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1. A ligand can also be regarded as :

(A) Lewis acid (B) Bronsted base (C) Lewis base (D) Bronsted acid

2. The oxidation state of Fe in the brown ring complex [Fe(H 2O)5 NO]SO 4 is :
(A) 3 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) 1

3. The oxidation state and effective atomic number (EAN) of cobalt [CoF6 ]2 are respectively :
(A) 3 and 36 (B) 4 and 35 (C) 4 and 37 (D) 2 and 35

4. In the coordination compound, formed by reaction of CuSO 4 with excess KCN, the oxidation state of

copper is:
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2

5. The coordination number and oxidation number of X in the following compound [X(SO4 )(NH3 )5 ]Cl will
be :
(A) 10 and 3 (B) 2 and 6 (C) 6 and 3 (D) 6 and 4

6. A complex of Co3 with molecular formula CoCl x  yNH 3 gives a total of 3 ions when dissolved in water.

How many Cl  ions satisfy both primary and secondary valencies in this complex ?
(A) 3 (B) 1 (C) 4 (D) zero

7. Ethylene diamine is an example of :

(A) monodentate ligand (B) bidentate ligand
(C) tridentate ligand (D) polydentate ligand

8. [EDTA]4  is a :
(A) monodentate ligand (B) bidentate ligand
(C) tetradentate ligand (D) hexadentate ligand

9. Given the molecular formula of the hexa coordinate complexes is :

I. CoCl3  6NH3 II. CoCl3  5NH3 III. CoCl3  4NH3
If the number of coordinated NH3 molecules in A, B and C respectively are 6, 5 and 4, the primary
valency in (A), (B) and (C) are :
(A) 6, 5, 4 (B) 3, 2, 1 (C) 0, 1, 2 (D) 3, 3, 3

10. The complex that doesn’t give a precipitate with AgNO 3 solution :
(A) [Co(NH3 )3 Cl3 ] (B) [Co(NH3 )6 ]Cl 3
(C) [Ag(NH3 )2 ]Cl (D) [Cr(NH 3 )4 Cl2 ]Cl

11. The volume (in mL) of 0.1M AgNO3 required for complete precipitation of chloride ions present in 30 mL

of 0.01M solution of [Cr(H2O)5 Cl]Cl2 is :

(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6

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12. Which of the following represents hexadentate ligand ?
(A) 2, 2-bipyridyl (B) DMG
(C) Ethylenediamine (D) None of these

13. The pair of compounds having metals in their highest oxidation state is :
(A) MnO2, FeCl3 (B) [MnO4 ] , CrO2Cl2

(C) [Fe(CN)6 ]3  , [Co(CN)3 ] (D) [NiCl 4 ]2 , [CoCl 4 ]

14. Which compound is zero valent metal complex ?

(A) [Cu(NH3 )4 ]SO4 (B) [Pt(NH3 )2 Cl2 ] (C) [Ni(CO)4 ] (D) K 3[Fe(CN)6 ]

15. The number of unidentate ligands in the complex ion is called :

(A) oxidation number (B) primary valency
(C) coordination number (D) EAN

Level-1 4 DTS-1 | Coordination Compounds