1) A gaseous hydrocarbon gives upon combustion 0.72 g of water and 3.08 g of CO2.

The empirical
formula of the hydrocarbon is:
(A) C2H4 (B) C3H4 (C) C6H5 (D) C7H8
2) The volume of oxygen evolved at STP, by decomposition of 0.68 g ‘20 volume’ hydrogen
peroxide solution, is
(A) 2.24 mL (B) 22.4 mL (C) 224 mL (D) 2240 mL
3) The system that contains the maximum number of atoms is
(A) 4.25 g of NH3 (B) 8 g of O2 (C) 2 g of H2 (D) 4 g of He
4) 1.78 g of an optically active L-amino acid (A) is treated with NaNO2/HCl at 0º C. 448 cm3 of
nitrogen was at STP is evolved. A sample of protein has 0.25% of this amino acid by mass. The
molar mass of the protein is
(A)36,500 g mol-1(B) 34,500 g mol-1(C) 35,400 g mol-1(D) 35,600 g mol-1
5) 10 g of a mixture of BaO and CaO requires 100 cm3 of 2.5 M HCl to react completely. The
percentage of calcium oxide in the mixture is approximately(Given : molar mass of BaO = 153)
(A) 52.6 (B) 55.1 (C) 44.9 (D) 47.4
6) The molarity of a solution obtained by mixing 750 mL of 0.5(M) HCl with 250 mL of 2(M) HCl
will be :
(A) 0.875 M (B) 1.00 M (C) 1.75 M (D) 0.975 M
7) KMnO4 reacts with KI in basic medium to form I2 and MnO2. When 250 mL of 0.1 MKI solution
is mixed with 250 mL of 0.02MKMnO4 in basic medium, what is the number of moles of
I2 formed?
(A) 0.0075 (B) 0.005 (C) 0.01 (D) 0.015
8) The oxide of a metal contains 40% of oxygen. The valency of metal is 2. What is the atomic
weight of the metal?
(A) 24 (B) 13 (C) 40 (D) 36
9) 50 cm3 of 0.04 M K2Cr2O7 in acidic medium oxidizes a sample of H2S gas to sulphur. Volume of
0.03 M KMnO4 required to oxidize the same amount of H2S gas to sulphur, in acidic medium is
(A) 60 cm3 (B) 80 cm3 (C) 90 cm3 (D) 120 cm3

10) What volume of Hydrogen gas, at 273 K and 1 atm pressure will be consumed in obtaining 21.6 g
of elemental boron (Atomic mass = 10.8) from the reduction of boron trichloride by Hydrogen?
(A) 89.6 L (B) 67.2 L (C) 44.8 L (D) 22.4 L
11) 1g of magnesium is burnt with 0.56 g O2 in a closed vessel. Which reactant is left in excess and
how much? (At. wt. Mg = 24; O = 16)
(A) Mg, 0.16 g (B) O2, 0.16 g (C) Mg, 0.44 g (D) O2, 0.28 g
12) 10 g of hydrogen and 64 g of oxygen were filled in a steel vessel and exploded. Amount of water
produced in this reaction will be
(A) 1 mol (B) 2 mol (C) 3 mol (D) 4 mol
13) Number of moles of MnO4– required to oxidize one mole of ferrous oxalate completely in acidic
medium will be
(A) 0.6 moles (B) 0.4 moles (C) 7.5 moles (D) 0.2 moles
14) Volume occupied by one molecule of water (density = 1 g cm–3) is
(A) 9.0 × 10–23 cm3 (B) 6.023 × 10–23 cm3
–23
(C) 3.0 × 10 cm 3
(D) 5.5 × 10–23 cm3
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15) The number of moles of KMnO that will be needed to react with one mole of sulphite ion in
acidic solution is:
(A) 1 (B) 3/5 (C) 4/5 (D) 2/5
16) 20.0 g of a magnesium carbonate sample decomposes on heating to give carbon dioxide and 8.0 g
magnesium oxide. What will be the percentage purity of magnesium carbonate in the sample?
(At. wt. : Mg = 24)
(A) 60 (B) 84 (C) 75 (D) 96
17) What amount of dioxygen (in gram) contains 1.8 × 1022 molecules?
(A) 0.0960 (B) 0.960 (C) 9.60 (D) 96.0
18) The ratio of masses of oxygen and nitrogen in a particular gaseous mixture is 1 : 4. The ratio of
number of their molecule is
(A) 7 : 32 (B) 1 : 8 (C) 3 : 16 (D) 1 : 4
19) How many moles of lead (II) chloride will be formed from a reaction between 6.5 g of PbO and
3.2 g of HCl?
(A) 0.044 (B) 0.333 (C) 0.011 (D) 0.029
20) An element, X has the following isotopic composition; 200X : 90%, 199X : 8.0%, 202X : 2.0%
The weighted average atomic mass of the naturally-occurring element X is closest to:
(A) 199 amu (B) 200 amu (C) 201 amu D) 202 amu
21) Suppose the elements X and Y combine to form two compounds XY2 and X3Y2. When 0.1 mole
of XY2 weighs 10 g and 0.05 mole of X3Y2 weighs 9 g, the atomic weights of X and Y are
(A) 40, 30 (B) 60, 40 (C) 20, 30 (D) 30, 20
22) If Avogadro number NA, is changed from 6.022 × 1023 mol–1 to 6.022 × 1020 mol–1, this would
change
(A)The ratio of chemical species to each other in a balanced equation
(B)The ratio of elements to each other in a compound
(C)The definition of mass in units of grams
(D)The mass of one mole of carbon
23) The number of water molecules is maximum in
(A) 18 gram of water (B) 18 moles of water
(C) 18 molecules of water (D) 1.8 gram of water
24) Concentrated aqueous sulphuric acid is 98% H2SO4 by mass and has a density of 1.80 g.mL–1.
Volume of acid required to make 1 litre of 0.1 M H2SO4 solution is:
(A) 5.55 mL (B) 11.10 mL (C) 16.65 mL (D) 22.20 mL
25) The mass of carbon anode consumed (giving only carbon dioxide) in the production of 270 kg of
aluminium metal from bauxite by the Hall process is:(Atomic mass : Al = 27)
(A) 90 kg (B) 540 kg (C) 180 kg (D) 270 kg