PRE-BOARD EXAMINATION 2024-25

Class - 12th Exam - 2024 - 25

CHEMISTRY
Time : 3 Hours Marks : 70
General Instructions

1. There are 35 questions in this question paper with internal choice.

2. Section A consists of 18 multiple-choice questions carrying 1 mark each.

3. Section B consists of 7 very short answer questions carrying 2 marks each.

4. Section C consists of 5 short answer questions carrying 3 marks each.

.5. Section D consists of 2 case-based questions carrying 4 marks each.

6. Section E consists of 3 long answer questions carrying 5 marks each.

7. All questions are compulsory.

8. Use of log tables and calculators is not allowed.

SECTION-A
1. The major product of acid catalysed dehydration of 1-methylcyclohexanol is
(a) 1-methylcyclohexane (b) 1-methylcyclohexene
(c) 1-cyclohexylmethanol (d) 1-methylenecyclohexane
2. Which one of the following compounds is more reactive towards SN1 reaction?
(a)CH2=CHCH2 Br (b) C6H5CH2Br (c) C6H5, CH(C6H5)Br (d) C6H5CH(CH3)Br
3. KMnO4 is coloured due to
(a) d-d transitions (b) charge transfer from ligand to metal
(c) unpaired electrons in d-orbital of Mn (d) charge transfer from metal to ligand
2 SO 2 +O 2 →2 SO 3 −3
4. . The rate of disappearance of O2 in the reaction is 1.28×10 g/sec then
SO 3
the rate of formation of is
−3 −3 −3 −3
(a) 0 .64×10 g/ sec (b) 0 .80×10 g/sec (c) 1 .28×10 g /sec (d)1 .60×10 g /sec
5. For the reaction, A + 2B --- -> AB2 the order w.rt reactant A is 2 and wrt reactant B is one, What
will be change in rate of reaction if the concentration of A is doubled and B is halved?
(a) Increases four times (b) Decreases four times (c) Increases two times (d) No change
Cl
6.On passing electric current through molten aluminium chloride, 11.2 litre of 2
is liberated at NTP at anode. The quantity of aluminium deposited at cathode is
(at. wt. of Al = 27)
 (a) 9 g (b) 18 g (c) 27 g (d)
36 g
7.. The molar conductivity of CH 3COOH at infinite dilution is 390 S cm 2/mol. Using the graph and
given information, the molar conductivity of CH, COOK will be

(a) 100 S cm2 / mol (b) 150Scm2 / mol (c) 115cm2 / mol (d) 125cm2 / mol
8. Arrange the following in the increasing order of their boiling points:
A: Butanamine. B: N,N-Dimethylethanamine, C: N- Ethylethanamine
(a) C < B <A (b) A < B < C (c) A < C <B (d) B < C < A
9. What would be the major product of the following reaction?C6H5----CH2----OC6H5+HBr------- A+B
(a) A=C6H5CH2OH,B=C6H6 (b)A=C6H5CH2OH,B=C6H5Br
(c)A=C6H5CH2OH,B=C6H6Br (d)A=C6H5CH2OH,B=C6H5 OH
10. Which of the following statements is not correct for amines?
(a) Most alkyl amines are more basic than ammonia solution.
(b) pKb value of ethylamine is lower than benzylamine.
(c) CH3NH2 on reaction with nitrous acid releases NO2 gas.
(d) Hinsberg reagent reacts with secondary amines to form sulphonamides.
11. Which of the following tests/ reactions is given by aldehydes as well as ketones?
(a) Fehling test (b) Tollen's test (c) 2,4 DNP test (d) Cannizzaro reaction
12. The number of ions formed on dissolving one molecule of FeSO4 .(NH2)4, SO4 .6H₂O in water is
(a) 3 (c) 5 (b) 4 (d) 6

13. Arrhenius equation can be represented graphically as follows

The (i) intercept and (ii) slope of the graph are:

(a) (i) In A (ii) Ea / R (b) (i) A (ii) Ea (c) (i) In A (ii) - Ea / R (d) (i) A (ii) -Ea
14. The oxidation of toluene to benzaldehyde by chromyl chloride is called
(a) Etard reaction (b) Riemer-Tiemann reaction (c) Stephen's reaction (d) Cannizzaro's reaction
Direction (Q. no. 15-18) In the following questions an Assertion (A) is followed by a corresponding
Reason (R) use the following keys to choose the appropriate answer.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false (d) A is false but R is true
15. Assertion (A) An ether is more volatile than an alcohol of comparable molecular mass.
Reason (R) Ethers are polar in nature.
16. Assertion (A) Proteins are found to have two different types of secondary structures viz alpha-
helix and beta-pleated sheet structure.
Reason (R) The secondary structure of proteins is stabilised by hydrogen bonding.
17. Assertion (A) Magnetic moment values of actinides are lesser than the theoretically predicted
values.
Reason (R) Actinide elements are strongly paramagnetic.
18. Assertion (A) Tertiary amines are more basic than corresponding secondary and primary amines
in gaseous state.
Reason (R) Tertiary amines have three alkyl groups which cause + I effect.

SECTION -B
19. A first-order reaction takes 69.3 min for 50% completion. What is the time needed for 80% of the
reaction to get completed?
(Given: log 5 = 0.6990, log 8 = 0.9030, log 2 = 0.3010)
20. Account for the following:
(a) There are 5 OH groups in glucose (b) Glucose is a reducing sugar
Or
What happens when D-glucose is treated with the following reagents
(a) Bromine water (b) HNO3
21. Give reason for the following
(a) During the electrophilic substitution reaction of haloarenes, para substituted derivative is the
major product.
(b) The product formed during SN1 reaction is a racemic mixture.
Or
(a) Name the suitable alcohol and reagent, from which 2-Chloro-2-methyl propane can be prepared.
(b) Out of the chloromethane and fluoromethane, which one has a higher dipole moment and why?
22. The formula [Co(NH3)5 CO3] Cl could represent a carbonate or a chloride. Write the structures and
names of possible isomers.
23. Corrosion is an electrochemical phenomenon. Explain with the help of reactions.
24.Explain how and why will the rate of reaction for a given reaction be affected when
(a) a catalyst is added
(b) the temperature at which the reaction was taking place is decreased.
25. Write the reaction and IUPAC name of the product formed when 2-Methylpropanal
(isobutyraldehyde) is treated with ethyl magnesium bromide followed by hydrolysis.
SECTION-C
26. Write the equations for the following reaction
(a) Salicylic acid is treated with acetic anhydride in the presence of conc. H2SO4
(b) Tert-butyl chloride is treated with sodium ethoxide.
(c) Phenol is treated with chloroform in the presence of NaOH
27. Using Valence bond theory, explain the following in relation to the paramagnetic complex
[Mn(CN)6]3-
(a) type of hybridisation (b) magnetic moment value
(c) type of complex-inner, outer orbital complex
28. Answer the following questions:
(a) State Henry's law and explain why the tanks used by scuba divers are filled with air diluted with
helium (11.7% helium, 56.2% nitrogen and 32.1% oxygen)? (2)
(b) Assume that argon exerts a partial pressure of 6 bar. Calculate the solubility of argon gas in water.
(Given Henry's constant for argon dissolved in water, K = 40 kbar) (1)
29. Give reasons for any 3 of the following observations
(a) Aniline is acetylated before nitration reaction.
(b) pkb of aniline is lower than the m-nitroaniline.
(c) Primary amine on treatment with benzenesulphonyl chloride forms a product which is soluble in
NaOH. However secondary amine gives product which is insoluble in NaOH.
(d) Aniline does not react with methyl chloride in the presence of anhydrous AICI, catalyst.
30. (a) Identify the major product formed when 2-cyclohexylchloroethane undergoes a
dehydrohalogenation reaction. Name the reagent which is used to carry out the reaction. (2)
(b) Why are haloalkanes more reactive towards nucleophilic substitution reaction than haloarenes
and vinylic halides? (1)
Or
(a) Name the possible alkenes which will yield 1-chloro-1-methylcyclohexane on their reaction with
HCl. Write the reactions involved. (2)
(b) Allyl chloride is hydrolysed more readily than n-propyl chloride. Why? (1)

SECTION -D
31. Strengthening the Foundation: Chargaff Formulates His "Rules"
Many people believe that James Watson and Francis Crick discovered DNA in the 1950s. In reality,
this is not the case.
Rather, DNA was first identified in the late 1860s by Swiss chemist Friedrich Miescher. Then, in the
decades following
Miescher's discovery, other scientists-notably, Phoebus Levene and Erwin Chargaff-carried out a
series ofresearch efforts that revealed additional details about the DNA molecule, including its
primary chemical components and the ways in which they joined with one another. Without the
scientific foundation provided by these pioneers, Watson and Crick may never have reached their
groundbreaking conclusion of 1953: that the DNA molecule exists in the form of a three-dimensional
double helix.
Chargaff, an Austrian biochemist, as his first step in this DNA research, set out to see whether there
were any differences in DNA among different species. After developing a new paper chromatography
method for separating and identifying small amounts of organic material, Chargaff reached two
major conclusions:
(i) The nucleotide composition of DNA varies among species.
(ii) Almost all DNA, no matter what organism or tissue type it comes from maintains certain
properties, even as its composition varies. In particular, the amount of adenine (A) is similar to the
amount of thymine (T), and the amount of guanine (G) approximates the amount of cytosine (C). In
other words, the total amount of purines (A+G) and the total amount of pyrimidines (C+T) are usually
nearly equal. This conclusion is now known as "Chargaff's rule."
Chargaff's rule is not obeyed in some viruses. They either have single-stranded DNA or RNA as their
genetic material.
Answer the following questions.
(a) Explain the phosphodiester linkage?
(b) Explain secondary structure of nucleic acids?
(c) Explain the functions of nucleic acids.
32. Henna is investigating the melting point of different salt solutions.
She makes a salt solution using 10 mL of water with a known mass of NaCl salt.
She puts the salt solution into a freezer and leaves it to freeze.
She takes the frozen salt solution out of the freezer and measures the temperature when the frozen
salt solution melts.
She repeats each experiment.
S.NO Mass of the salt used in g Melting point inoC
Readings Set 1 Reading Set 2
1 0.3 -1.9 -1.9
2 0.4 -2.5 -2.6
3 0.5 -3.0 -5.5
4 0.6 -3.8 -3.8
5 0.8 -5.1 -5.0
6 1.0 -6.4 -6.3
Assuming the melting point of pure water as 0°C, ariswer the following questions.
(a) One temperature in the second set of results does not fit the pattern. Which temperature is that?
Justify your answer
(b) Why did Henna collect two sets of results?
(c) In place of NaCl, if Henna had used glucose, what would have been the melting point of the
solution with 0.6 g glucose in it?
Or
What is the predicted melting point if 1.2 g of salt is added to 10 mL of water? Justify your answer.

SECTION-E

The following questions are long answer type and carry 5 marks each. Two questions have an internal
choice.
33. (a) Why does the cell voltage of a mercury cell remain constant during its lifetime? (1)
(b) Write the reaction occurring at anode and cathode and the products of electrolysis of aq KCI. (2)
(c) What is the pH of HCl solution when the hydrogen gas electrode shows a potential of -059 V at
standard temperature and pressure? (2)
Or
(a) Molar conductivity of substance "A" is 59 X10 3 X S / m and "B" is 1 X10 - 16 X S / m Which of the
two is most likely to be copper metal and why? (1)
(b) What is the quantity of electricity in Coulombs required to produce 4.8 g of Mg from molten
MgCl2 ? How much Ca will be produced if the same amount of electricity was passed through molten
CaCl2?
(Atomic mass of Mg = 24u , atomic mass Ca = 40u ) (2)
(c) What is the standard free energy change for the following reaction at room temperature? Is the
reaction spontaneous?
Sn(s)+2Cu2 (aq) ---- Sn 2+(aq) + 2Cu+ (s) (2)
34. A hydrocarbon (A) with molecular formula C5H10 on ozonolysis gives two products (B) and (C).
Both (B) and (C) gives a yellow precipitate when heated with iodine in presence of NaOH while only
(B) give a silver mirror on reaction with Tollen's reagent.
(a) Identify (A), (B) and (C).
(b) Write the reaction of 8 with Tollen's reagent
(c) Write the equation for iodoform test for C
(d) Write down the equation for aldol condensation reaction of B and C.
Or
(a) Propanal when reacts with Butanal in presence of dil NaOH,determine the products
obtained after chemical reaction.
(b) Explain the Cannizaro’s reaction,using suitable reaction.
(c) What happens when CO2 reacts with methyl magnesium bromide,followed by hydrolysis.
(d) Convert propanoic acid into acetic acid using chemical reaction.

35. Answer the following.

(a) Explain the prepration of potassium permanganate by MnO2
(c) Why HCl should not be used for potassium permanganate titrations?
(d) Explain the observation, at the end of each period, there is a slight increase in the atomic radius
of d-block elements.
(e) What is the effect of pH on dichromate ion solution?