Sri Chaitanya IIT- JEE Academy

RAMAN BHAVAN - VIJAYAWADA

CHEMISTRY - DAILY TEST
Sec : S & S1
IONICEQUILIBRIUM
Date : 29-07-09
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1. Equal volumes of 1M H3PO4 and 1M Na3PO4 are mixed. The pH of the

resultant mixture, approximately, is H3PO4 Ka1 = 10-5
Ka2 = 10-8
Ka3 = 10-12
A. 10
B. 8
C. 12
D. 6
2. H2CO3 is diprotic acid for which Ka1= 4.2 107 and Ka2 = 4.7 1011 .
Which solution will produce a PH close to 9?
A. 0.1M H2CO3
B. 0.1M Na2CO3
C. 0.1M NaHCO3
D. 0.1M Na2CO3 & 0.1M NaHCO3
3. A strong diprotic acid is dissolved in water at 250C to yield a solution
of PH 2.63. The conc. of acid in this solution in mol L-1 is between
A. 0.1 and 0.5
B. 0.05 and 0.1
C. 0.001 and 0.005
D. 0.005 and 0.01
4. H3PO4 has following dissociation constants.
Ka1 = 7 103 , Ka2 = 3 10 8 , Ka3 = 4.5 10 13

A student is asked to prepare a phosphate buffer with a PH of 7.5.

Identify the more abundant species in the buffer that must have been
prepared by the student. (antilog of -0.2=0.63)
A. H3PO4
B. H2PO4C. HPO4-2
D. PO4-3
5. If 0.1 mol of each compound is added to 1L water, which will produce
a solution of lowest PH ?
A. Al2(SO4)3
B. NH4C2H3O2
C. NaNO3
D. Na3PO4
6. The solubility product for mercury (II) sulphide in aqueous solution at
250C is given in data books as 1.6 1052 mol2L2. Of what order of
magnitude is the number of individual Hg+2(aq) ions per litre of saturated
solution at 250C.
A.10-28
B.10-26
C.10-2
D.10 2
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7. In the reaction below which has reached equilibrium, which of the

following would cause precipitation of more Ag ?
Ag + ( aq ) + Fe+2 ( aq )

A. warming

Ag( s ) + Fe +3( aq )

H < 0

B. removing some of the solid Ag

C. increasing the conc. of Fe+2 ions

D. decreasing the conc. of Fe+2 ions
Q.No 8 & 9
One drop of dilute aqueous solution of an indicator, HIn ( Ka= 2 108 ) is
mixed in 20mL 0.25M solution of an acid, H3XO4
( K a1 = 2.5 105 , K a 2 = 4 108 , K a 3 = 2.1 1011 ) .

8. Suppose HIn and In- possess colour A and colour B respectively, and

colour A predominates when [ HIn] is 10 times that of In , and colour B

predominates when In is 17 times that of [ HIn] . Calculate the PH range

of the indicator. (log 17 = 1.2)
A. 7.7 8.7
B. 7.7 8.9
C. 6.7 8.9
D. 6.7 7.7
9. If the acid solution given above is titrated with 0.2 M NaOH, how
much volume of alkali is needed to reach the end point with the indicator
in question ?
A. 20 mL
B. 50 mL
C. 75 mL
D. 100 mL

10.For a weak diprotic acid, H2A, for which Ka1 = 2.1 x 10-7 and Ka2 = 4.3
x 10-13, the A2- ion concentration at equilibrium will be:
A) approximately equal to the initial concentration of H2A.
B)roughly equal to Ka2.
C) roughly equal to the HA- concentration.
D) much larger than the HA- concentration.
11. Which of the following solutions would be best to buffer a solution
near pH = 4 ([H3O+] = 1.0 x 10-4).
A) 1.0 x 10-4 M HCl
B) 1.0 x 10-4 M NaOH
C) A solution containing approximately equal concentrations of formic
acid (Ka = 1.8 x 10-4) and sodium formate.
D) A solution containing approximately equal concentrations of
hypochlorous acid (HOCl, Ka = 2.9 x 10-8) and sodium hypochlorite
(NaOCl).
12. Which of the following mixtures would make the best buffer?
A) CH3CO2H and NH4Cl
B) CH3CO2Na and NH3
C) CH3CO2Na and NH4Cl
D) NH3 and NH4Cl

*13. Figure 1 represents simulated titration curves for solutions of four

acids titrated with the same standard base solution. Based on these
titration curves, we can predict that :

1).Curve 3 represents a smaller concentration of a weaker acid than

Curve 2.
2).Curve 4 represents the smallest concentration and the weakest acid.
3) Curve 1 represents the largest concentration and the strongest acid.
4) The dissociation constant for the acid represented by Curve 3 is
about 1 x 10-4 (i.e. Ka = 1 x 10-4).
USE THE TITRATION CURVE BELOW FOR A WEAK, MONOPROTIC
ACID TO ANSWER THE NEXT TWO QUESTIONS.
14.If the titration curve was obtained by titrating a 25.00-mL sample of

the weak acid, what is the molar concentration of the weak acid in the
solution?
a. 0.5

b. 0.1

c. 1

d. 0.4

15.What is the pKa of the weak acid?

a. 2

b. 8

c. 4

d. 7

16. Consider the titration curve shown below.

The titration curve represents the titration of:

A) a strong acid (beaker) with a strong base (buret).
B) a weak acid (beaker) with a strong base (buret).
C) a strong base (beaker) with a strong acid (buret).
D) a weak base (beaker) with a strong acid (buret).