EXAMINATION 2022-23

WEST CHENNAI SAHODAYA CLUSTER

CLASS XI
CHEMISTRY THEORY (043)
MAXIMUM MARKS:70
TIME:3 HOURS

General Instructions

instructions caretully.
Read the following
with internal choice
a) There are 35 questions in this question paper
carrying I mark each.
SECTION A consists of 18 multiple-choice questions
b)
marks each.
short answer questions carrying 2
c) SECTION B consists of 7 very
marks each.
SECTION C consists of 5 short
answer questions carry1ng 3
d)
marks each.
of 2 based questions carrying 4
e) SECTION D consists case-

5 marks each.
f) SECTION E consists of 3 long answer questions carrying

g All questions are compulsory.

calculators is not allowed
h) Use of log tables and
SECTIONA

questions with one correct

The following questions are multiple-choice
internal choice in this
answer. Each question
carries 1 mark. There is no

section.

used in making Ruben -Mallory

1. Which ofthe following materials are
cell(Mercury cell)?
a) Zinc amalgam and mercury b) Mercuric oxide and zinc amalgam
c)Zinc and zincoxide d) Zinc oxide and mercury

2. Consider the given figure and mark the correct option.

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 a) Activation energy of forward reaction
is E +E2 and product is less stable
than reactant.

reaction is E +E2 and product is more

b) Activation energy of forward
stable than reactant.

backward reaction is E1 +E2 and

c) Activation energy of both forward and
reactant is more stable than product

is stable
d) Activation energy of backward reaction is E1 and product
more

than reactant.

3. Pick out the correct statements from the following:

1.Cobalt(I) is stable in octahedral complexes.

2. Zinc forms coloured ions or complexes
3. Most of the d-block elements and their compounds are ferromagnetic.

4. Osmium shows (VII) oxidation state.

5. Cobalt (II) is more stable in octahedral complexes.

a) 1 and 2 b) 1 and 3
c) 2 and 4 d) 1 and 4

4. The CFSE for octahedral complex[CoCl] t* is 18,000cm.The CFSE for

tetrahedral [CoCL] will be cm

a) 18,000 b)16,000
c)8,000 d)20,000
5. Which of the following compound is chiral ?

a) 3-Pentanol b) 1-Pentanol

c) 3-Methyl-1-butanol d) 3-Methyl-2-butanol
6. Which of the following cannot be made by using Williamson synthesis?

a) Methoxy benzene b) Benzyl-p-nitrophenylether

c) tert-Butyl methyl ether d) Di- tert butyl ether

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 is suitable for the preparation of
7. Which of the following Grignard reagent
3-Methyl-2-Butanol?
bromide
a) 2-Butanonet methylmagnesium
b) Acetone + ethylmagnesium bromide
bromide
c) Actaldehyde + isopropylmagnesium
bromide
d) Ethyl propionate + methylmagnesium

8. Which ofthe following reagents would

not be a good choice for reducing an

aryl nitro compound to an amine?

a) H2 (excess)/Pt b) LiAIH4 in ether
c) Fe and HCI d) Sn and HCI
found to be Rate- K[A][B].
9.Rate law for the reaction A+2B---- C is
concentration of A
Concentration of reactant B is doubled keeping the

constant, the value of rate constant will

be
a) the same b) doubled
d) halved
c)quadrupled

ArN,CI Cu/HC ArCl+N, CuCl is named as

+
The reaction
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b) Gatterman reaction
a) Sandmeyer's reaction
c) Coupling reaction d) Carbylamine reaction

11. Which of the following on heating with aqueous KOH gives acetaldehyde?

a) CHCOCI b) CH CH:Ci
c) CH-CICHCi d) CHCHClh

"0? (Given
12. Which radioactive isotope would have the longer half life 0 or

rate constant for 50 and °O are 5.63 *103 S and K-2.38* 102S
respectively).
a) 0
b) 10
c) Both will have the same half life
d) None of the above, information insufficient.

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13. The stabilization of coordination compounds due to chelation is called the
chelate effect. Which ofthe following is the most stable complex species?

a) [Fe(CO)%] b)[Fe(CN).
c)[Fe(C0)] d) [Fe(H:0)%*
14. When CH-CH=CH -CHO is reduced with H/Ni, the compound formed will
be

a) CHCH,COOH b) CH-CHCH:OH
c) CHCHCH,OH d) CHCH,CH CH,OH
15. Given below are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R)
ASSERTION: Alcohols have higher boiling points than ethers
of comparable
molecular masses.
REASON: Alcohols and ethers are isomeric in nature.
Select the most appropriate answer from the
a. Both A and R are true
options given below:
and R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are true but R is not the
correct explanation of A.
c. A is true but R is
false.
d. A is false but R is true.

16. Given below are two statements labelled as Assertion

(A) and Reason (R)
ASSERTION : D(+)-Glucose is
dextrorotatory in nature.
REASON: 'D' represents its
dextrorotatory
nature.
Select the most appropriate answer from the
a. Both A and R are true
options given below:
and R is the correct
b. Both A and R are true but R is
explanation of A
not the correct
c. A is true but R is
explanation of A.
false.
d. A is false but R is true.

17. Given below are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason
(R)
ASSERTION: Mercury is not
considered as a transition element.
REASON: Mercury is a liquid.
Select the most appropriate answer from the
a. Both A and R are true
options given below:
and R is the correct
b. Both A and R are
explanation of A
true but R is not the correct
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 C.A istrue but R is false.
d. A is false but R is true.
two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R)
18. Given below are
reactive
aniline becomes more
ASSERTION: In strongly acidic medium,
towards electrophilic reagents. acidic
protonated in strongly
REASON: The amino group being completely available
no longer
medium,the lone of electrons on nitrogen is
pair
for resonance.

appropriate answer options given below:

from the
Select the most
of A
true and R is the correct explanation
a. Both A and R are
of A.
but R is not the correct explanation
b. Both A and R are true
C. A is true but R is false.
d. A is false but R is true.

SECTION B

choice in two questions.

This section contains 7 questions with internal
marks
are very short
answer type and carry 2
The following questions
each.
min. What is the half life
of a first order
reaction is completed in 32
19. One fourth

period of this reaction?

vitamin causes:
20. Deficiency of which
ii) Night blindness.
i) Poor coagulation of blood

OR}

Differentiate between fibrous proteins and globular proteins

with potassium tertiary
C6H13Cl on treatment
21. An alkyl halide of formula alkenes on
alkenes Y and Z(C$H12).Both
butoxide gives two isomeric
Dimethylbutane. Predict the structures of X,Y and Z.
hydrogenation give 2,3
OR} a hydrocarbon
with alc.,KOH to produce
An unknown alkyl halide A reacts
and one
gives one mole of propionaldehyde
CaHs.OZonolysis of hydrocarbon
structure of A and Write the
equations for the
moleof formaldehyde. Predict the
reactions involved.

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22. Write the IUPAC name of the following compound
[Cr{NH;)s(NCS)[{ZnCla
Is this compound coloured ? If So why?

23. How many hours does it take to reduce 3mol of Fe

"
to Fe with 2A current

(1 Faraday =96,500 C/mol)

24. The rate constant for the first order decomposition of a certain reaction is

described by the equation:

log K(s)= 14.34 (1.25*10 *K)

T

What is the activation energy of this reaction?

25. Write the chemical equations for the following conversions in not more than 2
steps: a) Acetaldehyde to Butane-1,3 diol
b) Acetone to propene.

SECTIONC
This section contains 5 questions with internal choice in two questions. The
following questions are short answer type and carry 3
marks each.
26. a) How will you distinguish between Prop-2-enol and
Propan-1-ol using a
suitable chemical test?

b) How do you account for the fact that unlike phenol, 2,4-Dinitrophenol is
soluble in aqueous sodium carbonate solution?

27. Describe for the following complexes, the type of hybridization, shape and
magnetic behavior: a) [Co(NH1)6]3* b)[NiCL
28. A storage battery contains a solution of H,S04 38% by weight. Atthis

concentration, Van't Hoff factor is 2.50. At what temperature will the battery
contents freeze? (Ksfor water =1.86 K Kg/mol)

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29. Account for any 3 of the following facts:

a) Methylamine in water reacts with ferric chloride to precipitate hydrated

ferric oxide.

b) Aniline does not undergo Friedel crafts reaction.

c)Primary amines have higher boiling points than tertiary amines.

d)Ethylamine is soluble in water whereas aniline is nd

30. Predict the structure of all the alkenes that would be formed by the

dehydrohalogenation of the following alky halides with sodium ethoxide in

ethanol.

a) 1-Bromo-1-Methylcyclohexane

b) 2-Chloro-2-Methylbutane
c) 3-Bromo-2,2,3-trimethylpentane
{OR}
Write equations for the following reaction when
alcoholic KOH.
a) n-Butyl chloride is treated with
b) Chlorobenzene is subjected to hydrolysis.
sodium in the presence of dry ether.
c) Methyl bromide is treated with
SECTION D

The following questions are case-based questions. Each question has an

internal choice and carries 4 (1+1+2) marks each. Read the passage
that follow
carefully and answer the questions

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31. Properties such as boiling point, freezing point, and vapour pressure of a pure
solvent change when solute molecules are added to get homogeneous solution.
These are called colligative properties. Application of colligative properties are
y useful in day-to-day life. One of its example is the use of ethylene glycol

and water nmixture as anti-freezing liquid in the radiator of cars. The Van 't

Hof factor i (named after Dutch chemist Jacobus Henricus Van 't Hoff) is a

measure ofthe effect ofa solute on colligative properties such as osmotic

pressure, relative lowering in vapour pressure, boiling-point elevation and
freezing-point depression. The Van't Hofffactor is the ratio between the actual
concentration of particles produced when the substance is dissolved and the
concentration of a substance as calculated from its mass. For most non-
electrolytes dissolved in water, the Van 't Hoff factor is essentially 1. For most
1onic compounds dissolved in water, the Van 't Hoff factor is equal to the

number of discrete ions in a formula unit of the substance. This is true for ideal
solutions only, occasionally ion pairing occurs in solution. At a given instant
as

a small percentage of the ions are paired and count as a

single particle. Ion
pairing occurs to some extent in all electrolyte solutions. This causes the
measured Van't Hoff factor to be less than that
predicted in an ideal solution.
The deviation for the Van 't Hoff factor tends to be
greatest where the ions have
multiple charges
Answer the following questions based on the above passage:
a) Define Freezing point depression constant

b) Write the colligative property which is used to find the molecular mass
of macromolecules.

c) Out of 0.1 molal aqueous solution of glucose and 0.1 molalaqueous

solution of KCl, which one will have higher boiling point and why ?

{OR}

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 than one or greater than one in
Predict whether Van't Hoff factor is less
in water
the following: (i) CH,COOH dissolved
(i) CH COOH dissolved in benzene

FIBROUS NATURE OF DNA

32. EVIDENCE FOR THE
consists of a very
DNA is now well established. It
The basic chemical formula of
and phosphate
which is made up of alternate sugar
long chain, the backbone of To each sugar is
groups, joined together
in regular 3' 5" phosphate di-ester linkages.
different kinds of which are commonly
attached a nitrogenous base, only four
other
and guanine--- are purines, and the
found in DNA. Two of these---adenine
pyrimidines. A fifth base, 5-methyl cytosine,
occurs
two thymineand cytosine-are
and a sixth, 5-hydroxy-methyl-cytosine, is
in smaller amounts in certain organisms,
It should be noted that the chain is
found instead of cytosine in the T even phases.
inter-nucleotide linkage. On the other
unbranched, a consequence of the regular
nucleotides is, as far as can be ascertained,
hand, the sequence of the different and some
irregular. Thus, DNA has some features which are regular,
completely
which are irregular. A similar conception of
the DNA molecule as a long thin fibre
sedimentation, diffusion, light
is obtained from physicochemical analysis involving
These techniques indicate that DNA isa
scattering, and viscosity measurements.
structure approximately 20 A wide
and many thousands of
very asymmetrical
angstroms long. Estimates of
weight currently centre between 5 X
its molecular
each of these
106 and 107 (approximately 3 x104 nucleotides). Surprisingly
measurements tend to suggest that the DNA is relatively rigid, a puzzling finding
in view of the large number of single bonds (5 per nucleotide) in the phosphate-
these indirect inferences have been confirmed by
sugar back bone. Recently
electron microscopy. DNA Fingerprinting It is
known that every individual has
of the fingers and have been used for
unique fingerprints. These occur at the tips
identification for a long time but these can be altered by surgery. A sequence of
information regarding this is called
bases on DNA is also unique for a person and
DNA fingerprinting. (source: Watson, J. D., & Crick, F. H. (1953, January). The
structure of DNA. In Cold Spring Harbor symposia on quantitative biology (Vol.
Press.
18, pp. 123-131). Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Answer the following questions based on the above passage:

a) Name the nitrogenous bases which are commonly found in DNA

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 b) What products would be formed when a nucleotide from DNA
thymine is hydrolysed? containing
c)Write the important structural and
RNA functional differences between DNA and

OR
What are the different
types of RNA found in the cell? When RNA is
there is no
relationship among the quantities of different bases hydrolysed,
formed? Why?
SECTIONE
The following questions are long answer type and
questions have an internal choice. carry 5 marks each.Two
33. a) A zinc rod is
dipped in 0.1M solution of ZnS04. The salt is
95% dissociated
at this dilution at 298K.
Calculate the electrode potential
(Given: E° Za 2+/Za= 0.76V
log 1000=3 log
-

b) The EMF of the cell reaction 3Sn

95=1.977723)
,

4+2Cr- 3Sn2 +2Cr3 is 0.89V.

Calculate the Standard Free
energy change for the reaction
F-96,500C/mol, VC=J)
{OR}
a) The EMF of a cell
corresponding to the reaction
Zn(s) +2H(aq)- Zn (0.1M)
+Ha(g,1 atm) is 0.28 Volt at 25°C. Write
the half cell reaction and calculate
the p" of the solution at the
electrode. hydrogen
EZn2+/Zn= -0.76 volt, E° H+H2=0
b) Calculate the standard free energy change taking place
in H/02 fuel cell for
the following reaction: 2H(g)
+Oz(g)- 2H,0 (aq) E'«ll 1.229 V

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34. a) Account for the following facts:

i)Transition metals generally form coloured compounds.

acidic.
Lowest oxide of transition metal is basic, the highest is
)

ii) Nb and Ta exhibit similar properties.

with KMnO4.
formula of the compound which is isostructural
b) Give the

equation in basicmedium:
C.) Complete and balanace the following
MnO+S0,+H:0

named reaction with an example:

35. a)Explain the following
i) Rosenmund Reduction

ii) Cannizarro Reaction

reaction
ii) Hell volhard Zelinsky
reaction of aldehydes and
it is necessary to
control the p" during the
b) Why
derivative?
Ketones with ammonia

convert acetaldehyde to methane?

c) How will you
{OR}
named reaction with an example:
a) Explain the following
Etard reaction
i)
ii) Wolff Kishner reduction

i) Stephen Reduction

with KMnO4
b) Tertiary butylbenzene does not give benzoic acid when oxidized
.Why?
c) How will you convert Benzoic acid to m nitrobenzyl alcohol?

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