INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

(JEE-ADVANCED)

P-BLOCK ELEMENT (13 & 18 Group) DPP-2

Single Correct :
1. When an inorganic compound X having 3c – 2e– as well as 2c – 2e– bounds react with NH3
gas at a certain temperature, gives a compounds Y, isostructural with benzene. Compound X
with ammonia at a high temperature produces a substance Z, then
(A) X is BH3, Y is B2N2H3, Z is inorganic Benzene
(B) X is B2H6, Y is B3N3H6, Z is Boron nitride
(C) X is borax, Y is B2O3 , Z is inorganic Benzene
(D) Reactions insufficient to predict

2. Referring to the following reactions the missing products A, B, C, and D respectively are
NH4Cl(aq) + NaNO2(aq)  [A] + H2O(l) + NaCl(aq)

(NH4) 2Cr2O7   [B] + H2O(l) + Cr2O3(s)
Cu + HNO3(dilute)  Cu(NO3)2 + [C] + H2O(l)
Cu + HNO3 (concentrate) Cu(NO3)2 + [D] + H2O(l)
(A) N2, N2, NO, NO2 (B) N2, NH3, N2, NO
(C) N2, N2, NO2, NO2 (D) N2, NH3, NO2, N2O4

3. A : Hybridization of carbon is sp2 in all its crystalline allotropes.

R : There are alternate double-single bonds in each allotrope of carbon.
(A) Both Assertion & Reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the
assertion.
(B) Both Assertion & Reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the
assertion.
(C) Assertion is true statement but Reason is false.
(D) Both Assertion and Reason are false statements.

4. XeF6 on particle hydrolysis with water, produces a compound ‘X’. The same compound ‘X’ is
formed when XeF6 reacts with silica. The compound ‘X’ is:
(A) XeF4 (B) XeF2 (C) XeO3 (D) XeOF4

5. Which one of the following pairs of substances on reaction will not evolve H2 gas?
(A) Iron and steam (B) Iron and H2SO4 (aqueous)
(C) Copper and HCl (aqueous) (D) Sodium and ethyl alcohol

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6. In curing cement plasters water is sprinkled from time to time. This helps in :
(A) keeping it cool
(B) developing interlocking needle-like crystals of hydrated silicates
(C) hydrating sand and gravel mixed with cement
(D) converting sand into silicic acid

7. What is the product of the reaction of H2O2 with Cl2 ?

(A) O2 + HOCl (B) HCl + O2 (C) H2O + HCl (D) HCl + H2

8. Which of the following halides cannot be hydrolysed ?

(i) TeF6 (ii) SF6 (iii) NCl3 (vi) NF3
Choose the correct code :
(A) (iii) and (iv) (B) (i), (ii) and (iii) (C) (i), (ii) and (iv) (D) (ii) and (iv)

9. NaOCl is used as a bleaching agent and sterilising agent. It can be synthesised the action of
(A) NaCl with H2O (B) NH4Cl with NaOH
(C) Cl2 with cold and dilute NaOH (D) Cl2 with hot and concentrated NaOH

10. Hydrolysis of PI3 yield

(A) a monobasic acid and a dibasic acid (B) a monobasic acid and a salt
(C) a monobasic acid and tribasic acid (D) a monoacid base and a dibasic acid.

11. CIO2is an/a

(A) anhydride of HCIO2
(B) anhydride of HCIO3
(C) mixed anhydride of HC1O2 and HCIO3Correct Answer
(D) mixed anhydride of HC1O3 and HCIO4

12. In which of the following reactions, the product(s) given is/are not correct?
(A) 3Cu + 8HNO3(dil)  3Cu(NO3)2 + 2NO + 4H2O
(B) 3Zn + 8HNO3(very dil)  3Zn(NO3)2 + 2NO + 4H2O
(C) 3Sn + 10HNO3(dil)  4Sn(NO3)2 + NH4NO3 + 3H2O
(D) As + 3HNO3(dil)  H3AsO3 + 3NO2

13. SOCI2 + HOH  [X] + [Y]

Which of the following is /are incorrect statements(s)?
(i) one of the products is a gas having sp3d hybridization
(ii) Both the products are strong acids.
(iii) one of the product has one p– d bond.
(iv) one of the product when react with NH3 gives white fumes.
(A) II,IV (B) I,II (C) I, II, III (D) II, III

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14. Cl2(g) + Ba(OH)2 
 x(aq.) + BaCl

X + H2SO4 
 Y + BaSO4

Y 
  365K
 Z + H2O + O2
Y and Z are respectively :
(A) HClO4, ClO2 (B) HClO3, ClO2 (C) HClO3, ClO6 (D) HClO4, Cl2O7

15. The following conversion can be obtained by using

?
NH3  N2H4
(A) OCl– (B) HSO3– (C) HCO3– (D) PO4–3

16. Compound found by hydrolysis of BiCl3 is :

(A) Bismuth hydroxide (B) Bismuth oxychloride
(C) Bismuth oxide (D) Oxo acid of bismuth


17. NaNO3   A  B
gas

CuCl2
A + HCl   C  H2 O
gas

Colour of C and A are respectively.

(A) Colourless, reddish brown (B) Greenish yellow, Colourless
(C) Yellow, reddish brown (D) Colourless, Greenish yellow

18. Ammonium dichromate is used in some fireworks. The green coloured powder blown in the air
is
(A) CrO3 (B) Cr (C) CO (D) Cr2O3

19. The gas obtained by roasting of sulphide ore is reacted with acidified potassium dichromate. A
green coloured compound 'X' is formed. The compound X can be:
(A) SO2 (B) Cr2(SO4)3 (C) Cl2 (D) CrO2Cl2

20. Hydrogen peroxide oxidizes thiosulphate ion to-

(A) SO 23  (B) SO 24 (C) S 4O 62 (D) S

21. Incorrect statement about carbon monoxide is-

(A) It is highly soluble is water.
(B) It burns is oxygen to produce considerable amount of heat
(C) It is toxic having bond order = 3
(D) It is found in coal gas, water gas and produces gas

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22. HF is not preserved in glass bottles because
(A) It reacts with SiO2 the aluminium oxide of the glass
(B) It reacts with of the glass
(C) It reacts with the visible part of the light
(D) It reacts with sodium oxide of the glass

23. The gas produced by the passage of air over hot coke is
(A) carbon monoxide (B) Carbon dioxide
(C) Producer gas (D) Water gas

24. Regarding the oxidation states of elements of transition element the incorrect statement is
(A) Mo+6 is more stable than Cr+6
(B) W +6 is more stable than Cr+6
(C) Oxonian of Cr+6 in acidic medium is better oxidizing agent than oxides of Mo and W in +6
oxidation state.
(D) Higher oxidation states are shown by metals when they are attached toacceptor ligands.

25. SO2 is considered as an air pollutant because

(A) Its concentration increases with temperature
(B) It is used as an insecticicde which is air pollutant
(C) It reacts with O2 and H2O to produce acid rain
(D) It is a strong oxidant and oxidizes other components of atmosphere

26. Bleaching powder contains a salt of an oxoacid as one of its components. The anhydride of
that acid is
(A) Cl2O (B) Cl2O7 (C) ClO2 (D) Cl2O6

27. Iodine is a solid and sublimes at ordinary temperature. This is because of:
(A) weak I-I bonds (B) strong I-I bonds
(C) lone pair-bond pair repulsions (D) weak van Waals forces between 2 molecules

28. Which of the following statements regarding boric acid is false-

(A) It acts as a tribasic acid (B) It has a planar structure
(C) It acts as monobasic acid (D) It is soluble in hot water

29. The reaction that does not produce nitrogen is

(A) heating (NH4)2Cr2O7 (B) NH3 with excess of Cl2
(C) heating of NaN3 (D) heating of NH4NO3

30. White phosphorus on reaction with concentrated NaOH solution in an inert atmosphere of CO2
gives phosphlne and compound (X). (X) on acidification with HC1 gives compound (Y). he
basicity of compound (Y) is
(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 2 (D) 1

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31. Which of the following statement about anhydrous chloride is correct?
(A) It fumes in moist air
(B) It exists as dimer both in the vapor state below 350C and in non-polar solvents
(C) It is prepared by heating Al2O3 in a stream of Sulphur chloride (S2CI2) vapor and chlorine.
(D) All of these

32. Upon long standing, concentrated HNO3

(A) remains colourless, but gives out NO
(B) Q turns yellow brown due to formation of NO2
(C) turns yellow brown due to the formation of N2O4
(D) remains colourless, but gives N2O

33. With respect to graphite and diamond, which of the statement(s) given below is (are) correct ?
(1) Graphite has higher electrical conductivity than diamond
(2) Graphite is harder than diamond
(3) Graphite has higher C – C bond order than diamond
(4) Graphite has higher thermal conductivity than diamond
(A) 1, 2 (B) 1, 2, 3 (C) 1, 3, 4 (D) 2,3,4

34. Pure N2 can be obtained by heating

(A) NH4NO3 (B) Ba(N3)2 (C) (NH4)2Cr2O7 (D) NH3 with CuO

35. A greenish yellow gas reacts with an alkali metal hydroxide to form a halite which can be used
in fire works and safety matches. The gas and halite respectively are
(A) Br2, KBrO3 (B) Cl2, KClO (C) 2, NaO (D) Cl2, NaClO

36. When a substance, A reacts with water, it produces a combustible gas B and a solution of a
substance, C in water. When another substance, D reacts with this solution of C, it also
produces the same gas, B on warming, but D can produce B on reaction with dilute sulphuric
acid at room temperature. A imparts a deep golden-yellow colour to a smokeless flame of
Bunsen burner. A,B, C and D respectively are :
(A) Na, H2 NaOH and Zn (B) K, H2, KOH and Al
(C) Ca, H2 Ca (OH)2 and Sn (D) CaC2, C2H2, Ca (OH)2 and Sn

37. The reaction of zinc with dilute and concentrated nitric acid, respectivelyproduces
(A) NO2 and N2O (B) N2O and NO2 (C) NO2 and NO (D) NO and N2O

38. Which of the following combination will produce H2 gas?

(A) Fe metal and conc. HNO3
(B) Cu metal and conc. HNO3
(C) Au metal and NaCN(aq) in the presence of air
(D) Zn metal and NaOH(aq)

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39. Which statement regarding iodine trichloride is incorrect.
(A) It forms dimer in gaseous state.
(B) In dimer I2Cl6, the bridge bonds are longer than the terminal bonds.
(C) In solid state, it exist as planar molecule.
(D) On hydrolysis, it gives a mixture of iodous acid and hydrochloric acid.

One or more than one correct :

40. Select the correct statement(s).
(A) The graphite is diamagnetic and diamond is paramagnetic in nature.
(B) Graphite acts as a metallic conductor along the layers of carbon atoms
(C) Graphite is less denser than diamond
(D) C60 is called as Buckminster fullerene

41. Diborane undergoes unsymmetrical cleavage reactions with :

(A) dimethylamine (B) ammonia at low temperature
(C) methylamine (D) carbon dioxide

42. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct ?

(A) The oxide, B2O3 and B(OH)3 are acidic
(B) The halides of B (except BF3) and Si are hydrolysed.
(C) The hydrides of B and Si are volatile, spontaneously flammable and readily hydrolysed.
(D) Aluminium hydride is a polymer, (AlH3)n.

43. Which of the following species exists :

(A) [BF6]3- (B) [AlF6]3- (C) [GaF6]3- (D) [InF6]3-

44. Ammonium dichromate on heating liberates a gas. The same gas will be obtained by :
(A) heating NaNO2 and NH4Cl.
(B) treating H2O2 with NaNO2 .
(C) passing ammonia gas over red hot CuO.
(D) treating ammonia with KMnO4 in neutral medium.

45. The correct statements regarding ozone is/are

(A) Ozone is thermodynamically less stable with respect to oxygen
(B) It acts as powerful oxidising agent
(C) It rapidly react with NO(g) and form NO2(g) and O2(g)
(D) It is toxic substance

46. Which of the following process(es) can give sulphur ?

(A) H2S gas is passed through nitric acid.
(B) Cl2 gas is passed into water saturated with hydrogen sulphide.
(C) Hydrogen sulphide is passed through sodium bisulphate solution.
(D) H2S gas is passed through acidified KMnO4 solution.

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47. Select the correct statement.
(A) Ostwald's method of preparation of HNO3 is based upon catalytic oxidation of NH3 by
atmospheric oxygen.
(B) HNO2 can act as both oxidising and reducing agent.
(C) NO2 reacts with O3 to form N2O5.
(D) HNO3 can be used both as oxidising and reducing agent.

48. Which among the following is/are peroxo acid (s) ?

(A) H2S2O3 (B) H2SO5 (C) H2 S2 O7 (D) H2S2O8

49. Select the correct statement(s) regarding reaction of SO2 with PCl5.
(A) It is a redox reaction.
(B) One of the product is sulphuryl chloride.
(C) Both the products on addition of water produce strongly acidic solutions.
(D) Both the products have same hybridisation of central atom.

50. Which of the following statement (s) is/are true for sodium thiosulphate ?
(A) it acts as an antichlor
(B) it is used as a reducing agent in iodometric titration.
(C) it reacts with hydrochloric acid to form SO2 and sulphur.
(D) it is used in photography as hypo to dissolve excess of AgBr as a soluble complex.

51. Which of the following salts will evolve halogen on treatment with conc. H2SO4 ?
(A) NaCl (B) KI (C) NaBr (D) none of these

52. Iodine reacts with hypo to give :

(A) NaI (B) Na2SO3 (C) Na2S4O6 (D) Na2SO4

53. Among the following which reactions are possible

(A) F2 + H2O  HF + O2 (B) Cl2 + H2O  HCl + HClO
(C) Br2 + H2O  HBr + HBrO (D) I2 + H2O  HI + HIO

54. Consider the following reactions

Ni
Xe + F2  A
2 : 1
Xe + F2  B
1 : 20
Xe + F2  C
1 : 5
Select incorrect statements :
(A) A, B and C all are non-polar and planner molecule
(B) B has no lone pair of electrons
(C) The order of Xe-F bond length is A > C > B
(D) A, B and C are act as lewis base.

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55. Which of the following statements(s) is /are true for XeF6 ?
(A) Its partial hydrolysis gives XeOF4.
(B) Its reaction with silica gives XeOF4
(C) It is prepared by the reaction of XeF4 and O2F2
(D) Its reaction with XeO3 gives XeOF4.

Paragraph # 1 (Q.56 to Q.59)

All the boron trihalides except B3 may be prepared by direct reaction between the elements.
Boron trihalides consist of trigonal - planar BX3 molecules. Unlike the halides of the other
elements in the group they are monomeric in the gas, liquid and solid states, BF3 and BCl3 are
gases, BBr3 is a volatile liquid and B3 is a solid. Boron trihalides are Lewis acids because
they form simple Lewis complexes with suitable bases, as in the reaction :
BF3(g) + :NH3(g)  F3B–NH3(s)
However, boron chlorides, bromides and iodides are susceptible (sensitive) to protolysis by
mild proton sources such as water, alcohols and even amines; for example BCl3 undergoes
rapid hydrolysis:
BCl3(g) + 3H2O()  B(OH)3(aq) + 3HCl(aq)
It is supposed that the first step in the above reaction is the formation of the complex
Cl3B  OH2 which then eliminates HCl and reacts further with water.

56. Which of the following is the best order of Lewis acid strength of BF3, BCl3 and BBr3 ?
(A) BF3> BCl3> BBr3 (B) BF3 = BCl3 = BBr3 (C) BF3< BCl3< BBr3 (D) BBr3> BF3> BCl3

57. Which of the following is the correct prediction about observed B–X bond length, in BX3
molecules ?
(A) B–F bond length in BF3 is found to be less than theoretical value because the
electronegativity values of B(2.04) and F(4.0) suggest the bond to be ionic and hence the
attraction between oppositely charged ions must decrease the bond length
(B) BF3 and [BF4]– have equal B–F bond length
(C) The decrease in the B–F bond length in BF3 is due to delocalised p–p bonding between
vacant ‘2p’ orbital of B and filled ‘2p’ orbital of F.
(D) The correct B–X bond length order is B–F > B–Cl > B–Br > B–

58. Which is correct about the hydrolysis of BX3 ?

(A) All BX3 undergo hydrolysis to produce B(OH)3 (aq) and HX(aq).
(B) BF3 does not undergo complete hydrolysis due to formation of HBF4.
(C) BBr3 does not undergo hydrolysis at all because it cannot form H–bonds with water.
(D) All the above are correct

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59. Which of the following reactions is incorrect ?
(A) BF3(g) + F–(aq)  [BF4]–(aq)

(B) BCl3(g) + 3EtOH()  B(OEt)3() + 3HCl(g)

(C) BBr3() + F3BN(CH3)3(s)  BF3(g) + Br3BN(CH3)3(s)

(D) BCl3(g) + 2 C5H5N()  Cl3B(C5 H5 N)2(s)

(excess)

Paragraph # 2 (Q.60 to Q.61)

Oxygen differs from the other elements of the group. Compounds of oxygen with metals are
more ionic in nature and hydrogen bonding is more important for oxygen compounds. Oxygen
is never more than divalent because when it has formed two covalent bonds, there are no low
energy orbitals which can be used to form further bonds. However, the elements S, Se, Te
and Po have empty d-orbitals which may be used for bonding, and they can form four or six
bonds by unpairing electrons. The higher oxidation states become less stable on descending
the group.
The bond between S and O, or Se and O, are much shorter than might be expected for a
single bond owing to p–d interaction between the p–orbital of oxygen and d - orbital of S or
Se.
60. Which of the following statement is incorrect ?
(A) Oxo-anions of sulphur have little tendency to polymerise compared with the phosphates
and silicates.
(B) In pyrosulphurous acid (H2S2O5), the oxidation states of both the sulphur atoms are not
same, they are +V and +III
(C) Concentrated HNO3 oxidises both sulphur and selenium to H2SO4 (+VI) and H2SeO4 (+VI)
respectively.
(D) Most metal oxides are ionic and basic in nature while non-metallic oxides are usually
covalent and acidic in nature.

61. Which one of the following orders represents the correct order for the properties indicated
against them?
(A) H2O < H2S < H2Se < H2Te – acidic character
(B) H2O < H2S < H2Se < H2Te – thermal stability
(C) H2S > H2Se < H2Te < H2O – reducing character
(D) H2S < H2Se < H2O < H2Te – boiling point

Paragraph # 3 (Q.62 to Q.65)

Pseudo halides are anions having resemblance with halide ions. Group I metals can form
salts with pseudo halides. Pseudo halogens can acts as ligands and form coordinate
complexes. Their hydrides are weakly acidic and can be prepared in analogous way as
halogen hydrides are prepared. Azides, cyanides, selonocyanides are example of pseudo
halides.

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62. Cyanide, CN– is a pseudo halide. When cyanogen is heated with alkali solution, the products
are :
(A) HCN, H2O (B) NH3, (NH4)2CO3 (C) NaCN, NaOCN (D) HCOONa, NH3

63. When NaCN reacts with H2SO4, the products are :

(A) HCN and Na2SO4 (B) HCN and NaHSO4
(C) (CN)2 and Na2SO4.H2O (D) None of these

64. When sodium pseudo halides are dissolved in water, it resembles with :
(A) NaCl (B) NaBr (C) NaF (D) NaI

65. (CN)2 when react with Na metal, the product is :

(A) NaCN (B) Na2C2 and N2
(C) NaN3 and C black (D) Na(CN)2–

Paragraph # 4 (Q.66 to Q.68)

The ionisation energy of dioxygen (O2) is very close to that of Xenon. Also F and O have the
highest electronegativity and consequently can oxidise Xe among rare gases. So Xe forms a
large number of compounds with F and O. Xe and F2 are mixed and reacted at different
temperatures to give XeF2, XeF4 and XeF6. Xe also forms an unstable gaseous XeO4 and
solid XeO3 which is a very powerful explosive at higher temperatures. Some of the rare gases
form clathrates or cage compounds by being entrapped in the cages of cystals laiitice of
water, phenol of quinols. helium can form intersitital compoudns with transition metals. bigger
members of rare gases do not form such compounds because of their large size.

66. Xenon forms the larges number of compounds only with oxygen and fluorine because :
(i) oxygen and fluorine have very high electronegativity.
(ii) ionisation energy of Xe is the largest among rare gases.
(iii) ionisation energy of Xe is low compared to those of other rare gases.
(iv) low dissociation energy of fluorine molecule compared to those of Cl2 and Br2
(A) (i), (ii), (iii) (B) (i), (iii), (iv) (C) (iii), (iv) (D) (i), (iv)

67. XeF6 cannot be prepared by the method :

475  532 K 500 K
(A) Xe + 3F2   XeF6 (B) XeF2 + 2F2   XeF6
50 atm

475 K 475 K
(C) XeF4 + F2   XeF6 (D) XeO3 + 6HF   XeF6 + 3H2O


68. He and Ne do not form any clathrates because :

(A) He and Ne are very large in size.
(B) being neutral they cannot form any polar bonds with the host molecules.
(C) being too small, they cannot be entrapped in the cages of water, phenol or quinol.
(D) clathrated with He and Ne are highly explosive.

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Numerical value :
69. The number of metals that show passivity with concentrate HNO3 among Cr, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn,
Al, Ag, Sn

70. Consider the following reactions

NaCl + K2Cr2O7 + Conc. H2SO4 (A) + side products
(A) + NaOH (B) + side products
(B) + dilute H2SO4 + H2O2 (C) + side products
The sum of atoms in one molecule each of (A), (B) and (C) is

71. The total number of boron-oxygen bonds in borax is 'x' and boron-oxygen-boron bonds are 'y'.
Then the value of x – y is:

72. HCl  HNO 3 

(Conc.) (Conc.)

In this reaction change in oxidation number of N is ______

73. How many of the following reactions would have HCl as one of the products ?
(a) CH4 + Cl2  (b) FeSO4 + H2SO4 + Cl2 
(c) I2 + Cl2 + H2O  (d) Cl2 + H2O 
(e) H2O + SO2 + Cl2  (f) SO3 + Cl2 
Electrolysis
(g) NaCl(aq)   (h) Cl2O7 + H2O 
(i) Cl2 + NaOH(conc.) 

Hydrolysis
74. Br2 + F2 (excess)  A  B + C
The summation of atomicities of compound A, B and C is :

75. Which of the following interhalogens exist at room temperature and have central atom
hybridization sp3d2
(a) ClF3 (b) ClF5 (c) BrCl3 (d) IF3 (e) IF5 (f) BrF5
(g) IF7 (h) ICl5 (i) IBr5 (j) BrF3 (k) ClBr5

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 ANSWER KEY
1. (B) 2. (A) 3. (D) 4. (D) 5. (C)
6. (B) 7. (B) 8. (D) 9. (C) 10. (A)
11. (C) 12. (B) 13. (B) 14. (B) 15. (A)
16. (B) 17. (B) 18. (D) 19. (B) 20. (B)
21. (A) 22. (B) 23. (C) 24. (D) 25. (C)
26. (A) 27. (D) 28. (A) 29. (B) 30. (D)
31. (D) 32. (B) 33. (C) 34. (B) 35. (B)
36. (A) 37. (B) 38. (D) 39. (A) 40. (BCD)
41. (ABC) 42. (ABCD) 43. (BCD) 44. (ACD) 45. (ABCD)
46. (ABCD) 47. (ABC) 48. (BD) 49. (CD) 50. (ABCD)
51. (BC) 52. (AC) 53. (ABC) 54. (AB) 55. (ABCD)
56. (C) 57. (C) 58. (B) 59. (D) 60. (C)
61. (A) 62. (C) 63. (A) 64. (C) 65. (A)
66. (B) 67. (D) 68. (C) 69. 4.00 70. 18
71. 9 72. 2 73. 5 74. 13 75. 3

SOLUTION
1. This problem is based on preparation of inorganic benzene and structural charactristics of
diborane. Student must be familiar with concept of bonding in diborane to solve this problem.
Identify the compounds and complete the chemical reaction using information supplied in the
question.
Low temperature 473K
B2 H 6  2NH3  excess   
B2 H 6  2NH 3 
 B3 N3 H 6
x borozole (y)

Y has structure similar to benzence (inorganic benzene)

High temperature
B2 H 6  NH 3  excess     BN  X
boron nitride  Z 

2. (i) In the laboratory, dinitrogen is prepared by treating an aqueous solution of ammonium

chloride with sodium nitrite.
NH4Cl(aq) + NaNO2(aq)  N2(g) + 2H2O(l) + NaCl(aq)
Small amounts of NO and HNO3 are also formed as impurities, which can be removed by
passing the gas through aqueous sulphuric acid containing potassium dichromate.
(ii) Dinitrogen can also be prepared by heating ammonium dichromate

(NH4)2Cr2O7(s)   N2(g) + 4H2O(l) + Cr2O3(s)
(iii) Copper metal reacts with dilute HNO3 to form nitrogen (ii) oxide (NO)
3Cu(s) + 8HNO3(dilute)  3Cu(NO3)2(aq) + 2NO(g) + 4H2O(l)
(iv) Copper metal reacts with conc. HNO3 to form nitrogen (IV) oxide or nitrogen dioxide (NO2).
Cu(s) + 4HNO3(conc.)
Cu(NO3)2(aq) + 2NO2(g) + 2H2O(l)

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3. (i) In diamond, all C-atom are sp3 hybridized.
(ii) In graphite hybridization is sp2.

4. XeF6 + H2O  XeOF4 + 2HF

(X)
SiO2 + 2XeF62XeOF4 + SiF4
(X)

5. Fe + dil. H2SO4 FeSO4 + H2

 3Fe + 4H2O(g)  Fe3O4 + 4H2
Cu + dil. HClNo reaction
2Na + C2H5OH2C2H5ONa + H2
Copper does not evolve H2 from acid as it is below hydrogen in electrochemical series. The
electrochemical series is built up by arranging various redox equilibria in order of their
standard electrode potential (redox potential). The most negative E0 values are placed at the
top of the electrochemical series, and the most positive at the bottom.
Metals at the top of the series are good at giving away electrons.

6. Water develops interlocking needle-like crystals of hydrated silicates. The reactions involved
are the hydration of calcium aluminates and calcium silicates which change into their colloidal
gels. At the same time, some calcium hydroxide and aluminium hydroxides are formed as
precipitates due to hydrolysis. Calcium hydroxide binds the particles of calcium silicates
together while aluminium hydroxide fills the interstices rendering the mass impervious.

7. Cl2 + H2O22HCl + O2

8. In SF6, S sterically hindered by six fluorine atoms hence, attack of H2O molecule will not
occur, NF3 is not hydrolysed due to absence of vacant orbital either on N of F atom. TeF6 is
hydrolysed due to large size of Te.
NCl3 + 4H2O  NH4OH + 3HOCl
TeF6 + 6H2O 6HF+ H6TeO6 (Telluric acid)

9. NaOCl is used as a bleaching agent and sterilising agent. It is formed by the action of Cl2 with
cold and dilute NaOH.
2NaOH  Cl2  NaCl  NaOCl  H2O
Cold and dil
6NaOH  3Cl2  5NaCl  NaClO3  3H2O
Hot and conc.

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10. P I3  H2O 
 H3PO3  HI
O
P
H OH
OH
Basicity = 2

11. ClO2reacts KOH forming KCIO3 and KCIO2

2 KOH + 2ClO2KClO2 + KClO3 + H2O
This reaction indicates that ClO2 is a mixed anhydride of HClO2 and HCIO3

12. With very dilute HNO3, Zn produces NH4NO3.

13. SOCl2 + HOH  SO2 + HCI

14. 6Cl2 + 6Ba(OH)2 

 Ba(ClO3)2 + 5BaCl2
(X)

Ba(ClO3)2 + H2SO4 
 2HClO3 + BaSO4
(Y)
 1
2HClO3 
  365K
 2ClO2 + H2O + O2
2

15. 2NH3 + NaOCl  N2H4 + NaCl + H2O

excess

16. BiCl3 + H2O  BiOCl + 2HCl


17. NaNO3   NaNO2 + O 2
colorless

CuCl
O2 + HCl 
2
Cl 2 + H2O
green is yellow

18. Ammonium dichromate [(NH4)2Cr2O7] on heating decomposes producing green powder of

Cr2O3 and N2(g) is evolved.
roasting
19. Sulphide ore   SO 2

K 2 Cr2 O7 H2 SO4
SO2   Cr2  SO4 3
Green colour

20. S 2O32  4H2O 2  2SO 42  3H2O  2H

21. CO is sparingly soluble in water.

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22. SiO2 + 4HF  SiF4 + 2H2O
SiF4 + 2HF  H2SiF6
HF is not preserved in glass bottles because it reacts with SiO2 of the glass.

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23. 2C(s)  O 2 (g)  N2 (g)   2Co(g)  4N2 (g)

producer gas

24. Lower oxidation states are shown by metals when they are attached to -acceptors ligands.

25. SO2 is considered as air pollutant because it reacts with O2 and H2O to produce acid rain.
Oxides from nitrogen and sulphur, released into the atmosphere from thermal power plants,
industries and automobiles are the main sources of acid rain. These oxides on oxidation
followed by hydrolysis give sulphuric acid and nitric acid that get dissolved in rain water and
are responsible for the acidity of rain.

26. Bleaching powder is CaCl(OCl) i.e. it contains a salt of an oxoacid which is HOCl.
and anhydride HOCl is Cl2O.
P2 O5 ,
2HOCl   Cl2O

27. 2 is solid and sublimes at ordinary temperature because of weak vanderwaal's force between
2 molecules.

28. (A) Boric acid H3BO3 is a lewis acid, when it is dissolved in water, it accepts OH– from water
rather than donating H+ to the water. So, (A) it is false.
(B) It has a planar structure.
OH

HO OH
Trigonal planar
–
(C) It acts as a monobasic acid: B(OH)3 + H2O  B  OH 4 + H+
(D) It is soluble in hot water.

29. Normal heating:


NH4NO3  N2O + 2H2O
But Explosion
 1
NH4NO 3   N2  O 2  2H2O
Explosion 2
NH3 + 3Cl2(excess)  NCl3 + 3HCl

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30. Here Hypophosphosphorus acid is formed as Y and its basicity is 1.
P4 +NaOH + H2O PH3 +NaH2 PO2

P
H OH
H

Basicity =1

31. (i) AlCl3 + 3H2O  Al(OH)3 + 3HCl  (fumes)

(ii) It exists as dimer in non-polar solvents like benzene and in vapour state below 350°C.
(iii) 4Al2O3 + 3S2Cl2 + 9Cl2  8AlCl3 + 6SO2 A,B,C are correct D

32. When nitric acid is left for long standing, its color changes due to decomposition reaction. The
reaction in which one reactant yields two or more products, it is called a decomposition
reaction. Due to (HNO3) gets broken down to nitrogen dioxide, oxiygen, and water. Due to the
formation of nitrogen dioxide, it turns yellow-brown. The chemical reaction involved in the
reaction is as follows :
4HNO3  4NO2 + O2 + 2H2O

33. Here 1, 3 and 4 are correct as Graphite has higher electrical and thermal conductivities than
diamond.
All C-atoms in graphite are sp2 hybridised so due to partial double bond character in graphite,
bond order will be more than 1 but in diamond Bond order is one.
Here only statement 2 is incorrect as diamond is more hard than graphite.

34. Metal nitrides on heating give pure nitrogen


Ba(N3)2  N2O + 2H2O

(NH4)2Cr2O7  N2 + Cr2O3 + 4H2O
impure

35. The gas is CI2 and the halate used in fire works and safety matches is KClO3
3Cl  6KOH  KClO3  5KCl  3H2O
2
greenish pot.chlorate
yellowgas (Halate)

As bromine is reddish liquid and 2 is violet solid so they are ignored here.

36. Na  s   H2O I  NaOH  aq  NaOH  aq 

[A ] [C] [B]

Zn  s   2NaOH  aq  NaZnO2  aq   H2  g 

[D] [C] [B]

Zn  s   H2SO4  ZnSO4  aq   H2  g
dilute [B]

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37. The reaction of zinc with dilute and concentrated nitric acid are respectively as follows
4Zn + 10HNO3  4Zn(NO3)2 + N2O + 5H2O
(dil.)
Zn + 4HNO3  Zn(NO3)2 + 2NO2 + 2H2O
(conc.)

38. Fe + conc. HNO3  Passivity

Cu + conc. HN O3 N02
Au + NaCN + O2  [Au(CN)2]–
Zn + NaOH Na2ZnO2 + H2

39. ICl3, exist as dimer in solid state.

Planar molecule

and ICl3 + 2H2O  HIO2 (iodous acid) + 3HCl (Hydrochloric acid)

40. Both are diamagnetic as all electrons are paired. Remaining statements are correct.

41. Ammonia, primary amine and secondary amine give unsymmetrical cleavage of diborane
according to the following reaction.
B2H6 + 2NH3  [BH2(NH3)2]+ [BH4] –
42. (A) It is a acidic oxide and is anhydride of boric acid and it reacts with alkalies or bases to
form borates.
3Na2O + B2O3  2Na3BO3 (sodium orthoborate)
It is a weak monobasic acid soluble in water and in aqueous solution the boron atom
completes its octet by accepting OH– from water molecules:
B(OH)3(aq) + 2H2O() [B(OH)4]– (aq) + H3O+ (aq). pK = 9.25.
(B) BX3 (except BF3) get hydrolysed due to presence of vacant p-orbital and SiX4 get
hydrolysed due to presence of vacant d-orbital.
(C) Controlled pyrolysis of diborane leads to most of the higher boranes.
It catches fire spontaneously in air and explodes with O2. Reaction with oxygen is extremely
exothermic.
–1
B2H6 + 3O2  B2O3 + 3H2O H = – 2160 kJ mol
trace of alkali
Si2H6 + (4 + n) H2O  2SiO2 + nH2O + 7H2
(D) Aluminium hydride is a polymer due to formation of electron defecient bond
(Al —— H – – – Al).

43. Boron does not increase its covalence beyond four as it does not have d-orbital.

44. (A) NaNO2 + NH4Cl  NaCl + NH4NO2


NH4NO2  N2 + 2H2O
(B) H2O2  H2O + [O] ; NaNO2 +[O] NaNO3
(C) 2NH3 + 3CuO 3Cu + N2 + 3H2O
(D) 2KMn+7O4– + 2NH3 2KOH + 2MnO2 + N2 + 2H2O

45. Factual
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46. H2 S–2 S
se in oxidation number

Oxidation of S–2
All the above are example of reducing nature of H2S.

Pt /Rh
47. (A) 4NH3 + 5O2   4NO(g) + 6H2O(g); principal reaction of Ostwald's method of
5 atm, 850ºC

HNO3 manufacturing.
(B) HNO2 is weak oxidising agent and oxidises Fe2+ to Fe3+ and I- to I2 and it self reduced to
N2O or NO. In contrary HNO2 is oxidised by KMnO4 and Cl2 forming NO3–.
(C) 2NO2 + O3  N2O5 + O2

48.

49. SO2 + PCl5  SOCl2 + POCl3

No change in oxidation number of any element. So, not a redox reaction.
SOCl2 is thionylchloride; SO2Cl2 is sulphuryl chloride.
POCl3 + H2O  H3PO4 + HCl
SOCl2 + H2O  H2SO3 + 
HCl 
 strongly acidic solutions
    

   SO2
Both the products have sp3 hybridisation of central atom.

50. (A) It removes the chlorine from the surface of fibres (while dyeing) according to following
reaction.
Na2S2O3 + 4Cl2 + 5H2O  2NaHSO4 + 8HCl
Therefore , it is known as antichlor.
(B) I3– + S2O32–  3I– + S4O62–
This reaction finds application in the iodometric and iodimetric methods of titrimetric analysis.
(C) S2O32– + H+  S (white) + SO2 + H2O (disproportionation reaction).
(D) 2S2O32– + Ag+  [Ag(S2O3)2]3– (soluble complex) or [Ag(S2O3)3]5–
This reaction is utilized in photography where hypo is used as fixer.

51. NaBr/NaI + H2SO4  Br2/I2 + SO2 + NaHSO4 + H2O

52. 2Na2S2O3 + I2  Na2S4O6 + 2NaI

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53. In I2 opposite reaction of F2 occurs
HI + O2  I2 + H2O

54. A  XeF2 B  XeF6 C  XeF4

=0 =0 =0

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Xe-F
Bond length 2.00 Å 1.89 Å 1.95 Å

55. (A) XeF6 + H2O  XeOF4 + 2HF (B) 2XeF6 + SiO2  2XeOF4 + SiF4
(C) XeF4 + O2F2  XeF6 + O2 (D) XeO3 + 2XeF6  3XeOF4

56. Due to effective p – p delocalised bonding between ‘B’ and ‘F’, BF3 is weakest lewis acid in
the series.

57. Due to effective p–p delocalised bonding between ‘B’ and ‘F’ there is partial double bond
character between B and F. As a result there is decrease in bond length as compared to
single B–F bond length.
4BF3 + 3H2O  H3BO3 + 3H+ + 3[BF4]–

58. Some of the total BF3 combine with HF formed during hydrolysis to form HBF4.

59. Since BCl3 can accept only one lone pair hence Cl3 B(C5H5N)2 is not possible.

60. (A) It is true because of effective p-d overlaping owing to small size of sulphur as compared
to phosphorus and silicon.

(B) They have +V and +III oxidation state.

(C) HNO3 oxidises sulphur to H2SO4 (+VI) but only oxidises selenium to H2SeO3 (+IV). The
higher oxidation states become less stable on descending the group.
(D) In M – O electronegativity difference is large while in X – O, it is comparatively smaller (<
1.4).
M = metal and X = non-metal

61. (A) As bond (H–E) dissociation enthalpy decreases down the group, the acidic character
increases from H2O to H2Te.
(B) Order of thermal stability is H2O > H2S > H2Se > H2Te .
(C) H2O does not have reducing property and this character increases from H2S to H2Te.
(D) Water has highest boiling point because of H-bonding and thus the correct order is H2S <
H2Se < H2Te < H2O.

69. Cr, Fe, Ni and Al react with conc. HNO3 to form a protective oxide layer which protest the
metal surface from further reaction.

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70. The reaction is as follows

K 2 Cr2O7 /H NaOH H2O2
NaCl   CrO2Cl2  Na2CrO4 
H
 CrO5
(A) (B) (C)

CrO2Cl2  5
Na2CrO4  7
CrO5  6, Total = 18

71. B – O bonds = 14
B – O – B bonds = 5
x – y = 14 – 5 = 9
OH
B–
O O
+
2Na ·8G2O
HO–B O B – OH
O O
B–
OH

5 3
72. Aquaregia : 3HCl  HNO3  NOCl 2H2O  2Cl
(Conc.) (Conc.)

73. HCl will be obtained is a, b, c, d, e.

Hydrolysis
74. Br2 + F2 (excess)  BrF5  HF + HBrO3
(A) (B) (C)

75. Compounds having central atom hybridization sp3d2

ClF5 ; IF5 ; BrF5 ; ICl5 ; IBr5 ; ClBr5
But compounds with flourine atoms as terminal atoms exist at room temperature
So ClF5 ; IF5 ; BrF5
Total 3.

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