4
time at the following distance
an unknown gas ‘A’ diffused in
from the oxygen end.
the same time under similar
1) 80cm 2) 50cm conditions. The molecular mass
3) 20cm 4) 6.66cm of gas A is
1) 32 2) 64
36. Under the same conditions the
rates of diffusion of two gases 3) 30 4) 71
are in the ratio 1 : 4. The ratio 41. 180ml of hydrocarbon having
of their vapour densities is the molecular weight 16 diffuses
1) 2 : 1 2) 1 : 2 in 1.5 min. Unser similar
conditions time taken by 120ml
3) 16 : 1 4) 1 : 16 of SO2 to diffuse is
37. A vessel contains equal number 1) 2 min 2) 1.5 min
of moles of Helium and 3) 1 min 4) 1.75 min
Methane. Through a small
orifice the half of gas effused 42. Which of the gases among O ,
2
out. The ratio of the number of
CO2 and SO2 under similar
mole of Helium and methane
remaining in the vessel is conditions diffuses slower than
NO2 gas?
1) 2 : 1 2) 1 : 2
3) 1 : 4 4) 4 : 1 1) O2 only
2) CO2 & O2 only
38. If 150 mL carbon monoxide
effused in 25seconds, the 3) SO2 only
volume of methane effused
in the same time is 4) All the three gases
1) 150 mL 2) 160 mL
3) 180 mL 4) 198.5 mL
39. Hydrogen chloride gas is sent

Dalton’s Law
into a 100 metre tube from one
end “A” and ammonia gas from
the other end “B” under similar 43. Equal masses of and are
conditions. The distance from
“A” where the two gases meet is kept in a vessel at . The
total pressure of the mixture is
1) 40.48 metres from the end “A”
2.1 atm. The partial pressure of
2) 43 metres from the end “A”
3) 42.48 metres from the end “A” is
4) 43.48 metres from the end “A” 1) 1.4 atm 2) 7 atm
3) 0.7 atm 4) 14 atm

States of Matter 23
mixture at constant temperature
44. A 200cc flask contains oxygen at and pressure. The partial
200mm pressure and a 300 cc pressure of H2 is
flask contains Nitrogen at
100mm pressure. The two
flasks are connected so that
each gas occupies the combined 1) of total pressure
volume. The total pressure of
the mixture in mm is
2) of total pressure
1) 80 2) 60 3) 140 4) 300
45. In a ten litre vessel, the total

pressure of a gaseous mixture 3) of total pressure
containing H2, N2 and CO2 is
9.8 atm. The partial pressures
4) of total pressure
of H2 and N2 are 3.7 and 4.2
atm, respectively. The partial 49. In a mixture of equal weights of
pressure of CO2 is H2 and He gases at pressure of
1) 1.9 atm 2) 0.19 atm 6 atm the partial pressure of
helium is
3) 2.4 atm 4) 0.019 atm
1) 3 atm 2) 4 atm
46. A sample of air contains 3) 2 atm 4) 6 atm
Nitrogen, Oxygen and saturated
with water vapour under a total Kinetic Energy & Molecular
pressure of 640 mm. If the Velocities:
vapour pressure of water at that
22 and
temperature is 40 mm and the 50. The gases contain 10
molecular ratio of N2:O2 is 3:1 10 23 molecules present in
the partial pressure of Nitrogen different vessels at the same
in the sample is temperature. The ratio of
their average K.E. is
1) 480 mm 2) 600 mm
1) 1 : 10 2) 10 : 1
3) 450 mm 4) 160 mm
3) 1 : 1 4) 1 : 5
47. A gas mixture contains Nitrogen
and Helium in 7 : 4 ratio by 0
weight. The pressure of the 51. At 27 C, the ratio of R.M.S
mixture is 760mm. The partial velocity of ozone to oxygen is
pressure of Nitrogen is
1) 0.2 atm 2) 0.8 atm
1) 2) 3) 4) 0.25
3) 0.5 atm 4) 0.4atm
48. 3 grams of H2 and 24 grams of

O2 are present in a gaseous

24 States of Matter
52. The R.M.S velocity of an ideal CO2 gas is 9 104 cm/sec. The
gas at 270C is 0.3m/sec. Its values of T1 and T2 are
R.M.S velocity at 9270 C is
1) 2143 K; 1694 K
1) 6 m/ sec 2) 0.3m/sec.
2) 1726 K; 2126 K
3) 0.6 m / sec 4) 3 m / sec
3) 1684 K; 2143 K
53. The temp. at which the RMS 4) 1684 K; 3368K
velocity of CO2 is equal to the
Real Gases:
RMS velocity of N2O at 270 C is
58. The values of van der Waals
1) 00 C 2) 270 C constant ‘a’ for the O2, N2, NH3
0 0
3) 273 C 4) -273 C and CH4 are 1.360, 1.390.,
54. The kinetic energy ‘N’ of 4.170 and 2.253 dm6 atm mol–
2. The gas which can be most
molecules of H2 is 3J at -730C.
easily liquefied is
The kinetic energy of the same
sample of H2 at 1270C is
1) O2 2) N2 3) NH3 4) CH4
59. The compression factor of a gas
1) 12J 2) 6J 3) 9J 4) 3J is more than unity at STP. Its
55. The temp. at which the RMS value of is
velocity of CH4 is equal to the
1) Greater than 22.4 dm3
RMS velocity of helium at 270C
is..... 2) Lesser than 22.4 dm3
1) 9270A 2) 9270C 3) Equal to 22.4 dm3
3) 12000C 4) 6230C 4) Dependent on its molecular

mass
56. The RMS velocity of a gas is 3.5
60. The relationship between Pc, Vc
x 104 cm/sec The most
and Tc
probable velocity of the
molecules is
1) 2)
1) 2.856 4
10 cm/sec
2) 3.22 104 cm/sec 4)
3) 3.798 104 cm/sec 3)
61. Critical temperatures of
4) 4.289 104 cm/sec
Ammonia and Carbondioxide
57. The average speed at T1K and are 405.5 K and 304.10 K
most probable speed at T2K of respectively. Which gas will

States of Matter 25
liquefy first when we start
cooling from 500 K to their
critical temperature? 4)
1) Ammonia 3)
2) Carbondioxide
65. The pressure of real gas is less
3) Both 1 & 2 than the pressure of an ideal
4) None gas because of:
1) Increase in collisions
62. Vanderwaal’s equation for one
2) Increase in intermolecular
mole of CO2 gas at low pressure
forces
will be [1]
3) Finite size of molecules
4) Statement is incorrect
1)
66. The temperature above which a
gas cannnot be liquified even
high pressure may be applied is
2)
called
1) Boyle’s temperature
3) 2) Critical temperature
3) Liquefaction temperature
4) Inversion temperature
4)
67. The compressibility factor for
63. Compressibility factor for H2 one mole of a vanderwaal’s gas
behaving as real gas is at 00C and 100 atm pressure is
found to be 0.5 Assume that the
volume of gas molecule is
1) 1 2) negligible. Calculate the vander
waals constant ‘a’.
1) 1.253 atm lit2mol-2
4)
3)
64. Volume of a molecule is related
to vanderwaal’s constant ‘b’ and 4) 22.53 atm lit2mol-2
Avogadro Number by equation
68. Gase vander Waals’ constant ‘b’
1) 2)

26 States of Matter
EXERCISE – II KEY
1.3 2.2 3.2 4.2 5.4
C2 H 6 0.0638 dm 2 mol 1
6.2 7.1 8.2 9.3 10.2
Which of the following gases is
most incompressible in nature? 11.3 12.4 13.3 14.4 15.3
2) CO2 16.2 17.1 18.1 19.1 20.2

1) NH3
21.3 22.4 23.1 24.4 25.1
3) C2H2 4) C2H6
26.2 27.3 28.3 29.2 30.2
31.4 32.2 33.1 34.3 35.3
Liquid State:
36.3 37.2 38.4 39.1 40.2
69. Which of the following behaviour
is true regarding the coefficient 41.1 42.3 43.3 44.3 45.1
of viscosity ( ) of a liquid 46.3 47.1 48.2 49.3 50.3

51.3 52.3 53.2 54.2 55.2
1) Plot of versus T is linear
56.1 57.3 58.3 59.1 60.3
2) Plot of versus 1/T is linear
61.1 62.1 63.3 64.4 65.2
3) = E/RT 66.2 67.1 68.2 69.4 70.3
4) Plot of log versus 1/T is 71.4

linear
70. One poise is equal to: Hints

1) 100 centipoise
8. 9.
2) 0.1 kg m-1s-1
3) both 1 and 2
10.
4)
71. Select the correct order of the 11. no.of moles =

following temperatures
A) Boyle Temp
12. 13. PV=nRT
B) Critical Temp
C) Inversion Temp 14.
1) 2)
17.
3) 4)

States of Matter 27
41.
18. 42.
43.
19. 20.
44.
21. 22.
45.
24. PV=nRT 32. 46.

33. 60 sec .......... 720 ml
47.
20 sec..........?
48.
34.
49.
50. Average K.E, at same
temperature
35.
= 1:1
36.
51.
37.
52.
38. 53.
39. 54.
40. 55.

28 States of Matter
same temperature, the volume

56. of the gas becomes
1) 1000 ml 2) 20 ml
3) 2 ml 4) 200 ml
57.
1.045 units as a decrease of 2. How much should the pressure
0.045 be increased in order to
decrease the volume of a gas by
5% at constant temperature
For 100 parts =
1) 25% 2) 10%
3) 4.26% 4) 5.26%
3. Balloons of 4L capacity are to be

filled with Hydrogen at a
pressure of 1 atm and 273 0C
from an 8L cylinder containing
Hydrogen at 10 atm at the same
temperature. The number of
balloons that can be filled is
1) 20 2) 18 3) 40 4) 38
4. Incorrect relationship according

to Charles law is
1) 2)
3) 4) both 2 & 3
5. Oxygen is present in a flask of

1.12L capacity at a pressure of
7.6 10–10 mm of Hg at 00C.
The number of oxygen molecules
in the flask is
EXERCISE - III
1) 1.5 1010 2) 3 1012
Gas laws and Ideal gas equations:
1. A gas of volume 2000ml is kept 3) 3 1010 4) 6 1012
in a vessel at a pressure of 103 6. The volume at STP of 5.6 grams
pascals at a temperature of of a gas whose vapour density is
270C. If the pressure is 5.6 is
increased 105 pascals at the 1) 5.6lit 2) 11.2 lit

States of Matter 29
3) 22.4lit 4) 44.8lit
7. At 380mm pressure and 00 C

number of moles of the gas
present in 11.2 lit of it are
1) 0.25 2) 0.5
3) 0.75 4) 1
8. At 00 C and a pressure of 2
atmospheres volume of 1 gram 12. The centre of the Sun consists of
of a diatomic gaseous element is gases whose average molecular
350ml. Weight of 1 atom of the weight is 2. If the density of the
element in grams is gases is 2.73 103 kg/m3 at a
1) 2.67 10-23 2) 3 10-10 pressure of 1.12 109atm, the
temperature at the centre of the
3) 6 10-23 4) 4 10-20 sun is (assuming ideal behavior)
1) 108 K 2) 106C
9. The density of a gas at 27 0 C
and 1 atm is’d’. Pressure 3) 107 K 4) 109 K
remaining constant, the
temperature at which its density 13. A gas is allowed to expand at
becomes 0.75 d is constant temperature from a
volume of 400 ml to a volume of
1) 200C 2) 300C one litre. The final pressure of
3) 400K 4) 300K gas is 100mm of Hg. The initial
pressure of the gas in mm is
10. When 3.2 gm of sulphur is
1) 100 2) 200
vapourised, it gives 280ml of
3) 250 4) 500
vapour at 2730C and 1520mm
pressure. Molecular formula of
sulphur is 14. At 270 C the pressure of the gas
X is 12atm.
1) 2) At - 730 C the pressure of
resulting gas is
3) 4) S 1) 24 atm 2) 12 atm
3) 8 atm 4) 6 atm
11. For an ideal gas a plot of Vs
T will look like
15. 7.5 grams of a gas occupy 5.6

litres of volume at STP. The gas
is (Atomic weights of C, N and O

30 States of Matter
are 12, 14 and 16 respectively) 20. A glass tube of volume 112ml.

(M-01) containing a gas is partially
1) NO 2) N2O evacuated till the pressure in it
drops to 3.8 x 10-5 torr at 0ºC.
3) CO 4) CO The number of molecules of the
gas remaining in the tube is [2]
16. A certain mass of a gas occupies
a volume of 2 L at STP. To what 1) 3 × 1017
temperature the gas must be
heated to double its volume, 2) 1.5 × 1014
keeping the pressure constant? 3) 4.5 × 1018
1) 100 K 2) 273 K 4) Name of the gas is required
3) 2730 C 4)
Graham's Law of Diffusion:
5460 C
21. The relative rates of effusion of
17. When the pressure of 2 litres of O2 to CH4 through a container
O2 gas is doubled and its
containing O2 and CH4 in 3:2
temperature is also doubled
mass ratio will be:
from 300K to 600K, the final
volume of the gas is
1) 4 lit 2) 20 lit
1) 2)
3) 40 lit 4) 2 lit
18. If one mole of a gas A (mol.wt-

3) 4) None
40) occupies a volume of
20litres, under the same 22. At a given temperature and
conditions of temperature and pressure 20 ml of the gas
pressure the volume occupied diffuses through a porous
by 2 moles of gas B (mol.wt=80) membrane in 5 seconds.
is Calculate the volume of carbon
1) 80 L 2) 60 L dioxide which diffuses in 10
3) 50 L 4) 40 L seconds if the vapour density of
the gas is 11.
19. A steel cylinder of 8 litres
capacity contains hydrogen gas 1) 10 2) 20/
at 12atm pressure. At the same
temperature how many cycle 3) 40/ 4) 10/
tubes of 4 litres capacity at 2
atm can be filled up with this 23. The ratio of rates of diffusion of
gas? gases X and Y is 1:5 and that of
1) 12 2) 48 3) 5 4) 10 Y and Z is 1:6. The ratio of rates
of diffusion of Z and X is

States of Matter 31
1) 1:30 2) 1:6 2) At a distance of 68.5 cm from
3) 30:1 4) 6:1 NH3 end
24. 5 moles of O2 gas diffused 3) At a distance of 44.45 cm

through a porous partition in 30 from HBr end
seconds. How many moles of H2 4) At a distance of 45.45 cm
gas can diffuse through the from HBr end
partition in 60 seconds under Dalton’s Law:
the same condition of pressure 28. Partial pressure of CH gas in
and temperature? 4
the mixture of CH4 & He gases
1) 2.5 2) 10 3) 40 4) 20
in a flask is 0.5 atm. If that
25. CH4 diffuses two times faster mixture is at STP, the weight of
helium gas in the mixture is
than a gas X. The number of
molecules present in 32g of gas 1) 2g 2) 5g 3) 0.5g 4) 4g
X is (N is Avogadro number)
29. Partial pressure of 3 gases A, B
1) N 2) N/2 3) N/4 4) N/16 and C in their mixture are PA,
26. A pre-weighed vessel was filled PB and PC respectively. If the

with oxygen at NTP and number of moles of A, B, C are
weighed. It was then evacuated, equal
filled with SO2 at the same
temperature and pressure and 1)
again weighed. The weight of
oxygen will be 2)
1) The same as that of SO2
3)
2) 1/2 that of SO2
4)
3) Twice that of SO2
4) 1/4 that of SO2 30. A gas mixture contains 2 moles
of A,3 moles of B,5 moles of C
27. The reaction between gaseous and 10 moles of D. If the partial
NH3 and HBr produces a white pressure of C is 1.5
atmospheres, the total pressure
solid NH4Br. Suppose that NH3
in atmosphere is
and HBr are introduced
1) 3 2) 6 3) 9 4) 15
simultaneously into the opposite
ends of an open tube of 1 metre
31. 60% of and 40% of O2 by volume
long. Where would you expect
are present in a mixture at a
the white solid to form?
pressure of 100 mm. Pressure
1) At a distance of 34.45 cm exerted by H2 is
from NH3 end
1) 50 mm 2) 400 mm

32 States of Matter
3) 60 mm 4) 1000 mm 1) 180 mm 2) 360 mm

3) 540 mm 4)720 mm
36. A sample of water gas contains
32. A gaseous mixture of three 42% by volume of carbon
gases A, B and C has a monoxide. If the total pressure
pressures of 10 atms. The total is 760 mm. The partial pressure
number of moles of all the gases of carbon monoxide is
is 10. If the partial pressures of 1) 380 mm 2) 319.2 mm
A and B are 3.0 in 1.0 atm 3) 38 mm 4) 360 mm
respectively and if “C” has a
mol. wt. of 2.0 what is the 37. 200 ml of O gas maintained at
weight of “C” in gms present in 2
the mixture. (M-1998) 700 mm pressure and 250 ml of
N2 gas maintained at 720mm
1) 6 2) 3 3) 12 4) 8
pressure are put together in one
litre flask. If the temperature is
33. Total pressure observed after
kept constant, the final pressure
opening the stopcock is
of the mixture in mm is
(neglecting the volume of the
tube connecting the two bulbs) 1) 450 2) 320 3) 632 4) 316
38. In a ten litre vessel, the total

pressure of a gaseous mixture
containing H2, N2 and CO2 is
9.8atm. The partial pressures of
H2 and N2 are 3.7 and 4.2 atm
1) 1.33 atm 2) 3 atm
respectively. Then the partial
3) 0.3 atm 4) 0.75 atm pressure of CO2 is
34. At atmospheric pressure, a litre 1) 1.9atm 2) 0.19atm

vessel contains a mixture of 3) 2.4atm 4) 0.019atm
Helium and Nitrogen. If partial
pressure of Nitrogen is 500 mm, 39. A mixture contains 16g of
the partial pressure of Helium oxygen, 28g of nitrogen and 8g
will be of methane. Total pressure of
1) 500 mm 2) 260 mm the mixture is 740mm. What is
the partial pressure of nitrogen
3) 760 mm 4) 1260 mm
in mm?
35. A gaseous mixture contain 56 1) 185 2) 370 3) 555 4) 740
grams of N2, 44 grams CO2 and
16 grams of CH4. The total Kinetic Gas Equation:
pressure of the mixture is 720 40. The energy of a gas per liter is
mm Hg. The partial pressure of 300 J its pressure will be:
CH4 is

States of Matter 33
4) 1/2 times that of H2 molecule
1)
44. What is the temperature at
2) which the kinetic energy of 0.3
moles of helium is equal to the
kinetic energy of 0.4 moles of
3) argon at 400K?
1) 400 K 2) 873 K
4)
3) 533 K 4) 300 K
41. The average kinetic energy of
one molecule of an ideal gas at
270C and 1 atm pressure is Molecular Velocities:
1) 45. RMS speed of molecule and
2) that molecule at a given

temperature are in the ratio of
3)
1) 2)
4)
42. If the temperature is raised from

200C to 400C, the average 3) 4)
kinetic energy of neon atoms
changes by a factor of which of 46. Four molecules of a gas have the
the following velocities 3 x 104 cm/sec. 4 x
104 cm / sec. 2 x 10 4 cm/sec.
and 5 x 104 cm/sec. The r.m.s.
2)
velocity of the molecules is
1)
1) 3.675  103 cm/s
2) 36.75  103 cm/s
3) 4) 2
3) 36.75 104 cm/s
43. Helium atom is 2 times heavier
than hydrogen molecule. At 4) 3.675  102 cm/s
298K Average kinetic energy of
Helium atom is 47. Identify the correct statement
among the following
1) 2 times that of H2 molecule
1) Most probable speed
2) Same as that of H2 molecule increases with increase in
temperature
3) 4 times that of H2 molecule

34 States of Matter
2) Fraction of total molecules 1) Molecular interaction between

with most probable velocity atoms and PV/nRT>1
decreases with increase in 2) Molecular interaction between
temperature atoms and PV/nRT<1
3) Area under the curve 3) Finite size of atoms and
increases with increase in PV/nRT>1
temperature 4) Finite size of atoms and
4) Same fraction of molecules PV/nRT<1
possess different velocities at
same temperature 52. In vander waal’s is equation of
state of the gas law the constant
1) 1, 2 2) 2, 3 ‘b’ is a measure of
3) 1, 2, 3 4) 1, 2, 4 1) Volume occupied by the
molecules
48. Most probable velocity of 2) Intermolecular attractions
hydrogen molecules at T C is 0
3) Intermolecular repulsions
At (2T+273)0 C, all the 4) Intermolecular collisions per
molecules are dissociated into unit volume
atoms. Then new most probable
velocity will be [2] 53. A vessel of 25 litre capacity
contains 10 moles of steam
2) 3) 4) under pressure of 50.3 atm.
1) Calculate the temperature of
steam using vander waal’s
49. By what factor, the mean equation (if for water a=5.46 bar
velocity is to be multiplied to get
the RMS velocity. [1] L2 mol–2 and b=0.031 L mol–1)
1) 1539.5K 2) 153.95K
1) 2) 3) 15.395K 4) 1.5395K

3) 4) one mole of a vanderwaal’s gas
at 00 C and 100 atm pressure is
50. If the RMS velocity of a gas found to be 0.5 Assume that the
molecule at 400K is ‘x’ ms-1 at volume of gas molecule is
what temperature its
most negligible.
-1
probable velocity is ‘x’ ms ? [2] Calculate the vander waals
constant a.
1) 300K 2) 600K
3) 200K 4) 800K 1) 1.253 atm lit2mol–2
2) 12.53 atm lit2mol–2
Real Gases
3) 0.125 atm lit2mol–2
51. Positive deviation from ideal
behaviour takes place because of 4) 22.53 atm lit2mol–2

States of Matter 35
1) A, B, C, D 2) A, B, D
55. ‘Boyle temperature’ of a gas is 3) A, B, C 4) B, C, D
the temperature at which gas:
1) Deviates very much from ideal 58. a and b are vanderwaal’s
behaviour. constants for gases. Chlorine is
more easily liquefied than
2) Shows ideal behaviour over a ethane because
considerable range of pressures.
1) a for Cl2 < a for C2H6 but b
3) Gets liquefied rapidly by
for Cl2 > b for C2H6
applying pressure.
4) Gets boiled under a pressure 2) a for Cl2 > a for C2H6 but b
of 1 atmosphere of for Cl2 < b for C2H6
surroundings.
3) a and b for Cl2 > a and b for
56. Select a false statement about C 2H6
compressibility factor ‘z’
1) It is greater than one at very 4) a and b for Cl2 < a and b for
high pressure for real gases. C 2H6
2) It is not less than one for H 2 Liquid State:

gas at ordinary temperatures. 59. Which of the following behaviour
3) For CO2 gas it is always equal is true regarding the coefficient
to one. of viscosity ( ) of a liquid
4) This is equal to one at all 1) Plot of versus T is linear
conditions for an ideal gas. 2) Plot of versus 1/T is linear
57. Compressibility factor ‘z’ for a 3) = E/RT
4) Plot of log versus 1/T is
linear
gas is taken as . Select the
correct statements from the 60. One poise is equal to:
following.
1) 100 centipoise
(A) Z = 1 for ideal gas only.
2) 0.1 kg m-1s-1
(B) at normal temperature Z > 1
for H2 gas. 3) both 1 and 2
(C) for CO2 gas Z > 1 at 4)

moderate pressure above its
Boyle Temperature. 61. Select the correct order of the
(D) Z > 1 for real gas at very following temperatures
high pressure. A) Boyle Temp
The correct answer is B) Critical Temp

36 States of Matter
C) Inversion Temp
1) 2) 3.
3) 4) 4.
6. At STP 22.4 lt of any gas is 1
62. Which of the following is true
about the effect of rise in
temperature on surface tension mole .
and viscosity of a liquid?
1) Surface tension increases and 7.
viscosity decreases
2) Surface tension decreases
and viscosity increases 8.
3) Both surface tension and
viscosity increase 9.
4) Both surface tension and
viscosity decrease
10. Atomicity
63. The force required to maintain
the flow of liquid layers is
13.
proportional to:
14. P1/T1=P2/T2
1) Quantity of liquid
2) Velocity gradient 15. V1/T1=V2/T2
3) Depth of liquid
1.2 2.4 3.2 4.1 5.3
4) Container in which the
liquid is taken 6.2 7.1 8.1 9.3 10.3
11.4 12.3 13.3 14.3 15.1

EXERCISE III - KEY
16.3 17.4 18.4 19.4 20.2
21.2 22.3 23.3 24.3 25.2
26.2 27.2 28.1 29.2 30.2
31.3 32.3 33.1 34.2 35.1
Hints 36.2 37.2 38.1 39.2 40.4
1. 41.2 42.2 43.2 44.3 45.3
2. 46.2 47.4 48.2 49.1 50.2
51.1 52.1 53.1 54.1 55.2

IIT & MEDICAL ACADEMY 56.3 57.2 58.2 59.4 60.3
61.4 62.4 63.2

States of Matter 37
16. PV = nRT
33.
17.
34.
18.
35.
41. Average kinetic energy per
19.
20. molecule =
42.
22.
43. At constant temperature, average
23. From Grahm’s law of diffustion
kinetic energy is constant
= 45.
On multiplying
46.
49.
24.
50.
25.
EXERCISE – III
(Additional questions)
27. Gas Laws & Ideal Gas Equation:
1. A gas occupies a volume of 2.5 L
30.
at 9 105 Nm–2. Calculate the
additional pressure
required to decrease the volume
of the gas to 1.5 L, keeping
temperature constant.
31.
1) 6 105 Nm–2
32. 2) 5 105 Nm–2

3) 7 105 Nm–2

38 States of Matter
4) 15 105 Nm–2 what will be the pressure of the

container ?
2. A cylinder containing cooking 1) P 2) 2P
gas can withstand a pressure of
15 atm. The pressure gauge of 3) p/2 4) P2
the cylinder indicates 12 atm at
6. On a ship sailing in Indian
270C. Due to a sudden fire in ocean where the temperature is
the building, the temperature
starts rising. At above what 26.10C, a balloon is filled with
temperature will the cylinder 20.18L of air. What will be the
explode? volume of the balloon when the
ship reaches Pacific ocean,
1) 350 K 2) 375 K
where temperature is 23.40C?
3) 275 K 4) 360 K
1) 20 L 2) 200 L
3. Calculate the number of 3) 2 L 4) 28 L
gaseous molecules left in a
volume of 1 mm3 if it is pumped 7. A open steel vessel has an ideal
out to give a vaccum of 10–6 gas at 270C. What fraction of
mm Hg at 298K. the gas is escaped if the vessel
and its contents are heated to
1) 3.24  107 1270C? (Neglect the expansion
2) 3.24  106 of steel)
1) 3/4 2) 2/4
3) 3.82 105
3) 3 4) 1/4
4) 4.6  106
8. A vessel of irregular shape has a
volume ‘V’. It is first evacuated
4. 10.0 L cylinder of oxygen at 4.0
amd coupled with a vessel of 4L
atm pressure at 170C developed capacity at and 10 atm
a leak. When the leak was pressure. If the final pressure in
repaired, 2.50 atm of oxygen both the vessels is 3atm,
remained in the cylinder, still at calculate the volume V.
170C. How many moles of gas 1) 9.3 L 2) 8 L
escaped?
3) 6 L 4) 8.3 L
1) 0.43 mole 2) 0.53 mole
3) 0.63 mole 4) 0.73 mole 9. A synthetic mixture of nitrogen
and Argon has a density of 1.4 g
5. Equal molecules of N2 and O2 L–1 at 00C. Calculate the
are kept in a closed container at average molecular weight. Find
pressure P. If N2 is out the
removed from the system, then volume percentage of nitrogen in
the mixture.

States of Matter 39
1) 80 2) 90 3) 70 4) 60 1) -39.4°C 2) 233.6°C
3) 39.4°C 4) 240°C
10. N2O4 is 20% dissociated at
270C and 760 torr. The density 15. A gaseous mixture of three
of the equilibrium mixture is gases A, B and C has a pressure
1) 3.1 gm/l 2) 6.2 gm/l of 10atm. The total number of
moles of all the gases is 10. The
3) 12.4 g/l 4) 18.6 g/l partial pressure of A and B are 3
and 1 atm respectively. If C has
11. A bulb of unknown volume ‘V’ a molecular weight of 2, what is
Contains an ideal gas at 2 atm the weight of C in grams present
pressure. It was connected to in the mixture?
another evacuated bulb of
volume 0.5 litre through a 1) 6 2) 3 3) 12 4) 8
stopcock. When the stopcock 16. At 270C, a closed vessel
was opened the pressure in each contains a mixture of equal
bulb became 0.5 atm. Then V is weights of helium (mol. wt = 4),
1) 17ml 2) 1.7 litres methane (mol.wt = 16) and
3) 0.17 litres 4) 0.34 litres sulphur dioxide (mol. wt = 64).
The pressure exerted by the
12. Among the following gaseous mixture is 210 mm. If the
elements with atomic numbers, partial pressure of helium
which will have greater rate of methane and sulphurdioxide are
diffusion? P1, P2 and P3 respectively,
1) Z = 7 2) Z = 8 which one of the following is
correct?
3) Z = 10 4) Z = 17
13. A cylinder contains 6.023 × 1) P3 > P2 > P1
1023 molecules of hydrogen and 2) P1 > P2 > P3
5 × 6.023 × 1022 molecules of 3) P1 > P3 > P2
oxygen. The partial pressure of
oxygen is 4) P2 > P3 > P1
1) 4/5 of the total pressure
2) 2.5 of the total pressure Grahams Law Of Diffusion:
3) 1/3 of the total pressure 17. 720cc of a methane diffused
4) 3/5 of the total pressure through a porous membrane in
30min. Under identical
14. An open bulb containing air at conditions 240cc of gas ‘X’
19°C was cooled to a certain diffused in 20min. Calculate the
temperature at which the molecular weight of ‘X’.
number of moles of the gaseous 1) 24 2) 64
molecules increased by 25%. 3) 81 4) 54
The final temperature is

40 States of Matter
18. One litre of hydrogen effused in 3) 3.5 atm & 1.5 atm
8 min through a fine aperture. 4) 1.5 atm & 1.5 atm
What is the time required for the
same volume of ozone to effuse
under similar conditions? 22. N2 + 3H2 2NH3. 1 mole of N2
1) 39.2 2) 49.2 and 4 moles of H2 are taken in
3) 29.2 4) 25 15 L flask at 270c. After

complete conversion of N2 into
19. A rubber balloon permeable to NH3, 5Litre of water is added.
all isotopic forms of hydrogen is
Pressure set up in the flask
filled with heavy hydrogen and
(ignore the vp of H2O)
placed in tank of pure hydrogen.
After some times, the balloon 1) 4.926 atm
will
2) 3.284 atm
1) Shrink in size
3) 1.643 atm
2) Expand
4) 2.463atm
3) Remain as such
4) Shrink to half of the size 23. A mixture of 1 mole of hydrogen
and 1 mole of chlorine with a
20. For gas balloons A, B, C, D of little charcoal in a 10 L
equal volumes containing H2, evacuated flask was irradiated
with light until the reaction was
N2O, CO, CO2 respectively were
complete. Subsequently 5 L of
picked with needle and water was introduced into the
immersed in a tank containing flask and the flask was cooled to
CO2. Which of them will shrink 270C. (Aqueous tension at 270C
after some time = 26 mm). The pressure exerted
by the system is approximately
1) All
equal to
2) Both A, C
1) 98.5 mm 2) 26 mm
3) Only C
3) 52 mm 4) 76 mm
4) Both A and D
Dalton’s Law of Partial Pressure:
21. A vessel contains 0.25 moles of 24. The pressure of moist gas at a
Helium and 0.15 moles of neon given temperature is 10mm Hg
at 298K and 2.4 atmosphere at volume V. Aqueous tension at
pressure. Calculate the partial this temp is 3 mm Hg. The final
pressure of each gas in the pressure of gas at the same
mixture. temperature if the volume is
reduced to 1/3 original volume
1) 1.5 atm & 0.9 atm is
2) 2.5 atm & 0.9 atm 1) 30 mm Hg 2) 27 mm Hg

States of Matter 41
3) 24 mm Hg 4) 21mm Hg 29. One litre glass bulb contains
25. The relative humidity of air is molecules of nitrogen at a

80% at 270C. If the aqueous pressure of Newton m–
tension at the same temperature 2
. Find the RMS velocity and
is 27 mm Hg. The partial temperature of the gas. If the
pressure of water vapour in the ratio of most probable velocity
air will be and RMS velocity is 0.82, find
1) 21.6 mm the most probable velocity of
2) 27 mm nitrogen gas at the same
temperature.
3) 25mm
1) 400ms–1 2) 405ms–1
4) 23 mm Kinetic Gas Equation
& Molecular Velocities 3) 200ms–1 4) 274ms–1
Real Gases, Van der Waals
26. At what temperature the kinetic Equation:
energy of a gas molecule is one- 30. The Compressibility factor for
half of its value at 300C? H2 and He is usually
1) 151.5 K 2) 251.5 K
1) > 1 2) = 1
3) 303 K 4) 121 K
3) < 1 4) None
27. Total K.E. of a sample of a gas
which contains an ideal gas is
molecules is 500 cal at 1) 1.5 2) 1.0
another sample of a gas at
3) 2.0 4)
has a total kinetic energy
of 1500 cals. Then the number 32. In vander Waals equation of
of molecules in the second state the constant ‘b’ is a
sample of gas is measure of
1) Volume occupied by the
1) 2) molecules
2) Intermolecular attraction
3) 4)
3) Intermolecular repulsions
4) Intermolecular collisions per
28. Density of a gas at one atm unit volume.
pressure is g cc-1. 33. In van der Waals’ equation of
Calculate the RMS velocity of state for a non-ideal gas, the
the gas. term that account for
1) 361 ms–1 2) 461 ms–1 intermolecular force is:
3) 261 ms–1 4) 216 ms–1

1) 2)

42 States of Matter
37. Calculate the pressure exerted

by 8.5g of NH3 contained in a
3) 4) 0.5 lit vessel at 300 K. For NH3,
34. The unit of van der Waals a = 4 atm.lit2.mole–2, b = 0.036
constant a is lit.mole–1
1) KPa 1) 21.5 atm
2) KPa dm3 2) 10.5 atm
3) KPa dm3 mol–1 3) 5.25 atm
4) 30.5 atm
4) KPa dm6 mol–2
38. A gas obeys the equation of
35. At low pressures, the van der state P(V-b)=RT where, ‘b’ is
Wall’s equation is written as constant. The slope of an
isochore will be
1) –ve
The compressibility factor is 2) zero
then equal to:
3)
1) 2)
3) 4) 4)
36. Given the value of the vander 39. What is the value of ‘b’, if the
Waal’s constant ‘a’ for the diameter of a molecule is 2A 0,
following gases (nearly)
1) 2.4 ml/mole
Gas ‘a’ values ( )
2) 4.8 ml/mole
O2 1.36
3) 7.2 ml/mole
CO2 3.59 4) 9.6 ml/mole
C2H6 5.49
40. The rise in ‘Z’ with increasing
SO2 6.72 pressure of a gas is due to
Which one of the following gases 1) Vanderwaal constant a
has the strongest inter 2) Vanderwaal constant b
molecular forces of attraction? 3) Both a and b
1) O2 2) CO2 4) Not depending on both
3) C2H6 4) SO2

States of Matter 43
41. Positive deviation from ideal below. The value of ‘a’
behaviour takes place because (atmliter2.mol–2) is
of
1) Molecular interaction between
atom and
2) Molecular interaction between
atom and
3) Finite size of atoms and
1) 1 2) 4.5 3) 1.5 4) 3
4) Finite size of atoms and
44. 1 mole of SO2 occupies a volume
of 350 ml at 300 K and 50 atm
42. The given graph represents the pressure. Calculate the
variations of compressibility compressibility factor of the gas.
factor z =pV/nRT versus P for 1) 1 2) 1.1
three real gases A, B and C.
3) 0.71 4) 0.4
45. An open tank is filled with Hg

upto a height of 76 cm. Find
the pressure at the bottom of
the tank and middle of the
tank. (If atmospheric pressure
is 1 atm) respectively are
Identify the incorrect statement.

1) For gas A, a = 0 and its
dependance on P is linear at all
pressures
2) For gas A, b = 0 and its 1) 2 atm, 1.5 atm
dependance on P is linear at all 2) 1.5 atm, 2 atm
pressures
3) 1 atm, 1 atm
3) For gas C, which is a typical
gas neither a nor b=0 4) 2 atm, 2 atm
4) At high pressures the slope is
46. Find the height of water upto
positive for all real gases
which water must be filled to
43. For one mole of a van der Waals create the same pressure at the
gas when b=0 and T = 300 K, bottom. As in above problem.
the PV vs 1/V plot is shown 1) 1033.6 cm 2) 103. 36 cm

44 States of Matter
3) 76 cm 4) 10.26 cm
5. P total =
EXERCISE – III
(Additional questions) KEY 6.
1. 1 2. 2 3. 1 4. 3 5. 3
7.
6. 1 7. 4 8. 1 9. 3 10. 1
11. 3 12. 3 13. 3 14. 1 15. 3
16. 2 17. 2 18. 1 19. 2 20. 2
The fraction of gas escaped from
21. 1 22. 4 23. 2 24. 3 25. 1 vessel upon heating 1-3/4=1/4
26. 1 27. 3 28. 2 29. 2 30. 1
31. 2 32. 1 33. 3 34. 4 35. 1
36. 4 37. 1 38. 3 39. 4 40. 2 8.
41. 1 42. 2 43. 3 44. 3 45. 1
46. 1 = 31.4 if the percentage
volume of is X then =31.4

Hints
=
1.
additional pressure required is
10.
2. 12. 13.
17. Rate of diffusion of methane =
3. 720/30 = 24
Rate of diffusion gas x =240/20=
12
4. moles escaped
=
18.

States of Matter 45
19. The expansion is because of fact
that rate of
28.
diffusion of is higher than
29. PV= Nrt =
that of
20. The balloon in which lighter
molecular weight gas is present
30.Since for
21.
22.
31. Ideal strictly follow PV= nRT
1 4 0 (before reaction)
32. In Vanderwaals equation, b is for
- 1 2 (after reaction) volume correction
Since formed ammonia dissolved
in no.of moles of gas left = 1

37.
P=
38.
23. Since all the HCl that is formed is
highly soluble in water and no 39. b = 4xVol.occupied by the
gas is left the pressure exerted molecule
will be only by water vapour and
hence will be equal to aqueous
tension
24.
40. At high pressure,
25. % relative humidity
43. Slope = a = (y2–y1) / (x2– x1)
=
44.
45. P = Patm + hdg
26. K.E =
At two different conditions
46.
EXERCISE – IV
27.
Section A

46 States of Matter
(Column matching Questions) 2) 2 3 4 1

3) 4 3 2 1
1. Match the following:
4) 4 2 3 1
List -I List –II
A) R = 8.314J.K– 1) STP 3. List-I
1.mole–1 condition
B) V = 22.414lit 2) S.I unit
A)
C) P = 760 mm 3) CGS units
of Hg, T=273K
D) R= 4) Gram B)
0.831410 8 molecular
weight
ergs.k–1.mole–1 C)
5) Gram List-II
molar volume 1) Average velocity
at STP
2) Velocity of gas molecule at
absolute zero kelvin
A B C D 3) RMS velocity of gas
1) 5 4 3 1 molecules
2) 4 3 2 1 4) Most probable velocity of gas
3) 3 5 2 4 molecules
4) 2 5 1 3 1) A-1, B-2, C-3
2) A-2, B-3, C-1
3) A-3, B-1, C-4
List -I List-II
4) A-4, B-1, C-3
A) Boyle’s law 1) 4. Match the following substances
with types of inter molecular
forces:
List-I List-II
B) Avogadro law 2)
A) CH4 I) London,
dipole-
C) Charles law 3)
dipole
B) CHCl3 II) London
D) Dalton’s law 4) C) C4H9OH III) London, dipole-
The correct match is dipole, hydrogen
A B C D bonding.
1) 1 2 3 4 A B C A B C

States of Matter 47
1) II I III 2) I II III A B C A B C
3) III I II 4) III II I 1) 4 2 3 2) 1 3 2
5. Match the following: 3) 1 2 4 4) 1 4 3
List -I List-II 7. Match the liquids in column I
A) Atmolysis 1) Temperature with viscosity in column II
of the gas column I column II
B) Gas burette 2) Volume of A) Water I) 3.29
the gas B) Acetone II) 9.68
C) Manometer 3) Separation C) Ethyl ether III) 10.09

of Isotopes of D) Carbon tetrachloride IV) 2.33:
Uranium (as) A B C D
D) Thermometer 4) Pressure 1) III I IV II
of air
2) II IV I III
5) Pressure
of gas 3) I IV III II
A B C D 4) IV III II I
1) 1 2 3 4 8. Match the physical property (in
List I) with unit (in List II):
2) 4 5 1 2
List-I List-II
3) 3 1 4 2
4) 3 2 5 1 A) Viscosity I) Jm-2
B) Surface tension II) Nm-1
C) Surface energy III) Kg m-1s-
1
D) Vapour pressure IV) atm
List -I List -II A B C D
A) Effusion 1) III II I IV
1) 2) IV II I III
B) Velocity of 2) Collision of 3) I IV III II
gas molecules molecules on 4) II IV I III
the walls
C) Pressure of 3) Vector 9. Match list I with List II and select
the gas quantity the correct answers
4) Scalar List – I List – II
quantity
List -I List-II

48 States of Matter
11. Match the compression factor

under different condition (in List
A) Critical temperature 1) I) with its value (in List II)
List – I List – II
B) Boyle temperature 2)
A) Compression factor (Z) P)
C) Inversion temperature 3) for ideal gas
B) Z for real gas Q)

D) Reduced temperature 4)
at low P
A B C D
C) Z for real gas at high P R) 1
1) 4 1 2 3
2) 3 2 1 4 D) Z for critical state S)
3) 4 3 2 1 A B C D
4) 2 1 4 3 1) 3 4 2 1
2) 1 2 4 3
10. Match the constant (in List I) 3) 4 3 2 1
with its unit (in List II):
4) 2 1 4 3
List – I
A) Gas constant 12. Match the following
B) Van der Waals constant “a” A) Movement of 1) Unaffected by
C) Boltzmann constant k gas molecules gravity
B) Gas with least 2) Diffusion
D) Vanderwaals constant “b”
rate diffusion
List – II
C) Gas with highest 3) H2
P) JK–1 molecule–1
rate of diffusion
Q) dm3 mol–1 D) Spontaneous 4) He
R) atm lit2 mol–2 mixing of gases 5) UF6
S) JK–1 mol–1 The correct match is
A B C D
1) A – R, B – S, C – Q, D – P 1) 5 3 4 2
2) A – S, B – R, C – P, D – Q 2) 1 2 3 4
3) A – Q, B – P, C – R, D – S 3) 1 5 3 2
4) A – P, B – S, C – P, D – Q 4) 5 3 2 1
13. LIST - I LIST – II
A) Boyle's law 1) Pobs =

States of Matter 49
Patm + Pwater vapour Section B
(Assertion and Reasoning)
1) If A and R are correct, R is
B) Avagadro law 2) correct explanation for A.
2) If A and R are correct, R is
not correct explanation of A.
C) Charles law 3)
3) If A is correct and R is wrong.
4) If A is wrong and R is correct.
D) Dalton’s law 4)
15. A : In Maxwell distribution curve
The correct match is with increase in temperature the
A B C D fraction of molecules possessing
most probable velocity
1) 1 2 3 4 increases.
2) 2 3 4 1 R : With increasing temperature
3) 4 3 2 1 molecular velocities increases.
4) 4 2 3 1
16. A: At Boyle’s temperature the
14. compressibility factors of a gas
LIST - I LIST - II approaches unity.
A) R = 8.314 1) STP R: At Boyle’s temperature the
J.Kelvin–1mol– conditions real gases obey ideal gas laws.
1
17. A: CRMS is greater than CP for
B) V= 22.711 lit 2) SI unit any ideal gas.
C) P = 1 bar ; 3) CGS unit R: Velocity of gas molecules
T = 273.15 K increases with an increase of
temperature
D) R = 0.8314x 4) Gram
108ergs.k-1mol-1 molecular 18. A: Different gases at the same
weight conditions of temperature and
pressure have same root mean
5) Gram molar
square speed.
volume at
R: Average K.E of a gas is
S.T.P directly proportional to
The correct match is temperature in Kelvin
1) A-5; B-4; C-3; D-1 19. A: H2 and O2 have same RMS
2) A-4; B-3; C-2; D-1
velocity at the same
3) A-3; B-5; C-2; D-4 temperature.
4) A-2; B-5; C-1; D-3

50 States of Matter
R: R.M.S velocity of a gas 26. A: All gases are not ideal gases
molecules is directly R : There are no attractions and
proportional to square root of T. repulsions among the gas
molecules according to kinetic
20. A: 8 gm of methane occupies molecular theory of gases.
11.207 l of volume at 273K and
1atm pressure 27. A: Inspite of large number of
R: One mole of any gas at STP molecular collisions the ratio of
occupies 22.414 litres of volume the number of molecules with a
certain velocity to the total
21. A: At 300K, kinetic energy of 16 number of molecules is constant
gms of methane is equal to the R: Velocity of gas molecules is
kinetic energy of 32 gms of constant.
oxygen.
R: At constant temperature, 28. A: The Joule-Thomson
kinetic energy of one mole of all coefficient for an ideal gas is
gases is equal zero.
R: There are no intermolecular
22. A: 1 g SO2 and 1 g of CO2 attractive forces in an ideal gas.
contain same number of
molecules under similar 29. A: Surface tension decreases on
conditions increasing temperature.
R: 64 g of SO2 and 44g of CO2 R: Intermolecular attractive
contain same number of atoms forces are comparatively smaller
under similar conditions at higher temperatures.
23. A: Greater the mole fraction of a 30. A: Liquids are less compressible
gas in a gaseous mixture, than gases.
greater is the pressure it exerts R: Very small free space is
R: Pressure of a gas is due to available between molecules in
bombardment of gas molecules gases.
on the walls of the container
31. A: During evaporation of the
24. A: N/4 molecules of a gas has a liquid, its temperature does not
volume of 5.6 litres at S.T.P change.
R: Gram molar volume of any R: Kinetic energy of liquid
gas at S.T.P is 22.4 lit molecules is directly
proportional to the absolute
25. A: At a given temperature 1 mole temperature.
of any gas has same kinetic
energy 32. A: The gas with greater value of
‘a’ can be easily liquefied.
R: Kinetic energy is (3/2)RT (for
1 mole of gas)

States of Matter 51
R: The vander Waals’ constant R: Hydrogen gas at room
‘a’ measures the intermolecular temperature is above its
force among gas molecules. inversion temperature.
33. A: As temperature increases 39. A: At constant temperature, PV

viscosity of liquids decreases. versus V plot for real gases is
R: As temperature increases, the not a straight line.
high K.E. molecules overcome R: At high pressure Z > 1 but at
the intermolecular forces to slip intermediate pressure most
past one another between gases Z<1.
layers.
40. A: At critical temperature liquid
34. A: At critical state the meniscus passes into gaseous state
between gas and liquid imperceptibly and continuously.
disappears R: The density of liquid and
R: Surface tension of liquid is gaseous phase is equal at
zero at critical state. critical temperature.
41. A: Gases do not liquefy above
35. A: Helium show positive their critical temperature, what
deviation from ideal behaviour. ever the high pressure is applied.
R: Helium is a noble gas. R: Above critical temperature,
molecular speed speed is high
36. A: The compressibility factor (Z)
and intermolecular force cannot
for H2 and He is greater than
hold the molecules together.
42. A: The pressure exerted by real

unity, gas is always less than that
R: Compressibility factor for H2 exerted by ideal gas
and He may be calculated using R: Molecular velocities decrease
van der Walls’ equation due to intermolecular attractions
neglecting van der Walls’
constant ‘a’ 43. A: Viscosity of a liquid increases
with rise in the temperature due
37. A: All the molecules of ideal gas to increase of kinetic energy.
travel with same speed.
R: The intermolecular attractions
R: Ideal gas molecules neither decrease with rise in temperature
attract nor repel each other. due to increase of kinetic energy.
38. A: When hydrogen gas expands 44. A : When a liquid is allowed to fall
adiabatically from high pressure by drops those drops attain
to low pressure at room spherical shape.
temperature then heating effect
R : In a liquid flow through a
is observed.
pipe, The rate of flow is higher in

52 States of Matter
the middle of column due to

lesser friction force acting on the EXERCISE - V
layers of the middle portion.
(NCERT Exemplar Questions)
45. A : To a container with ‘x’ gms of Multiple Choice Questions (Type-I)
a gas of mol. wt. ‘M’ at certain 1. A person living in Shimla
temperature;, another gas of x/2 observed that cooking food
of molecular weight ‘2M’ was without using pressure cooker
added. The partial pressure of 1st takes more time. The reason for
and 2nd gases in the mixture is this observation is that at high
in 4:1 ratio. altitude:
R : According to Dalton’s law of 1) pressure increases
partial pressure the ratio of the
partial pressure of gases in a 2) temperature decreases
mixture are in 4:1 ratio. 3) pressure decreases
4) temperature increases
46. A: RMS velocity of SO2 gas
molecule is half that of CH 4 2. Which of the following property of
molecule at a given temperature. water can be used to explain the
spherical shape of rain droplets?
R: Molecular velocities of gas
molecules are directly 1) viscosity
proportional to the square roots 2) surface tension
of their absolute temperatures.
3) critical phenomena
4) pressure
EXERCISE – IV KEY
1. 4 2. 4 3. 3 4. 1 5. 4 3. A plot of volume (V ) versus
temperature (T ) for a gas at
6. 2 7. 1 8. 1 9. 1 10. 2 constant pressure is a straight
11. 1 12. 3 13. 4 14. 4 15. 4 line passing through the origin.
The plots at different values of
16. 1 17. 2 18. 4 19. 4 20. 1 pressure are shown in Fig. Which
21. 4 22. 4 23. 2 24. 1 25. 1 of the following order of pressure
is correct for this gas?
26. 2 27. 3 28. 1 29. 1 30. 3
31. 4 32. 1 33. 1 34. 1 35. 2
36. 1 37. 4 38. 1 39. 2 40. 1
41. 1 42. 1 43. 4 44. 2 45. 1
46. 2

States of Matter 53
1) p1 > p2 > p3 > p4 3) 8×104 Nm–2
2) p1 = p2 = p3 = p4 4) 0.25 atm
3) p1 < p2 < p3 < p4 7. As the temperature increases,
4) p1 < p2 = p3 < p4 average kinetic energy of
molecules increases. What would
4. The interaction energy of London be the effect of increase of
force is inversely proportional to temperature on pressure
sixth power of the distance provided the volume is constant?
between two interacting particles 1) increases
but their magnitude depends 2) decreases
upon
3) remains same
1) charge of interacting particles
4) becomes half
2) mass of interacting particles
3) polarisability of
interacting 8. Gases possess characteristic
particles critical temperature which
4) strength of permanent dipoles depends upon the magnitude of
in the particles. intermolecular forces between the
particles. Following are the
5. Dipole-dipole forces act between critical temperatures of some
the molecules possessing gases.
permanent dipole. Ends of Gases H2 He O2 N2
dipoles possess ‘partial charges’. TC 33.2 5.3 154.3 126
The partial charge is
From the above data what would
1) more than unit electronic be the order of liquefaction of
charge these gases? Start writing the
2) equal to unit electronic charge order from the gas liquefying first
3) less than unit electronic charge 1) H2, He, O2, N2
4) double the unit electronic 2) He, O2, H2, N2
charge 3) N2, O2, He, H2
6. The pressure of a 1:4 mixture of 4) O2, N2, H2, He
dihydrogen and dioxygen
enclosed in a vessel is one 9. What is SI unit of viscosity
atmosphere. What would be the coefficient (η)?
partial pressure of dioxygen? 1) Pascal 2) Nsm–2
1) 0.8×105 atm 3) km–2 s 4) N m–2
2) 0.008 Nm–2
10. Atmospheric pressures recorded in different cities are as follows:

Cities Shimla Bangalore Delhi Mumbai

54 States of Matter
p in N/m2 1.01×105 1.2×105 1.02×105 1.21×105

Consider the above data and mark the place at which liquid will boil
first.
1) Shimla 2) Bangalore 3) Delhi 4) Mumbai
11. Which curve in Fig. represents

the curve of ideal gas? In the following questions two or
more options may be correct.
14. With regard to the gaseous state
of matter which of the following
statements are correct?
1) Complete order of molecules
2) Complete disorder of molecules
3) Random motion of molecules
1) B only
4) Fixed position of molecules
2) C and D only
3) E and F only 15. Which of the following figures
does not represent 1 mole of
4) A and B only dioxygen gas at STP?
12. Increase in kinetic energy can 1) 16 grams of gas
overcome intermolecular forces of
attraction. How will the viscosity 2) 22.7 litres of gas
of liquid be affected by the 3) 6.022 × 1023 dioxygen
increase in temperature? molecules
1) Increase 4) 11.2 litres of gas
2) No effect
16. Under which of the following two
3) Decrease conditions applied together, a gas
4) No regular pattern will be deviates most from the ideal
followed behaviour?
1) Low pressure
13. How does the surface tension of a 2) High pressure
liquid vary with increase in 3) Low temperature
temperature? 4) High temperature
1) Remains same
2) Decreases 17. Which of the following changes
decrease the vapour pressure of
3) Increases
water kept in a sealed vessel?
4) No regular pattern is followed
1) Decreasing the quantity of
Multiple Choice Questions (Type-II) water

States of Matter 55
2) Adding salt to water
3) Decreasing the volume of the 1) 2)
vessel to one-half
4) Decreasing the temperature of 4)
3)
water
4. What is the density of N2 gas at
EXERCISE V KEY 227oC and 5.00 atm. Pressure?
1. 3 2. 2 3. 3 4. 3 5. 3 (R=0.082 L atm K-1 mol-1)
6. 3 7. 1 8. 4 9. 2 10. 1 (NEET – I 2013)
12. 14. 2 15. 1 1) 1.40 g/mL 2) 2.81 g/mL
11. 1 13. 2
3 ,3 ,4 3) 3.41 g/mL 4) 0.29 g/mL
16. 2,3 17. 2,4
5. 50 mL of each gas A and gas B
takes 150 and 200 seconds
respectively for effusing through
EXERCISE – VI a pin hole under the similar
Previous NEET Questions conditions. If molecular mass of
gas B is 36, the molecular mass
1. Equal moles of hydrogen and of gas A will be (NEET – I 2012)
oxygen gases are placed in
container with a pin-hole through 1) 96 2) 128 3) 32 4) 64
which both can escape. What
fraction of the oxygen escapes in 6. A certain gas takes three times as
the time required for one half of long to effuse out as helium. Its
the hydrogen to escape? molecular mass will be (MAINS 2012)
(NEET – I 2016) 1) 27 u 2) 36 u 3) 64 u 4) 9 u
1) 3/8 2) 1/2 3) 1/8 4) 1/4
7. For real gases van der Waals
2. A gas such as carbon monoxide equation is written as
would be most likely to obey the
ideal gas law at (NEET – I 2015)
1) low temperature and high
pressures Where a and b are van der Waals
constants Two sets of gases are
2) high temperatures and high
pressures
(I) , and
3) low temperatures and low
pressures (II) and
4) high temperatures and low
pressures
3. Maximum deviation from ideal

gas is expected from (NEET – I 2013)

56 States of Matter
The gases given in set-I in mixture was found 1 atmosphere,

increasing order of b and gases the partial pressure of the
given in set –II in decreasing nitrogen (N2) in the mixture is
order of a, are arranged below. (2011)
Select the correct order from the 1) 0.5 atm 2) 0.8 atm
following (MAINS 2012)
3) 0.9 atm 4) 1 atm
1)
12. A bubble of air is underwater at
temperature 150C and the
2)
pressure 1.5 bar. If the bubble
rises to the surface where the
3)
temperature is 250C and the
pressure is 1.0 bar, what will
4) happen to the volume of the
8. Equal volumes of two monatomic bubble? (MAINS 2011)
gases, A and B at same 1) Volume will become greater by
temperature and pressure are a factor of 1.6
mixed. The ratio of specific heats
2) volume will become greater by
of the mixture will be a factor of 1.1
(2012) 3) Volume will become smaller by
1) 0.83 2) 1.50 a factor of 0.70
3) 3.3 4) 1.67 4) Volume will become greater by
a factor of 2.5
9. By what factor does the average
velocity of a gaseous molecule 13. The pressure exerted by 6.0
3
g of
increase when the temperature methane g as in a 0.03 m vessel
(in Kelvin) is doubled? (2012) at 1290C is (Atomic masses:
C=12.01, H=1.01 and R = 8.314
1) 2.0 2) 2.8 3) 4.0 4) 1.4 JK-1 mol-1) (MAINS 2010)
10. Two gases A and B having the 1) 215216 Pa 2) 13409 Pa
same volume diffuse through a 3) 41648 Pa 4) 31684 Pa
porous partition in 20 and 20
seconds respectively. The 14. The energy absorbed by each
molecular mass of A is 49 u. molecule (A2) of a substance is
Molecular mass of B will be
and bond energy per
(2011)
1) 50.00 u 2) 12.25 u molecule is . The kinetic
energy of the molecule per atom
3) 6.50 u 4) 25.00 u will be (2009)
11. A gaseous mixture was prepared 1) 2)
by taking equal mole of CO and
N2. If the total pressure of the

States of Matter 57
3) 4) 2)
15. If a gas expands at constant 3)

temperature, it indicates that
4) can’t say anything. Both
(2008)
volumes are not given.
1) kinetic energy of molecules
remains the same 19. At 250C and 730 mm pressure,
2) number of the molecules of gas 380 mL of dry oxygen was
increases collected. If the temperature is
constant, what volume will the
3) kinetic energy of molecules oxygen occupy at 760 mm
decreases pressure? (1999)
4) pressure of the gas increases. 1) 569 mL 2) 365 mL
16. Volume occupied by one molecule 3) 265 mL 4) 621 mL
-3
of water (density = 1 g cm ) is 20. Which of the following statements
(2008) is wrong for gases? (1999)
1) confined gas exerts uniform
1) pressure on the walls of its
container in all directions.
2)
2) volume of the gas is equal to
3) volume of container confining the
gas.
4) 3) gases do not have a definite
shape and volume.
17. Van der Waal’s real gas, acts as
an ideal gas, at which conditions? 4) mass of a gas cannot be
(2002) determined by weighing a
container in which it is enclosed.
1) High temperature, low
pressure 21. The average kinetic energy of an
2) Low temperature, high ideal gas, per molecule in S.I.
pressure units, at 250C will be (1996)
3) High temperature, high
pressure 1) 2)
4) Low temperature, low pressure 4)
3)
18. Average molar kinetic energy of
CO and N2 at same temperature 22. At what temperature, the rate of
is (2000)
effusion of would be 1.625
times than the rate of SO2 at
1) 5000C? (1996)

58 States of Matter
4) gets doubled
1) 2)
27. At STP, 0.50 mol H2 gas and 1.0
3) 4)
mol He gas (1993)
23. Which of the following mixture of 1) have equal average kinetic
gases does not obey Dalton’s Law energies
of partial pressure? (1996) 2) have equal molecular speeds
1) and 2) and He 3) occupy equal volumes
4) have equal effusion rates
and 4) and28. Under what conditions will a pure
3)
sample of an ideal gas not only
24. An ideal gas, obeying kinetic
exhibit a pressure of 1 atm but
theory of gases cannot be
also a concentration of 1 mole
liquefied, because (1995)
litre-1? (R=0.082 litre atm mol-1
1) it solidifies before becoming a deg-1) (1993)
liquid
1) At STP
2) forces acting between its
molecules are negligible 2) When V=22.4 litres
3) its critical temperature is 3) When T = 12 K
4) Impossible under any
above conditions
4) its molecules are relatively 29. Internal energy and pressure of a
small in size. gas per unit volume are related
as (1993)
25. 50 mL of hydrogen diffuses out
through a small hole of a vessel,
in 20 minutes. The time taken by 1) 2)
40 mL of oxygen to diffuse out is
(1994)
3) 4)
1) 32 minutes 2) 64 minutes
30. The ratio among most probable
3) 8 minutes 4) 12 minutes velocity, mean velocity and root
26. The temperature of a gas is raised mean square velocity is given by
(1993)
from to . The root
mean square speed of the gas 1) 2)
(1994)
3) 4)
1) remains same
31. When is deviation more in the
behaviour of a gas from the ideal
2) gets times gas equation PV = nRT? (1993)
3) gets halved

States of Matter 59
1) At high temperature and low
pressure 3)
2) At low temperature and high
pressure 4)
3) At high temperature and high
pressure 35. An ideal gas can’t be liquefied
4) At low temperature and low because (1992)
pressure 1) its critical temperature is
32. A closed flask contains water in always above

all its three states solid, liquid 2) its molecules are relatively
smaller in size
and vapour at . In this
situation, the average kinetic 3) it solidifies before becoming a
energy of water molecules will be liquid
(1993) 4) forces operative between its
1) the greatest in all the three molecules are negligible.
states 36. Select one correct statement. In
2) the greatest in vapour state the gas equation, PV = Nrt (1992)
3) the greatest in the liquid state 1) n is the number of molecules
of a gas
4) the greatest in the solid state
2) V denotes volume of one mole
of the gas
3) n moles of the gas have a
volume V
4) P is the pressure of the gas
33. Which is not true in case of an when only one mole of gas is
ideal gas? (1992) present.
1) It cannot be converted into a
liquid. 37. A gas is said to behave like an
ideal gas when the relation PV/T
2) There is no interaction between = constant. When do you expect a
the molecules. real gas to behave like an ideal
3) All molecules of the gas move gas? (1991)
with same speed. 1) When the temperature is low.
4) At a given temperature, PV is 2) When both the temperature
proportional to the amount of the and pressure are low.
gas
3) When both the temperature
34. The correct value of the gas and pressure are high.
constant ‘R’ is close to (1992)
4) When the temperature is high
1) 0.082 litre - atmosphere K and pressure is low.
2)

60 States of Matter
38. In a closed flask of 5 litres, 1.0 g 1) at which all molecular motion

of H2 is heated from 300 to 600 ceases
K. Which statement is not 2) at which liquid helium boils
correct? (1991)
3) at which ether boils
1) Pressure of the gas increases
4) all of the above.
2) The rate of collision increases
3) The number of moles of gas 43. In van der Waals equation of
increases state for non-ideal gas, the term
4) The energy of gaseous that accounts for intermolecular
molecules increases forces is (1990)
39. At constant temperature, in a 1) 2)

given mass of an ideal gas (1991)
1) the ratio of pressure and
volume always remains constant 3) 4)
2) volume always remains
constant 44. If P, V, M, T and R are pressure,
volume, molar mass, temperature
3) pressure always remains and gas constant respectively,
constant then for an ideal gas, the density
4) the product of pressure and is given by (1989)
volume always remains constant.
40. The root mean square velocity at 1) 2)
STP for the gases and

are in the order (1991) 3) 4)
1) 45. Pressure remaining the same, the

volume of a given mass of an
2) ideal gas increases for every
degree centigrade rise in
3) temperature by definite fraction
of its volume at (1989)
4)
1)
41. Root mean square velocity of a 2) its critical temperature
gas molecule is proportional to 3) absolute zero
(1990) 4) its Boyle temperature
1) 2) 3) 4) 46. Correct gas equation is (1989)

42. Absolute zero is defined as the
temperature (1990)

States of Matter 61
2. (4): Real gases show ideal gas
behavior at high temperatures
1) 2) and low pressures.
3. (2): is a polar molecule, thus

3) 4) more attractive forces between
PREVIOUS NEET QUESTIONS
KEY
4. (3):
1. 3 2. 4 3. 2 4. 3 5. 0
6. 2 7. 3 8. 4 9. 4 10. 2
11. 1 12. 1 13. 3 14. 4 15. 1
16. 1 17. 1 18. 1 19. 2 20. 4
21. 4 22. 2 23. 1 24. 2 25. 2
26. 4 27. 1 28. 3 29. 1 30. 4
31. 2 32. 2 33. 3 34. 2 35. 4
36. 3 37. 4 38. 3 39. 4 40. 2
41. 3 42. 1 43. 3 44. 4 45. 1
46. 2
Hints
5. (None)
1. (3): Let the number of moles of
each gas = x Fraction speed of According to Graham’s law of
diffusion,
hydrogen escaped =
Hence, fraction of oxygen escaped

62 States of Matter
8. (4): for monoatomic gas
mixture of same volume =
or or
6. (2): According to Graham’s law of

diffusion
9. (4): Average velocity =

Rate of diffusion
10. (2): We know that
11. (1):
7. (3): Van der Waal gas constant ‘a’

represent intermolecular force of
attraction of gaseous molecules
and Van der Waal gas constant
‘b’ represent effective size of
molecules. Therefore order 12. (1): We know that from ideal
should be
equation,
(I)
Given
(II)

States of Matter 63
When = Boltzmann
constant
13. (3): Given, mass of

So, at constant temperature K.E.
Volume of , of molecules remains same
16. (1): Wt. of molecule of

Molecular mass of water = 18g
Volume occupied by
molecule of water
will be
Volume occupied by one

14. (4): Energy absorbed by each molecule of water
molecule
Energy required to break the
17. (1): At low pressure and high
bond temperature van der Waals real
gas acts as ideal gas and
Remaining energy to get
converted to kinetic energy observed to obey
relation. At very low pressure
when the gas-volume is quite
large the space occupied by the
molecules themselves becomes
Kinetic energy per atom negligible comparatively and
because the molecules are then
or far apart, the force mutual
15. (1): The average translational K.E attraction becomes too feeble, the
of one molecule of an ideal gas real gas would satisfy the
will be given by postulates of kinetic theory. As
temperature is raised, the volume
of the gas increases and we can

64 States of Matter
consider term as P and

22. (2):
at low pressure term as
V.
(van der Waals We know that
equation)
The gas equation becomes
Or
Or
This is ideal gas equation.
18. (1):
As temperature are same and KE 23. (1):

is independent of molecular Dalton’s law of partial pressure is
applicable only in those cases
mass, so
where gases are non-reacting. As
19. (2): and reacts to form
so this law is not obeyed in given
case.
24. (2): A gas can only be liquefied, if
From Boyle’s law,
some forces of attraction are
acting in its molecules. Since, an
ideal gas is devoid of force of
attraction in its molecules,
20. (4): Mass of the gas = mass of the therefore it cannot be liquefied.
cylinder including gas – mass of
empty cylinder. So mass of a gas 25. (2): Volume of hydrogen = ;
can be determined by weighing Time for diffusion (t) = 20 min
the container in which it is and volume of oxygen = 40 mL.
enclosed.
Rate of diffusion of hydrogen
Thus, the statement (d) is wrong
for gases
21. (4): Temperature (T) = Rate of diffusion off oxygen

Therefore K.E. per molecule

States of Matter 65
Since the molecular mass of 30. (4): Most probable velocity,
hydrogen and that of
oxygen therefore
Mean velocity,
Root mean square velocity,
minutes
26. (4): and
We know that root mean square
speed . Therefore root

mean square speed of the gas,
when its temperature is raised 31. (2): At low temperature and high
pressure, there is deviation from
the ideal behavior in gases.
32. (2): Velocity and hence average
27. (1) Because average kinetic K.E. of water molecules is
energy depends only on maximum in the gaseous state.
33. (3): Molecules is an ideal gas
move with different speeds. Due
temperature to collision between the particle
their speed changes.
28. (3): or 34. (2)

35. (4): In an ideal gas, the
Hence, intermolecular forces of attraction
are negligible and hence it cannot
be liquefied.
is 36. (3): In the van der Waal’s
equation
29. (1):
moles of the gas have volume V
37. (4): At high temperature and low
pressure the effect of and b
is negligible.
or per unit volume.

66 States of Matter
As we know, 42. (1): Temperature at which all

molecular motion ceases is called
absolute zero.
43. (3): van der Waal’s equation for 1
mole is
or
Hence gas shows ideal behavior.

38. (3): Here volume is constant and
Here, represents the
mass of is fixed so the no. of
moles of the gas do not change. intermolecular forces and
As temperature increases the is the corrected volume
pressure also increases, therefore 44. (4): Ideal gas equation is
the rate of collision among the
gas molecules and their energy
also increases. or
39. (4): According to Boyle’s law at
constant temperature, or
PV = constant
40. (2): We know,

45. (1): According to Charles law
or which states that the volume of
the given mass of a gas increases
or decreases by of its volume

At STP,
at for each degree rise or fall
and molecular masses of of temperature at constant
pressure.
and HBr are 2, 28, 32
and 81.
at constant P and
41. (3): here u = root n
mean square velocity. Now
or

States of Matter 67
4. Van der Waal’s equation
(2): = constant or
46. is applicable
for: [1998]
1) Ideal gas
2) Non-ideal gas
3) Both (a) and (b) 4) None
5. For the diffusion of a gas at

pressure P, the rate of diffusion is
expressed by: [1998]
(Previous AIIMS entrance

1) 2)
Questions)
1. A gas occupies a volume of 300
cc at 27°C and 620 mm pressure. 3) 4)
The volume of gas at 47°C and
640 mm pressure is: [1997] 6. The transport of matter in the
absence of bulk flow is known as:
1) 260 cc 2) 310 cc
[1999]
3) 390 cc 4) 450 cc
1) Diffusion
2. The compressibility factor of an 2) Transfusion
ideal gas is: [1997] 3) Translation
1) 0 2) 2 3) 1 4) 4 4) Rotation
3. A gas cylinder containing cooling 7. At 298 K, equal volumes of SO2,

gas can withstand a pressure of CH4 and O2 are mixed in empty
14.9 atmosphere. The pressure container. The total pressure
gauge of cylinder indicates 12 exerted is 2.1 atm. The partial
atmosphere at 27°C. Due to pressure of CH4 in mixture is:
sudden fire in the building the [2000]
temperature starts rising. The
temperature at which cylinder 1) 0.6 atm. 2) 1.2 atm
explodes is: [1997] 3) 2.4 atm 4) 3.6 atm.
1) 87.5°C 2) 99.5°C
8. Which equation shows correct
3) 115.5°C 4) 135.5°C form of Berthelot equation?
[2000]

68 States of Matter
3) Equilibrium between gas and

liquid
1) 4) Super critical temperature.
12. Critical temperatures for A, B, C

and D gases are 25°C, 10°C, –
2) 80°C and 15°C respectively.
Which gas will be liquefied more
easily? [2007]
3) 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D
13. The volume-temperature graphs

4) of a given mass of an ideal gas at
constant pressure are shown
below. [2008]
9. If P is pressure and is density
of a gas, then P and are related
as [2002]
1) 2)
3) 4)
What is the correct order of
10. Dominance of strong repulsive pressures?
forces among the molecules of the (a) p1 > p3 > p2 (b) p1 > p2 > p3
gas (Z = compressibility factor):
(c) p2 > p3 > p1 (d) p2 > p1 > p3
[2006]
14. The inversion temperature Ti (K)
1) Depends on Z and indicated by of hydrogen is (given van der
Z=1 Waal’s constants a and b are
2) Depends on Z and indicated by 0.244 atm L2 mol–2 and 0.027 L
Z>1 mol–1 respectively) [2010]
3) Depends on Z and indicated by 1) 440 2) 220
Z<1 3) 110 4) 330
4) Is independent of Z.
15. Amongst the following
11. In P versus V graph, the statements, the correct one is:
horizontal line is found in which [2011]
______ exits. [2007]
1) The gas cannot be compressed
1) Gas below the critical temperature.
2) Liquid 2) Below critical temperature,
thermal motion of the molecules

States of Matter 69
is slow enough for the 4) throughout the length of the
intermolecular forces to come tube.
into play leading to condensation
of the gas. 19. gas with the highest critical
3) At critical temperature liquid temperature is [2014]
and gaseous phase can be 1) H2 2) He 3) N2 4) CO2
distinguished.
20. Cyclopropane and oxygen at
4) An ideal gas has a
partial pressures 170 torr and
characteristic critical temper-
570 torr respectively are mixed in
ature.
a gas cylinder. What is the ratio
16. X ml of H2 gas effuse through a of the number of moles of
hole in a container in 5 seconds. cyclopropane to the number of
The time taken for the effusion of moles of oxygen nC3H6/nO2)?
the same volume of the gas [2015]
specified below under identical
conditions is [2012]
1)
1) 10 seconds: He
2) 20 seconds: O2
3) 25 seconds: CO 2)
4) 55 seconds: CO2
17. The rate of diffusion of SO2, CO2, 3) 4)

PCl3 and SO3 are in the following
order [2013] 21. When a sample of gas is
compressed at constant
1) PCl3 > SO3 > SO2 >CO2 temperature from 15 atm to 60
2) CO2 > SO2 > PCl3 > SO3 atm, its volume changes from 76
3) SO2 > SO3 > PCl3 > CO2 cm3 to 20.5 cm3. Which of the
following statements are possible
4) CO2 > SO2 > SO3 > PCl3 explanations of this behaviour?
18. A bottle of dry ammonia and a (1) The gas behaves non-ideally
bottle of dryhydrogen chloride (2) The gas dimerises
connected through a longpened (3) The gas is adsorbed into the
simultaneously at both ends the vessel walls [2016]
white ammonium chloride ring
first formed will be [2014] 1) 1, 2 and 3
1) at the centre of the tube. 2) 1 and 2 only
2) near the hydrogen chloride 3) 2 and 3 only 4) 1 only
bottle.
22. Pure hydrogen sulphide is stored
3) near the ammonia bottle. in a tank of 100 litre capacity at

70 States of Matter
20°C and 2 atm pressure. The Reason: At higher pressure

mass of the gas will be [2017] cooking occurs faster. [2000]
1) 34 g 2) 340 g
27. Assertion: All molecules in a gas
3) 282.68 g 4) 28.24 g have same speed.
Directions for (Qs. 23-28): Reason: Gas contains molecules
These questions consist of two of different size and shape. [2001]
statements, each printed as
Assertion and Reason. While 28. Assertion: Compressibility factor
answering these questions, you for hydrogen varies with pressure
are required to choose any one of with positive slope at all
the following five responses. pressures.
(a) If both Assertion and Reason Reason: Even at low pressure,
are correct and the Reason is a repulsive forces dominate
correct explanation of the hydrogen gas. [2005]
Assertion.
Directions for (Qs.29-33):
(b) If both Assertion and Reason
are correct but Reason is not a Each of these questions contains
correct explanation of the an Assertion followed by Reason.
Assertion. Read them carefully and answer
the question on the basis of
(c) If the Assertion is correct but
following options. You have to
Reason is incorrect.
select the one that best describes
(d) If both the Assertion and the two statements.
Reason are incorrect.
(a) If both Assertion and Reason
(e) If the Assertion is incorrect are correct and Reason is the
but the Reason is correct. correct explanation of Assertion.
23. Assertion: Ice melts faster at high (b) If both Assertion and Reason
altitude. [1997] are correct, but Reason is not the
Reason: At high altitude, correct explanation of Assertion.
atmospheric pressure is high. (c) If Assertion is correct but
Reason is incorrect.
24. Assertion: Gases do not settle to
(d) If both the Assertion and
the bottom of container.
Reason are incorrect.
Reason: Gases have high kinetic
29. Assertion: The molecules of the
energy [1997]
dissolved gas present in a liquid
25. Assertion: Wet air is heavier than gain kinetic energy as
dry air. temperature is raised.
Reason: The density of dry air is Reason: Gases tends to be more
more than density of water.[1999] soluble in liquids as the
temperature is raised. [2009]
26. Assertion: Use of pressure cooker
reduces cooking time.

States of Matter 71
30. Assertion: Greater the value of Type A: Multiple Choice Questions
van der Waal's constant 'a'
greater is the liquefaction of gas.
Reason: 'a' indirectly measures 1. (b) From
the magnitude of attractive forces
between the molecules. [2014]
31. Assertion: Compressibility factor

(Z) for non-ideal gases can be
greater than 1.
Reason: Non-ideal gases always 2. (c) Compressibility factor (Z) is a
exert higher pressure than convenient method of showing
expected. [2015] deviation of real gases from an
32. Assertion: Gases do not liquefy ideal gas
above their critical temperature,
even on applying high pressure.
Reason: Above critical
temperature, the molecular speed For ideal gas,
is high and intermolecular
attractions cannot hold the For real gases,
molecules together because they When, Z>1, it refers
escape because of high speed. positive deviation i.e., gas is less
[2016] compressible than ideal gas. Z <
1, it refers negative deviation, i.e.,
33. Assertion: At critical temperature gas is more compressible than
liquid passes into gaseous state ideal gas.
imperceptibly and continuously.
Reason: The density of liquid and
gaseous phase is equal to critical 3. (b) From Charle's law,
temperature.
AIIMS Entrance questions Key
1. 2 2. 3 3. 3 4. 2 5. 1
6. 1 7. 2 8. 3 9. 1 10. 2
11. 3 12. 1 13. 1 14. 2 15. 2
= 372.5 – 273 = 99.5°C
16. 2 17. 4 18. 2 19. 4 20. 4
4. (b) Van der Waal’s equation is
21. 4 22. 3 23. 4 24. 1 25. 3 applicable for
26. 1 27. 4 28. 1 29. 3 30. 1 real (non-ideal) gases.
31. 3 32. 1 33. 1 5. (a) According to Graham's law of
diffusion or
Hints

72 States of Matter
effusion "under similar conditions Waal's equation, but the pressure

of correction is different. He
temperature and pressure, rate of introduced the pressure
diffusion
is inversely proportional to correction as in place of
square root of
molecular weight" . 9. (a)

6. (a) Diffusion is the process by
which matter is
So, i.e. Pressure
transported in small quantities.
10. (b) Repulsive force will decrease
7. (b) Let the wt. of each gas mixed the compressibility factor i.e. so,
=xg value of Z > 1as
Due to repulsion value of PV will

be greater than RT so Z > 1.
11. (c) Generally most of real gases
show the same type of isotherm.
Total number of moles of the

three gases
Partial pressure exerted by a gas

in the mixture of non-reacting
gases (p) is given by
ab represents the gaseous state,

p line bc which is horizontal line
shows liquid and vapour
equilibrium. Pressure
corresponding to the line bc is
known as vapour pressure of
liquid. Line cd represents liquid
8. (c) is state.
Berthelot equation. The volume 12. (a) Critical temperature of a gas is
correction is same as in van der given by

States of Matter 73
This is clearly seen from the
where a is measure of vander options that the ratio of is

Waal's forces of attraction. Higher same for H2 and O2.
the critical temperature of a gas
greater the intermolecular forces
of attraction between the
molecules of gas and easily the
gas can be liquefied. Hence gas A
whose critical temperature (25°C)
is highest among all the given 17. (d) Rate . The smaller the
options will be liquified more value of M the more is the rate of
easily. diffusion
13. (a) From the graph we can see the 18. (b) Rate of diffusion
correct order of pressures
p1 > p3 > p2
14. (b) Gases become cooler during
Joule Thomson’s expansion only Molecular mass of HCl >
if they are below a certain Molecular mass of NH3
temperature known as inversion HCl diffuses at slower rate and
temperature (Ti). The inversion white ammonium chloride is first
temperature is characteristic of formed near HCl bottle.
19. (d) CO2 has highest critical
each gas and is given by temperature of 304.2 K
where R is gas constant 20. (d) By ideal gas equation
Given a = 0.244 atm L2 mol–2
b = 0.027 L mol–1
R = 0.0821 L atm deg–1 mol–1
21. (d) Given, P1 = 15 atm,

15. (b)
P2 = 60 atm
16. (b) For effusion of same volume,
V1 = 76 cm3, V2 = 20.5 cm3.
If the gas is an ideal gas, then
according to
Boyle's law, it must follow the
equation,
P1V1 = P2V2
P1 × V1 = 15 × 76 = 1140

74 States of Matter
P2 × V2 = 60 × 20.5 = 1230 difficult to compress the gas as

compared to ideal gas. In this
case repulsive forces dominate.
29. (c) When the temperature is
The gas behaves non-ideally.
raised, the molecules of the
The given information is not dissolved gas present in a liquid
sufficient to gain kinetic energy. Higher
comment on other statements. kinetic energy of the gas
molecules make them to escape
from its solution. That is why,
22. (c) gases tend to be less soluble in
liquids at higher temperature.
30. (a) Both assertion and reason are
true and reason is the correct
Type B: Assertion Reason explanation of assertion.
Questions Considering the attractive force
23. (d) Ice does not melt faster at pressure in ideal gas equation
high altitude because melting is (PV = nRT) is corrected by
favoured at high pressure,
whereas atmospheric pressure
decreases as we go higher. So, introducing a factor of where
assertion and reason both are a is vanderwaal constant.
false. 31. (c) Z can be greater than 1 or less
24. (a) Gases do not settle to the than 1. Non - ideal gases exert
bottom because of its kinetic less pressure than expected due
energy. They are always in to backward pull by other
motion. Because of small mass, molecules.
the effect of gravity on them is 32. (a)
negative. 33. (a)
25. (e) Wet air is lighter than dry air JEE MAINS Previous Year
because density of air is more
Questions (2019)
than water.
1. At a constant temperature Ne, Ar,
26. (a) Use of pressure cooker
Kr and Xe deviate from ideal
reduces cooking time because
behaviour according to equation
increase of pressure increases b.p
and so cooking occurs faster.
27. (d) All molecules of a gas are
identical in shape and size, but
Where b is vanderwaal’s
have different energies due to
constant. The Z vs P graph would
which they have different speeds.
be steepest for which of the
28. (a) In case of hydrogen, Z following
increases with pressure. At 273K,
1) Ne 2) Ar
Z > 1. Which shows that it is

States of Matter 75
3) Kr 4) Xe
1) at 300 K, at 300 K,
2. For four gases vander-waal’s
at 400 K
constants a & b are given as
following
2) at 400 K, at 300 K, at
Gas a B 300 K
( ) 3) at 300 K, at 300 K,
A 650 0.0051 at 400 K
B 155 0.0049
4) at 300 K, at 400 K,
C 450 0.0051 at 300 K
D 155 0.0495. An ideal gas is allowed to expand
Between gas A & C which has from 1 L to 10 L against a
higher volume and between gas B constant external pressure of 1
& D which has higher bar. The work done in kJ is:
compressibility? 1) - 9.0 2) + 10.0
1) A, B 2) A, D 3) – 0.9 4) – 2.0
3) C, B 4) C, D
6. An open vessel at is heated
3. Pressure of an ideal gas is given until two fifth of the air (assumed
as an ideal gas) in it has escaped
from the vessel. Assuming that the
by volume of the vessel remains
constant, the temperature at which
the vessel has been heated is:
If volume change from ,
then change in temperature of
1) 2)
one mole of ideal gas is:
3) 750 K 4) 500 K
JEE MAINS PREVIOUS YEAR
1) 2) QUESTIONS KEY
1.4 2.3 3.2 4.2 5.3
3) 4) 6.4
4. Graph I, II & III are respectively,


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