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AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION BOARD

HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE

CLASS XI EXAMINATION 2010

Chemistry Paper I

Time allowed: 40 minutes Marks 30

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Read each question carefully.

2. Answer the questions on the separate answer sheet provided. DO NOT write your answers on the
question paper.

3. There are 100 answer numbers on the answer sheet. Use answer numbers 1 to 30 only.

4. In each question there are four choices A, B, C, D. Choose ONE. On the answer grid black out
the box for your choice with a pencil as shown below.

Correct Way Incorrect Way

1 A B C D 1 A B C D

2 A B C D

3 A B C D

4 A B C D

5. If you want to change your answer, ERASE the first answer completely with a rubber, before
blacking out a new box.

6. DO NOT write anything in the answer grid. The computer only records what is in the boxes.

7. You may use a scientific calculator if you wish.

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1. If the molecular mass of an ideal gas 6. Which of the following hydrogen

is twice the molecular mass of halides has the highest percentage of
carbon dioxide, the volume ionic character?
occupied by the ideal gas at STP is
A. HF
3 B. HI
A. 11.2 dm .
B. 22.4 dm 3 . C. HCl
D. HBr
C. 44.8 dm 3 .
D. 44 dm 3 . 7. The polarity of a molecule is
measured by means of
2. In a hypothetical reaction, reactant
A gives 2 moles of product and B A. bond order.
gives 1mole. B will be classified as B. bond moment.
C. dipole moment.
A. a limiting reactant. D. electronegativity.
B. a controlled reactant.
C. excess of reactant. 8. Which of the following is the best
D. chemically inactive. description of the geometry of PH 3 ?
3. The wave number of the light
emitted by a certain source is A. Tetrahedral
B. Octahedral
2 x 10 7 m −1 . The wave length of this
C. Trigonal pyramidal
light will be D. Trigonal bipyramidal
A. 500 nm. 9. If a balloon filled with 100ml of air
B. 500 m. at STP is taken to a place where the
C. 50 nm. pressure is low, the balloon will
D. 50 m.
A. burst.
4. Which of the following is the B. become smaller.
electronic configuration of nitrogen C. become larger.
according to Hund’s rule? D. exhibit no change.
10. A gas occupies a volume of 4 litres
A. 1s 2 ,2s 2 ,2p3
at STP. It is heated to 546 K and
B. 1s 2 ,2s 2 ,2px 2 ,2py1,2pz 0 compressed to 2 atm.It now
C. 1s 2 ,2s 2 ,2px1,2py1,2pz1 occupies a volume of
D. 1s 2 ,2s 2 ,2px 0 ,2py1,2pz1 A. 2 litres.
5. The orbital 2px, 2py, 2pz belongs to B. 4 litres.
an L- shell having C. 6 litres.
D. 8 litres.
A. spherical shape. 11. Which of the following attractive
B. dumb-bell shape. forces are present in acetone and
C. complicated shape. chloroform?
D. degenerated orbitals.
A. Hydrogen bonding
B. Ion-dipole interaction
C. Dipole-dipole interaction
D. Dipole-induced dipole
interaction

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12. Some crystalline solids when melted 17. Colloidal solutions are intermediate
produce a turbid liquid which is between true solutions and
called liquid crystal. These liquid suspensions. These solutions are
crystals are always best purified by

A. isotonic. A. filtration.
B. isotropic. B. distillation.
C. isomorphous. C. crystallisation.
D. anisotropic. D. dialysis technique.
13. The number of Cl − ions per unit cell 18. When an animal bladder filled with
of NaCl is sugar solution is put into water, the
water passes through the bladder
A. 8 and bursts it. This happens due to
B. 6
C. 4 A. osmotic pressure.
D. 2 B. atmospheric pressure.
C. vapour pressure of water.
14. The arrangement (ABC, ABC, D. polar nature of sugar
ABC…) is referred to as molecules.
A. cubic close packing. 19. All of the following are examples of
B. hexagonal close packing. partially miscible liquids, EXCEPT
C. tetrahedral close packing.
D. octahedral close packing. A. phenol-water.
B. benzene-water.
15. In a chemical reaction, formation of C. nicotine- water.
more products indicates that the D. triethylamine-water.
value of
20. The pH of a 0.1 M solution of a
A. Kc = 0 . strong acid is 1.
B. Kc =1 .
What is the pH of a 0.1 M solution
C. Kc >1 .
of a weak acid (pka 5) and 0.1M
D. Kc < 1 . salt?
16. The given reaction is exothermic in
the direction in which it is written. A. 1
B. 5
x 2( g ) + y 2( g ) → x 2 y 2( g ) C. 7
D. 9
The equilibrium could be shifted in 21. Which of the following acids do not
the direction of x 2 y 2 by commonly form acidic salt?

A. decreased pressure. A. H 2SO 4

B. increased temperature. B. H 2 CO 3
C. increased temperature and C. H 2C 2O 4
decreased pressure.
D. HCO 2 H
D. increased pressure and
decreased temperature.

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22. When baking soda is added to 26. What change of oxidation number
water, the pH of water will do the nitrogen and oxygen undergo
in the following reaction?
A. increase.
B. decrease.
2 NH 3( g ) + 5 O → 2 NO( g ) + 3H 2O( g )
C. becomes zero. 2 2( g )
D. remains unchanged.
23. Buffer solution is formed from a A. N ( −3 → − 1) , O ( −2 → 0)
weak acid combining with B. N ( +3 → − 2) , O (0 → + 2)
C. N (0 → + 2) , O ( −2 → 0)
A. a strong acid. D. N ( −3 → + 2) , O (0 → − 2)
B. a strong base.
C. an acidic salt. 27. In a zinc cased cell, a carbon rod is
D. a basic salt. used as positive terminal and the zinc
case acts as a negative terminal.
24. The rate expression for a chemical
If one half-cell reaction during the
reaction is “Rate = K [ A] x [ B] y / 2 ”. discharge is
Which of the following is the order 2 NH 4+ + 2e − → 2 NH 3 + H 2 ,
of the reaction?
then the other half cell reaction will
A. xy .
2 be

B. 2x + y .
2 A. Zn → Zn 2 + + 2e− .
C. 2 x − y . B. Zn 2 + + 2e − → Zn .
2
C. CO 2 → C + O 2 .
D. y − 2x .
2 D. C + O 2 → CO 2 .
25. A plot of Arrhenius equation for the 28. In the given reaction.
thermal decomposition of N 2 O5 is
shown below. X 2( g ) + O 2( g ) → 2XO ( g )
y
Ea=? If the heat of reaction is
Potential energy

-24K.cal.mol-1, the enthalpy of

ΔH = −ve formation of XO is
N 2O5
1
2 NO2 + O2 A. +24 K.cal.mol-1.
2
B. -24 K.cal.mol-1.
C. +12 K.cal.mol-1.
D. -12 K.cal.mol-1.
x
29. Which of the following is the
Reaction co-ordinate
mathematical representation for
If the slope of the plot is –2000K and the 1st law of thermodynamics?
universal gas constant is 1J K-1mol-1, the
energy of activation of the reaction is A. ΔE = q + W
B. ΔE = W 2 − W1
A. 4.6 KJ mol-1.
B. 14.6 KJ mol-1. C. ΔW = ΔE − Δq
C. 46.6 KJ mol-1. D. q = E2 − E1
D. 406.6 KJ mol-1.

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30. Which of the following reactions tends to occur spontaneously?

A. Fe 2 O 3 → 2 Fe+ 1 O 2
2
B. MgCl 2 + Zn → ZnCl 2 + Mg
C. 2 AgNO3 + H 2 → 2 HNO3 + 2 Ag
D. 2 Al(OH)3 + 3 Cu → 3 Cu(OH)2 + 2 Al

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