HCU Chemistry 2011-2017 - Career Endeavour

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HYDERABAD CENTRAL UNIVERSITY (HCU)

M.Sc. Chemistry Entrance - 2011 (Code- A)
Time : 2 Hours M. Marks: 100
Instructions:
(i) This test booklet contains 100 Objective type questions.
(ii) Each question carries 1 mark. 0.33 mark will be deducted for each incorrect answer. Only one box should
be marked and the marking of more than one box will be treated as wrong answer.
PART-A
1. Which of the following is not a crystallaine substance?

(a) Charcoal (b) Graphite
(c) Diamond (d) C60
2. The major product expected from the following reaction is
H2O
H2 SO 4
HgSO4
OH OH OH
(a) (b)
H 3C CH 3
CH 3
O O OH
(c) (d)
H 3C CH2 H 3C CH 3
3. Consider the equilibrium X   2Y with equilibrium constant, K = 3.6M at 25ºC. If the initial
C
concentrations are [X]0 = 1.0 M and [Y]0 = 0.0 M, the equilibrium concentration of X at 25ºC, [X]eq is
(a) 0.33 M (b) 0.36 M (c) 0.40 M (d) 0.60 M
4. The sides of a triangle are of length 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0 cm. If the side with length 5.0 cm is the base, what
is the height of the triangle?
(a) 2.4 cm (b) 2.8 cm (c) 3.4 cm (d) 4.0 cm
5. Which one among the following chlorides is dissociated to the least extent in aqueous solution?
(a) ZnCl2 (b) HgCl2 (c) BaCl2 (d) AlCl3
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6. The IUPAC name for the following compound is
CH2
H 3C
CH3
(a) 4-vinyl-2-pentyne (b) 4-methylhex-2-yn-5-ene
(c) 3-methylhex-4-yn-1-ene (d) 3-methylhex-1-en-4-yne
7. X-ray diffraction study of a crystal with a simple cubic lattice structure shows diffraction from the (110)
plane appearing at the Bragg angle   20º . The angle at which the diffraction from the (220) plane will
appear is
(a) 9.8º (b) 10º (c) 40º (d) 43º
8. Consider the plot of the function y  1/ x . The tangent to this curve drawn at the point (1, 1), will cut the
x-axis at
(a) (1, 0) (b) ( 2 , 0) (c) (1, 2 ) (d) (2, 0)
9. A sample of water contains 200 ppm of Ca . What is the molality of the solution with respect to Ca2+?
2+
Atomic weight of Ca is 40.

(a) 0.2 m (b) 2 m (c) 5 × 10–3 m (d) 0.05 m
10. The strongest Bronsted acid among the following is
OH OH
(a) (b)
COOH COOH
(c) (d) Cl
11. Which of the following is necessary for a process to be spontaneous (  S = change in entropy)?
(a)  Ssystem > 0 (b)  Ssystem < 0
(c)  Suniverse > 0 (d)  Ssurroundings < 0
12. If two vertices of a cube chosen randomly are painted black and the remaining are painted white, what is
the probability that the black vertices are adjacent i.e. connected by an edge?
1 3 2 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 7 7 28
13. CuI2 is unstable and it readily decomposes to
(a) Cu and I– (b) Cu and I2 (c) CuI and I2 (d) CuI and I–
14. The major product of the following reaction is
(i) MeMgI
O Et2 O
+
(ii) H 3O
CH3 OH
(a) (b)
OH CH 3
O
CH 3 O
(c) (d)
CH3 CH 3
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15. The nickel-cadmium cell has a standard potential of +1.20V. The cell reaction is
2NiO(OH)(s) + Cd(s) + 2H2O(l)  2Ni(OH)2(s) + Cd(OH)2(s)
What is the standard free energy change for this reaction?
(a) –116 kJ (b) –38.7 kJ (c) –232 kJ (d) –46.3 kJ
16. If Cos A  x; then Cos 4 A 
2
(a) 4x (b) 8 x 4  8 x 2  1 (c) 4 x 4  4 x 2  1 (d) 2 x  1
17. The packing efficiency in the hcp, bcc and simple cubic (sc) lattices are in the order
(a) bcc > hcp > sc (b) hcp > bcc > sc
(c) hcp > sc > bcc (d) sc > hcp > bcc
18. The rate of decarboxylation of isomeric carboxylic acids is
COOH
COOH
(a) > >
N N COOH N
COOH
COOH
(b) > >
N COOH N N
COOH
COOH
(c) > >

N COOH N N
COOH
COOH
(d) > >
N N COOH N
19. Doubling all the coefficients in the equation for a cell reaction
(a) doubles E0, but does not change G 0 (b) doubles G 0 , but does not change E0
(c) does not change E0 or G 0 (d) doubles both E0 and G 0
20. The value of (1)i is
2 
(a) –1 (b) i (c) e  (d) e
21. The compounds ZnO and FeO show
(a) stoichiometric and metal excess defects, respectively
(b) metal excess and metal deficiency defects, respectively
(c) metal deficiency and metal excess defects, respectively
(d) metal excess and stoichiometric defects, respectively
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22. An intermediate in racemization of (R)-3-phenyl-2-butanone is
CH 3 CH3
CH 3 CH3
Ph NaOH Ph
aq. EtOH
R O _) O
(+
CH3
CH3
OH
OH
(a) Ph C (b) Ph
CH2 CH3
H
CH2 H 3C
OH
O
(c) Ph (d) Ph C OEt
CH3 H CH 3
23. Predict the sign of S for both of the following processes

I. 2C (graphite) + O2(g)  2CO2(g)
II. C4H10(g)  C4H10 (l)
(a) S should be negative for I and positive for II
(b) S should be negative for I and negative for II
(c) S should be positive for I and positive for II
(d) S should be positive for I and negative for II
x 4  x3  x 2  x  1
24. The remainder of is
x 1
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 7
25. Which two colors of light cause the highest rate of photosynthesis?
(a) Red and green (b) Blue and green
(c) Red and blue (d) Green and yellow
PART-B
26. Assuming the additivity of covalent radii [C 0.77 Å, Br 1.14 Å], and assuming the distance between
adjacent carbon atoms in the rings as 1.40 Å, the distance between the centres of bromine atoms in 1, 2-
dibromobenzene is
(a) 3.31 Å (b) 3.42 Å (c) 4.20 Å (d) 2.28 Å
27. The number of stereoisomers for CHD = CH – CH = CHD is
(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 6
28. The entropy change associated with the expansion of one mole of an ideal gas from an initial volume of V
to a final volume of 2.50 V at constant temperature is (R = gas constant)
(a) S = –R ln 2.50 (b) S = –2.50 R ln (Vf/Vi)
(c) S = 2.50 R ln (Vf/Vi) (d) S = R ln 2.50
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29. The smallest among the following integrals is
1 1 1 1
2 3
x x x  x4
(a)  e dx (b)  e dx (c)  e dx (d) e dx
0 0 0 0
30. The quaternary structure of human hemoglobin is a

(a) dimer of two myoglobin dimers (b) tetramer of identical subunits
(c) tetramer of four different subunits (d) tetramer of two different subunits
31. The number of isomers having non-zero dipole moment for PCl2F3 in the trigonal bipyramidal geometry is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
32. The most appropriate reagent for the conversion of RCOOMe into RCH2OH is
(a) NaBH4 (b) LiBH4 (c) NaH (d) Pd/C and H2
33. Which of the following statements must be true for the entropy of a pure solid to be zero?
(I) The temperature must be 0K
(II) The solid must be crystalline, not amorphous
(III) The solid must be perfectly ordered
(IV)The solid must be an element
(a) I, II and III (b) I and II
(c) I (d) I, II, III and IV
34. The function with exactly two minima and one maximum, among the following is
(a) x 4  x 2  x (b) x  x 2  x 4
3 2 2 3
(c) x  x  x (d) x  x  x
35. Collagen is
(a) an  -helical structural protein (b) a coiled-coil protein found in hair
(c) a cross-linked globular protein (d) a triple-helical fibrous protein
36. Given that F undergoes 90% radioactive decay in 366 min, the half life (t1/2) for 18F is
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(a) 220 min (b) 3473 min (c) 154 min (d) 110 min
37. The phenolic compound among the following is
(a) Ibubrufen (b) Paracetamol (c) Penicillin (d) Camphor
38. What is the hydroxide ion concentration of a solution that has a pH of 11.20?
(a) 6.31 × 10–12M (b) 11.20 M (c) 1.58 × 10–3M (d) 2.80M
39. For all values of x which determinant among the following is zero?
x 1 1 x 1 x 1 x2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
1 x x x2 x 1 x 1
40. The conductivity of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) solution exhibits a sharp transition around 8 mM
concentration. This is because
(a) SDS precipitates beyond 8mM concentration
(b) SDS forms micelles above 8mM concentration
(c) SDS forms a gel above 8mM concentration
(d) SDS undergoes hydrolysis above 8mM concentration
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41. According to the equation 2Fe3+ + 2I–  I2 + 2Fe2+
how many grams of iodine can be produced by reacting 7.4 mols of Fe3+ and 7.0 mols of I–? [At. Wt.
of iodine is 127]
(a) 8.9 × 102 g (b) 9.1 × 102 g
(c) 9.4 × 102 g (d) 17.8 × 102 g
42. The most appropriate spectroscopy for the identification of a nitrile group is
(a) IR (b) 1H NMR
(c) UV (d) ESR
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43. If the units for rate are M s , what are the units for the rate constant, k, for a zeroth order reaction?
(a) s–1 (b) M–1 s–1 (c) Ms–1 (d) M–1
44. The function with a finite range is
2 3 2
x x
(a) e (b) e x (c) e x (d) e
45. How many grams of copper will be produced when 27g of aluminium is added to excess cupric sulphate
solution? [At. wts.; Al = 27, Cu = 63.5]
(a) 63.50 (b) 90.50 (c) 95.25 (d) 122.25
46. The two strands of double helical DNA are associated by hydrogen bonds between adenine (A) and
thymine (T), and between guanine (G) and cytosine (C). The numbers of hydrogen bonds between A-T and
G-C pairs, respectively are:
(a) one, two (b) two, two (c) two, three (d) three, two
47. The intermediate involved in Curtius rearrangement is
(a) carbenium ion (b) carbanion
(c) nitrene (d) carbene
48. An organic compound on decomposition at 500ºC and 1 atm. pressure released 2 mL each of carbon
monoxide, nitrogen and water vapour. The empirical formula of the molecule is
(a) CHNO (b) CH2NO (c) CH2 N2 O (d) CH2 N2 O2
d
49. exp[t 2 ]  0
dt
(a) 1 / t 2 (b) exp(t 2 ) (c) 2t exp(t 2 ) (d) (1/ 2t ) exp(t 2 )

50. Nessler’s reagent is prepared by mixing a solution of KI with a solution of ‘X’ and then adding KOH
solution. Here ‘X’ is
(a) ZnCl2 (b) HgCl2 (c) AlCl3 (d) TiCl4
51. The intermediate acid involved in the following reaction is

NH4(CNO)   NH2CONH2
(a) uric acid (b) cyanuric acid (c) thiocyanic acid (d) cyanic acid
52. 50mL of 0.04 M HCl solution was mixed with 50 mL of 0.02M AgNO3 solution, stirred and filtered. The
pH of the filtered solution is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
53. (1  2i )1 is equal to
(a) 1  2i (b) (1 / 5)  (2 / 5)i (c) (1 / 3)  (2 / 3)i (d) (1 / 3)  (2 / 3)i
54. Which of the following fluorides is angular?
(a) BeF2 (b) ZnF2 (c) SnF2 (d) XeF2
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55. The more reactive dienophile among the following for the reaction with cyclopentadiene is
CO 2Et CO 2Et
(a) (b)
EtO2 C
O O CN
(c) (d)
O EtO 2C
56. The magnetic quantum number of the last electron in the atom with atomic number 21 is
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
57. If the number e9i is marked as a point on the complex plane, what is the distance of the point from the
origin?
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 9 (d) tan–1 9
58. What is the electronic configuration of V3+?
(a) [Ar]3d2 (b) [Kr]3d2 (c) [Ar]3d3 (d) [Kr]3d3
59. The hybridization that is common for at least one of the carbon atoms in hydrogen cyanide, carbon disulfide,
allene and carbon monoxide is
(a) sp (b) sp2 (c) sp3 (d) dsp3
60. Which one among the given functions has the smallest slope at x  1 ?
(a) 2 x 2  3 (b) 2 x 2  1 (c) 2 x 2  2 x (d) 2x 2  x
61. The order of basicity of the following substituted anilines is
NH2 NH 2 NH 2 NH2
O 2N NO2
O2 N NO 2 NO 2
CH 3 CH3
I II III IV
(a) I > II > III > IV (b) IV > I > III > II
(c) IV > II > I > III (d) IV > III > I > II
62. According to crystal field theory, the 9 electron of the metal centre in square planar [Cu(NH3)4]2+ resides
th
in
(a) d xy (b) d x 2  y 2 (c) d z 2 (d) d xz
63. The rotation of pure R(+)-Limonene is +123.0º. Calculate the % of the (+) isomer in a sample showing
a rotation of +109º?
(a) 8.6 (b) 77.2 (c) 94.3 (d) 82.9
64. An ideal gas undergoes isothermal and reversible expansion from its initial volume to some final volume at
300K drawing in 90 kJ of heat. The change in the Gibbs free energy of the gas is
(a) 300 J (b) 150 J (c) 0 J (d) –300 J
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65. For 0  x  1, lim  nxe x dx 
n 
0
1
(a) 0 (b)  (c) (d) 2
2
66. An extensive property of a thermodynamic system among the following is
(a) Pressure (b) Temperature (c) Volume (d) Concentration
67. The product obtained in the following transformation is
H Me
(i) BH 3-THF
+
EtO2 C CO2 H (ii) H
H Me
H Me
(a) (b)
HO2 C CO2 H O O
H Me H Me
(c) (d)
O O HO OH
68. The number of unpaired electrons in the complex ion is in the order
(a) CuCl42– < NiCl42– < ZnCl42– < CoCl42– (b) ZnCl42– < CuCl42– < CoCl42– < NiCl42–
(c) ZnCl42– < CoCl42– < NiCl42– < CuCl42– (d) ZnCl42– < CuCl42– < NiCl42– < CoCl42–
69. If F ( x)  x1/ x then lim F ( x ) 
x 
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c)  (d) e

70. The metal ion involved in the water oxidation process at the active site of photosystem II is
(a) Mn (b) Mg (c) Mo (d) Fe
71. The oxidation number of carbon in dimethyl ether is
(a) –2 (b) –1 (c) 1 (d) 2
72. The complex number 2  2 3i in polar form is given by
(a) 2ei 2 /3 (b) 4ei 2 /3 (c) 4ei 3 / 2 (d) 4ei 4 /3
73. Compound I gives a strong infrared absorption at 1730 cm–1. 1H NMR spectrum indicates that it has two
types of hydrogen atoms; one H atom appearing as singlet at   9.7 ppm and 9H atoms appearing as a
singlet at   1.2 ppm. The structure of I is
CH 3
(a) H3C CHO (b) CHO

H 3C
CH 3 CH3
(c) H3C CHO (d)

CH 3 H 3C CHO
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74. In a titration experiment, the end point indicates
(a) neutralization point (b) completion of precipitation
(c) apparent equivalence point (d) exact equivalence point
75. The structure I and II, shown below, correspond to:
H 3C COOH H3C COOH

H NH2
OH H
I II
(a) S-lactic acid and S-alanine (b) R-lactic acid and R-alanine
(c) R-lactic acid and S-alanine (d) S-lactic acid and R-alanine
76. The heat of reaction of both the reactions 2KOH + H2SO4  K2SO4 + 2H2O and
Mg(OH)2 + H2SO4  MgSO4 + 2H2O is –27.2 kcal/mol. Hence the heat of reaction of
3Ca(OH)2 + 2H3PO4  Ca3(PO4)2 + 6H2O would be
(a) –13.6 kcal/mol (b) –27.2 kcal/mol
(c) –81.6 kcal/mol (d) –68.0 kcal/mol
77. The standard equation of a circle passing through the points u (3, 8), v(9, 6) and w(13,  2) is
(a) ( x  3)2  ( y  2)2  100 (b) ( x  3) 2  ( y  2)2  100
(c) ( x  2)2  ( y  3)2  100 (d) ( x  2)2  ( y  3) 2  100

78. Acid is used in the standardization titration of KMnO4 against sodium oxalate because
(a) it helps in dissolving KMnO4
(b) it stabilizes permanganate ion
(c) it facilitates the reduction of Mn7+ to Mn2+
(d) it helps in dissolving the MnO2 formed during titration
79. Which of the following covalent compounds does not have any formally charged atom?
(a) (CH3 )3NO (b) CH2 N2 (c) CH3ONO (d) CH3CNO
80. The two radial nodes in the 3s radial function of H atom occur at the distances R1 and R2 from the nucleus.
The three radial nodes in the 4s orbital occur at R3, R4 and R5. The order of these distances is given by
(a) R3 < R1 < R4 < R2 < R5 (b) R1 < R3 < R4 < R2 < R5
(c) R3 < R1 < R2 < R4 < R5 (d) R3 < R1 < R4 < R5 < R2
81. The graph of the equation 4( x 2  4 x )  9( y 2  2 y )  29  0 represents a
(a) parabola (b) ellipse (c) circle (d) hyperbola
82. Using Wade’s rule predict the structure of B5H9
(a) closo (b) nido (c) arachno (d) scorpionato
83. In the SN1 solvolysis of the following primary alkyl chlorides in aqueous ethanol, the order of decreasing
reactivity is
F F
Cl Cl O Cl Cl
H3C H3 C F3C
I II III IV
(a) I > II > III > IV (b) II > I > III > IV
(c) IV > III > II > I (d) III > II > I > IV
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84. A solution of sulfuric acid contains 86g of H2SO4 per liter of solution. The normality of the solution is
(a) 1.8 N (b) 0.9 N (c) 2.0 N (d) 1.0 N
85. The equation of the normal line to y  x 3  2 x 2  4 at (2, 4) is
1 9 9 1
(a) y   x  (b) y  9 x  4 (c) y  4 x  (d) y  9 x 
4 2 2 4
86. Which one of the following statements do not apply to interhalogen compounds?
(a) Could be neutral (b) Could be cationic
(c) Could be anionic (d) Always obey octet rule
87. The product obtained by the reaction of one equivalent of 1-bromo-3-chlorocyclobutane and two equivalents
of Na is
Cl
(a) (b) (c) (d)
88. Which of the following pair has the lowest interfacial tension?
(a) n-decane/water (b) n-butane/water
(c) air/water (d) n-octyl alcohol/water
89. The gas pressure in an aerosol container is 1.5 atm at 25ºC. Assuming an ideal behavior of the gas, if the
container is heated to 450ºC, the pressure would be close to
(a) 1.023 atm (b) 1.234 atm (c) 3.639 atm (d) 2.639 atm
90. The order of increasing dipole moment among H2S, H2O and BF3 is
(a) BF3 < H2S < H2O (b) H2O < H2S < BF3
(c) H2S < H2O < BF3 (d) BF3 < H2S < BF3
91. The best method for the following transformation is
? OH
(a) acid mediated hydration (b) hydroboration oxidation

(c) oxymercuration-demercuration (d) ozonolysis-reduction
92. The concentration of Ba in saturated BaSO4 solution at 27ºC is 1.04 × 10–5M. What is the solubility
2+
product (Ksp) for BaSO4 at this temperature?

(a) 1.04 × 10–10M (b) 1.08 × 10–10M
(c) 0.52 × 10–10M (d) 2.08 × 10–5M
93. What is the hybridization of sulfur in SF4?
(a) sp2 (b) sp3 (c) sp3 d (d) sp2d2
94. The ester that undergoes acid hydrolysis most readily is
CO 2Me CO2 Me
(a) (b)
OMe Br
CO2 Me CO2 Me
(c) (d)
CH3 NO2
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95. If the half-life of a reaction is independent of its initial concentration, then the reaction may be categorized
as
(a) zeroth order (b) first order
(c) second order (d) bimolecular
96. How many milliliters of 2M NaCl solution are required to make one litre of 0.4M NaCl solution by adding
water?
(a) 5000 ml (b) 800 ml (c) 200 ml (d) 20 ml
97. Which of the following compounds is aromatic?
(a) BH (b) BH
H
N
(c) NH (d)
N
H
98. A 0.01 M solution of a compound transmits 20% of visible light when the absorbing path length is 1.5 cm.
What is the molar extinction co-efficient of the substance? Solvent is assume to be completely transparent.
(a) 46.6 M–1 cm–1 (b) 50.3 M–1 cm–1
(c) 22.3 M–1 cm–1 (d) 43.6 M–1 cm–1
99. Which of the following atoms has the highest number of unpaired electrons in its ground state?
(a) C (b) N (c) O (d) F
100. Which of the following compounds has the highest boiling point?
(a) Mesitylene (b) Benzene
(c) Toluene (d) Cyclohexane
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Instructions:
PART-A
1. Cell membranes are made up of

(a) proteins and carbohydrates (b) proteins and nucleic acids
(c) lipids and proteins (d) lipids and nucleic acids
2. The radiation with the highest energy among the following is
(a) X-rays (b) microwave
(c) ultraviolet (d) gamma rays
3. Which of the following compounds is used in tear gas?
(a) Benzene hexachloride (b) DDT
(c) Chloropicrine (d) Chloretone
4. Which among the following is not a colloid?
(a) Blood (b) Latex
(c) Ghee (d) Butter
5. An octahedron has
(a) 8 faces, 12 edges and 6 vertices (b) 6 faces, 8 edges and 12 vertices
(c) 6 faces, 8 edges and 12 vertices (d) 8 faces, 12 edges and 8 vertices
6. The number of common points on the two curves x 2  4 y 2  5 and 4 x 2  y 2  5 are
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
7. Saccharin is an imide of
CO2 H
CO2 H
(a) (b)
SO3 H
SO3 H
2
CO 2H SO3 H
(c) (d)
SO3 H
8. Which of the following polymer is used to make bullet proof fiber?

(a) PMMA (b) Lexan (c) Nomex (d) Kevlar
9. When one adds dilute AgNO3 solution to another solution containing equal concentration of Cl–, Br–, and
I–, which is precipitated most?
(a) AgCl (b) AgBr (c) AgI (d) All together
10. The enzyme nitrogenase is associated with
(a) manganese (b) magnesium (c) molybdenum (d) mercury
11. For the hydrogen atom, which electronic transition would result in the emission of a photon with the highest
energy?
(a) 4 p  2s (b) 3 p  6d (c) 5 f  3d (d) 2s  3 p
12. Which of the following compounds, present in urine, is detected by Benedict’s method?
(a) Urea (b) Steroid (c) Glucose (d) Amino acids
13. The angle of intersection (in radian) of the curves 2 x 2  y 2  20 and 4 y 2  x 2  8 is
(a) 0 (b)  / 4 (c)  / 2 (d) 
14. The diagonally adjacent element to beryllium, that exhibits properties similar to beryllium is
(a) Magnesium (b) Boron (c) Aluminium (d) Lithium
15. When a coin is tossed 5 times, the probability of getting 3 heads and 2 tails in any order is
(a) 5/16 (b) 7/16 (c) 1/2 (d) 9/16
16. The radiation responsible for heating in the “Green House Effect” is
(a) Ultraviolet rays (b) Infrared rays
(c) Cosmic rays (d) Visible light
17. Which one of the following compounds will have the highest boiling point?
(a) n-Butane (b) n-Butyraldehyde
(c) 2-Butanone (d) n-Butanol
18. sin 4   cos 4   0
(a) sin 2 (b) cos 2 (c)  cos 2 (d) sin 2  cos 2
19. Arrhenius equation is given by
(a) ln k  ln A  Ea / RT (b) ln k  ln A  Ea / RT
(c) k  A  Ea / RT (d) k  A  e Ea / RT
20. The most acidic isomer hydrocarbon among the following is
(a) (b)
CH3 CH 2
(c) (d)
CH3 CH3
3
21. Which atom among the following has the highest number of unpaired electrons in its ground state?
(a) C (b) N (c) O (d) F
22. The density of elemental silver having fcc lattice with unit cell length of 4.086Å is (atomic weight of Ag =
108):
(a) 1.05 g/cc (b) 10.5 g/cc (c) 5.01 g/cc (d) 15.0 g/cc
23. For a particular orbital, as one goes away from the nucleus along the z-axis, the probability density
decreases to zero, then increases, and finally decreases without increasing a second time. This is consistent
with a
(a) 3px orbital (b) 2s orbital (c) 2pz orbital (d) 3s orbital
24. Consider a crystal with a simple cubic lattice. If on heating, the unit cell volume increases by 5% isotropically
(equally in all directions), the percentage increase in the (110) interplanar distance is
(a) 1.64 (b) 1.67 (c) 2.50 (d) 5.00
25. The carrier of genetic information in organisms is
(a) proteins (b) RNA (c) nucleic acids (d) DNA
Part - B
26. Among the following, the most unstable molecule is

(a) Li2 (b) Be2 (c) B2 (d) C 2
27. Hydrogen peroxide decomposes to water and oxygen according to the reaction below:
2H2O2(aq)  2H2O(l) + O2(g)
In the presence of large excess of I– ion, the following set of data is obtained. What is the average rate
of disappearance of H2O2(aq) in M/s in the first 15.0 seconds of the reaction if 1.00L of H2O2 reacts at
25ºC and 1 atm pressure?
Time(s) O2 (g) collected (ml)
0.0 0.0
45.0 2.00
90.0 4.00
135.0 6.00
(a) 9.09 × 10–7 M/s (b) 1.64 × 10–4 M/s
(c) 4.33 × 10–5 M/s (d) 3.63 × 10–6 M/s
28. A chiral molecule among the following is
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
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29. If the H – N – H angle in NH3 is 107º, the angle between the direction of the lone pair of electron
(pyramidal axis) and the N – H bond is
(a) 107.0º (b) 109.3º (c) 110.0º (d) 111.8º
30. Identify the unicellular organism(s) among the following (i) earth worm (ii) bacteria (iii) hydra (iv) yeast:
(a) i, iii (b) ii (c) ii, iii (d) ii, iv
31. Correct order of basicity is
(a) NH3 < NMe3 < NF3 (b) NF3 < NMe3 < NH3
(c) NH3 < NF3 < NMe3 (d) NF3 < NH3 < NMe3
32. Chlorine reacts with chloroform according to the reaction given below
Cl2 + CHCl3  CCl4 + HCl
When the initial concentration of Cl2 is doubled the reaction rate increases by factor of 1.41. What is the
order of reaction with respect to Cl2?
(a) –1/2 (b) 2 (c) 1/2 (d) –1
33. Which of the following compounds will not react through SN1 mechanism?
CH 3
(a) H C Cl (b)
3 Cl
CH3
(c) (d)
Cl Cl
df () d 2 f ()
34. If the function f ()  Aei where A is a constant, f ()  and f ()  , then
d d 2
(a) f ()  f ( )  0 (b) f ()  f ()  0
(c) f ()  f ()  0 (d) f ()  f ()  0
35. Viruses are made up of: (i) proteins only (ii) protein and DNA (iii) protein and RNA (iv) DNA and RNA
(a) i, ii (b) ii, iii (c) iii, iv (d) ii, iv
36. 10 ml of 0.10 M sodium carbonate is added to 20 ml 0.10 M sulphuric acid and the resultant solution is
titrated against 0.10 M sodium hydroxide. What will be the titre value at the end point?
(a) 5 ml (b) 10 ml (c) 20 ml (d) 30 ml
37. If Kc equals to 0.11 at 25ºC for the reaction: N2O4(g)  2NO2(g), what is Kc for the reaction:
1
NO2(g)  N O (g)?
2 2 4
(a) 4.5 (b) 0.33 (c) 3.0 (d) 9.1
38. The vinyl chloride does not react with NaOH through SN2 mechanism because
(a) hydroxide is too weak as a nucleophile
(b) the sp2 C-Cl bond is stronger than a sp3 C-Cl bond
(c) the hydrogen atom trans to the chlorine atom sterically inhibits the substitution reaction
(d) chlorine atom is not a good leaving group
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39. In the DNA double helix, the base complementarity is governed by
(a) electrostatic forces (b) hydrophobic interaction
(c) hydrogen bonding (d) vander Waals’ forces
40. The reagent that can be used to precipitate Ba2+ from an aqueous solution is
(a) hydrochloric acid (b) sulfuric acid
(c) silver nitrate (d) ammonium chloride
41. At a certain temperature, the equilibrium constant, Kc equals 0.11 for the reaction
2ICl(g)  I2(g) + Cl2(g)
What is the equilibrium concentration of ICl if 0.75 mol of I2 and 0.75 mol of Cl2 are initially mixed in a
2.0 L flask?
(a) 0.28 mols/L (b) 0.22 mols/L (c) 0.45 mols/L (d) 0.56 mols/L
42. Identify the product with molecular formula, C15H16O2 formed when phenol reacts with acetone in the
presence of conc. H2SO4.
OC6 H 5
H 3C CH3
(a) OC6H 5 (b) HO OH
H3 C CH3
CH3 CH3
O OC 6H 5
(c) H C (d) H C
3 3
OC 6H 5
H3C H3C
O
43. Consider the following vectors:

  
X  2iˆ  3 ˆj  4kˆ; Y  2iˆ  2 ˆj  2kˆ; Z  2iˆ  4 ˆj  2kˆ . Which of the following vectors are orthogonal?
        
(a) X and Y (b) X and Z (c) Y and Z (d) ( X  Y ) and Z
44. Equation to the tangent to the curve y  x 3  2 x 2  4 at (2, 4) is

(a) x  4 y  4 (b) y  4 x  4 (c) x  y  4 (d) 4 y  4 x  4
45. Which compound among the following can act as Lewis acid as well as a Lewis base?
(a) H2 O (b) SnCl2 (c) NH3 (d) BF3
46. What is the standard cell potential for the reaction below?
Mg(s) + Br2(l)  Mg2+(aq) + 2Br–(aq)
The standard reduction potential is –2.37V for the Mg2+/Mg half-cell and +1.09V for the Br2/Br– half-cell
(a) +1.28V (b) –1.28V (c) +3.46V (d) –3.46V
47. Identify the strongest nucleophile from the following:
NMe2 Br COOCH3
(a) (b) (c) (d)

N N N N
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3/ 2
48. The arc length of the curve y  x from x  0 to 5 is
(a) 27 335 (b) 335 27 (c) 533 27 (d) 27 533

49. Which one among the following is an example of “sandwich” compound?
(a) Cr(C6H6)2 (b) Mn2(CO)10
(c) Cr2 (CH3COO)2 (d) [Pt(NH3)2] [PtCl4]
(ln x )n1
50. lim x  
x
(a) 1 (b) ln x (c) x (d) 0
51. Based on the following information,
F2(g) + 2e–  2F–(aq) E0 = +2.87V
Mg2+(aq) + 2e–  2Mg(s) E0 = –2.37V
which of the following chemical species is the strongest reducing agent?
(a) F–(aq) (b) Mg2+(aq) (c) F2(g) (d) Mg(s)
O
52. Heating the triene
CH 3
promotes the intramolecular cycloaddition reaction to furnish
O O
H CH 3 H CH3
(a) (b)
H 3C O H 3C O
H H
(c) (d)
53. The hybridization of the metal centre in [Zn(CN)4]2– is

(a) sp2 (b) sp2 d (c) dsp2 (d) sp3
54. The polar coordinates of the point (1, 3 ) is
(a) (2,  / 3) (b) (3,  / 2) (c) (2,  / 4) (d) (2,  / 6)
55. The absorption of light of frequency 1.16 × 1011 Hz is required for CO molecules to go from the lowest
rotational energy level to the next higher rotational energy level. Determine the energy for this transition in
kJ/mol. (h = 6.626 × 10–34 Js)
(a) 949 kJ/mol (b) 0.0463 kJ/mol (c) 46.3 kJ/mol (d) 7.69 × 10–23 kJ/mol
56. A typical sample of (R) & (S)-lactic acid shows optical rotation +12.1º. The optical rotation of pure (R)-
lactic acid is –13.5º. The percentage of R & S lactic acid present in the sample is
(a) R = 81, S = 19 (b) R = 90, S = 10
(c) R = 10, S = 90 (d) R = 95, S = 5
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57. Identify the most appropriate reaction which involves one C-C and one C-O bond formation
(a) Knoevenagel (b) Darzens condensation
(c) Michael reaction (d) Shapiro reaction
58. Magnitude of the area enclosed by the curve, f ( x)  x 2  x and the x-axis is
(a) 1 (b) 1/3 (c) 1/6 (d) 0
59. The organometallic compound that obeys the 18-electron rule among the following is
(a) [V(CO)6] (b) [( 5 – C5H5)Cr(CO)3]
(c) [Mn(CO)5(CH3)] (d) [Co( 5 – C5H5)2]

60. KCl crystallizes in a cubic unit cell with Cl– ions at each vertex and face centre. How many K+ ions and
Cl– ions are there is each unit cell of KCl?
(a) 1 K+ ion and 1 Cl– ion (b) 8 K+ ions and 8 Cl– ions
(c) 4 K+ ions and 4 Cl– ions (d) 2 K+ ions and 2 Cl– ions
61. Which of the following information will be necessary to calculate the change in entropy of a reversible
process?
(a) Pressure (b) Volume
(c) Internal energy (d) Temperature
62. Identify the most appropriate chiral molecule which may be resolvable:
Cl Cl
(a) O (b) O
Cl Cl
Cl Cl
(c) O (d) O
Cl
63. Consider an array of 1 mol of H atoms. If each atom could be in one of the two spin states (up/down),
the number of possible spin distributions for the collection of H atoms is (N = Avogadro number)
(a) 2N (b) N 2 (c) 2N (d) N/2
64. The crystal field stabilization energy of Ti(III) in octahedral field is more than the crystal field stabilization
energy of Ti(III) in tetrahedral field. The difference is
(a) 1.33 Dq0 (b) 2.67 Dq0 (c) 4 Dq0 (d) 6 Dq0
65. If the spin-only magnetic moment of the brown ring compound [Fe(H2O)5(NO)]SO4 is 3.90B , then the
oxidation state of iron is
(a) +1 (b) +2 (c) +3 (d) +4
66. Which of the following solvents is not suitable for a Grignard reaction?
(a) Tetrahydrofuran (b) Diethyl ether
(c) Acetonitrile (d) Hexane
67. Given four different dyes P, Q, R and S, how many different dye combinations (containing at least two
types) can be generated?
(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 11 (d) 16
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68. In thermodynamics, a property is called extensive if its value is additive. Which of the following is not an
extensive property?
(a) Mass (b) Volume (c) Heat capacity (d) Specific heat
69. The radiation intensity of a sample of radioactive Na (half life = 15 h) will become one-tenth of its original
intensity in
(a) 15 h (b) 30 h (c) 50 h (d) 75 h
70. Which one of the following is the major constituent of petrol?
(a) (b) (c) (d)

71.  x cos xdx 

(a) 0.5 (b) 0 (c) 0.5 (d) 2

72. For combustion of benzene in a sealed container having rigid thermally conducting walls that is immersed
in a water bath at 25ºC.
(a) w  0, q  0, U  0 (b) w  0, q  0, U  0
(c) w  0, q  0, U  0 (d) w  0, q  0, U  0
73. The number of nodal planes present in s – s antibonding orbital is
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
74. The preferred method to separate 2- and 4-nitrophenol is
(a) sublimation (b) fractional distillation
(c) steam distillation (d) filtration
75. For the cell, Cu | CuSO4 (0.1 mol/kg) | | Hg2SO4(s) | Hg | Cu,
the cell reaction among the following is
(a) Cu + Hg2SO4  2Hg + Cu2+ + SO42– (b) Hg + CuSO4  Hg2+ + Cu + SO42–
(c) CuSO4 + Hg2SO4  2Hg+ + Cu2+ + 2SO42– (d) Cu + Hg2SO4  2Hg + Cu2+ + SO42–
76. To what pressure must a sample of gas be subjected at constant temperature in order to compress it from
122 ml to 105 ml if its original pressure is 1.71 atm?
(a) 1.99 atm (b) 2.2 atm (c) 3 atm (d) 0.99 atm
77. The number of double bonds in C3O2, satisfying the normal valencies of the elements, is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 1
78. Which one of the following alcohols will give ketone with Fenton’s reagent?
(a) Methanol (b) Ethanol (c) Isobutanol (d) 2-Butanol
79. The function, y, that has both an upper bound and a lower bound over its complete domain among the
following is
2 2 2
(a) x 2  y 2  0 (b) x  y  1 (c) x 2  y 2  1 (d) x  4 y  1
80. How many moles of NaCl are produced by the reaction of 0.750 mol Cl2 (with Na)?
(a) 1.50 mol (b) 0.375 mol (c) 0.750 mol (d) None
81. Among the following, the crystal lattice with the largest packing fraction is
(a) simple cubic (b) body centred cubic
(c) face centred cubic (d) simple tetragonal
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82. The isomer which has highest heat of combustion among the following isomers (molecular formula C6H12)
is
(a) 1, 1, 2-trimethylcyclopropane (b) cyclohexane
(c) methylcyclopentane (d) ethylcyclobutane
83. The periodicity of the function tan x is
(a)  (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
84. On addition of a surfactant, the surface tension of water
(a) increases (b) remains unchanged
(c) decreases (d) becomes temperature independent
85. 40.00 ml of 0.11 M HCl is diluted to 100 ml with water and then titrated with 0.1 M NaOH. The pH of
the resulting solution after addition of 10 ml titrant is
(a) 12.49 (b) 1.51 (c) 0.11 (d) 0.21
86. Among the four isomers of C7H7Cl, which one will have weakest carbon-halogen bond?
(a) 2-Chlorotoluene (b) 3-Chlorotoluene
(c) 4-Chlorotoluene (d) Benzyl chloride
87. Given two sets A and B, each with four elements, the number of relations that are possible between A and
B in which every element in A is uniquely mapped to B and vice-versa is
(a) 24 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) 4
88. Assuming that the volume of water does not change on dissolving NaCl, the density of a 0.1M aqueous
solution of NaCl at 25ºC (atomic weight of Na = 23.0 and Cl = 35.5) is
(a) 0.93 g/ml (b) 1.00 g/ml (c) 1.01 g/ml (d) 1.10 g/ml
89. Which among the following is a “superoxide”?
(a) Na2O 2 (b) K2 O (c) KO 2 (d) Fe3O 4
90. Aqua regia is a powerful oxidizing agent because it contains
(a) free O2 and Cl2O (b) free O2 and N2
(c) free Cl2 and ClNO (d) free N2 and Cl2O
91. Rank the following in order of decreasing rate of reaction with ethoxide ion in a nucleophilic aromatic
substitution.
Br Br Br Br
NO 2 NO2
NO 2 NO 2
NO2 NO 2
1 2 3 4
(a) 3 > 4 > 1 > 2 (b) 2 > 1 > 4 > 3

(c) 3 > 4 > 2 > 1 (d) 4 > 3 > 2 > 1
92. 4.5 g of PCl5 on vaporization occupied a volume of 1700 cc at 1 atm and 227ºC. The degree of
dissociation of PCl5 is
(a) 100% (b) 92.1% (c) 89.2% (d) 50.5%
93. The function that is continuous over the complete real axis is
(a) coth x (b) cot x (c) tanh x (d) tan x
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94. Which of the following cannot act as a ligand?
(a) AsH3 (b) NO+ (c) BF3 (d) Cl–
95. What is the major product obtained in the following reaction?
(i) Hg(OAc) 2
(ii) NaBH 4, H2 O
HO CH 3
(a) (b)
OH
OH
(c) (d)
HO
tan x
96. lim x 0 is
x
(a)  (b)  / 2 (c) 1 (d) 
97. Choose the correct combination of true statements from the statements given below regarding H3BNH3 and
H3CCH3
(i) the two molecules are isoelectronic
(ii) the two molecules are isostructural
(iii) both molecules have zero dipole moment
(iv) H3BNH3 is paramagnetic while H3CCH3 is diamagnetic
(v) both may be viewed as coordination compounds
(a) (i), (iii) and (iv) (b) (i) and (ii)
(c) (ii) and (v) (d) (i), (ii) and (v)
98. The IUPAC name of CH3CONBr(Cl) is
(a) N-bromo-N-chloroacetamide (b) N-bromo-N-chloroethanamide
(c) 1-(dimethylamino)ethane (d) 1-(ethylamino)methane
99. Iodimetry involves
(a) titration with standard iodine solution
(b) iodine as a reducing agent
(c) production of iodine from excess iodine by analyte
(d) precipitation of iodine for gravimetric estimation
100. Phenyl isocyanide is prepared by
(a) Stephens reaction (b) Carbylamine reaction
(c) Reimer-Tiemann reaction (d) Wurtz reaction
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Instructions:
PART-A
1. What will be the pressure at an altitude of 500 miles (1 mile = 1.61 × 105 cm) above the earth in an
isothermal condition at 0ºC, assuming that the atmosphere consists of 80% N2 and 20% O2 by weight?
(a) 3.34 × 10–44 atm (b) 8.64 × 10–28 atm
(c) 1.43 atm (d) 5.20 × 10–28 atm
2. The vander Waals constant ‘b’ for a certain gas is 4.42 × 10–2 L/mol. How near can the centers of two
molecules approach each other?
(a) 1.636Å (b) 3.272Å (c) 6.525Å (d) 2.134Å
3. What will be the molar mass of an ideal gas if the specific heats at constant volume and at constant pressure
are 0.015 and 0.025 calories/g/ºC, respectively?
(a) 100 g/mol (b) 300 g/mol (c) 200 g/mol (d) 400 g/mol
–3
4. A solution of 10 M concentration absorbs 10% of incident light when kept in a cell of 1 cm path length.
What concentration of the solution will be required to absorb 90% of the light?
(a) 0.012 M (b) 0.022 M (c) 0.052 M (d) 0.5 M
5. The line y  x is rotated clockwise by 15º about the point (1, 1). What is the y-intercept of the rotated
line?
(a) 1  3 (b) 1 (c) 1  (1 / 3) (d) 1/ 3

6. There are 10 molecules of A and 10 molecules of B in a container. All binary collisions (collisions of two
molecules) are equally likely. What is the probability of the binary collisions between A and B?
(a) 9/20 (b) 10/19 (c) 1/2 (d) 11/20
7. If the C-H bond length in methane (CH4) is 1.0Å, what is the H-H distance?
(a) 8 / 3Å (b) 3Å (c) 2/ 3Å (d) 2Å
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8. The (100) X-ray diffraction peak of a cubic crystal occurs at  = 19.50º. At which of the following angles
will the (100) diffraction peak appear if the unit cell length is doubled?
(a) 19.50º (b) 9.75º (c) 9.61º (d) 9.50º
9. In the following reaction scheme,

k1
A   k3
 B  C
k2
which of the following determines the rate of formation of C?

(a) Only k3 (b) Only k1 and k2
(c) Only k1 and k3 (d) k1, k2 and k3
10. Which of the following can be used to evaluate the factorial of a large number?
(a) Lagrange’s mean value theorem (b) Newton’s formula
(c) Stirling’s formula (d) Mollweide’s formula
11. For all positive numbers x, which of the following is the derivative of the function logbx?
(a) x log b e (b) x  log b e (c) log b e  x (d) (1/ x ) log b e
12. Which of the following is the functional form of Michaelis-Menten equation in the context of enzyme
kinetics?
(a) polynomial (b) hyperbolic (c) exponential (d) stretched exponential
13. The order of decreasing energy among covalent bond (CB), dipole-dipole interaction (DDI) and London
dispersion forces (LDF) is
(a) LDF > CB > DDI (b) CB > LDF > DDI
(c) CB > DDI > LDF (d) DDI > CB > LDF
14. The molar concentration of Ag in a solution having pAg+ of 6.372 is
+
(a) 4.25 × 10–7 M (b) 4.25 M

(c) 6.372 M (d) 4.25 × 107 M
15. The arrangement of the electron pairs around Sb in SbCl4– is
(a) tetrahedral (b) trigonal bipyramidal (c) square pyramidal (d) octahedral
16. The correct statement associated with the complex anion [CoF6]3– is
(a) It is a low spin complex (b) It is a high spin complex
(c) It is yellow in colour (d) It is diamagnetic
17. A coordination complex has only two isomers, having octahedral coordination geometry. Identify the complex
(es) among the following:
[Cr(H2O)5Cl]; [Cr(H2O)3Cl3]; [Ni(NH3)4Cl2]; [NH4]4[NiCl6]
(a) only [Cr(H2O)5Cl] (b) [Cr(H2O)3Cl3] and [NH4]4[NiCl6]
(c) [Cr(H2O)3Cl3] and [Ni(NH3)4Cl2] (d) only [Ni(NH3)4Cl2]
18. Which of the following is a paramagnetic molecule?
(a) H2 (b) B2 (c) C 2 (d) N 2
19. Ruff degradation is generally used for
(a) the determination of the amino acid sequence of protein
(b) the synthesis of nucleic acids from nucleosides
(c) the preparation of one carbon less aldose from parent aldose
(d) chain shortening of a peptide
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20. Find the right structure of the amino acid L-threonine “(2S, 3R)-2-amino-3-hydroxybutanoic acid” from the
following.
Me Me
CO2 H CO2 H
(a) HO (b) HO
NH 2 NH 2
Me Me
CO2 H CO2 H
(c) HO (d) HO
NH 2 NH 2
21. The product obtained in the following reaction is
Zn (i) 50% aq. K2CO 3

R CN + Br CO2Et ?
THF, reflux (ii) 1M HCl
O O O O
(a) (b)
R CH3 R OEt
O O O
(c) (d)
R CO2Et R H
22. Which of the following molecule (s) is/are chiral?
CH3
Cl H
H Br H OH
Br
Cl H Cl
OH
CH3
(I) (II) (III)
(a) Only I (b) I and III

(c) I, II and III (d) I and II
23. 1, 3, 5, 7-Cyclononatetraene can be converted to an aromatic substance by
(a) hydrogen atom abstraction (b) hydride abstraction
(c) proton abstraction (d) H2 elimination
NaOEt BH3/THF
Br ?
EtOH H 2O2
(a) 2-Methyl-1-butanol (b) 2-Methyl-2-butanol

(c) 3-Methyl-1-butanol (d) 3-Methyl-2-butanol
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25. Which of the following metal is toxic to human body?
(a) Calcium (b) Magnesium (c) Sodium (d) Lead
PART-B
26. Which of the following is the maximum value of the function 4sin 2t ?
(a)  / 2 (b) 4 (c)  / 4 (d) 16
d 
27. Choose the value of  [ x 3 ln( x 2  2 x  5)] from the following
 dx  x 1
(a) 3ln 4 (b) 4ln 3 (c) 4 (d) 2ln 3

28. Atomic mass unit (amu) is defined as 1/12 of the mass of an unbound neutral atom of 12C. Which of the
following is the value of amu (in grams) if N is the Avogadro number?
(a) N (b) 1/N (c) 1/12N (d) 1/N2
29. How many distinct 3-nucleotide codons can be designed using 5 different nucleotides?
(a) 243 (b) 64 (c) 125 (d) 192
30. How many moles of solute are present in 29.4 ml of 0.606M solution?
(a) 0.606 (b) 17.8 (c) 0.03 (d) 0.0178
31. A mixture of 1.20 mol of X, 2.10 mol of Y, and 0.950 mol of Z is found at equilibrium in a 1 litre vessel
as shown below.
 Z
X + Y 
What is the value of equilibrium constant, K?
(a) 0.377 (b) 0.542 (c) 2.65 (d) 26.5
32. What is the percent dissociation of acetic acid if the solution has a pH = 4.74 and the pKa = 4.74?
(a) 10% (b) 50% (c) 100% (d) 1%
33. If Gº is positive for a reaction, the value of K is
(a) less than zero (b) equal to zero
(c) greater than one (d) between 0 and 1
34. What is the decay constant for a radioactive isotope which decreases to 34% of its original mass in 2.48h?
(a) 2.30 h–1 (b) 0.137 h–1 (c) 0.168 h–1 (d) 0.435 h–1
35. Doubling all the coefficient in the equation for the cell reaction
(a) doubles Eº, but does not change Gº (b) doubles Gº , but does not change Eº
(c) does not change Eº or Gº (d) doubles both Eº and Gº
36. Activity of a species in a solution is often preferred over concentration. If activity, activity coefficient, friction
coefficient and mole fraction are denoted by a,  a ,  and  , respectively, then which of the following
correctly defines activity?
(a) a   /  (b) a   a /  (c) a   (d) a   a 

37. Which of the following spectroscopic techniques is used to measure symmetric stretching modes in molecular
vibrations?
(a) Raman (b) IR (c) EPR (d) UV-Visible
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38. Which of the following is formed when two electrons are combined with an  -particle?
(a) Hydrogen (b) Helium (c) Nitrogen (d) Oxygen
dy
39. If xy  ln y  1, then the value of is
dx
x2 y2 xy x2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(1  xy ) (1  xy ) (1  x 2 ) (1  x 2 )
3
dx
40. The value of the integral 
1 4 x  x2
is
(a) 2 / 3 (b) 2 / 32 (c) 2 / 2 (d)  / 3

41. In how many ways can 10 students sit in one row in a class?
(a) 3.6288 × 106 (b) 1.2 × 106 (c) 3.6288 × 103 (d) 1.0 × 1010
42. What is the pH of a solution prepared by mixing 25 mL of 0.1 M CH3COOH with 25mL of 0.05 M of
CH3COONa? Assume that the volume of the solutions are additive and that the Ka of CH3COOH is
1.8 × 10–5.
(a) 4.44 (b) 2.87 (c) 4.74 (d) 5.05
43. In how many ways can 10 students be split into 2 groups to seat in 2 rows containing 4 and 6 students,
respectively?
(a) 120 (b) 112 (c) 210 (d) 102
44. What is the value of x when the points A(7, 3), B(–1, 0) and C(x, –2) form the vertices of a right-angled
(at B) triangle?
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) –1
45. What is the function represented in the plot below?
y
(a) y  x (b) y  x 2 (c) y  x 3 (d) y  x 4
46. Which of the following represents the polar coordinate of the point (1, 3) ?
(a) (2,  / 3) (b) (1, ) (c) (2,  / 2) (d) (2, )
dy
47. What will be the value of |x 0 for the function plotted below?
dx
y
(a) Finite positive (b) Finite negative (c) Zero (d) Indeterminant
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 2  x2 
48. What is the value of lim n   ?
 x 
 
(a) 0 (b)  (c) 1 (d) 2
49. The structure of Collins reagent is
O O O O
(a) N Cr N (b) N Cr N
O O
O O
O O N Cr N
(c) N Cr N (d) O
O
50. The order of decreasing chemicals shift in 1H NMR for the underlined hydrogens is
H 3 C – CH 2 – CH 3 H 3 C – O  CH 2 – CH 3
(a) (b )
Cl2 – CH  O  CH 2 – CH3 Cl – CH 2  O  CH 2 – CH3

(c ) (d )
(a) b > c > a > d (b) b > c > d > a

(c) c > b > a > d (d) c > b > d > a
51. The major product obtained in the following reaction is
CH 3
H 3C
CH3 H 3PO4
H 3C ?

OH
CH 3
CH3
H3C CH 3
(a) CH2 (b) H 3C
H 3C
CH 3
CH 2
CH 3 CH3
(c) H 3C (d) H 3C
CH 3
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52. The order of decreasing acidity of the following compounds is
H H
O N
H H H H H C C H H H
H
H H
I II III IV
(a) I > II > III > IV (b) I > II > IV > III
(c) II > IV > I > III (d) III > IV > II > I
53. In a process of expansion of a gas, the change in the internal energy was found equal to the heat involved
alone. Which of the following is implied by this?
(a) The gas was expanded isothermally
(b) The process was carried out at constant volume
(c) The gas was expanded under constant pressure
(d) The expansion was carried out irreversibly
54. For which physical property is he unit Poise used?
(a) Surface tension (b) Drift velocity
(c) Dipole moment (d) Viscosity
55. A 25mL solution is prepared at 25ºC by dissolving 4g of a solute. Which of the following experimental
quantities can be used to calculate the molar mass of the solute?
(a) Diffusion coefficient (b) Steady-state viscosity of the solution
(c) Hydrostatic pressure of the solution (d) Osmotic pressure of the solution
56. Which of the following spectroscopic methods is associated with Larmor precession frequency?
(a) Magnetic resonance (b) Anti-Stokes Raman scattering
(c) Mossbauer effect (d) Extended X-ray absorption
x2 y2
57. In analytic geometry, which of the following is described by the equation   1?
a 2 b2
(a) Parabola (b) Hyperbola (c) Ellipse (d) Line
58. Consider four diatomic molecules M1, M2, M3 and M4 of same atoms with bond orders 2.5, 3, 4 and
2 respectively. Which of the following arrangements describes them with decreasing bond energy?
(a) M3 > M4 > M1 > M2 (b) M1 > M2 > M3 > M4
(c) M3 > M2 > M4 > M1 (d) M3 > M2 > M1 > M4
59. Which of the following amino acids has the side-chain structure H2N(CO)CH2–?
(a) Arginine (b) Lysine (c) Glutamine (d) Asparagine
60. Choose from the following the enzyme which catalyzes the conversion of starch to maltose
(a) Maltase (b) Diastase (c) Elastase (d) Zymase
61. Proteoglycans are biological molecules consisting of a glycosaminoglycan chain linked to an amino acid
residue of a core protein. Identify the relevant amino acid from the following
(a) Alanine (b) Serine (c) Valine (d) Glycine
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62. Which of the following contributes to the total energy of a monatomic ideal gas?
(a) Kinetic energy
(b) Potential energy
(c) Vibrational energy
(d) The sum of kinetic, potential and vibrational energies
63. The product obtained in the following reaction is
Me
KOH
?
Alcohol
Cl
Me Me
(a) (b)
OH
Me Me
(c) (d)
OH
aqueous Cl2
?
light
Cl
Cl
(a) (b)
Cl
(c) (d)
Cl Cl
65. Which of the following statements about fatty acids is not true?
(a) Fatty acids dissolve in non-polar solvents
(b) Triglycerides are esters of fatty acids
(c) Most naturally occurring fatty acids have trans double bonds
(d) Fatty acids are biosynthesized from acetyl coenzyme A
66. The pathway involved for the Hofmann elimination is
(a) SN2 (b) E1 (c) E2 (d) SN1
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OH
CHO
H 2O2, NaOH
?
CH2 Cl2 , rt
OH OH
OH CO2 H
(a) (b)
OH
OCOH O
(c) (d) O
O
O
O
KOH
?
H rt
O OH
O O
(a) (b)
OH OH
OH HO
O
O
(c) (d)
H
mCPBA
?
CH2 Cl2 , 60ºC
NO2
NO 2
O O
(a) (b)
O O
O2 N
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O
O O O
O
(c) (d)
O
NO 2 NO 2
MeO CO2 Me

+ ?
MeO MeO
(a) (b)
MeO2 C
CO2 Me
MeO CO2 Me MeO
(c) (d)
CO2Me
Me Me
CHO
H 2NNH2 , H 2O
?
NaOEt, EtOH, 100ºC
Me
Me Me Me Me
CH3 CH2OH
(a) (b)
Me Me
Me Me Me Me
CH 2 CH 3
(c) (d)
Me CH 2
72. Choose from the following the suitable reagent required for the transformation
O O
Me Me
?
Me
Me Me
(a) H2, Pd/C (b) Li/Liquid NH3

(c) H2, PdCl2, CuCl2, H2O (d) H2, [RhCl(PPh3)3]
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Me O
Me AlCl3
+ Cl ?
Me
O
Me
Me
(a) (b) Me
Me Me
Et
O
Et O Me O
(c) Me (d) Me
Me Et
74. The most probable product obtained in the following transformation is
Me
1) I 2 , AgOAc
AcOH/H 2O
?
2) KOH, 
Me Me
OH OH
(a) (b)
OH OH
H H
Me Me
OH OH
(c) (d)
OH OH
H H
75. The IUPAC name of the compound ‘I’ is

Me
Me
I
(a) (E)-Oct-2-en-6-yne (b) (Z)-Oct-2-en-6-yne

(c) (E)-Oct-6-en-2-yne (d) (Z)-Oct-6-en-2-yne
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76. The stereochemistry of the ‘  ’ marked centers in the following molecule is
O H
1
2
(a) 1(R)2(R) (b) 1(R)2(S) (c) 1(S)2(R) (d) 1(S)2(S)

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77. The functionality that shows a typical characteristic peak at 2250 cm in IR is
(a) CN (b) CHO (c) NCO (d) N 3
78. Optical rotation value of a mixture of enatiomers of the compound ‘X’ is +40º. Specific rotation of the (R)-
isomer of ‘X’ is +50º. Percentage of (S)-isomer of ‘X’ present in the mixture is
(a) 20% (b) 80% (c) 10% (d) 30%
79. Consider a 1H NMR spectrum in which a singlet and a quartet appeared at 9.72 and 2.40 ppm, respectively.
Which of the following compounds is the most probable one?
(a) CH3COCH3 (b) CH3CH2CHO (c) CH3 CHO (d) CH3CH2CH2OH
80. Increasing order of basicity of the following molecules is
N N N N
H H H
I II III IV
(a) I < II < III < IV (b) II < III < IV < I
(c) II < I < III < IV (d) II < I < IV < III
81. In a redox reaction, how many moles of iodine will be equivalent to one mole of hydrogen peroxide?
(a) 1 mole (b) 1/2 mole (c) 2 moles (d) 4 moles
82. If hydrogen sulphide gas is passed through an acidified solution containing a mixture of the sulphates of
cadmium, nickel and zinc, which sulphide / sulphides will be precipitated?
(a) CdS and NiS (b) NiS and ZnS (c) NiS (d) CdS
83. Which among the following compounds/ions are diamagnetic?
CuCl64–, Cu(SCN), CoCl42–, Ni(CO4), PdCl42–
(a) CoCl42– and PdCl42– (b) CuCl64–, Cu(SCN) and Ni(CO4)
(c) Cu(SCN) and Ni(CO4) (d) Cu(SCN), Ni(CO4) and PdCl42–
84. Complete the sentence “A tetrahedron has six ______.” using one of the following choices
(a) vertices and edges (b) edges
(c) faces (d) faces and vertices
85. Which of the following fluorides is not formed by xenon?
(a) XeF2 (b) XeF3 (c) XeF4 (d) XeF6
86. Oxygen exists in positive oxidation state in
(a) H2O2 (b) N 2 O (c) CO 2 (d) OF2
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87. The following reactions are spontaneous and thus proceed to the right as shown below.
 H + Cd2+
2H+ + Cd(s)  2
 2Ag(s) + 2H+
2Ag+ + H2(g) 
Cd2+ + Zn(s)  Cd(s) + Zn2+

Which of the following correctly shows the decreasing order of oxidizing strength of ions?
(a) Ag+ > H+ > Zn2+ > Cd2+ (b) Zn2+ > Cd2+ > H+ > Ag+
(c) H+ > Ag+ > Cd2+ > Zn2+ (d) Ag+ > H+ > Cd2+ > Zn2+
88. The ligand used in quantitative (gravimetric) estimation of aluminium is
(a) DMG (b) Glycine (c) EDTA (d) Oxine
89. Identify the electrically conductive material from the following
(a) Fullerene (b) Diamond (c) S2N 2 (d) K-salt of fullerene
90. If atomic weight of nitrogen is 14.0067, what is the ratio of N [m = 15.001] to 14N [m = 14.0037]?
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(a) 0.0036 : 1 (b) 0.36 : 1 (c) 1 : 0.36 (d) 1 : 1

91. The number of lone pairs of electrons on the central atom in I 3, ClF3 and ClO3– are respectively,
–
(a) 2, 2, 1 (b) 1, 2, 0 (c) 3, 2, 1 (d) 3, 1, 0

92. Ratio of the number of tetrahedral voids to octahedral voids in cubic close packing (ccp) arrangement is
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 2 : 1 (c) 1 : 1 (d) 3 : 1
93. Consider the carbon skeleton of naphthalene. If the C-C distance in the hexagonal ring is 1.40Å, which of
the following represents the (maximum) length and width of the carbon skeleton?
(a) –2.80 and –4.84Å (b) –4.84 and –2.80Å
(c) 5.60 and 4.20Å (d) 5.60 and 2.80Å
94. The compound with the lowest boiling point among NH3, PH3, AsH3 and SbH3 is
(a) NH3 (b) PH3 (c) AsH3 (d) SbH3
95. A solution of a mixture of CaCl2 and NaCl weighing 4.44g was treated with sodium carbonate solution to
precipitate all the calcium ions as calcium carbonate (atomic mass of Ca = 40). The calcium carbonate so
obtained was heated strongly and 0.56g of CaO was obtained. The percentage of NaCl in the mixture is
(a) 25 (b) 37.5 (c) 50 (d) 75
2– 2–
96. A solution of [Cr2O7] ion can be transformed to [CrO4] solution by adding
(a) H2SO4 (b) H2O2 (c) NaOH (d) Na2 S2 O3
97. The complexes [Co(NH3)6] [Cr(CN)6] and [Cr(NH3)6] [Co(CN)6] are examples of
(a) Linkage isomerism (b) Ionization isomerism
(c) Geometrical isomerism (d) Coordination isomerism
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98. Concentration of I2 in 50mL of water is 1.00 × 10 M. This iodine can be extracted from water by an
organic solvent using a separating funnel. If the distribution coefficient for iodine between the organic solvent
and water is 85, the best way of extraction is
(a) Extract with 50.0mL of organic solvent once
(b) Extract with 25.0mL of organic solvent two times
(c) Extract with 10.0mL of organic solvent five times
(d) Extract with 100.0mL of organic solvent once
99. Which among the following compounds is stable at room temperature?
(a) Ni(CO)3 (b) Ni(CO)4 (c) Ni(CO)5 (d) Ni(CO)6
100. Choose from the following the number of ATP molecules produced in glycolysis
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 30
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Instructions:
PART-A
1. The Perovskite structure has the formula AIIBIVO3. The A cations form a primitive cubic close packing with
the oxide ions occupying the centres of the faces and B cations at the body centre. The total number of
ions of A, B and O in the unit cell are, respectively.
(a) 1, 1 and 3 (b) 2, 2 and 6
(c) 2, 1 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3
2. The effective nuclear charge for the outermost electron in chlorine (Z = 17) according to Slater’s rules is
(a) 7.2 (b) 17 (c) zero (d) 6.1
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3. The de Broglie wavelength of an  particle of mass 6.68 × 10 kg ejected from radium at a speed of
1.5 × 107 ms–1 is
(a) 9.6 × 10–3 pm (b) 5.6 × 10–3 pm (c) 4.6 × 10–3 pm (d) 6.6 × 10–3 pm
4. 1.0 g of steam at 100ºC and 4g of ice at 0ºC are mixed in a thermally insulated container. The final
temperature of the mixture is close to (latent heat of fusion and vapourization of water are 336 and 2268
J/g, respectively)
(a) 100ºC (b) 0ºC (c) 32ºC (d) 64ºC
5. Identify the most appropriate reagent for the conversion of acetophenone into ethylbenzene
(a) LiAlH4 (b) BH3  SMe3 (c) Zn(Hg)/HCl (d) LiBH4
6. Hydrazoic acid is extensively used in
(a) Beckmann rearrangement (b) Schmidt rearrangement
(c) Curtius rearrangement (d) Hoffmann rearrangement
7. Kinetic energy of the electrons emitted when violet light of wavelength 4000Å falls on potassium (work
function 2.2 eV) is approximately
(a) 0.9 eV (b) 90 eV (c) 9.0 eV (d) 900 eV
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8. A box contains 5 red, 4 blue and 5 green balls. If three balls are drawn at random, the probability that all
three are green is
(a) 2.75 × 10–2 (b) 5.75 × 10–4 (c) 7.25 × 10–4 (d) 5.27 × 10–4
9. A reducing sugar among the following is
(a) sucrose (b) trehalose
(c) lactose (d) methyl  -D-glucopyranoside
– 2–
10. The species among NO2 , [PtCl4] , ClF3 and PF5 for which VSEPR theory does not predict the correct
geometry is
(a) NO 2 – (b) [PtCl4]2– (c) ClF3 (d) PF5
11. Increase in the boiling point of Xe relative to Ne is mostly a result of
(a) increase in instantaneous dipole-induced dipole interactions
(b) increase in dipole-induced dipole interactions
(c) increase in dipole-dipole interactions
(d) increase in induced dipole-induced dipole interactions
12. 100 g of benzene is mixed with 100 g of toluene at 20ºC and 1 atm., assuming ideal behaviour the entropy
of mixing is
(a) 5.0 cal/K (b) 5.76 cal/K (c) 7.65 cal/K (d) 3.24 cal/K
13. Which of the following statements is always true for a reaction in which there is only expansion work?
(a) U  q p (b) H  q p (c) U  0 (d) H  0
14. In Kiliani-Fischer synthesis of monosaccharides, the products are generally
(a) enantiomers (b) diastereomers (c) mesomers (d) racemic
15. 1, 2-Dibromoethane on reaction with alcoholic KOH followed by treatment with NaNH2 gives
(a) HC  CH (b) CH3 CHO (c) BrCH2CH2OH (d) HOCH2CH2OH
16. The angle between the vectors A = 2i + 3j + 7k and B = 7i + 2j + 3k is
(a) 60º (b) 60.48º (c) 48.60º (d) 84.60º
17. lim x x 3e  x 
(a)  (b) 0 (c)  (d) 3
18. In an atom, how many electrons can have quantum numbers n = 3, m1 = 0, ms = ½?
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 6
19. Reaction of Cu metal with conc. HNO3 will produce Cu(NO3)2 and
(a) H2 (b) N2 and H2O (c) H2 and NO2 (d) NO2 and H2O
20. Which of the following changes with time for a first order reaction?
(i) rate of reaction, (ii) rate constant, (iii) half-life, (iv) concentration of reactant
(a) (i) and (iii) only (b) (iii) only
(c) (i) and (ii) only (d) (i) and (iv) only
21. van der Waals constant ‘b’ for a certain gas is 4.42 × 10–2 litre/mole. How near can the centres of two
molecules approach each other?
(a) 4.272Å (b) 2.535Å (c) 1.636Å (d) 3.272Å
22. The most appropriate reagent used for the differentiation of 2-pentanone and 3-pentanone is
(a) K2Cr2O7/H2SO4 (b) Zn-Hg/HCl (c) MnO2 (d) I2/NaOH
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23. Arrange the following compounds in the increasing order of the acidity of circled hydrogens
H H
H H H
(I) (II)
(III)
(a) III < II < I (b) II < I < III (c) I < II < III (d) II < III < I
 2
24.
 xe x dx 
0
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1/2 (d) 1
25. Angle between the lines y  x  3 and 3 y  x  3 is

(a) 0º (b) 15º (c) 30º (d) 45º
PART-B
26. Magnetic measurements indicate that [Co(OH2)6]2+ has three unpaired electrons. Therefore the hybridization
of the metal orbitals in [Co(OH2)6]2+ is
(a) sp3 d (b) dsp3 (c) sp3d2 (d) d2sp3
27. Consider the violet colored complex, [Cr(OH2)6]Cl3 and the yellow colored complex, [Cr(NH3)6]Cl3.
Which of the following statements is false?
(a) The two complexes absorb their complementary colors
(b) oct values for [Cr(OH2)6]3+ and [Cr(NH3)6]3+ are calculated directly from the energies of the violet
light and the yellow light, respectively.
(c) oct values for [Cr(OH2)6]3+ is less than  oct values for [Cr(NH3)6]3+.
(d) both complexes are paramagnetic and each metal ion has three unpaired electrons
28. Consider the following reaction scheme involving an equilibrium followed by a rate determining step. The
apparent rate constant for the formation of the product is given by
K k

A + B  Z   Product
(a) K (b) k/K (c) kK (d) k + K
29. Which of the following is not true about the critical point (Pc, Tc) in the P-V diagram?
(a) Gas, liquid and solid states exist in equilibrium at the critical point
(b) Density of the liquid and its vapor become equal at the critical point
(c) Interface between a liquid and its vapor disappears at the critical point
(d) An ideal gas system cannot exhibit a critical point
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30. The maximum number of stereoisomers that the following molecule can have is
(a) One (b) Two (c) Three (d) Four

31. The least basic amine among the following is
N
(a) (b) (c) (d)
N N N
H N
H H H
32. Graph of the function y 2  x, 0  x  1 is
1 1
(a) y (b) y
0 x 1 0 x 1
1 1
(c) y (d) y
0 x 0 x 1
1
33. There are 5 boxes. Only one ball can be put in each box. The number of ways in which 1 red and 1 blue
ball can be put into these boxes is n and the number of ways in which 2 red balls can be put into these
boxes is m. The value of n/m is
(a) 10 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 1
34. Most enzymes are
(a) proteins (b) carbohydrates
(c) lipids (d) nucleic acids
35. Which of the following vitamin contains cobalt (Co+2) ion?
(a) Vitamin B6 (b) Vitamin B12
(c) Folic acid (d) Biotin
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36. When crystal field splitting oct is 10 Dq and the pairing energy is P, the crystal field stabilization energy
(CFSE) for the diamagnetic octahedral [Co(NH3)6]3+ is
(a) 24 Dq (b) 18 Dq
(c) 24 Dq + 3P (d) 24 Dq + 2P
37. Color of the flame in the test for Barium is
(a) golden yellow (b) crimson red
(c) apple green (d) intense blue
38. Which of the following is not true about the viscosity of fluids?
(a) The viscosity of gas increases with increase in temperature
(b) The viscosity of liquid decreases with increase in temperature
(c) The viscosity of gas is independent of pressure
(d) The viscosity of gas is independent of temperature
39. Acetic acid associates in benzene to form dimmer. 1.65 gm acetic acid when dissolved in 100 gm benzene
raised the boiling point of the solvent by 0.36ºC. Calculate the degree of association of acetic acid in
benzene. [Given Kb = 2.6]
(a) 70% (b) 90% (c) 50% (d) 100%
40. The C-C bond length in benzene is
(a) equal to C-C bond length in ethylene (b) longer than C-C bond length in ethylene
(c) equal to C-C bond length in ethane (d) longer than C-C bond length in ethane
41. Robinson annulation is
(a) modified version of aldol reaction
(b) aldol condensation followed by Michael addition
(c) Michael addition followed by aldol condensation
(d) two consecutive Michael addition reactions
dx 1
42. If  and x  0 at t  0 , then t =
dt 1  t
x x
(a) e  x  1 (b) e  1 (c) 1  e x (d) 1  e
43. A thin wire is bent into an equilateral triangle. Another wire of same length is bent into a square. Ratio of
the areas, equilateral triangle / square is
(a) 3/4 (b) 3 / 4 (c) 4 / 3 (d) 4 / 3 3
44. Extra nuclear DNA in cells is found in
(a) mitochondria (b) endoplasmic reticulum
(b) ribosomes (d) lysosomes
45. Which of the following represents serine at pH = 2?
_ _
HO COO HO COO
(a) (b)
+
NH3 NH2
_
O COOH HO COOH
(c) (d) +
NH2 NH3
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46. The Ziegler-Natta catalyst is responsible for the conversion of
(a) benzene to phenol (b) ethylene to ethylene oxide
(c) acetylene to acetaldehyde (d) ethylene to polyethylene
47. Oxygen formation in photosynthesis is catalyzed by
(a) iron containing enzyme (b) magnesium containing enzyme
(c) manganese containing enzyme (d) cobalt containing enzyme
48. At STP, 1 kmole of a gas occupies 22.4 m . The molecular density (in molecules/m3) at STP is
3
(a) 6.02 × 1026 (b) 3 × 1010 (c) 2.7 × 1025 (d) 107
49. The Joule-Thomson process is
(a) isothermal (b) isobaric
(c) isochoric (d) isenthalpic
50. Ozonolysis of one mole of 5-methyl-1, 3-cyclopentadiene will produce
(a) two moles of glyceraldehydes
(b) one mole of 1, 3-propanedial and one mole of methylglyoxal
(c) one mole of glyoxal and one mole 2-methyl-1, 3-propanedial
(d) 0.5 mole of glycerol and 0.5 mole of glyoxal
51. The product in the following reaction is
O
CH 3
NaOD
?
D 2O
O O
D
CH 3 D CH 3
(a) (b)
O O
D D D
D CH 3 D CH 3
(c) (d)
52. The unit vectors along the Cartesian axes are i, j, k. A vector normal to the plane formed by the three points
with Cartesian coordinates, (0, 0, 0), (2, 1, 0), (1, 1, 1) is
(a) i + j + k (b) –i – j + k (c) i – 2j + k (d) i + 2j – k
0 1 0
53. The value of the determinant  1 0 1  is
 
 0 1 0 
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
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54. Among the three allotropes of an element, one is a good electrical conductor, the second one is known to
be one of the hardest materials and the third one has a molecular form with an icosahedral structure. The
element is
(a) boron (b) carbon (c) silicon (d) sulfur
55. The most abundant noble gas in air is
(a) neon (b) helium (c) xenon (d) argon
56. When 8.3 g of a compound containing N, H, and O was decomposed at 1000K. 3 litres each of N2 and
water and 1.5 litres of O2 were obtained. Empirical formula of the compound is
(a) N2 HO (b) NH2 O (c) NHO2 (d) NHO
57. A perfect gas expands reversibly at a constant temperature of 298K so that its volume doubles. What is
the change in the molar internal energy of the gas?
(a) +2.27 kJ/mol (b) 0 J/mol (c) +1.72 kJ/mol (d) –2.27 kJ/mol
58. The carbonyl stretch frequencies in IR spectrum will follow the order
(a) CH3COCH3 > CH3COOCH3 > CH3CONH2
(b) CH3COOCH3 > CH3COCH3 > CH3CONH2
(c) CH3CONH2 > CH3COCH3 > CH3COOCH3
(d) CH3COOCH3 > CH3CONH2 > CH3COCH3
59. Molecule with the highest dipole moment among the following is
O O
(a) (b)
Ph Ph
Ph Ph
O O
(c) (d)
Ph Ph
Ph Ph
d2y
60. Solution of the differential equation,  y, y (0)  0 is
dx 2
(a) eix (b) eix (c) sin x (d) cos x

61. In trigonal-bipyramidal polyhedron the number of vertices, trigonal faces and number of edges are
(a) 5, 6 and 9, respectively (b) 9, 6 and 5, respectively
(c) 5, 9 and 6, respectively (d) 6, 9 and 5, respectively
62. A 50 mL sample of water containing both Ca2+ and Mg2+ is titrated with 16.54 mL of 0.01104 M EDTA
in an ammonia buffer of pH = 10. Another 50 mL sample is treated with NaOH to precipitate Mg(OH)2
and then titrated at pH = 13 with 9.26 mL of the same EDTA solution. Calculate the amount of CaCO3
and MgCO3 in the sample in terms of ppm. [At. Wt of Ca = 40 and Mg = 24]
(a) 205 ppm Ca and 136 ppm Mg (b) 136 ppm Ca and 205 ppm Mg
(c) 182 ppm Ca and 102 ppm Mg (d) 9.13 ppm Ca and 1.69 ppm Mg
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63. While calculating the molecular weight of KSCN from atomic weights, a chemist accidentally recorded the
atomic weight of potassium as 39.10 and that of sulfur as 32.60. The other weights were recorded correctly.
Calculate the absolute error made in calculating the molecular weight of KSCN.
[Atomic weights : K = 39.01, S = 32.06, C = 12.01, N = 14.00]
(a) 97.18 (b) 97.63 (c) +0.63 (d) +71.7
64. Daniel cell is a
(a) reversible electrochemical cell (b) irreversible electrochemical cell
(c) reversible electrolytic cell (d) irreversible electrolytic cell
65. The angle of contact between the wall of a glass capillary tube of length 10cm and a liquid is 90º. If the
capillary tube is dipped vertically in the liquid, then the liquid
(a) will rise in the tube
(b) will get depressed in the tube
(c) will rise up to 10 cm in the tube and will overflow
(d) will neither rise nor fall in the tube
FBr
CH3 ?
CH 3 F CH 3 Br
(a) H (b) H (c) H (d) H
F CH 3 Br CH 3
Br Br F F
67. The major product formed in the following reaction sequence is
H3C OH
(1) PBr 3
?
(2) CH 3CO 2Na
CH3CO 2H
H 3C H 3C OCOCH 3
(a) O (b)
H 3C H3C H 3C Br
(c) + (d)
( n 1)
68. Sum of the series  n0 nx for x  0.5 is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
d d
69. If f ( x )  g ( x ) and h( x)  x 2 , then f (h( x )) 
dx dx
2 2 2
(a) 2 xg ( x 2 ) (b) g ( x ) (c) 2 xg ( x) (d) x g ( x )
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70. 50.00 mL of a 0.10 M acetic acid was taken in a 100 mL conical flask and exactly two drops of a dilute
solution of phenolphthalein (color transition range : 8.8 – 10.0) were added to it. The solution was titrated
by incremental addition of 0.10 M NaOH solution from a burette. Calculate the pH at which the mixture
in the conical flask is neutralized. (Ka for acetic acid = 1.75 × 10–5)
(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 8.73 (d) –7
2–
71. The dodecaborate ion, [B12H12] is a
(a) arachno borane (b) closo borane
(c) nido borane (d) linear borane
72. The standard enthalpy of vaporization of water at its normal boiling point (100ºC) is 40.7 kJ/mol. The
entropy (J/K/mol) and internal energy (kJ/mol) change are respectively,
(a) 109 and 40.7 (b) 109 and 37.6
(c) 407 and 40.7 (d) 407 and 2.26
73. The general reason for the elevation of the boiling point of a solvent when a nonvolatile solute is dissolved
in it, is the
(a) attractive interaction between the solvent and solute molecules
(b) repulsive interaction between the solvent and solute molecules
(c) increase in entropy
(d) enthalpy change associated with the dissociation
74. The sequence of reagents that will accomplish the synthesis of p-toluidine (4-aminotoluene) from benzene
is
(a) (i) CH3Cl, AlCl3 (ii) HNO3, H2SO4 (iii) H2
(b) (i) CH3Cl, AlCl3 (ii) HNO3, H2SO4 (iii) Fe, HCl (iv) NaOH
(c) (i) HNO3, H2SO4 (ii) Fe, HCl (iii) NaOH (iv) CH3Cl, AlCl3
(d) (i) HNO3, H2SO4 (ii) CH3Cl, AlCl3 (iii) Fe, HCl (iv) NaOH
75. The molecule at a different oxidation level in the following set of compounds is
OH OH
O
(a) (b) O (c) (d)
76. Given that A  B  A and A  B   (null set), we can conclude that

(a) B is a null set (b) A is the universal set
(c) B  A (d) A  B
77. In the plane triangle shown below; a, b, c denote edge length and A, B, C denote angles. It is given that
a  b . For such a triangle, which one of the following statements is always true?
A
c b
B a C
(a) A = B (b) A + B = 90
(c) A + B = C (d) c < a
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78. The amount of 14

6 C
isotope in a piece of wood is found to be 1/6 of that present in a fresh piece of wood.
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Calculate the age of the wood. Half-life of 6 C = 5577 years
(a) 14419 years (b) 10085 years (c) 40340 years (d) 15500 years
79. Which of the following is not an essential criterion for gravimetric analysis?
(a) Reaction should be quantitative (b) Product should precipitate easily
(c) Precipitate should possess colour (d) Particle size of precipitate should be big
80. In case of weak electrolytes the conductance at infinite dilution can be estimated using
(a) Kohlrausch’s Law of independent migration (b) Arrhenius theory of electrolytic dissociation
(c) Faraday’s laws of electrolysis (d) Debye-Huckel theory of interionic attraction
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81. The product when the isotope 90 Th undergoes a series of two  emissions followed by two  emissions
is
226 228 230 226
(a) 88 Ra (b) 84 Po (c) 88 Ra (d) 84 Po
82. The role of phosphate in detergent powder is to
(a) control pH level of the detergent water mixture (b) remove Ca+2 and Mg+2 ions from the water
(c) provide whiteness to the fabric (d) prevent liquid detergent from solidifying
83. Conversion of terminal alkyne into methyl ketone involves
(a) reaction with acetone
(b) reaction with HgSO4 and H2SO4
(c) formation of sodium acetylide and reaction with carbon dioxide
(d) addition of bromine
84. Which pair of functions represents parallel straight lines?
(a) y  x and y  2 x (b) y  4 x  5 and y  3 x  5
(c) y  x  2 and y  x  7 (d) y  x  0 and y  x  0

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85. Consider the following functions: e x , eix , e  x and sin x. Which one of the following statements is true?
2
x ix
(a) e and e are even functions
(b) sin x is the only periodic functions in the list
(c) e  x and sin x are odd functions
(d) eix is a periodic function
86. To which of the following spinel class does Fe3O4 belong to?
(a) extended (b) netted (c) normal (d) inverse
87. Using IUPAC nomenclature name the following complex [(NH3)3Pt(SCN)Pt(NH3)3]Cl3
(a) hexaammine-  -thiocyanatodiplatinum(II) chloride
(b) hexaammine-  -thiocyanatodiplatinum(IV) chloride
(c)  -thiocyanato-bis-triamminediplatinum(II) chloride
(d)  -thiocyanato-bis-triamminediplatinum(IV) chloride
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88. pH of the solution prepared by mixing 50 mL of 0.3 M NaOH and 50 mL of 0.1 M HCl would be
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 13 (d) 14
89. In an X-ray diffraction experiment X rays of 0.1 nm reflected from a crystal surface at 30º. The interplane
distance would be
(a) 0.05 nm (b) 0.1 nm (c) 0.2 nm (d) 0.5 nm
90. Among the following reactions the one which will not result in C-C bond formation is
(a) Reimer-Tiemann reaction (b) Friedel-Crafts reaction
(c) Wurtz reaction (d) Cannizzaro reaction
91. The most stable cation among the following is
(a) FH 2 (b) OH 3 (c) NH 4 (d) CH5
92. The bond order and bond type in the C2 molecule are, respectively
(a) 2; one sigma bond and one pi bond (b) 3; one sigma bond and two pi bonds
(c) 2; two pi bonds (d) 2; two sigma bonds
93. The number of unpaired electrons in the complex [CoF6]3– is
(a) three (b) four (c) zero (d) one
94. The paramagnetic molecule among the following is
(a) CO (b) NO 2 (c) CO 2 (d) N 2 O
95. The interplanar distance between (100) planes of simple cubic is 0.3 nm. The distance between the (122)
planes would be
(a) 0.1 nm (b) 0.2 nm (c) 0.3 nm (d) 0.9 nm
96. The molecular shape of IF5 is
(a) octahedral (b) tetrahedral
(c) square-pyramidal (d) trigonal-pyramidal
97. Which of the following is true for an electrolytic cell?
(a) An electric current is produced by a chemical reaction
(b) A nonspontaneous reaction is forced to occur
(c) Electrons flow towards the anode
(d) Electrons flow through the salt bridge
98. The structure which is not a resonance structure of others in the following is
_
O O
_
(a) (b)
O O
_
(c) (d)
_
99. Among the following the compound which would not be considered aromatic in its behaviour is
(a) (b) (c) (d)

N N
H
100. The decreasing order of acid strength among trichloroacetic acid (I), trifluoroacetic acid (II), acetic acid (III)
and formic acid (IV) is
(a) I > II > III > IV (b) I > III > II > IV
(c) II > I > IV > III (d) II > IV > III > I
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Instructions:
PART-A
1. The hybrid orbitals of the underlined atoms that form  bonds in BeCl2 (vapor), C2F4 and HCN are
respectively
(a) sp2, sp2 and sp (b) sp, sp2 and sp
(c) sp2, sp3 and sp2 (d) sp, sp3 and sp2
2. Identify the species with the lowest bond order among the following
(a) C 2 (b) NO
+
(c) Cl2 (d) O2 +
3. Identify the most appropriate for one carbon homologation
(a) Schmidt reaction (b) Arndt-Eistert reaction
(c) Aldol reaction (d) Sandmeyer reaction
4. Identify the most appropriate reaction involving HN3 as the reagent
(a) Curtius reaction (b) Schmidt reaction
(c) Hoffman degradation (d) Favorskii rearrangement
5. Identify the most appropriate reaction which employs formaldehyde as the key substrate
(a) Grignard reaction (b) Prins reaction
(c) Michael reaction (d) Friedel-Crafts reaction
2  d 2  x2 /2 
6. ex /2
 2e 
 dx 
2
(a) 1 (b) x
2
x2
(c) x  1 (d)
1  x2
2
7. If CO2 is cooled at 1 atm pressure, it changes directly into solid CO2 (dry ice). Based on this observation,
we can say that liquid CO2.
(a) cannot exist (b) forms only at low pressure
(c) can form only at high pressure (d) forms only on slow cooling
8. Given the enthalpy changes
Cl2(g)  2Cl(g) 57.9 kcal/mol
I2(g)  2I(g) 36.1 kcal/mol
ICl(g)  I(g) + Cl(g) 50.5 kcal/mol
I2(s)  I2(g) 15.0 kcal/mol
and that the standard states for iodine and chlorine are I2(s) and Cl2(g) at 298K, the standard heat of
formation of ICl(g) at 298 K is
(a) 58.5 kcal/mol (b) 4.0 kcal/mol
(c) –3.5 kcal/mol (d) –4.0 kcal/mol
x2  3
9. The smallest interval in which the function y  remains bounded is
x2  2
(a) (0, 1) (b) (1.0, 1.5)
(c) (2, 3) (d) (–1.5, 1.5)
10. The number of points at which the two curves x 2  y 2  0 and x 2  y 2  1 intersect is
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) 4
11. The numbers of  and  bonds present in the C3O2 are, respectively
(a) four and four (b) four and two
(c) three and four (d) four and three
12. Given the numbers, A = 2.0, B = 0.0 and C = 1  3i , the angle CBA in the complex plane (in radians)
is

(a) 0 (b)
3
 
(c) (d)
4 2
13. Identify (1R, 2R)-1, 2-diphenylethane-1, 2-diol
OH OH
Ph Ph
(a) Ph (b) Ph
OH OH
OH OH
Ph Ph
(c) Ph (d) Ph
OH OH
3
1000
dx
14.  2
is close to
999 x 1
(a) –1.0 (b) 0

(c) 1.0 (d) 
15. Identify the product X in the following reaction sequence
CH3 B 2H6 H2 O2
_ X
THF
OH
OH H
(a) (b) CH3
CH3
OH
H
H
H
CH3
(c) (d) CH3
H
HO O
16. In the X-ray diffraction pattern of an fcc crystal, the peak due to the (111) plane occurs at 2  24º . The
peak due to the (222) plane will be observed at 2 
(a) 12.0º (b) 28.2º
(c) 48.0º (d) 49.2º
1 1 2
17. Value of the determinant 5 2 1 is:
3 2 3
(a) 0 (b) 6
(c) 12 (d) 24
18. Suppose the coldest reservoir we have at hand is at 10ºC. If we want a heat engine that is at least 90%
efficient, the minimum temperature required for the hot reservoir is
(a) 1800K (b) 2880K
(c) 2800K (d) 2830K
19. Identify the diamagnetic complex among the following
(a) [Cr(CN)6]3– (b) [Co(NH3)6]2+
(c) [Ni(CN)4]2– (d) [CoF6]3–
20. The bond angle in the BF2– ion is closest to
(a) 90º (b) 100º
(c) 120º (d) 180º
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21. The major isomer obtained in the nitration of 1, 3-dicholorobenzene is
Cl Cl
NO2
(a) (b)
Cl Cl
NO 2
Cl Cl
O2N
(c) (d)
O2 N Cl Cl
22. The ionic strength of a solution that is 0.1 mol/kg in NaCl and 0.2 mol/kg in CaCl2 (assuming complete
dissociation) is
(a) 0.90 mol/kg (b) 0.70 mol/kg
(c) 1.40 mol/kg (d) 0.35 mol/kg
23. The osmotic pressure at 25ºC of an aqueous solution of sucrose with a molar concentration of 0.2 mol/
L is
(a) 4.89 atm (b) 4.30 atm
(c) 4.10 atm (d) 3.89 atm
+
24. What is the concentration of H3O in a solution at 25ºC that has pOH = 5.64?
(a) 2.29 × 10–4 (b) 2.34 × 10–4
(c) 4.10 × 10–9 (d) 4.37 × 10–9
25. Which one of the following is associated with bacterial cells?
(a) Ribosomes (b) Lysosomes
(c) Chloroplasts (d) Nucleus
PART-B
26. Among the following complexes which one does not obey the 18-electron rule?
(a) [Cr(CO)6] (b) [V(CO)6]
(c) [Ni(CO)4] (d) [Fe(CO)4]2–
27. The number of unpaired d electrons in the coordination complex anion [CoF6]3– is
(a) zero (b) three
(c) five (d) four
28. The active site of the metalloenzyme, nitrogenase has
(a) Cu–Zn (b) V–Ni
(c) Mo–Fe (d) Co–Zn
29. The paramagnetic species among the following is
(a) Cu4+ ion (b) singlet oxygen
6+
(c) Mo ion (d) triplet oxygen
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30. Which of the following statements regarding superacids is incorrect?
(a) Superacids are much stronger than concentrated H2SO4
(b) Superacids are aqueous acids
(c) Superacids are non-aqueous acids
(d) Fluorosulfonic acid is a superacid
31. The ion that does not show color in a flame test is
(a) Ca2+ (b) Cd2+
(c) Zn2+ (d) Pb2+
32. Oxygen has a positive oxidation state in
(a) O2 F2 (b) Na2O 2
(c) Cl2O2 (d) H2O2
33. Which of the following interhalogen compounds does not exist?
(a) ClF3 (b) FCl3
(c) IF5 (d) BrF3
34. The two complexes, [Co(NH3)6] [Cr(CN)6] and [Cr(NH3)6] [Co(CN)6] are
(a) linkage isomers (b) coordination isomers
(c) optical isomers (d) polymerization isomers
35. Based on Wade’s rules of electron counting, structure of carborane, CB8H14, is expected to be
(a) closo (b) nido
(c) arachno (d) galacto
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36. Phenyllithium reacts 10 times faster than methyllithium in nucleophilic addition reaction because
(a) phenyllithium is monomeric the THF solution
(b) phenyllithium exists as a tetramer in solution
(c) phenyllithium exists as a hexamer in solution
(d) methyllithium exists as a hexamer in solution
37. XeF6 cannot be handled in a quartz vessel, because it reacts with SiO2 forming
(a) XeOF4 (b) XeF4
(c) XeF2 (d) XeO4
38. To which class of the following spinels does Fe3O4 belong?
(a) normal (b) inverse
(c) extended (d) netted
39. Which of the following is responsible for the diphenylamine test in DNA?
(a) nucleobase (b) 2-deoxy-ribose
(c) D-ribose (d) adenine
40. The number of Sn axis/axes in tetrahedral SiF4 is
(a) one (b) two
(c) three (d) four
2+ –
41. The product in the reaction [Co(H2O)6] + xCl  ? + yH2O is
(a) [CoCl6]4– (b) [CoCl4]2–
(c) 2CoCl2 (d) [Co(H2O)4Cl2]
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42. Concentrated hydrochloric acid (molecular weight of HCl = 36.5 g) has a density of 1.19 g/ml and contains
37% HCl by weight. How many millilitres of the concentrated acid should be diluted to 1.00 liter with water
to prepare a 0.100 M solution?
(a) 8.3 mL (b) 3.65 mL
(c) 42.9 mL (d) 43.4 mL
43. Metallic potassium on treatment with liquid NH3 in the presence of catalytic amount of Fe2O3 provides
(a) KNH2 (b) Solvated e–
(c) KOH (d) KO 2
44. The second nuclide formed in the following fission reaction is
235
92 U  10 n  103 1
42 Mo  20 n  ?
131
(a) 51 Sb (b) 131
52 Te
131
(c) 49 In (d) 131
50 Sn
45. In common-ion effect, if a salt MX is added to an aqueous solution containing the solute MY (M is common
to both salts), presence of the dissolved Mn+ ions:
(a) assists the dissolution of MX compared with that in pure water
(b) does not affect the dissolution of MX compared with that in pure water
(c) suppresses the dissolution of MX compared with that in pure water
(d) will increase the solubility products of MX and MY
46. A molecule which can generate a nucleophile upon treatment with n-BuLi is
O O O S
(a) (b)
S S S
(c) (d)
S
47. Among the following, the compound that undergoes the fastest SN1 reaction is
(a) OTs (b) OTs
(c) OTs (d) CH3CH2 – OTs
48. Among the following, the compound having the most acidic proton is
CH3
(a) (b) CH3
(c) CH3 NO2 (d) CH3 CN
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H 3C CH 3
Cl
NaOEt
CH3
H 3C CH 3 H 3C CH 3
OEt
(a) (b)
CH 3 CH3
H 3C CH 3 H3 C
CH 3
(c) (d)
CH 3 CH 3
50. IUPAC name of the following compound is
OH
F
NH 2
(a) 4-amino-2-fluorohydroxybenzene (b) 3-fluoro-4-hydroxyaminobenzene

(c) 2-fluoro-4-aminohydroxybenzene (d) 2-hydroxy-5-aminofluorobenzene
51. Which of the following will not exist in the enol form at all, in CHCl3 solution?
(a) C6 H5 COCH2 COCH3 (b) CH3COCH2COCH3
(c) C6H5 COC(CH3)3 (d) CH3COCH2 CO2 C2 H5
52. The reagent used for the qualitative test of carbonyl group is
(a) NH2OH (b) NH2NH2
(c) NaHSO3 (d) 2,4-(NO2)2C6H3NHNH2
53. The process of conversion of a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen into liquid hydrocarbons is
known as
(a) Ziegler synthesis (b) Frankland synthesis
(c) Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (d) Corey-House synthesis
54. Natural silk is a polymer derived from
(a) amino acids (b) nucleosides
(c) nucleotides (d) adipic acid
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55. The appropriate reducing agent for the following transformation is
O O O
Me H Me OH
(a) LiAlH4 (b) NaBH4

(c) Na[BH(OCOCH3)3] (d) LiAlH(OtBu)3
56. Which of the following reagents cannot be used for the halogenation of primary alcohol?
(a) SOCl2 (b) PCl5
(c) PBr3 (d) NaI
57. Among the following, the form of alanine at pH = 2 is
CO 2H + CO2 H
(a) H 2N H (b) H3 N H
CH 3 CH3
_ _
CO 2 CO 2
+
(c) H 2N H (d) H 3N H
CH 3 CH 3
58. The compound which does not undergo decarboxylation upon heating is
O O CO2 H
CO2H
(a) (b)
HO2 C CO 2H
O
(c) (d)
CO2 H
CO2 H
59. C–H stretching vibration occurs at 2800 cm–1. The corresponding C–D vibration will occur at
(a) 3900–4200 cm–1 (b) 2800–3000 cm–1
(c) 3100–3200 cm–1 (d) 1900–2100 cm–1
60. The appropriate substrate for obtaining benzyne is
(a) nitrobenzene (b) 1,2-dibromobenzene
(c) benzoyl chloride (d) 2-aminobenzoic acid
61. DDT is an example of
(a) fungicide (b) herbicide
(c) insecticide (d) analgesic
62. Identify the most appropriate reaction from the following, which converts benzaldehyde to benzyl alcohol
and benzoic acid
(a) Cannizzaro reaction (b) Reimer-Tiemann reaction
(c) Perkin reaction (d) Curtius reaction
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63. The compound X(C10H16) reacts with two moles of H2 on catalytic hydrogenation. X gives two diketones
Y(C6H10O2) and Z(C4H6O2) on ozonolysis. The structure of X is
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
64. The molar enthalpy change of freezing of water is 6.01 kJ/mol. Value of the Cryoscopic constant for water
is
(a) 1.20 K kg/mol (b) 1.35 K kg/mol
(c) 1.86 K kg/mol (d) 2.20 K kg/mol
65. On a pressure-temperature phase diagram, the conditions under which a one-component system exists as
two phases in equilibrium corresponds to:
(a) a point (b) a line
(c) an area (d) the entire diagram
66. State which of the following statements is true for an ideal solution
(a) The solution and solvent both obey Raoult’s law
(b) The solute obeys Raoult’s law and the solvent obeys Henry’s law
(c) The solute obeys Henry’s law and the solvent obeys Raoult’s law
(d) The solution and solvent both obey Henry’s law
67. The number of nearest neighbors for an atom in a hexagonal close-packed crystal is
(a) 6 (b) 12
(c) 18 (d) 24
68. The number of normal modes of vibration in the benzene molecule is
(a) 6 (b) 30
(c) 12 (d) 36
69. If the equilibrium constant for the reaction A  B is 0.5 at a certain temperature, and the initial concentrations
of A and B are 20 and 10 mM, respectively, state which of the following statements is true
(a) The reaction is endothermic
(b) The reaction will proceed in the reverse direction producing a net increase in the concentration of A
if a catalyst is added to the reaction mixture
(c) The rates of forward and reverse reactions are equal
(d) The reaction is bimolecular
70. Which of the following is the condition for H º  T S º of a chemical equilibrium?
(a) C p  0 (b) C p  CV
(c) K eq  0 (d) K eq  1
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71. The amount of KMnO4 required to oxidize 5.0g of FeSO4(molecular weights of KMnO4 and FeSO4 are,
158g and 152g respectively) is close to
(a) 1g (b) 5g
(c) 0.5 g (d) 10 g
72. If the half-life of a reaction doubles as the initial concentration of the reactant is doubled, the order of the
reaction is
(a) Zeroth order (b) First order
(c) Second order (d) Pseudo first order
73. Which of the following can be added to maintain the pH of an aqueous solution when CO2 is dissolved
in it?
(a) NH4Cl (b) NaHCO3
(c) NaH2PO4 (d) CH3COOH
74. Solutions of the following compounds with the same molality are prepared. The solution of which of the
following has the lowest freezing point?
(a) KBr (b) Al(NO3)3
(c) NaNO2 (d) MgCl2
75. For which set of H º and S º will the reaction be spontaneous only at high temperatures?
(a) H º  70kJ; S º  30J/K (b) H º  70kJ; S º  30J/K
(c) H º  70kJ; S º  30J/K (d) H º  0kJ; S º  30J/K
76. Given the half-cell potentials show below, the standard cell potential of the cell with spontaneous
electrochemical reaction is
Hg2+ + 2e–  Hg Eº = 0.85V
2+ –
Zn + 2e  Zn Eº = –0.76V
(a) 0.09V (b) 1.61V
(c) 0.80V (d) 0.18V
77. Given  0m (HCl)  420,  0m (NaCl)  126,  0m (NaAc)  91 S cm2 mol–1, the equivalent conductance
(S cm2 eqv–1) at infinite dilution of acetic acid (HAc) is
(a) 385 (b) 637
(c) 455 (d) 203
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78. The Miller indices of the face having intercept ( a, 2b, c; where a, b, c are the unit cell axes) is:
2
(a) (410) (b) (220)
(c) (210) (d) (012)
–3
79. Aqueous solution of a compound with concentration 10 M, taken in a cell with path length 1 cm, absorbs
10% of the incident light. What concentration will be required to absorb 90% of the light?
(a) 0.022M (b) 0.044M
(c) 0.011M (d) 0.001M
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80. Given the following reaction at equilibrium at temperature, T:
N2(s) + 3H2(s)  2NH3
the relationship between Kc and Kp is:
(a) Kc = Kp(RT)2 (b) Kc = KpRT
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(c) Kp = KcRT (d) Kc = Kp(RT)–2
81. The vapour pressure of water at 20ºC is 17.5 Torr. The vapor pressure of an aqueous solution prepared
by dissolving 36.0 g of glucose (C6H12O6) in 14.4 g of water would be close to
(a) 14.0 Torr (b) 3.5 Torr
(c) 25.9 Torr (d) 17.5 Torr
82. For a hypothetical reaction; A + B + C  Products, the rate law is determined to be
rate = k[A][B]2
If the concentration of B is doubled without changing the concentration of A and C, the reaction rate:
(a) doubles (b) increases by a factor of four
(c) increases by a factor of six (d) decreases by a factor of eight
83. Which of the following is not found in prokaryotic cells?
(a) Cell membrane (b) Membrane bound nucleus
(c) Cytoplasm (d) Cell wall
84. The phase of the cell cycle in which the DNA replication takes place is
(a) M phase (b) S phase
(c) G0 phase (d) G1 phase
85. The nitrogenous base that is present in DNA but not in RNA is
(a) Adenine (b) Guanine
(c) Thymine (d) Uracil
86. A major difference between plant and animal cells is
(a) animal cells have mitochondria (b) plant cells have Golgi complexes
(c) animal cells have endoplasmic reticulum (d) plant cells have a large vacuole
dx
87. Given that  2  x, with x(t  0)  2, x at t = 10 is
dt
(a) 0 (b) 2 ln 10
–10
(c) 2e (d) 2e10
88. Consider a loaded coin that has a probability of 1/3 for the heads and 2/3 for the tails. The number of times
the tail is likely to come up when the coin is tossed thirty times is
(a) 0 (b) 10
(c) 20 (d) 30
89. The sum of the first N odd integers is
N ( N  1)
(a) N 2 (b)
4
N ( N  1) N3  N2
(c) (d)
4 42
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90. The integral that is finite among the following is
 
x x
(a)  e dx (b) e

dx

 
2
 x2
(c)  e x dx (d) e dx
 
0 1
91. Inverse of the matrix   is
 1 0 
0 1  0 1
(a)   (b)  
1 0  1 0 
 0 1  0 1
(c)   (d)  
1 0   1 0 
92. The function that is continuous and has a continuous first derivative over the real axis is
(a) e  x (b) e|x|
 e x  e x 
(c) ln  x  x  (d) ln(e x  e  x )
e e 
93. The function with exactly one minimum and one maximum is
2
(a) x 2 e  x (b) x 2 e  x
2 2
(c) x 2 e x (d) x sin x
94. Ratio of the areas of a circle and the largest square that can be inscribed in it is
3 
(a) (b)
2 2

(c) 2 (d)
3
95. The equation of a straight line that passes through the origin and is perpendicular to the line y  x  1 is
(a) y  x  1 (b) y   x  1
(c) y   x (d) y  x
96. The interior angle (the angle between two adjacent sides) in a regular octagon is
(a) 120º (b) 135º
(c) 144º (d) 150º
97. A vector perpendicular to the two vectors, (iˆ  ˆj  kˆ ) and (2iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ ) is
(a) iˆ  kˆ (b) iˆ  kˆ
(c) iˆ  ˆj  kˆ (d) ( 2iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ )

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dy
98. A solution to the equation  2axy  0 is
dx
2 ax
(a) y  e  ax (b) y  e
2
(c) y  ax 2  b (d) y  ln x
99. If a cube and a sphere have the same surface area, ratio of the volume of the cube to the volume of the
sphere is
 3
(a) (b)
6 4
4 3
(c) (d)
3 8
100. Select the correct statement of the cosine rule
(a) c 2  a 2  b 2  2ab cos C (b) c 2  a 2  b 2  2ab cos C
(c) c 2  a 2  b 2  ab cos C (d) c 2  a 2  b 2  2ac cos C
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H.C.U.-2016 : CHEMISTRY
PART – A
1. The increasing order of basicity of the following compounds is:
H NH2
NH2 NH H2N NH H2N NH
(I) (II) (III) (IV)
(a) (I) < (II) < (III) < (IV) (b) (I) < (II) < (IV) < (III)
(c) (II) < (I) < (III) < (IV) (d) (IV) < (III) < (II) < (I)
2. The major product formed in the following reaction is :
HI
?
(a) (b) (c) I (d)

I I
3. The increasing order of reactivity of the following compounds towards aqueous hydrolysis is:
O O O O O
Cl O OMe NH2
(I) (II) (III) (IV)
(a) (III) < (IV) < (I) < (II) (b) (III) < (II) < (IV) < (I)
(c) (IV) < (II) < (I) < (III) (d) (IV) < (III) < (II) < (I)
4. The chiral compound among the following is:
Cl H Cl H
(a) C (b) C C
Cl Cl H Cl
Cl Cl
Cl Cl
(c) C (d)
H H
Cl H
5. Conversion of phthalaldehyde into 2-hydroxymethylbenzoic acid is an example of:

(a) Wittig rearrangement (b) Smiles rearrangement
(c) Intramolecular aldol reaction (d) Intramolecular Cannizaro reaction
6. The increasing order of boiling point of the following isomeric hexanes is:
(I) (II) (III) (IV)

(a) (III) < (IV) < (II) < (I) (b) (I) < (II) < (IV) < (III)
(c) (III) < (IV) < (II) < (I) (d) (IV) < (III) < (II) < (I)
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7. A triangle with vertices P  5, 6  , Q  2, 3 and R  5,10  is:

(a) an equilateral triangle (b) an isosceles triangle
(c) a right-angled triangle (d) a scalene triangle
8. If the point (3, k) lies on the straight line through the points (8, 0) and (–7, –6), then k = :
(a) 2 (b) –3 (c) –2 (d) 3
9. The graph of 4 x 2  9 y 2  16 x  18 y  29  0 is:

(a) a circle (b) a parabola (c) an ellipse (d) a hyperbola
x2
10. lim 2

x 2 x 4
(a) 0 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 
11. Roots of the polynomial x 3  4 x 2  2 x  4 are:

(a) 2, 3,  3 (b) 2, 3  1,  3  1 (c) 2, 3  1,  3  1 (d) 2,  3  1, 3  1
1
12. The nth derivative of f  x   is:
1 x
 n 1 n 1 n 1 n 1
(a) 2  n !1  x  (b) 2  n  1!1  x  (c) 2  n !1  x  (d) 2  n !1  x 
13. The following solutions are mixed together in a beaker. Predict from which solution CaF2  K sp  4  1011  will
precipitate
(a) 100 mL of 2.0  104 M Ca 2  ion plus 100 mL of 2.0  104 M F ion
(b) 100 mL of 2.0  105 M Ca 2  ion plus 100 mL of 2.0  10 4 M F ion
(c) 100 mL of 2.0  102 M Ca 2  ion plus 100 mL of 6.0  103 M F ion
(d) 100 mL of 2.0  104 M Ca 2  ion plus 100 mL of 6.0  104 M F ion
14. Consider (a) photoelectric effect (b) interference, and (c) the equation E  mc 2 . The behavior of light in these
cases are, respectively, as :
(a) particle, particle, wave (b) wave, particle, wave
(c) wave, wave, particle (d) particle, wave, particle
15. A sample of 4.6 g of N 2O 2  g  taken in a 1 L flask at 27ºC dissociates partially to NO 2 (g) . if the equilibrium
total pressure is 1.4 atm, calculate the fraction of N 2 O 4 dissociated (assume perfect gas behavior for all).
(a) 0.24 (b) 0.14 (c) 0.50 (d) 0.64
16. At 20ºC, water and toluene require 102.2 and 68.9 seconds, respectively to flow through the capillary of an
Ostwald viscometer. The densities of water and toluene are 0.998 and 0.866 g cm–3, respectively. if the
viscosity of water is 0.01 P, the viscosity of toluence is close to :
(a) 0.006 P (b) 0.009 P (c) 0.06 P (d) 0.01 p
17. Heat of neutralization between HCl and NaOH is 13.7 kcal mol–1 and between HCN and NaOH is 3 kcal
mol–1. the heat of ionization of HCN in kcal mol–1 is :
(a) 16.7 (b) 10.7 (c) 13.7 (d) 5.7
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18. In an orbital, the signs of lobes designate the:

(a) sign of the wave function (b) sign of the probability distribution
(c) presence or absence of electron (d) sign of charge
19. Which of the following is a disproportionation reaction?
(a) 2H 2 O 2  2H 2 O  O 2 (b) CO23   2H   H 2 O  CO 2
(c) Cr2 O 72   H 2 O  2CrO 42  2H  (d) 2Cu 2  4I   2CuI  I 2
20. How many isomers are possible for the octahedral complex,  CrCl2 Br  OH 2 3  ?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
21. Which of the following compounds/ions among FeF63 , Cu  SCN  , CoCl24 , Ni  CO 4 , PtCl 24 are diamag-
netic?
(a) CoCl24  and PtCl 24  (b) FeF63 , Cu  SCN  , and Ni  CO  4
(c) Cu  SCN  and Ni  CO 4 (d) Cu  SCN  , Ni  CO  4 and PtCl24
22. When 27 g of N 2 O5 was reacted with 10 g of water, 27 g of nitric acid was obtained. What is the percentage
yield of nitric acid?
(a) 32 (b) 67 (c) 87 (d) 100
23. Choose the correct hybridization for the underlined atoms in the compounds, BCl3, BeCl2 and HCN.
3 2
(a) sp 2 , sp 2 and sp (b) sp3 , sp 2 and sp (c) sp 2 , sp and sp (d) sp , sp and sp
24. Among the four compounds SnCl4 , SnCl2 , Pb  OAc 4 and PbI2 , the oxidizing and reducing agents are,
respectively,
(a) SnCl4 and PbI 2 (b) SnCl2 and Pb  OAc  4
(c) Pb  OAc  4 and SnCl2 (d) Pb  OAc  4 and SnCl4
25. The degree of unsaturation in a lipid is measured in the form of:

(a) Polenski number (b) saponification number
(c) iodine number (d) Reichert-Meissil number
PART – B
26. In the zwitterionic form, an amino acid acts as:
(a) a proton donor (b) a proton acceptor
(c) both proton donor and acceptor (d) a conductor of electricity
27. A nucleoside differs from a nucleotide in that:
(a) it lacks the nitrogenous base (b) it lacks the sugar
(c) it lacks the phosphate (d) it lacks hydroxyl group
28. The term ‘clone’ cannot be applied to offspring formed by sexual reproduction because:
(a) offspring do not possess exact copies of parental DNA
(b) DNA of only one parent is copied and passed on to the offspring
(c) offspring are formed at different times
(d) DNA of parent and offspring are completely different
29. The maximum value of the function, 6 cos 4x is:
(a) 1 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 24
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30. Angle between the vectors X  ˆi  2ˆj  3kˆ and Y  2iˆ  3jˆ  kˆ is:
(a) 60º (b) 90º (c) 120º (d) 180º
31. Out of 5 mathematics and 7 chemistry questions in an examination, 2 mathematics and 4 chemistry questions
are to be answered. If one chemistry question is mandatory, then the number of ways for answering is:
(a) 35 (b) 200 (c) 350 (d) 4000
1 1 4
32. Value of the determinant 2 2 6 is:
1 1 5
(a) 10 (b) –7 (c) 0 (d) 5
33. The points of intersection of the curves y  4x 2 and x  4y 2 are:

(a) (0, 0) and (0.5, 0.5) (b) (0.25, 0.25) and (0.5, 0.5)
(c) (0, 0) and (0.25, 0.25) (d) (0, 0) and (–0.25, –0.25)
34. Maximum of the function, y  x ln x  (1  x) ln(1  x) is at x =

(a) 0.25 (b) 0.50 (c) 0.75 (d) 1.00
1  i i 
35. Inverse of the matrix  i 1  i  is:

1  i i  1  i i   i 1 i 1  i i 
(a)  i 1  i  (b)  i 1  i  (c) 1  i i  (d)  i 1  i 
   
36. Among the following sets, the set which is a group under multiplication is:
(a) 1, i (b) 1, i,  i (c) 1,  1, i (d) 1,  1, i,  i
37. A hypothetical element having symbol E has two isotopes with natural abundances of 25% and 75%. If this
element forms a diatomic molecule E 2 , what is the probability that a molecule in a large sample of E 2 will have
both the isotopes?
1 3  1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 8 4 24
38. Sum of the series 2, 10, 30, 68, 130, 222, .......... up to n terms is:
1 1
(a) n  n  1 (b) n  2n  1 2n  5 
2 6
1 2 2 1
(c) n  n  1 (d) n  n  1  n 2  n  2 
4 4
dy 1
39. The general solution for y 2 of the equation  y  is:
dx y
(a) Ae x  1 (b) Ae 2x  1 (c) A  e x  e  x  (d) A  e x  e x 
40. Value of the derivative of the function  x 2  1 /  x 2  1 at x  1 is:

(a) –2 (b) –1 (c) 1 (d) 2
5
41. Spallation of 63 Cu by bombardment with a proton of energy around 110 – 170 MeV leads to the formation of:
38 38
(a) Cl  p  n  6 (b) Cl  25 Al  n (c) 24
Na  39 K  n (d) 39
Cl  24 Al  n
42. Which of the following functions will have the greatest slope at x = 0 ?
(a) e3x (b) cos x (c) 2 sin x (d) x 3
43. Match the complex ions given in Column I with the hybridization and number of unpaired electrons given in
Column II.
Column - I Column - II
3
A.  Ti  H 2 O  6  (i) d 2sp3 , 1
B.  CrCl6 3 (ii) sp3d 2 , 1

3
C.  Fe  CN  6  (iii) sp3d 2 , 2
2
D.  Ni  NH 3 6  (iv) sp3 d 2 , 3
(a) A-i, B-ii, C-iii, D-iv (b) A-ii, B-iv, C-i, D-iii
(c) A-iv, B-ii, C-iii, D-i (d) A-iv, B-iii, C-ii, D-i
44. In a reaction A  products, the concentration [A] varies with time, t as shown below..
t/ min 0 2 4 6
 A /M 10 9 8 7
Order of the reaction is:
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 1.5 (d) 2
45. A spectrophotometer cell when filled with liquid A transmits 50% and when filled with liquid B transmits only
25% of the incident light at a certain wavelength. What would be the optical density at this wavelength when the
same cell is filled with a mixture of equal volumes of A and B?
(a) 0.45 (b) 0.50 (c) 0.75 (d) 0.90
46. If two solutions are separated by a semipermeable membrane and solvent flows in both directions equally, then
the solutions are called:
(a) iso-osmotic (b) isotonic (c) ideal (d) none of the above
47. The ratio of velocities of Ag  and NO 3 ions in an aqueous solution of AgNO3 is 0.92. The transport number
of Ag  and NO 3 are, respectively,,
(a) 0.48 and 0.52 (b) 0.38 and 0.62 (c) 0.62 and 0.38 (d) 0.52 and 0.48
48. Which one of the following events occurs during the charging of a lead storage battery?
(a) consumption of sulphuric acid (b) formation of sulphuric acid
(c) formation of lead sulphate (d) consumption of lead
49. Metals present in the metalloenzymes, carbonic anhydrase and sulphite oxidase are:
(a) Cu and Mo respectively (b) Zn and Mo respectively
(c) Mo and Cu respectively (d) Co and Zn respectively
50. For the transformation RCl  H 2 O (excess)  ROH  HCl , molecularity and order of the reaction are,
respectively,
(a) 2 and 2 (b) 2 and 1 (c) 1 and 2 (d) 1 and 1
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51. When 0.6 g of an organic compound decomposed, 112 mL of nitrogen and 226 mL of carbon dioxide were
released at STP. The molecular weight of the compound is likely to be:
(a) 106 (b) 116 (c) 126 (d) 136
52. A sample of 10 mol of an ideal gas is compressed isothermally and reversibly from 230 L to 2.3 L at 300 K.
The free energy change during the process is:
(a) –230 kJ (b) –115 kJ (c) 115 kJ (d) 230 kJ
53. Given the q is the heat transferred to a system, w is the work done on the system and U is the change in
internal energy of the system, which of the following is correct?
(a) For an isothermal process, q   w (b) For an isochoric process, U   q
(c) For an adiabatic process, U   w (d) For a cyclic process, q   w
54. The rate constant of a reaction is 1.0 s 1 and 10 s 1 at 300 K and 600 K respectively. The activation energy
gy
of the reaction is:
(a) 9.2 kJ mol1 (b) 10.1 kJ mol1 (c) 11.5 kJ mol1 (d) 12.1 kJ mol1
55. Calculate the EMF of the cell and the free energy change associated with the cell reaction for the cell
º
Cu Cu 2   0.0200 M  Ag   0.0200 M  Ag , maintained at 25ºC. (E Ag  / Ag   0.799 V, ECu
º
2
/Cu

 0.333 V)
(a) + 0.412 V and – 79.5 kJ (b) – 0.412 V and + 79.5 kJ
(c) + 0.462 V and – 89.2 kJ (d) – 0.462 V and + 89.2 kJ
56. In two experiments, an ideal (perfect) gas undergoes reversible expansion from volume Vi to Vf (i) isother-
mally and (ii) adiabatically. If the initial pressure is the same in both, the final pressure in the two cases, piso and
p ad , are such that:
(a) piso  pad  1 bar (b) piso  pad  1 bar (c) piso  p ad (d) piso  p ad
57. Ionization constant, K w of water at 37ºC is 2.42  1014 mol2 L2 . The pH of neutral water at this tempera-
ture is:
(a) 8.1 (b) 7.0 (c) 6.8 (d) 4.5
58. X-ray diffraction from a cubic lattice shows the (110) peak at   20º : what will be the angle for (111) peak?
(a) 18.8 (b) 24.5 (c) 24.8 (d) 25.0
59. Given the standard reduction potentials at 25ºC, E (A  , A)  0.6 V and E (B , B)  0.8 V , Predict the
spontaneous reaction at 25ºC from the following.
(a) A   B  A  B (b) A  B  A   B
(c) A   B  A 2   B (d) A   B   A  B2
The standard potential E0 of a given cell is 1.1 V at 298 K and  E / T  P  6.5  10 V K . Calculate
0 5 1
60.
H 0 for the cell reaction assuming n = 2.

(a) –208 kJ mol1 (b) 216 kJ mol1 (c) 104 kJ mol1 (d) 104 kJ mol1
7
61. An iron ore was analysed by dissolving 1.1324 g of the sample in concentrated HCl. The resulting solution was
diluted with water, and the iron(III) was precipitated as the hydrous oxide Fe 2 O3  xH 2 O by the addition of
NH3 . After filtration and washing, the residue was ignited at a high temperature to give 0.5394 g of pure
Fe 2 O3 (Mol. Wt.  159.69) . The % Fe (At. Wt. = 55.845) in the sample is:
(a) 0.30 % (b) 33.32 % (c) 34.97 % (d) 47.63 %
62. In a glass tube, the observed capillary rise is 2 cm at 20 ºC. The density and surface tension of water are 1 g
cm–3 and 0.0728 N m–1, respectively. neglecting the density of air, the diameter of the tube is:
(a) 1.49 mm (b) 0.55 mm (c) 0.75 mm (d) 1.1 mm
63. The ionic mobility of Li  ion in methanol at 25ºC is 4.13  104 cm 2 V 1s 1 . If the viscosity coefficient of
methanol at this temperature is 0.55 cP, the hydrodynamic radius of Li  ion in the solution is:
(a) 4.1 Å (b) 2.7 Å (c) 1.9 Å (d) 3.7 Å
64. The color of a dilute solution of sodium in liquid ammonia is blue. It is due to:
(a) the formation of sodium – ammonia complex
(b) the formation of sodium amide and H2
(c) the formation of solvated electrons
(d) decrease in the pH of ammonia
65. An object of mass 2 g is suspended from the end of a spring. The frequency of its vibration is 3 Hz. force
constant of the spring is:
(a) 0.11 N m 1 (b) 2.1 N m 1 (c) 0.71 N m 1 (d) 5.2 N m 1
66. Adsorption of a gas is described by the Langmuir isotherm with K  0.777 kPa 1 at 25ºC. the pressure at
which the fractional surface coverage becomes 0.2 is:
(a) 1.02 kPa (b) 0.52 kPa (c) 0.26 kPa (d) 0.32 kPa
4 2
67. The CFSE for octahedral  CoCl6  is 18,000 cm–1. The CFSE for tetrahedral  CoCl 4  is expected to be:
(a) 8000 cm 1 (b) 12000 cm 1 (c) 16000 cm 1 (d) 20000 cm 1
68. Which one of the following molecules has an overall dipole moment?
(a) CO 2 (b) SO 2 (c) BF3 (d) XeF4
69. Choose the correct statement with respect to hypophosphorous acid in its predominant form from the follow-
ing.
(a) It is dibasic and it has two P-H bonds (b) It is monobasic and it has one P-H bond
(c) It is dibasic and it has one P-H bond (d) It is monobasic and it has two P-H bonds
70. For the compounds Fe3O 4 and Co3O 4 , which of the following statements is correct?
(a) They have normal spinel and inverse spinel structures, respectively
(b) Both do not have spinel structures
(c) They are not mixed valent compounds
(d) They have inverse spinel and normal spinel structures respectively
71. The increasing order of Lewis acidity is:
(a) BF3  BCl3  BBr3 (b) BBr3  BCl3  BF3
(c) BCl3  BBr3  BF3 (d) BF3  BBr3  BCl3
8
72. Which of the following atoms show highest catenation ability?

(a) Cl (b) S (c) P (d) Se
73. Which of the following complexes (0.1 mol), during precipitation titration with Ag  ion, will result the maxi-
mum precipitate of AgCl?
(a)  CrCl2  H 2 O 4  Cl  2H 2 O (b)  CrCl  H 2 O 5  Cl 2  H 2 O
(c)  Cr  H 2 O 6  Cl3 (d) same in case of all the three complexes
74. The formula of the basic structural unit in a one-dimensional silicate is :

4 2 6 6
(a)  SiO 3  (b)  SiO 3  (c)  Si3O 9  (d)  Si 4 O11 
75. The color of potassium dichromate is due to :

(a) metal to ligand charge transfer transition (b) d-d transition
(c) transition in potassium ion (d) ligand to metal charge transfer transition
76. The type of bonds present in diborane B2 H 6 are:

(a) six (2c – 2e) B–H bonds
(b) four (2c – 2e) B–H bonds and two (3c –2e) B–H–B bonds
(c) four (3c – 2e) B–B bonds and two (2c – 2e) B–H bonds
(d) one (2c – 2e) B–B bond and six (2c – 2e) B–H bonds
77. The structures of BCl3 and AlCl3 in their liquid state are, respectively:
(a) monomer and monomer (b) dimer and dimer
(c) dimer and monomer (d) monomer and dimer
78. Acetic acid is weak acid in aqueous solution. In sulphuric acid, it behaves as:
(a) base (b) strong acid (c) mild acid (d) amphoteric
79. The decreasing order of rate of acetolysis of the following compounds is:
TsO H TsO H TsO H
(I) (II) (III)

(a) (III) > (II) > (I) (b) (II) > (III) > (I) (c) (I) > (III) > (II) (d) (III) > (I) > (II)
80. The structure of XeF5 according to VSEPR theory is:

(a) pentagonal planar with two non-bonding pairs above and below the plane of the pentagon
(b) square based pyramidal arrangement
(c) trigonal bipyramidal geometry
(d) distorted octahedral geometry
81. The ratio of mass of Pb 206 to the mass of U 238 in a certain rock specimen is found to be 0.5. Estimate the age
of rock assuming that it originally contained no lead. Half-life of uranium is 4.5  109 years.
(a) 2.63  109 years (b) 1.63  109 years (c) 2.03  109 years (d) 2.99  109 years
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82. The enolate responsible for the formation of a stable intramolecular aldol product from the following diketone
X would be:
O
X O
O O
(a) (b)
OK OK
OK OK
(c) (d)
O O
83. The reagent system used for the following transformation is:
? O
(a) (i) BH, (ii) H 2 O 2 , NaOH (b) HgSO 4 (1 equiv.), H+

2
(c) HgSO 4 (1 equiv.), H 2 O 2 (d) HOBr (1 equiv.), aqueous NaOH
84. Identify the compound having carbon with highest oxidation state.
(a) CH 4 (b) HCHO (c) HCN (d) CH 2 Cl2
85. The aromatic systems among the following are:

H O
(I) (II) (III) (IV)

(a) (III) and (IV) (b) (I) and (II) (c) (II) and (IV) (d) (I) and (IV)
86. In the three dimensional structure of DNA:
(a) adenine pairs with cytosine involving 3 hydrogen bonds
(b) thymine pairs with adenine involving 3 hydrogen bonds
(c) guanine pairs with cytosine involving 3 hydrogen bonds
(d) cytosine pairs with thymine involving 3 hydrogen bonds
87. The IUPAC name of the following compound is:
(a) 1-methyl-2-vinylcyclopentene (b) 1-vinyl-2-methylcyclopent-2-ene

(c) 1-methyl-5-vinylcyclopentene (d) 2-methyl-3-vinylcyclopentene
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88. The increasing order of energy of the following conformers is:
(I) (II) (III)

(a) (II) < (III) < (I) (b) (I) < (II) < (III) (c) (III) < (II) < (I) (d) (I) < (III) < (II)
89. The major product formed in the following reaction is:
O
(i) Br2, AcOH
?
(ii) NaOEt, EtOH
O O O
O
OEt
(a) (b) OEt (c) (d)
O
90. The product of the following reaction is:

NaNO2, HCl
?
N 0ºC
H
O2N NO2
N N N N
(a) Cl (b) (c) N
(d)
N N
O H
O O
91. The increasing order of reactivity of the following compounds (I) – (III) towards reaction with maleic anhy-
dride (IV) is:
O
O S
O
(I) (II) (III) (IV)
(a) (I) < (II) < (III) (b) (II) < (I) < (III) (c) (II) < (III) < (I) (d) (III) < (II) < (I)
92. The minimum number of mole(s) of phenylhydrazine required for the complete conversion of one mole of
glucose to its corresponding osazone derivative is:
(a) 1 mole (b) 2 moles (c) 3 moles (d) 6 moles
93. The most appropriate reaction that produces compounds containing -hydroxyketone moiety is:
(a) Aldol reaction (b) Perkin condensation
(c) Benzoin condensation (d) Knoevenagel condensation
94. The compound which, upon heating, results in a ketone with molecular weight 58 is:
O O
O O O O O
(a) OH (b) (c) (d)
O O OH O
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95. The increasing order of reactivity of the following compounds towards HNO3 /H 2SO 4 is:
NO2 Cl OH
(I) (II) (III) (IV)

(a) (II) < (I) < (III) < (IV) (b) (I) < (II) < (IV) < (III)
(c) (II) < (I) < (IV) < (III) (d) (I) < (II) < (III) < (IV)
96. Among the following compounds the one that is most soluble in water is:
(a) OH (b) OH (c) (d)

OH OH
97. Assign the configurations of the chiral centers in the following compound.
O OH

H

HO H
(a) 2S, 4S (b) 2R, 4R (c) 2S, 4R (d) 2R, 4S
t-BuOK
?
t-BuOH
Br
(a) (b) (c) (d)

Ot-Bu
99. The decreasing order of reactivity of the following compounds towards iodide (I–) under SN2 reaction condi-
tion is:
O O
OSO2CF3 OCCH3 OCCCl3
(I) (II) (III)

(a) (II) > (III) > (I) (b) (I) > (III) > (II) (c) (II) > (III) > (I) (d) (III) > (I) > (II)
100. The incorrect statement with respect to fluorescence is:
(a) fluorescence is a radiative process
(b) fluorescence occurs at higher energy region than the absorption
(c) maximum possible fluorescence quantum yield is 1
(d) fluorescence occurs at lower energy region than the absorption
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H.C.U.-2017 : CHEMISTRY
PART – A
1. Tommy has to cross two rivers to meet Janny. The first river has 10 bridges and the second one has 20 bridges.
How many possible paths can Tommy follow to meet Janny?
(a) 200 (b) 2 (c) 201 (d) 199
2. If the carbon-carbon bond length in benzene (C 6 H 6 ) is 1.40 Å, the distance between the carbons at 1 and 3
position is :
(a) 2.000 Å (b) 2.135 Å (c) 2.425 Å (d) 2.800 Å
3. If the ratio of the area of a square to that of a circle is equal to , the ratio of perimeter of the square to the
circumference of the circle is equal to :
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
4. The absolute configurations of the following compounds are :
COOH H
H3C H H3C CH2SH
CH2OH COOH
P Q
(a) ‘R’ in P and ‘S’ in Q (b) ‘R’ in both P and Q
(c) ‘S’ in P and ‘R’ in Q (d) ‘S’ in both P and Q
5. The most electrophilic molecule among the following is :
(a) H 2 O (b) H 2 C CH 2 (c) BF3 (d) NH3
6. The gas which effuses 2.3 times faster than N 2 O 4 at the same temperature is :
(a) NH3 (b) CN 2 (c) O3 (d) N 2 O
7. 100 g of C 6 H 6 is mixed with 100 g of C6 H5 CH 3 at 20ºC and 1 atm. Assuming ideal behavior, the entropy of
mixing (in cal K–1) is :
(a) 3.24 (b) 5.24 (c) 7.24 (d) 4.24
8. The quantum numbers n, l, and m of the highest occupied atomic orbital of Be are :
(a) (1, 0, 0) (b) (2, 0, 0) (c) (2, 1, 0) (d) (2, 1, 1)
9. The osmotic pressure of a 3.42% (W/V) solution of sucrose (Molecular weight = 342) and a solution of 1.73
g of a molecule, A, in 100 mL of water are same at the same temperature. The molecular weight of A is:
(a) 123 (b) 273 (c) 676 (d) 173
10. The IUPAC name of the following compound is :
CH3
H
HO CH2 C C CH C CH2
(a) 4-Methylhex-5-en-2-yn-l-ol (b) 3-Methylhex-4-yn-6-ol
(c) 1-Hydroxy-4-methylhex-5-en-2-yne (d) 6-Hydroxy-3-methylhex-4-yn-1-ene
3
25. Mg 2SiO 4 belongs to the class of

(a) pyrosilicates. (b) chain silicates. (c) sheet silicates. (d) orthosilicates.
PART – B
2 2
26. Both  Ni  CN  4  and  Zn  CN 4  are diamagnetic. The hybridization of valence orbitals of Ni2  and
Zn 2 in these complexes will be

(a) sp3 for both. (b) sp3 and dsp 2 , respectively..
(c) dsp 2 for both. (d) dsp 2 and sp3 , respectively..
27. The activation energy of a certain reaction is 87 kJ mol–1. The ratio of the rate constants of this reaction at 37ºC
to the reaction at 15ºC is:
5 8.3 13 24
(a) (b) (c) (d)
1 1 1 1
28. Addition of concentrated H 2SO 4 to a solution of KMnO 4 leads to the formation of an explosive oil with
formula:
(a) Mn 2 O 7 (b) Mn 3O 4 (c) MnO 2 (d) K 2 MnO 4
8
29. The borane  B8 H 8  can be classified as:
(a) Arachno borane (b) Closo borane (c) Hypho borane (d) Nido borane
30. When dilute HCl is added to a white salt, effervescence is observed along with a colorless and odourless gas.
Then a white precipitate is also formed which dissolves on heating. The salt is:
(a) Na 2SO 4 (b) ZnCO3 (c) PbCO3 (d) HgNO3
31. How many geometric isomers are possible for the complex [Co(dien)ABC], where dien =
NH2CH2CH2NHCH2CH2NH2, a tridentate ligand and A, B and C are monodentate ligands?
(a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 2
32. Which of the following is a correct description of the gas phase structure of XeF6 ?
(a) Perfect octahedral (b) Distorted octahedral
(c) Trigonal prismatic (d) Polymeric with Xe octahedral
33. A constant current of 0.800 A is used to deposit copper at the cathode. The number of grams of copper
deposited in 15.2 min, considering the half-reaction; Cu 2   2e   Cu(s) , is (Atomic weight of Cu = 63.5 g
mol–1):
(a) 0.772 g (b) 0.240 g (c) 0.480 g (d) 12.16 g
34. The total number of valence electrons in each metal atom in the dichloro bridged complex
(CO) 2 Rh    Cl 2  Rh(CO)2 is:
(a) 14 (b) 16 (c) 17 (d) 18
35. The amount of BaCl 2  2H 2 O (Molecular weight = 244.3 g mol–1) required to prepare 500 mL of 0.0740 M
chloride ion (Cl–) solution in water is:
(a) 4.52 g (b) 9.04 g (c) 7.71 g (d) 8.35 g
36. If i, j and k are unit vectors along the Cartesian axes x, y and z directions respectively, length of the projection
of the vector 3i – 4j + 2k on the xy plane is :
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 7
5
48. One mole of a compound with molecular formula C9 H16 upon ozonolysis gives one mole each of acetone,
formaldehyde and levulinaldehyde (a ketoaldehyde). The compound is:
(a) 2,6-dimethylhepta-2,5-diene (b) 2,6-dimethylhepta-1,6-diene
(c) 2,6-dimethylhepta-1,5-diene (d) (E)-2,6-dimethylhepta-2,4-diene
OH SOCl2
?
Pyridine
Cl Cl
(a) (b) (c) (d)
50. Choose the planar species from the following:

(i) XeF4 , (ii) ClO 4 , (iii) PdCl 24 , (iv) MnO4
(a) (i) and (ii) (b) (i) and (iv) (c) (iii) only (d) (i) and (iii)
51. The two curves X 2  Y 2  4 and X 2  Y 2  2 intersect each other at

(a) no point. (b) one point. (c) two points. (d) four points.
52. If  and  are the remaining two angles of a right angle triangle, sin(2) is equal to:
(a) cos  2  (b) sin  2  (c) 1  tan 2  (d) sec 2 
53. Given the series 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, X, ..., the value of X is:
(a) 34 (b) 29 (c) 27 (d) 25
d
54. ln  x 2  2x  1  at x  0 is:
dx  
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
55.  
The complex number 2  i 2 3 in polar form is given by:
(a) 4ei /3 (b) 4ei 2 /3 (c) 4ei 4  /3 (d) 4ei5  /3
56. The increasing order of heat of combustion of the following compounds is:
I II III
(a) I < II < III (b) II < III < I (c) II < I < III (d) III < II < I
57. Nickel (Atomic weight = 58.71 g mol–1) crystallizes in FCC lattice with a unit cell length of 3.52 Å. The density
(in g cm–3) of nickel is:
(a) 3.24 (b) 5.64 (c) 8.94 (d) 18.2
l  x   x 
58.  sin   cos   dx 
0 l   l 
(a) 0.00 (b) l (c) 1.00 (d) 
2
59. lim
x  0 x 2  4  x   
2
(a) 0.50 (b) 0.25 (c) 0.00 (d) 2.00
7
72. If the average speed of hydrogen molecule at a given temperature is c, then the average speed of oxygen
molecule at the same temperature will be
c c
(a) 2c (b) 4c (c) (d)
2 4
73. Argon gas (assumed to be ideal) is expanded reversibly and adiabatically from a volume of 50 L to 200 L. If
the initial temperature is 300 K then the final temperature would be :
(a) 75 K (b) 37.5 K (c) 119 K (d) 200 K
74. The standard potential of the cell, Zn | Zn 2  || Fe3 | Fe 2   E 0Zn 2 / Zn  0.76 V and E 0Fe3 / Fe2  0.77 V  is:
(a) +0.77 V (b) –1.53 V (c) +2.30 V (d) +1.53 V
75. Which of the following processes results in the formation of neutrino?
(a) -ray emission (b) -ray emission (c) -ray emission (d) X-ray emission
76. The organelle in the cell, other than the nucleus, that contains DNA is:
(a) Golgi apparatus (b) lysosomes (c) mtochondria (d) peroxisomes
77. Identify the reaction involving olefination of ketones from the following:
(a) Friedel-Crafts reaction (b) Wittig reaction
(c) Cannizzaro reaction (d) Schmidt reaction
Conc. H2SO4
?
(a) (b) (c) OH (d) OH
2
79. The graph of y  e  x is
y y
x x
(a) – + (b) – +
y y
x x
(c) – + (d) – +
80. The product formed in the following reaction is:

(i) C6H5MgBr in Et2O
O ?
(ii) H3PO4 heat
(iii) O3/ aq H2O2
O O O O
(a) Ph (b) Ph (c) Ph (d) Ph

CHO COOH OH
81. Which of the following hormones contains iodine?

(a) thyroxine (b) adrenalin (c) testosterone (d) insulin
9
90. The decreasing order of basicity of the following compounds is:
NH2 NH2 NH2 NH2
NO2
NO2
NO2
I II III IV
(a) I > IV > III > II (b) I > III > IV > II (c) II > IV > III > I (d) I > II > III > IV
91. The aromatic compounds among the following are :
S O Na
Me
K L M N O
(a) K, L and M (b) K, M and O (c) K, M and N (d) K, M, N and O
92. Identify the compound(s) that can easily undergo decarboxylation from the following:
O
O
HOOC HOOC HOOC
O
I II III
(a) II (b) I and II (c) I, II and III (d) III
93. The key reagent in Woodward cis dihydroxylation is:
(a) OsO 4 (b) KMnO 4
(c) CH 3COOAg/I 2 /H 2 O (d) C6 H 5 COOAg/I 2 /benzene
94. A ball which is thrown vertically upwards, satisfies the height (m) vs time (s) equation, h  3  14t  5t 2 . the
maximum height it would reach is :
(a) 12.8 m in 1.4 s (b) 11.8 m in 1.4 s (c) 12.8 m in 1.5 s (d) 11.8 m in 1.5 s
1 0 0
95. The value of A  2 cos x sin x is:
3 sin x cos x
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) cos2x (d) sin2x
96. The compound that does NOT give a tertiary alcohol upon reaction with an excess of of ethyl magnesium
bromide is:
(a) 3,3-dimethylhexan-2-one (b) hexan-2-one
(c) ethyl benzoate (d) ethyl formate
97. If the vectors Xi  j  2k, 2i  k and 3i  2 j  k are coplanar (i, j and k are the unit vectors), then X =
9 9
(a) –9 (b) 9 (c)  (d)
2 2

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HYDERABAD CENTRAL UNIVERSITY (HCU)

Time : 2 Hours M. Marks: 100

1. Which of the following is not a crystallaine substance?

Atomic weight of Ca is 40.

(c) > >

23. Predict the sign of S for both of the following processes

30. The quaternary structure of human hemoglobin is a

(a) 1 / t 2 (b) exp(t 2 ) (c) 2t exp(t 2 ) (d) (1/ 2t ) exp(t 2 )

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c)  (d) e

(a) H3C CHO (b) CHO

(c) H3C CHO (d)

H 3C COOH H3C COOH

(c) ( x  2)2  ( y  3)2  100 (d) ( x  2)2  ( y  3) 2  100

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(a) acid mediated hydration (b) hydroboration oxidation

product (Ksp) for BaSO4 at this temperature?

HYDERABAD CENTRAL UNIVERSITY (HCU)

HYDERABAD CENTRAL UNIVERSITY (HCU)

Time : 2 Hours M. Marks: 100

1. Cell membranes are made up of

8. Which of the following polymer is used to make bullet proof fiber?

26. Among the following, the most unstable molecule is

43. Consider the following vectors:

44. Equation to the tangent to the curve y  x 3  2 x 2  4 at (2, 4) is

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(a) 27 335 (b) 335 27 (c) 533 27 (d) 27 533

promotes the intramolecular cycloaddition reaction to furnish

53. The hybridization of the metal centre in [Zn(CN)4]2– is

(c) [Mn(CO)5(CH3)] (d) [Co( 5 – C5H5)2]

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(a) 0.5 (b) 0 (c) 0.5 (d) 2

(a) 3 > 4 > 1 > 2 (b) 2 > 1 > 4 > 3

HYDERABAD CENTRAL UNIVERSITY (HCU)

Time : 2 Hours M. Marks: 100

(a) 1  3 (b) 1 (c) 1  (1 / 3) (d) 1/ 3

(a) 8 / 3Å (b) 3Å (c) 2/ 3Å (d) 2Å

which of the following determines the rate of formation of C?

(a) 4.25 × 10–7 M (b) 4.25 M

21. The product obtained in the following reaction is

Zn (i) 50% aq. K2CO 3

22. Which of the following molecule (s) is/are chiral?

(a) Only I (b) I and III

(a) 2-Methyl-1-butanol (b) 2-Methyl-2-butanol

(a) 3ln 4 (b) 4ln 3 (c) 4 (d) 2ln 3

(a) a   /  (b) a   a /  (c) a   (d) a   a 

(a) 2 / 3 (b) 2 / 32 (c) 2 / 2 (d)  / 3

(a) y  x (b) y  x 2 (c) y  x 3 (d) y  x 4

(a) (2,  / 3) (b) (1, ) (c) (2,  / 2) (d) (2, )

Cl2 – CH  O  CH 2 – CH3 Cl – CH 2  O  CH 2 – CH3

(a) b > c > a > d (b) b > c > d > a

64. The major product obtained in the following reaction is

68. The product obtained in the following transformation is

69. The product obtained in the following transformation is

70. The major product obtained in the following reaction is

MeO CO2 Me MeO

71. The major product obtained in the following reaction is

(a) H2, Pd/C (b) Li/Liquid NH3

74. The most probable product obtained in the following transformation is

75. The IUPAC name of the compound ‘I’ is

(a) (E)-Oct-2-en-6-yne (b) (Z)-Oct-2-en-6-yne

(a) 1(R)2(R) (b) 1(R)2(S) (c) 1(S)2(R) (d) 1(S)2(S)

Cd2+ + Zn(s)  Cd(s) + Zn2+