THE FRANK ANTHONY PUBLIC SCHOOL, BENGALURU

CHEMISTRY TEST PAPER - SEPTEMBER 2021

Choose the correct answer for the following questions:

1. On moving from left to right across a period of the periodic table, the non-metallic character
of the elements:
(a) Decreases (b) Increases
(c) Remains the same (d) Depends on the period

2. Bonding in this molecule can be understood to involve coordinate bonding:

(a) Carbon tetrachloride (b) Hydrogen
(c) Hydrogen chloride (d) Ammonium chloride

3. Which one of the following will not produce an acid when made to react with water?
(a) Carbon monoxide (b) Carbon dioxide
(c) Nitrogen dioxide (d) Sulphur trioxide

4. Among the period 2 elements, the element which has high electron affinity is:
(a) Lithium (b) Carbon
(c) Chlorine (d) Fluorine

5. Ionisation potential increases over a period from left to right because the:
(a) Atomic radius increases and nuclear charge increases
(b) Atomic radius decreases and nuclear charge decreases
(c) Atomic radius increases and nuclear charge decreases
(d) Atomic radius decreases and nuclear charge increases

6. The metal oxide which can react with acid as well as alkali is:
(a) Silver oxide (b) Copper (II) oxide
(c) Aluminium oxide (d) Calcium oxide

7. The salt which in solution gives a dirty green precipitate with sodium hydroxide solution and
a white precipitate with barium chloride solution is:
(a) Iron (III) sulphate (b) Iron (II) sulphate
(c) Iron (II) chloride (d) Iron (III) chloride
8. Hydroxide of this metal is soluble in excess of sodium hydroxide solution.
(a) Magnesium (b) Lead
(c) Silver (d) Copper

9. Name the reagent from the following which can be used to distinguish ferrous chloride
solution from ferric chloride solution
(a) NH4 OH solution (b) HCl
(c) BaCl2 (d) NaCl

10. When fused lead bromide is electrolysed, we observe:

(a) a silver grey deposit at anode and a reddish brown deposit at cathode
(b) a silver grey deposit at cathode and a reddish brown deposit at anode
(c) a silver grey deposit at cathode and reddish brown vapours at anode
(d) silver grey fumes at anode and reddish brown vapours at cathode
11. A compound having one lone pair of electrons:
(a) Water (b) Methane
(c) Ammonia (d) Hydrogen sulphide

12. Which of the following is a common characteristic of a covalent compound?

(a) High melting point
(b) Consists of molecules
(c) Always soluble in water
(d) Conducts electricity when it is in the molten state
13. During the electrolysis of molten lead bromide which of the following takes place :
(a) Bromine is released at the cathode
(b) Lead is deposited at the anode
(c) Bromine ions gain electrons
(d) Lead is deposited at the cathode

14. During silver plating of an article using sodium argentocyanide as an electrolyte, the anode
material should be:
(a) Na (b) Ag
(c) Article to be electroplated (d) Fe
15. The capacity of an atom to attract the shared pair of electrons towards itself is called:
(a) Electronegativity (b) Electron affinity
(c) Sharing of electrons (d) Electron donation
16. On moving from left to right across a period of the periodic table, the ionization potential:
(a) Goes up and down (b) Decreases
(c) Increases (d) Remains the same

17. The metallic electrode which does not take part in an electrolytic reaction.
(a) Pb (b) Ag
(c) Pt (d) Both b and c

18. The particles present in strong electrolytes are:

(a) only molecules (b) only ions
(c) ions and molecules (d) only atoms

19. The number of electrons present in the valence shell of halogen is:
(a) 1 (b) 3
(c) 5 (d) 7

20. When dilute sodium chloride is electrolysed using graphite electrodes, the gas evolved
at the cathode is
(a) chlorine gas (b) oxygen gas
(c) nil (d) hydrogen gas

21. Acetic acid (CH3COOH) is an example of

(a) Tetrabasic acid (b) Monobasic acid
(c) Tribasic acid (d) Monoacidic base

22. Which of the following statement is not correct about polar covalent compounds
(a) They are soluble in water
(b) Charge separation takes place
(c) Shared pair of electrons are equally distributed
(d) The molecule is not symmetrical

23. Select the element in period 3 whose electron affinity is zero

(a) Neon (b) Sulphur
(c) Sodium (d) Argon

24. Which of the following hydroxides in not an alkali?

(a) Ammonium hydroxide (b) Calcium hydroxide
(c) Copper hydroxide (d) Sodium hydroxide

25. The salt which is insoluble in cold water is

(a) Ammonium sulphate (b) Zinc sulphate
(c) Lead chloride (d) Sodium bicarbonate
26. Aqueous solution of copper sulphate reacts with aqueous sodium hydroxide solution to give
(a) brown precipitate (b) pale blue precipitate
(c) white precipitate (d) green precipitate

27. You are provided with five solutions: A, B, C, D and E with pH values as follows:
A = 1.8, B = 7, C = 8.5, D = 8 and E = 5
Which solution would be most likely to liberate hydrogen with magnesium powder?
(a) Solution A and B (b) Solution A
(c) Solution C (d) All of the above

28. The aqueous solution of the compound which contains both ions and molecules is:
(a) Sulphuric acid (b) Hydrochloric acid
(c) Nitric acid (d) Acetic acid

29. Which of the following statement about electroplating is incorrect?

(a) It is done to prevent baser metal from corrosion
(b) The electrolyte must contain ions of the metal used for plating on the article
(c) The metal to be plated on the article is made cathode
(d) A.C current should not be used

30. During electrolysis of acidified water, the ratio of oxygen and hydrogen liberated at anode and cathode is
(a) 1:1 (b) 1:2
(c) 2:1 (d) 2:2

31. Which among these ions get discharged easily at the cathode most readily?
(a) Ca2+ (b) Fe2+
(c) K+ (d) Zn2+

32. Halogens are good oxidizing agents because

(a) they are gases (b) they are electron acceptors
(c) they form covalent compounds (d) they are bad conductors

33. The chemical properties of elements in the same group are similar due to
(a) same number of protons and electrons
(b) same number of electronic shells
(c) same number of valence electrons
(d) all of the above

34. The gas evolved at anode during electrolysis of concentrated sodium chloride solution is
(a) hydrogen gas (b) oxygen gas
(c) chlorine gas (d) water vapour

35. A compound which liberates reddish brown gas around the anode during electrolysis in its molten state
is
(a) sodium chloride (b) copper (II) oxide
(c) copper (II) sulphate (d) lead (II) bromide
36. The product formed at anode during the electrolysis of aqueous copper sulphate using active electrodes
is
(a) copper (b) oxygen gas
(c) hydrogen gas (d) none of the above

37. The property which is characteristic of an electrovalent compound is that:

(a) it is easily vaporized
(b) it has a high melting point
(c) it is a weak electrolyte
(d) it often exists as a liquid

38. Compound D consists of molecules. The bonding in D will be:

(a) ionic (b) covalent
(c) electrovalent (d) co-ordinate

39. With reference to the variation of properties in the periodic table, which of the following is generally
true:
(a) Atomic size increases from left to right across a period
(b) Ionisation potential increases from left to right across a period
(c) Electron affinity increases going down a group
(d) Electronegativity increases going down a group

40. A strip of copper is placed in four different colourless salt solutions. They are KNO3, AgNO3,
Zn(NO3)2 and Ca(NO3)2. Which one of the solutions will finally turn blue?
(a) copper kept in potassium nitrate solution
(b) copper kept in silver nitrate solution
(c) copper kept in zinc nitrate solution
(d) copper kept in calcium nitrate solution

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