ASSIGNMENT

SOME BASIC CONCEPTS OF CHEMISTRY

Q1. If water samples are taken from sea, rivers or lakes, they will be found to
contain hydrogen and oxygen in the approximate ratio of 1: 8. This indicates the
law of:

(i) multiple proportion (ii) definite proportion

(iii) reciprocal proportions (iv) none of these

Q2.What will be the molarity of a solution, which contains 5.85 g of NaCl(s)

per 500 mL?

(i) 4 mol L–1(ii) 20 mol L–1(iii) 0.2 mol L–1(iv) 2 mol L–1

Q3. If 500 mL of a 5M solution is diluted to 1500 mL, what will be the molarity
of the solution obtained?

(i) 1.5 M(ii) 1.66 M(iii) 0.017 M(iv) 1.59 M

Q4. What is the mass percent of carbon in carbon dioxide?

(i) 0.034%(ii) 27.27%(iii) 3.4%(iv) 28.7%

Q5. The empirical formula and molecular mass of a compound are CH 2O and
180 g respectively. What will be the molecular formula of the compound?

(i) C9H18O9(ii) CH2O(iii) C6H12O6(iv) C2H4O2

Q6. The number of atoms present in one mole of an element is equal to

Avogadro number. Which of the following element contains the greatest
number of atoms?

(i) 4g He(ii) 46g Na(iii) 0.40g Ca(iv) 12g He

Q7. The molecular mass of H2SO4 is 98 amu. Calculate the no. of molecules in
24 g of H2SO4
Q8. What will be the mass of an atom of C-12 in grams?
Q9. Calculate the mass percentage of C in C2H4.
Q10. Give an expression showing relation between molecular formula and
Empirical formula.
Q11. Lithium oxide is used to remove water from elements acc. to the reaction:
Li2O(s) + H2O (g) 2LiOH(s)
If 72 kg of water is to be removed and 35 kg of lithium oxide is available then,
a) Which reagent is limiting?
b) How many kg of excess reagent is left?

Q12. What volume of 0.250M HCl(aq) is required to react completely with

22.6g of sodium carbonate according to the reaction?
Na2CO3 (s) + 2HCl (aq) 2NaCl (aq) + H2O (ls) + CO2 (g)

Q13. A compound on analysis was found to contain C=34.6%, H=3.85% and

O=61.55%. Calculate its empirical formula.

Q14. Calculate the amount of KClO3 needed to supply oxygen for burning 112L
of CO gas at NTP. (Hint: - Calculate moles of oxygen required to burn 112 L
of CO at NTP using
(CO + ½ O2 → CO2)

Q15.. State Galussac law of combining volume, Avogadrow law, Limiting

reagent ,mole ,GMV, Law of constant proportion ,Law of multiple proportion