Chemistry

d & f Block

Previous Year Questions

(JEE ADVANCED)

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Subjective questions
1 - 16
1. Complete and balance the following reactions
[JEE 1983]
2. State the conditions under which the following
preparation are carried out. Give necessary
equations which need not be balanced.
[JEE 1983]
“Potassium permanganate from manganese
dioxide”.
3. Show with balanced equations for the reactions
when [JEE 1985]
(i) potassium permanganate interacts with
manganese dioxide in the presence of
potassium hydroxide.
(ii) potassium ferricyanide is heated with
concentrated sulphuric acid.
4. Give reason in one or two sentences
[JEE 1986]
“Most transition metal compounds are coloured”.
5. Complete and balance the following reactions.
[JEE 1987]
(i) Mn2+ + PbO2 ® MnO4– + H2O
(ii) Ag+ + AsH3 ® H3AsO3 + H+
6. Write the balanced chemical equations for the
following reactions. [JEE 1990]
(i) A mixture of potassium dichromate and
sodium chloride is heated with concentrated
H2SO4.
(ii) Potassium permanganate is added to a hot
solution of manganous sulphate.
7. Complete and balance the following reaction.
[JEE 1993]
(NH4)2S2O8 + H2O + MnSO4 ® ............. + ..............
+ ..............
8. Complete and balance the following reaction.
[JEE 1994]
(i) [MnO4]2– + H+ ® ........ + [MnO4]– + H2O
(ii) SO2(aq) + Cr2O72– + 2H+ ® ........ + ........
+ ...........
9. Write balanced equations for the following
[JEE 1997]
(i) Oxidation of hydrogen peroxide with
potassium permanganate in acidic medium.
(ii) Reaction of zinc with dilute nitric acid.
10. A compound of vanadium has a magnetic
moment of 1.73 BM. Work out the electronic
configuration of the vanadium ion of the
compound. [JEE 1997]
11. Give reason : CrO3 is an acidic anhydride.
[JEE 1999]
12. Write the balanced chemical equations for
developing photographic films. [JEE 2000]
13.

Identify the metal M and hence MCl4. Explain the

difference in colours of MCl4 and A. [JEE 2005]
14. Give equations and describe the process for the
developing of black and white photographic film.
When sodium thiosulphate solution is treated
with acidic solution turns milky white. Give the
half reaction of the above described process.
[JEE 2005]
15. The oxidation number of Mn in the product of
alkaline oxidative fusion of MnO2 is.
[JEE 2009]
16. Consider the following list of reagents, acidified
K2Cr2O7, alkaline KMnO4, CuSO4, H2O2, Cl2, O3,
FeCl3, HNO3 and Na2S2O3. The total number of
reagents that can oxidise aqueous iodide to iodine
is [JEE 2014]
Objective Type Questions
17-35
17. Which of the following dissolves in concentrated
NaOH solution ? [JEE 1980]
(A) Fe (B) Zn
(C) Cu (D) Ag
18. One of the constituent of German silver is
[JEE 1980]
(A) Ag (B) Cu
(C) Mg (D) Al
19. How many unpaired electrons are present in Ni2+?
[JEE 1981]
(A) 0 (B) 2
(C) 4 (D) 8
20. Zinc-copper couple that can be used as a reducing
agent is obtained by [JEE 1984]
(A) mixing of zinc dust and copper gauge
(B) zinc coated with copper
(C) copper coated with zinc
(D) zinc and copper wires welded together
21. The reaction which proceed in the forward
direction is [JEE 1991]
(A) Fe2O3 + 6HCl ® 2FeCl3 + 3H2O
(B) NH3 + H2O + NaCl ® NH4Cl + NaOH
(C) SnCl4 + Hg2Cl2 ® SnCl2 + 2HgCl2
(D) 2CuI + I2 + 4H+ ® 2Cu2+ + 4ki
22. Which has most stable +2 oxidation state ?
[JEE 1995]
(A) Sn (B) Pb
(C) Fe (D) Ag
23. Ammonium dichromate is used in some
fireworks. The green coloured powder blown in
the air is [JEE 1997]
(A) CrO3 (B) Cr2O3
(C) Cr (D) CO
24. Which of the following compounds is expected to
be coloured ? [JEE 1997]
(A) Ag2SO4 (B) CuF2 (C)
MgF2 (s) CuCl
25. In the dichromate dianion [JEE 1999]
(A) 4 Cr – O bonds are equivalent
(B) 6 Cr – O bonds are equivalent
(C) all Cr – O bonds are equivalent
(D) all Cr – O bonds are non - equivalent
26. On heating ammonium dichromate, the gas
evolved is [JEE 1999]
(A) oxygen (B) ammonia
(C) nitrous oxide (D) nitrogen
27. Amongst the following identify the species with an
atom in +6 oxidation state. [JEE 2000]
(A) MnO4– (B) Cr(CN)63–
(C) NiF62– (D) CrO2Cl2
28. Anhydrous ferric chloride is prepared by :
[JEE 2002]
(A)heating hydrated ferric chloride at a high
temperature in a stream of air.
(B)heating metallic iron in a stream of dry
chlorine.
(C)reaction of metallic iron with hydrochloric
acid.
(D) reaction of metallic iron with nitric acid.
29. When MnO2 is fused with KOH, a coloured
compound is formed. The product and its colour
is : [JEE 2003]
(A) K2MnO4, purple green
(B) Mn2O3, brown
(C) Mn3O4, black
(D) KMnO4, purple
30. The product of oxidation of I– with MnO4– in
alkaline medium is : [JEE 2004]
(A) IO3– (B) I2
(C) IO– (D) IO4–
31. Which of the following will not be oxidised by O3?
[JEE 2005]
(A) KI (B) FeSO4
(C) KMnO4 (D) K2MnO4
32. Which of the following pair of compounds is
expected to exhibit same colour in aqueous
solution ? [JEE 2005]
(A) FeCl3 , CuCl2 (B) VOCl2 , CuCl2
(C) VOCl2 , FeCl2 (D) FeCl2 , MnCl2
33. Among the following, the coloured compound is :
[JEE 2008]
(A) CuCl (B) K3 [Cu(CN)4]
(C) CuF2 (D) [Cu(CH3CN)4]BF4
34. The colour of light absorbed by an aqueous
solution of CuSO4 is : [JEE 2012]
(A) orange-red (B) blue-green
(C) yellow (D) violet
35. Which of the following combination will produce
H2 gas? [JEE 2017]
(A)Cu metal and conc. HNO3
(B)Zn metal and NaOH(aq)
(C)Au metal and NaCN(aq) in the presence of air
(D)Fe metal and conc. HNO3
One or More than one
36-42
36. Potassium permanganate (K2MnO4) is formed
when [JEE 1988]
(A)chlorine is passed into aqueous KMnO4
solution
(B)manganese dioxide is fused with KOH in air
(C)formaldehyde reacts with potassium
permanganate in the presence of strong alkali
(D)potassium permanganate reacts with conc.
H2SO4
37. The aqueous solution of the following salts will be
coloured in case of [JEE 1990]
(A) Zn(NO3)2 (B) LiNO3
(C) Co(NO3)2 (D) CrCl3
38. Which of the following alloys contains Cu and
Zn? [JEE 1993]
(A) Bronze (B) Brass
(C) Gun metal (D) Type metal
39. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct
when a mixtuire of NaCl and K2Cr2O7 is gently
warned with conc. H2SO4 ? [JEE 1998]
(A)A deep red vapours is formed
(B)Vapours when passed into NaOH solution
gives a yellow solution of Na2CrO4
(C)Chlorine gas is evolved
(D) Chromyl chloride is formed
40. Which of the following statement(s) is/are
correct? [JEE 1998]
(A)The electronic configuration of Cr is [Ar]
3d54s1 (Atomic number of Cr = 24)
(B)The magnetic quantum number may have a
negative value
(C)In silver atom, 23 electrons have a spin of one
type and 24 of the opposite type (Atomic
number of Ag = 47)
(D)The oxidation state of nitrogen in N3H is –3
41. Reduction of the metal centre in aqueous
permanganate ion involves : [JEE 2011]
(A)3 electrons in neutral medium
(B)5 electrons in neutral medium
(C)3 electrons in alkaline medium
(D)5 electrons in acidic medium
42. Fe3+ is reduced to Fe2+ by using
[JEE 2017]
(A) H2O2 in presence of NaOH
(B) Na2O2 in water
(C) H2O2 in presence of H2SO4
(D) Na2O2 in presence of H2SO4
Assertion & Reason
(43-44)
43. Statement - 1 : To a solution of potassium
chromate if a strong acid is added, it changes its
colour from yellow to orange. [JEE 1998]
Statement - 2 : The colour change is due to the
change in oxidation state of potassium chromate.
(A)Statement -1 is True, Statement - 2 is True,
Statement -2 is a correct explanation for
Statement - 1.
(B) Statement -1 is True, Statement - 2 is True,
Statement -2 is NOT a correct explanation for
Statement - 1.
(C) Statement -1 is True, Statement - 2 is False.
(D) Statement -1 is False, Statement - 2 is True.
44. Statement - 1 : Zn2+ is diamagnetic
Statement - 2 : The electrons are lost from 4s
orbital to from Zn2+. [JEE 1998]
(A)Statement -1 is True, Statement - 2 is True,
Statement -2 is a correct explanation for
Statement - 1.
(B) Statement -1 is True, Statement - 2 is True,
Statement -2 is NOT a correct explanation for
Statement - 1.
(C) Statement -1 is True, Statement - 2 is False.
(D) Statement -1 is False, Statement - 2 is True.