Practice Problems based on Basic Concepts of

Chemistry

May 25, 2020

1. Atomic weight of ordinary hydrogen is 1.008. Ordinary hydrogen contains two isotopes,
1 2 2
1H and 1D. Calculate the percentage of 1D isotope of the element.

2. The mass of 12C atom is 1.9923 * 10−23 g. Find the value of 1 atomic mass unit in grams.
3. A sample of NaOH weighing 0.38 g is dissolved in water and the solution is made up to
50.0 cm3 in a volumetric flask. What is the molarity of the resulting solution?
4. Commercially available concentrated hydrochloric acid contains 38% HCl by mass.
(a) What is the molarity of the solution? (density = 1.19 g/cm3 )
(b) what volume concentrated HCl is required to make 1.00 L of 0.10 M HCl ?
5. Calculate the volume of 1.00 mol L−1 aqeous sodium hydroxide that is neutralised by 200
ml of 2.00 mol L−1 aqeous hydrochloric acid and the mass of sodium chloride produced.
Neutralisation reaction is NaOH + HCl(aq) NaCl(aq) + H2O.
6. Calculate the normality of a solution obtained by dissolving 6.3 grams of hydrated oxalic
acid (COOH)2 · 2 H2O in 250 ml of water.
7. 20 ml of a solution of H2SO4 containing 4.9 g per litre required 20 ml of 0.1N NaOH
solution. Calculate the equivalent weight H2SO4.
8. Calculate the number of moles in
(a) 50 grams of CaCO3.
(b) 196 grams of H2SO4
9. How many gram molecules and how many grams of ammonia are present in 100 litres of
ammonia at S.T.P. ?
10. A cylinder contains 0.28 grams of ethylene. How many
(a) moles of ethylene
(b) molecules of ethylene
(c) atoms of carbon
(d) atoms of hydrogen are there in it?
11. How many hydrogen and oxygen atoms are present in a spherical drop of water of radius
1 mm at 4◦ C ?
12. What weight of Calcium will contain the same number of atoms as are present in 3.2 g
of sulfur?
13. Bees release about 1 µg of isopentyl acetate ( C7H14O2) when they sting. How many
molecules of isopentyl acetate are released in a typical bee sting? How many atoms of
carbon are present?

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14. A mixture of hydrogen and oxygen contains 20% by weight of hydrogen. What is the
total number of molecules present in one gram of the mixture?
15. An impure sample of table salt NaCl which weighed 6.5 gram, gave on treatment with
excess of silver nitrate solution1 14.35 g of silver chloride. Calculate the percentage purity
of the table salt.
16. Determine the amount of sulfuric acid 75% by weight of which is needed to decompose
0.5 mole of calcium carbonate. (At. Wt. of Ca = 40, C = 12, O = 16, S = 32, H = 1)

17. How much of KClO3 is needed to produce enough oxygen for burning 10 g of coke?
Given : 2 KClO3 2 KCl + 3 O2
18. what weight of zinc and sulfuric acid will be required to produce enough hydrogen to
reduce completely 8.5 g of CuO to Cu?
19. 1.84 g of mixture of calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate are heated strongly
till no more loss of weight takes place. The residue weighs 0.96 g. Find the percentage
composition of the given mixture.
20. How much potassium nitrate should be heated to get enough oxygen required to com-
pletely burn 56 litre of hydrogen at NTP?
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Given : 2 KNO3 2 KNO2 + O2
21. What volume of air containing 21% oxygen is required to completely burn 50 g of sulfur
containing 4% incombustible matter?

22. What volume of carbon dioxide measured at 300 K and 720 mm pressur will be obtained
after treating 1 g of CaCO3with dilute HCl?
23. On heating 1.5 g of a mixture of calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate produces
360 ml of carbon dioxide gas at STP. Calculate the percentage composition of the mix-
ture.

24. A gaseous mixture of 3 litre propane C3H8 and butane C4H10 on complete combustion
at 298 K produced 10 litre CO2. Find out the composition of the gaseous mixture.
25. Sulfuric acid is produced in the chemical reaction :
2 SO2 + O2 + 2 H2O 2 H2SO4
Suppose 400 g SO2. 175 g of O2 and 125 g of H2O are mixed and the reaction proceeds
until one of the reactants is used up. Which is the limiting reagent? How many grams of
H2SO4 are produced and how many grams of other reactants remain?