1. When an inorganic compound X having 3c – 2e– 6.

The total number of compounds having at least

as well as 2c – 2e– bonds react with NH3 gas at a one bridging oxo group among the molecules
certain temperature, gives a compound Y, given below is
isostructural with benzene. Compound X with N2O3, N2O5, P4O6, P4O7, H4P2O5, H5P3O10,
ammonia at a high temperature produces a H2S2O3, H2S2O5
substance Z, then
(A) X is BH3, Y is B2N2H3, Z is inorganic 7. The dissolution of Al(OH)3 by a solution of NaOH
Benzene results in the formation of:
(B) X is B2H6, Y is B3N3H6, Z is Boron nitride (A) [Al(H2O)4(OH)2]+ (B) [Al(H2O)3(OH)3]
(C) X is borax, Y is B2O3, Z is inorganic Benzene (C) [Al(H2O)2(OH)4]– (D) [Al(H2O)6(OH)3]
(D) Reactions insufficient to predict
8. Identify the correct order of increasing number of
2. Referring to the following reactions the missing -bonds in structures of the following molecules.
products A, B, C and D respectively are (I) H2S2O6 (II) H2SO3 (III) H2S2O5
NH4Cl(aq)  NaNO2 (aq)  (A) I < II < III (B) II < III < I
(C) II < I < III (D) I < III < II
[A]  H2O(l )  NaCl(aq)
 NH4 2 Cr2O7  
[B]  H2 O(l )  Cr3O3 (s) 9. The products obtained from the following
chemical reactions are respectively
Cu + HNO3 (dilute)  Cu(NO3)2 + [C] + H2O(l)
Cu+HNO3 (concentrate)  Cu(NO3)2 +[D] H2O(l) (i) NaOH  Cl2  (ii) XeF6  H 2O 
(hot and conc.) (excess)
(A) N2, N2, NO, NO2 (B) N2, NH3, N2, NO
(A) NaOH and XeO3 (B) HClO4 and XeO2F2
(C) N2, N2, NO2, NO2 (D) N2, NH3, NO2, N2O4
(C) NaClO3 and XeO3 (D) None of these
3. A: Hybridization of carbon is sp2 in all its
10. The number of S – S bonds in sulphur trioxide
crystalline allotropes.
trimer [S3O9] is.
R : There are alternate double-single bonds in
each allotrope of carbon.
11. Which of the following halides cannot be
(A) Both Assertion and Reason are true and the
hydrolysed?
reason is the correct explanation of the
(I) TeF6 (II) SF6
assertion.
(III) NCl3 (IV) NF3
(B) Both Assertion and Reason are true but the
Choose the correct code:
reason is not the correct explanation of the
(A) III and IV (B) I, II and III
assertion.
(C) I, II and IV (D) II and IV
(C) Assertion is true statement but Reason is
false.
12. The number of metals that show passivity with
(D) Both Assertion and Reason are false
concentrate HNO3 among
statements.
Cr, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Al, Ag, Sn
4. XeF6 on partial hydrolysis with water, produces a
13. Hydrolysis of PI3 yield
compound ‘X’. The same compound ‘X’ is
(A) A monobasic acid and a dibasic acid
formed when XeF6 reacts with silica. The
(B) a monobasic acid and a salt
compound ‘X’ is:
(C) a monobasic acid and tribasic acid
(A) XeF4 (B) XeF2
(D) a monoacid base and a dibasic acid.
(C) XeO3 (D) XeOF4
14. TlI3 is an ionic compound. In the aqueous solution
5. Which of the following is a cyclic oxoacid?
it provides-
(A) H4P2O7 (B) H4P2O6
(C) H3P3O9 (D) H5P5O15 (A) Tl+ and I3 (B) Ti3+ and I–
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 15. Number of oxygen atoms shared per SiO44 23. The following conversion can be obtained by
using
tetrahedron in single chain silicates are_______
NH3 
?
 N2 H4
(excess)
16. P4O6 reacts with water according to equation P4O6
+ 6H2O  4H3PO3. Calculate the volume of 0.1 (A) OCl –
(B) HSO3
M NaOH (in mL) solution required to neutralise (C) HCO3 (D) PO34
the acid formed by dissolving 1.1 g of P4O6 in
H2O?
24. Compound found by hydrolysis of BiCl3 is:
(A) Bismuth hydroxide
17. The change in the oxidation state of iodine when
(B) Bismuth oxychloride
excess chlorine water is added to an iodide salt is
(C) Bismuth oxide
(D) Oxo acid of bismuth
18. ClO2 is an/a
(A) anhydride of HClO2
25. Sulphide, which is insoluble in dilute HNO3 :
(B) anhydride of HClO3
(A) PbS (B) CuS
(C) mixed anhydride of HClO2 and HClO3
(C) CdS (D) HgS
(D) mixed anhydride of HClO3 and HClO4
26. Diborane reacts with ammonia to initially forms X
19. Which type of silicate compound, Beryl
which on further heating gives borazine X is
(Be3Al2Si6O18) is?
(A) BH3.NH3 (B) B2H6.NH3
(A) Chain silicate
(C) B2H6.2NH3 (D) NH3BH3NH3
(B) Cyclic silicate
(C) Planar silicate
27. The correct Lewis acid order for boron halides is
(D) Disilicate
(A) BBr3 > BCl3 > Bl3 > BF3
(B) BI3 > BF3 > BBr3 > BCl3
20. In which of the following reactions, the product(s)
(C) BF3 > BCl3 > BBr3 > BI3
given is/are not correct?
(D) BI3 > BBr3 > BCl3 > BF3
(A) 3Cu + 8 HNO3 (dil)  3Cu(NO3)2 + 2NO +
4H2O
28. Incorrect statement about carbon monoxide is-
(B) 3Zn + 8 HNO3 (very dil)  3Zn (NO3)2 + (A) It is highly soluble in water
2NO + 4H2O (B) It burns in oxygen to produce considerable
(C) 4Sn + 10 HNO3 (dil)  4Sn(NO3)2 + amount of heat
NH4NO3 + 3H2O (C) It is toxic having bond order = 3
(D) As + 3 HNO3 (dil)  H3AsO3 + 3NO2 (D) It is found in coal gas, water gas and produces
gas
21. SOCl2 + HOH  [H] + [Y]
Which of the following is/are incorrect 29. MF + XeF4  A (M+ = Alkali metal cation). The
statement(s)? state of hybridisation of the central atom in A and
(I) One of the products is a gas having sp3d shape of the species are
hybridization. (A) sp3d, TBP
(II) Both the products are strong acids. (B) sp3d3, distorted octahedral
(III) One of the product has one p - d bond. (C) sp3d3, pentagonal planar
(IV) One of the product when react with NH3 gives (D) No compound formed at all
white fumes.
(A) II, IV (B) I, II 30. HF is not preserved in glass bottles because
(C) I, II, III (D) II, III (A) It reacts with the aluminium oxide of the glass
(B) It reacts with SiO2 of the glass
22. Cl2 (g)Ba(OH)2   X(aq.)  BaCl2  H2O (C) It reacts with the visible part of the light
(D) It reacts with sodium oxide of the glass
X  H 2SO4 
 Y  BaSO4
 31. The gas produced by the passage of air over hot
Y 
365K
 Z  H 2 O  O2 coke is
Y and Z are respectively: (A) Carbon monoxide (B) Carbon dioxide
(A) HClO4, ClO2 (B) HClO3, ClO2 (C) Producer gas (D) Water gas
(C) HClO3, ClO6 (D) HClO4, Cl2O7

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 32. Incorrect matches is 41. At 25°C, nitrogen exists as N2 and phosphorous
(A) COCl2 – phosgene exists as P4 because
(B) SO2Cl2 – Thionyl chloride (A) N2 has valence electrons only in bonding and
(C) ClCH2CH3SCH2CH2Cl – mustard gas nonbonding orbitals, while P has valence
(D) H2SO5 – Caro’s acid electrons in both bonding and antibonding
orbitals
33. Dinitrogen is used (B) higher electronegativity of N favours
(A) In manufacture of calcium cyanamide formation of multiple bonds
(B) In cryosurgery (C) bigger size of P does not favour multiple
(C) As a refrigerant bonds
(D) All of these (D) P has preference to adapt structures with
small bond angles
34. Which of the following reactions is not involved
in serpeck’s process of leaching of Al2O3 from 42. Iodine is a solid and sublimes at ordinary
white bauxite ore? temperature. This is because of
(A) Al2O3 + N2 + 3C  
 2AlN + 3CO (A) weak I – I bonds
 (B) strong I – I bonds
(B) SiO2 + C   Si + 2CO

(C) lone pair-bond pair repulsions
(C) Na2CO3 + Al2O3   2NaAlO2 + CO2 (D) weak van der Waals forces between I2

(D) 2Al(OH)3   Al2O3 + 3H2O molecules

35. Solid N2O5 is- 43. Which of the following statements regarding boric
(A) Ionic acid is false-
(B) Covalent (A) It acts as a tribasic acid
(C) Coordinate covalent (B) It has planar structure
(D) Metallic (C) It acts as a monobasic acid
(D) It is soluble in hot water
36. Which one is the wrong statement?
(A) Anhydrous AlCl3 exists as Al2Cl6 (dimer)
(B) Al2Cl6 contains 3c – 4e– bonds 44. The reaction that does not produce nitrogen is
(C) Anhydrous AlCl3 fumes in moist air (A) heating (NH4)2Cr2O7
(D) Anhydrous AlCl3 is ionic (B) NH3 with excess of Cl2
(C) heating of NaN3
37. In the context of the Hall-Heroult process for the (D) heating of NH4NO3
extraction of Al, which of the following
statements is false? 45. White phosphorous on reaction with concentrated
(A) CO and CO2 are produced in this process NaOH solution in an inert atmosphere of CO2
(B) Al2O3 is mixed with CaF2 which lowers the gives phosphine and compound (X). (X) on
melting point of the mixture and brings acidification with HCl gives compound (Y). The
conductivity basicity of compound (Y) is-
(C) Al3+ is reduced at the cathode to form Al (A) 3 (B) 5
(D) Na3AlF6 helps in increasing the melting point (C) 2 (D) 1
of the mixture.
46. The sum of total number of lone – pairs of
38. Which element among the following cannot form electrons and sp3 hybridized nitrogen atoms in
an amphoteric oxide? Melamine is
(A) Al (B) Sn
(C) Sb (D) P 47. Which of the following statement is correct?
(A) H3PO3 is tribasic and reducing
39. The total number of sigma bonds in the structure (B) H3PO3 is tribasic and non-reducing
of P4O10 is (C) H3PO3 is diabasic and non-reducing
(D) H3PO3 is diabasic and reducing
40. Bleaching powder contains a salt of an oxoacid as
one of its components. The anhydride of that acid
is
(A) Cl2O (B) Cl2O7
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 48. Which of the following statement about hydrous 54. A certain reaction A  B follows the given
aluminium chloride is correct? concentration (molarity)-time graph. Which of the
(A) It fumes in moist air following statement is true?
(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 (S2Cl2) vapor and chlorine.
(D) All of these

49. Which one of the following is the correct

statement?
(A) Boric acid is a protonic acid.
(B) Both Ti3+ and Al3+ ions act as oxidising agent (A) The reaction is of second order with respect A
in aqueous solution. (B) The rate for this reaction at 40 second will be
(C) Hydrogen bonding in H3PO3 gives it a layered approximately 3.5 × 10–3Ms–1
structure. (C) The rate for this reaction at 80 second will be
(D) N(OEt)3 imparts blue colour to the burner 1.75 × 10–3 Ms–1
flamer. (D) The [B] will be 0.25 M at 60

50. Select the correct statement about elements of 55. Select the most ionic and most covalent
group 15th. compounds respectively from the following: CrO5,
(A) The order of stability of oxidation state for + Mn2O7, PbO, Fe2O3, SnO2
3 is Ni3+ > Sb3+ > As3+ and for + 5 is Bi5+ < (A) CrO5, Mn2O7 (B) PbO, Mn2O7
Sb5+ < As5+ (C) CrO5, Fe2O3 (D) CrO5, SnO2
(B) In the case of nitrogen, all oxidation states
from + 1 to + 4 tend to disproportionate in 56. In P4O6 and P4O10, the number of oxygen atoms
acid solution. bonded to each phosphrous atoms are
(C) There is considerable increase in covalent respectively-
radius from N to P but from As to Bi only a (A) 3 and 3 (B) 4 and 4
small increase in covalent radius is observed. (C) 3 and 4 (D) 4 and 3
(D) All of these
57. Consider the following perhalate ion in acidic
51. Which of the following compounds does not give medium
nitrogen on heating? ClO4 (I), BrO4 (II), IO4 (III)
(A) NaN3 (B) (NH4)2SO4 Arrange these in the decreasing order of oxidizing
(C) NH4NO2 (D) (NH4)2Cr2O7 power.
(A) I > II > III (B) I > III > II
52. A brown coloured mixture of two gases is (C) II > I > III (D) II > III > I
obtained by the reduction of 6N nitric acid with
metallic copper. This mixture on cooling 58. AlCl3 forms dimer in vapour phase but BCl3 does
condenses to a blue liquid which on freezing at – not because
30°C gives a glue solid. The correct choice for (A) In Al there are vacant d orbitals in which it
blue liquid or solid is accommodates lone pair from chlorine atoms
(A) It is referred to as the anhydride of nitrous (B) In BCl3 there is back bonding
acid. (C) There is hydrogen bonding in between two
(B) It is an acidic oxide and hence dissolves in AlCl3 molecules in vapour phase
alkalies producing nitrities. (D) None of the above
(C) It can also be prepared by the action of 50%
HNO3 on arsenious oxide and then cooling to 59. How many molecules are acidic oxides among the
250 K. following:
(D) All of these CO, NO2, SO2, SO3, NO, N2O, SiO2, Cl2O7
(A) 4 (B) 5
53. Upon long standing concentrated HNO3 (C) 6 (D) 7
(A) remains colourless, but gives out NO
(B) turns yellow brown due to formation of NO2 60. The total number of boron-oxygen bonds in borax
(C) turns yellow brown due to the formation of is ‘x’ and boron-oxygen boron bonds are ‘y’. Then
N2O4 the value of x – y is-
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 61. For H3PO3 and H3PO4 correct choice is
(A) H3PO3 is diabasic and reducing agent.
(B) H3PO3 is diabasic and non-reducing agent.
(C) H3PO4 is tribasic and reducing agent.
(D) H3PO4 is diabasic and non-reducing agent.
62. With respect to graphite and diamond, which of
the statement(s) given below is (are) correct?
1. Graphite has higher electrical conductivity 72. The pair in which phosphorous atom have a
than diamond
2. Graphite is harder than diamond
3. Graphite has higher thermal conductivity than
diamond
(A) 1, 2 (B) 1, 2, 3
(C) 1, 3, 4 (D) 2, 3, 4
70. The total number of lone pairs of electrons in
N2O3 are
71. The reaction of zinc with dilute and concentrated
nitic acid, respectively produces.
(A) NO2 and N2O (B) N2O and NO2
(C) NO2 and NO (D) NO and N2O
formal oxidation state of + 3 is-
(A) Pyrophosphorous and pyrophosphoric acids
(B) Orthophosphorous and pyrophosphorous
acids
(C) Pyrophosphorous and hypohsphoric acids
(D) Orthophosphorous and hypophosphoric acids

63. Pure N2 can be obtained by heating 73. Which one of the following cannot be prepared
(A) NH4NO3 (B) Ba(N3)2 from B2H6?
(C) (NH4)2Cr2O7 (D) NH3 with CuO (A) NaBH4 (B) B2(CH3)4H2
64. The difference in the oxidation numbers of the (C) B2(CH3)6 (D) H3BO3
two types of sulphur atoms in Na2S4O6 is
74. Which among the following compounds does not
65. XeO4 molecule is tetrahedral having ‘x’ number
act as a reducing agent?
p–d bonds. The value of ‘x’ is.
(A) H2O (B) H2S
66. A greenish yellow gas reacts with an alkali metal (C) H 2Se (D) H2Te
hydroxide to form a halite which can be used in
fire works and safety matches. The gas and halite ANSWERKEY
respectively are
(A) Br2, KBrO3 (B) Cl2, KClO3 1. (B) 2. (A) 3. (D)
(C) I2, NaIO3 (D) Cl2, NaClO3 4. (D) 5. (C)
6. (5.00) 7. (C) 8. (B)
67. The number of sp hybridized atoms in 9. (C) 10. (0.00) 11. (D)
pseudohalogen cyanogen is/are 12. (4.00) 13. (A) 14. (A)
15. (2.00) 16. (400.00) 17. (6)
68. Which of the following orders is correct? 18. (C) 19. (B) 20. (B)
(1) SbH3 > NH3 > AsH3 > PH3 – Boiling Point
21. (B) 22. (B) 23. (A)
(2) NH3 > PH3 > AsH3 > SbH3 – Thermal
24. (B) 25. (D) 26. (C)
stability
(3) NH3 > PH3 > AsH3 > SbH3 – Basic Character 27. (D) 28. (A) 29. (C)
(4) NH4 > PH3 > AsH3 > SbH3 – Bond Angle 30. (B) 31. (C) 32. (B)
(A) (1), (2) and (3) only 33. (D) 34. (C) 35. (A)
(B) (2), (3) and (4) only 36. (D) 37. (D) 38. (D)
(C) (1), (3) and (4) only 39. (16) 40. (A) 41. (C)
(D) (1), (2), (3) and (4). 42. (D) 43. (A) 44. (B)
45. (D) 46. (9) 47. (D)
69. MF + XeF4  ‘A’ (M+ = Alkali metal cation) 48. (D) 49. (C) 50. (D)
The state of hybridisation of the central atom ‘A’ 51. (B) 52. (D) 53. (B)
and shape of the species are: 54. (B) 55. (B) 56. (C)
(A) sp3d, TBP 57. (D) 58. (A) 59. (B)
(B) sp3d3, distorted octahedral 60. (9) 61. (A) 62. (C)
(C) sp3d3, pentagonal planar
63. (B) 64. (5) 65. (4)
(D) No compound formed at all
66. (B) 67. (4) 68. (C)
69. (C) 70. (8) 71. (B)
72. (B) 73. (C) 74. (A)

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