INTERMEDIATE COMMON EXAMINATION BOARD +2

43. Calculate the ‘spin only’ magnetic moment of Fe aq  ion.

QUESTION BANK (2023-2024)
CHEMISTRY-SECOND YEAR 44. What is an alloy? Give example.
VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (2M) 45. What is lanthanoid contraction?
1. How do you distinguish between crystal lattice and unit 46. What is mischmetall? Give its composition and uses.
cell? 47. What is a ligand?
2. What is Schottky defect? 48. Define the terms monomer and polymer.
3. What is Frenkel defect? 49. What are polymers.
4. Define molarity. 50. What is ziegler Natta catalyst?
5. Define mole fraction. 51. What is PDI (poly dispersity index)?
6. State Raoult’s law. 52. What is vulcanization of rubber.
7. State Henry’s law. 53. What is biodegradable polymer? Give one example of
8. What is Ebullioscopic constant ? biodegradable polymer?
9. What is Cryoscopic constant ? 54. What is PHBV? How is it useful to man.
10. Define osmotic pressue. 55. What are tranqulizers? Give example.
11. What are isotonic solutions? 56. What are antifertility drugs? Give example.
12. What is relative lowering of vapour pressure? 57. What are disinfectants? GIve example.
13. Calulate the mole fraction of H 2 SO 4 in a solution 58. What are antacids? Give example.
containing 98% H2SO4 by mass. 59. What are antihistamines? Give example.
14. What is a galvanic cell or voltaic cell ? Give one 60. What are antibiotics? Give example.
example. 61. What are antiseptics? Give example.
15. State Faraday’s first law of electrolysis. 62. Why chemicals are added to food?
16. State Faraday’s second law of electrolysis. 63. What are artificial sweetening agents?
17. What is a primary battery? Give one example. 64. What are food preservatives? Give example.
18. What is metallic corrosion? Give one example. 65. What are synthetic detergents?
19. State the role of silica in the metallurgy of copper. 66. Arrange the following bases in decreasing order of Pkb
20. Explain poiling. values C2H 5 NH 2 ,C6 H5 NHCH3 ,  C2 H 5 2 and C6 H5 NH 2 .
21. What is the role of cryolite in the melallurgy of 67. Write equations of carbylamine reaction of any one
aluminium? aliphatic amine.
22. What is matte? Give its composition. 68. Explain the reaction of Aniline with Nitrous acid.
23. What is blister copper? Why is it so called? 69. What are Enantiomers?
24. What is flux? Give an example. 70. Give structures of A,B and C in the following reaction
25. Nitrogen molecule is highly stable why. 
CuCN H 2O/ H NH3
C6 H 5 N 2 Cl   A   B  C
26. PH 3 has lower boiling point than NH3 why?
71. What are ambident nucleophiles?
27. Ammonia is a good complexing agent-explain with an
example. 72. What is the stereo chemical result of SN1 and SN 2
28. What are acidic and neutral oxides of nitrogen. reactions?
29. What is inert pair effect? SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (4 M)
30. Why is H2O a liquid while H2S is a gas? 1. Classify each of the following as either a p-type or
31. What is tailing of mercury? How is it removed? n-type semiconductor.
32. HF is a liquid while HCl is a gas-explain. i) Ge doped with In ii) Si doped with B.
33. What is aqua regia? Write its reaction with gold and 2. Derive Bragg’s Equation.
platinum. 3. A solution of sucrose in water is labeled as 20% w/w.
34. Write the reactions of F2 and Cl2 with water? what would be the mole fraction of each component in
35. What happens when Cl2 reacts with dry slaked lime? the solution?
4. Vapour pressure of water at 293K is 17.535 mm Hg.
36. Write any two uses of Neon and Argon?
Calculate the vapour pressure of the solution at 293 K
37. In modern diving apparatus a mixture of He and O2 is
when 25g of glucose is dissolved in 450g of water.
used, why?
5. What is relative lowering of vapour pressure? How is it
38. Noble gases are inert - explain?
useful to determine the molar mass of a solute?
39. Why Zn+2 is diamagnetic whereas Mn+2 is paramagnetic?
6. What are primary and secondary batteries? Give one
40. Give the composition of the following alloys
example for each.
a) Brass b) Bronze c) German silver
7. What are fuel cells? How are they different from galvanic
41. Explain the terms gangue, slag, mineral and ore.
cells? Give the construction of H2-O2 fuel cell.
42. CuSO 4 .5H 2 O is blue in colour where as anhydrous 8. What is molecularity of a reaction? How is it different
from the order of a reaction? Name one bimolecular and
CuSO4 Colourless. Why?
one trimolecular gaseous reactions.
9 Discuss the effect of catalyst on the kinetics of a chemical 35 Give the IUPAC names of the following compounds.
reaction with a suitable diagram.
i) CH 3  CH  Cl   CHI.CH3
10. What are different types of adsorption? Give any four
differences between characterstics of these different types. ii) ClCH 2 .CH  CH  CH 2 Br
11. What is catalysis? How is catalysis classified? Give two
examples for each type of catalysis. iii)  CCl3 3 CCl
12. How are colloids classified on the basis of interaction
between dispersed phase and dispersion medium? iv) CH 3 .C  P  Cl  C6 H 4 2  CH  Br  CH3
13. Whate are emulsions? How are they classified? Describe 36. Which compound in each of the following pairs will react
the applications of emulsions.
faster in SN 2 reaction with OH ?
14. Explain the formation of micelles with a neat sketch.
15. Explain zone refining. i)  CH 3 3 CCl or CH3Cl ii) CH 3 Br or CH3 I
16. How is alumina separated from silica in the bauxite ore
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS (8M)
associated with silica? Give equations.
1. a) What are galvanic cells? Explain the working of a
17. Giving examples to differentiate roasting and calcination.
galvanic cell with a neat sketch taking Daniel cell as
18. Explain the purification of sulphide ore by froth
example.
floatation method.
b) State and explain Kohlrausch’s law of independent
19. Describe the manufacture of H2SO4 by contact process.
migration of ions
20 Write the structures of oxo acids of sulphur.
2. Give a detailed account of the collision theory of reaction
21. What are interhalogen compounds? Give some examples
rates of bimolecular gasesous reactions.
to illustrate the defination. How are they classified?
3. How is chlorine prepared in the laboratory? How does it
22. Explain the structure of (a) XeF2 (b) XeF4
react with the following?
23. Explain the structure of (a) XeF6 and (b) XeOF4
a) Iron b) hot con. NaOH c) acidified FeSO4 d) Iodine
24. How are XeF2 and XeF4 prepared? Give their structures.
e) H2S f) Na2S2O3.
25. Write the characterstic properties of transition elements?
4. How is chlorine prepared by electrolytic method?
26. Explain werner’s theory of coordination compounds with
Explain its reaction with
suitable examples.
a) NaOH and b) NH3 under different conditions
27. Using IUPAC norms write the formulas for the following
5. How is ammonia manufactured by Haber’s process?
i) Tetrahydroxozincate (II) ion
Explain the reactions of ammonia with
ii) Hexaaminecobalt (III) sulphate
iii) Potassium tetrachloropalladate (II) a) ZnSO4 aq  b) CuSO 4 aq  d) AgCl s 
iv) Potassium trioxalatochromate (III) 6. a) How is nitric acid manufactured by Ostwald’s process?
28. Using IUPAC norms write the systematic names of the b) How is ozone prepared? How does it reacts with the
following. following?
i)  Co  NH 3  6  Cl3 ii) Pt  NH 3 2 Cl  NH 2CH 3   Cl i) PbS ii) KI iii) Hg iv) Ag v) C 2 H 4
3+ 2
7. With a suitable example write equations for the following
iii)  Ti  H 2 O  6  iv)  NiCl 4  i) Kolbe’s reaction ii) Reimer-Tiemann reaction
iii) Williamsons ether synthesis iv) HVZ reaction
v) K 4  Fe  CN  6  vi)  Cu  NH 3  4  SO 4 8. Describe the following
3 4
i) Acetylation
vii)  Fe  C 2 O 4 3  viii)  Fe  CN  6  ii) Cannizzaro reaction
iii) Cross aldol condensation
29. Explain the denaturation of proteins.
iv) Decarboxylation
30. Write notes on vitamins.
31. Give the sources of the following vitamins and name
the diseases caused by their deficiency
a) A b) D c) E and d) K
32. What are essential and non-essential amino acids? Give ***ALL THE BEST***
one example for each?
33. Write are hormones? Give one example foreach
i) Steroid hormones ii) Poly peptide hormones
iii) Aminoacid derivatives
34. Write the names and structures of the monomers of the
following polymers.
a) polyvinyl chloride b) Teflon c) Bakelite
d) polystyrene e) Buna-s f) Buna-N
g) Nylon-6 h) Nylon-6,6 i) Dacron j) Neoprene