CHEMISTRY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

XII STANDARD
(book back questions as per new edition book 2020)
Lesson 2 marks 3 marks 5 marks
1 1. Minerals and Ores 1. Gravity separation 1. Froth Floatation
2. Steps involved in method method
the extraction of 2. Cyanide leaching 2. Extraction of Copper
metal and its recovery from Copper Pyrites
3. Gangue and Slag 3. Alkali leaching 3. Zone refining
with an example 4. Magnetic separation
4. Leaching 5. Roasting and
5. Ammonia Calcination
Leaching 6. Aluminothermic
6. Acid Leaching process
7. extraction of 7. Electrolytic refining
crude metal from the of Silver
concentrated ore 8. Van-Arkel method
8. Role of limestone Book back questions:
in the extraction of 12
Fe
9. Auto reduction
10. Distillation
11. Liquation
12. Basic
requirement for
Vapour phase
refining
13. Mond’s process
2 1. Marginal 1. Metallic nature of 1. Allotropes of
difference of P-block Carbon
Ionisation Enthalpy 2. Anomalous nature
from aluminium to of p-block elements
Thallium 3. Uses of Boron
2. Inert pair effect 4. Uses of Borax
3. Allotrophism 5. Action of heat on
4. Preparation of Boric acid
Borax 6. Test to identify
borate radical
 5. Alkaline nature of 7. Structure and uses
Borax of Boric acid
6. Borax beads 8. Preparation of
7. Boric acid to potash alum
Boron Nitride 9. Uses of Alum
8. Burnt alum 9. Catenation and its
9. Preparation of conditions
Silicones 10.Types of Silicones
10. Properties of 11. Uses of Silicones
Silicones Book back
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3 1. Haber’s process 1. Reaction ammonia
2. Reducing property with chlorine
of Ammonia 2. Reaction of
3. Reaction of Ammonia with
Phosphorous with metallic salts
alkali and nitric acid 3. Structure of
4. Uses of Ammonia
Phosphorous 4. White and red
5. Oxidizing nature phosphorous
of Ozone 5. Oxoacids of
6. Uses of Oxygen Phosphorous –
7. Plastic and Structure
Lambda Sulphur 6. Rhombic and
8. Reducing property Monoclinic Sulphur
of SO2 7. Structure of
9. bleaching action oxoacids of sulphur
of SO2 8. Manufacture of
10. Preparation of Chlorine by
Bleaching powder electrolytic process
11. Uses of Cholrine 9. Manufacture of
12. Interhalogen Chlorine by Deacon’s
compounds with process
example 10. Reaction of Cl
13. Structure of with hot and cold
Interhalogen NaOH
compounds 11. Bleaching action
14. Preparation of of chlorine
Xenon Fluorides
 15. Structure of 12. Properties of
Compounds of interhalogen
Xenon compounds
16. Uses of Neon, 13. Uses of helium
Argon and Krypton, Book back: 23
xenon and Radon
Book back: 2, 3, 4,
6, 8, 16
4 1. Oxidation state of 1. Paramagnetic and 1. Lanthanoid
d – block elements Diamagnetic materials contraction –
2. Why Mn and Zn 2. Spin only magnetic definition, causes and
have more negative moment calculations its consequences
electrode potential? 3. Catalytic property 2. Difference between
3. Mn2+ is more of d – block elements Lanthanoids and
stable than Mn3+ 4. Hume Rothery rule actinoids
4. Ferromagnetic 5. Properties of Book back: 14
materials Interstitial compounds
5. Zeigler Natta 6. Formation of
catalyst Complexes
6. Interstitial 7. Position of
compounds Lanthanoids and
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11, 19, 20, 21, 22, 8. Oxidation state of
Lanthanoids
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18, 23, 25, 26, 27

5 1. Coordination 1. Coordination 1. Werner’s theory

number compounds and 2. Main assumptions of
2. Oxidation state double salts VB theory
3. Classification 2. Classification based 3. Illustrations (1-4)
based on the kind of on the net charge on
Ligands the complex
4. kappa term 3. Limitations of VBT
5. IUPAC Book back: 5, 9, 23,
Nomenclature 25
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22
6 1. Isotropy and 1. Characteristics of 1. Difference between
Anisotropy Solids Crystalline and
2. Covalent Solids 2. Classification of Amorphous solids
3. Molecular Solids solids 2. Packing efficiency
4. Unit cell 3. Characteristics of of BCC
5. Coordination Ionic Solids
number – definition 4. Polar and non polar
and its value for solids
SCC, BCC and FCC 5. Metallic solids and
6. Primitive and non its properties
primitive unit cell 6. Number of atoms in
7. Types of Unit cell SCC, BCC and FCC
8. Bragg’s law unit cell
9. Point defects 7. Calculation of
10. Classification of density
Point defects 8. Packing efficiency
11. Impurity defect of SCC
9. Schottky defect
Book back: 4, 13, 10. Frenkel defect
18, 19, 22, 23 11. Metal excess
defect
12. Metal deficiency
defect
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Example 2 (Pg.no
185)

7 1. Average and 1. Diff b/w rate and 1. Integrated rate law

instantaneous rate constant for first order reaction
reaction 2. Diff b/w order and 2. Arrhenius equation
2. rate law and rate Molecularity derivation
constant 3. pseudo first order
3. Elementary reaction *All the example and
reaction and 4. Integrated rate law evaluate yourself
elementary step for zero order reaction problems are important
4. examples for first 5 Half life period of a
and zero order reaction – First and
reaction zero order
5. Arrhenius
equation
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11, 12, 18, 19, 23 26, 27, 30

8 1. Acid base 1. Lowry Bronsted 1. Differences between

definition by Theory Lewis acid and Lewis
Arrhenius 2. Relation between base
2. Limitations of pH and pOH 2. Ostwald dilution law
Arrhenius concept 3. Common ion effect
3. Lewis acid and 4. Buffer solution and *All the example
base its types problems are important
4. Auto ionization of 5. Buffer action
water 6. Henderson –
5. Ionic product of Hasselbalch equation
water 7. Relationship
6.pH definition between Ionic and
7. Buffer index solubility product
8. Solubility product
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14,

9 1. Resistivity 1. Factors affecting 1. Nernst equation

2. Specific electrolytic
Conductivity conductance *All the example and
3. Molar 2. Measurement of evaluate yourself
Conductivity conductivity of ionic problems are important
4. Equivalent solutions
Conductivity 3. Applications of
5. Kohlraush law Kohlraush law
6. Electrode and 4. Galvanic cell
Standard electrode notation
potential 5. SHE
6. thermodynamics of
Book Back: 1, 2, 7, cell reactions
10, 11, 27 7. electrolysis of
molten sodium
chloride
8. Faradays law of
electrolysis
9. Electrochemical
series and its
 prevention against
corrosion
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10 1. Positive and 1. Characteristics of 1. Physisorption and
negative catalysis adsorption chemisorption
2. Auto catalyst 2. Factors affecting 2. Intermediate
3. active centres adsorption compound formation
4. Dispersion 3. Freundlich theory
medium and adsorption isotherm 3. Adsorption theory
Dispersed phase of 4. homogeneous and 4. Dispersion methods
colloids heterogeneous 5. Condensation
5. Peptisation catalysis methods
6. Dialysis 5. Characteristics of
7. Tyndall effect catalysts (any 5)
8. Brownian 6. promoters and
movement catalytic poison
9. Electro osmosis 7. Lyophillic and
10. Gold number Lyophobic colloids
8. Electrodialysis
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9, 11, 17, 18 10. Factors affectiong
colour of the sol
11. Shape of colloidal
particles
12. Significance of
Brownian movement
13. Helmholtz double
layer
14. Electrophoresis
15. Cogulation and its
method

11 1. Preparation of 1. Preparation of 1. Victor Meyers test

glycol glycerol
2. Saytzeff rule with 2. Lucas test
an example 3. Swern oxidation
3. Catalytic 4. Biological
hydrogenation oxidation
4. glycol  oxirane 5. glycerol  TNG
 Glycol  ethanol Glycrol  acrolein
Glycol  dioxane 6. oxidation of
5. oxidation of glycerol
glycol with periodic 7. Uses of ethanol,
acid glycol, glycerol
6. Acidity of 8. Acidity of Phenol
alcohols 9. Phenol from
7. Dows process Cumene
8. phenol from 10. Picric acid from
aniline phenol
9. reaction of phenol 11. Kolbe reaction
with Zn dust 12. Riemer Tiemann
10. Schotten reaction
Baumann reaction 13. Phthalein reaction
11. Williamson ether 14. Coupling reaction
synthesis 15. Test to
12. COC bond angle differentiate alcohol
13. Uses of ethers and phenol
16. Uses of phenol
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prepare dimethyl ether
18. Autooxidation of
ethers
19. Friedal Crafts
reaction
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23
12 1. Rosenmund 1. Reaction of 1. Aldol condensation
reduction ammonia with mechanism
2. Stephen’s reaction acetaldehyde , 2. Cannizaro
3. Etard reaction formaldehyde and mechanism
4. Gattermann – acetone
Koch reaction 2. Popoff’s rule
5. Boiling point of 3. Crossed aldol and
aldehydes cannizaro reaction
6. Clemmenson 4. Claisen Schmidt
reduction Condensation
7. Wolf Kishner 5. Benzoin
reduction condensation
8. pinacols 6. Perkins reaction
 9. Haloform reaction 7. Knoevenagl
10. Glacial acetic reaction
acid 8. reaction with amine
11. Esterification 9. Malachite green dye
reaction 10. Test for aldehydes
12. Decarboxylation (first two)
13. Kolbe’s 11. acetic anhydride
electrolytic from acetic acid
decarboxylation 12. HVZ reaction
13. Reducing nature of
Formic acid
14. Test for carboxylic
acid group
13 1. Vapour phase 1. Classification of 1. Reactions of
nitration of alkanes nitro compounds nitrobenzene in
2. Reduction of 2. Conversion of Nitro different medium
nitroalkanes to aci form , 2. Reaction of Aniline
3. Chloropicrin Differences between with Nitrous acid
4. Mendius reaction aci and nitro form
5. Schotten 3. Gabriel phthalimide
Baumann reaction synthesis
6. Carbylamine 4. Sabatier – Mailhe
reaction method
7. Mustard oil
reaction Book back question:
4, 8 (except ii), 9 , 11,
12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18
14 1. Fructose from 1. Classification of 1. Structure of Glucose
Inulin Carbohydrates 2. Structure of Fructose
2. Reduction of 2. Importance of 3. Composition and
fructose to Sorbitol carbohydrates structure of nucleic
and Manitol 3. Peptide bond with acids
3. Glycosidic linkage an example
4. Structure of 4. Types of RNA
Sucrose and Maltose 5. Difference between
5. Amino acids DNA And RNA
6. Zwitter ion
structure of alanine
7. isoelectronic point
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14, 20