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PATHSHALA JEE Dropper

Solutions
1. Two liquids A & B form an ideal solution.
What is the vapour pressure of solution
containing 2 moles of A and 3 moles of B at
300 K? [Given: At 300 K, vapour pressure
of pure liquid A(PA ) = 100 torr, vapour
pressure of pure liquid B(PB ) = 300 torr]
(A) 200 torr (B) 140 torr
(C) 180 torr (D) 220 torr
2. At a given temperature, total vapour
pressure in torr of a mixture of volatile
components A and B is given by P = 120 –
75 XB hence, vapour pressure of pure A & B
respectively (in torr) are
(A) 120, 75 (B) 120, 195
(C) 120, 45 (D) 75, 45
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5. Benzene and toluene form nearly ideal
solutions. At 20ºC, the vapour pressure of
benzene is 75 torr and that of toluene is 22
torr. The partial pressure of benzene at 20ºC
for a solution containing 78 g of benzene
and 46 g of toluene in torr is:
(A) 50 (B) 25
(C) 37.5 (D) 53.5
6. The vapour pressures of ethyl alcohol and
methyl alcohol are 45 mm Hg and 90 mm
Hg. An ideal solution is formed at the same
temperature by mixing 60 g of C2H5OH with
40 g of CH3OH. Total vapour pressure of the
solution is approximately
(A) 70 mm Hg (B) 35 mm Hg
(C) 105 mm Hg (D) 27 mm Hg

3. The vapour pressures of pure A and B at 7. Two liquids A and B have PA0 : PB0 = 1 : 3
given temperature are 108 and 36 bar
at a certain temperature. If the mole fraction
respectively. What is the mole fraction of B
ratio of XA : XB = 1 : 3, the mole fraction of
in the vapour phase of the solution
A in vapour in equilibrium with the solution
containing equimolar mixture of A and B -
at a given temperature is
(A) 0.25 (B) 0.5
(A) 0.1 (B) 0.2
(C) 0.75 (D) 0.66
(C) 0.5 (D) 1.0
4. Mole fraction of the component A in vapour
8. Mixture of volatile components A and B has
phase is x1 and mole fraction of component
total vapour pressure (in torr) p = 254 – 119
A in liquid mixture is x2 ( PA0 = vapour XA where XA is mole fraction of A in
pressure of pure A; PB0 = vapour pressure of mixture. The values of PA and PB (in torr)
pure B), then total vapour pressure of the are
liquid mixture is - (A) 254, 119 (B) 119, 254
(C) 135, 254 (D) 154, 119
PA x 2 PA x1
(A) (B)
x1 x2
PB x1 PB x 2
(C) (D)
x2 x1

9. Two liquids A and B from ideal solutions.
At 300 K, the vapour pressure of solution
containing 1 mole of A and 3 mole of B is
550 mm Hg. At the same temperature, if one
more mole of B is added to this solution, the
vapour pressure of the solution increases by
10 mm Hg. Determine the vapour pressure
of A and B in their pure states (in mm Hg):
(A) 400, 600
(B) 500, 500
(C) 600, 400
(D) None of these
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10. Two liquids A and B have vapour pressure
in the ratio PA : PB  1: 3 at a certain
temperature. Assume A and B form an ideal
solution and the ratio of mole fractions of A
to B in the vapour phase is 4:3. Then the
mole fraction of B in the solution at the same
temperature is
1 2
(A) (B)
5 3
4 1
(C) (D)
5 4
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ANSWER KEY
1. (D)
2. (C)
3. (A)
4. (A)
5. (A)
6. (A)
7. (A)
8. (C)
9. (A)
10. (A)