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SOME BASIC CONCEPTS OF CHEMISTRY

LEVEL – I
01. Maximum no. of hydrogen atoms are in
(a) 16 g of CH4 (b) 31.2g of C6H4 (c) 34.2 g of C12 H22O11 (d) 36 g of C6H12O6
02. 1L of N2 combines with 3L of H2 to form 2L of NH3 under the same conditions. This
illustrates the
(a) Law of constant composition (b) Law of multiple proportions
(c) Law of reciprocal proportions (d) Gay Lussac’s law of gaseous volumes
03. Which one of the following represents Avogadro’s hypothesis?
(a) Gases react together in volumes which bear a simple ratio to one another
(b) Equal volumes of all gases under same conditions of temperature and pressure
contain equal number of molecules
(c) Equal volumes of all gases under same conditions of temperature and pressure
contain equal number of atoms
(d) The rates of diffusion of gases are inversely proportional of the square root of
their densities
04. Which of the following illustrates the law of conservation of mass?
(a) Mixing of 10 g of sulphur and 2 g of sand does not show a changes in mass
(b) The mass of platinum wire before and after heating remains constant
(c) 2.2 g of propane and 8 g of oxygen produces 10.2g of gaseous mixture
(d) 2.8 g of CO and 1.6 g of oxygen gave only 2.24 L of CO2 at S.T.P.
05. Total no. of protons in 36 ml of water at 40C (where 𝜌 of water = 1 g/ml) is
(a) 20 (b) 16 (c) 20NA (d) 16NA
06. The molecular formula of certain compound is M4O6. If 18.88g of the compound
contains 10g of M, the atomic mass of M is approximately
(a) 40g (b) 54g (c) 27g (d) 12g
07. The number of moles of KI required to produce 0.4 moles of K2 Hgl4 by reaction with
HgCl2 is
(a) 0.4 (b) 0.8 (c) 3.2 (d) 1.6
08. The mass of nitrogen in 1 kg of ammonium nitrate is
(a) 700 g (b) 3.5 × 10-1kg (c) 350 g (d) 35 g
09. A sample contains 200 atoms of hydrogen, 0.05 gm atom of nitrogen 10 -20gm atom
of oxygen What is the approximate no. of total atoms
(a) 200 (b) 6223 (c) 3 × 1022 (d) none of these
10. The elements A at wt.=75 and b at wt. = 32 combine to form a compound. If 3 mol
of b combine with 2 mol of A to give 1 mol of X, the weight of 5 mol of X is
(a) 246 gm (b) 1230 amu (c) 1.23 kg (d) None of these
11. The no. of atoms in 52 a.m.u. of He is
(a) 13 × 1023 (b) 1.3 × 1023 (c) 13 (d) 103
12. The no. of electrons in 2 gm ion of nitrate ion (𝑁𝑂3 )is
−

(a) 64 (b) 64NA (c) 32 (d) 32NA

13. The change on 1 gram ion of 𝐴𝑙 3+ is (e represents magnitude of charge on 1 electron)
(a) 1/27 NA e coulomb (b) 1/3 NA e coulomb
(c) 1/9 NA e coulomb (d) 3 NA e coulomb
14. Cortisone is a molecular substance containing 21 atoms of carbon per molecule. The
weight percentage of carbon in cortisone is 69.98%. What is the molecular weight of
cortisone?
(a) 176.5 (b) 252.2 (c) 287.6 (d) 360.1
15. The mass of one a.m.u is approximately
(a) 1 g (b) 0.5 g (c) 1.66 × 10-24g (d) 3.22 × 10-24g
16. The hydrated salt Na2SO4.xH2O undergoes 55.9% loss in weight on heating and
becomes anhydrous. The value of x will be
(a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 10
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17. The simplest formula of a compound containing 50% by mass of element X (at. Wt.
10) and 50% by mass of element Y (at. Wt. 20) is
(a) XY (b) X2Y (c) XY2 (d) X2Y3
18. The hydrated salt Na2SO4.10H2O undergoes X% loss in weight on heating and
becomes anhydrous. The value of x will be
(a) 10 (b) 45 (c) 56 (d) 70
19. An oxide of iodine (I = 127) contains 25.4 g of iodine for 8 g of oxygen. It formula
could be
(a) I2O3 (b) I2O (c) I2O5 (d) I2O7
20. An organic compound on analysis was found to contain 0.014% of nitrogen. If it
molecule contains two N atoms, then the molecular mass of the compound
(a) 200 (b) 2000 (c) 20,000 (d) 2,00,000
21. Vapour density of air is (considering aits as 80% N2 and 20% O2)
(a) 0.001293 (b) 1.293 (c) 14.4 (d) 28.9
22. A 10.0 g sample of a mixture of calcium chloride and sodium chloride is treated with
Na2CO3 to precipitate the calcium as calcium carbonate. This CaCO3 is heated to
convert all the calcium to CaO and the final mass of CaO is 1.62 gms. The % by mass
of CaCl2 in the original mixture is
(a) 15.2% (b) 32.1% (c) 21.8% (d) 11.07%
23. Consider the reaction 2A → 2b, B → 2C, 3C → 4D. the no. of moles of d formed
starting 4 moles of A, are
(a) 8.67 (b) 16 (c) 4 (d) 10.67
24. 0.5 mole of H2SO4 is mixed with 0.2 mole of Ca(OH)2. The maximum number of mole
of CaSO4 formed is
(a) 0.2 (b) 0.5 (c) 0.4 (d) 1.5
25. An aqueous solution of urea containing 18g urea in 1500 cc of solution has a density
of 1.052 g/cc. If the mol. Wt. of urea is 60, then the molality of solution is
(a) 0.2 (b) 0.192 (c) 0.064 (d) 1.2
26. 3.0 molal NaOH solution has a density of 1.11 g/ml. The molarity of the solution is
(a) 2.97 (b) 3.05 (c) 3.64 (d) 3.050
27. If half mole of oxygen combine with Al to form Al2O3, the weight of Al used in the
reaction is
(a) 27 g (b) 40.5 g (c) 54 g (d) 18 g
28. Which of the following does not occupy a volume of 4.48L at S.T.P.?
(a) 0.2 mol of H2 (b) 12.8 gof SO2 (c) 3.2 g of O2 (d) 800 mg of He
29. Which of the following represents the formula of a substance which contains about
26% nitrogen and 74% oxygen?
(a) N2O (b) NO (c) NO2 (d) N2O5
30. A sample of ammonium phosphate, (NH4)3PO4, contains 3.18 mol of hydrogen atoms.
The number of moles of oxygen atoms in the sample is
(a) 0.265 (b) 0.795 (c) 1.06 (d) 3.18

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 SOME BASIC CONCEPTS OF CHEMISTRY
LEVEL – II
01. How many moles of potassium chlorate is to be heated to produce 11.2 litre oxygen?
1 1 1 2
(a) 2 mol (b) 3 mol (c) 4 mol (d) 3 mol
02. For the reaction A+ 2B → C, 5 mole of A and 8 mole of B will produce
(a) 5 mole to C (b) 4 mole of C (c) 8 mole of C (d) 13 mole of C
03. Reaction is : Fe2(SO4)3 + BaCl2 → BaSO4 + FeCl3 How many moles of BaCl2 is needed
to produce ½ mole of FeCl3?
5 1 3
(a) 2 moles (b) 2 moles (c) 4 mole (d) 2 moles
04. A hydrocarbon C10Hx requires 32.5 moles of O2 for combustion of 2.5 moles. Calculate
value of x?
(a) 24 (b) 32 (c) 12 (d) 22
05. 25.0 ml of HCl solution gave, on reaction with excess AgNO 3 solution 2.125 g of AgCl.
The molarity of HCl solution is
(a) 0.25 (b) 0.6 (c) 1.0 (d) 0.75
06. The density of a 3.60 M sulphuric acid solution that is 29% H 2SO4(molar mass 98 g
mol-1) by mass will be
(a) 1.22 (b) 1.45 (c) 1.64 (d) 1.88
07. How many g of KCl would have to be dissolved in 60 g H2O to give 20% by wt. of
solution?
(a) 15 g (b) 1.5 g (c) 11.5 g (d) 31.5 g
08. 2.7 g of Ag2CO3 on being heated strongly yields a residue weighting
(a) 2.11 g (b) 2.48 g (c) 2.32 g (d) 2.64 g
09. One mole of potassium chlorate is thermally decomposed and excess of aluminium is
burnt in the gaseous product. How many mole of aluminium oxide are formed.
(a) 1 (b) 1.5 (c) 2 (d) 3
10. 10 moles N2 and 15 moles of H2 were allowed to react over a suitable catalyst. 10
moles of NH3 were formed. The remaining moles of N2 and H2 respectively are:
(a) 5 moles, 0 mole (b) 0 moles, 5 mole
(c) 9 moles, 12 mole (d) 0 moles, 0 mole
11. Potassium combines with two isotopes of chlorine (35Cl and 37Cl) respectively to form
two samples of KCl. Their formation follows the law of
(a) constant proportions (b) multiple proportions
(c) reciprocal proportions (d) none of these
12. 250 ml of a sodium carbonate solution contains 2.65 grams of Na 2CO3. If 10 ml of
this solution is diluted to one litre, What is the concentration of resultant solution?
(mol wt. of Na2CO3 = 106)
(a) 0.1 M (b) 0.001 M (c) 0.01 M (d) 10-4M
13. A copper sulphate solution contains 1.595% of CuSO4 by weight. Its density is 1.2
g/ml, Its molarity will be
(a) 0.12 (b) 0.06 (c) 1.20 (d) 1.595
𝑁
14. 0.59g of a dibasic acid is completely neutralized by 100 c.c. of 10 𝑁𝑎𝑂𝐻 solution. What
is the molecular weight of the acid?
(a) 59 (b) 118 (c) 29.5 (d) 11.8
15. What quantity of limestone (CaCO3) on heating will give 56 kg of CaO?
(a) 1000 kg (b) 44 kg (c) 56 kg (d) 100 kg
16. Chlorophyll contains 2.68% of magnesium by mass. Calculate the number of
magnesium atoms in 3.00 gms of chlorophyll
(a) 2.01 × 1021 atoms (b) 6.023 × 1023 atoms
(c) 1.7 × 10 atoms
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17. Cyclohexanol is dehydrated to cyclohexene on heating with conc. H 2SO4. If the yield
of this reaction is 75% how much cyclohexene will be obtained from 100g of
cyclohexanol?
(a) 61.5 g (b) 16.5 g (c) 6.15 g (d) 615 g
18. An ore contains 1.34% of the mineral argentite, Ag2S, by weight. How many grams
of this ore would to be processed in order to obtain 1.00 g of pure solid silver, Ag?
(a) 74.6 g (b) 85.7 g (c) 134.0 g (d) 171.4 g
19. Hydrogen evolved at NTP on complete reaction of 27 gm of Al with excess of aq NaOH
would be (Chemical reaction : 2Al + 2NaOH + 2H2O → 2NaAlO2 + 3H2)
(a) 22.4 lit (b) 44.8 lit (c) 67.2 lit (d) 3.6 lit
20. 25.4 g of iodine and 14.2g of chlorine are made to react completely to yield a mixture
of ICl and ICl3. Calculate the ratio of moles of ICI and ICI3.
(a) 1 : 1 (b) 1 : 2 (c) 1 : 3 (d) 2 : 3
21. A mixture contains FeSO4 and Fe2(SO4)3. If both FeSO4 and Fe2(SO4)3 provide equal
number of sulphate ions then, the ratio of Fe2+ and Fe3+ ions in mixture is
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 2 : 3 (c) 2 : 1 (d) 3 : 2
22. One atom of an element weight 3.98 × 10 .g. Its atomic mass is
-23

(a) 18 (b) 29.9 (c) 24 (d) 108

23. An isotope of the element polonium, of atomic mass 210, is strongly radioactive and
each day one two hundredth part of its changes into an inactive isotope of lead.
Approximately, how many atoms of lead are formed in one day from one milligram of
210Po

(a) 1.5 × 1016 (b) 3 × 1018 (c) 1.23 × 1019 (d) 1.2 × 1022
24. If LPG cylinder contains mixture of butane and isobutene, then the amount of oxygen
that would be required for combustion of 1kg of it will be
(a) 1.8 kg (b) 2.7 kg (c) 4.5 kg (d) 3.58 kg
25. How many grams are contained in 1 g-atoms of Nitrogen?
(a) 14 g (b) 7 g (c) 1 g (d) Data Insufficient
26. On reduction with hydrogen, 3.6 g of an oxide of metal left 3.2 of the metal. If the
atomic weight of the metal is 64, the simplest formula of the oxide would be
(a) M2O3 (b) M2O (c) MO (d) MO2
27. Weight ratio of Fe: C in Fe2(Fe(CN)6) is
(a) 3/7 (b) 7/5 (c) 7/3 (d) 5/7
28. In what volume ratio a 0.36 M HNO3 solution should be mixed with another 0.15 M
HNO3 solution to obtain a 0.24m HNO3 solution?
(a) 4 : 3 (b) 2 : 3 (c) 4 : 9 (d) 3 : 4
29. 2 mol of H2S and 11.2 L SO2 at N.T.P. reacts to form x mol of sulphur. ‘x’ is
(a) 1.5 (b) 3 (c) 11.2 (d) 6
30. What is the total number of atoms present in 25.0 mg of camphor C10H16O?
(a) 9.89 × 1019 (b) 6.02 × 1020 (c) 9.89 × 1020 (d) 2.67 × 1021

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 SOME BASIC CONCEPTS OF CHEMISTRY

ASSERTION AND REASONING

Read the assertion and reason carefully to mark the correct option out of the options given
below:
a) If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the
assertion.
b) If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the
assertion.
c) If assertion is true but reason is false.
d) If the assertion and reason both are false.
01. Assertion : Both 32 gm of SO2 and 8 gm f CH4 have same no. of molecules.
Reason : Equal mole of substances cannot have equal no. of molecules
02. Assertion : Molarity of a solution and molality of a solution both change with density
Reason : Density of the solution changes when percentage by mas of solution
changes.
03. Assertion : 1 amu equals to 1.66 × 10-24g.
Reason :1.66 × 10-24g equals to 1/12th mass of C12 atom.
04. Assertion : If volume of solution changes by 20% then molarity of solution also
changes by 20%
Reason : Molarity of solution does not changes on dilution.
05. Assertion : 31.26 M OF 0.165 M SOLUTION OF Ba(OH)2 is exactly neutralised by 25
mL of citric acid C6H8O7 of molarity 0.138.
Reason : The acid is tribasic in nature.
06. Assertion : Atomicity of phosphorous is four
Reason : Atomicity is the number of atoms present in 1 molecule.
07. Assertion : Density is expressed as g mL-1 whereas specific gravity is dimensionless.
Reason : Specific gravity is the ratio of two densities.
08. Assertion : Pure water obtained from different sources such as, river, well, spring,
sea etc. always contains hydrogen and oxygen combined in the ratio by
mass.
Reason : A chemical compound always contains elements combined together in
same proportion by mass.
09. Assertion : Atomic masses of most of the elements are fractional.
∑ 𝑀𝑋
Reason : Atomic mass = 100 ; where M is mass of isotope and X is its %
abundance.
10. Assertion : A certain element X, forms three binary compounds with chlorine
containing 59.68%, 68.95% and 74.75% chlorine respectively. These
data illustrate the law of multiple proportions.
Reason : According to law of multiple proportions, the relative amounts of an
element combining with some fixed amount of a second element in a
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 SOME BASIC CONCEPTS OF CHEMISTRY
(PREVIOUS YEAR’S QUESTIONS)
01. How many grams of concentrated nitric acid solution should be used to prepare 250
mL of 2.0 M HNO3? The concentrated acid is 70% HNO3
(a) 54.0 g conc. HNO3 (b) 45.0 g conc. HNO3
(c) 90.0 g conc. HNO3 (d) 70.0 g conc. HNO3
02. An excess of AgNO3 is added to 100 mL of a 0.01 M solution of
dichlorotetraaquachromium (III) chloride. The number of moles of AgCl precipitated
would be
(a) 0.01 (b) 0.001 (c) 0.002 (d) 0.003
03. 6.02 × 10 molecules of urea are present in 100 mL of its solution. The concentration
20

of solution
(a) 0.1 M (b) 0.02 M (c) 0.01 M (d) 0.001 M
04. 20.0 kg of N2(g) and 3.0 kg of H2(g) are mixed to produce NH3(g). The amount of
NH3(g) formed is
(a) 17 kg (b) 34 kg (c) 20 kg (d) 3 kg
05. Stoichiometric ratio of sodium dihydrogen orthophosphate and sodium hydrogen
orthophosphate required for synthesis of Na5P3O10 is
(a) 1.5 : 3 (b) 3 : 1.5 (c) 1 : 1 (d) 2 : 3
06. 1 u (amu) is equal to
(a) 1.492 × 10-10 J (b) 1.492 × 10-7 J
(c) 1.492 × 10-13 J (d) 6.023 × 1023 J
07. In the reaction of sodium thiosulphate with I2 in aqueous medium the equivalent
weight of sodium thiosulphate is equal to
(a) molar mass of sodium thisoulphate
(b) the average of molar masses of Na2S2O3 and I2
(c) half the molar mass of sodium thisoluphate
(d) molar mass of soduim thisoluphate
08. When a metal is burnt, its weight is increased by 24 per cent. The equivalent weight
of the metal will be
(a) 2 (b) 24 (c) 33.3 (d) 76
09. 60g of a compound on analysis produced 24 g carbon, 4g hydrogen and 32 g oxygen.
The empricial formula of the compound is
(a) CH2O2 (b) CH2O (c) CH4O (d) C2H4O2
10. A mixture of CaCl2 and NaCl weighing 4.449 is treated with sodium carbonate solution
to precipitate all the Ca2+ ions as calcium carbonate. The calcium carbonate so
obtained is heated strongly to get 0.56 g of CaO. The percentage of NaCl in the
mixture (atomic mass of Ca = 40) is
(a) 75 (b) 30.6 (c) 25 (d) 69.4
11. 1 L oxygen gas at STP will weight
(a) 1.43 g (b) 2.24 g (c) 11.2 g (d) 22.4 g
12. The number of moles of H2 in 0.224 L of hydrogen gas at STP (273 K, 1 atm) is
(a) 0.1 (b) 0.01 (c) 0.001 (d) 1
13. The number of atoms in 0.1 mol of a triatomic gas is (NA = 6.02 × 1023 mol-1)
(a) 6.026 × 1022 (b) 1.806 × 1023 (c) 1.800 × 1022 (d) 3.600× 1023
14. Number of atoms present in 4.25 g of NH3 is
(a) 6.023 × 1022 (b) 4 × 6.023 × 1023
(c) 1.7 × 10 24 (d) 4.25 × 6.023 × 1023
15. In an experiment, 4g of M2Ox oxide was reduced to 2.8g of the metal. If the atomic
mass of the metal is 56 g mol-1, the number of O atoms in the oxide is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
16. The number of molecules in 100 mL of 0.02 N H2SO4 is
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 (a) 6.02 × 1022 (b) 6.02 × 1021 (c) 6.02 × 1020 (d) 6.02 × 1018
17. During the conversion of NH2OH → N2O, the equivalent weight of NH2OH is (mol. wt.
of NH2OH is M)
(a) M (b) M/2 (c) M/4 (d) M/5
18. The mass of one mole of electron is
(a) 9.1 × 10-28 g (b) 0.55 mg (c) 9.1 × 10-24g (d) 6 × 10-12g
19. To dissolve 0.9 g metal, 100 mL of 1 N HCl is used. What is the equivalent weight of
metal?
(a) 7 (b) 9 (c) 10 (d) 6
20. 74.5 g of metallic chloride contain 35.5 g of chlorine. The equivalent weight of the
metal is
(a) 19.5 (b) 35.5 (c) 39.0 (d) 78.0
21. Volume of a gas at NTP is 1.12 × 10-7 cm3. The number of molecules in it is
(a) 3.01 × 1012 (b) 3.01 × 1024 (c) 3.01 × 1023 (d) 3.01 × 1020
22. A bivalent metal has an equivalent mass of 3.2 The molecular mass of the metal
nitrate is
(a) 168 (b) 192 (c) 188 (d) 182
23. The number of significant of significant figures is 10.3406 g in
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 4 (e) 6
24. 1.5 g of CdCl2 was found to contain 0.9 g of Cd. Calculate the atomic weight of Cd.
(a) 118 (b) 112 (c) 106.5 (d) 53.25
25. The volume of 2 NH2SO4 solution is 0.1 dm3. The volume of its decinormal solution (in
dm3) will be
(a) 0.1 (b) 0.2 (c) 2 (d) 1.7
26. An organic compound made of C, H and N, contains 20% nitrogen. Its molecular
weight is
(a) 70 (b) 140 (c) 100 (d) 65
27. 10g of hydrogen and 64 g of oxygen were filled in a steel vessel and exploded. Amount
of water produced in this reaction will be
(a) 3 mol (b) 4 mol (c) 1 mol (d) 2 mol
28. What volume of CO2 will be liberated at NTP, if 12 g of carbon is burnt in excess of
oxygen?
(a) 11.2 l (b) 22.4 L (c) 2.24 L (d) 1.12 L
29. The equivalent weight of MnSO4 is half of its molecular weight it is converted to
(a) Mn2O3 (b) MnO2 (c) MnO-4 (d) MnO2-4
30. X moles of potassium dichromate oxidizes 1 mole of ferrous oxalate, in acidic medium.
Here x is
(a) 3 (b) 1.5 (c) 0.5 (d) 1.0
31. Excess of carbon dioxide is passed through 50 mL of 0.5M calcium hydroxide solution.
After the completion of the reaction, the solution was evaporated to dryness. The
solid calcium carbonate was completely neutralized with 0.1 N. hydrochloric acid. The
volume of hydrochloric acid required is (At. Mass of calcium = 40)
(a) 200 cm3 (b) 500 cm3 (c) 400 cm3 (d) 300 cm3
32. The number of electrons required to reduce 4.5 × 10 g of Al is
-5

(a) 1.03 × 1018 (b) 3.01 × 1018 (c) 4.95 × 1026 (d) 7.31 × 1020
33. How much volume of oxygen at STP in litres is required to burn 4g of methane gas
completely?
(a) 11.2 (b) 5.6 (c) 2.8 (d) 8
34. The equivalent mass of potassium permanganate in alkaline medium is its
𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠
(a) (b) (c) (d) molar mass itself
5 3 2
35. One atom of an element weight 1.8 × 10-22g. Its atomic mass is
(a) 29.9 (b) 154 (c) 108.36 (d) 18

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36. 100 ml of PH3 on heating forms solid phosphorous and H2 gas, the volume change
in the reaction is
(a) an increase of 50 mL (b) an increase of 100 mL
(c) an increase of 150 mL (d) a decrease of 50 mL
37. The mass of oxygen that would be required to produce enough CO which completely
reduces 1.6 kg Fe2O3(At. Mass Fe = 56), is
(a) 240 g (b) 480 g (c) 720 g (d) 960 g
38. The correctly reported answer of the addition of 4.523.2.3 and 6.24 will have
significant figures
(a) two (b) three (c) four (d) five
39. Mass of 0.1 mole of methane is
(a) 1g (b) 16 g (c) 1.6 g (d) 0.1 g
40. A metal M of equivalent mass E forms an oxide of molecular formula MxOy. The atomic
mass of the metal is given by the correct equation
(a) 2E (y/x) (b) xyE (c) E/y (d) y/E
41. The maximum number of molecules are present in
(a) 15 L of H2 gas at STP (b) 5 L of N2 gas at STP
(c) 0.5 g of H2 gas (d) 10 g of O2 gas.
42. Number of atoms of He in 100 u of He (atomic weight of He is 4) are
(a) 25 (b) 100 (c) 50 (d) 100 × 6 × 10-23
43. 1.520 g of hydroxide of a metal on ignition gave 0.995 g of oxide. The equivalent
weight of metal is
(a) 1.52 (b) 0.995 (c) 190 (d) 9.68
44. Of two oxides of iron, the first contained 22% and the second contained 30% of
oxygen by weight. The ratio of weights of iron in the two oxides that combine with
the same weight of oxygen, is
(a) 3 : 2 (b) 2 : 1 (c) 1 : 2 (d) 1 : 1
45. Number of moles of MNO 4 required to oxidize one mole of ferrous oxalate completely
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in acidic medium will be

(a) 0.6mol (b) 0.4 mol (c) 7.5 mol (d) 0.2 mol
46. What volume of oxygen has (O2) measured at 0 C and 1 atm, is needed to burn
0

completely 1 L of propane gas (C3H8) measured under the same conditions?

(a) 7 L (b) 6 L (c) 5 L (d) 10 L
47. How many moles of lead (II) chloride will be formed from a reaction between 6.5 g
of PbO and 3.2 g of HCl?
(a) 0.044 (b) 0.333 (c) 0.011 (d) 0.029
48. The formula mass of Mohr’s salt is 392. The iron present in it is oxidized by KMnO4 in
acidic medium. The equivalent mass of Mohr’s salt is
(a) 392 (b) 31.6 (c) 278 (d) 156
49. For the reaction Fe2O3 + 3CO → 2Fe + 3CO2,the volume of carbon monoxide required
to reduce one m ole of ferric oxide is
(a) 22.4 dm3 (b) 44.8 dm3 (c) 67.2 dm3 (d) 11.2 dm3
50. 40 g of a sample of carbon on combustion left 10% of its unreacted. The volume of
oxygen required at STP for this combustion reaction is
(a) 22.4 L (b) 67.2 L (c) 11.2 L (d) 44.8 L
51. The stoichiometry of the following reaction is K2S2O8(aq) + 2Kl(aq) → 2K2SO4(aq) +
I2(aq)
(a) 2 : 2 (b) 1 : 1 (c) 1 : 2 (d) 2 : 1
52. During a redox titration involving a solution containing Fe ions against MnO-4 in the
2+

presence of excess of H+ ions, the number of electrons that gets transferred is

(a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 2
53. The largest number of molecules is in
(a) 36 g of H2O (b) 28g of CO2 (c) 46g of CH3 (d) 54g of N2O5
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54. The equivalent weight of a metal is 9 and vapour density of its chloride is 59.25. The
atomic weight of metal is
(a) 23.9 (b) 27.3 (c) 36.3 (d) 48.3
55. Fe → Fe + e , MnO 4 + 5e → Mn The ratio of stoichiometric coefficient of Fe2+
2+ 3+ - - - 2+

and MnO-4 is
(a) 1 : 5 (b) 5 : 1 (c) 2 : 3 (d) 6 : 1
56. In an oxidation –reduction reaction, MnO 4 ion is converted to Mn . What is the
- 2+

number of equivalent of KMnO4 (mol. Wt. = 158) present in 250 mL of 0.04 KMnO 4
solution?
(a) 0.02 (b) 0.05 (c) 0.04 (d) 0.07
57. The weight of one molecule of a compound C60H12 is
(a) 1.3 × 10-29g (b) 5.01 × 10-21g (c) 3.72 × 1013g (d) 1.4 × 10-21g
58. The number of gram molecules of chlorine in 6.02 × 10 hydrogen chlorine molecules
25

is
(a) 10 (b) 100 (c) 50 (d) 5
59. Gram molecular volume of oxygen at STP is
(a) 3200 cm3 (b) 5600 cm3 (c) 22400 cm3 (d) 11200 cm3
60. What is he equivalent weight of SnCl2 in the following reaction SnCl2 + Cl2 → SnCl4?
(mol. Wt. of SnCl2 = 190)
(a) 95 (b) 45 (c) 60 (d) 30
61. The crystalline salt Na2SO4. xH2O on heating loses 55.9% of its weight. The formula
of crystalline salt is
(a) Na2SO4.5H2O (b) Na2SO4.7H2O (c) Na2SO4.2H2O
(d) Na2SO4.10H2O (e) Na2SO4.6H2O
62. What is the stoichiometric coefficient of Ca in the reaction? Ca + Al3+ → Ca2+ + Al
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 4
63. 10 L of O2 gas is reacted with 30 L of CO gas at STP. The volumes of each of each
gas present at the end of the reaction are
(a) CO = 10L, CO= 20L (b) O2 = 10L, CO = 20L (c) CO = 20L, CO2 = 10L
(d) O2 = 10L, CO2 = 20L (e) O2 = 10L, CO = 10L
64. 25g of MCl4 contains 0.5 mole chlorine then its molecular weight is
(a) 100g mol-1 (b) 200g mol-1 (c) 150g mol-1 (d) 400g mol-1
65. For the reaction between KMnO4 and H2O2, the number of electrons transferred per
mole of H2O2 are
(a) one (b) two (c) three (d) four
66. Which among the following is the heaviest?
(a) 1 mole of oxygen (b) 1 molecule of sulphur trioxide
(c) 100 u of uranium (d) 44 g of carbon dioxide (e) 10 moles of Hydrogen
67. What is the percentage of cation in ammonium dichromate?
(a) 14.29% (b) 80% (c) 50.05% (d) 20.52% (e) 25.62%
68. 2.76 g of silver carbonate on being strongly heated yield a residue weighing
(a) 2.16 g (b) 2.48 g (c) 2.64 g (d) 2.32 g
69. The decomposition of a certain mass of CaCO3 gave 11.2 dm of CO2 gas at STP. The
3

mass of KOH required to completely neutralize the gas is

(a) 56 g (b) 28 g (c) 42 g (d) 20 g
70. What is the weight of oxygen that is required for the complete combustion of 2.8 kg
of ethylene?
(a) 9.6 kg (b) 96.0 kg (c) 6.4 kg (d) 2.8 kg
71. In the equation H2S + 2HNO3 → 2H2O + 2NO2 + S, the equivalent weight of hydrogen
sulphide is
(a) 18 (b) 68 (c) 34 (d) 17

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72. Sodium bicarbonate on heating decomposes to form sodium carbonate, CO 2 and
water. If 0.2 moles of sodium bicarbonate is completely decomposed, how many mole
of sodium carbonate is formed?
(a) 0.1 (b) 0.2 (c) 0.05 (d) 0.025
73. The liability of a given substance to assume two or more crystalline structure is called
(a) amorphism (b) isomorphism (c) polymorphism (d) isomerism
74. A gas is found to have a formula [CO]x. If its vapour density is 70, the value of x is
(a) 2.5 (b) 3.0 (c) 5.0 (d) 6.0
75. Total number of protons in 10 g of calcium carbonate is (NA = 6.023 × 1023)
(a) 3.01 × 1024 (b) 4.06 × 1024 (c) 2.01 × 1024 (d) 3.24 × 1024
76. The oxygen obtained from 72 kg of water is
(a) 72 kg (b) 46 kg (c) 50 kg (d) 64 kg
77. The equivalent weight of KMnO4 in acidic medium is
(a) 158 (b) 52.67 (c) 31.6 (d) 49
78. Total number of atoms represented in one molecule of CuSO4. 5H2O is
(a) 27 (b) 21 (c) 5 (d) 8
79. The equivalent weight of phosphoric acid (H3PO4) in the reaction, NaOH + H3PO4 →
NaH2PO4 + H2O is
(a) 25 (b) 49 (c) 59 (d) 98
80. On reduction with hydrogen, 3.6 of an oxide of metal left 3.2 g of metal. If the vapour
density of metal is 32, the simplest formula of the oxide would be
(a) MO (b) M2O3 (c) M2O (d) M2O5
81. The volume of oxygen liberated from 0.68g of H2O2 is
(a) 112 mL (b) 224 mL (c) 56 mL (d) 336 mL
82. One fermi is
(a) 10-13cm (b) 10-15cm (c) 10-10cm (d) 10-12cm
83. The prefix zepto stands for
(a) 109 (b) 10-12 (c) 10-15 (d) 10-21
84. The significant figures in 3400 are
(a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 4
85. If the density of water is 1 g cm then the volume occupied by one molecule of water
-3

is approximately
(a) 18 cm3 (b) 22400 cm3 (c) 6.02 × 10-23 cm3 (d) 3.0 × 10-23 cm3
86. he number of moles of oxygen in 1L of air containing 21% oxygen by volume, in
standard conditions, is
(a) 0.186 mol (b) 0.21 mol (c) 2.10 mol (d) 0.0093 mol
87. A sample of phosphorus trichloride (PCl3) contains 1.4 moles of the substance. How
many atoms are there in the sample
(a) 4 (b) 5.6 (c) 8.431 × 1023 (d) 3.372 × 1024 (e) 1.409 × 1024
88. The number of sodium atoms in 2 moles of sodium ferrocyanide is
(a) 12 × 1023 (b) 26 × 1023 (c) 34 × 1023 (d) 48 × 1023
89. Ca(OH)2 + H3PO4 → CaHPO4 + 2H2O the equivalent weight of H3PO4 in the above
reaction is
(a) 21 (b) 27 (c) 38 (d) 49
90. The mass of BaCO3 produced when excess CO2 is bubbled through a solution of 0.205
mol Ba(OH)2 is
(a) 81 g (b) 4.05 g (c) 20.25 g (d) 162 g
91. Avogadro’s number is the number of molecules present in
(a) 1 L of molecules (b) 1 g of molecule
(c) gram molecular mass (d) 1-g –atom of molecules
92. The significant figures in 1.0024, 1.240 and 0.0020 are respectively
(a) 5, 4, 2 (b) 3,3,1 (c) 5,3,4 (d) 5,3,2
93. What will be volume of the gaseous mixture after the reaction 𝑁𝐻3 + 𝐻𝐶𝑙 → 𝑁𝐻4 𝐶𝑙?
4L 1.5L (solid)
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 (a) 0.5 L (b) 1 L (c) 2.5 L (d) 0.1 L
94. The modern atomic weight scale is based on
(a) C12 (b) O16 (c) H1 (d) C13
95. How many atoms are contained in one mole of sucrose (C12H22O11)
(a) 45 × 6.02 × 1023 atoms/mole (b) 5 × 6.62 × 1023 atoms/mole
(c) 5 × 6.02 × 1023 atoms/mole (d) None of these
96. Irrespective of the source, pure sample of water always yields 88.89% mass of
oxygen and 11.11% mass of hydrogen. This is explain by the law of
(a) Conservation of mass (b) Constant composition
(c) Multiple proportions (d) Constant volume
97. A compound possesses 8% sulphur by mass. The least molecular mass is
(a) 200 (b) 400 (c) 155 (d) 355
98. Sulphur forms the chlorides S2Cl2 and SCl2. The equivalent mass of sulphur in SCl2 is
(a) 8 g/mole (b) 16 g/mole (c) 64.8 g/mole (d) 32 g/mole
99. Molarity of liquid HCl with density equal to 1.17 g/cc is
(a) 36.5 (b) 18.25 (c) 32.05 (d) 4.65
100. The percentage of Se in peroxidase anhydrous enzyme is 0.5%by weight (atomic
weight = 78.4). The minimum molecular weight of peroxidase anhydrous enzyme is
(a) 1.568 × 104 (b) 1.568 × 103 (c) 15.68 (d) 3.136 × 104
101. Assuming fully decomposed, the volume of CO2 released at STP on heating 9.85g of
BaCO3 (Atomic mass of Ba = 137) will be
(a) 0.84 L (b) 2.24 L (c) 4.06 L (d) 1.12 L
102. Number of gm of oxygen in 32.2 g Na2SO4. 10H2O is
(a) 20.8 (b) 22.4 (c) 2.24 (d) 2.08
103. The empirical formula of an acid is CH2O2, the probable molecular formula of acid may
be
(a) CH2O (b) CH2O2 (c) C2H4O2 (d) C3H6O4

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 Answer Key:
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 Level – 1
01. A 11. C 21. C
02. D 12. B 22. B
03. B 13. D 23. D
04. C 14. D 24. A
05. C 15. C 25. B
06. C 16. D 26. A
07. D 17. B 27. D
08. C 18. C 28. C
09. C 19. C 29. D
10. C 20. D 30. C
Level – 2
01. B 11. D 21. D
02. B 12. B 22. C
03. C 13. A 23. A
04. C 14. B 24. D
05. B 15. D 25. A
06. A 16. A 26. B
07. A 17. A 27. C
08. A 18. B 28. D
09. A 19. D 29. A
10. A 20. A 30. D
Assertion & Reason
01. C 05. A 09. A
02. A 06. A 10. A
03. A 07. A
04. D 08. A
Previous Year Questions
01. B 26. A 51. C
02. B 27. B 52. B
03. C 28. B 53. A
04. A 29. B 54. A
05. A 30. C 55. B
06. A 31. B 56. B
07. A 32. B 57. D
08. C 33. A 58. B
09. B 34. D 59. C
10. A 35. C 60. A
11. A 36. A 61. D
12. B 37. B 62. C
13. B 38. B 63. A
14. A 39. C 64. B
15. C 40. A 65. C
16. C 41. A 66. E
17. B 42. A 67. A
18. B 43. D 68. A
19. B 44. A 69. B
20. C 45. A 70. A
21. A 46. C 71. D
22. C 47. D 72. A
23. E 48. A 73. C
24. C 49. C 74. C
25. C 50. B 75. A
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76. D 86. D 96. B
77. C 87. D 97. B
78. B 88. D 98. B
79. D 89. D 99. C
80. C 90. B 100. A
81. B 91. C 101. D
82. A 92. A 102. B
83. D 93. C 103. B
84. A 94. A
85. D 95. A

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