FIRST TERMINAL EXAMINATION, 2014

CHEMISTRY
Time : 3 hrs.
Class XI

M.M. : 70
Date : 24.09.2014

General instructions :

All questions are compulsory.

Q. Nos. 1 to 5 are of very short answer type and each question carries one mark. All questions are
compulsory.
Q. Nos. 6 to 10 are of short answer type and each question carries two marks. There is an internal choice
in Q.10.
Q. Nos. 11 to 22 are of short answer type and each question carries three marks. There is an internal
choice in Q.11.
Q. No. 23 is value based question. It carries 4 marks.
Q. Nos. 24 to 26 are of long answer type questions. Each question has internal choice and carries 5
marks.
Use of calculator is not allowed.

Q.1
Q.2

Q.3
Q.4
Q.5
Q.6
Q.7

Q.8
Q.9
Q.10

Q.11

State Hunds rule of maximum multiplicity.

Which of the following pairs of elements would have a more negative electron gain
enthalpy?
i)
O or F
ii)
F or Cl
Define co-efficient of viscosity.
Draw the structure of BeCl2 (solid).
What is BOD?
Calculate the volume of 0.015 M HCl solution required to prepare 250ml of a 5.2510-3 M
HCl solution.
Gastric juice contains about 3.0 gm of HCl per litre. If a person produces about 2.5 litre of
gastric juice per day, how many antacid tablets each containing 300 mg of Al(OH)3 are
needed to neutralize all the HCl produced in one day? (atomic mass of Al = 27).
Which out of NH3 and NF3 has higher dipole moment and why?
Write vander Waals equation for real gases. What are the significance of the constants found
in this equation?
Briefly describe any two methods to remove permanent hardness of water.
OR
a) Describe Clarks method of removing hardness of water, with chemical equations of the
reactions involved.
b) What is the use of D2O ?
A crystalline salt on being rendered anhydrous loses 45.6% of its weight. The composition
of anhydrous salt is
Al = 10.5%, K = 15.1%, S= 24.8% and O = 49.6%.
Calculate the simplest formula of the anhydrous salt and crystalline salt.
(At mass of Al=27, K=39, S=32, O=16)

OR
A welding fuel gas contains carbon and hydrogen only. Burning a small sample of it in
oxygen gives 3.38 gm carbon dioxide, 0.690 gm of water and no other products. A volume
(1/3)

Q.12

of 10.0 L (measured at STP) of this welding gas is found to weigh 11.6 gm. Calculate
i) empirical formula
ii) molar mass of the gas
iii) molecular formula
3.0 gm of H2 reacts with 29.0 gm O2 to yield H2O.
i) Identify the limiting reactant
ii) Calculate the maximum amount of water that can be formed
iii) Calculate the amount of one of the reactants which remains unreacted.

Q.13
Q.14

Define black body radiation. Calculate the wave number of the longest and shortest
wavelength transition in the Balmer series of atomic spectrum of hydrogen.
a)
Which of the following orbitals are degenerate?
3dxy , 4dxy ,

Q.15

3d

, 3dyz , 4dyz ,

4d

b)

The expected electronic configuration of copper is [Ar] 3d94s2, though actually it is

[Ar] 3d10 4s1. Give reasons.

a)

Define ionization enthalpy.

b)

Among the second period elements the actual ionization enthalpies are in the
order
Li < B < Be < C < O < N < F < Ne
explain why ?

Q.16

i)

Be has higher iH than B.

ii)

O has lower iH than N and F?

The first (iH1) and the second (iH2) ionization enthalpies (in kJ mol-1) and (egH) electron
gain enthalpy (in kJ mol-1) of few elements are given below
Elements

iH1

iH2

egH

I
II

520
419

7200
3051

-60
-48

III
IV
V
VI

1681
1008
2372
738

3374
1846
5251
1450

-328
-295
+48
-40

Which of the above elements is likely to be

a) the least reactive element
b) the most reactive metal
c) the most reactive non metal
d) the least reactive non metal

Q.17

e) the metal which can form a stable binary halide of the formula MX2(X=halogen)
f) the metal which can form predominantly stable covalent halide of the formula MX.
a)
Write M.O. electronic configuration of O2 molecule and find out its bond order
and type of magnetic character.
b)
Explain why Be2 does not exist.

Q.18

a)

Draw lewis dot structure of HNO3 and assign formal charges on each atom.

b)

Apply VSEPR theory to find geometry and shape of NH4+ and ClF3.
(2/3)

Q.19
Q.20

a)
State Charles law and Boyles law.
b)
Derive ideal gas equation out of these laws.
What will be the pressure of the gas mixture when 0.5 L of H2 at 0.8 bar and 2.0 L of oxygen
at 0.7 bar are introduced in a 1L vessel at 270C?

Q.21

Write any three postulates of kinetic molecular theory of gases.

Q.22

a) Draw the structure of H2O2

b) Label dihedral angle in this structure
c) What is the use of H2O2

Q.23

On a visit to your friends farm house, you found that, the farmer uses excessive pesticides
in his farm. The product of his farm was being used as food for rearing fishes. Your friend
was shocked to know that the fish of his farm were not fit for human consumption.
Answer the following questions

Q.24

a)

What can be the possible reason for fish to be declared unfit as human food?

b)

How can you explain your friend the cause of this situation developed?

c)

What suggestion will you give in this regard?

d)

What values are associated with your suggestion?

Write any three postulates of Bohrs atomic model. Write limitations of this model.
OR

Q.25

a)

Write limitations of Rutherfords atomic model.

b)

What are the results observed in the experiment of photoelectric effect?

Find hybridization of central atom and predict geometry and shape of the following
molecules. Also draw the structures to show the geometry of the molecules.
a) XeF4

b)

SbCl5

c)

XeO2F2

iv)

CO2

v) CCl4

OR
Find hybridization of C atoms in C2H4 and C2H2 molecules. Comment and draw their
geometry of molecules. Show the formation of and bond in each of these compound by
neat sketch.
Q.26

a) Arrange the following ions according to increasing hydration enthalpy

Cs+, K+, Rb+, Li+, Na+
b) i)

Describe preparation of washing soda with proper balanced chemical equations

of the reactions involved.

ii) Mention one use of washing soda.

iii) Why this process cannot be extended to the preparation of potassium carbonate?
OR
a) Why LiI is more soluble than KI in ethanol?
b) Which one of the alkaline earth metal carbonates is thermally most stable and why?
MgCO3, CaCO3, SrCO3, BaCO3
c) Write balanced equations for reactions between
i) Na2O2 and water

ii) KO2 and water

iii) Na2O and CO2

(3/3)