1.

Oxidation number of Os in OsO4 :

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

2. The oxidation number of sulphur in H2S2O7 is :

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

3. CrO5 has structure as shown

The oxidation number of chromium in the above compound is

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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. Normality of 0.3 M H3PO4 solution is :

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

12. The normality of mixture obtained by mixing 100 mL of 0.2 M H 2SO4 and 200 mL of 0.2 M HCl is :
(1) 0.0267 (2) 0.2670 (3) 1.0267 (4) 1.1670
13. One gram equimolecular mixture of Na 2CO3 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

14. 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

15. 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 –

16. 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

17. Cr2O72–  
H
 Cr + , Eq. wt of Cr2O7 is
3 2–

(1) mol. wt./6 (2) mol.wt./3 (3) mol.wt./4 (4) mol.wt./1

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

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

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

20. Which compound decolourises iodine solution ?

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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. In the reaction : Na2S2O3 + 4Cl2 + 5H2O  Na2SO4 + H2SO4 + 8HCl,

the equivalent weight of Na2 S2 O3 will be : (M = molecular weight of Na2S2O3)
(1) M/4 (2) M/8 (3) M/1 (4) M/2

26. In the reaction, 2CuSO4 + 4K  2Cu22 + 2 + 2K2SO4

 the equivalent weight of CuSO4 will be :
(1) 79.75 (2) 159.5 (3) 329 (4) None of these

27. 100 milli moles of dichloroacetic acid (CHCl 2 COOH) can neutralize how many moles of ammonia to
form ammonium dichloroacetate :
(1) 0.0167 (2) 0.1 (3) 0.3 (4) 0.6

28. The number of moles of ferrous oxalate oxidised by one mole of KMnO 4 in acidic medium is :
(1) 5/2 (2) 2/5 (3) 3/5 (4) 5/3

29. How many moles of KMnO 4 are needed to oxidise a mixture of 1 mole of each FeSO 4 & FeC2O4 in
acidic medium :
(1) 4/5 (2) 5/4 (3) 3/4 (4) 5/3

30. 22.7 mL of (N/10) Na2CO3 solution neutralises 10.2 mL of a dilute H2SO4 solution. The volume of water
that must be added to 400 mL of this H 2SO4 solution in order to make it exactly N/10.
(1) 490.2 mL (2) 890.2 mL (3) 90.2 mL (4) 290.2 mL

31. HNO3 oxidises NH4+ ions to nitrogen and itself gets reduced to NO 2. The moles of HNO3 required by 1
mole of (NH4)2SO4 is :
(1) 4 (2) 5 (3) 6 (4) 2

32. The mass of oxalic acid crystals (H2C2O4 . 2H2O) required to prepare 50 mL of a 0.2 N solution is :
(1) 4.5 g (2) 6.3 g (3) 0.63 g (4) 0.45 g

33. When HNO3 is converted into NH3, the equivalent weight of HNO3 will be :
(1) M/2 (2) M/1 (3) M/6 (4) M/8
(M = molecular weight of HNO3)

34. In the conversion NH2OH  N2O,

the equivalent weight of NH2OH will be :
(1) M/4 (2) M/2 (3) M/5 (4) M/1
(M = molecular weight of NH2OH)

35. In the reaction : Na2S2O3 + 4Cl2 + 5H2O  Na2SO4 + H2SO4 + 8HCl,

the equivalent weight of Na2 S2 O3 will be : (M = molecular weight of Na2S2O3)
(1) M/4 (2) M/8 (3) M/1 (4) M/2

36. In the reaction Ca(OH)2+H3PO4   Ca3(PO4)2 + H2O, the equivalent mass of H 2O is : (M molecular
mass)
(1) M (2) M / 2 (3) M / 3 (4) M / 6

37. When hypo solution is added to KMnO4 solution then

(1) Na2S2O3 is converted to Na2SO4 (2) Na2S2O3 is converted to Na2S4O6
(3) KMnO4 is converted to K2MnO4 (4) KMnO4 is converted to MnSO4

38. In the reaction H2O218 + O3  water + oxygen, radioactivity will be shown by which of the product :
(1) water (2) oxygen (3) both (1) & (2) (4) none of these

39. The equivalent mass of MnSO4 is half its molecular mass when it is converted to :
(1) Mn2O3 (2) MnO2 (3) MnO4– (4) MnO42–
40. An aqueous solution of 6.3 g of oxalic acid dihydrate is made upto 250 mL. The volume of 0.1 N NaOH
required to completely neutralise 10 mL of this solution is :
(1) 40 mL (2) 20 mL (3) 10 mL (4) 4 mL

41. Which amongst the following has the highest normality ?

(1) 16.0 g of NaOH in 200 mL of water (2) 1 N oxalic acid
(3) 2 M sulphuric acid (4) 1.5 hydrochloric acid

42. The number of moles of KMnO4 that will be needed to react completely with one mole of ferrous oxalate
[Fe(C2O4)] in acidic solution is
(1) 1 (2) 2/5 (3) 3/5 (4) 4/5

43. What volume of water should be added to 1600 ml of a 0.205 N solution so that the resulting solution
will be 0.2 N ?
(1) 40 mL (2) 50 mL (3) 100 mL (4) 20 mL

44. In alkaline medium, KMnO4 reacts as follows (Atomic weights K = 39.09, Mn = 54.94, O = 16.00)
2KMnO4 + 2KOH  2K2MnO4 + H2O + [O]
Hence, its equivalent weight is :
(1) 31.6 (2) 63.2 (3) 126.4 (4) 158

45. 0.14 g of a substance when burnt in oxygen yields 0.28 g of oxide. The substance is –
(1) nitrogen (2) carbon (3) sulphur (4) phosphorous

1. (3) 2. (2) 3. (3) 4. (3) 5. (3) 6. (1) 7. (1)

8. (3) 9. (1) 10. (3) 11. (4) 12. (2) 13. (2) 14. (2)
15. (3) 16. (1) 17. (1) 18. (4) 19. (2) 20. (4) 21. (2)

22. (1) 23. (3) 24. (3) 25. (2) 26. (2) 27. (2) 28. (4)

29. (1) 30. (1) 31. (3) 32. (3) 33. (4) 34. (2) 35. (2)

36. (1) 37. (1) 38. (2) 39. (2) 40. (1) 41. (3) 42. (3)

43. (1) 44. (4) 45. (3)

1. Let oxidation number of Os = x

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

3.

4. I– can be oxidised to I2
Na can be oxidised to Na+
Fe2+ can be oxidised to Fe3+
So, all are reducing agent.
5. Both oxidation and reduction are taking place in :

6. The reaction of MnO2–4 in aqueous medium takes place as below

3MnO2–4 + 2H2O  MnO2

7. KCN + Fe (CN)2   K4 [Fe(CN)6]

This is not redox reaction.
8. The balanced chemical equationis :
Cu + 4HNO3   Cu(NO3)2 + 2NO2 + 2H2O

9. As2S5 + 40 HNO3   5 H2SO4 + 40 NO2 + 2 H3AsO4 + 12 H2O

10. 70% by weight means
70 g of orthophosphoric acid is present in 100 g acid
w 1000
N= 
Eq. wt. V(cc)
w = 70 g
mol. mass 98
Eq. wt. = =
no. replacable H – atoms 3
mass 100
V = =
density 1.54
70  3  1000  1.54
N= = 33 N
98  100

11. Normality = molarity  x

x = number of replacable H atom or OH groups in a molecule
In H3PO4 (orthophosphoric acid) x = 3

N1V1  N2 V2
12. Normality of a mixture (N) =
V1  V2
Normality(N1) of H2SO4 = molarity  basicity = 0.2  2 = 0.4 N
N2 = 0.2  1 = 0.2 N
V1 = 100mL, V2 = 200 mL
0.4  100  0.2  200 40  40 80
N= = = = 0.2670 N
100 200 300 300
Normality of mixture of acid and base(N')
N1V1 ~ N2 V2
(N') =
V1  V2

13. Suppose the molecules of Na2CO3 and NaHCO3 in a mixture are 'a' .
milli-equivalent of HCl
N1V1 + N2V2 = NV
a  2 1000 + a  1 1000 = 0.1 V
3a = 10–4 V ......(i)
[ N = basicity/acidity  M]
wt. of Na2CO3 + wt. of NaHCO3 = 1 g
( wt. of mixture = 1 g)
 a  106 + a  84 = 1
a = 5.26  10–3 ....(ii)
From Eqs. (i) and (ii) we have 3  5.26  10–3 = 10–4V
V = 157.8 mL
14. The hardness of water is estimated by simple titration of ethylene diamine tetra acetate (EDTA)
solution.EDTA forms stable complexes with the metal ions present in the hard water since stability
consatants of calcium and magnesium complexes of EDTA are different, even the selective estimation
of these ions is possible.
15. S undergoes increase in oxidation number from +2 to +2.5, while I undergoes decrease in oxidation
number from 0 to –1.
17. Valency factor of Cr2O72– = 6
molecular weight molecular weight
Equivalent weight = =
v.f 6
18. Cr2O72– + 14H+ + 6I–  3I2 + 2Cr3+ + 7H2O
(v.f.=6) (v.f.=2)
Equivalents of K2Cr2O7 = equivalents of I2
1 × 6 = moles of I2 × 2
Moles of I2 = 3

19. Moles of K2Cr2O7 × v.f. = moles of Sn2+ × v.f.

12 1
Moles of K2Cr2O7 = =
6 3
20. Hypo (Na2S2O3) decolouriese iodine solution.
2Na2S2O3 + I2   2NaI + Na2S4O6
Sodium tetra
thionate
21. The neutralization of NaOH by H2SO4 takes place as follows
H2SO4 + 2NaOH  Na2SO4 + H2O
For complete neutralization
Equilvalents of acid = equivalents of base
Equilvalents of NaOH = moles  Acidity = 1  1 = 1
 
Equilvalents of H2SO4 = 2 = (Mol. mass of H2SO4 = 98
98 49

Putting the values 1  1 =   = 49 g
49
70
but H2SO4 is 70% let y 70% H2SO4 is required  y = 49
100
 y = 70 g

22. 2Fe3+ (aq) + Sn2+ (aq)   2Fe2+ (aq) + Sn4+ (aq)

23. When a compound is simultaneously get reduced as well as oxidised in a reaction, then this type of
reaction is called disproportionation reaction. Following reaction is an example of it.
4 P + 3NaOH   3H2O + PH3 + 3NaH2PO2

24. MnO4–   MnO2

Mn+7   Mn+4
In this reaction Mn+7 reductive by Mn+4
6
25. Na2 2 O3   Na S O
S2 2 4
the total change in oxidation number = 4 × 2 = 8
mol. wt. M
 ENa2S2O3 = =
V.f 8

26. 2CuSO4 + 4KI   Cu2I2 + I2 + 2K2SO4 .

Cu2+ + 1e–   Cu+.
ECu = ?. V.F. = 1.
159.5
ECuSO4 = = 159.5
1
27. eqacid = eqbase (VF = 1 for both)
CHCl2COOH + NH3   CHCl2COONH4
From reaction, m.moles of NH3 = m.moles of dichloroacetic acid = 100
100
 Moles of NH3 = = 0.1
1000
28. Equivalents of FeC2O4 = equivalents of KMnO4
x (mole) × 3 = 1 × 5
5
x= mole
3
29. Equivalent of KMnO4 = equivalent of FeSO4 + equivalent of FeC2O4
x×5=1×1+1×3
4
x = mole
5
30. meq of Na2CO3 = meq of H2SO4
1
× 22.7 = N × 10.2
10
Normality = 0.2225 N
1
0.2225 × 400 = × Vf
10
or Vf = 890.2 mL
 Volume of H2O mixed = 890.2 – 400 = 490.2 mL

31. HNO3 + NH4+   N2 + NO2

V.F. of HNO3 = (5 – 4) = 1
V.F. of NH4+ = [0 – (–3)] = 3
so molar ratio of HNO3 and NH4+ is 3 : 1.
1 mole (NH4)2SO4 is found to contain 2 mole of NH4+
So, required moles of HNO3 is 3 × 2 = 6 mole.

 126 
32. H2C2O4. 2H2O = 2 + 24 + 64 + 36 = 126 and Equivalent wt. =  
 2 
W  1000
0.2 =  126   W = 0.63 g
 2  50
 
5 3
33. HNO3   NH3 V.f. of HNO3 = 8
Eq. wt. = M/8.

34.
V.f. of NH2OH = 2
Eq wt = M/2
6
35. Na2 S2 O3   Na S O
2 2 4
the total change in oxidation number = 4 × 2 = 8
mol. wt. M
 ENa2S2O3 = =
V. f 8

36. In Acid Base neutralisation 1 H+ combines with 1 OH– to produce 1 H2O therefore its equivalent mass
= molecular mass.
37. 8KMnO4 + 3Na2S2O3 + H2O  2KOH + 8MnO2 + 3Na2SO4 + 3K2SO4

38. O3 will oxidise H2O2 into oxygen, hence radioacitve oxygen of H 2O2 will go only in oxygen, not in water.
Half reactions : O3 + 2H+ + 2e–   O2 + H2O ; H2O2   O2 + 2H+ + 2e–
 Molecular weight Mol. wt. Mol. wt.
39. Eq. mass = = =
Change in oxidation No. of Mn 4–2 2
(O.N. of Mn in MnSO4 = +2; O.N. of Mn in MnO2 = +4).

40. (1) Equilivalents of H2C2O4.2H2O in 10 mL = Equivalents of NaOH

 6.3 1000  10
 126 / 2  250   = 0.1 × V (in litre)
  1000
 V = 0.04 L = 40 mL.

42.

3KMnO4 + 5FeC2O4 Products

by mole-mole analysis.
n
KMnO4 n FeC2O4

3 5
3
n
KMnO4 = 1 moles.
5
45. wt of metal = 0.28 – 0.14 gm. = 0.14 gm
wt.of substance = wt. of oxygen
equivalent of substance = equivalent of oxygen
w (sub.) w (oxygen)
i.e. =
EA EO
32
EA = E O = =8
4
For SO2
32
ESulphur = =8
4