SRI CHAITANYA – GOSALA

Velammal IIT and ZONE

NEET Academy

Outgoing Seniors + Long Term CHEMISTRY Day-2

Spin (Dt. 14-07-20)
Test-2 Solutions

Track-1 : ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY

CLASS WORK – FILL IN THE BLANKS
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SOLUTIONS
1) N2 , O2 , water vapour …….major, Ar, CO2 ………. Minor
2) 0-11 km ………Troposphere, 11-50 km ……..stratosphere,50-85 km…….mesosphere,85-500 km
……..thermosphere.
3) Troposphere 4) Stratosphere 5) mesosphere 6) both mesosphere & thermosphere
7) Lithosphere 8) false 9) primary 10) secondary 11) micro organisms ……sink for CO
Trees & ocean …….sink for CO2, ocean ……sink for SO2
12) false 13) H3C  N  C  O; 6 sigma and 2 pi bonds

14) receptor of CO…….Hb, receptor of acid rain ….. CaCO3

15) Alkylated mercury is more toxic than Hg. This classification is called speciation
16) Greater TLV, lesser toxicity therefore ‘CO’ more toxic
17) K2Cr2O7  50%H 2 SO4
18) COD  pollution ……..D>C>A>B ……pollution
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19) DO  . Pollution in A>B
pollution
20) 200C
21) A) Pure water, BOD ……..about 1 ppm; municipal sewage, BOD …… 100-4000 ppm.
B) DO below 6 ppm, growth of fish is inhibited
22) BOD > 17 ppm ……..high pollution & harmful
23) Troposphere is turbulent dusty zone with strong air movement. (all are correct)
24) 104g water sample require 980 mg of K 2Cr2O7 / H  .

980 103 106

106g water sample require 4
g of K 2Cr2O7 / H 
10
49 g of K 2Cr2O7 / H   8 g of O2

98 g of K 2Cr2O7 / H   16 g of O2  BOD = 16 ppm

25) SO2
26) particulate matter in polluted air catalyses the oxidation of SO2
27) Oxides of nitrogen

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28) NO 29) NO 30) fasle 31) true 32) true 33) true 34) CO
35) 300 36) about 1000 ppm 37) 0.03% 38) CO2 , CH 4 , H 2O  g  , N 2O, CFC ' s, O3

39) fasle 40) true 41) H 2CO3 , p H  5.6 42) H 2 SO4 is major contributor

 H 2 SO4  HNO3 
43) fasle, acid rain can occur at places away from pollution because of cloud movement
44) true
45) Acid rain 46) Pd, Pt ; CO  CO2 & NOx to N2

47) Viable – Bacteria, fungi, moulds, algae; non viable –dust, smoke, mist, fumes
48) Mist ……sulphuric acid, herbicides, insecticides
49) Organic solvents, metals & metal oxides form fume particles
50) >5 microns lodge in nasal passage
51) London smog 52) Los Angle smog 53) Classical smog is true smog but not
photochemical smog
54) Photo chemical smog ………oxidizing in nature; classical smog ____reducing in nature
55) SO2, carbon particulates ….classical smong

NO2 , CH 3  C  O  N
56) CH 4 , O3 , HCHO, CH 2  CH  CHO  acrolein  ,

(PAN)……..photochemical smog
57) NO2 , CH 4 ……..primary precursors ; PAN + O3 …….. secondary precursors
58) Pinus, Juniparus etc ……. prevent photochemical smog
59) Agra, Firozabad, Mathura, Bharathpur …….Taj trapezium
60) CFC’s ……….non reactive, non inflammable / non toxic
61) False [CFC’s are not harmful in troposphere but harmful in stratosphere]
62) CFC’s uses ____plastic foam, refrigerant and air conditioner
   
UV
63) CF2Cl2  C l  C F2Cl; C l  O3  Cl O  O2

64) CH 4 & NO2 ..... chlorine sinks. In summer reactions occurring are
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Cl O  NO2  ClONO2  g 
 
C l  CH 4  C H 3  HCl
65) In winter polar stratospheric clouds are formed which provide surface to chlorine nitrate
ClONO2  H 2O  HOCl  HNO3
ClONO2  HCl  Cl2  HNO3

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hv
H O Cl   H O C l
66) In spring photolysis of HOCl & Cl2 occurs
 
hv
Cl2  C l C l
67) Industries of chemical factories are sources of toxic heavy metals
68) Maximum prescribed concentration of Cd is 0.005 ppm, Mn is 0.05 ppm Fe & Al is 0.2 ppm,
Cu is 3 ppm & Zn is 5 ppm.
69) Carcinogenic
70) PO43 and also due to NO3

71) F   1 ppm …….tooth decay, F   2 ppm …….. brown mottling of teeth

F   10 ppm ……. Brittleness of bones (fluorosis)

72) Ca3  PO4 2 .3Ca  OH 2  Hydroxy apatite  to Ca3  PO4  2 .3CaF2 (Fluoro apatite)

73) Pb > 50 ppb

74) SO42  500 ppm, NO3  50 ppm
75) Prior to world war II ……..Nicotine during world war II ……..DDT were used as pesticides
76) true 77)true
78) NaClO3 , Na3 AsO3
79) fuel obtained from plastic waste with high octane rating and does not contain lead
80) true
81) A) I
B) CCl2  CCl2 is suspected carcinogen ; now-a- days replaced by liquefied CO2 with suitable

detergent
C) true
D) aqueous  CuCl2  PdCl2 

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