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Solid state
I Answer the following questions: 2M
1. How many lattice points are there on one unit cell of face centered cubic crystal?
2. How many lattice points are there in one unit cell of body centered cubic crystal?
3. What is shottky defect?
4. What is frenkel defect?
5. What are F-centres?
6. Explain antiterro magnetism with suitable examples?
II Answer the following questions: 4M
7. Derive Bragg’s equation.
8. Describe the two main types of semi-conductors and construct their conduction mechanism.
Solutions
I Answer the following questions: 2M
1. Define molarity.
2. Define molality.
3. Define molefraction.
4. What is ppm of a solution.
5. State Raoult’s law.
6. State Henry’s law.
7. What is ebullioscopic constant.
8. What is cryoscopic constant.
9. Define osmotic pressure.
10. What are isotonic solution.
11. Calculation the mole fraction of H2SO4 in a solution containing 98% H2SO4 by mass.
12. Calculate the amount of glucose required for preparing 500 ml of 0.1m solution.
13. Calculate the molarity of a solution containing 5gr of NaoH in 450ml solution.
II Answer the following questions: 4M
14. A solution of sucrose in water is labeled as 20% w/w. what would be the mole fraction of each
component in the solution?
15. Calculate the mass of a non-volatile solute (molar mass 40gr/mol) which should be dissolved in
114gr octane to reduce its vapour pressure to 80%.
16. Vapour pressure of water at 293k is 17.535 mm Hg. Calculate the vapour pressure of the
solution at 293k when 25gr of glucose is dissolved in 450gr of water.
17. What is relative lowering of vapour preddure? How is it useful to determine the molar mass of
a solute.
18. What is meant by positive deviations from Rault’s law and how is the sign of the ∆ mixH related
to positive deviation from Raoult’s law.
19. What is meant by negative deviations from Raoult law and how is the sign of the ∆ mixH related
to negative deviation from Raoult’s law.
Electro chemistry
I Answer the following questions: 2M
2+ +
1. Write the cell reaction taking place in the cell Cu/Cu //Ag /Ag
2. State first law of electrolysis.
3. State second law of electrolysis.
4. What is a primary battery give one example.
5. What is metallic corrosion give example.
II Answer the following questions: 8M
6. a) What are Galvanic cells. Explain the working of galvanic cell with neat sketch taking Daniel
cell as example.
b) State and explain Nernst equation with the help of a metallic electrode and a non-metallic
electrode.
7. a) State and explain kohlrausch law of independent migration of ions.
b) What is electrolysis? Give faraday’s first law of electrolysis.
Problem:
A solution of CuSO4 is electrolysed for 10 minutes with a current of 1.5 ampere. What is the
mass of copper deposited at cathode?
Chemical kinetics
I Answer the following questions: 2M
1. Identify the reaction order from each of the following the role constant
a) K=2.3 x 10-5 L mol-1 s-1 b) K=3 x 10-4 s-1
2. Give two examples for zero order reactions.
3. Give two examples for gaseous first order reactions.
4. What are pseudo first order reactions. Give one example.
II Answer the following questions: 8M
5. a) What is molecularity of a reaction? How it is different from the order of a reaction. Name
one bimolecular and one trimolecular gaseous reactions.
b) What is Half-life(t1/2) of a reaction? Derive the equation for the half life value of zero and
first order reactions.
6. Describe the salient features of the collision theory of reaction rates of bimolecular reactions.
Problem:
1. A reaction has a life of 10 min. calculate the rate constant for the first order reaction.
2. Calculate the half-life of first order reaction whose rate constant is 200s-1.
3. Calculate the overall order of a reaction which has the rate expreaaion
a) Rate=k(A)1/2 (B)3/2 b) Rate=k(A)3/2 (B)-1
4. A first order reaction is found to have a rate constant k=5.5 x 10-4. Find the half life of the
reaction.
Surface chemistry
I Answer the following questions: 4M
1. What are different types of adsorption? Give any four Differences between characteristics of
these different types.
2. What is catalysis classified? Give two examples for each type of catalysis.
3. Name any six enzyme catalysed reactions.
4. How are colloids classified on the basis of interaction between dispersed phase and dispersion
medium.
5. Explain about Tyndal effect and Brownian movement?
6. What are emulsions? How are they classified.
General principles of metallurgy
I Answer the following questions: 2M
1. State the role of silica in the metallurgy of copper.
2. Explain poling.
3. What is the role of cryolite in the metallurgy of aluminum?
4. Write any two “Ares” with formula of the following metals?
a) Aluminum b) Zinc c) Iron d) Copper
5. What is blister copper? Why is it so called?
6. What is mattes? Give its composition?
7. Give the composition of the following alloys.
a) Brass b) Bronze c) German silver.
8. What is flux? Give an example.
II Answer the following questions: 4M
9. How is Alumina separated from silica in the bauxite are associated with silica? Give equations.
10. Giving examples to differentiate roasting and calcinations.
11. Explain the purification of sulphide are by froth floatation method.
15th Group elements
I Answer the following questions: 2M
1. Nitrogen exists as diatomic molecule and phosphorous as P4 why?
2. Nitrogen molecule is highly stable why?
3. What is inert pair effect?
4. Explain why is NH3 basic while BiH3 is only feebly basic.
5. PH3 is a weaker base than NH3 explain.
6. What happens when white phosphorous is heated with con NaoH solution in an inert
atmosphere of CO2?
7. NH3 forms hydrogen bonds but PH3 does not why?
8. Ammonia is a good complexing agent explain with example.
9. A mixture of Co3P2 and CaC2 is used in making Holme’s signals explain
10. PH3 has lower boiling point than NH3 why?
II Answer the following questions: 4M
11. Explain the anamolous nature of nitrogen in group – 15.
12. How does Pcl5 reacts with the following?
a) Water b) C2H5oH c) CH3COOH d) Ag
III Answer the following questions: 8M
13. How is ammonia manufactured by Haber’s process? Explain the reactions of ammonia with
a) ZnSO4 b) CuSO4 c) AgCl
14. How is nitric acid manufactured by ostwalds process. How does it react with the following.
a) Cu b) Zn c) S8 d) P4
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16 Group elements
I Answer the following questions: 2M
1. Why is H2O a liquid while H2S is a gas?
2. Give the Hybridization of ‘s’ in the following
a) SO2 b) SO3 c) SF4 d) SF6
3 What is a tailing of mercury? How is it removed?
4. SO2 can be used as an anti chlor explain.
5. How does ozone react with ethylene?
II Answer the following questions: 4M (or) 8M
6. How is ozone prepared? How does it react with the following?
a) Pbs b) KI c) Hg d) Ag e) C2H4 f) NO
7. Explain in detail the manufacture of sulphuric acid by contact process.
17th Group elements
I Answer the following questions: 2M
1. What is the use of CIF3?
2. Write the reactions of F2 and Cl2 with water.
3. What happens when Cl2 reacts with dry slaked lime?
4. HF is a liquid while Hcl is a gas explain.
5. How is chlorine manufactured by Decon’s process?
II Answer the following questions: 4M (or) 8M
6. Explain about oxo acids of chlorine.
7. How CH3 prepared? How does it react with water explain its structure.
8. How is chlorine prepared by laboratory and electrolytic method? How does it react with the
following.
a) dil and con NaoH b) Slaked lime c) Na2S2O3 e) Fe f) I2
g) H2S h) Feso4
18th Group elements
I Answer the following questions: 2M
1. List out the uses of Neon?
2. Write any two uses of Argon?
3. In modern diving apparatus a mixture of He and O2 is used why?
4. Explain the structure of XeO3.
5. How is XeoF4 prepared? Describe its molecular shape?
II Answer the following questions: 4M (or) 8M
6. How are XeF2, XeF4 and XeF6 prepared? Explain their reaction with water discuss their
structures.
7. How are XeO3 and XeoF4 prepared? Explain their structures?
d and f block elements
I Answer the following questions: 2M
2+ 2+
1. Why Zn is diamagnetic where as mn is paramagnetic?
2. Calculate the spin only magnetic moment of Fe2+ ion.
3. Aqueous Cu2+ ions are blue in colour where as aqueous Zn2+ ions are colourless why?
4. What is an alloy? Give example.
5. What is lanthanoid contractions?
6. What is misch metal? Give its composition and uses.
7. Define ligand and Ambidentate ligand give example.
8. CuSO4 5H2O is blue in colour where as anh CuSO4 is colourless why?
9. Calculate the magnetic moment of a divalent ion in aqueous solution it its atomic number is 25.
II Answer the following questions: 4M
1. Explain Werner’s theory of coordination compounds with suitable examples.
2. Explain the terms:
i) Ligand ii) Coordination number
iii) Coordination entity iv) Central atom/ion
3. Give the oxidation numbers of the central metal atoms in the following complex entities.
i) [Ni(CO)4] ii) CO(NH3¿36 +¿¿ iii) [Fe(CN)6]4- iv) Fe(C2O4¿3−¿
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