1. The solubility product of Ag2CrO4 is 1.9 x 10-12. The volume of water in mL that
can dissolve 4mg of Ag2CrO4 is about
(a) 1.8 g (b) 2.0 g (c) 1.2 g (d) 2.2 g [ (b) is the only LOGICAL answer based
on the options given ]
(a) both planar (b) both pyramidal (c) planar and pyramidal respectively (d)
pyramidal and planar respectively
(a) conc. HNO3 (b) excess HCl (c) dil. H2SO4 (d) aq. Ammonia
7. The atomic number of copper is 29, Its Effective Atomic Number (EAN) in
[Cu(NH3)4]2+ is
10. For water, the maximum number of phases that can be in equilibrium is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
16. A firework gives out crimson coloured light, due to the presence of salts of
(a) calcium (b) sodium (c) barium (d) strontium
18. A certain current passed through a CuSO4 solution for 100 seconds deposits
0.3175 g of Copper. The current passed (in A) is
(a) 4.83 (b) 9.65 (c) 0.965 (d) 0.483
+
(c) F-CH2
+
(d) Cl3C
21. The correct representation of the plot of rate v/s time for the reaction A→B→C
is
22. The hybridisations of atoms 1 to 4 in
1 2 3 4
(MgBr)CH2-CH2-CO-NH2 are respectively
(a) sp2, sp3, sp2, sp3
(b) sp3, sp2, sp2, sp2
(c) sp3, sp3, sp2, sp2
(d) sp2, sp2, sp2, sp3
24. The ratio of the energy of a photon of wavelength 2000 Å to that of one with
wavelength 4000 Å is
(a) ¼ (b) 4 (c) ½ (d) 2
31. The reagent which can react with 2-bromopropane to give mainly a substitution
product is
(a) sodium sulphate (b) sodium cyanide (c) sodium chloride (d) sodium ethoxide
32. The central dogma of molecular genetics states that genetic information flows
from
(a) carbohydrate → proteins → nucleic acids
(b) DNA → RNA → proteins
(c) proteins → RNA → DNA
(d) RNA → DNA → proteins
33. The configurations of the asymmetric centers in (X) and (Y) molecules are
respectively
35. The heat of hydrogenation of 1-butene and 2-butene are respectively ΔH1 and
ΔH2. The correct relationship between ΔH1 and ΔH2 is
(a) |ΔH1| > |ΔH1|
(b) |ΔH1| < |ΔH2|
(c) |ΔH1| = |ΔH2|
(d) ΔH1 + ΔH2 = 0
36. An enzymatic partial hydrolysis of starch and cellulose give disaccharides
maltose and cellobiose respectively. Hence, matlose and cellobiose differ with
respect to
(a) Molecular Mass (b) Configuration at the glycoside linkage
(c) Placement of the glycoside linkage
(d) ring sizes of the constituent sugar residues
37. The group in the periodic table that contains the elements in all different
physical states at room temperature is
(a) V A (or 15) (b) I A (or 1) (c) VII A (or 17) (d) IV A (or 14)
38. The boiling point of a glucose solution is higher than that of water because
(a) glucose forms extensive hydrogen bonding with water
(b) glucose does not dissociate in water
(c) its vapour pressure is higher that that of water at a given temperature
(d) its vapour pressure is less than that of water at a given temperature
40. The reagent with which both hexanal and 2-pentanone react is
(a) Fehling’s solution (b) a Grignard reagent (c) Schiff’s reagent
(d) Tollen's reagent
42. The value of Δn for the combustion reaction of one mole of benzene in gaseous
state when both the reactants and products are at 298 K is
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) ½ (d) – ½
44. The salt that can be used in the salt bridge of an electrochemical cell is
(a) FeCl3 (b) AgCl (c) CH3COONa (d) KNO3
46. Among the following, a good solvent for a Grignard reagent formation would be
(a) tert. Butanol
(b) dimethyl ether
(c) difluoromethane
(d) tetrahydrofuran
47. In its 0.20 M solution, methanoic acid has degree of dissociation 0.032. Hence its
dissociation constant would be
(a) 2.1 x 10-2
(b) 2.1 x 10-4
(c) 1.1 x 10-6
(d) 9.6 x 10-8
49. Toluene is o/p directing with respect to an electrophilic substitution reaction due
to
(a) +I effect of methyl group
(b) +I as well as +M effect of the methyl group
(c) hyperconjugation between the methyl group and the phenyl ring
(d) +M effect of the methyl group
50. The product obtained when propionic acid amide is distilled with phosphorus
pentoxide is
(a) (CH3CH2CO)2O
(b) CH3CH2CN
(c) CH3CH2COOCH2CH3
(d) (CH3CH2COO)3PO
(a) I and III (b) II and IV (c) II and III (d) III and IV
56. At equilibrium, the value of the Gibbs free energy change of a reaction is
(a) greater than zero
(b) equal to zero
(c) minimum
(d) less than zero
57. A buffer solution is prepared by mixing 0.050 moles of a weak acid, HA and 0.20
moles of NaA in sufficient amount of water to give 500 mL of solution (KA for HA =
4.5 x 10 -4). The pH of this solution is
(a) 1.97 (b) 2.17 (c) 2.74 (d) 3.95
58. Consider various species generated when H3PO4 is dissolved in water. Among
these, the conjugate acid of HPO42- is
(a) H3PO4 (b) H2PO4- (c) PO43 - (d) H3O+
59. A 1.0 molal solution with the lowest freezing point is that of
(a) FeCl3 (b) HCl (c) KCl (d) MgCl2
60. If a weak base has the dissociation constant, KB, then the value of the
dissociation constant, KA, of its conjugate acid is given by
(a) 1/KB (b) Kw/KB (c) KB/KW (d) KWKB
63. The fig. below schematically represents the energy changes with the progress of
a reaction, A + B → C + D. Here α and β are positive. The ΔE for the reaction is
(a) –(α + β) (b) – γ + α (c) – α (d) – β
64. The rate constant for a chemical reaction is related to temperature by the
65. The genetic code allows more than one codon for one amino acid. One of the
codons for the amino acid isoleucine is AUU. The two other codons for isoleucine
are
(a) AUC, AAU (b) AUC, AUA (c) AUA, ACU (d) AAU, AUA
66. A compound undergoes the following sequence of reactions and gives the
product (C8H4O3).
(i) reaction with dilute aq. NaOH
(ii)acidification
(iii) treatment with acidic Na2Cr2O7
(iv) heating
Hence the compound is
70. The most probable reaction of a radical X. with CH2-C(CH3)-COCH3 would give
71. An element crystallizes in a face-centred cubic lattice. Hence its unit cell contains
(a) 14 atoms of the element and 8 of them belong to the unit cell
(b) 14 atoms of the element and 4 of them belong to the unit cell
(c) 8 atoms of the element and 1 of them belong to the unit cell
(d) 8 atoms of the element and 2 of them belong to the unit cell
74. An ammonia bottle in the laboratory is labeled density 0.91 g cm-3, 25% w/w.
The molarity of this solution is
(a) 11.5 M (b) 15 M (c) 13.4 M (d) 17 M
75. The concentration which leads to the formation of an ionic liquid at room
temperature is
(a) 1-chlorobutane + AlCl3
(b) Ammonium chloride + AlCl3
(c) N-butylpyridinium chloride + AlCl3
(d) NaCl + AlCl3
84. The compound in which nickel has the lowest oxidation number is
(a) Ni(CO)4 (b) (CH3COO)2Ni (c) NiO (d) NiCl2(PPh3)2
86. The unit of rate constant of a second order reaction with reactants having equal
concentration is
(a) mol dm-3 s-1 (b) mol2 dm-6 s-1 (c) dm3 mol-1 s-1 (d) s-1
87. If 0.5 mol of BaCl2 is mixed with 0.2 mol of Na3PO4, the maximum number of
moles of Ba3(PO4)2 that can be formed is
(a) 0.1 (b) 0.2 (c) 0.5 (d) 0.7
88. The salt that when added to water will not change its pH is
(a) Na2CO3 (b) NaCl (c) KCN (d) NH4Cl
91. A colourless salt when heated imparts lilac colour to the bunsen flame. It turns
red litmus blue. The salt is
(a) Na2CO3 (b) KNO3 (c) NaNO3 (d) K2CO3
93. The metal that CANNOT be displaced from its aqueous solution by zinc is
(a) Cu (b) Ag (c) Al (d) Hg
97. The van der waals equation for real gases is (P + a(n/V)2 )(V – nb) = nRT. In the
above equation, the terms a(n/V)2 and (-nb) respectively represent the corrections
for
(a) intermolecular attractive forces and inelastic collision
(b) intermolecular repulsive forces and high temperatures
(c) intermolecular attractive forces and molecular volumes
(d) deviations in the temperature and pressure
100. The phenomenon which first suggested that light is emitted in packets (quanta)
is
(a) electron diffraction (b) photoelectric effect
(c) diffraction of light (d) black body radiation