NARAYANA JUNIOR COLLEGE

MEHDIPATNAM BRANCH
SR CHEMISTRY IMP QUESTIONS
SR.CHEMISTRY WEIGHTAGE
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S.N O UNIT LAQ SAQ VSAQ
1 SOLID STATE 1 3

2 SOLUTIONS 1 3

A) ELECTRO CHEMISTRY
3 1 1
B) CHEMICAL KINETICS
4 SURFACE CHEMISTRY 2 2
5 p-BLOCK ELEMENTS
GROUP – 15 1 1
GROUP – 16 1
GROUP – 17 1 1
GROUP – 18 1
d and f – BLOCK ELEMENTS AND
7 3 1
COORDINATION COMPOUNDS
8 BIOMOLECULES 1 2

9 HALOALKANES AND HALOARENES 1

B) ORGANIC COMPOUNDS CONTAINING
C,H & O
10 1 2 2
C) ORGANIC COMPOUNDS CONTAINING
NITROGEN
TOTAL 4 14 15

ELECTRO CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL KINETICS (LAQ’s)

1. a) What is electrolysis? And State Faraday’s laws of electrolysis.
b) A solution of CuSO4 is electrolysed for 10 minutes with a current of 1.5 amperes. What is the mass of
copper deposited at the cathode?
2. a) State and Explain Kohlrausch’s law of independent migration of ions.
b) Give the applications of Kohlrausch’s law of independent migration of ions.
3. What is “molecularity” of a reaction? How is different from the ‘order’ of a reaction. Name one
bimolecular and one trimolecular gaseous reaction.
4. What is rate of reaction ? Explain the effect of temperature and effect of catalyst on rate of reaction?

P – BLOCK ELEMENTS (LAQ’s)

1. How is ozone prepared from oxygen? Explain its reaction with
a) C2 H 4 b) KI c) Hg d) PbS e) Ag
2. How is ammonia manufactured by Haber’s process? Explain the reactions of ammonia with
a) ZnSO4( aq ) b) CuSO4( aq ) c) AgCl( s )
3. How is nitric acid manufactured by Ostwald’s process ? How does it react with the following?
a) Copper b) Zn c) S8 d) P
4. How is chlorine prepared in the laboratory or Deacon’s method? How does it react with the following?
a) Iron b) NaOH c) Acidified FeSO4 d) Iodine e) H 2 S f) Na2 S2O3
5. How is chlorine prepared by electrolytic method? Explain it’s reaction with
a) NaOH b) NH 3 under different conditions c) NaI d) Slaked lime

6. How are XeF2 , XeF4 and XeF6 prepared? Explain their reaction with water? Discuss their structures.

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (LAQ’s)

NAMED REACTIONS
1. SN1 & SN2 reactions. 2. Aldol Condensation.
3. Cross Aldol Condensation. 4. Cannizaro’s Reaction.
5. Carbylamine Reaction. 6. Reimer – Tiemann Reaction.
7. Esterification. 8. Sandmeyer Reaction.
9. Gattermann Reaction. 10. Williamson’s Ether Synthesis.
11. Decarboxylation. 12. H.V.Z. Reaction.
13. Diazotisation. 14. Wurtz – Fittig Reaction.
15. Kolbe’s reaction. 16. Basic nature of Amines.

SOLID STATE (SAQ’s)

1. Derive Bragg’s equation.
2. Explain why ionic solids are hard and brittle.
3. Calculate the efficiency of packing in case of a metal of body centered cubic crystal?

SOLUTIONS (SAQ’s)
1. What is relative lowering of vapour pressure? How is it useful to determine the molar mass of solute?
2. State Raoult’s law. Vapour pressure of water at 293K is 17.535mm. Hg calculate the vapour pressure of the
solution at 293K when 25g of glucose is dissolved in 450g of water.
3. What is meant by positive deviations from Raoult’s law and how is the sign of ∆ mix H related to positive
deviation from Raoult’s law ?
4. What is meant by negative deviation from Raoult’s law and how is the sign of ∆ mix H related to negative deviation
from Raoult’s law?
5. Define mole fraction. A solution of sucrose in water is labelled as 20% w/w. What would be the mole
fraction of each component in the solution?
6. A solution of glucose in water is labelled as 10% W/W. What would be the molarity of the solution?
7. State Raoult’s Law

ELECTRO CHEMISTRY (SAQ’s)

1. What is electrolysis? State Faraday’s first law Faraday’s second law?
2. State and Explain Kohlrausch’s law of independent migration of ions.
 SURFACE CHEMISTRY (SAQ’s)
1. What are different types of adsorption? Give any four differences between characteristics of the different
types.
2. What are micelles? Discuss the mechanism of micelle formation and cleaning action of soap.
3. How are colloids classified on the basis of interaction between dispersed phase and dispersion medium?
4. What do you understand by the terms given below a) absorption b) adsorption c) adsorbent and absorbate.
5. What are lyophilic and lyophobic sols? Compare the two terms interms of stability and reversibility.

P – BLOCK ELEMENTS (SAQ’s)

1. How can you prepare Cl2 from HCl and HCl from Cl2 ? Write the reactions?
2. Explain the structures of a) BrF5 b) IF7 ?
3. Write balanced equations for the following?
a) NaCl is heated with conc H 2 SO4 in the presence of MnO2
b) Chlorine is passed into a solution of Nal in water.
4. What are interhalogen compounds ? Give some examples to illustrate the definition how are they classified?
5. Give the preparation of Chlorine by Deacon’s process. How does it react with hyposolution ( Na2 S2O3 ) .
6. Write the names and formulae of the oxoacids of chlorine explain their structures and relative acidic nature.
7. How is CIF3 prepared? How does it react with water? Explain it’s structure?

8. How are XeF2 and XeF4 are prepared? Give their structures.

9. How are XeO3 and XeOF4 prepared? Give their structures.

10. Explain the structure of a) XeF6 b) XeOF4

11. Explain the reaction of the following with water a) XeF2 b) XeF4 c) XeF6

12. Complete the following a) XeF2 + H 2O → b) XeF2 + PF5 →

d & f – BLOCK ELEMENTS and CO – ORDINATION COMPOUNDS (SAQ’s)

1. Explain Werner’s theory of coordination compounds with suitable examples.
2. Using IUPAC names write the formulae for the following
i) Tetrahydroxozincate (II) ii) Hexaamminecobalt (III) sulphate
iii) Potassium tetrachloropalladata iv) Potassium tri (oxalate) chromate (III)

3. Using IUPAC names write the systematic names of the following :

i) Co ( NH 3 )6  Cl3 ii)  Pt ( NH 3 )2 Cl ( NH 2CH 3 )  Cl
3+
iii) Ti ( H 2O )6  iv) K 2 [ PdCl4 ] v) K 3  Fe ( CN )6 

vi) Fe4  Fe ( CN )6  vii)  Ni ( CO )4 

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4. What is lanthanoid contraction? What are the consequences of lanthanoid contraction?

5. Write the characteristic properties of transition elements.
6. Explain geometrical isomerism in coordination compounds giving suitable examples.

BIOMOLECULES (SAQ’s)
1. Discuss the structure of glucose on the basis of its chemical properties.
2. Write the importance of carbohydrates.
3. Explain the denaturation of proiteins?

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (SAQ’s)

1. Explain the acidic nature of phenols and compare with that of alcohols.
2. Explain SN1 and SN2 reactions?
3. Define the following :
i) Recemic mixture ii) Retention of configuration
iii) Enantiomers

SOLID STATE (VSAQ’s)

1. How do you distinguish between crystal lattice and unit cell?
2. What is Schottky defect?
3. What is Frenkel defect?
4. What makes a glass different from quartz?
5. How many lattice points are there in one unit cell of face – centered cubic lattice?
6. How many lattice points are there in one unit cell of face centered tetragonal lattice?
7. How many lattice points are there in one unit cell of body centered cubic lattice?
8. What are f- centre?
9. What is co – ordination number?
10. Give an example which shows both schottky defect and frenkel defect?
11. What is Tetrahedral hole?
12. What is Octahedral hole?
13. What is the co-ordination number of atoms in a cubic closed pack (ccp) structure?
14. What is interstitial defect?

SOLUTIONS (VSAQ’s)
1. Define the term solution.
2. Define molarity.
3. Calculate the molarity of a solution containing 5gm of NaOH in 450ml solution?
4. Define molality.
5. Calculate the molality of 2.5gm of chanoic acid (CH3COOH) in 75gm of benzene.
6. Define mole fraction.
7. Calculate the mole fracation of H2SO4 in a solution containing 98% H2SO4 by mass?
8. State Raoult’s law and give its two limitations?
9. State Henry’s law?
10. Define osmotic pressure?
11. What are isotonic solutions? Give example.
12. What is relative lowering of vapour pressure?
13. What are colligative properties, give example?
14. Calculate weight of Glucose required to prepare 500ml of 0.1M solution.
15. What is ebullioscopic constant (Kb)?
16. What is cryoscopic constant (Kf)?
17. What are ideal solutions? Give example.
 SURFACE CHEMISTRY (VSAQ’s)
1. What is Gold number?
2. What is the general difference between soap and detergent chemically?
3. What is Tyndal effect?
4. What is Brownian movement?
5. What is protective colloid?
6. What is Hardy – Schulze’s law?
7. What is critical micelle concentration (CMC) and Kraft temperature (TK)?
8. What is peptization and dialysis?
9. Sky appears blue in colour. Explain.
10. What is electro osmosis and electrophoresis?
11. Define flocculation value.
12. Define occlusion?
13. What is adsorption? Give one examples.
14. What is absorption? Give one examples.
15. What are lyophilic and lyophobic sols? Give one example for each.
16. What are micelles? Give one example.
17. Given examples of colloidal system of i) liquid in solid ii) gas in solid?

GROUP – 15
1. Nitrogen molecule is highly stable – why?
2. NH3 forms hydrogen bonds but PH3 does not – why?
3. NO is paramagnetic in gaseous state but diamagnetic in liquid and solid states. Why?
4. Give the disproportionation reaction of H3PO3?
5. PH3 is a weaker base than NH3 Explain?
6. Nitrogen exists as diatomic molecule and phosphorus as P4 – why?
7. What is inert pair effect?
8. Ammonia is a good complexing agent – Explain with an example.

GROUP – 17
1. What happens when Cl2 reacts with dry slaked lime?
2. Bond dissociation enthalphy of F2 is less than that of Cl2 – Explain?
3. Electron gain enthalphy of fluorine (F2) is less than that of Cl2 – Explain.
4. HF is liquid while HCl is a gas – Explain.
5. What is aqua regia? Write its reaction with gold and platinum.
6. Write the reactions of F2 and Cl2 with water?
7. Compare the bleaching action of Cl2 and SO2.
8. Explain the structure of ClF3?
9. Describe the molecular shape of I 3− ?

d & f – BLOCK ELEMENTS and CO – ORDINATION COMPOUNDS

(VSAQ’s)
1. CuSO4 ,5H 2O is blud in colour where as anhydrous CuSO4 is colourless. Why ?
2. What are transition elements. Give Exaples.
3. Calculate the ‘spin only’ magnetic moment of Fe2+ ( ag ) ion.
4. What is an ambidentate ligand? Give example?
5. What is an alloy? Give example?
6. What are coordination compounds ? Give two examples.
7. Write the electronic configuration of chromium (Cr) and copper (Cu)
8. What is a chelate ligand? Give example.
9. Why Zn 2 + is diamagnetic where as Mn 2 + is paramagnetic?
10. Aqueous Cu 2 + ions are blue in colour where as aqueous Zn 2 + ions are colourless. Why?

BIOMOLECULES (VSAQ’s)
1. What is Z witter ion? Give an example.
2. What are essential and non – essential amino acids? Give one example for each.
3. Write any one method of preparation of glucose. Write the equation.
4. What are amino acids? Give two examples.
5. What are proteins? Give an examples.
6. What are globular proteins? Give examples.s
7. What is glycogen? How is it different from starch.
8. What are the hydrolysis products of (i) sucrose and (ii) lactose
9. What is denaturation ? Give an example.
10. How are proteins classified with respect to peptide bond?
11. What are fibrous proteins? Give examples
12. What are reducing sugars?
13. What are anomers?
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (VSAQ’s)
1. Compare the acidic strength of acetic acid, chloroacetic acid, benzoic acid and phenol.

HALOALKANES AND HALOARENES (LAQ’s)

1. Explain the mechanism of Nucleophilic bimolecular substitution SN2 reaction with one example.
2. Explain the mechanism of Nucleophilic unimolecular substitution SN1 reaction with one example.

HALOALKANES AND HALOARENES (VSAQ’s)

1. What type of isomerison is exhibited by 0, m and p – chlorobenzenes?
Mg H O
2. Find the A & B products in the following reactions CH 3CH 2Cl 
ether
→ A 
2
→B
3. Explain the Wurtz – fittig reaction.
4. What is Wurtz reaction? Write an example.

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS CONTAINING NITROGEN (VSAQ’s)

1. How do you carryout the following conversions:
i) Benzoic acid to Benzamide, ii) Aniline to p – bromo aniline
2. Arrange the following bases in decresing order of P Kb values
C6 H 5 NH 2 , C6 H 5 NHCH 3 , C2 H 5 NH 2 and ( C6 H 5 ) 2 NH