SHRI RAM GROUP OF COLLEGES, MZN

ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY

UNIT WISE IMPORTANT OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

UNIT-1 (Atomic and Molecular Structure)

1. If the sign of the wave function is unchanged when the orbital is

reflected about its centre, the orbital is ______________
a) Gerade
b) Ungerade
c) Gerade as well as Ungerade
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: a

2. The filling of molecular orbital takes place according to __________

a) The Aufbau Principle
b) Pauli Exclusion Principle
c) Hund’s rule of maximum multiplicity
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: d

3. Bond Order of O2, F2, N2 respectively are __________

a) +1, +2, +3
b) +2, +3, +1
c) +2, +1, +3
d) +3, +2, +1
Answer: c

4. Arrange the following molecules in decreasing bond length.

a) O2 > O2– > O2+ > O22-
b) O22- > O2– > O2 > O2+
c) O22- > O2– > O2+ > O2
d) O2– > O2+ > O22- > O2
Answer: b

5. Arrange the following molecules in the order of increasing stability.

a) N2+ < N2 < N2– < N22-
 b) N22- < N2– < N2 < N2+
c) N22- < N2– = N2+ < N2
d) N2 < N2+ = N2– < N22-
Answer: c

6. On the basis of molecular orbital theory, select the most

appropriate option.
a) The bond order of O2 is 2.5 and it is paramagnetic
b) The bond order of O2 is 1.5 and it is paramagnetic
c) The bond order of O2 is 2 and it is diamagnetic
d) The bond order of O2 is 2 and it is paramagnetic
Answer: d

7.
Which of the following molecule does not exist due to its zero bond
order?
a) H2+
b) He2+
c) He2
d) H2–
Answer: c

8. The relative energies of molecular orbitals in increasing order have

been found to be as follows.
(σ1s) < (σ*1s) < (σ2s) < (σ*2s) < [(π2py)(π2pz)] < (σ 2px) < [(π*2py)(π*2pz)] <
(σ*2px)
a) For O2 to Ne2
b) For H2 to N2
c) For H2 to Ne2
d) For N2 to Ne2
Answer: b

9. According to Molecular Orbital Theory, the shape and size of a

molecular orbital depends upon _________
a) Shape and size of the combining atomic orbitals
b) Numbers of the combining atomic orbitals
c) Orientation of the combining atomic orbitals
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: d

10. Choose the incorrect statement from the following options.

a) In bonding molecular orbital, electron density is low in the region
between the nuclei of bonded atoms
b) The energy of antibonding molecular orbital is higher than that
of atomic orbitals from which it is formed
c) Every electron in bonding molecular orbital contributes toward
stability of the molecule
 d) Antibonding takes place when lobes of atomic orbitals have
different signs
Answer: a

11. A fullerene is any molecule composed entirely of the carbon not in

the form of hollow ________
a) Sphere
b) Tube
c) Ellipsoid
d) Cuboid
Answer: d

12. Spherical fullerenes are otherwise called as ________

a) Bucky balls
b) Soccer balls
c) Cricket balls
d) Tennis balls
Answer: a

13. The fullerenes are composed with _________

a) Graphene sheets
b) Graphite
c) Lead
d) Other carbon materials
Answer: a

14. In fullerenes, the graphene sheets are linked with ________

a) Hexagonal rings
b) Octagonal rings
c) Trigonal rings
d) Decagonal rings
Answer: a

15. The first molecule was prepared in ___________

a) 1988
b) 1985
c) 1996
d) 1982
Answer: c

16. The smallest bucky ball cluster is _________

a) C6
b) C8
c) C10
d) C20
Answer: d
17. Hollow tubes of very small dimensions are called as _____________
a) Mega tubes
b) Carbon nano tubes
c) Bucky ball clusters
d) Polymers
Answer: b

18. The fullerenes that are larger in diameter than nano tubes and
having walls of different thickness are ____________
a) Mega tubes
b) Carbon nano tubes
c) Bucky ball clusters
d) Polymers
Answer: a

19. Mega tubes are used for __________

a) Transport
b) Chemical industries
c) Laboratories
d) Preparation of compounds
Answer: a

20. The chain, two dimensional and three dimensional polymers are
formed under ______
a) Vacuum
b) High pressure
c) Low pressure
d) No pressure
Answer: b

21. Spherical particles based on the multiple layers surrounding a buck

ball core is called ___________
a) Nano onions
b) Nano particles
c) Nano clusters
d) Nano materials

22. The buckminister fullerene is naturally occurring element found in

________
a) Earth
b) Soot
c) Smoke
d) Fog
Answer: b
23. The structure of C60 is called as _______
a) Isohedron
b) Truncated isohedron
c) Trigonal
d) Trigonal bipyramidal
Answer: b

24. The vander-waals diameter of C60 is ________

a) 1.1nm
b) 1.2nm
c) 1.3nm
d) 1.4nm
Answer: a

25. The bond length of the C60 is ________

a) 1.1 Ao
b) 1.2 Ao
c) 1.3 Ao
d) 1.4 Ao
Answer: d

Prepared by : Dr Subhash Yadav