FALCON PU COLLEGE

II PUC –CHEMISTRY
PREPARATORY EXAMINATION
Date: 06-01-2023 Max Marks: 70
Duration: 3:15 hrs
General Instructions:-
1. All parts are compulsory.
2. Part – A questions have to be answered in the first two pages of the answer-booklet.
For Part – A questions, first written-answer will be considered for awarding marks.
3. Answers without relevant diagram / figure / circuit wherever necessary will not carry any marks.
4. Direct answers to the numerical problems without detailed solutions will not carry any marks.
PART A
I. Pick the correct option among the four given options for ALL of the following
questions: 15 x 1 = 15
1. Which of the following represents monoclinic crystal system?
a) 𝑎 ≠ 𝑏 ≠ 𝑐, 𝛼 ≠ 𝛽 ≠ 𝛾 ≠ 90𝑜
b) 𝑎 = 𝑏 = 𝑐, 𝛼 = 𝛽 = 𝛾 ≠ 90𝑜
c) 𝑎 ≠ 𝑏 ≠ 𝑐, 𝛼 = 𝛾 = 90𝑜 𝛽 ≠ 90𝑜
d) 𝑎 = 𝑏 = 𝑐, 𝛼 = 𝛽 = 𝛾 = 90𝑜
2. Which of the following concentration terms is/ are independent of temperature?
a) Molality only b) Molality and mole fraction
c) Molarity and mole fraction d) Molality and normality
3. For mixture containing “four” components which of the following is correct in
term of mole fraction?
𝑛
a) 𝑥1 + 𝑥2 + 𝑥3 + 𝑥4 ≠ 1 b) 𝑛 +𝑛3 +𝑛 = 𝑥3
1 2 3
𝑛1 𝑛
c) 𝑥1 = 𝑛 = Σ𝑛1 d) 𝑛1 + 𝑛2 + 𝑛3 + 𝑛4 = 1
1 +𝑛2 +𝑛3 +𝑛4
4. The electrical properties and their respective SI units are given below. Identify the
wrongly matched pair.
Electrical property SI unit
a) Specific conductance 𝑆𝑚−1
b) Conductance S
c) Equivalent conductance 𝑆𝑚2 𝑔𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑣 −1
d) Cell constant m
5. For the reaction A+2B→C, rate is given by R=[𝐴][𝐵]2 then the order of the reaction is
a) 3 b) 6 c) 5 d) 7
6. Milk is a colloid in which a
a) Liquid is dispersed in a liquid b) Solid is dispersed in a liquid
c) gas is dispersed in a liquid d) Sugar is dispersed in a liquid
7. The method not used in metallurgy to refine the impure metal is
a) Mond’s Process b) Van-Arkel process
c) Amalgamation process d) Liquation
8. Hybridization and structure of XeF4 is
a) 𝑆𝑝3 𝑑, 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑏𝑖𝑝𝑦𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑙 b) 𝑆𝑝3 , 𝑡𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑎ℎ𝑒𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑙
c) 𝑆𝑝3 𝑑 2 , 𝑆𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑟 d) 𝑆𝑝3 𝑑 2 , ℎ𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙
9. Which group contains coloured ions out of
 (i) 𝐶𝑢2+ (ii) 𝑇𝑖 4+ (iii) 𝐶𝑜 2+ (iv) 𝐹𝑒 2+
a) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) b) (i), (iii), (iv) c) (ii), (iii) d) (i), (ii)
10. Which one of the following is an outer orbital complex and exhibits paramagnetic
behavior?
a) [𝑁𝑖(𝑁𝐻3 )6 ]2+ b) [𝑍𝑛(𝑁𝐻3 )6 )]2+
c) [𝐶𝑟(𝑁𝐻3 )6 ]3+ d) [𝐶𝑜(𝑁𝐻3 )6 ]3+
11.

The above structural formula refers to

a) BHC b) DNA c) DDT d) RNA
12. Phenol, when it first reacts with concentrated sulphuric acid and then with concentrated
nitric acid, gives
a) 2,4,6-trinitrobenzene b) o-nitrophenol
c) p-nitrophenol d) nitrobenzene
13. Clemmensen reduction of a ketone is carried out in the presence of which of the
following?
a) Glycol with KOH b) Zn-Hg with HCl
c) LiAlH4 d) 𝐻2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃𝑡 𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑠𝑡
14. Benzyl amine reacts with nitrous acid to give
a) Azobenzene b) Benzene
c) Benzyl alcohol d) Phenol
15. Which of the following molecules is capable of forming Zwitter ion?
a) 𝑁𝐻2 𝐶𝐻2 𝐶𝑂𝑂𝐻 b) 𝐶𝐻3 𝐶𝐻2 𝑁𝐻2
c) 𝐶𝐻3 𝐶𝐻2 𝐶𝑂𝑂𝐻 d) All of these

II Fill in the blanks. 5x1=5

[PtF6, London forces, Exponentially, Isoprene, Carbonyl chloride]
16. Iodine molecules are held in the crystals lattice by _______
17. In a first order reaction the concentration of the reaction decreases _______ with time
18. The first noble gas compound was prepared by reacting Xe with _______
19. Phosgene is a __________
20. Natural rubber is a polymer of _______
PART B
III Answer any FOUR of the following questions. 4x2=8
21. How many tetrahedral and octahedral voids are possible if the number of close packed
spheres in two layers in N?
22. Calculate the mass of aluminum deposited at cathode when 193 C of current is passed
through molten electrolyte containing dissolved alumina. Given molar mass of Al= 27g mol-
1
, 1F=96500c mol-1
23. Write Arrhenius equation. What is Ea in the equation called?
24. Give reasons:
(i) Element cerium (Ce) exhibits +4 oxidation state.
(ii) Actinoid contraction is greater from element to element than lanthanoid
contraction.
25. (a) Write the IUPAC name of major product formed in Friedel-Crafts acylation of
 anisole.

(b) Complete the reaction

26. How are carboxylic acids prepared from Grignard reagent?

27. What is saponification? Give the equation to form sodium stearate by this method
28. What are antibiotics? Give an example.

PART C
IV Answer any FOUR of the following questions. 4 x 3 = 12
29. Describe three steps involved in the leaching of bauxite to get pure alumina
30. Write equations involved in the preparation of nitric acid by ostwald’s process by
maintaining the reaction conditions.
31. Complete the following equations:
a) 𝐶𝐻4 + 2𝑂2 → b) 2𝐹𝑒 +3 + 𝑆𝑂2 + 2𝐻2 𝑂 →
𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐.𝐻2 𝑆𝑂4
c) 𝐶12 𝐻22 𝑂11 →
32. (a) Which is the strongest acid among the hydrogen halides? Give one reason
[×= 𝐹, 𝐶𝑙, 𝐵𝑟, 𝐼 ].
(b) Write the structure of chloric acid (HCl𝑂3 )
33. Give reason (one each) for the following:
a) Transition metals are good catalytic agent.
b) Second ionization enthalpy of copper is very high.
c) The spin only magnetic moment of 𝑆𝑐 3+ 𝑖𝑠 𝑧𝑒𝑟𝑜 (𝑧 = 21)
34. Write the equations involved in the preparation of potassium dichromate from
chromite ore.
35. With the help of valence bond theory account for hybridization, geometry and
magnetic property of [Ni(CN)4]2- complex ion [Z for Ni = 28]
36. a) For the given complex |Co(NH3)5 Br]𝑆𝑂4 write the IUPAC name and its ionization
isomer.
b) Which set of d-orbitals of metal/ions atom experience more repulsion in
octahedral field created by the ligand?

PART D
V Answer any THREE of the following questions. 3 x 5 = 15
37. a) Calculate packing efficiency in simple cubic lattice.
b) An element having atomic mass 63.1 g/mol has face centered cubic unit cell
with edge length 3.608x10-8 cm. calculate the density of unit cell. |Given
NA=6.022x1023 atoms/mol
38. a) 1.0 g of non-electrolyte solute dissolved in 50g of benzene lowered the
freezing point of benzene by 0.4k. Find the molar mass of the solution. [given:
Freezing point depression] constant of benzene = 5.12k kg mol-1
b) How solubility of a gas liquid varies with (i) temperature and (ii) pressure?
39. a) The electrode potential for the daniell cell given below is 1.1V.Zn(s)|Zn 2+
(aq)||Cu2+ (aq)| Cu (s) Write overall cell reaction and calculate the standard gibb’s
 energy for the reaction [F=96487 c/mol].
b) Mention any two factors which affects the conductivity of electrolytic solution
40. a) Derive an integrated rate equation for rate constant of a zero order reaction
b) show that the rate of first order reaction is doubled when concentration of the
reactant is doubled.
41. a) Give any two differences between lyophilic and lyophobic colloids
b) Write two steps involved in the mechanism of enzyme catalyzed reaction.
c) What is the entropy change (s) for adsorption?
IV Answer any THREE of the following questions. 3 x 5 = 15
42. a) Write mechanism for conversion of methyl chloride to methyl alcohol.
b) Aryl halides are extremely less reactive towards nucleophilic substitution
reactions. Give any two reasons.
c) What is asymmetric carbon?
43. a) Explain kolbe’s reaction with equation.
b) Write the three steps involved in the mechanism of acid catalyzed dehydration
of ethanol to ethane.
44. a) How benzene is converted into benzaldehyde by gatterman-Koch reaction?
Write equation.
b) Complete the following reaction.
c) What is the effect of electron withdrawing group on the acidity carboxylic
acid?
45. Complete the following equations
𝐻2 /𝑁𝑖
(i) 𝑅𝐶 ≡ 𝑁 →
∆
(ii) 𝑅 − 𝑁𝐻2 + 𝐶𝐻𝐶𝑙3 + 3𝐾𝑂𝐻(𝑎𝑙𝑐𝑜) →
(iii) 𝐶6 𝐻5 𝑁𝐻2 + 3𝐵𝑟2 → + 3𝐻𝐵𝑟
46. a) Write the Haworth structure of maltose.
b) Give an example for
(i) Globular proteins.
(ii) Naturally occurring optically inactive amino acid.
c) Name the nucleic acid which is responsible for genetic information.
47. a) Explain the preparation of Nylon-6,6 with equation.
b) Name the monomer present in the following polymer
(i) Poly vinyl chloride (ii) Natural rubber
c) Give an example of bio-degradable polymer.