DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, GURGAON

MID-TERM EXAMINATION (2023-2024)

SUBJECT: CHEMISTRY (043)
CLASS: XII (17/05/23)
SET B

Time: 3 Hours MM: 70

No. of pages: 8

General Instructions:
Read the following instructions carefully.
(a) There are 33 questions in this question paper with internal choice.
(b) SECTION A consists of 16 multiple -choice questions carrying 1 mark each.
(c) SECTION B consists of 5 short answer questions carrying 2 marks each.
(d) SECTION C consists of 7 short answer questions carrying 3 marks each.
(e) SECTION D consists of 2 case - based questions carrying 4 marks each.
(f) SECTION E consists of 3 long answer questions carrying 5 marks each.
(g) All questions are compulsory.
(h) Use of log tables and calculators is not allowed.

SECTION A
The following questions are multiple -choice questions with one correct answer.
Each question carries 1 mark. There is no internal choice in this section.

1. Observe the following reactions and choose the correct option for what happens in I, (1)
II and III equations:

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2. In comparison to 0.01 M solution of glucose, the depression in freezing point of (1)
0.01 M MgCl2 solution is:
(a) same (b) twice
(c) three times (d) six times

3. Consider the given figure and mark the correct option that represent reverse (1)
osmosis.

(a) water will move from side (A) to side (B) if a pressure lower than osmotic
pressure is applied on piston (B).
(b) water will move from side (B) to side (A) if a pressure equal to osmotic pressure
is applied on piston (B)
(c) water will move from side (B) to side (A) if a pressure greater than osmotic
pressure is applied on piston (B).
(d) water will move from side (A) to side (B) if pressure equal to osmotic pressure is
applied on piston (A)

4. The reaction of toluene with chlorine in presence of light predominantly gives: (1)
(a) benzoyl chloride (b) o-and p-chlorotoluene
(c) benzyl chloride (d) m-chlorotoluene

5. 1 mole of liquid A and 2 moles of liquid B, make a solution having a total vapour (1)
pressure of 100 torr. The vapour pressure of pure A and pure B are 45 torr and 36
torr respectively. The described solution:
(a) is an ideal solution (b) shows negative deviation
(c) is a minimum boiling azeotrope (d) has negative ΔV.

6. Boiling point of para-nitrophenol is higher than that of ortho-nitrophenol. This is (1)

due to
(a) intramolecular H-bonding in para-nitrophenol
(b) intermolecular H-bonding in para-nitrophenol
(c) intermolecular H-bonding in ortho-nitrophenol
(d) higher molar mass of para-nitrophenol

7. Van’t Hoff factors x, y and z for association, dissociation and no change of solute in (1)
the solution respectively are in the order:-
(a) x< y < z (b) x> z > y
(c) x< z < y (d) x> y > z

8. Ethyl magnesium bromide can be converted to propanol by its reaction with a (1)
carbonyl compound followed by hydrolysis. Identify the carbonyl compound.
(a) Methanal (b) Ethanal

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 (c) Propanone (d) 3-Methylpentan-2-one

9. An example of allylic alcohol is: (1)

(a) CH3CH= CH-CH2OH (b)

(c) (d)

10. Which of the following do not oxidise methanol to HCHO? (1)

(a) Alkaline KMnO4 (b) PCC
(c) CrO3 (d) Cu at 573K

11. Following is the substitution reaction in which –CN replaces -Cl (1)

To obtain butane nitrile, R-Cl should be

(a) chloroethane (b) chloropropane
(c) chloromethane (d) 2- chloropropane

12. What is the IUPAC name of the compound shown below? (1)

(a) 2-Bromo-6-cholorocyclohex-1-ene (b) 6-Bromo-2-cholorocyclohexene

(c) 3-Bromo-1-cholorocyclohexene (d) 1-Bromo-1-cholorocyclohexene

13. Given below are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). (1)
Assertion(A): Iodine is more soluble in CCl4 than in water.
Reason(R): non-polar solutes are more soluble in non-polar solvents.
Select the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.

14. Given below are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). (1)
Assertion(A) : Like bromination of benzene, bromination of phenol is also carried
out in the presence of Lewis acid.
Reason(R) : Lewis acid polarises the bromine molecule.
Select the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

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 (c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
15. Given below are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). (1)
Assertion(A) : In monohaloarenes, further electrophilic substitution occurs at ortho
and para positions.
Reason(R) : Halogen atom is a ring deactivator
Select the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.

16. Given below are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R) (1)
Assertion (A): Alcohols react both as nucleophiles and electrophiles.
Reason (R): The bond between C–O is broken when alcohols react as nucleophiles.
Select the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
SECTION B
Q. No 17 – 21 are short answer type I questions carrying 2 marks each.
17. Give chemical test to distinguish: (2)
(i) C6H5OH and C6H5CH2OH
(ii) Butan-2-ol and 2-methylpropan-2-ol

18. Write reaction for the following conversions: (2)

(i) But-1-ene to but-2-ene
(ii) Propene to propyne
19. The following is not an appropriate reaction for the preparation of t-butylethyl ether. (2)

(i) What would be the major product of this reaction and why?
(ii) Write a suitable reaction for the preparation of t-butylethyl ether.
OR
In aryl alkyl ethers explain the activating or deactivating effect of the alkoxy group
on benzene ring towards electrophilic substitution and its directive influence on the
incoming electrophile.
20. Predict the products of the reaction of HI with following: (2)

(i)

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 (ii) (CH3)3C-O-C2H5

21. 200 cm3 of an aqueous solution of a protein contains 1.26 g of the protein. The (2)
osmotic pressure of such a solution at 300 K is found to be 2.57 × 10-3 bar. Calculate
the molar mass of the protein.(R=0.083L bar mol-1K-1)

SECTION C
This section contains 7 questions with internal choice in one question. The
following questions are short answer type and carry 3 marks each.

22. (a) Ramesh collected 10mL each of fresh water and ocean water. He observed that (3)
one sample labelled “R” boils at 100 oC while the other “S” at 101.3oC. He
forgot which of the two, “R” or “S” was ocean water. Help him identify which
container contains ocean water, giving reason for your answer.
(b) Define colligative property. Derive the expression to justify that relative
lowering of vapour pressure is a colligative property.
23. Two elements A and B form compounds having formula AB2 and AB4. When (3)
dissolved in 20 g of benzene (C6H6), 1 g of AB2 lowers the freezing point by 2.3 K
whereas 1.0 g of AB4 lowers it by 1.3 K. The molar depression constant for benzene
is 5.1 K kg mol–1. Calculate atomic masses of A and B.
OR
An antifreeze solution is prepared from 222.6 g of ethylene glycol (C2H6O2) and 200
g of water. Calculate the molality of the solution. If the density of the solution is
1.072 g mL–1, then what shall be the molarity of the solution? What is the effect of
temperature on molarity and molality?
24. What is Raoult’s law? What type of deviation from Raoult’s law is expected when (3)
acetone and chloroform are mixed with each other? For this deviation what are the
effects on vapour pressure, volume and enthalpy change of the solution? Give
reason.
25 (a) Draw structure of the smallest chloroalkane having a chiral carbon. (3)
(b) Amongst all the isomers of molecular formula C4H9Br, identify
(i) which should have minimum boiling point?
(ii) the two isomers which give same product on dehydrohalogenation with alcoholic
KOH.
26. When 3-methylbutan-2-ol is treated with HBr, the following reaction takes place. (3)

Write mechanism for this reaction.

27. Illustrate following reactions with example: (3)
(i) Hydroboration-oxidation reaction
(ii) Kolbe’s reaction.
(iii) Reimer-Tiemann reaction.

28. An organic compound A with the molecular formula (+)C5H11Br undergoes (3)

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 hydrolysis to form (+)C5H11OH. Give the structure of A and write the mechanism of
the reaction.
SECTION D
The following questions are case -based questions. Each question has an
internal choice and carries 4 (1+1+2) marks each. Read the passage carefully
and answer the questions that follow.

29. The solubility of gases increases with increase of pressure. William Henry made a (4)
systematic investigation of the solubility of a gas in a liquid. According to Henry’s
law “the mass of a gas dissolved per unit volume of the solvent at constant
temperature is directly proportional to the pressure of the gas in equilibrium with the
solution”. Dalton during the same period also concluded independently that the
solubility of a gas in a liquid solution depends upon the partial pressure of the gas. If
we use the mole fraction of gas in the solution as a measure of its solubility, then
Henry’s law can be modified as “the partial, pressure of the gas in the vapour phase
is directly proportional to the mole fraction of the gas in solution”.
Answer the following questions:
(a) KH (k bar) values for Ar (g), CO2. (g), HCHO(g) and CH4(g) are 40.39, 1.67,
1.83 x10-5 and 0.413 respectively at a particular temperature. Arrange these gases
in the order of their increasing solubility.
(b) Why tanks used by scuba divers are filled with air diluted with helium?
(c) Justify that Raoult’s Law is a special case of Henry’s Law.
OR
(c) What should be the effect of temperature on Henry’s law constant? Explain your
answer.

30 Phenols are widely used in household products and as intermediates for industrial (4)
synthesis. For example, phenol itself is used (in low concentrations) as a disinfectant
in household cleaners and in mouthwash. Phenol may have been the first surgical
antiseptic. In 1865 the British surgeon Joseph Lister used phenol as an antiseptic to
sterilize his operating field. With phenol used in this manner, the mortality rate from
surgical amputations fell from 45 to 15 percent in Lister’s ward. Phenol is quite
toxic. Concentrated solutions cause severe but painless burns of the skin and mucous
membranes. Less-toxic phenols, such as n-hexylresorcinol, have supplanted phenol
itself in cough drops and other antiseptic applications. Butylated hydroxytoluene
(BHT) has a much lower toxicity and is a common antioxidant in foods. BHT is
4-methylphenol modified with tert-butyl groups at ortho positions.
Answer the following questions:

(a) Is phenol a stronger or weaker acid than water? Explain your answer.
(b) Draw structure of BHT.
(c) How will you obtain monosubstituted bromophenols and tribromophenol from
phenol ? Write reactions only.
OR
(c) Ortho and para nitrophenols are more acidic than phenol. Draw the resonance
structures of the corresponding phenoxide ions.

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 SECTION E
The following questions are long answer type and carry 5 marks each. All
questions have an internal choice.
31. (a) Give reason(answer any three): (5)
(i) Alcohols are easily protonated than phenols
(ii) Alcohols are comparatively more soluble in water than hydrocarbons of
comparable molecular masses.
(iii) The reaction of alcohol with acid chloride is carried out in the presence of a
base like pyridine.
(iv) Oxygen atom in ethers is sp3 hybridised but bond angle is more than 109.5o.
(b) Arrange following in(answer any two):
(i) increasing order of boiling points:
Pentan-1-ol, n-butane, pentanal, ethoxyethane.
(ii) decreasing reactivity towards electrophilic substitution:
Chlorobenzene, benzene, phenol and toluene
(iii) increasing order of reactivity towards SN2 displacement:
1-Bromobutane, 1-bromo-2,2-dimethylpropane, 1-bromo-2-methylbutane,
1-bromo-3-methylbutane.

32. (a) Account for the following :– (5)

(i) CaCl2 is used to clear snow from roads in hill stations.
(ii) RBC swell up and finally burst when placed in 0.1% NaCl solution.
(b) Calculate Van't Hoff factor for an aqueous solution of K3 [Fe(CN)6] if the degree
of dissociation (α) is 0.852. What will be the boiling point of this solution in
kelvin if its concentration is 1 molal? (Kb=0.52 K kg/mol).

OR

(a) Define osmotic pressure. Why is it that measurement of osmotic pressure is more
widely used for determining molar masses of macromolecules than the rise in
boiling point or fall in freezing point of their solutions?
(b) How much urea (mol. mass 60 g mol–1) must be dissolved in 50g of water so that
the vapour pressure at the room temperature is reduced by 25%? Also calculate
the molality of the solution obtained.

33. (a) Name any two fluorinating agents used in Swarts reaction. (5)
(b) Complete the following reactions:
(i)

(ii)

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(c) Identify R’, D, E and name of the reaction I.

OR

(a) Give reason for the following:

(i)The treatment of alkyl chlorides with aqueous KOH leads to the formation of
alcohols but in the presence of alcoholic KOH, alkenes are major products.
(ii)The dipole moment of chlorobenzene is lower than that of cyclohexyl
chloride.
(b) Write chemical equations for the following:
(i) Cyclohexene reacts with bromine in presence of carbon disulphide.
(ii) Chloroform oxidised by air in the presence of light.
(iii) Ethyl magnesium bromide comes in contact with any source of proton.

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