Fajan’s Rule

1. In an ionic compound A H  the degree of covalent bonding is greatest when:

(A) A and X  ion are small
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(B) A is small and X is large
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(C) A and X ions are approximately of the same size
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(D) X is small and A is large

2. In which of the following species the bonds are non-directional?

(A) NCl3 (B) RbCl (C) BeCl2 (D) BCl3

3. In which of the following solvents, KI has highest solubility?

(A) C6 H 6 ( 0) (B) (CH 3 ) 2 CO ( 2) (C) CH 3OH ( 32) (D) CCl4 ( 0)

4. Amongst LiCl , BeCl2 , MgCl2 and RbCl the compounds with greatest and least ionic character, respectively
are:
(A) LiCl & RbCl (B) RbCl & BeCl2 (C) RbCl & MgCl2 (D) MgCl2 & BeCl2

5. The compound with the highest degree of covalence is:

(A) NaCl (B) MgCl2 (C) AgCl (D) CsCl

6. Solubility of alkali metal fluorides increases down the group.” Select correct explanation for given statement:
(A) Hydration energy increases and lattice energy decreases down the group
(B) Both energy decreases down the group but decreases in hydration energy is rapid
(C) Both energy decreases down the group but decreases in lattice energy is rapid
(D) Both energy increase down the group but increase in hydration energy is rapid

7. Which order are correct?

(I) Thermal stability : BeSO4  MgSO4  CaSO4  SrSO4  BaSO4
(II) Basic nature : ZnO  BeO  MgO  CaO
(III) Solubility in water: LiOH  NaOH  KOH  RbOH  CsOH
(IV) Melting point: NaCl  KCl  RbCl  CsCl  LiCl
(A) (I), (IV) (B) (I) (II) and (IV) (C) (II), (III) (D) All are correct

8. The correct solubility order is/are:

(I) CaCO3  SrCO3  BaCO3 (II) Li2CO3  Na2CO3  K 2CO3
(III) K 2CO3  Rb2CO3  Cs2CO3 (IV) Na2CO3  K 2CO3  Rb2CO3
(A) II, IV (B) I, IV (C) II, III, IV (D) I, II, III

Bond Angle

9. Which one of the following compounds has the smallest bond angle ?
(A) OH 2 (B) SH 2 (C) NH 2 (D) SO2

10. H  M  H bonds angle is:

The correct order of
(A) NH 3  PH 3  SbH 3  BiH 3 (B) AsH 3  SbH 3  PH 3  NH 3
(C) NH 3  PH 3  BiH 3  SbH 3 (d) BiH 3  SbH 3  AsH 3  PH 3

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11. Among the following species, the least angle around the central atom is in:
(A) O3 (B) I 3 (C) NO2 (D) PH 3

12. The bond angle of NH 3 , NH 4 and NH 2 are in the order

(A) NH 2  NH 3  NH 4 (B) NH 4  NH 3  NH 2
(C) NH 3  NH 2  NH 4 (D) NH 3  NH 4  NH 2

13. The H  C  H bond angle in CH 4 is 109.5°, due to lone pair repulsion, the H  O  H angle in H 2O will:
(A) Remain the same (B) increase (C) decrease (D) Become 180°

14. The molecule having the largest bond angle is:

(A) H 2O (B) H 2 S (C) H 2 Se (D) H 2Te

15. Which of the following is the correct order for increasing bond angle?
(A) NH 3  PH 3  AsH 3  SbH 3 (B) H 2O  OF2  Cl2O

(C) H 3Te   H 3 Se  H 3 S   H 3O  (D) BF3  BCl3  BBr3  BI 3

Resonance

16. The correct order of ' S  O ' bond length is:

(A) SO32  SO42  SO3  SO2 (B) SO32  SO42  SO2  SO3
(C) SO42  SO32  SO2  SO3 (D) SO42  SO32  SO3  SO2

17. The correct order of increasing C  O bond strength of CO, CO32 , CO2 is :
(A) CO32  CO2  CO (B) CO2  CO32  CO
(C) CO  CO32  CO2 (D) CO  CO2  CO32

18. Resonance structure can be written for:

(A) O3 (B) NH 3 (C) CH 4 (D) H 2O

19. The correct of Cl  O bond order is:

(A) ClO3  ClO4  ClO2  ClO  (B) ClO   ClO4  ClO3  ClO2
(C) ClO   ClO2  ClO3  ClO4 (D) ClO4  ClO3  ClO2  ClO 

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20. How many resonance forms can be written for the nitrate ion, ( NO3 ) ?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

Molecular orbital theory

21. Which of the following species in not paramagnetic?

(A) CO (B) O2 (C) B2 (D) NO

22. Stability of the species Li, Li2 & Li2 increases in the order of :
(A) Li2  Li2  Li2 (B) Li2  Li2  Li2 (C) Li2  Li2  Li2 (D) Li2  Li2  Li2

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23. Which of one of the following molecules is expected to exhibit diamagnetic behavior?
(A) N2 (B) O2 (C) S2 (D)C2

24. In which of the following pairs of molecules/ions, both the species are not likely exist?
(A) H 2 , He22 (B) H 22 , He2 (C) H 2 , He22 (D) H 2 , He22

25. Using Mo theory predicts which of the following species has the shortest bond length?
(A) O22 (B) O2 (C) O2 (D) O22

26. Which one of the following constitutes a group of the isoelectronic species?
(A) C22 , O2 , CO, NO (B) NO  , C22 , CN  , N 2 (C) CN

, N 2 , O22 , C22 (D) N 2 , O2 , NO  , CO

27. Which one of the following pairs of species have the same bond order?
(A) CN  & NO  (B) CN
1
& CN  (C) O2 & CN  (D) NO & CN
 

28. In which of the following ionization processes, the bond order has increased and the magnetic behavior has
changed?
(A)  C2
C2  (B)  NO 
NO  (C)  O2
O2  (D)  N 2
N 2 

29. Which of the following species exhibits the diamagnetic behavior?

(A) O22 (B) O2 (C) O2 (D) NO

30. Which of the following molecules/ions does not contain unpaired electrons?
(A) O22 (B) B2 (C) N 2 (D) O2

31. Which of the following species is diamagnetic in nature?

(A) He2 (B) H 2 (C) H 2 (D) H 2
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32. The number and type of bonds between two carbon atoms in calcium carbide are
(A) one sigma, one pi (B) One sigma, two pi (C) Two sigma, one pi (D) Two sigma, two pi

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33. The bond order in NO is 2.5 while that in NO is 3. Which of the following statements is true for these two
species?
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(A) Bond length in NO is greater than in NO (B) Bond length is unpredictable
+ +
(C) Bond length in NO in equal to that in NO (D) Bond length in NO is greater than in NO

Back Bond

34. Both N  SiH 3 3 and NH  SiH 3 2 compounds have trigonal planar skeleton incorrect statement about
compound is:
(A) SiNSi ˆ bond angle in N  SiH 
ˆ bond angle in NH  SiH   SiNSi
3 2 3 3

(B) N  Si bond length in NH  SiH 3 2  N  Si bond length in N  SiH 3 3

(C) N  Si bond length in NH  SiH 3 2  N  Si bond length in N  SiH 3 3
(D) Back bonding strength in NH  SiH 3 2 and OCl2 back bonding strength in N ( SiH 3 )3

35. The incorrect statement regarding O (SiH 3 ) 2 and OCl2 molecule is/are
(A) The strength of back bonding is more in O(SiH3)2 molecule than OCl3 molecule

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 (B) Si  Oˆ  Si bond angle in O ( SiH 3 )2 is greater than Cl  Oˆ  Cl bond angle in OCl2
(C) The nature of back bond in both molecules in 2 p  3d
(D) Hybridisation of central O-atom in both molecules is same

36. Among following molecule N  Si bond length is shortest:

(A) N ( SiH 3 )3 (B) NH ( SiH 3 )2
(C) NH 2 ( SiH 3 ) (D) all have equal N  Si bond length

37. Which of the following molecule has weakest ( p  d ) back bond?

(A) OCl2 (B) N ( SiH 3 )3 (C) SiF4 (D) O ( SiH 3 )2

38. The geometry with respect to the central atom of the following molecules are:
(A) Planar, pyramidal, Planar (B) Planar, Pyramidal, Pyramidal
(C) Pyramidal, Pyramidal, Pyramidal (D) Pyramidal, Planar, Pyramidal

39. Incorrect statement regarding BF2 NH 2 molecule :

(A) FBF bond angle < 120° (B) HNH bond angle > 109°28’
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(C) Exhibits intermolecular H- bond (D) Hybridization of N-atom is sp

Molecular force

40. Which of the following attraction is strongest

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

41. Which is distilled first? (species having low bp)

(A) Liquid H 2 (B) Liquid CO2 (C) Liquid O2 (D) Liquid N 2

42. The molecular size of ICI and Br2 is approximately same, but b.p. of ICl is about 40°Chigher than that of Br2. It is
because:
(A) ICl bond is stronger than Br  Br bond (B) IE of iodine  IE of bromine
(C) ICl is polar while Br2 is nonpolar (D) I has larger size than Br

43. Which gas should not be collected over water because of its high solubility in water?
(A) H 2 (B) N 2 (C) CH 4 (D) HCl

44. Which substance has the strongest London dispersion forces?

(A) SiH 4 (B) CH 4 (C) SnH 4 (D) GeH 4

45. Which of the following compounds has the lowest boiling point?
(A) HF (B) HCl (C) HBr (D) HI

H  Bond

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46. The correct order of boiling point is:

(A) I  II  III (B) III  II  I (C) II  I  III (D) III  I  II

47. Which of the following is not true about H 2O molecule?

(A) The molecule has  0
(B) The molecule can act as a base
(C) Shows abnormally high boiling point in comparison to the hybrides of other elements of oxygen group
(D) The molecule has a bent shape

48. The boiling point at atmospheric of HF , H 2 S , NH 3 can be arranged in the following order:
(A) HF  NH 3  H 2 S (B) HF  H 2 S  NH 3
(C) HF  H 2 S  NH 3 (D) HF  NH 3  H 2 S

49. Which statement is correct?

(A) m.p. of H2O, NH3 are maximum in their respective group due to intermolecular H-bonding
(B) b.p. of CH4 out CH4,SiH4,GeH4 and SnH4is least due to weak intermolecular force of attraction
(C) formic acid forms dimer by H-bonding
(D) all are correct

50. Which of the following molecules are expected to exhibit intermolecular H-bonding?
(I) Acetic acid (II) o-nitrophenol (III) m-nitrophenol (IV) o-boric acid
Select correct alternative
(A) I, II, III (B) I, II, IV (C) I, III, IV (D) II, III, IV

51. Which of the following compounds can form H-bonding with each other?
(A) CH 3COOH and H 2O (B) Phenol and CH 4
(C) CHF3 and acetone (D) PH 3 and HF

Answer Key

1. B 2. B 3. C 4. B 5. C
6. C 7. A 8. D 9. B 10. D
11. D 12. B 13. C 14. A 15. B
16. B 17. A 18. A 19. C 20. C
21. A 22. A 23. A 24. B 25. A
26. B 27. A 28. B 29. A 30. A
31. B 32. B 33. A 34. B 35. D
36. C 37. A 38. B 39. D 40. D
41. A 42. C 43. D 44. C 45. B

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 46. B 47. A 48. A 49. D 50. C
51. A

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