SRINIVASA RAMANUJAN PUBLIC SCHOOL, PRAYAGRAJ

TEST SHEET
Class – X
Subject – Chemistry
TOPIC – Sulphuric Acid
Name of the Student: __________________________ Roll No. - ____ Max Time: 01 Hr.

Q1. Name the following.

1. The catalyst used in Contact process.

2. The catalyst used for the conversion of Sulphur dioxide to Sulphur trioxide.
3. Sulphur trioxide is the anhydride of this acid.
4. This compound smells of rotten egg.
5. A strong acid which is an oxidizing agent and non volatile.
6. The process used for the large scale preparation of Sulphuric acid.
7. A white precipitate formed when this salt solution is added to dil. Sulphuric acid.
8. Property of conc. Sulphuric acid which makes it displace Hydrogen chloride from
Sodium chloride.
9. The gas evolved when Sulphur is oxidized using conc. Sulphuric acid.
10. The gas which is evolved when dil. Sulphuric acid is added a metal sulphide and can be
oxidized to Sulphur.
11. The property of conc. Sulphuric acid which makes it removes the water molecules from
sugar crystals.
12. A crystalline blue salt which turns to white when treated with conc. Sulphuric acid.
13. A dilute mineral acid which gives a white precipitate with BaCl2 solution.
14. The acid which is used in the preparation of a non volatile acid.
15. The acid which produces Char coal from Sugar crystals.
16. The acid which on treating with Lead nitrate solution produces a white precipitate which
dissolves on heating.
17. The acid which on mixing with water gives Sulphuric acid.
18. The acid which is formed when SO3 is dissolved in water.
19. The solid product formed when H2S reacts with an oxidizing agent.

Q2. Identify the role played by Conc. Sulphuric acid in the following reactions:

1. 3S + 2H2SO4  3SO2 + 2H2O

2. CuSO4 .5H2O      CuSO4 + 5H2O
3. C12H22O11   12C + 11H2O

Q3.  State your observations seen when:

1. Conc. Sulphuric acid is added to Copper oxide.

 2. Dil. Suplhuric acid is added to Barium chloride solution.
3. Conc. H2SO4 is added to blue copper sulphate.
4. Conc. Sulphuric acid is added to penta hydrated Copper sulphate.
5. Sugar crystals are added to conc. Sulphuric acid.
6. Dil. Sulphuric acid added to Lead nitrate solution.
7. The gas released when Sodium chloride is heated with conc. Sulphuric acid, is passed
into a gas jar containing Ammonia gas.
8. Dil. Sulphuric acid is added to a metal sulphide.
Q4.
1. Name the gas released when Sulphur is treated with  Conc. Sulphuric acid.
2. Write balanced equation for the conversion of SO2 to SO3 in Contact process with
conditions. if any.
3. Give balanced equations for the reactions :
(i) dil.H2SO4 reacts with ZnO
(ii) Copper to Copper sulphate using Conc. Sulphuric acid
Q5. Concentrated sulphuric acid
1. Has a great affinity for water
2. Is an oxidising agent
3. Is the least volatile acid
Give the chemical equations to show the above properties of conc. sulphuric acid.
Q6. Copy and complete the following table relating to the important industrial processes.
Output refers to the product of the process and not the intermediate steps.

Name of the Inputs Catalyst Equation for Output

process catalysed
reaction
Contact process Sulphur dioxide
+ Oxygen

Q7. What happens when hot and concentrated sulphuric acid reacts with the following:
1. CuSO4.5H2O
2. Oxalic acid
3. Formic acid
4. NaOH
5. Sugar
6. Carbon
7. Sulphur
Q8. Which property of sulphuric acid is used in the following:
1. As a source of hydrogen when treated in dilute form with metals like Zn, Mg, Fe etc.
2. Production of hydrogen chloride on treating concentrated acid with sodium chloride.
 3. Production of sulphur dioxide on heating in concentrated form with copper turnings.
4. Liberation of sulphur from H2S with concentrated form.
5. Charring of sugar with hot concentrated acid.
6. Liberation of ethylene gas with hot concentrated acid.
7. Liberation of carbon monoxide with hot concentrated acid
Q9. Giving suitable reasons, explain the following:
In the manufacture of sulphuric acid by contact process:
1. The impurity of arsenic oxide must be removed before passing the mixture of sulphur
dioxide and air through catalytic chamber.
2. For the production of concentrated sulphuric acid, sulphur trioxide is not directly
dissolved in water.
3. When blue crystals of copper (II) sulphate are added to concentrated sulphuric acid- a
less volatile acid- the crystals turn white. Explain.
Q10.
1. Why SO3 formed is not absorbed directly in water?
2. Why vanadium pentaoxide is considered as a better catalyst than platinized asbestos?
3. Why heating of catalyst is discontinued the moment the oxidation of SO2 takes place?