EXERCISE - 01 CHECK YOUR GRASP

SELECT THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVE (ONLY ONE CORRECT ANSWER)

1. All samples of carbon dioxide contain carbon and oxygen in the mass ratio of 3 : 8. This is in agreement
with the law of :
(A) conservation of mass (B) constant proportion
(C) multiple proportions (D) gaseous volumes
2. That the atom is indivisible was proposed by :
(A) Ruterford (B) Dalton (C) Bohr (D) Einstein
3. Atomic mass of an element is :
(A) actual mass of one atom of the element
(B) relative mass of an atom of the element
(C) average relative mass of different atoms of the element
(D) always a whole number
4. Which of the following expressions is correct (n = no. of moles of the gas, N A = Avogadro constant,
m = mass of 1 molecule of the gas, N = no. of molecules of the gas) ?
(A) n = mN A (B) m = N A (C) N = nN A (D) m = n/N A
5. The volume of 1 mol of a gas at standard temperature and pressure is :
(A) 11.2 litres (B) 22.4 litres (C) 100 litres (D) none of these
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6. The charge on 1 gram ions of Al is :

1 1 1
(A) N e coulomb (B) × N Ae coulomb (C) × N Ae coulomb (D) 3 × N Ae coulomb
27 A 3 9

7. In which of the following pairs do 1 g of each have an equal number of molecules :

(A) N 2 O and CO (B) N 2 and C 3 O 2 (C) N 2 and CO (D) N 2 O and C 2 O
8. A quantity of aluminium has a mass of 54.0 g. What is the mass of the same number of magnesium atoms ?
(At. wt. Al = 27, Mg = 24)
(A) 12.1 g (B) 23.3 g (C) 48 g (D) 97.2 g
9. Which of the following samples contains the largest number of atoms ?
(A) 1 g of Ni(s) (B) 1 g of Ca(s) (C) 1 g of N 2 (g) (D) 1 g of B(s)
10. Which of the following contains greatest number of oxygen atoms :
(A) 1 g of O (B) 1 g of O 2
(C) 1 g of O 3 (D) all have the same number of atoms
11. A sample of ammonium phosphate, (NH 4 ) 3 PO 4 , contains 3.18 mol of hydrogen atoms. The number of
moles of oxygen atoms in the sample is :
(A) 0.265 (B) 0.795 (C) 1.06 (D) 3.18
12. How many moles of electron weigh one kilogram :

1 6.023 1
(A) 6.023 × 10 23 (B)  10 31 (C)  10 54 (D)  10 8
9.108 9.108 9.108  6.023

13. A compounds was found to contain 5.37% nitrogen. What is the minimum molecular wt. of compound :
(A) 26.07 g (B) 2.607 (C) 260.7 (D) none
14. Under the same conditions, two gases have the same number of molecule. They must :
(A) be noble gases (B) have equal volumes
(C) have a volume of 22.4 dm 3 each (D) have an equal number of atoms
15. Four 1 litre flasks are separately filled with the gases H2, He, O2 and O3 at the same temperature and pressure.
The ratio of total number of atoms of these gases present in different flask would be :
(A) 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 (B) 1 : 2 : 2 : 3 (C) 2 : 1 : 2 : 3 (D) 3 : 2 : 2 : 1
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16. The atomic weight of Cu is 63.546. There are only two naturally occurring isotopes of copper Cu and
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Cu. The natural abundance of the Cu isotope must be approximately :
(A) 10% (B) 30% (C) 50% (D) 70%
17. If the percentage of water of crystallization in MgSO 4.x H 2O is 13%. What is the value of x :
(A) 1 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 7
18. A pure gas that is 14.3% hydrogen and 85.7% carbon by mass has a density of 2.5 g L –1 at 0°C and
1 atm pressure. What is the molecular formula of the gas :
(A) CH 2 (B) C 2 H 4 (C) C 4 H 8 (D) C 6 H 12
19. A certain alkaloid has 70.8% carbon, 6.2% hydrogen, 4.1% nitrogen and the rest oxygen. What is its empirical
formula :
(A) C 20 H 21 NO 4 (B) C 20 H 20 NO 4 (C) C 21 H 20 NO 3 (D) C 20 H 19 NO 3
20. The empirical formula of a compound of molecular mass 120 is CH 2O. The molecular formula of the
compound is :
(A) C 2 H 4 O 2 (B) C 4 H 8O 4 (C) C 3 H 6 O 3 (D) all of these
21. 0.250 g of an element M, reacts with excess fluorine to produce 0.547 g of the hexafluoride MF6. What
is the element : [Cr = 52, Mo = 96, S = 32, Te = 127.6]
(A) Cr (B) Mo (C) S (D) Te
22. A 1000 gram sample of NaOH contains 3 moles of O atoms, what is the % purity of NaOH :
(A) 14% (B) 100% (C) 12% (D) 24%
23. A 15 mL sample of 0.20 M MgCl 2 is added to 45 mL of 0.40 M AlCl 3 , What is the molarity of
Cl –ions in the final solution:
(A) 1.0 M (B) 0.60 M (C) 0.35 M (D) 0.30 M
24. Mole fraction of ethanol in ethanol and water mixture is 0.25. Hence percentage concentration of ethanol
by weight of mixture is :
(A) 25% (B) 75% (C) 46% (D) 54%
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25. How many moles of Na ions are in 20 mL of 0.40 M Na 3PO 4 :
(A) 0.0080 (B) 0.024 (C) 0.050 (D) 0.20
26. Out of Molarity (M), Molality (m), Formality (F) and Mole fraction (x), those independent of temperature
are :
(A) M,m (B) F,x (C) m,x (D) M,x
27. The molality of a 1 L solution with x % H2SO 4 is 9. The weight of solvent present in the solution is 910
grams. The value of x is :
(A) 90 (B) 80.3 (C) 30.38 (D) 46.87
28. Density of ozone relative to oxygen is under the same temperature & pressure :
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 1.5 (D) 2.5
29. Mole fraction of A in H 2 O is 0.2. The molality of A in H 2O is :
(A) 13.8 (B) 15.5 (C) 14.5 (D) 16.8
30. The molarity of the solution containing 2.8% mass-volume solution of KOH/(Given atomic mass of
K = 39) is :
(A) 0.1 M (B) 0.5 M (C) 0.2 M (D) 1 M
31. The molality of a sulphuric acid solution is 0.2 mol/kg. Calculate the total weight of the solution :
(A) 1000 g (B) 1098.6 g (C) 980.4 g (D) 1019.6 g
32. What volume of a 0.8 M solution contains 100 millimoles of the solute :
(A) 100 mL (B) 125 mL (C) 500 mL (D) 62.5 mL
33. 500 mL of a glucose solution contains 6.02 × 10 22 molecules. The concentration of the solution is :
(A) 0.1 M (B) 1.0 M (C) 0.2 M (D) 2.0 M
34. 50 mL of CO is mixed with 20 mL of oxygen and sparked, After the reaction, the mixture is treated with
an aqueous KOH solution. Choose the correct option :
(A) the volume of CO that reacts = 30 mL
(B) volume of CO 2 formed = 50 mL
(C) volume of CO that remains after treatment with KOH = 10 mL
(D) the volume of the CO that remains after treatment with KOH = 20 mL

CHE CK Y OU R G R ASP ANSWER KEY E XE R CISE -1

Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Ans . B B C C B D C C D D C D C B C
Que. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Ans . D A C A B B C A C B C D C A B
Que. 31 32 33 34
Ans . D B C C