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JEE Main
Round I (Topically Divided Problems)

Units and Significant Figures 7. The result of which of the following has least
!1 significant figures? [NCERT]
1. The units J Pa is equivalent to
3 3 0.02856 # 298.15 # 0.112
(a) m (b) cm (a)
0.5785
(c) dm 3 (d) None of these
(b) 5 # 5.364
2. In which of the following numbers all zeros are (c) 0.0125 $ 0.7864 $ 0.0215
significant? (d) All have same number of significant figures
(a) 0.500 (b) 30.000
(c) 0.00030 (d) 0.0050 Matter and its Classification
3. A measured temperature on Fahrenheit scale is 8. The smallest matter particle that can take part in
200F. What will this reading be on celsius scale? chemical reaction is
[NCERT Exemplar]
(a) atom (b) molecule
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these
(a) 40°C (b) 94°C
(c) 93.3°C (d) 30°C 9. Matter is anything which occupies ... A... and
has... B... . Here A and B are
4. The number of significant figures in Avogadro’s (a) density and mass (b) volume and mass
number is
(c) space and mass (d) None of these
(a) four (b) two
(c) three (d) can be any of these 10. The solid like conducting state of gases with free
electrons is called
5. In multiplication and division, the significant (a) sol state (b) gel state
figures of answer must be same as that in the (c) plasma state (d) All of these
quantity with .................. number of significant
11. Which of the following statements about a compound
figures.
is incorrect? [NCERT Exemplar]
(a) maximum (b) 3
(a) A molecule of a compound has atoms of different
(c) 2 (d) minimum
elements
6. Convert the following into basic units. (b) A compound cannot be separated into its constituent
(i) 28.7 pm (ii) 15.15 "s elements by physical methods of separation
(c) A compound retains the physical properties of its
(iii) 25365 mg
constituent elements
The correct answer is [NCERT] (d) The ratio of atoms of different elements in a
(a) 28.7 # 10 !11 , 1.515 # 10 !6 , 2.5365 # 10 !3 compound is fixed
(b) 2.87 # 10 !11 , 1.515 # 10 !5 , 2.5365 # 10 !2 12. Which of the following is not a mixture?
(c) 2.87 # 10 !10 , 1.515 # 10 !5 , 2.5365 # 10 !3 (a) Gasoline (b) Distilled alcohol
(d) 2.87 # 10 !10 , 1.515 # 10 !6 , 2.5365 # 10 !2 (c) LPG (d) Iodized table salt
Laws of Chemical Combinations Mole Concept
13. Which of the following statements is correct about 19. What will be the molarity of a solution, which
the reaction given below? [NCERT Exemplar] contains 5.85 g of NaCl(s) per 500 mL?
[NCERT Exemplar]
4Fe( s) $ 3O2 ( g) %& 2Fe2O3( g)
(a) 4 mol L!1 (b) 20 mol L!1
(a) Total mass of iron and oxygen in reactants = total (c) 0.2 mol L!1 (d) 2 mol L!1
mass of iron and oxygen in product therefore it
follows law of conservation of mass 20. The mass of 112 cm 3 of CH4 gas at STP is
(b) Total mass of reactants ' total mass of product; (a) 0.16 g (b) 0.8 g
therefore, law of multiple proportions is followed (c) 0.08 g (d) 1.6 g
(c) Amount of Fe2O3 can be increased by taking any one 21. Out of 1.0 g dioxygen, 1.0 g (atomic) oxygen and 1.0 g
of the reactants (iron or oxygen) in excess ozone, the maximum number of molecules are
(d) Amount of Fe2O3 produced will decrease if the contained in
amount of any one of the reactants (iron or oxygen) (a) 1.0 g of atomic oxygen
is taken in excess (b) 1.0 g of ozone
14. Carbon dioxide contains 27.27% of carbon, carbon (c) 1.0 g of oxygen gas
disulphide contains 15.79% of carbon and sulphur (d) All contain same number of atoms
dioxide contains 50% of sulphur. This data is an 22. The number of water molecules present in a drop of
agreement with water (volume 0.0018 mL) at room temperature is
(a) law of conservation of mass
(a) 6.023 # 10 19 (b) 1.084 # 10 18
(b) law of definite proportions 17
(c) 4 .84 # 10 (d) 6.023 # 1023
(c) law of multiple proportions
(d) law of reciprocal proportions 23. The number of sodium atoms in 2 moles of sodium
15. If 6.3 g of NaHCO3 are added to 15.0 g CH 3COOH ferrocyanide is
solution, the residue is found to weigh 18.0 g. What (a) 12 # 1023 (b) 26 # 1023
is the mass of CO2 released in the reaction? (c) 34 # 1023 (d) 48 # 1023
(a) 4.5 g (b) 3.3 g
24. A signature written with carbon pencil weighs 1 mg.
(c) 2.6 g (d) 2.8 g
What is the number of carbon atoms present in the
16. 45.4L of dinitrogen reacted with 22.7L of dioxygen signature?
and 45.4L of nitrous oxide was formed. The reaction (a) 6.02 # 1020 (b) 0.502 # 1020
is given below (c) 5.02 # 1023
(d) 5.02 # 1020
2N2 ( g) $ O2 ( g) %& 2N2O( g)
25. What will be the mass of one 12 C atom in gram?
Which law is being obeyed in this experiment? (a) 6.02 # 1023 (b) 1.6 # 10 !19
[NCERT Exemplar]
(c) 1.99 # 10 !23 (d) 1.67 # 10 !23
(a) Law of definite proportion
(b) Law of conservation of mass 26. What will the molality of the solution containing
(c) Law of multiple proportion 18.25 g of HCl gas in 500 g of water? [NCERT Exemplar]
(d) None of the above (a) 0.1 m (b) 1 M (c) 0.5 m (d) 1 m
17. The mass of nitrogen per gram hydrogen in the 27. A sample of AlF3 contains 3.0 # 1024 F ! ions. The
compound hydrazine is exactly one and half times number of formula units of this sample are
the mass of nitrogen in the compound ammonia. The
(a) 9.0 # 1024 (b) 3.0 # 1024
fact illustrates the
(a) law of conservation of mass (c) 0.75 # 1024 (d) 1.0 # 1024
(b) multiple valency of nitrogen 28. Which one of the following will have the largest
(c) law of multiple proportions number of atoms? [NCERT]
(d) law of definite proportions (a) 1 g Au (s) (b) 1 g Na (s)
18. Zinc sulphate contains 22.65% of zinc and 43.9% of (c) 1 g Li (s) (d) 1 g Cl2 ( g)
water of crystallization. If the law of constant 29. 19.7 kg of gold was recovered from a smuggler. How
proportions is true then the weight of zinc required many atoms of gold were recovered (Au ' 197)?
to produce 20 g of the crystals will be (a) 100 (b) 6.02 # 1023
(a) 45.3 g (b) 4.53 g 24
(c) 6.02 # 10 (d) 6.02 # 1025
(c) 0.453 g (d) 453 g
30. Which of the following pairs contains equal number 39. A sample of ammonium phosphate, (NH4 ) 3PO4
of atoms? contains 6.36 moles of hydrogen atoms. The number
(a) 11.2 cc (STP) of nitrogen and 0.015 g of nitric oxide of moles of oxygen atom in the sample is
(b) 22.4 L (STP) of nitrous oxide and 22.4 L of nitric oxide (atomic mass of N = 14.04, H ' 1, P ' 31, O = 16)
(c) 1 millimole of HCl and 0.5 millimole of H2 S (a) 0.265 (b) 0.795
(d) 1 mole of H2O2 and 1 mole of N2O4 (c) 2.12 (d) 4.14
31. The molecular weight of air will be (the components 40. A sample of copper sulphate pentahydrate contains
of air given as N2 —78%, O2 —21%, Ar—0.9% and 8.64 g of oxygen. How many gram of Cu is present in
CO2 —0.1%) this sample ? (Atomic mass of Cu ' 63.6, S = 32.06,
(a) 18.64 (b) 24.968 O ' 16)
(c) 28.964 (d) 29.864 (a) 0.952 g (b) 3.816 g
32. Calculate the number of moles left after removing (c) 3.782 g (d) 8.64 g
1021 molecules from 200 mg of CO2 . 41. Cortisone is a molecular substance containing
(a) 0.00454 (b) 0.00166 21 atoms of carbon per molecule. The molecular
(c) 2 .88 # 10 – 3 (d) None of these weight of cortisone is 360.4. What is the percentage
of carbon in cortisone?
33. If H2SO4 ionises as
(a) 59.9% (b) 75%
H2SO4 + 2H2O %& 2H 3O+ + SO24 – (c) 69.98% (d) None of these
then total number of ions produced by 0.1 M H2SO4 42. How many moles of MgIn2S4 can be made from
will be 1 g each of Mg, In and S? (Atomic mass : Mg = 24,
(a) 9.03 # 1021 (b) 3.01 # 1022 In = 114.8, S = 32)
22
(c) 6.02 # 10 (d) 1.8 # 1023 (a) 6.47 # 10 –4 (b) 3.0 # 10 –1
34. One atom of an element X weigh 6.643 # 10!23 g. (c) 9.17 # 10 –2 (d) 8.7 # 10 –3
Number of moles of atom in 20 kg is 43. If an iodized salt contains 1% KI and a person takes
(a) 140 (b) 150 2 g of the salt every day, the iodide ions going into his
(c) 250 (d) 500 body every day would be approximately
35. The density of 3 molal solution of NaOH is 1.110 g mL !1 (a) 7.2 # 1021 (b) 7.2 # 10 19
Calculate the molarity of the solution. (c) 3.6 # 1021 (d) 9.5 # 10 19
[NCERT Exemplar]
(a) 2.97 M (b) 1.67 M 44. If the density of water is 1 g cm !3 then the volume
(c) 3.64 M (d) 2.32 M occupied by one molecule of water is approximately
!1
36. If the density of methanol is 0.793 kg L , what is its (a) 18 cm !3 (b) 22400 cm !3
!23
volume needed for making 2.5L of its 0.25M (c) 6.02 # 10 cm 3
(d) 3.0 # 10 !23 cm 3
solution? [NCERT]
(a) 5 mL (b) 25.2 mL Masses, Chemical Stoichiometry,
(c) 50 mL (d) 2.525 mL
Molecular and Empirical Formulae
37. A sample of drinking water was found to be severely
contaminated with chloroform, CHCl 3, supposed to 45. Which property of an element is always a whole
be carcinogenic in nature. The level of contamination number?
was 15 ppm (by mass) Determine the molarity of (a) Atomic volume (b) Atomic weight
chloroform in the water sample. [NCERT] (c) Atomic number (d) Equivalent weight
(a) 1.45 # 10 !4 (b) 1.27 # 10 !4 46. If w1 g of a metal X displaces w2 g of another metal Y
(c) 1.89 # 10 !6 (d) 1.34 # 10 !5 from its salt solution and if the equivalent weights
38. Which of the following contains the maximum are E1 and E2 respectively, the correct expression for
number of atoms? [NCERT] the equivalent weight of X is
w w # E2
(a) 52 moles of Ar (a) E 1 ' 1 # E2 (b) E 1 ' 2
(b) 52 u of He w2 w1
(c) 52 g of He w1 # w2 w1
(c) E 1 ' (d) E 1 ' # E2
(d) All have equal number of atoms E2 w2
47. The empirical formula and molecular mass of a (a) 25% (b) 50%
compound are CH2O and 180 g mol !1 respectively. (c) 100% (d) 75%
What will be the molecular formula of the 56. Consider the reaction, A $ B2 %& AB2 , A acts as
compound? [NCERT Exemplar] the limiting reagent, in which of the following
(a) C 9H 18O9 (b) CH2O reactions are mixtures? [NCERT]
(c) C 6H 12O6 (d) C2H4 O2 (a) 300 atoms of A + 200 molecules of B
48. For the reaction, (b) 2 moles of A + 3 moles of B
(c) 100 atoms of A + 100 molecules of B
X $ 2Y %& Z
(d) 5 moles of A + 2.5 moles of B
5 moles of X and 9 moles of Y will produce
(a) 5 moles of Z (b) 8 moles of Z
57. What is the number of moles of Fe(OH) 3( s) that can
be produced by allowing 1 mole of Fe2S 3, 2 moles of
(c) 14 moles of Z (d) 4 moles of Z
H2O and 3 moles of O2 to react as
49. Calculate the mass per cent of Na present in sodium 2Fe2S 3 + 6H2O + 3O2 %& 4Fe(OH) 3 + 6S ?
sulphate, Na2SO4 . [NCERT] (a) 1 mol (b) 1.84 mol
(a) 32.37 (b) 22.57 (c) 1.34 mol (d) 1.29 mol
(c) 16.18 (d) 45.06
58. Calcium carbonate reacts with aqueous HCl to give
50. If 0.5 mole of BaCl2 is mixed with 0.2 mole of Na 3PO4 , CaCl2 and CO2 according to the reaction,
the maximum number of moles of Ba 3(PO4 )2 that can
CaCO3( s) $ 2HCl( aq) %& CaCl2 ( aq) $ CO2 ( g)
be formed is
(a) 0.7 (b) 0.5 (c) 0.03 (d) 0.10 +H2O( l)
What mass of CaCO3 is required to react completely
51. In the reaction,
with 25 mL of 0.75 M HCl? [NCERT]
I2 +2S2O23! %& 2I + !
S4O26! (a) 0.6844 (b) 0.9375
equivalent weight of iodine will be equal to (c) 0.4265 (d) 0.2795
(a) molecular weight (b) 1/2 of molecular weight
59. One atom of an element weighs 1.8 # 10!22 g. Its
(c) 1/4 of molecular weight (d) twice of molecular
atomic mass is
weight
(a) 29.9 (b) 18 (c) 108.36 (d) 154
52. 2.76 g of silver carbonate on being strongly heated 60. Determine the molecular formula of an oxide of iron
yields a residue weighing
in which the mass per cent of iron and oxygen are
(a) 3.54 g (b) 3.0 g (c) 1.36 g (d) 2.16 g
69.9 and 30.1 respectively. Given that molar mass of
53. An organic compound contains 20.0% C, 6.66% H, the oxide is 159.89 g mol !1. [NCERT]
47.33% N and the rest was oxygen. Its molar mass is (a) FeO (b) FeO2 (c) Fe2O3 (d) Fe3O2
60 g mol !1. The molecular formula of the compound
is 61. Arsenic forms two oxides, one of which contains
(a) CH4 N2O (b) C2H4 NO2 65.2% and the other 75.7% of the element. Hence,
(c) CH 3 N2O (d) CH4 N2O2 equivalent masses of arsenic are in the ratio
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 3 : 5 (c) 13 : 15 (d) 2 : 1
54. Use the data given in the following table to calculate
the molar mass of naturally occurring argon. 62. The equivalent mass of chlorine is 35.5 and the
atomic mass of copper is 63.5. The equivalent mass
Isotopic molar of copper chloride is 99.0. Hence, formula of copper
Isotope Abundance
mass chloride is
36
Ar 35.96755 g mol !1
0.337% (a) CuCl (b) Cu2Cl
38
Ar 37.96272 g mol !1 0.063% (c) CuCl2 (d) None of these
40
Ar 39.9624 g mol !1 99.600% 63. Insulin contains 3.4% sulphur. What will be the
minimum molecular weight of insulin?
The molar mass of argon is [NCERT] (a) 94.117 (b) 1884
(a) 39.948 (b) 39.665 (c) 38.678 (d) 38.442 (c) 941.176 (d) 976
55. In the following reaction, 64. Two oxides of a metal contain 50% and 40% metal
MnO2 + 4HCl %& MnCl2 + 2H 2O + Cl2 (M) respectively. If the formula of first oxide is MO2 ,
2 moles of MnO2 react with 4 moles of HCl to form the formula of second oxide will be
11.2 L Cl2 at STP. Thus, per cent yield of Cl2 is (a) MO2 (b) MO3 (c) M2O (d) M2O5
65. Chlorine is prepared in the laboratory by treating (a) 61.5 g (b) 75.0 g
manganese dioxide (MnO2 ) with aqueous (c) 20.0 g (d) 41.0 g
hydrochloric acid according to the reaction. 69. Equal weights of Zn metal and iodine are mixed
4HCl( aq) $ MnO2( s ) %& 2H 2O( l ) $ MnCl2( aq) together and I2 is completely converted to ZnI2 . What
+ Cl2( g ) fraction by weight of original Zn remains unreacted?
How many grams of HCl reacts with 5.0g of (Zn ' 65, I ' 127)
manganese dioxide? [NCERT] (a) 0.34 (b) 0.74
(a) 36.5 g (b) 4.12 g (c) 0.84 (d) Unable to predict
(c) 8.39 g (d) 13.25 g 70. 100 mL of 0.1 N hypo decolourised iodine obtained by
66. If ten volumes of dihydrogen gas react with five the addition of x gram of crystalline copper sulphate
volumes of dioxygen gas, how many volumes of to excess of KI. The value of ‘ x ’ is
water vapour would be produced? [NCERT] (Molecular wt. of CuSO4 ( 5H2O is 250.)
(a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 2 (d) 20 (a) 5.0 g (b) 1.25 g
67. 100 tons of Fe2O3 containing 20% impurities will give (c) 2.5 g (d) 4 g
iron by reduction with H2 equal to 71. On analysis a certain compound was found to
(a) 112 tons (b) 80 tons contain iodine and oxygen in the ratio of 254 g of
(c) 160 tons (d) 56 tons
iodine (at. mass 127) and 80 g oxygen (at. mass 16).
68. Cyclohexanol is dehydrated to cyclohexene on What is the formula of the compound?
heating with conc H2SO4 . The cyclohexene obtained (a) IO (b) I2O
from 100 g cyclohexanol will be (if yield of reaction is (c) I 5O3 (d) I2O5
75%)

Round II (Mixed Bag)

Only One Correct Option 5. Haemoglobin contains 0.33% of iron by weight. The
molecular weight of haemoglobin is approximately
1. A box contains some identical red coloured balls.
67200. The number of iron atoms (at. wt. of Fe ' 56)
labelled as A, each weighing 2g. Another box
present in one molecule of haemoglobin is
contains identical blue coloured balls, labelled as B, (a) 6 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
each weighing 5 g. In the combinations AB, AB2 , A 2 B
and A2 B3 which law is applicable. [NCERT Exemplar]
6. If isotopic distribution of C-12 and C-14 is 98% and
2% respectively then the number of C-14 atoms in
(a) Law of definite proportion
12 g of carbon is
(b) Law of multiple proportion
(a) 1.032 # 1022 (b) 3.01 # 1022
(c) Law of conservation of mass 23
(d) None of the above (c) 5.88 # 10 (d) 6.023 # 1023

2. The law of definite proportions is not applicable to
nitrogen oxide because
(a) nitrogen atomic weight is not constant
(b) nitrogen molecular weight is variable
(c) nitrogen equivalent weight is variable
(d) oxygen atomic weight is variable
3. A 400 mg iron capsule contains 100 mg of ferrous
fumarate, (CHCOO)2 Fe. The percentage of iron
present in it is approximately
(a) 33% (b) 25% (c) 14% (d) 8%
4. The number of water molecules in 1 L of water is
(a) 18 (b) 18 # 1000
(c) N A (d) 55.55 N A
7. The number of moles of oxygen in 1 L of air containing
21% oxygen by volume, in standard conditions, is
(a) 0.186 mol (b) 0.21 mol
(c) 2.10 mol (d) 0.0093 mol
8. There are two isotopes of an element with atomic
mass z. Heavier one has atomic mass z $ 2 and
lighter one has z ! 1, then abundance of lighter one is
(a) 66.6% (b) 96.7% (c) 6.67% (d) 33.3%
9. Which of the following statements indicates that law
of multiple proportion is being followed?
[NCERT Exemplar]
(a) Sample of carbon dioxide taken from any source will
always have carbon and oxygen in the ratio 1:2.
 (b) Carbon forms two oxides namely CO2 and CO, where 17. A mixture of CH4 , N2 and O2 is enclosed in a vessel of
masses of oxygen which combine with fixed mass of one litre capacity at 0°C. The ratio of partial
carbon are in the simple ratio 2:1 pressures of gases is 1 : 4 : 2. Total pressure of the
(c) When magnesium burns in oxygen, the amount of gaseous mixture is 2660 mm. The number of
magnesium taken for the reaction is equal to the molecules of oxygen present in the vessel is
amount of magnesium in magnesium oxide formed 6.02 # 1023
(d) At constant temperature and pressure 200 mL of (a) (b) 6.02 # 1023
22.4
hydrogen will combine with 100 mL oxygen to
(c) 22.4 # 1022 (d) 1000
produce 200 mL of water vapour
18. An ore contains 1.34% of the mineral argentite,
10. A certain amount of a metal whose equivalent mass Ag2S, by mass. How many gram of this ore would
is 28 displaces 0.7 L of H2 at STP from an acid. have to be processed in order to obtain 1.00 g of pure
Hence, mass of the element is solid silver, Ag?
(a) 1.75 g (b) 0.875 g (a) 74.6 g (b) 85.7 g
(c) 3.50 g (d) 7.00 g (c) 107.9 g (d) 134.0 g
11. 1.520 g of the hydroxide of a metal on ignition gave 19. x g of Ag was dissolved in HNO3 and the solution was
0.995 g of oxide. The equivalent weight of metal is treated with excess of NaCl when 2.87 g of AgCl was
(a) 1.520 (b) 0.995 precipitated. The value of x is
(c) 19.00 (d) 9.00 (a) 1.08 g (b) 2.16 g (c) 2.70 g (d) 1.62 g
12. 100 mL of 20.8% BaCl2 solution and 50 mL of 9.8% 20. What weight of silver chloride will be precipitated
H2SO4 solution will form BaSO4 when a solution containing 4.77 g of NaCl is added to
(Ba ' 137, Cl = 35.5,S = 32 , H = 1,O = 16) a solution of 5.77 g of AgNO3? (Na ' 23, Cl ' 35.5,
BaCl2 + H 2SO4 %& BaSO4 + 2HCl Ag ' 108, N ' 14 and O ' 16)
(a) 23.3 g (b) 11.65 g (a) 4.37 g (b) 4.87 g (c) 5.97 g (d) 3.87 g
(c) 30.6 g (d) None of these
21. 0.75 mole of a solid A4 and 2 moles of O2 ( g) are
13. Calcium carbonate reacts with aqueous HCl to give heated in a sealed vessel, completely using up the
CaCl2 and CO2 according to the reaction, reactants and produces only one compound. It is
found that when the temperature is used to initial
CaCO3( s) + 2HCl( aq) %& CaCl2 ( aq) + CO2 ( g)
temperature, the contents of the vessel exhibit a
+ H2O( l) 1
pressure equal to of the original pressure. The
In this reaction, 250 mL of 0.76 M HCl reacts with 2
1000 g of CaCO3. Calculate the mass of CaCl2 formed formula of the product will be
(a) A2O3 (b) A3O8 (c) A3O4 (d) AO2
in the reaction. [NCERT Exemplar]
(a) 11.1 g (b) 10.54 g 22. A sample of a mixture of CaCl2 and NaCl weighing
(c) 5.25 g (d) 2.45 L 4.22 g was treated to precipitate all the Ca as CaCO3.
This CaCO3 is then heated and quantitatively
14. One gram of hydrogen is found to combine with 80 g converted into 0.959g of CaO. Calculate the
of bromine. One gram of calcium (valency=2)
percentage of CaCl2 in the mixture.
combines with 4 g of bromine. The equivalent weight
of calcium is (Atomic mass of Ca ' 40, O ' 16, C ' 12, and Cl ' 35.5)
(a) 10 (b) 20 (a) 31.5% (b) 21.5% (c) 45.04% (d) 68.48%
(c) 40 (d) 80
15. What quantity of ammonium sulphate is necessary
for the production of NH 3 gas sufficient to neutralize
a solution containing 292 g of HCl? [HCl ' 36.5,
(NH4 )2 SO4 = 132, NH 3 ' 17]
(a) 272 g (b) 403 g
(c) 528 g (d) 1056 g
16. The percentage of P2O5 in diammonium hydrogen
phosphate, (NH4 )2 HPO4 is
(a) 23.48 (b) 46.96
(c) 53.78 (d) 71.00