1.

Two liquids A and B are mixed in the molar ratio of 1:2 and the vapour pressure
of the solution is 24 torr. When the two liquids are mixed in the reverse ratio the
vapour pressure of the solution increases by a fraction of (1/4). The vapour
pressure of pure A and B are respectively :
(a) 20 torr, 40 torr. (B) 40 torr, 20 torr (c) 36 torr, 18 torr (d) 18 torr, 36 torr
ans=d
2. Which of the following is correct about B2H6:
(A) Each B atom is sp3 hybridised.
(B)It consists of two 3 centred 3 atom bonds
(C) the two bridging H atoms are in the same plane as the molecules
(D) all the above are correct
ans= a
3. The number of sigma bonds in P4O10:
(A) 6 (B) 7 (c)17 (D) 16
ans-d
4. The maximum number of 90° angles between bond pairbond pair of electrons is
observed in
(a) dsp3 hybridisation (b) sp3d hybridisation (c) dsp2 hybridisation
(d) sp3d2 hybridisation ans=d
5. The correct order of bond angles (smallest first) in H2S, NH3, BF3 and SiH4 is
(a) H2S<SiH4 <NH3 <BF3 (b) NH3 <H2S<SiH4 <BF3 (c) H2S<NH3 <SiH4 <BF3
(d) H2S < NH3 < BF3 < SiH4 ans=a
6. The charge/size ratio of a cation determines its polarizing power. Which one of
the following sequences represents the increasing order of the polarizing power
of the cationic species, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+, Be2+?
(a) Ca2+ <Mg2+ <Be2+ <K+ (b) Mg2+<Be2+ <K+< Ca2+ (c) Be2+ <K+< Ca2+ <Mg2+
(d) K+< Ca2+ <Mg2+<Be2+ . ans=d
7. With increase of temperature, which of these changes?
(a) Molality (b) Weight fraction of solute (c) Fraction of solute present in water
(d) Mole fraction ans=c
8. What volume of hydrogen gas, at 273 K and 1 atm. pressure will be consumed
in obtaining 21.6 g of elemental boron (atomic mass = 10.8) from the reduction
of boron trichloride by hydrogen? (a) 89.6 L (b) 67.2 L (c) 44.8 L (d) 22.4 L
ans=b
9. Kinetic theory of gases proves: (a) only Boyle's law (b) only Charles' law (c) only
Avogadro's law (d) all of these ans=d
10. Which of the following hydrogen bonds is the strongest?
(a) O—HF (b) O—HH (c) F—HF (d) O—HO. ans=c
11. In which of the following molecules/ions are all the bonds not equal?
(a) SF4 (b) XeF4 (c) SiF4 (d) BF4–. ans=a
12. Equal masses of methane and oxygen are mixed in an empty container at
25°C. The fraction of the total pressure exerted by oxygen is
(a) 1/2 (b) 273 /(3 *298) (c) 2/3 (d) 1/3. ans=d
13. How many moles of magnesium phosphate, Mg3(PO4)2 will contain 0.25 mole
of oxygen atoms? (a) 0.02 (b) 3.125 × 10–2 (c) 1.25 × 10–2 (d) 2.5 × 10–2
ans=b
14. Which one of the following has the regular tetrahedral structure?
(a) XeF4 (b) SF4 (c) BF4– (d) [Ni(CN)4]2–. (Atomic nos.: B = 5, S = 16, Ni = 28, Xe
= 54). ans=c
15. Which one of the following constitutes a group of the isoelectronic species?
(a) N2, O2–, NO+, CO (b) C22–, O2–, CO, NO (c) NO+, C22–, CN–, N2
(d) CN–, N2, O2–, C22– ans =c