PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL.

RIYADH K.S. A.

SLO’s Based Question Bank

H.S.S.C – I

CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT

Prepared By:
Muhammad Khurram Shahzad Qureshi
1. Why the actual yield in a chemical reaction is less as compared to the theoretical yield?
2. C6H12O6 -------------------- 2C2H5OH + 2CO2 (Molar Mass C=12, H=12, O=16 (gm/mol))
a. What is theoretical yield of ethanol from 10.0 g of glucose (C6 H12O6) ?
b. If in a particular reaction, 10g of glucose (c6H12)6) produces 0.644g of ethanol (C2H5OH). Find
the percentage yield of ethanol.
3. Calculate the wave number of radiation emitted when an electron shifts from 4th and 2nd orbit in
hydrogen atom. Also name the series of spectral lines formed by these radiations.
4. Justify that e/m ratio of cathode rays is independent of nature of gas where as that of positive rays
depends upon it.
5. What are X, Y and Z in the following reactions?
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6. A) 7N + 0n1 ----------------- 5X11 + 2Y
4
7. 11 4
B) 5B 2He ----------------- 7Z14 + 0n
1

8. What is Pauli’s exclusion principle?

9. Explain the origin of spectrum of hydrogen atom on the basis of Bohr’s atomic model. What are the
different series of spectral lines present in the infrared region of this spectrum and how they are
formed?
10. Explain the structure of SnCl2 and PCl5 on the basis of VSEPR theory.
11. The observed dipole moment of HCl is 1.03D and bond length is 127 pm. Calculate percentage ionic
character in HCl.
12. What could be the shape of the molecules having following electron pairs around central atom? Give
examples
13. No of 14. No of
lone bond
pairs pairs
15. 0 16. 4
17. 1 18. 3
19. 2 20. 2
21. O2 is paramagnetic and N2 is diamagnetic in nature. How can you justify this statement by using
molecular orbital theory?
22. Differentiate between Sp3, Sp2 and Sp hybridizations. Write any two differences.
23. 150cm3 of H2 gas effuses through a porous partition in 10 seconds. In how much time the same
volume of O2 gas will effuse?
A. State Dalton’s law of partial pressure.
B. How this law describes the process of breathing at high altitude?
24. Real gases deviate from ideal behavior at high pressure and low temperature. Give two valid reason.
25. Find total pressure exerted by 2 grams of ethane (C2H6) and 3 grams of CO2 contained in a 5dm3
vessel at 50oC (Molar mass of C, O and H are 12, 16, 1 gm/mol , respectively: R= 0.0821m.K-1 . mol -1)
26. Derive Vander Waal equation for a non-ideal gas.
27. Describe vacuum distillation, giving its one application.
28. In a pressure cooker, food can be cooked quickly, as compared to the simple cooker. Give reason.
29. Define Anisotropy, Transition temperature and Cleavage plane.
30. What are the liquid Crystals? Write down their two uses in medical science.
31. How does the electron gas theory explain metallic bonding?
32. What is anisotropy? Explain briefly with example.
33. What is the effect of increase in temperature on equilibrium position and the value of Kc on the given
reaction? N2O4 ================== 2NO2 H = + 57.2 kj/mol
34. What is zero order reaction? Give two examples.
35. Differentiate between homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, giving one example of each.
A. Define solubility product.
B. Calculate the solubility of PbSO4 when Ksp = 1.96 x 10-8 at 250C.
36. Write down the three statement of Raoult’s law.
37. Write down the three differences between molarity and molality.
38. The solubility of AgBr is 7.1 x 10-7 M at 25oC. Calculate its Ksp.
39. What is the difference between Atom and Molecule?
40. What is the difference between Molecular Formula and Empirical Formula?
41. What is difference between Ion and Molecular Ion?
42. Calculate the mass in grams of 10-3 moles of water.
43. Define mole.
44. What is the formula to calculate the percentage of Carbon in combustion analysis?
45. What is the formula for the calculation of % yield?
46. What do you know about Stiochiometry?
47. Who designed the first mass spectrograph and label it?
48. What is difference between Ion and Molecular Ion?
49. What is isotherm?
50. Gases are compressible while liquids and solids are incompressible. Explain why?
51. What kind of graph is obtained when pressure is plotted against volume at constant temperature. Also
explain the effect of change in temperature on the graph.
52. Charles’s Law don’t obeyed when temperature is measured on the Celsius scale. Explain.
53. Why absolute zero is unattainable?
54. Calculate value of R in dm3 atm mol–1K–1 at (S.T.P).
55. How Dalton’s Law of partial pressure is useful in determining pressure of a gas collected over water?
56. How Dalton’s Law is useful in explaining the respiration of deep see divers?
57. What is the average velocity of gas molecules?
58. How temperature of gases liquids and solids can be defined on the basis of Kinetic interpretation of
temperature.
59. What is critical temperature? On what factors it depends?
60. State and explain the principle of liquefaction?
61. Why H2 and He cannot be liquefied by Lind’s method? How these can be liquefied?
62. Deviation of real gases is more at high pressure and low temperature why?
63. Which is the fourth state of matter? How it can be obtained?
64. The straight line obtained by plotting PV versus P is parallel to pressure axis and goes away from the
pressure axis at higher pressure for many gases. Explain.
65. State Dalton’s law of partial pressure?
66. Give four applications of plasma state?
67. Why water vapours do not behave ideally at 273K?
68. SO2 is comparatively non-ideal at 273K but behave ideally at 327K.
69. What is internal energy?
70. What is the heat content of a compound?
71. Prove that the change in enthalpy is equal to the heat of reaction?
72. Elaborate spontaneous process?
73. How we can predict the spontaneity of a reaction?
74. What are Macroscopic properties?
75. How is energy exchanged between system and surrounding?
76. How would you explain that the change in internal energy of a system is equal to the heat absorbed by
the system?
77. How would you explain that heat is released in an exothermic reaction?
78. How can the heat evolved or absorbed during the reaction be calculated?
79. Define enthalpy of automization?
80. How heat of formation of CO is measured indirectly?
81. Explain that burning of a candle is a spontaneous process.
82. Is it true that a non-spontaneous process never happens in the universe? Explain it.
83. Why is it necessary to mention the physical states of reactants and products in thermo chemical
reactions? Apply Hess’s law to justify your answer.
84. What is the difference between heat and temperature? Write a mathematical relationship between
these two parameters.
85. Define adiabetic process.
86. Define enthalpy of solution (Hosol).
87. What are thermochemical reactions?
88. Define state function.
89. How can you define standard state of a substance?
90. In what conditions H = E.
91. Lighter gases can diffuse more rapidly than heavier ones?
92. Whether O2 is a paramagnetic?
93. Whether the removal of an electron from a gaseous atom to from a gaseous positive ion is an
endothermic reaction?
94. What are hybrid atomic orbitals?
95. Why are the valence shell electrons responsible for bond formation?
96. Why the covalent bonds are called directional?
97. What is the difference between sigma and  bond?
98. Whether hybrid orbital is an atomic or molecular orbital?
99. Why the distinction between the covalent and co-ordinate bond vanishes after bond formation? Why a
double bond is stronger and shorter than single bond?
100. What is bond order?
101. What is the importance of dipole moment?
102. Why the radius of an atom cannot be determined precisely?
103. What is shielding effect or screening effect?
104. Atomic radii increase from top to bottom in a group of the periodic table. Explain.
105. Orbital nature also affects the ionization energy. Explain.
106. First electron affinity is exothermic but second electron affinity is endothermic. Explain.
107. Ionization energy is an index to metallic character. Explain.
108. Electronegativity increases from left to right in a period. Explain.
109. What are the conditions for the formation of ionic bond?
110. The lone pairs of electrons occupy more space around the central atom than the bond pairs.
Explain.
111. Bond distance is a compromise distance between two atoms. Explain.
112. A polar covalent bond is stronger than a non-polar covalent bond. Explain.
113. Describe the quantitate aspects of depression in freezing point with the help of graph.
A. State Bronsted- Lowry concept of acids and bases.
B. Prove that CH3COOH acts as a Bronsted acid as well as a base.
114. Predict the effect of change in pressure and temperature on the chemical equilibrium in the
given reaction.
115. N2 3H2 ================== 2NH3 H=-198kj mol-1
116. Explain how the mixture of CH3COOH and CH3COONa act as a buffer. Also calculate the pH of a
buffer containing 0.1M CH3COOH and 1.0 M CH3COONa. The value of PKa for CH3COOH is 4.76.
117. Calculate H for the following reaction S + O2 ----------- SO2 from the following data:
118. S + 3/2 O2 --------------------- SO3 H = -395.2 kj
119. 2SO2 + O2 -------------------------- 2SO3 H = -198.2kj
120. Balance the equation by oxidation number method. MnO2 + HCl -------- MnCl2 + H2O + Cl2
121. Find out the cell potential for Ni/Mg cell. The values of reduction potential for half reactions are
122. Ni+2 + 2e ========== Ni Eo = -0.25 V
123. Mg+2 + 2e ========== Mg Eo = -2.38V
124. Explain the construction and working of lead storage battery. Write the reactions taking place
at the electrodes during the discharging process.