QUIZ (CHEMISTRY)

p-BLOCK ELEMENTS (BORON & CARBON FAMILY)

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1. Al 2O3 formation involves large quantity of heat evolution, which makes its use in
(A) deoxidizer (B) confectionary
(C) indoor photography (D) thermite welding

2. Anhydrous AlCl3 is obtained from

(A) hydrochloric acid and aluminum metal (B) hydrogen chloride gas and aluminum metal
(C) alumina and chlorine gas (D) None of the above

3. Aluminum vessels should not be washed with materials containing washing soda because
(A) washing soda is expensive
(B) washing soda is easily decomposed
(C) washing soda reacts with aluminum to form soluble aluminates
(D) washing soda reacts with aluminum to form insoluble aluminum oxide

4. Identify the statement that is not correct as far as structure of diborane is concerned.
(A) There are two bridging hydrogen atoms in diborane
(B) Each boron atom forms four bonds in diborane
(C) All B – H bonds in diborane are similar
(D) The hydrogen atoms are not in the same plane in diborane

5. The main factor responsible for weak acidic nature of B – F bonds in BF3 is
(A) large electronegativity of fluorine (B) three centred two electron bonds in BF3
(C) p-d back bonding (D) p- p back bonding

6. BCl3 does not exist as dimer but BH3 exists as dimer (B2H6) because
(A) chlorine is more electronegative than hydrogen
(B) there is p-p back bonding in BCl3 but BH3 does not contain such multiple bonding
(C) large sized chlorine atoms do not fit in between the smaller boron atoms whereas small sized
hydrogen atoms get fitted in between boron atoms
(D) None of the above

7. In the reaction LiH  AlH3  LiAlH4 , AlH3 and LiH act as
(A) Lewis acid and Lewis base (B) Lewis base and Lewis acid
(C) Bronsted base and Bronsted acid (D) None of the above

8. The dissociation of Al(OH)3 by a solution of NaOH results in the formation of

2 
(A)  Al  H2 O 4  OH   (B)  Al  H2 O 2  OH 4 

(C)  Al  H2 O 3  OH 3  (D)  Al  H2 O 6  OH 3 

9. Fluorine is more electronegative than both boron and phosphorus. What conclusion can be drawn
from the fact that BF3 has no dipole moment but PF3 does?
(A) BF3 is not spherically symmetrical
(B) BF3 must be triangular planar
(C) BF3 must be linear
(D) Atomic radius of P is larger than atomic radius of B

10. About Al2Cl6, which statement is incorrect?

(A) Four Al-Cl bonds are of same length and two of different length
(B) Six Al-Cl bonds are of same length and two of different length
(C) The angle Cl Al  Cl is 110o and 93o
(D) The angle Al  Cl  Al is 87o

11. Reactivity of borazole is greater than that of benzene because

(A) borazole is non-polar compound (B) borazole is polar compound
(C) borazole is electron deficient compound (D) of localized electrons in it
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12. Among the halides: (I) BCl3, (II) AlCl3, (III) GaCl3, (IV) InCl3
The order of decreasing Lewis acid character is
(A) I, II, III, IV (B) IV, III, II, I
(C) III, IV, II, I (D) II, III, IV, I

13. When a nickel salt is heated with boric anhydride, a brown coloured bead is formed which is due to
the formation of
(A) Ni2B4O7 (B) NiO
(C) Ni(BO2)2 (D) None of the above

14. Which of the following is not correct in case of boron nitride, BN?
(A) It is a good insulator (B) It shows magnetic properties
(C) It is hard due to zinc blende like structure (D) It is chemically unreactive

15. Identify the reagent I and II respectively in the following sequence:

I  II
Borax   H3BO3   B2O3  B
(A) Acid, Al (B) Acid, C
(C) Acid, Fe (D) Acid, Mg

16. Carbon burns in air and forms two oxides CO and CO2. This shows that carbon has
(A) two allotropic forms (B) two oxidation states
(C) two isotopes (D) 4 electrons in valency shell

17. Which halide is least stable and has doubtful existence?

(A) CI4 (B) GeI4
(C) SnI4 (D) PbI 4

18. If CO2 is passed in excess of lime water, the milkiness disappears due to
(A) reversal of the original reaction
(B) formation of volatile calcium derivatives
(C) formation of water soluble calcium bicarbonate
(D) the solution getting heated by exothermic reaction

19. Which of the following is methanide?

(A) Be2C (B) Al4C3
(C) Mg2C3 (D) Both (A) and (C)

20. The glass having smallest co-efficient of thermal expansion is

(A) sodalime glass (B) soft glass
(C) pyrex glass (D) safety glass

21. Buck ball or buckminster fullerene is

(A) an allotrope of carbon
(B) referred to as C-60
(C) sp2 hybridized in nature and resembles a soccer ball
(D) All of the above

22. Carbogen is
(A) a mixture of O2 + 5 – 10 % CO2 (B) used by pneumonia patients for respiration
(C) used by victims of CO for respiration (D) all of the above

23. The structure of quartz, mica and asbestos have same common units of
(A) (SiO4)4 (B) (SiO3)2

(C) (SiO4) 2 (D) SiO2

24. Carbon dioxide is a gas but silica is a solid because

(A) carbon dioxide is composed of discrete covalent CO2 molecules whereas silica has continuous
tetrahedral structure
(B) CO2 molecules are lighter than SiO2 molecules
(C) CO2 is more acidic than SiO2
(D) melting point of silica is very high
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25. On addition of excess of NaOH solution to stannous chloride solution, we obtain
(A) Na2SnO2 (B) SnO2.H2O
(C) Na2SnO3 (D) Sn(OH)2

26. R3SiCl on hydrolysis forms

(A) R3SiOH (B) R3Si  O  SiR3
(C) R3Si = O (D) None of the above

27. When SnCl2 reacts with HgCl2, the products formed are
(A) Sn + HgCl4 (B) Sn + Cl2 + Hg2Cl2
(C) SnCl4 and Hg2Cl2 (D) None of the above

28. On doping Ge metal with a little of In, one gets

(A) p-type semiconductor (B) n-type semiconductor
(C) insulator (D) rectifier

29. The thermal stability order for group 14 halides is

(A) CX4 > SiX4 > GeX4 > SnX4 (B) SnX4 > GeX4 > SiX4 > CX4
(C) SiX4 > CX4 > GeX4 > SnX4 (D) None of the above

30. Molecular shapes of SF4, CF4 and XeF4 are

(A) same with 2,0 and 1 lone pair of electrons respectively
(B) same with 1, 1 and 1 lone pair of electrons respectively
(C) different with 0, 1 and 2 lone pair of electrons respectively
(D) different with 1, 0 and 2 lone pair of electrons respectively

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ANSWERS
p-BLOCK ELEMENTS (BORON & CARBON FAMILY)

1. D 2. B 3. C 4. C

5. D 6. C 7. A 8. B

9. B 10. A 11. B 12. B

13. C 14. B 15. D 16. B

17. D 18. C 19. D 20. C

21. D 22. D 23. D 24. A

25. A 26. B 27. C 28. A

29. A 30. D