H.E.J.

RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY

International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences
University of Karachi, Karachi-75270

COURSE CONTENTS FOR THE ENTRANCE TEST

FOR THE ADMISSION OF M. Phil. / Ph. D. PROGRAM 2014
(Analytical/ Inorganic/ Physical Chemistry)

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 SAMPLE QUESTIONS:

ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
WITH ANSWER

1. In a spectrophotometric experiment, 84.9% of the incident light is absorbed by the

solution under investigation. If the solution is of concentration 0.069 mol dm -3, and the
path length of the cell is 12.5 mm, the molar absorption coefficient of the solution is:

(a) 2.24 mol-1 dm-3 cm-1

(b) 0.0824 mol-1 dm-3 cm-1

(c) 0.824 mol-1 dm-3 cm-1

(d) 1.21 mol-1 dm-3 cm-1

(e) None of the above

2. Which Silver Halide is least soluble in NH4OH ;

(a) AgBr

(b) AgF

(c) AgCl

(d) Agl

(e) All of the above

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 3. Compound Z absorbs light of wavelength 320 nm. A 1.0 × 10–3 mol dm–3 solution of a
compound Z gives an absorbance reading of 0.15 when placed in a solution cell of path
length 1 cm. What is the value of the molar extinction (absorption) coefficient of Z?

(a)
(a) 1500 dm3 mol–1 cm–1

(b) 15 dm3 mol–1 cm–1

(c) 150 dm3 mol–1 cm–1

(d) 1.5 × 10–4 mol dm–3 cm–1

(e) Not sufficient data to calculate

4. The pH of a solution of ferric nitrate is not 7.00. This fact is best explained by the
equation:

(a) H3O+ + OH- <=> 2H2O

(b) HNO3 + H2O <=> H3O+ + NO3-

(c) Fe3+ + 3H2O <=> Fe(OH)3 + 3H+

(d) NO3- + H2O <=> HNO3 + OH-

(e) Fe(OH2)63+ + H2O <=> H3O+ + Fe(OH2)5OH2+

5. An increase in equivalent conductance of a strong electrolyte with dilution is mainly due to

(a) increase in both i.e. number of ions and ionic mobility

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(b) increase in number of ions

(c) increase in ionic mobility

(d) 100% ionization of electrolyte at normal dilution

(e) None of the above

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