QUESTION BANK OF REDOX REACTIONS & EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS

SINGLE CORRECT :
1. 4.9 gm of K2Cr2O7 is taken to prepare 0.1 L of the solution. 10 mL of this solution is further taken to
oxidise Sn2+ ion into Sn4+ ion Sn4+ so produced is used in 2nd reaction to prepare Fe3+ ion then the
millimoles of Fe3+ ion formed will be (assume all other components are in sufficient amount)
[Molar mass of K2Cr2O7 = 294 g].
(A) 5 (B) 20 (C) 10 (D) none of these
2. 0.10 g of a sample containing CuCO3 and some inert impurity was dissolved in dilute sulphuric acid
and volume made up to 50 mL. This solution was added into 50 mL of 0.04 M KI solution where
copper precipitates as CuI and I – is oxidized into I3– . A 10 mL portion of this solution is taken for
analysis, filtered and made up free I3– and then treated with excess of acidic permanganate solution.
Liberated iodine required 20 mL of 2.5 mM sodium thiosulphate solution to reach the end point.
Determine weight percentage of CuCO3 in the original sample. (Cu = 63.5)
(A) 7.41 (B) 74.1 (C) 61.75 (D) none of these
3. A 150 mL of solution of I2 is divided into two unequal parts. I part reacts with hypo solution in acidic
medium. 15 mL of 0.4 M hypo was consumed. II part was added with 100 mL of 0.3 M NaOH
solution. Residual base required 10 mL of 0.3 M H2SO4 solution for complete neutralization. What
was the initial concentration of I2 ?
(A) 0.08 M (B) 0.1 M (C) 0.2 M (D) none of these
4. Reduction of V2O5, followed by addition of a strong base yields Na12V18O42·24H2O on crystallization.
If the addition of strong base causes no change in oxidation state of vanadium (obtained after reduction),
the equivalent weight for reduction of V2O5 in this case will be (if M denotes molecular weight of
V2O5):
(A) M/5 (B) M/2 (C) M (D) Indeterminate
5. What will be the volume strength of 100 mL of H2O2 required to react completely with 61 mL of
KMnO4 in acidic medium ? (Given that 61 mL of KMnO4 reacts completely with 5 mL of 1 M
K4[Fe(CN)6], where it converts into K+, Fe3+, CO32– and NO3–) :
(A) 17.08 V (B) 34.2 V (C) 18.8 V (D) 19.8 V
6. To determine the concentration of copper iodate Cu(IO3)2 by iodometric titration in an acidic solution
52 ml of 0.1M Na2S2O3 are needed to titrate 20 ml of a saturated aqueous solution of Cu(IO3)2. Find
concentration (in mol/ litre).
Given : Cu2+ + I– ® CuI + I2
IO3– + I– ® I2
(A) 2.6 × 10–2 M (B) 5.2 × 10–2 M (C) 4 × 10–2 M (D) 2 × 10–2 M

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7. A mixture of FeO and Fe2O3 is reacted with acidified KMnO4 solution having a concentration of
2/5 M, 100 mL of which was used. The solution was then titrated with Zn dust which converted Fe3+
of the solution to Fe2+. The Fe2+ required 1000 mL of 2/15 M K2Cr2O7 solution. Find the % by mol
of FeO in the original mixture. (Fe = 56)

8. A substance of crude copper is boiled in H2SO4 till all the copper has reacted. The impurities are inert
to the acid. The SO 2 liberated in the action is passed into 100 mL of 0.4 M acidified
KMnO4(SO2 ® SO4–2) The solution of KMnO4 after passage of SO2 is allowed to react with oxalic
acid and requires 25 mL of 1 M oxalic acid. If the purity of copper is 95.25%, what was the weight (in
gm) of the sample. (Cu = 63.5)

9. 24 mL of a solution containing HCl was treated with excess of 0.004 M KIO3 and KI solution of
unknown concentration where I2 liberated is titrated against a standard solution of 0.02 M Na2S2O3
solution whose 24 mL were used up. Find (i) the molarity of HCl solution and (ii) volume (in ml) of
KIO3 solution consumed.

10. H2O2 is reduced rapidly by Sn2+, the products being Sn4+ and water. H2O2 decomposes slowly at
room temperature to yield O2 and water. Calculate the volume (in L) of O2 produced at 273 K and
1.00 atm when 200 g of 10.0 % by mass H2O2 in water is treated with 88.2 mL of 1 M Sn2+ and then
the mixture is allowed to stand until no further reaction occurs.

11. 80 gm of a sample of anhydrous CuSO4 was dissolved in water and made to 250 mL. 25 mL of this
solution after taking usual precaution was treated with a little excess of KI solution. A white ppt. of
Cu2I2 and iodine was evolved. The iodine so evolved required 40 mL of 1 M hypo solution. What is
the approximate percentage purity (to the nearest integer) of CuSO4 solution.

[Mol. wt. of CuSO4 = 160]

12. A 458 g sample containing Mn3O4 was dissolved and all manganese was converted to Mn2+. In the
presence of fluoride ion, Mn2+ is titrated with 3 lit of KMnO4 solution (which was 1.25 N against
oxalate in acidic medium), both reactants being converted to a complex of Mn(III) , What was the %
of Mn3O4 in the sample ? (Mn = 55)

13. A 2.024 g sample containing Ba(SCN)2 was dissolved in a bicarbonate solution. 50.0 mL of 1 N
iodine solution was added, and the mixture was allowed to stand for five minutes. The solution was
then acidified, and the excess I2 was titrated with 26 mL of 1 M sodium thiosulphate. Iodine oxidises
SCN– into SO42– and HCN. Calculate the percent Ba(SCN)2 in sample.

(Ba = 137)

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 14. 5g sample of brass was dissolved in one litre dil. H2SO4. 20 ml of this solution were mixed with KI
liberating I2 and Cu+ and the I2 required 20 ml of 0.03 N hypo solution for complete titration. Calculate
the percentage of Cu in the alloy. (Cu = 63.5)

15. A 0.96 gm sample of Fe2O3 solid of 50% purity is dissolved in acid and completely reduced by
heating the solution with zinc dust. The resultant solution is cooled and made upto 100.0 mL. An
aliquot of 25.0 ml of this solution required 30 mL of 0.01 M solution of an oxidising agent for
titration. Calculate the number of moles of electrons taken up by per mole of oxidising agent in the
reaction of the above titration.

16. 0.84 g iron ore containing x percent of iron was taken in a solution containing all the iron in ferrous
condition. The solution required x ml of a dichromatic solution for oxidizing the iron content to ferric
state. Calculate the normality of dichromatic solution.

17. 5 g of pyrolusite (impure MnO2) were heated with conc. HCl and Cl2 evolved was pssed through
excess of KI solution. The iodine liberated required 40 mL of N/10 hypo solution. Find the % of
MnO2 in the pyrolusite. (Mn = 55)

18. A solution of 0.2 g of a compound containing Cu2+ and C2O42– ions on titration with 0.02 M KMnO4
in presence of H2SO4 consumes 22.6 mL oxidant. The resulting solution is neutralized by Na2CO3,
acidified with dilute CH3COOH and titrated with excess of KI. The liberated I2 required 11.3 mL of
0.05 M Na2S2O3 for complete reduction. If the mole ratio of Cu2+ and C2O42– in the compound is
x : 2 the value of 'x' is.

19. A sample of Fe2(SO4)3 and FeC2O4 was dissolved in dil. H2SO4. The complete oxidation of reaction
mixture required 40 mL of N/16 KMnO4. After the oxidation, the reaction mixture was reduced by
Zn and dil. H2SO4. On again oxidation by same KMnO4, 60 mL were required. If the ratio of moles
of Fe2(SO4)3 and FeC2O4 in mixture is x : y then find the value of x/y

20. a-D-glucopyranose reacts with periodate ion as follows :

C6H12O6(aq.) + IO4–(aq.) ® HCOOH(aq.) + HCHO(aq.) + IO3–(aq.)

In a typical experiment, a 1 ml solution of a-D-Glucopyranose required 80 ml 0.25 M periodate

solution to reach the equivalence point. The solution is made free from formic acid and iodate ion by
extraction and then treated with H2O2, an oxidizing agent, oxidizing all formaldehyde into formic
acid and finally titrated against 0.1M NaOH solution. Titration required 40 mL of alkali to reach the
equivalence point. Determine molarity of a-D-glucopyranose solution.

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21. To find molarity of 2 separate solutions of KMnO4 and O2(O2 ® O-2 ), a student titrate 20 ml of
KMnO4 (in neutral medium ) and 10 ml of O2 separately using 3 reagents A, B & C , performing
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3 different experiments for KMnO4 and O2 each. He found molarity of KMnO4 and O2 as M
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and M respectively.
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A, B & C are FeCr2O4 , CuFeS2, FeS respectively and their reactions are:
(A) FeCr2O4 ® K2CrO4 + Fe2O3
(B) CuFeS2 ® Cu+ + Fe2+ + SO2
(C) FeS ® Fe+3 + SO2
Column-I represents solution of A, B, C used for titration
Column-II represents mili moles of A, B, C consumed with KMnO4 or with O2.
Column I Column II
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(A) FeCr2O4 (p)
11
3
(B) CuFeS2 (q)
7
4
(C) FeS (r) 7
4
(s)
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ANSWER KEY
SINGLE CORRECT :
1. Ans. (C) 2. Ans. (B) 3. Ans. (B) 4. Ans.(B)
5. Ans.(A) 6. Ans.(D)

DECIMAL TWO PLACE :

7. 40.00 8. 5.00 9. (i) 0.02, (ii) 20.00 10. 5.60
11. 80.00 12. 50.00 13. 25.00 14. 38.10
15. 5.00 16. 0.15 17. 3.48 18. 1.00
19. 1.75 20. 4.00

MATCH THE COLUMN :

21. (A) ® q, r ; (B) ® p,s ; (C) ® q, r

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