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1. In the reaction: Na 2S2 O3 + 4Cl2 + 5H2O ⎯⎯
→ Na 2SO4 + 8HCl. the equivalent weigh of Na2S2O3 will be: (M
= molecular weight of Na2S2O3)
(a) M/4 (b) M/8 (c) M/1 (d) M/2
2. In the reaction, 2CuSO4 + 4KI ⎯⎯
→ 2Cu 2 I2 + I2 + 2K2SO4
the equivalent weigh of CuSO4 will be:
(a) 79.75 (b) 159.5 (c) 329 (d) None of these
3. 100 milli moles of dichloroacetic acid (CHCl2COOH) can neutratlise how many moles of ammonia to form
ammonium dichloroacetate:
(a) 0.0167 (b) 0.1 (c) 0.3 (d) 0.6
4. The number of moles of ferrous oxalate oxidised by one mole of KMnO 4 in acidic medium is:
(a) 5/2 (b) 2/5 (c) 3/5 (d) 5/3
5. How many moles of KMnO4 are needed to oxidise a mixture of 1 mole of each FeSO 4 and FeC2O4 in acidic
medium:
(a) 4/5 (b) 5/4 (c) 3/4 (d) 5/3
6. 22.7 mL of (N/10) Na2CO3 solution neutralises 10.2 mL of a dilute H 2SO4 solution. The volume of water that
must be added to 400 mL of this H2SO4 solution in order to make it exactly N/10.
(a) 490.2 mL (b) 890.2 mL (c) 90.2 mL (d) 290.2 mL
7. HNO3 oxidises NH+4 ions to nitrogen and itself gets reduced to NO2. The moles of HNO3 required by 1 mole of
(NH4)2SO4 is:
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 2
8. The mass of oxalic acid crystals (H2C2O4.2H2O) required to prepare 50 mL of a 0.2 N solution is:
(a) 4.5 g (b) 6.3 g (c) 0.63 g (d) 0.45 g
9. When HNO3 is converted into NH3, the equivalent weight of HNO3 will be:
(a) M/2 (b) M/1 (c) M/6 (d) M/8
10. In the conversion NH2OH ⎯⎯ → N2O, the equivalent weight of NH2OH will be:
(a) M/4 (b) M/2 (c) M/5 (d) M/1
11. When hypo solution is added to KMnO4 solution then
(a) Na2S2O3 is converted to Na2SO4 (b) Na2S2O3 is converted to Na2S4O6
(c) KMnO4 is converted to K2MnO4 (d) KMnO4 is converted to MnSO4
12. Which of the following equations is a balanced one:
(a) 5BiO3− + 22H+ + Mn 2+ ⎯⎯ →5Bi3+ + 7H2O + MnO−4
(b) 5BiO3− + 14H+ + 2Mn 2+ ⎯⎯
→5Bi3+ + 7H2O + 2MnO−4
(c) 2BiO3− + 4H+ + Mn 2+ ⎯⎯
→ 2Bi3+ + 2H2O + MnO4−
(d) 6BiO3− + 12H+ + 3Mn 2+ ⎯⎯
→ 6Bi3+ + 6H2O + 3MnO−4
13. 10 mL of sulphuric acid solution (specific gravity = 1.84) contains 98% by weight of pure acid. Calculate the
volume of 2 N NaOH solution required to just neutralize the acid.
(a) 9.2 mL (b) 92 mL (c) 18.4 mL (d) 184 mL
14. The equivalent mass of MnSO4 is half its molecular mass when it is converted to:
(a) Mn2O3 (b) MnO2 (c) MnO−4 (d) MnO24−
15. An aqueous solution of 6.3 g of oxalic acid dehydrate is made upto 250 mL. The volume of 0.1 N NaOH
required to completely neutralize 10 mL of this solution is:
(a) 40 mL (b) 20 mL (c) 10 mL (d) 4 mL
16. In the reaction H2O2 + O3 ⎯⎯
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→ water + oxygen, radioactivity will be shown by which of the product:
(a) water (b) oxygen (c) both (a) and (2) (d) none of these
17. 1 mole of how many of the following acids neutralise exactly one mol of NaOH, under required favourable
conditions?
HCl, HNO3, H2SO4, H2SO3, H3PO4, H3PO3, H3PO2, H4P2O5, H3BO3
(a) 4 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 9
18. Which amongst the following has the highest normality?
(a) 16.0 g of NaOH in 200 mL of water (b) 1 N oxalic acid
(c) 2 M sulphuric acid (d) 1.5 hydrochloric acid
19. 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

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(a) 1 (b) 2/5 (c) 3/5 (d) 4/5
20. 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?
(a) 40 mL (b) 50 mL (c) 100 mL (d) 20 mL
21. In alkaline medium, KMnO4 reacts as follows (Atomic weights K + 39.09, Mn = 54.94; O = 16.00)
→ 2K2 MnO4 + H2O + O
2KMnO4 + 2KOH ⎯⎯
(a) 31.8 (b) 63.2 (c) 126.4 (d) 158
22. 0.14 g of a substance when burnt in oxygen yields 0.28 g of oxide. The substance is:
(a) nitrogen (b) carbon (c) sulphur (d) phosphorous
O
23. CrO5 has structure as shown O O
Cr
O O
The oxidation number of chromium in the above compound is:
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 0
24. The normality of orthophosphoric acid having purity of 70% by weight and specific gravity 1.54 is:
(a) 11 N (b) 22 N (c) 33 N (d) 44 N
25. The normality of mixture obtained by mixing 100 mL of 0.2 M H 2SO4 and 200 mL of 0.2 M HCl is:
(a) 0.0267 (b) 0.2670 (c) 1.0267 (d) 1.1670
26. 40 mL of 0.05 M solution of sodium sesquicarbonate (Na 2CO3.NaHCO3.2H2O) is titrated against 0.05 M HCl.
When phenolphthalein is used as indicator, x mL is used. In sea separate titration of same using methyl orange as
indicator, y ml of HCl is used. The value of (y – x) is:
(a) 80 mL (b) 30 mL
(c) 120 mL (d) 180 mL
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27. In the following reaction 2MnO4 + 5H2O2 + 6H ⎯⎯
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→ 2Mn 2+ + 8H2O + 5O2 .
The radioactive oxygen will appear in:
(a) H2O (b) O2 (c) both (d) above reaction does no take
place
SUBJECTIVE
28. Calculate the oxidation number of underlined elements in the following compounds:
(a) K[Co(C2O4)2(NH3)2] (b) K4P2O7
(c) CrO2Cl2 (d) Na2[Fe(CN)5(NO+)]
(e) Mn3O4 (f) Ca(ClO2)2
(g) [Fe(NO+)(H2O)5]SO4 (h) ZnO22−
(i) Fe0.93O
29. Identify the oxidant and the reductant in the following reactions:
(a) KMnO4 + KCl + H2SO4 ⎯⎯ → MnSO4 + K2SO4 + H2O + Cl2
(b) FeCl2 + H2 O2 + HCl ⎯⎯
→ FeCl3 + H2O
30. Write balanced net ionic equations for the following reactions in acidic solution:
(a) S4O62− ( aq ) + Al ( s ) ⎯⎯
→ H2S( aq ) + Al3+ ( aq )
(b) S2O32− ( aq ) + Cr2O72− ( aq ) ⎯⎯
→S4O62− ( aq ) + Cr 3+ ( aq )
31. Write balanced net ionic equations for the following reactions in basic solution:
(a) C4 H4O62− ( aq ) + ClO3− ( aq ) ⎯⎯
→CO32− ( aq ) + Cl− ( aq )
−
(b) Al ( s ) + BiONO3 ( s ) ⎯⎯
→ Bi ( s ) + NH3 ( aq ) + Al ( OH )4  ( aq )
32. In the reaction mole ratio of and is ….
33. ion is oxidized by a powerful oxidizing agent to and or depending on the acidity of
the reaction mixture

What is the number ( ) of electrons involved in the process, divided by 10?

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ANSWERS KEY

ANSWER KEY (MCQ(S))

1. b 8. c 15. a 22. c
2. b 9. d 16. b 23. c
3. b 10. b 17. a 24. c
4. d 11. a 18. c 25. b
5. a 12. b 19. a 26. a
6. a 13. b 20. a 27. b
7. c 14. a 21. d

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