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1. Which one of the following is an acidic salt ?
1) Na2SO3 2) Na2SO4 3) Na2S2O8 4) NaHSO4
ANS 4
2. Which of the following is Bronsted acid?
1) Cl– 2) C O3− 3) HCOO– 4) CH3COOH
ANS 4
3. Ionisation of HCN in water results in the formation of
1) H+ and CN– ions 2) H3O+ and CN– ions
3) HCN+ and CN– ions 4) H2CN+ ion
ANS 2

4. Formation of two conjugate acid –base pairs is called neutralisation according to

1) Lewis 2) Bronsted – Lowery 3) Arrhenius 4) None
ANS 2
5. The conjugate base of (C6H5)2NH2+ is
1) C6H5NH2 2) (C6H5)2N+ 3) (C6H5)2N 4) (C6H5)2NH

ANS 4
6 . Boron compounds behave as Lewis acids because of their
1) Acidic nature 2) Covalent character
3) Ionising property 4) Electron deficient character
ANS 4

7 .The conjugate acid of S2O8–2 is

1) HSO4– 2) H2SO4 3) H2S2O8 4) HS2O8−
ANS 4

8. Addition of sodium acetate to acetic acid will cause

1) Increase in pH value 2) Decrease in pH value
3) No change in pH value 4) Neutralisation
ANS 1

9. The pH of N/50 HCl is

1) 2.6990 2) 3.69990 3) 1.6990 4) 1.3010

ANS 3
10. Which of the following acts as a Lewis acid?
1) Al3+ 2) SnCl4 3) CO2 4) All
ANS 4
11. The highest pH would be shown by a 1N solution of
1) Acetic acid 2) NaOH 3) H2SO4 4) NH4OH
ANS 2

12. Which of the following has higher pH ?

1) Distilled water 2) Water saturated with chlorine
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3) Water saturated with SO2 gas 4) Water saturated with SO3 gas
ANS 1

13. The pH value of a strong dibasic acid is 1. The molarity of the solution is
1) 0.1 M 2) 0.2 M 3) 0.05 M 4) 0.5M
ANS 3

14. HCl gas can not act as an acid in

1) Polar solvent 2) Highly polar solvents 3) NH3 liquid 4) Non – polar
solvents
ANS 4
15. Generally anions are Lewis
1) Acids 2) Bases 3) Ampholytes 4) Salts
ANS 2

16. Which of the following is neutralisation only according to Lewis theory ?

1) H2SO4+ Ca(OH)2→ CaSO4 + 2H2O 2) NaOH + HCl  NaCl + H2O
3) H+ + OH–  H2O 4) (CH3)3 N + BF3  (CH3)3N : BF3
ANS 4

17. The pH of 0.005 M H2SO4 solution is

1) 12 2) 2.699 3) 2.3110 4) 2
2) ANS 4

18. 60 c.c of 0.1 M HCl is mixed with 40 cc. of 0.05 M H2SO4. The pH value of the
resulting solution is
1) 2 2) 0 3) 1 4) 0.5
ANS 3
19. Which of the following solutions has pH close to 1.0?
1) 100 ml 0.1 M HCl + 100 ml 0.1 M NaOH 2) 55 ml 0.1 M HCl + 45 ml0.1
MNaOH
3) 10 ml 0.1 M HCl + 90 ml 0.1 M NaOH 4)60 ml 0.1 M HCl + 40 ml
0.05MNaOH
ANS 4
20 A solution of blue vitriol is acidic in nature because
1) CuSO4 reacts with water 2) Cu+2 ions react with water
3) SO4–2 ions react with water 4) CuSO4 removes OH– ions from water

ANS 2
21 An aqueous solution of ammonium acetate is
1) Strongly acidic 2) Acidic
3) Strong basic 4) Almost neutral
ANS 4

22. pH of a solution of NaOH is 12.0, pH of HCl solution of same molarity will be

1) 2.0 2) 12.0 3) 10.0 4) 1.7
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ANS 1
23. Which of the following salts when added to pure water will not alter its pH ?
1) CH3COONH4 2) FeCl3 3) Borax 4) KCN
ANS 1

24. An aqueous solution of Al2(SO4) would show

1) Acidic nature 2) Basic nature
3) Neutral nature 4) Both 1 and 2
ANS 1

25 .The pH of solution is 4. Its hydrogen ion concentration is increased 100 times. Then
the pH of solution will be
1) 7 2) 1 3) 6 4) 2

ANS 2