1

YAKEEN 3.0 (2023)

p-Block Elements DPP-03

1. A soft heavy metal with melting point 30°C and is 9. Which one of the following is most abundant in the
used in making heat sensitive thermometers, the earth’s crust?
metal is (1) B (2) Al
(1) Caesium (2) Potassium (3) Ga (4) In
(3) Sodium (4) Gallium
10. Which oxide is more stable than the other three
2. Boron compounds behave as Lewis acids because of (1) Tl2O3
their (2) Tl2O
(1) Covalent nature (3) Ga2O
(2) Electron deficient character (4) ln2O
(3) Ionization property
(4) Ionic nature 11. Which one of the following has the lowest m.p.?
(1) B
3. Which of the following is not a mineral of boron? (2) Al
(1) Colemanite (2) Kernite (3) Ga
(3) Boric anhydride (4) borax (4) Tl
4. Which of the following species cannot exists?
12. Acidic strength of boron trihalides is in order of
(1) [BF6 ]3+ (2) [AlF6 ]3− (1) BF3 < BCl3 < BBr3 < BI3
[GaF6 ]3−
[InF6 ]3− (2) BI3 < BBr3 < BCl3 < BF3
(3) (4) (3) BBr3 < BCl3 < BF3 < BI3
5. Moissan boron is: (4) BF3 < BI3 < BCl3 < BBr3
(1) Amorphous boron of ultra purity
13. Which one of the following has the lowest m.p.?
(2) Crystalline boron of ultra purity
(3) Amorphous boron of low purity (1) B
(4) Crystalline boron of low purity (2) Al
(3) Ga
6. Melting point is highest for: (4) Tl
(1) B (2) A1
(3) Ga (4) In 14. The increasing order of atomic radii of the following
group 13 elements is
7. Boron trichloride on reaction with water produces (1) Al > Ga < In < Tl
‘X’ along with HCl, ‘X’ is: (2) Ga < Al < In < Tl
(1) BOCl3 (2) B2 H 6 (3) Al < In < Ga < Tl
B(OH)3 B2 O3 (4) Al < Ga < Tl < In
(3) (4)

8. Stability of +1 oxidation state increases or 15. The relative strengths of trichlorides of boron group
decreases: to accept a pair of electron is given by
(1) Al < Ga < ln < T1 (1) GaCl3 < AlCl3 < BCl3
(2) Tl < ln < Ga < Al (2) AlCl3 < BCl3 < GaCl3
(3) ln < T1 < Ga < Al (3) AlCl3 < GaCl3 < BCl3
(4) Ga < ln < Al < T1 (4) BCl3 < AlCl3 < GaCl3
 2

Note: Kindly find the Video Solution of DPPs Questions in the DPPs Section.

Answer Key
1. (4)
2. (2)
3. (3)
4. (1)
5. (3)
6. (1)
7. (3)
8. (1)
9. (2)
10. (2)
11. (3)
12. (1)
13. (3)
14. (2)
15. (4)

PW Web/App - https://smart.link/7wwosivoicgd4

Library- https://smart.link/sdfez8ejd80if