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1. Section – A contains a total of 30 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ). Each MCQ type question has
four choices out of which only one choice is the correct answer. Questions Q.1 – Q.30 belong to this
section and carry a total of 50 marks. Q.1 – Q.10 carry 1 mark each and Questions Q.11 – Q.30 carry
2 marks each.
2. Section – B contains a total of 10 Multiple Select Questions (MSQ). Each MSQ type question is
similar to MCQ but with a difference that there may be one or more than one choice(s) that are
correct out of the four given choices. The candidate gets full credit if he/she selects all the correct
answers only and no wrong answers. Questions Q.31 – Q.40 belong to this section and carry 2 marks
each with a total of 20 marks.
3. Section – C contains a total of 20 Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions. For these NAT type
questions, the answer is a real number which needs to be entered using the virtual keyboard on the
monitor. No choices will be shown for these type of questions. Questions Q.41 – Q.60 belong to this
section and carry a total of 30 marks. Q.41 – Q.50 carry 1 mark each and Questions Q.51 – Q.60 carry
2 marks each.
4. In all sections, questions not attempted will result in zero mark. In Section – A (MCQ), wrong
answer will result in NEGATIVE marks. For all 1 mark questions, 1/3 marks will be deducted for
each wrong answer. For all 2 marks questions, 2/3 marks will be deducted for each wrong answer. In
Section – B (MSQ), there is NO NEGATIVE and NO PARTIAL marking provisions. There is NO
NEGATIVEmarking in Section – C (NAT) as well.
Section A
Q.1 For a reaction of the type A + B Products, the unit of the rate constant is mol L –1 s –1 . The
overall order of the reaction is
Q.2 The thermodynamic criterion for spontaneity of a process in a system under constant volume
and temperature and in the absence of any work other than expansion work (if any) is
(C) change in Helmholtz free energy is negative (D) change in Gibbs free energy is negative
Q.3 The number of vibrational mode(s) of a carbon dioxide molecule that can be detected using
infrared spectroscopy is
Q.7 NaF, KF, MgO and CaO are crystalline solids. They have NaCl structure. Their lattice energies
(A) NaF < KF < MgO < CaO (B) KF < NaF < CaO < MgO
(C) MgO < CaO < NaF < KF (D) CaO < MgO < KF < NaF
Q 10. The energy of an electron in first Bohr orbit of H atom is –13.6 eV. The possible energy value
of electron in the excited state of Li2+ is
a) – 122.4 eV b) 30.6 eV c) – 30.6 eV d) 13.6 eV
Q 12, Consider the following four xenon compounds: XeF 2 , XeF 4 , XeF 6 and XeO 3 . The pair of
xenon compounds expected to have non-zero dipole moment is
(A) I < III < IV < II (B) III < II < IV < I (C) II < IV < III < I (D) IV < III < I < II
Q.14 Among the dimethylcyclohexanes, which one can be obtained in enantiopure form?
Q.16
The CORRECT expression that corresponds to reversible and adiabatic expansion of an ideal gas is
(C) 200 °C and 0.50 atm (D) –100 °C and 10.0 atm
Q.20 According to the kinetic theory of gases, the ratio of the root mean square velocity of molecular
oxygen and molecular hydrogen at 300 K is
Q 21 The half-life of the chemical reaction, A Product, for initial reactant concentrations of 0.1 and
0.4 mol L –1 are 200 and 50 s, respectively. The order of the reaction is
Q22 The correct statement regarding the observed magnetic properties of NO, O 2 , B 2 , and C 2 in
their ground state is
Q 23 Among the following compounds, the one having the lowest boiling point is
(A) The density follows the order, Cs > Rb > Li > Na.
(B) The solubility in water follows the order, Cs 2 CO 3 > K 2 CO 3 > Na 2 CO 3 > Li 2 CO 3 .
(C) The first ionization potential follows the order, Li > K > Na > Cs.
(D) The melting point follows the order, MgCl 2 > BeCl 2 > CaCl 2 > SrCl 2 .
Q.25 The increasing order of acidity of the given molecules in aqueous media is
Q.26 The compound formed upon subjecting an aliphatic amine to Lassaigne’s test is
Q.27
(A) I and IV (B) I and III (C) II and III (D) III and IV
Q-30 In the following reaction the products e and F are
SECTION - B
Q 32 The unit of the constant ‘a’ in van der Waals equation of state of a real gas can be expressed as
Q.33 The true statement(s) regarding the brown ring test carried out in the laboratory for the
detection of NO 3 -ion is/are
(A) Brown ring is due to the formation of the iron nitrosyl complex.
Q.36 Consider the following six solid binary oxides: CaO, Al 2 O 3 , PbO, Cs 2 O, SiO 2 and Sb 2 O
3.
Q.39 Which of the following set(s) of quantum numbers is(are) NOT allowed?
(A) 𝑛 = 3, 𝑙 = 2, 𝑚 𝑙 = –1 (B) 𝑛 = 4, 𝑙 = 0, 𝑚 𝑙 = –1
(C) 𝑛 = 3, 𝑙 = 3, 𝑚 𝑙 = –3 (D) 𝑛 = 5, 𝑙 = 3, 𝑚 𝑙 = +2
Q.40 The CORRECT expression(s) for isothermal expansion of 1 mol of an ideal gas is(are)
SECTION – C
Q.41 The volume of 0.3 M ferrous ammonium sulphate solution required for the completion of redox
titration with 20 mL of 0.1 M potassium dichromate solution is ______mL.
Q.42 The number of stereoisomers possible for the following compound is ______.
Q. 43 The time for 50% completion of a zero order reaction is 30 min. Time for 80% completion of
this reaction is ______ min.
Q.44 Consider the reaction 𝐶𝑂 (𝑔) + ½ 𝑂2(𝑔) 𝐶𝑂 2(𝑔) . The value of ΔU for the reaction at
300 K is –281.8 kJ mol–1 . The value of ΔH at same temperature is ______ kJ mol–1 (rounded up to
the first decimal place). [R = 8.3 J K –1 mol–1 ]
Q.45 The value of C v for 1 mol of N 2 gas predicted from the principle of equipartition of energy,
ignoring vibrational contribution, is ______ J K–1 mol–1 (rounded up to two decimal places).
Q.46 Assuming ideal gas behavior, the density of O 2 gas at 300 K and 1.0 atm is ______ g L–1
(rounded up to two decimal places). [R = 0.082 L atm mol–1 K–1 , molar mass of O 2 = 32]
Q.47 The bond order of N 2+ ion is __________. (Round off to one decimal place)
Q.49 (R)-2-methyl-1-butanol has a specific rotation of +13.5°. The specific rotation of 2-methyl-1-
butanol containing 40% of the (S)-enantiomer is __________ °. (Round off to one decimal place)
Q-50 The work done during the free expansion of one mole of an ideal gas at 27℃ to twice its
original volume is (given : 𝑅𝑇 = 2494 𝐽 𝑚𝑜𝑙 −1 , 1𝑛 2 = 0.7, log 2 = 0.3)
Q. 51 – Q. 60 carry two marks each.
Q.51 One mole of an ideal gas is subjected to an isothermal increase in pressure from 100 kPa to
1000 kPa at 300 K. The change in Gibbs free energy of the system is __________ kJ mol –1 .
(Round off to one decimal place) [Given: Gas constant (R) = 8.3 J K –1 mol –1 ]
Q.52 A radioactive sample decays to 10% of its initial amount in 4600 minutes. The rate constant of
this process is __________ hour ? (Round off to two decimal places)
Q-53 Given that the radius of the first Bohr orbit of hydrogen atom is 53 pm, the radius of its third
Bohr orbit is __________ pm. (Round off to the nearest integer)
Q.54 5.3 g of benzaldehyde was reacted with an excess of acetophenone to produce 5.2 g of the
enone product as per the reaction shown below. The yield of the reaction is __________ %. (Round
off to the nearest integer)
Q-55 How many of the following interhalogen species have 2 lone pairs of electrons on the central
atom? ClF 3 , ClF 2−, ClF 5 and ICl 2+
Q.56 24Na decays to one-fourth of its initial amount in 29.8 hours. Its decay constant
is_________hour–1 (rounded up to four decimal places).
C: 39.9 % and H: 6.7 %. If the molecular weight of the compound is 180, the number of carbon atoms
present in the molecule is________.
Q.58 The number of compounds having S-configuration among the following is _________.
Q.59 For the reaction 2(𝑔) + ½ 𝑂2(𝑔) 𝐻2𝑂(𝑙) , the following information is given
Q.60 The electron of a hydrogen atom is in its nth Bohr orbit having de Broglie wavelength of 13.4 Å.
The value of n is ______ (rounded up to the nearest integer). [Radius of n th Bohr orbit = 0.53n 2 Å,
π = 3.14]