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CHAPTER:8, THE d & f BLOCK ELEMENTS

1 - MARK QUESTIONS

1. Why is that orange solution of K2Cr2O7 turns yellow on adding NaOH ? 1

2. Arrange CrO, CrO3 and Cr2O3 in increasing order of acidic strength.
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3. Why does Ti4+ ion show diamagnetic nature?
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4. Which metal in the first series of transition metal exhibits +1 oxidation state
most frequently and why?
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9.. K2[PtCl6] is a well known compound, Where as the corresponding Ni

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Why does vanadium pentoxide act as a catalyst?

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Why hydrated CuSO4 is blue while its anhydrous form is colourless.

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estimation of Fe2+ and oxalate ion. 1

2 - MARKS QUESTIONS

13. Why is copper (I) sulphate diamagnetic and Copper (II) Sulphate
paramagnetic ? Explain. 2
14. HgCl2, SnCl2, cannot exist together in an aqueous solution. Why? 2
15. Describe giving reason which one of the following pairs has the property
indicated and why?
(a) Fe or Cu has higher melting point
(b) Co2+ or Ni2+ has lower magnetic moment 2
16. Give reason:
(a) Transition metals sometimes exhibit very low oxidation states such as
+1 and 0
(b) Sc shows only +3 oxidation state 2
17. Why Hg(I) ion exist as Hg22+ ion while Cu(1) ion exist as Cu1+. Explain. 2

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18. A serious accident took place in a laboratory when a student tried to dissolve
KMnO4 in conc. Sulphuric acid instead of dil. Sulphuric acid. What went wrong ?
Explain. 2

3 - MARKS QUESTIONS

14. An aqueous blue coloured solution of a transition metal sulphate reacts with
H2S in acidic medium to give a black precipitate (A) Which is insoluble in warm

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aqueous solution of KOH. The blue solution on treatment with KI in weakly acidic

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medium turns yellow and produces a white precipitate (B). Identify the transition

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metal ion; write the chemical reaction involved in the formation of A and B. 3
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An aqueous solution of a compound (A) is acidic towards litmus and (A)

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sublimes at about 3000C. (A) on treatment with an excess of NH4SCN gives a red

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coloured compound (B) and on treatment with a solution of K4(Fe (CN)6) gives a blue

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coloured compound (C). (A) on heating with excess of K2Cr2O7 in the presence of

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concentrated H2SO4 evolves deep red vapour of (D). On passing the vapours of (D)
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into a solution of NaOH and d then adding the solutions of acetic acid and lead
acetate a yellow precipitate of compound (E) is obtained. Identify A to E and give
chemical equations involved. 3
16. When a white crystalline compound X is heated with K2Cr2O7 and conc.
H2SO4, a reddish brown gas A is evolved. On passing A into caustic soda solution, a
yellow coloured solution of B is obtained. Neutralizing the solution B with acetic acid
and on subsequent addition of lead acetate, yellow ppt. C is obtained. When X is
heated with NaOH solution, a colorless gas is evolved and on passing the gas into
K2HgI4 solution, a reddish brown ppt. D is obtained. Identify A, B, C, D and X. write
the equations of the reactions involved. 3
20. A metal oxide of iron and chromium is fused with sodium carbonate in the
presence of air to form a yellow colour compound A. on acidification, the compound
A forms an orange coloured compound B which is a strong oxidizing agents. Identify
the compounds A and B and write balanced equations for each step. 3
21. State the reasons for the following:
i. Mercury is transported in iron containers.
ii. Ce(III) is readily oxidized to Ce(IV)
iii. Actinoids have a stronger tendency to form complexes than lanthanoids 3

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