KENDRIYA VIDYALYA SANGATHAN, AGRA REGION

PRE-BOARD EXAMINATION-2024-25
CHEMISTRYTHEORY(043)
MARKING SCHEME

SECTIONA

1 (iii) C6H5CH2Br 1
2 (i) CH2Cl2 1

3 (A) (i) → (b) (ii) → (a) (iii) → (d) (iv) → (e) (v) → (c) 1

4 (i) Butane < 1-Chlorobutane < 1-Bromobutane < 1-Iodobutane 1

5 (iv) infinite 1

6 (iii) Ethanol < Phenol < Acetic acid <Chloroacetic acid 1

7 (iii) 8,000 cm–1 1

8 (iii) It is present in furanose form. 1

9 (ii) 3.87 B.M. 1

10 (iii) Collision of atoms or molecules possessing sufficient threshold energy results 1

into the product formation.

11 (iii) aromatic primary amine 1

12 (i) Zinc amalgam + HCl 1

13. (iv) 1

14 (i) 1

15 (iii) 1

16 (ii) 1

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 SECTIONB

17 ∆Tf = Kfm 1/2

∆Tf= Kf × WB / MB × WA 1
1.5 = 3.9 × WB / 176 × 0.075
WB = 5.08 g
Or ½
(a) Because the magnitude of osmotic pressure is large even for very dilute solution
and it can be measured at room temperature. 1
(b) Due to the presence of more oxygen. Solubility of oxygen in water increases
with decrease in temperature as dissolution process is exothermic in nature. 1
18 Coordination isomerism 1
[Cr(NH3)6] [Co(CN)6].
1
m = k × 1000/M
19 =4.95 × 10-5 × 1000/0.001 1

1/2

1/2

20 (i) C6H5OC2H5 + NaCl 1

(ii) CH3CH2CH2Cl + SO2 + HCl 1
(iii) CH3CH2CH2CH2Br
1
21 (i) Cyanohydrin, 1
(ii)Oxime 1

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 SECTIONC
22 (a) Anode – H2 + 2OH → 2H2O + 2e-
-
½
Cathode - O2 + 2H2O + 4e- → 4OH- ½
(b)

23 (a) Hydrogen bonding 1

(b) Any two correct differences. 2

24 (a) Formic acid on heating with tollen’s reagent forms silver mirror. 1
(b) Di-tert butyl ketone < Methyl tert –butyl ketone < Acetone < Acetaldehyde 1
(c) correct conversion
Or 1
(a)

(b) correct conversion

25 1
(a) Cu2+ due to presence of unpaired elelctron . 1
(b) No unpaired electron in 3d subshell /weak metallic bonding. 1
(c)Due to participation of (n-1)d and ns electron in bond formation .

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 (a) Correct reaction 1
26 (b) Correct reaction 1
(c) Correct reaction 1

(a) CHCl3 is stored in dark coloured bottles to cut off light because CHCl3is slowly 1
27 oxidised by air in presence of light to form an extremely poisonous gas, carbonyl
chloride, popularily known as phosgene.
(b) Both enantiomeric forms cancel the optical rotation of each other. 1
(c) Due to +R effect partial double character arises / due to sp2hybridised C of
haloarenes to which halogen is attached . 1

Correct definition of conductivity 1

28 Correct definition of molar conductivity 1
Conductivity always decreases with decrease in concentration, for both weak and ½
strong electrolytes.
Molar conductivity increases with decrease in concentration. ½

SECTIOND
3
(a) Three, because rate = k [A] 1
29 (b) Bimolecular reaction becomes kinetically first order when one of the reactants is 1
in excess.
(c) Rate = k [A]0[B]0 or Rate = k 1+1
Unit of k=molL-1Time-1
Or
During an elementary reaction, the number of atoms or ions colliding to react is
referred to as molecularity. Had this been an elementary reaction the order of reaction 1
with respect to B would have been 1, but in the given rate law it is 3/2.
This indicates that the reaction is not an elementary reaction. 1
30 (i)(a) Secondary amine, N-methyl-2-methylethanamine 1
(b) Tertiaryamine, N-Ethyl-N-methylethanamine 1
Or
By Carbyamine or Hinsberg’s Test 1
pKb value of Methylamine is more than dimethylamine. 1
(ii)p-Nitroaniline< aniline < p-toluidine 1
(iii) Due to the electron releasing nature of alkyl group in aliphatic amines. 1

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 SECTIONE
10
31 (a) It has fully-filled d configuration, so no d-d transition is possible. 1
(b) It has six unpaired electrons, so it forms extensive metallic/covalent bonds. 1
(c) It achieves stable noble gas configuration after losing three electrons. 1
(d) They have reasonably large void where a small-sized element like hydrogen,
1
boron or carbon can be trapped.
(e) They don’t have unpaired electrons in their (n−1)d orbital in their elemental form
or in their common oxidation states. 1
OR
(a) Lanthanide contraction is the steady decrease in the atomic and ionic sizes of 1
lanthanide elements.
Its major cause is the inability of inner 4f electrons to screen the outer 6s 1
electrons.
Its consequences include comparable atomic sizes of 4d and 5d series elements
and regular decrease in basic strength from La(OH)3 to Lu(OH)3. 1
(b) It is because Ce4+ gains one electron to convert to more stable Ce3+. 1
(c) 2MnO4− + H2O + I− → 2MnO2 + 2OH− + IO3− 1
(½ marks to be deducted if the reaction is not balanced)

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32 a)Mass of HNO3 in solution = 68 g 3+1+1
Molar mass of HNO3 =63 gmol-1
Mass of solution = 100 g
Density of solution = 1.504 g mL-1
𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
Volume of solution = 𝐷𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
(100𝑔)
= (1.504 𝑔 𝑚𝐿−1 )
= 66.5 mL = 0.665 L

𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐻𝑁𝑂3/𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐻𝑁𝑂3

Molarity of solution (M) = 𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝐿𝑖𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑠

(68𝑔/63𝑔 𝑚𝑜𝑙−1)
= = 16.23 mol L-1 = 16.23 M.
(0.665 𝐿)
(b) (i)Addition of glycol lowers the freezing point of water in the radiator so that the
cold winter temperature wouldn't burst the lines and thus, glycol-water mixture is
used as antifreeze in radiators of cars.
(ii)correct reason
OR
(a)

3+2

(b)An example of the minimum boiling azeotrope is a large concentration of ethanol

and a lower concentration of water. Maximum boiling azeotropes are defined as the
liquid mixtures that demonstrate a negative deviation through Raoult's law.
Therefore, it is also called a negative azeotrope.

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33 Mechanismof Acid catalyzed hydration of ethene to ethanol :-
The mechanism of the reaction involves the following three steps:
Step 1: Protonation of alkene to form carbocation by electrophilic attack of H3O+. 1

Step 2: Nucleophilic attack of water on carbocation

Step 3: Deprotonation to form an alcohol.

(b)Methanol, ethanol, propan-1-ol, butan-2-ol, butan-1-ol, pentan-1-ol. 1

(c) Propan-1-ol, 4-methylphenol, phenol, 3-nitrophenol, 3,5dinitrophenol,
1
Nucleophilic substitution
2,4, 6-trinitrophenol. unimolecularreaction
OR
Ans- (a) Intramolecular H-bonding is present in o-nitrophenol. In p-nitrophenol, the
molecules are strongly associated due to the presence of intermolecular bonding. 1
Hence, o-nitrophenol is steam volatile.
1

(b) Iodofom test will be given by Propan-2-ol.

(c) Benzyl iodide and Phenol 1

1
1

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