Practice Sheet: Concentration

1. Number of HCl molecules present in 10 mL of 0.1 M HCl solution is

(a) 6.022 x 1023 (b) 6.022 x 1022 (c) 6.022 x 1021 (d) 6.022 x 1020
2. When 25 g of Na2SO4 is dissolved in 1000 kg of solution, its concentration
will be
(a) 2.5 ppm (b) 25 ppm (c) 250 ppm (d) 100 ppm
3. A 15 mL sample of 0.20 M MgCl2 is added to 45 mL of 0.40 M AlCl3. 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
4. What is the concentration of H+ in a solution that is prepared by mixing 50.0
mL of 0.5 M HCl with 200.0 mL of 0.25 M HCl?
(a) 0.30 M (b) 0.35 M (c) 0.40 M (d) 0.45 M
5. 10.1 g of KNO3 are dissolved in 500 g of water. How many grams of
Ba(NO3)2 should be added to this solution to get a molality of 0.3 for the
nitrate ion? (Atomic mass of Ba = 137.4)
(a) 6.535 (b) 5.365 (c) 3.655 (d) 7.535
6. Molar solution means 1 mole of solute present in:
(a) 1000 g of solvent (b) 1 litre of solvent
(c) 1 litre of solution (d) 1000 g of solution
7. The molarity of a solution containing 58.5 g of NaCl in 500 mL of a solution is:
(a) 1.5 M (b) 2.0 M (c) 1.0 M (d) 0.5 M
8. 20 mL of 0.5 M HCl is mixed with 30 mL of 0.3 M HCl, the molarity of the
resulting solution is:
(a) 0.8 M (b) 0.53 M (c) 0.38 M (d) 0.83 M
9. How many moles and how many grams of NaCl are present in 250 mL of a
0.5 M NaCl solution?
(a) 0.125 mol; 7.32 g (b) 7.32 mol; 0.125 g
(c) 0.125 mol; 0.125 g (d) 7.32 mol; 7.32 g
10. 8 gram NaOH is dissolved in one litre of solution. Its molarity is:
(a) 0.8 M (b) 0.4 M (c) 0.2 M (d) 0.1 M
11. If 18 g of glucose is present in 1000 g of solvent, the solution is said to be:
(a) 1 molar (b) 0.1 molar (c) 0.5 molal (d) 0.1 molal
12. The molarity of pure water is:
(a) 100 M (b) 55.6 M (c) 50 M (d) 18 M
13. For preparing 0.1 M solution of H2SO4 in one litre, we need H2SO4:
(a) 9.8 g (b) 4.9 g (c) 49.0 g (d) 0.98 g
14. Mole fraction of C3H5(OH)3 in a solution of 36 g of water and 46 g of
glycerine is:
(a) 0.46 (b) 0.36 (c) 0.20 (d) 0.40
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15. Molecular mass of NaCl is 58.5. A solution of NaCl containing 5.85 g NaCl
per litre is:
(a) 1 molar (b) 0.1 molar (c) 2 molar (d) 0.585 M
16. H2O2 solution used for hair bleaching is sold as a solution of approximately
5.0 g H2O2 per 100 mL of the solution. The molecular mass of H2O2 is 34.
The molarity of this solution is approximately:
(a) 0.15 M (b) 1.5 M (c) 3.0 M (d) 3.4 M
17. 1000 g aqueous solution of CaCO3 contains 10 g of CaCO3. Concentration
of the solution is:
(a) 10 ppm (b) 100 ppm (c) 1000 ppm (d) 10000 ppm
18. A solution of CaCl2 is 0.5 mol/Lit; then the moles of chloride ion in 500 mL
will be:
(a) 0.5 (b) 0.25 (c) 1.0 (d) 0.75
19. Molarity is expressed as:
(a) mol/litre (b) g/litre (c) Litre/mol (d) mol/kg
20. How much volume of 3.0 M H2SO4 is required for the preparation of 1.0 litre
of 1.0 M solution?
(a) 300 mL (b) 320 mL (c) 333.3 mL (d) 350.0 mL
21. If 5.85 g of NaCl are dissolved in 90 g of water, the mole fraction of solute is:
(a) 0.0196 (b) 0.01 (c) 0.1 (d) 0.2
22. The molarity of a 0.2 N H2SO4 solution will be:
(a) 0.05 M (b) 0.2 M (c) 0.1 M (d) 0.4 M
23. How many grams of H2SO4 are present in 0.25 g mole of H2SO4?
(a) 2.45 (b) 24.5 (c) 0.25 (d) 0.245
24. Which is not dimensionless quantity?
(a) mole fraction (b) molality
(c) % by mass of solvent (d) % by mass of solution
25. The number of moles of solute per kg of a solvent is called its:
(a) Molarity (b) Normality (c) Mole fraction (d) Molality
26. What is the normality of 1 M H3PO4 solution?
(a) 0.5 (b) 1.0 N (c) 2.0 N (d) 3.0 N
27. 0.5 M H2SO4 is diluted from 1 litre to 10 litre, normality of the resulting
solution is:
(a) 1 N (b) 0.1 N (c) 10 N (d) 11 N
28. Which of the following concentration terms is independent of temperature?
(a) Molarity (b) Molarity and mole fraction
(c) Mole fraction and molality (d) Molality and normality
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29. The molarity of a solution obtained by mixing 750 mL of 0.5 M HCl with 250
mL of 2 M HCl will be:
(a) 1.00 M (b) 1.75 M (c) 0.975 M (d) 0.875 M
30. A molal solution is one that contains one mole of a solute in:
(a) 1000 g of the solvent (b) one litre of the solution
(c) one litre of the solvent (d) 22.4 litre of the solution
31. In which mode of expression, the concentration of a solution remains
independent of temperature?
(a) Molarity (b) Normality (c) Formality (d) Molality
32. The normality of 0.3 M phosphorous acid (H3PO3) is,
(a) 0.1 (b) 0.9 (c) 0.3 (d) 0.6
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33. 6.02 x 10 molecules of urea are present in 100 mL of its solution. The
concentration of urea solution is?
(a) 0.001 M (b) 0.1 M (c) 0.02 M (d) 0.01 M
34. Two solutions of a substance (non electrolyte) are mixed in the following
manner. 480 mL of 1.5 M first solution + 520 mL of 1.2 M second solution.
What is the molarity of the final mixture?
(a) 1.20 M (b) 1.50 M (c) 1.344 M (d) 2.70 M
35. Density of a 2.05 M solution of acetic acid in water is 1.02 g/mL. The molality
of the solution is (2006)
-1 -1 -1
(a) 1.14 molkg (b) 3.28 molkg (c) 2.28 molkg (d) 0.44 molkg-1
36. Calculate the molarity of pure water if its density is 1000kg/m 3. (2003)
37. 29.2 % (w/w) HCl stock solution has density of 1.25 g/mL. The molecular
weight of HCl is 36.5 g/mol. The volume (mL) of stock solution required to
prepare a 200 mL solution of 0.4 M HCl is: (2012)
38. A compound H2X with molar weight of 80 g is dissolved in a solvent having
density of 0.4 g/mL. Assuming no change in volume upon dissolution, the
molality of a 3.2 molar solution is (Adv-2014)
39. The mole fraction of a solute in a solution is 0.1. At 298 K, molarity of this
solution is the same as its molality. Density of this solution at 298 K is 2.0
g/cm3. The ratio of the molecular weights of the solute and solvent,
(MWsolute) , is
(MWsolvent) (Adv-2016)
40. The mole fraction of urea in an aqueous urea solution containing 900 g of
water is 0.05. If the density of the solution is 1.2 g/cm3, the molarity of urea
solution is (Given data: Molar masses of urea and water are 60 g/mol and 18
g/mol, respectively) (Adv-2019)
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Answers
1. (d) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (a) 5. (a) 6. (c) 7. (b) 8. (c) 9. (a) 10. (c)
11. (d) 12. (b) 13. (a) 14. (c) 15. (b) 16. (b) 17. (d) 18. (a) 19. (a) 20. (c)
21. (a) 22. (c) 23. (b) 24. (b) 25. (d) 26. (d) 27. (b) 28. (c) 29. (d) 30. (a)
31. (d) 32. (d) 33. (d) 34. (c) 35. (c) 36. (55.55) 37. (8) 38. (8) 39. (9)
40. (2.98)