EXERCISE-I

Single Answer Type:

1. Which of the following is not considered as alkaline earth metal?

(A) Mg (B) Ca (C) Be (D) Ba

2. The correct order of the density of alkaline earth metals is

(A) Be < Mg < Ca < Sr < Ba (B) Mg < Be < Ca< Sr < Ba
(C) Ca < Be < Mg < Sr < Ba (D) Ca < Mg < Be < Sr < Ba

3. Regarding ionization energies of alkaline earth metals which of the following statement is
wrong
(A) Ionization enthalpies decreases from Be to Ba
(B) First ionization energies of alkaline earth metals are more than those of
corresponding group – 1 metals
(C) Second ionization energies of alkaline earth metals are less than those of
corresponding alkali metals
(D) Ionization energy of radium is less than that of barium

4. Hydration enthalpies of alkaline earth metal are higher than those of the corresponding
alkali metal ions. Which of the following is not related to this observation?
(A) Higher hydration enthalpies are due to small size and a greater number of charges
(B) Due to higher hydration energies the salts of group – II elements ionize more in water
than those of corresponding group – I elements
(C) Hydration enthalpies decrease down the group due to increase in size. So, degree of
hydration decreases
(D) Due to stronger attraction towards water compounds of group – II elements
crystallize mostly as hydrated salts compared group – I

5. Which of the following physical property is not correct for the alkaline earth metals?
(A) Compared to alkali metals alkaline earth metals are hard and have high melting
points and boiling points
(B) Similar to alkali metals alkaline earth metals show a regular trend in their melting and
boiling points
(C) Alkaline earth metals are less electropositive than the corresponding alkali metals and
the electropositive character increases down the group
(D) Similar to alkali metals alkaline earth metals have high electrical and thermal
conductivities

6. Which of the following is not correct about the flame colors of alkaline earth metals?
(A) Calcium, strontium and barium impart characteristic brick red, crimson red and apple
green colors to the flame
 (B) The colors produced by calcium, strontium and barium in the flame can be utilized to
detect in qualitative analysis and estimation in by flame photometry
(C) Beryllium and magnesium do not impart any color to the flame as their electrons are
strongly bound and cannot be excited
(D) The flame colors are due to excitation of electrons by absorbing heat energy and de-
excitation of electrons by emitting visible light

7. The reaction that do not takes place by alkaline earth metals with air is
(A) In cold condition Be and Mg do not react with air though thermodynamically feasible
due to the formation of oxide layer on the surface
(B) Powdered Be and Mg burns brilliantly on ignition in air
(C) All the alkaline earth metals form oxides and nitrides during burning in air
(D) The weight of the ash formed by burning alkaline earth metals in air is less than the
weight of corresponding alkaline earth metal burnt

8. Which of the following do not react with water in cold condition?

(A) Be (B) Mg (C) Ba (D) Both Be & Mg

9. The best route for the preparation of BeF2 is

(A) By the reaction of beryllium metal with fluorine
(B) By the reaction of beryllium metal with HF
(C) By heating BeO with carbon in the presence of fluorine gas
 
(D) By thermal decomposition of NH 4 2 BeF4

10. Anhydrous beryllium chloride can be prepared

(A) By heating hydrated BeCl2 .4H 2O
(B) By heating BeO with carbon in a current of chlorine gas at about 600 – 800K
(C) By dissolving BeO in dilute HCl followed by crystallization
(D) By the action of HCl gas on Be  OH  2

11. Which of the following do not react with hydrogen directly?

(A) Be (B) Ca (C) Mg (D) Ba

12. Beryllium hydride can be prepared by

(A) Heating beryllium with hydrogen gas
(B) Reducing BeCl2 with Li AlH 4
(C) Reducing BeO with H 2 gas
(D) By heating BeO with carbon in a current of H 2 gas

13. Regarding electropositive character of alkaline earth metals, which of the following
statement is wrong?
(A) Alkaline earth metals are less electropositive than corresponding alkali metals
 (B) The reduction potentials of alkaline earth metals become more negative down the
group
(C) The large hydration energy of small Be 2 ion makes it stronger reducing agent
among group – II elements
(D) Reduction potentials of a metal depend on its atomization enthalpy ionization
enthalpy and hydration enthalpy of its ion

14. What happens when the solutions of alkaline earth metals in liquid ammonia is
evaporated
(A) Alkaline earth metal is recovered
(B) Amides of alkaline earth metals will be formed with the liberation of hydrogen
 
2
(C) Ammoniates of alkaline earth metals  M NH 3  are recovered
 6 
(D) Azides of alkaline earth metals are formed

15. Which of the following is not a use of alkaline earth metal?

(A) High strength springs are made by copper beryllium alloy
(B) Windows of x – rays’ tubes are made by using barium
(C) In the air – craft construction magnesium aluminum alloy is used
(D) Either in the form of powder or in the form of ribbon magnesium is used in flash
powders and bulbs, incendiary bonds and signals

16. The false statement regarding the use of alkaline earth metals or their compounds
(A) Calcium is used as reducing agent in the extraction of metals which cannot be
reduced by carbon
(B) Calcium and barium are used in removing air from vacuum tubes as they remove
oxygen and nitrogen by converting into oxide and nitride respectively
(C) In cancer treatment radium salts are used in radiotherapy
(D) Calcium hydroxide is used as antacid

17. The wrong statement regarding the nature of bonding in the compounds of alkaline earth
metals is
(A) The compounds of alkaline earth metals are predominantly ionic but less ionic than
the corresponding alkali metal compounds
(B) The less ionic character of alkaline earth metal compounds than the corresponding
alkali metals due to increased nuclear charge and smaller size
(C) Oxides and other compounds of beryllium and magnesium are more covalent than
those formed by heavier members in the group
(D) All the compounds of beryllium and magnesium are covalent

18. Which of the following oxide has different crystal structure than the other three?
(A) BeO (B) MgO (C) CaO (D) BaO
19. Which of the following is not a correct property of the oxides and hydroxides of alkaline
earth metals?
(A) BeO is essentially covalent
(B) Oxides of alkaline earth metals are very stable to heat since their enthalpies of
formation are very high
(C) BeO and MgO are amphoteric in nature and are sparingly soluble in water
(D) Solubility, thermal stability and basic character of the hydroxides increase down the
group

20. About beryllium halides, which of the following is wrong?

(A) Are covalent and soluble in organic solvents
(B) BeCl2 exists in chain structure in solid state in which beryllium is involved in sp 3
hybridization
(C) In vapour phase BeCl2 exist as dimer but above 1200K exist as monomer in which
Be exist in sp 2 and sp hybrid state
(D) In solid and vapour phase BeCl2 contain 3c – 2e- bonds

21. About alkaline earth metal halides, the false statement is

(A) Alkaline earth metal halides crystallize from their aqueous solutions as hydrated salts
(B) The degree of hydration decreases down the group
(C) The anhydrous halides can be prepared by heating their hydrated salts
(D) The fluorides are relatively less soluble than the chlorides owing to their high lattice
energies

22. Which of the following do not convert into anhydrous compound on heating?
(A) BeCl2 .4H 2O (B) MgCl2 .6 H 2O (C) BaCl2.2H2O (D) Both (A) and (B)

23. Magnesium will not be precipitated as either carbonate or basic carbonate by adding
(A) Na2CO3  
(B) NH 4 2 CO3
(C) NaHCO3 in hot condition (D)  NH 4 2
CO3 and NH 4Cl

24. Which of the following carbonate is unstable at room temperature?

(A) BeCO3 (B) MgCO3 (C) CaCO3 (D) Ba CO3

25. Beryllium carbonate is stored

(A) In an inert atmosphere (B) In the presence of carbon dioxide
(C) In the presence of nitrogen gas (D) In vacuum

26. When crystallized from aqueous solution barium nitrate crystallizes as anhydrous salt but
other alkaline earth metal nitrates crystalize as hydrated salts. This is because
(A) Hydration enthalpy decreases with increase of size of the cation
 (B) Hydration enthalpies becomes less than lattice enthalpies with increasing size of
cation
(C) Polarizing power decreases with increase in size of cation
(D) Thermal stability of the nitrates increases with increase in size of cation

27. When nitrates of group – II metals are heated

(A) Two gases one colored and one colorless gas are liberated
(B) Two gases both paramagnetic are liberated
(C) Two gases one acidic and one neutral gas are liberated
(D) All are correct

28. Carbonates and sulphates of group – II metals are insoluble in water but carbonates are
soluble while sulphates are insoluble
(A) In HCl since carbonates convert into soluble chlorides while sulphates do not change
(B) By passing excess CO2 carbonates become soluble hydrogen carbonates while
sulphates remain unchanged
(C) By passing excess CO2 sulphates convert into soluble hydrogen sulphates but
carbonates are unchanged
(D) All the above are correct

29. Beryllium shows some anomalous behavior as compared to magnesium and other
members of group – II this is due to
(A) High ionization enthalpy (B) Small size
(C) Absence of d – orbitals (D) All of these

30. Which of the following is not an anomalous property of beryllium?

(A) Its compounds are largely covalent and get easily hydrolyzed
(B) Its maximum coordination number is 4
(C) Its oxide and hydroxides are amphoteric
(D) Its carbonates and sulphates are soluble

31. In which of the following property beryllium differ from aluminum

(A) Beryllium and aluminum are not readily attacked by acids due to the presence of
oxide layer on their surfaces
(B) Hydroxides of both beryllium and aluminum dissolve in excess of sodium hydroxide
forming a product with similar structure
(C) Both beryllium and aluminum from complexes with fluoride ion having similar
geometry
(D) Both beryllium and aluminum become passive with concentrated nitric acid

32. Beryllium and aluminum chlorides differ in

(A) Bridged chloride structure in vapour phase and solid state
(B) Covalent character and solubility in organic solvents
 (C) The use as Friedel crafts catalysis due to their Lewis acidic character as they are
electron deficient
(D) Coordination number i.e., number of chloride ions surrounding the metal atom in
solid and vapour phase

33. The false statement among the following is

(A) Quick lime is obtained by heating lime stone
(B) Addition of limited amount of water to quick lime gives slaked lime
(C) Quick lime mixed with sodium hydroxide give soda lime
(D) Slaked lime is used in decarboxylation of carboxylic acids

34. Which of the following is not the use of quick lime?

(A) In most of industrial process wherever cheapest alkali is required quick lime is used
(B) Used in the purification of sugar and in manufacture of dye salts
(C) In the manufacture of sodium carbonate by Solvay process
(D) In the manufacture of antacid tablets

35. Which of the following statement is not correct for calcium hydroxide?
(A) Aqueous clear solution of calcium hydroxide is known as lime water
(B) Suspension of undissolved calcium hydroxide in water is known as milk of lime
(C) Both lime water and milk of lime can be used to detect CO2
(D) By passing Cl2 gas over dry slaked lime forms bleaching powder

36. When chlorine gas is passed through milk of lime a constituent of bleaching powder is
formed, that is
(A) CaCl2 (B) Ca  OCl  2 ( )
(C) Ca ClO3 2 (D) CaOCl2

37. Which of the following is not the use of calcium hydroxide?

(A) Used in preparing lime mortar a building construction material
(B) Used in white wash in domestic as a disinfectant
(C) Used in glass making, tanning of leather
(D) Used in the manufacture of soap

38. Which of the following is not a source of calcium carbonate?

(A) Marble (B) Lime stone (C) Anhydride (D) Aragonite

39. Calcium carbonate is not used in

(A) As basic flux in metallurgy
(B) Building material as marble, lime mortar etc.
(C) In the manufacture of high-quality paper
(D) In the manufacture of borax
40. Calcium carbonate is used in
(A) Antacid (B) Mild abrasive in tooth paste
(C) Filler in cosmetics (D) In all the above

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