SOME BASIC CONCEPT OF CHEMISTRY
XI - PCM
1. The largest number of molecules is in :
(i) 34 gram of water
(ii) 28 gram of CO2
(iii) 46 gram of methyl alcohol
(iv) 54 grams of N2O5 .
2. Calculate number of sulphate ions in 100 ml of 0.001 M H2SO4 .
3. 48.4 ml of HCl solution requires 1.24 grams of pure CaCO3 for complete neutralization to calculate the
normality of the acid.
4. Find out the equivalent weight of a metal carbonate, 0.84 gram of which reacts exactly with 40 ml of N/2
H2SO4 solution.
5. How many grams of NaOH are required to neutralize 20 meq. of each one of the following.
(a) CO2 (b) NHO3 (c) HCl
6. Calculate normality and molarity of the following reagents :
(a) H2SO4 solution containing 96% by weight of pure H2SO4 having specific gravity 1.835.
(b) Phosphoric acid solution containing 60% by weight of pure H3 PO4 having specific gravity 1.426.
7. Density of water at room temperature is 1 gm/cc.
8. How many molecules are there in one drop of water if its volume is 0.05 cm3. 26.8 grams of Na2SO4 xH2O
gave 12.6 grams of water on heating. Calculate the value of x in compound.
9. How many molecules of CO2 are contained in one litre of air if the volume content of CO2 is 0.03% at STP.
10.1 gram of a metal M which has specific heat of 0.06 combines with oxygen to form 1.08 gram of oxide. What
is the exact atomic weight and valency of metal?
11. A compound contains 28% of nitrogen and 72% of a metal by weight 3 atoms of the metal combine with 2
atoms of nitrogen. Calculate the atomic weight of metal.
12. A sample of oxygen contains 1.87 × 1027 atoms of oxygen. What would be the weight of this collection?
13. A compound contains 8% sulphur by mass, what will be its least molecular mass.
14. Find the amount of 98% pure Na2CO3 required to prepare 5 litres of 1 N solution.
15. The density of a 26% solution of KOH is 1.24 gram/ml. How many moles of KOH are contained in 5 liters of
the solution.
16. What is purity of concentrated H2SO4 having specific gravity 1.8, if 5 ml is neutralized by 84.6 ml of 2M NaOH
solution?
17. Find the molality of H2SO4 solution whose specific gravity is 1.98 and contains 95 grams of H2SO4 per 100 ml.
18. A sample of spirit has 90% ethanol by weight. Calculate the mole fraction of ethanol and water.
19. A metal forms two oxides A and B, A has 30% oxygen and B has 22.27% oxygen. If the molecular formula of
A is M2O3 then what will be the molecular formula of B.
20.100 gram of sample of calcium carbonate is reacted with 70 gram of orthophosphoric acid
(a) How many grams of calcium phosphate is formed?
(b) How many grams of excess reagent that will remain unreacted?
21. If 6.3 g of NaHCO3 are added to 15 g of CH3COOH solution, the residue is found to weigh 18.0 g. What is the
mass of CO2 released in the reaction?
22.0.2496 g of a dibasic acid on combustion gave 0.3168 g of CO2 and 0.0864 g of H2O. Further 0.1092 g of the
acid was exactly neutralised by 21.0 ml of N/10 NaOH solution. Calculate the empirical and molecular
formula of compounds.
23.1 g of acid when completely acted upon Mg gave 1.301 g of an anhydrous magnesium salt. What will be the
equivalent weight of acid?
24.A metal forms volatile chloride whose V.D. is 130.5. The specific heat of metal is 0.0556 cal g–1. What will be
the exact atomic weight of the metal and formula of its chloride?
25.What is the maximum mass of Al(OH)3 that can be prepared by reaction of 13.4 grams of AlCl3 with 10 grams
of NaOH?
ASSERTION AND REASON
Each of the questions given below consists of two statements, an assertion (A) and a reason (R). Darken the
number corresponding to the appropriate response on the answer sheet as follows:
(1) If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion
(2) If both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion
(3) If the assertion is true, but the reason is false
(4) If both assertion and reason are false
26.A– The number of ‘O’ atoms in 16 g of oxygen and 16 g of ozone is the same.
R– Each of the species represents 1 g atom of oxygen.
27.A– Molarity and normality of pure water are the same.
R– Molecular mass and equivalent mass of H2 O are the same.
28.A– The atomic masses of most of the elements are in fractions.
R– The atomic mass represents the ratio of the average mass of the atom of one hologram.
29.A– Molecular mass of KMnO4 is 158 but its equivalent mass can be different.
R– Equivalent mass of the substance is not a fixed parameter and varies from one reaction to the other.
30.A– Atoms of different elements can have the same mass.
R– The atomic ratio of various elements in a molecule refers to stoichiometry.
31. A– The standard unit for expressing the mass of atoms is amu.
R– amu is also called avogram. A– 1.8 × 106moles of electron weight 1 kg.
R– Mass of one electron is 9.1 × 10–31kg.
32.A– Equivalent volume of hydrogen at STP is 22.4 L.
R– Molecular mass of oxygen is 16.
33.A– 22.4 L of N2 at NTP and 5.6 L O2 at NTP contain an equal number of molecules.
R– Under similar conditions of temperature and pressure all gases contain an equal number of molecules.
34.A– Atomic mass has no units but expressed in amu.
R– It is the average mass of an atom taking care of relative abundance of all its possible isotopes.
