MINITEST – FORMULAE AND EQUATIONS

Date: 04-10-2009

Maximum Marks: 25

Time: 20 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS:

(a) The questions are given in the following page

(b) Be honest
(c) Be patient
(d) Be confident

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1. Write the valency of the following elements (1 mark each)

a. Carbon
b. Silicon
c. Boron
d. Phosphorous
e. Lithium
f. Argon
g. Sulphur
h. Bromine

2. Write balanced equations for the following (2 marks each)

a. Neutralisation of nitric acid with aluminium hydroxide
b. Reduction of lithium
c. Oxidation of tin
d. Reaction of sulphur with lead
e. A disproportionation reaction involving chlorine
f. Formation of an acidic oxide, a basic oxide and an amphoteric oxide

3. Give an example for the following: (1 mark each)

a. A compound with ionic bond
b. A compound with covalent bond
c. A compound with a covalent bond but exhibit ionic character under certain conditions
d. An element which satisfies the octet rule
e. An element which has 3 valencies

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