27. Which of the following is ortho-para directing group?

(A) CF
3
(B) CCl
3
(C) CH=CHCOOH (D) C N =

28. What is product of the following reaction?

O ET
Mg
2

?
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
One or more than one options may be correct:
30. Which are possible products in following


O Ag moist
2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
Passage-I
The thermal stability of the salts of the s-block elements is dependent upon three main factors. Firstly,
the greater the charge of the ions involved, the stronger the interionic attraction and the more stable
the salt. Also, the smaller the ions become in terms of their ionic radii the closer they approach each
other in the crystal lattice of their salts and the more stable the salt. Thirdly, if the ions in the lattice
are of comparable size, the crystal lattice is arranged in a more uniform fashion and thus possesses
greater thermal stability. There is one other factor that affects thermal stability. The larger the anions
in the crystal, for example CO
3
2
, unless the cation is of comparable size, the anions decompose on
heating to give smaller anions such as O
2
. This point is especially important when considering the
thermal stability of the carbonates, nitrates and hydroxides of the s-block elements.
38. Comparing calcium oxide and magnesium oxide, which of the two would be more stable?
(a) Magnesium oxide would be more stable because the Magnesium cation is smaller
(b) Magnesium oxide would be more stable because Magnesium has a lower atomic mass than
Calcium
(c) Calcium oxide would be more stable because the calcium anion is smaller than the Magnesium
cation
(d) Calcium oxide would be more stable because calcium has a greater atomic mass than magnesium
39. The nitrates of the Group-I elements mainly decompose not to the oxide but to the nitrite (NO
2

)
although O
2
is smaller than NO
2

. Why?
(a) Because only doubly charged anion like CO
3
2
decompose to the oxide
(b) Because the double charge on the oxygen would make the salt less stable than a singly charge
nitrite anion
(c) Because the nitrite anion contains two oxygen atoms while the oxide anion contains only one
(d) Because the nitrite anion is probably about the same size as the Group I cations
40. Given that CO
3
2
anion is approximately the same size as the early Group I cations, what would
occur if Na
2
CO
3
were heated
(a) If would decompose to yield Na
2
O (b) If would decompose to yield Na
2
O + CO
2
(c) If would decompose to yield NaOH (d) No decomposition would occur