OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

Single choice type

1. Oxidation is :
(1) gain of electron (2) loss of neutrons (3) loss of electrons (4) decrease in positive valency

2. Oxidation number of Os in OsO4 :

(1) + 2 (2) + 4 (3) + 8 (4) + 10

3. The oxidation number of sulphur in H2S2O7 is :

(1) + 2 (2) + 6 (3) + 4 (4) + 8

4. CrO5 has structure as shown

The oxidation number of chromium in the above compound is

(1) 4 (2) 5 (3) 6 (4) 0

5. In Ba(H2PO2)2, the oxidation number of phosphorus is

(1) –1 (2) 0 (3) +1 (4) +3

6. Oxidation number of Fe in Fe3O4 is :

1 2 8 3
(1) (2) (3) (4)
2 6 3 2

7. The oxidation state of chromium in potassium dichromate is :

(1) +4 (2) –4 (3) +6 (4) –6

8. Oxidation state of oxygen in H2O2 is :

(1) –1 (2) +1 (3) –2 (4) +2

9. Oxidation state of Cl in CaOCl2 is/are

(1) 0 (2) + 1 (3) – 1 (4) + 1, – 1

10. Which of the following is a set of reducing agents ?

(1) HNO3, Fe2+ , F2 (2) F– , Cl– ,MnO4– (3) I– , Na, Fe2+ (4) Cr2O72– , CrO42– , Na

11. Oxidation number of iodine in IO3– , IO4– , K and 2 respectively are

(1) –1, –1, 0, +1 (2) +3, +5, +7, 0 (3) +5, +7, –1, 0 (4) –1, –5, –1, 0

12. In the following chemical reaction :

Ag2O + H2O + 2e–  2Ag + 2OH–
(1) hydrogen is reduced (2) electrons are reduced
(3) water is oxidised (4) silver is oxidised

13. Both oxidation and reduction takes place in :

(1) NaBr + HCl  NaCl + HBr (2) HBr + AgNO3  AgBr + HNO3
(3) H2 + Br2  2HBr (4) CaO + H2SO4  CaSO4 + H2O

14. For the redox reaction, MnO4– + C2O42– + H+  Mn2+ + CO2 + H2O
the correct coefficients of the reactants are
(1) 2, 5 and 10 (2) 2, 5, 16 (3) 3, 3, 16 (4) 3, 3, 10

15. In the conversion of Br2 to BrO3– , the oxidation state of bromine changes from.
(1) –5 to + 5 (2) –5 to 0 (3) 0 to + 5 (4) +5 to –5
16. MnO2–4 (1 mol) in neutral aqueous medium is disproportionate to :
(1) 2/3 mol of MnO–4 and 1/3 mol MnO2 (2) 1/3 mol of MnO–4 and 2/3 mol MnO2
(3) 1/3 mol of Mn2O7 and 1/3 mol MnO2 (4) 2/3 mol of Mn2O7 and 1/3 mol MnO2

17. Which of the following is not a redox reaction ?

(1) KCN + Fe(CN)2 — K4 [Fe(CN)6] (2) Rb + H2O — RbOH + H2
(3) H2O2 — H2O + O (4) Cu2 — Cu + 2

18. MnO4– + C2O42– + H+ — Mn2+ + CO2 + H2O

In the above reaction the number of reactants respectively :
(1) 2, 5, 16 (2) 16, 3, 2 (3) 2, 16, 5 (4) 5, 16, 2

19. Cl2 + H2S 2HCl + S. In this chemical reaction change in oxidation number of sulphur is :
(1) 0 to 2 (2) –2 to 0 (3) 2 to 0 (4) –2 to 1

20. In which of the following metal is reduced (this is not balanced equation) :
(1) [Cr2O7]2–  [CrO4]2– (2) [Fe(CN)6]4–  [Fe(CN)6]3–

(3) MnO4–  MnO2 (4) MnO42–  MnO2–1

21. Which of the following reaction is balanced ?
(1) AsO42– + MnO4–  AsO43– + MnO2 + 2H2O

(2) MnO4– + C2O42–  Mn2+ + CO2

(3) Cu + 4HNO3  Cu(NO3)2 + 2NO2

(4) H2S + HNO3  H2O + NO + S

22. Which of the following reaction is disproportionation ?

(1) 2H2S + SO2  2H2O + 3S

(2) Ca + H2  CaH2

(3) 4 P + 3NaOH  3H2O + PH3 + 3NaH2PO2

(4) All of the above

23. Which will be the proper alternative in place of A in the following equation.
2Fe3+ (aq) + Sn2+ (aq)  2Fe2+ (aq) + A
(1) Sn4+ (2) Sn3+ (3) Sn2+ (4) Sn

24. a K2Cr2O7 + b KCl + c H2SO4  x CrO2Cl2 + y KHSO4 + z H2O

The above equation balances when
(1) a = 2, b = 4, c = 6 and x = 2, y = 6, z = 6 (2) a = 4, b = 2, c = 6 and x = 6, y = 2, z = 3
(3) a = 6, b = 4, c = 2 and x = 6, y = 3, z = 2 (4) a = 1, b = 4, c = 6 and x = 2, y = 6, z = 3

25. In the reaction

As2S5 + x HNO3  5 H2SO4 + yNO2 + 2 H3AsO4 + 12 H2O
the values of x and y are
(1) 40, 40 (2) 10, 10 (3) 30, 30 (4) 20, 20

26. Which of the following is a redox reaction ?

(1) 2CuSO4 + 4 KI  Cu2I2 + 2K2SO4 + I2 (2) SO2 + H2O  H2SO3
(3) Na2SO4 + BaCl2  BaSO4 + 2NaCl (4) CuSO4 + 4NH3  [Cu(NH3)4] SO4

27. Which one of the following reactions involves disproportionation ?

(1) 2H2SO4 + Cu  CuSO4 + 2H2O + SO2 (2) As2O3 + 3H2S  As2S3 + 3H2O
 (3) 2KOH + Cl2  KCl + KOCl + H2O (4) Ca3P2 + 6H2O  3Ca(OH)2 + 2PH3

28. The reaction, P4 + 3NaOH + 3H2O  3NaH2PO2 + PH3 is an example of

(1) disproportionation reaction (2) neutralization reaction
(3) double decompostion reaction (4) pyrolytic reaction

29. The normality of orthophosphoric acid having purity of 70% by weight and specific gravity 1.54 is :
(1) 11 N (2) 22 N (3) 33 N (4) 44 N

30. The amount of dibasic acid present in 100 mL of the aqueous solution of given strength is [mol. wt. = 200,
normality = 0.1]
(1) 0.5 g (2) 1 g (3) 1.5 g (4) 2 g

31. Normality of 0.3 M H3PO4 solution is :

(1) 0.3 N (2) 0.4 N (3) 0.6 N (4) 0.9 N

32. For neutralisation of one mol of NaOH the mass of 70% H2SO4 required is :
(1) 48 g (2) 70 g (3) 49 g (4) 35 g

33. The normality of mixture obtained by mixing 100 mL of 0.2 M H2SO4 and 200 mL of 0.2 M HCl is :
(1) 0.0267 (2) 0.2670 (3) 1.0267 (4) 1.1670

34. The normality of a solution containing 31.5 gm of hydrated oxalic acid (C2H2O4.2H2O) in 1250 ml of solution is :
(1) 0.1 N (2) 0.2 N (3) 0.4 N (4) 0.6 N

35. The normality of solution obtained by mixing 10 mL of N/5 HCl and 30 mL of N/10 HCl is :
N N N N
(1) (2) (3) (4)
15 5 7 .5 8

36. When 8.3 g copper sulphate reacts with excess of potassium iodide then the amount of iodine liberated is :
(1) 42.3 g (2) 24.3 g (3) 4.23 g (4) 2.43 g

37. One gram equimolecular mixture of Na2CO3 and NaHCO3 is reacted with 0.1 NHCl. The milliliters of 0.1 N HCl
required to react completely with the above mixture is :
(1) 15.78 mL (2) 157.8 mL (3) 198.4 mL (4) 295.5 mL

38. Which compound decolourises iodine solution ?

(1) H2SO4 (2) Na2S (3) Na2SO4 (4) Na2S2O3

39. Number of moles of K2Cr2O7 reduced by 1 mole of Sn2+ is

(1) 1/6 (2) 1/3 (3) 2/3 (4) 1

40. 3.92 g of ferrous ammonium sulphate are dissolved in 100 ml water 20 ml of this solution requires 18 ml of
potassium permanganate during titration for complete oxidation. The weight of KMnO 4 present in one litre of
the solution is
(1) 34.76 g (2) 12.38 g (3) 1.238 g (4) 3.476 g

41. One mole of acidified K2Cr2O7 on reaction with excess KI will liberate ...... mole (s) of I2
(1) 6 (2) 1 (3) 7 (4) 3

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42. Cr2O72–  Cr3 + , Eq. wt of Cr2O72– is
(1) mol. wt./6 (2) mol.wt./3 (3) mol.wt./4 (4) mol.wt./1

43. MnO4– ions are reduced in acidic condition to Mn2+ ions whereas they are reduced in neutral condition to
MnO2. The oxidation of 25 ml of a solution X containing Fe2+ ions required in acidic condition 20 ml of a
solution Y containing MnO4– ions. What volume of solution Y would be required to oxidise 25 ml of solution
X containing Fe2+ ions in neutral condition ?
(1) 11.4 ml (2) 12.0 ml (3) 33.3 ml (4) 35.0 ml

44. The reagent commonly used to determine hardness of water titrimetrically is :

(1) oxalic acid (2) disodium salt of EDTA
 (3) sodium citrate (4) sodium thiosulphate

45. x gram of pure As2S3 is completely oxidised to respective highest oxidation states by 50 mL of 0.1 M hot
acidified KMnO4, then mass of As2S3 taken is : (Molar mass of As2S3 = 246)
(1) 22.4 g (2) 43.92 g (3) 64.23 g (4) None of these

46. Equivalent weight of chlorine molecule in the equation is :

3 Cl2 + 6 NaOH  5 NaCl + NaClO3 + 3 H2O
(1) 42.6 (2) 35.5 (3) 59.1 (4) 71

47. The valency factor of 2 when, (i) it is formed by the reaction of potassium iodide and potassium iodate in acid
medium and (ii) when it reacts with hypo, are respectively :
5 3
(1) 2, 2 (2) ,2 (3) ,2 (4) 5, 2
3 5

48. Consider the redox reaction 2S2O32– + 2  S4O62– + 2 – :

(1) S2O32– gets reduced to S4O62– (2) S2O32– gets oxidised to S4O62–
(3) 2 gets reduced to – (4) 2 gets oxidised to –
1. (3) 2. (3) 3. (2) 4. (3) 5. (3)

6. (3) 7. (3) 8. (1) 9. (4) 10. (3)

11. (3) 12. (3) 13. (3) 14. (2) 15. (3)

16. (1) 17. (1) 18. (1) 19. (2) 20. (3)

21. (3) 22. (3) 23. (1) 24. (4) 25. (1)

26. (1) 27. (3) 28. (1) 29. (3) 30. (2)

31. (4) 32. (2) 33. (2) 34. (3) 35. (4)

36. (3) 37. (2) 38. (4) 39. (2) 40. (4)

41. (4) 42. (1) 43. (3) 44. (2) 45. (4)

46. (1) 47. (2) 48. (3)

1. Oxidation is defined as :
 Loss of electron
 Addition of oxygen
 Removal of hydrogen
 Increasein positive oxidation state or decrease in negative oxidation state
 Addition of electronegative element
 Removal of electropositive element

2. Let oxidation number of Os = x

Oxidation number of oxygen = – 2
x + 4 (– 2) = 0
x=+8

3. Let the oxidation number of 'S' be x

H2S2O7
 2 × 1 + 2x + 7 × – 2 = 0
x=+6
Oxidation number of S = +6
H2S2O7 is oleum.
H2SO4 + SO3  H2S2O7  2H2SO4
Sulphuric Oleum Sulphuric
acid acid

4.

5. (H2PO2)– 2 (+1) + x + 2 (– 2) = – 1
x=+1

6. Let oxidation number of Fe in Fe3O4 be x

 3x + 4x – 2 = 0
x = + 8/3