KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SECTOR 8 , R K PURAM
PT1 , CHEMISTRY CLASS XII
1 All Questions are compulsory.
2. Questions 1 to 8 are very short answer MCQ’S carring 1 mark each.
3. Questions 9 TO 12 are short answer questions carring 2 marks each.
3. Questions 13 TO 17 are short answer questions carring 3 marks each..
4. Question 18 is case based question carring 4 marks . .
5. Question 19 is long answer question carring 5 marks.
1. Name a transition element which does not exhibit variable oxidation states.
a. Scandium b.Titanium c. Vanadium d. Chromium
2. For a very dilute solution of H3PO4 van’t Hoff factor is a) i = 7 b) i = 3 c) i = 4 d) i = 5
3.The unit of rate constant is mol-1 L s-1 , the order of reaction is
a. Zero order reaction b. first order reaction c. second order reaction d . third order reaction
4.The half life for a zero order reaction is
a. 2k/R b. k/2R c.R2/2k d.R/2k
5 What is an example of camphor in N2 gas? (a) Solid in gas solution (b) Gas in gas solution
(c) Solid in liquid solution (d) Liquid in gas solution
For questions 6 to 8 two statements are given as Assertion(A) and Reason(R) select the
correct answer to these questions from a,b,c and d
a. Both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason(R) is correct explanation for
Assertion(A)
b. Both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason(R) is not correct explanation for
Assertion(A)
c. Assertion is true but the Reason(R) is false.
d. Assertion is false, but Reason(R) is true.
6. Assertion (A) : Zn ,Cd and Hg are not regarded as transition elements.
Reason (R) : Zn, Cd and Hg do not have partially filled d orbitals in their groung state or in
any one of their common oxidation states.
7. Assertion (A) : Order and molecularity are always same.
Reason ( R) : Complex reactions involves a sequence of elementary reactions and the
slowest step is rate determining step.
8. Assertion (A): If a liquid solute more volatile than the solvent is added to the solvent, the
vapour pressure of the solution may increase i.e., ps > po.
Reason (R): In the presence of a more volatile liquid solute, only the solute will form the
vapours and solvent will not.
9. A first order reaction takes 30 minutes for 50% completion. Calculate the time required
for 90% completion of this reaction. (log2 = 0.3010)
10. Define Henry’ law and write its application used by Scuba divers. Or Distinguish between
positive and negative deviations from Roults law.
11. (i) Why are aquatic species more comfortable in cold water than in warm water? (ii)
What happens when we place the blood cell in saline water solution (hypertonic solution)?
Give reason.
12. For a chemical reaction R 🡪 P, the variation in the concentration (R) vs. time (t) plot is
given as
t
(i)Predict the order of the reaction. (ii) What is the slope of the curve?
13. The rate of a reaction quadruples when the temperature increases from 293K to 313
K .Define and Calculate the energy of activation of the reaction ,assuming that it doesn’t
change with temperature.
(log2=0.30, log 4= 0.60, R = 8.3 JK-1 mol-1 )
14.(a ) Following reactions occur at cathode during the electrolysis of aqueous silver
chloride solution: Ag+ (aq) + e –-> Ag(s) E° = + 0.80 V H + (aq) + e –->1/2 H2 (g) E° = 0.00 V
On the basis of their standard reduction electrode potential (E°) values, which reaction is
feasible at the cathode and why? (b) Define limiting molar conductivity. Why conductivity
of an electrolyte solution decreases with the decrease in concentration?
15.(i ) State Faraday’s Second law of electrolysis. (ii) Give a reason why Electrolysis of KBr
(aq) gives Br2 at anode but does not give F2. (iii) Predict the products of electrolysis when a
dilute aqueous solution of H2SO4 is electrolysed with platinum electrodes. OR
Define conductivity and calculate the cell constant ,if conducitivity of 0.001 M KCl solution
at 298K having resistance 1500Ώ is 0.146 x 10-3 Scm -1
16. Account for the following
a. Of d4 species, Cr2+ is strongly reducing while manganese(III) is strongly oxidizing.
b. The d1 configuration is very unstable in ions.
c. Cobalt(II) is stable in aqueous solution but in the presence of complexing reagents it is
easily oxidized.
17 (i) State Kohlrausch law of independent migration of ions (ii) Given that the standard
electrode potentials (E°) of metals are : K + /K = -2.93 V, Ag+ /Ag = 0.80 V, Cu2+/Cu = 0.34 V,
Mg2+/Mg = -2.37 V, Cr3+/Cr = -0.74 V, Fe2+/Fe = -0.44 V. Arrange these metals in increasing
order of their reducing power
18. Read the passage given below and answer the following questions:
Sir William Grove (1811-96), a British lawyer and amateur scientist developed the first fuel
cell in 1839. The principle was discovered by accident during an electrolysis experiment.
When Sir William disconnected the battery from the electrolyzer and connected the two
electrodes together, he observed a current flowing in the opposite direction, consuming the
gases of hydrogen and oxygen . He called this device a ‘gas battery’. His gas battery
consisted of platinum electrodes placed in test tubes of hydrogen and oxygen, immersed in
a bath of dilute sulphuric acid. In 1842 Grove connected a number of gas batteries together
in series to form a ‘gas chain’. He used the electricity produced from the gas chain to power
an electrolyzer, splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen . However, due to problems of
corrosion of the electrodes and instability of the materials, Grove’s fuel cell was not
practical. As a result, there was little research and further development of fuel cells for
many years to follow. Grove’s ‘gas battery’ (1839) produced a voltage of about 1 volt.
Grove’s ‘gas chain’ powering an electrolyzer (1842).
A fuel cell by definition is an electrical cell, which unlike storage cells can be continuously
fed with a fuel so that the electrical power output is sustained indefinitely (Connihan, 1981).
They convert hydrogen, or hydrogen-containing fuels, directly into electrical energy plus
heat through the electrochemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen into water. The process
is that of electrolysis in reverse. Overall reaction: 2 H2(gas) + O2(gas) → 2 H2O + energy
Because hydrogen and oxygen gases are electrochemically converted into water, fuel cells
have many advantages over heat engines. These include: high efficiency, virtually silent
operation and, if hydrogen is the fuel, there are no pollutant emissions. If the hydrogen is
produced from renewable energy sources, then the electrical power produced can be truly
sustainable. The two principle reactions in the burning of any hydrocarbon fuel are the
formation of water and carbon dioxide. As the hydrogen content in a fuel increases, the
formation of water becomes more significant, resulting in proportionally lower emissions of
carbon dioxide (Fig. 1). As fuel use has developed through time, the percentage of hydrogen
content in the fuels has increased. It seems a natural progression that the fuel of the future
will be 100% hydrogen.
(i) State two advantages of H2—O2 fuel cell over ordinary cell.
(ii) Write the electrode reactions in H2 and O2 fuel cell
(iii) Write electrode reactions of a primary cell.
(iv) Distinguish between Primary and secondary cell OR write electrode reactions of
a secondary Cell.
19. (i) Write reactions involved in preparation of potassium di chromate from its Ore.
(ii) Explain the effect of pH on chromates and dichromates.
(iii) Why is Potassium dichromate used as a Primary standard in volumetric analysis.
