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Question 11 Mark
Define ‘mole fraction’ of a substance in a solution.
Answer
Mole fraction is defined as the number of moles of a component divided by total number of moles of all the components present in the solution.
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Question 21 Mark
State the condition resulting in reverse osmosis.
Answer
Reverse osmosis: pressure larger than osmotic pressure is applied on the solution side.
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Question 31 Mark
What type of intermolecular attractive interaction exists in the pair of methanol and acetone?
Answer
Hydrogen bonding.
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Question 41 Mark
Some liquids on mixing form 'azeotropes'. What are 'azeotropes'?
Answer
Azeotropes – Binary mixtures having same composition in liquid and vapour phase and boil at a constant temperature.
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Question 51 Mark
State Henry's law. What is the effect of temperature on the solubility of a gas in a liquid?
Answer
The solubility of a gas in a liquid is directly proportional to the partial pressure of the gas above the liquid.
Solubility decreases with increase of temperature.
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Question 61 Mark
Define osmotic pressure.
Answer
It is the excess pressure that must be applied to stop the passage of solvent molecules through a semipermeable membrane into the solution.
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Question 71 Mark
Two liquids A and B boil at 145ºC and 190°C respectively. Which of them has a higher vapour pressure at 80°C?
Answer
Liquid A.
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Question 81 Mark
Identify which liquid will have a lower vapour pressure at 90ºC if the boiling points of two liquids A and B are 140ºC and 180ºC, respectively.
Answer
The liquid with 180°C.
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Question 91 Mark
Identify which liquid will have a higher vapour pressure at 90ºC if the boiling points of two liquids A and B are 140ºC and 180ºC, respectively.
Answer
The liquid with 140°C.
Explanation:
Apply Raoult's Law of partial vapour pressure and Elevation of boiling point.
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Question 101 Mark
Suggest the most important type of intermolecular attractive interaction in the following pairs.
$NaClO_4$ and water.
Answer
A-B interactions are more than those between A-A and B-B.
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Question 111 Mark
Under what condition do non-ideal solutions show negative deviations?
Answer
When the new forces of interaction between the components are stronger than those in the pure components, then non-ideal solutions show negative deviations.
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Question 121 Mark
What role does the molecular interaction play in a solution of alcohol and water?
Answer
In pure alcohol and water, the molecules are held tightly by a strong hydrogen bonding. The interaction between the molecules of alcohol and water is weaker than alcohol-alcohol and water-water interactions. As a result, when alcohol and water are mixed, the intermolecular interactions become weaker and the molecules can easily escape. This increases the vapour pressure of the solution, which in turn lowers the boiling point of the resulting solution.
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Question 131 Mark
What do you understand by the term that Kf for water is $1.86K\ kg\ mol^{-1}?$
Answer
It means that the freezing point of water is lowered by 1.86K when 1 mole of non-volatile solute is dissolved in 1kg of water.
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Question 141 Mark
Suggest the most important type of intermolecular attractive interaction in the following pairs.
methanol and acetone.
Answer
A-B interactions are less than A-A and B-B interactions.
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Question 151 Mark
The dissolution of ammonium chloride in water is an endothermic process but still it dissolves in water readily. Why?
Answer
This is because of entropy change. In this case, $\Delta\text{S}$ is +ve.$\text{NH}_4\text{Cl}(\text{aq})\rightarrow\text{NH}^+_4+\text{Cl}^-(\text{aq})$
The ions that were held together in crystalline solid are free and moving in all possible directions. Its entropy has increased and this makes $\text{T}\Delta\text{S}>\Delta\text{H},\ \text{i.e., }\Delta\text{G}=-\text{ve}.$
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Question 161 Mark
What is de-icing agent? How does it work?
Answer
Common salt is called de-icing agent as it lowers the freezing point of water to such an extent that it does not freeze to form ice. Thus, it is used to clear snow from roads.
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Question 171 Mark
Suggest the most important type of intermolecular attractive interaction in the following pairs.
n-hexane and n-octane.
Answer
The intermolecular attractive forces between the A-A and B-B are nearly equal to those between A-B.
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Question 181 Mark
Suggest the most important type of intermolecular attractive interaction in the following pairs.
$I_2$ and $CCl_4$.
Answer
A-B interactions are weaker than those between A-A or B-B.
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Question 191 Mark
State any two characteristics of ideal solutions.
Answer
Ideal solutions:
  1. Obey Raoult’s Law.
  2. $\Delta_\text{mix}\text{H}=0,\ \Delta_\text{mix}\text{V}=0.$
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Question 201 Mark
What are minimum boiling azeotropes? Give one example.
Answer
Minimum boiling azeotropes are those which boil at lower temperature than boiling point of each component in pure state, e.g., 95.5% ethyl alcohol and 4.5% water by mass.
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Question 211 Mark
Amongst the following compounds, identify which are insoluble, partially soluble and highly soluble in water?
  1. phenol.
  2. toluene.
  3. formic acid.
  4. ethylene glycol.
  5. chloroform.
  6. pentanol.
Answer
Insoluble: toluene, chloroform.
Partially soluble: phenol, pentanol.
Highly soluble: formic acid, ethylene glycol.
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Question 221 Mark
What is the van’t Hoff factor for a compound which undergo dimerisation in an organic solvent?
Answer
$2\text{X}\rightarrow\text{X}_2$$\text{i}=\frac{\text{Number of moles of particels after association}}{\text{Number of moles of particles before association}}=\frac{1}{2}$
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Question 241 Mark
What do you understand by ‘colligative properties’?
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Colligative properties are those properties which depend upon the number of moles of solute particle but not on the nature of solute particles.
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Question 251 Mark
Suggest the most important type of intermolecular attractive interaction in the following pairs. acetonitrile $\left(\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{CN}\right)$ and acetone $\left(\mathrm{C}_3 \mathrm{H}_6 \mathrm{O}\right)$.
Answer
A-B interactions are more than A-A and B-B interactions.
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Question 261 Mark
What is ‘reverse osmosis’?
Answer
If the pressure applied on the solution is greater than the osmotic pressure then the solvent molecules start to move from solution into solvent through semipermeable membrane. This process is called reverse osmosis.
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Question 271 Mark
What do you mean by 10% aqueous solution of sodium carbonate?
Answer
It means that 10 g of $\mathrm{Na}_2 \mathrm{CO}_3$ is present in 100 g of the solution.
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MCQ 281 Mark
Note: In the following questions a statement of assertion followed by a statement of reason is given. Choose the correct answer out of the following choices.
Assertion: When a solution is separated from the pure solvent by a semipermeable membrane, the solvent molecules pass through it from pure solvent side to the solution side.
Reason: Diffusion of solvent occurs from a region of high concentration solution to a region of low concentration solution.
  • A
    Assertion and reason both are correct statements and reason is correct explanation for assertion.
  • Assertion and reason both are correct statements but reason is not correct explanation for assertion.
  • C
    Assertion is correct statement but reason is wrong statement.
  • D
    Assertion and reason both are incorrect statements.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Assertion and reason both are correct statements but reason is not correct explanation for assertion.
Assertion is correct statement but reason is a wrong statement because a semipermeable membrane permits solvent molecules to pass through a solution of lower concentration to that of higher concentration Flow of solvent molecule from solvent side to solution side through semipermeable membrane is called osmosis.
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Question 291 Mark
Define molal elevation constant or ebullioscopic constant.
Answer
Molal elevation constant is defined as the elevation in boiling point when one mole of non-volatile solute is added to one kilogram of solvent.
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MCQ 301 Mark
Note: In the following questions a statement of assertion followed by a statement of reason is given. Choose the correct answer out of the following choices.
Assertion: When $\text{NaCl}$ is added to water a depression in freezing point is observed.
Reason: The lowering of vapour pressure of a solution causes depression in the freezing point.
  • Assertion and reason both are correct statements and reason is correct explanation for assertion.
  • B
    Assertion and reason both are correct statements but reason is not correct explanation for assertion.
  • C
    Assertion is correct statement but reason is wrong statement.
  • D
    Assertion and reason both are incorrect statements.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Assertion and reason both are correct statements and reason is correct explanation for assertion.
When a non$-$volatile solute is added to water, freezing point lowers due to lowering of vapour pressure.
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Question 311 Mark
Suppose a solid solution is formed between two substances, one whose particles are very large and the other whose particles are very small. What kind of solid solution is this likely to be?
Answer
The given solid solution is the example of interstitial solid solution.
For eg tungsten carbide, where tungsten atoms are arranged in a face centered cubic pattern with carbon atoms in octahedral holes.
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Question 321 Mark
Define the following term:
Molality.
Answer
Molality:Molality (m) is defined as the number of moles of the solute per kilogram of the solvent. It is expressed as:
$\text{Molality (m)}=\frac{\text{Moles of solute}}{\text{Mass of solvent in kg}}$
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Question 331 Mark
When and why is molality preferred over molarity in handling solutions in chemistry?
Answer
Molality is preferred in studies that involves changes in temperature as in some of the colligative properties of solutions. This is because molality depends on masses of solvent which do not change with temperature.
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Question 341 Mark
Based on solute-solvent interactions, arrange the following in order of increasing solubility in n-octane and explain.
Cyclohexane, $\mathrm{KCl}, \mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{OH}, \mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{CN}$.
Answer
n-octane is non-polar solvent therefore the solubility of a non-polar solute is more in n-octane solvent.
The order of increasing solubility is:
$\mathrm{KCl} < \mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{OH} < \mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{CN} < $ cyclohexane.
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Question 351 Mark
Define the following term:
Molarity.
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Molarity:Molarity (M) is defined as the number of moles of the solute dissolved in one Litre of the solution.
It is expressed as:
$\text{Molarity (M)}=\frac{\text{Moles of solute}}{\text{Volume of solvent in Litre}}$
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Question 361 Mark
Define molal depression constant or cryoscopic constant.
Answer
It is the depression in freezing point when 1 mole of non-volatile solute is dissolved in 1000g of solvent.
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Question 371 Mark
State how does osmotic pressure vary with temperature.
Answer
Osmotic pressure increases with increase in temperature.
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Question 381 Mark
Why does the use of pressure cooker reduce cooking time?
Answer
The weight over the lid does not allow the steam to go out. As a result, pressure inside the cooker becomes high. Higher the pressure, higher is the boiling point and faster is the cooking.
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MCQ 391 Mark
Note: In the following questions a statement of assertion followed by a statement of reason is given. Choose the correct answer out of the following choices.
Assertion: Molarity of a solution in liquid state changes with temperature.
Reason: The volume of a solution changes with change in temperature.
  • Assertion and reason both are correct statements and reason is correct explanation for assertion.
  • B
    Assertion and reason both are correct statements but reason is not correct explanation for assertion.
  • C
    Assertion is correct statement but reason is wrong statement.
  • D
    Assertion and reason both are incorrect statements.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Assertion and reason both are correct statements and reason is correct explanation for assertion.
Molarity changes with temperature because volume changes with temperature.
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Question 401 Mark
Give an example of solution containing a solid solute in a solid solvent.
Answer
Alloys like copper in gold.
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MCQ 411 Mark
Which one of these has the highest freezing point?
  • $1M$ glucose.
  • B
    $1M\ NaCl.$
  • C
    $1M\ CaCl_2$.
  • D
    None of these
Answer
Correct option: A.
$1M$ glucose.
$1M$ glucose solution has the highest freezing point because it has lowes $\Delta\text{T}_\text{f}(\text{T}_\text{f}=\text{T}_\text{f}^0+\Delta\text{T}_\text{f}).$
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Question 421 Mark
Define the following term:
Mass percentage.
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Mass percentage:The mass percentage of a component of a solution is defined as the mass of the solute in grams present in 100 g of the solution.
It is expressed as:
$\text{Mass % of a component}=\frac{\text{Mass of component in solution}}{\text{Total mass of solution}}\times100$
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Question 431 Mark
What type of liquids form ideal solutions?
Answer
Liquids that have similar structures and polarities form ideal solutions.
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Question 441 Mark
What is an antifreeze?
Answer
A substance such as ethylene glycol which is added to water to lower its freezing point is called an antifreeze. It is named so as it delays freezing.
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Question 451 Mark
What would be the value of van't Hoff factor for a dilute solution of $\mathrm{K}_2 \mathrm{SO}_4$ in water?
Answer
In dilute solution, $\text{K}_2\text{SO}_4\rightarrow2\text{K}^++\text{SO}_4^{2-}$
van't Hoff factor, $\text{i}=\frac{\text{Number of moles of particles after dissociation}}{\text{Number of moles of particles before dissociation}}=\frac{3}{1}=3$
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Question 461 Mark
Why are the aquatic species more comfortable in cold water in comparison to warm water?
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At a given pressure the solubility of oxygen in water increases with decrease in temperature. Presence of more oxygen at lower temperature makes the aquatic species more comfortable in cold water.
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Question 471 Mark
What are maximum boiling azeotropes? Give one example.
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Maximum boiling azeotropes are those which boil at higher temperature than boiling point of each component in pure state, e.g., 68% nitric acid and 32% water by mass.
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Question 481 Mark
How does the molarity of a solution change with temperature?
Answer
Molarity decreases with increase in temperature as volume of solution increases with increase in temperature.
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Question 491 Mark
Why is osmotic pressure of 1M KCl higher than 1M urea solution?
Answer
This is because KCl dissociates to give $\mathrm{K}^{+}$and $\mathrm{Cl}^{-}$ions while urea being a molecular solid does not dissociate into ions in the solution.
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Question 501 Mark
Why is glycol and water mixture used in car radiators in cold countries?
Answer
Ethylene glycol lowers the freezing point of water. Due to this, coolant in radiators will not freeze. Otherwise, radiator will burst due to freezing of coolant (water).
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Question 511 Mark
Define the following term:
Mole fraction.
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Mole fraction:
The mole fraction of a component in a mixture is defined as the ratio of the number of moles of the component to the total number of moles of all the components in the mixture.
i.e.,
$\text{Mole fraction of a component}=\frac{\text{Number of moles of the component}}{\text{Total number of moles of all components}}$
Mole fraction is denoted by ‘x’.
If in a binary solution, the number of moles of the solute and the solvent are nA and nB respectively, then the mole fraction of the solute in the solution is given by,
$\text{x}_\text{A}=\frac{\text{n}_\text{A}}{\text{n}_\text{A}+\text{ n}_\text{B}}$
Similarly, the mole fraction of the solvent in the solution is given as:
$\text{x}_\text{B}=\frac{\text{n}_\text{B}}{\text{n}_\text{A}+\text{ n}_\text{B}}$
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