INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

6. A sodium salt of an unknown anion when treated

1. The pair of compounds which cannot exists with MgCl2 gives white precipitate only on boiling.
together in solution is : The anion is:
(a) NaHCO3 and NaOH
−¿ ¿
(b) Na2CO3 and NaHCO3 (a) SO−2
4 (b) HCO3
(c) Na2CO3 and NaOH (c) CO−2
3 (d) NO 3
−¿¿

(d) NaHCO3 and NaCl

7. Which of the following statement(s) is (are) correct
2. The brown ring complex compound is formulated when a mixture of NaCl and K2Cr2O7 is gently
as [Fe (H2O) 5 (NO) +] SO4. The oxidation state of warmed with conc. H2SO4?
iron is : (a) A deep red vapour is evolved
(a) 1 (b) 2 (b) The vapours when passed into NaOH solution
(c) 3 (d) 0 give a yellow solution of Na2CrO4
(c) Chlorine gas is evolved
3. In nitroprusside ion the iron and NO exist. NO exist
(d) Chromyl chloride is formed
as FeII and NO+ rather than FeIII and NO. These
forms can be differentiated by : 8. AgNO3 gives yellow ppt. with
(a) Estimating the concentration of iron
(a) KIO3 (b) KI
(b) measuring the concentration of CN
(c) CHI3 (d) CH2I2
(c) measuring the solid state magnetic
moment
9. An inorganic salt when heated evolved a coloured
(d) Thermally decomposing the compound
gas which bleaches moist litmus paper. The
evolved gas is-
4. A gas 'X' is passed through water to form a
saturated solution. The aqueous solution on (a) NO2 (b) Cl2
treatment with silver nitrate gives a white (c) Br2 (d) I2
precipitate. The saturated aqueous solution also
dissolves magnesium ribbon with evolution of a 10. Two colourless gases on mixing formed
colourless gas 'Y'. Identify 'X' and ‘Y’: a dense white fumes. These are-
(a) X = CO2, Y = Cl2 (b) X = Cl2, Y = (a) NH3 and SO2 (b) SO2 and steam
CO2 (c) NH3 and HCl (d) NH3 and HNO2
(c) X = Cl2, Y = H2 (d) X = H2, Y = Cl2 11. A salt was first heated with dilute H2SO4 and then
5. [X] + H2SO4 → [Y] a colourless gas with irritating with concentrated H2SO4. No action was observed
smell. [Y] + K2Cr2O7 + H2SO4 → green solution in either case. The salt will be-
[X] and [Y] are: (a) Nitrite (b)
Sulphite
(a) SO−2
3 , SO 2 (b) Cl−¿, HCl¿
(c) Sulphide (d)
(c) S−2 , H 2 S (d) CO−2
3 ,CO 2 Sulphate

12. A white solid soluble in water on being heated

gives brown gas and when dil. HCl is added to its
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 aqueous solution, a white ppt. is obtained. The solid
is- 18. Which of the following gives white ppt. with KI
(a) Ba(NO3)2 (b) followed by the addition of hypo?
Zn(NO3)2 (a) CuSO4 (b) HgCl2
(c) Ca(NO3)2 (d) (c) FeCl3 (d) Both (A) and (B)
Pb(NO3)2
19. A mixture of inorganic substances on treatment
13. Preparation of sodium carbonate extract is made with H2SO4 (dilute) gives out a gas which turns
while analysing the acid radical because- potassium dichromate paper green and lead acetate
(a) Na2CO3 is water soluble paper black. The mixture contains-
(b) Na is more reactive (a) Nitrite (b) Nitrate
(c) All anions react with Na+ to give water soluble (c) Sulphite (d) Sulphide
compounds
(d) This helps in the easy detection of ions. 20. Both SO2 and CO2 turn lime water (X) milky. SO2
also turns acidified potassium dichromate (Y) green
14. A mixture of inorganic substances on treatment while O2 is soluble in pyrogallol (Z) turning it
with dilute H2SO4 gives out a gas which turns lead black. These gases are to be detected in order by
acetate paper black while potassium dichromate using these reagents. The order is-
paper is turned green. The mixture contains- (a) (Y), (X), (Z) (b) (Z), (Y), (X)
(1) Sulphite (2) Sulphide (c) (X), (Y), (Z) (d) (Y), (Z), (X)
(3) Nitrate (4) Nitrite
21. A mixture on heating gave a gas which is (i) used
(a) Only 1 (b) Both 1 and 2 as anaesthetic (ii) dissolved in water forming cis
(c) 1, 2 and 3 (d) Both 3 and 4 and trans dibasic acid 1.1 g of gas occupies a
volume of 0.56 L at NTP. Mixture contains-
15. When CS2 layer containing both Br2 and I2 is (a) NaNO2 + NH4Cl (b) NaNO3 + NH4Cl
shaken with excess of Cl 2 water, the violet colour (c) Na2SO4 + NH4Cl (d) CaCO3 + NaNO3
due to I2 disappears and orange colour due to Br2
appears. The disappearance of violet colour is due 22. Which compound will not give positive chromyl
to the formation of- chloride test-
(b) HI O 3
−¿¿
(a) I 3 (a) Copper chloride, CuCl2
(c) IC l 2 (d) I −¿¿ (b) Mercuric chloride, HgCl2
(c) Zinc chloride, ZnCl2
16. A metal chloride solution on mixing with K2CrO4 (d) Anilinium chloride, C6H5NH3+Cl
−¿¿

solution gives a yellow ppt. soluble in NaOH. The

metal may be-
(a) Mercury (b) Zinc
(c) Silver (d) Lead

17. The chloride soluble in hot water is-

ANSWERS
(a) PbCl2 (b) AgCl
(c) Hg2Cl2 (d) None of these

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1-a, 2-a, 3-c, 4-c, 5-a, 6-b, 7-a, b, d, 8-b, 9-b, 10-c, 11-d,
12-d, 13-c, 14-b, 15-b, 16-d, 17-a, 18-a, 19-d, 20-a, 21-b,
22-b

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