PANDIT DEENDAYAL PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY

School of Technology, Gandhinagar

RE Examination, February – 2011
Semester – I
Course Name/code: Chemistry -HS 102 Date: 12th Feb 2011
Max. Marks: 60 Time: 3 hrs

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Instructions:
1. All questions are compulsory.
2. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
3. Assume suitable data wherever required.
4. Use of programmable calculator is not permitted.
5. Do not write anything on question paper.

Q 1. (a) Describe different physical properties of solid fuels. (3)

(b) Describe the working principle and applications of fuel cell. Give examples of some fuel (3)
cells.
(c) Write short notes on any 2 of the following: (4)
(i) Octane number (ii) Gross Calorific Value (iii) LPG

Q 2. (a) Describe the causes and disadvantages of hardness of water. (3)

(b) Describe with diagram, how reverse osmosis can be utilized to purify water. (3)
(c) Write short notes on any 2 of the following: (4)
(i) Sludge (ii) Foaming (iii) Scale

Q 3. (a) Describe how corrosion is affected by the nature of the corroding environment. (3)
(b) How corrosion can be controlled? (3)
(c) Write short notes on any 2 of the following: (4)
(i) Sacrificial anode (ii) Wet corrosion (iii) Isolation methods

Q 4. (a) Describe the assumptions of Crystal Field Theory. (3)

(b) Draw the figures of different d orbitals. (3)
(c) Write short notes on any 2 of the following: (4)
(i) Valence Bond Theory (ii) Geometry of inorganic compounds (iii) Formation of
colour in coordination compounds
Q5. Explain any 5 of the following terms with one example each:
(a) sp3, sp2 and sp hybridization (2)
(b) Structure of H2O and NH3 (2)
(c) Nucleophilic substitution reaction (2)
(d) Difference between SN2 and SN1 reaction (2)
(e) Addition reaction (2)
(f) Elimination reaction (2)
(g) Markovnikov’s rule (2)
(h) Hückle rule (2)
(i) Thin layer chromatography (2)

Q6. Explain any 5 of the following terms with one example each:
(a) Asymmetric carbon (2)
(b) Meso compounds (2)
(c) Enantiomers (2)
(d) cis-trans isomerism (2)
(e) Racemic mixture (2)
(f) Diastereomers (2)
(g) Hydraulic and non hydraulic cement (2)
(h) The setting of cement (2)
(i) Portland cement (2)