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1. Which of the following solution will have pH close to 1.0?

(A) 100 ml of M/10 HCl + 100 ml of M/10 NaOH
(B) 55 ml of M/10 HCl + 45 ml of M/10 NaOH
(C) 10 ml of M/10 HCl + 90 ml of M/10 NaOH
(D) 75 ml of M/5 HCl + 25 ml of M/5 NaOH
2. Three sparingly soluble salts A 2X, AX and AX3 have the same solubility product. Their solubilities
will be in the order
(A) AX3 > AX > A 2X (B) AX3 > A2X > AX
(C) AX > AX3 > A2X (D) AX > A 2X > AX3

3. Which one of the following statements is not correct?

(A) [H+] = [OH–] = K w for a neutral solution at all temperatures.
(B) [H+] = [OH–] = 10–7 for a neutral solution at all temperatures.
(C) [H+] > K w and [OH–] < K w for an acidic solution.
(D) [H+] < K w and [OH–] > K w for an alkaline solution.
4. Which pair will show common ion effect?
(A) BaCl2 + Ba(NO3)2 (B) NaCl + HCl
(C) NH4OH + NH4Cl (D) NaOH + NaCl

5. When 0.22 mole of CH3NH2 (ionization constant, Kb = 10–6) is mixed with 0.02 mole HCl and the
volume is made up to 1 litre, find the [H+] of resulting solution at 25ºC.
(A) 10–5 M (B) 2 × 10–9 M
(C) 2 × 10–5 M (D) 10–9 M

6. The solubility product of AgI at 25°C is 1.0 × 10–16 mol2 L–2. The solubility of AgI in 10–4 N solution
of KI at 25°C is approximately (in mol L–1)
(A) 1.0 × 10–12 (B) 1.0 × 10–10
(C) 1.0 × 10–8 (D) 1.0 × 10–16
7. The solubility product expression for Ca3(PO4)2 in terms of its solubility ‘s’ will be
(A) K sp  27 s
5
(B) K sp  216 s 5
(C) K sp  108 s 5 (D) K sp  108 s 3
8. The pKb of cyanide ion is 4.7. The pH of a solution prepared by mixing 2.5 moles of KCN and 2.5
moles of HCN in water and making total volume upto 500 ml is
(A) 9.30 (B) 7.30
(C) 10.30 (D) 8.30
9. The compound M(OH)x has a Ksp of 4  106 and has a solubility of 102 mol L1. The value of x
should be
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 3 (D) 4

10. The solubility of CH3COOAg would be highest, among the following solvents, in
(A) acidic buffer of pH = 4 (B) basic buffer of pH = 10
(C) neutral buffer of pH = 7 (D) pure water.

11. A buffer solution is to be made by using conjugate acidbase pair. Which of the following pair will
be most suitable for preparing a buffer solution having pH = 7.1? (given: log 2 = 0.3)
Acid Conjugate base Ka
(A) H2CO3 HCO 3 8 × 107

(B) NH 4 NH3 8 × 1010
(C) C5H5NH+ C5H5N 8 × 106
(D) NaH2PO4 Na2HPO4 8 × 108
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12. The solubility of CsBr3 in water is 746 ppm. Assuming the density of solution is 1g/cc the
solubility product of CsBr3 is
(A) 1.6 × 10–11 M4 (B) 4 × 10–6 M2
(C) 8 × 10–9 M3 (D) 3.2 × 10–14 M5

13. Silver ions are added to the solution with:

[Br  ]  [Cl  ]  [CO 32 – ]  [AsO 34– ]  0.1 M
Which compound will precipitate at the lowest [Ag+]?
(A) AgBr (Ksp = 5 × 10–13) (B) AgCl (Ksp = 1.8 × 10–10)
(C) Ag2CO3 (Ksp = 8.1 × 10–12) (D) Ag3AsO4(Ksp = 10–22)

14. Solubility of calcium phosphate (molecular mass, M) in water is W g per 100 mL at 25°C.
Its solubility product at 25°C will be approximately:
5 5
9 W 7W
(A) 10   (B) 10  
M M
5 5
5W 3W
(C) 10   (D) 10  
M M

15. Which of the following solution(s) have pH between 6 and 7?

1. 2  106 M NaOH 2. 2  106 M HCl 3. 108 M HCl 4. 1013 M NaOH
(A) 1, 2 (B) 2, 3
(C) 3, 4 (D) 2, 3, 4

16. If pK b for fluoride ion at 25o C is 10.83, the ionisation constant of hydrofluoric acid at this
temperature is
(A) 1.74  10 5 (B) 3.52  10 3
4
(C) 6.75  10 (D) 5.38  102

17. Which of the following statement(s) is (are) correct?

1. The pH of 1.0  10 8 M solution of HCl is 8. 2. The conjugate base of H2PO 4 is H2PO24 .
3. Autoprotolysis constant of water increases with temperature.
4. When a solution of a weak monoprotic acid is titrated against a strong base at half
1
neutralization point, pH  pK a .
2
(A) 2, 3 (B) 1, 2, 3
(C) 3, 4 (D) 2, 3, 4

18. Solubility of AgCl in water, 0.01M CaCl2, 0.01M NaCl and 0.05M AgNO3 are S1, S2, S3 and S4
respectively then.
(A) S1 > S2 > S3 > S4 (B) S1 > S3 > S2 > S4
(C) S1 > S2 = S3 > S4 (D) S1 > S3 > S4 < S2

19. What is the pH value at which Mg(OH)2 begins to precipitate from a solution containing 0.2 M Mg+2
ions? KSP of Mg(OH)2 is 2  10-13 M3?
(A) 8 (B) 9
(C) 6 (D) 7

20. 10 ml of 0.2 M acid is added to 250 ml of a buffer solution with pH = 6.34 and the pH of the
solution becomes 6.32. The buffer capacity of the solution is:
(A) 0.1 (B) 0.2
(C) 0.3 (D) 0.4

21. Among the following statements which is true?

(A) K w is independent of temperature (B) At 65°C pH of water is not equal to 7
(C) pK w increases with temperature (D) pH + pOH = 14, at all temperatures
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22. A solution is a mixture of 0.1 M NaCl and 0.1 M NaI. The minimum concentration of iodide ion in
the solution when AgCl just starts precipitating is equal to
( K sp of AgCl = 1 1010 M2 ; K sp AgI = 4  10-16M2 )
(A) 2  10 7 (B) 4  10 7
(C) 4  1026 (D) 4  106

23. The sodium salt of which of the following four weak acids will be most hydrolysed?
(A) HA (K a  10 8 ) (B) HB (K a  2  10 6 )
(C) HC (K a  3  10 7 ) (D) HD (K a  4  10 10 )

24. The pH of solution formed by mixing 40 ml of 0.1 M HCl with 10 ml of 0.45 M of NaOH is
(A) 10 (B) 12
(C) 8 (D) 6

25. Will there be any precipitation if equal volumes of 0.02 M CaCl2 and 0.0004 M Na2SO4 are mixed?
K sp of CaSO4 = 2.4  10 5
(A) Yes (B) No
(C) Unpredictable (D) None

26. A weak acid HA after treatment with 12 ml of 0.1 M strong base BOH has a pH of 5. At the end
point, the volume of same base required is 20 ml, Ka of acid is
(A) 1.5  10–5 (B) 8.12  10–6
(C) 1.8  10 –6 (D) 8.2  10–5

27. An acid–base indicator has a pH range of 8.3 – 9.9. The indicator will not be a suitable indicator for
the titration between
(A) HCl and NaOH (B) H2SO4 and NaOH
(C) CH3COOH and NaOH (D) HCl and NH4OH

28. 50 mL of a weak acid, HA required 30 mL 0.2 M NaOH for the end point. During titration, the pH of
acid solution is found to be 5.8 upon addition of 20 mL of the above alkali. The pKa of the weak
acid is:
(A) 6.3 (B) 5.5
(C) 6.1 (D) None of these

29. If equilibrium constant of

HA + H2O A– + H3O+
At 25°C is 2.82  10–5, then the equilibrium constant for
HA + OH– A– + H 2 O
at the same temperature is
(A) 2.82  109 (B) 6.63  10–9
(C) 2  10–5 (D) None of these

30. Calculate the pH of 0.05 M (CH3COO)2Mg if Ka CH3COOH = 10-5

(A) 9.0 (B) 6
(C) 7.5 (D) none

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

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

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

13. A 14. B 15. B 16. C

17. A 18. B 19. A 20. D

21. B 22. B 23. D 24. B

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

29. A 30. A