Set: 043/04

G. D. GOENKA PUBLIC SCHOOL, SILIGURI

1st Semester (2014-15)
CLASS
: XII
FULL MARKS : 70

SUB.: CHEMISTRY
TIME: 3 Hrs

General Instruction
(i) All questions are compulsory.
(ii) Question number 1 to 8 are very short answer questions, carrying 1 mark each. Answer these in one
word or about one sentence each.
(iii) Question number 9 to 18 are short answer questions, carrying 2 marks each. Answer these in about 30
words each.
(iv) Question number 19 to 27 are short answer questions, carrying 3 marks each. Answer these in about
40 words each.
(v) Question number 28 to 30 are long answer questions, carrying 5 marks each. Answer these in about 70
words each.
(vi) Use log table, if necessary.
(vii) Use of calculator is not permitted.
1. Give IUPAC name of the following organic compound: CH3CH=C(CH3)CH(Br)CH3
2. Define paramagnetism with an example.
3. What is primary cell? Give an example.
4. What are Protective Colloids ?
5. Why are alcohols easily miscible with water?
6. Write the structure of 4-Methylpent-3-en-2-one.
7. State Henrys law.
8. What is activation energy ?
9. Ethylene glycol (molar mass= 62g/mol) is common automobile antifreeze. Calculate the freezing point of
a solution containing 12.4 g of this substance in 100 g of water. Would it be advisable to keep this
substance in the car radiator during summer? Given Kf for water = 1.86 K kg/mol and Kb for water = 0.512
K kg/mol
10. Explain the role of:
(i) Cryolite in the electrolytic reduction of alumina.
(ii) Carbon monoxide in the purification of nickel.
11. Formulate the galvanic cell in which the following reaction takes place:
Zn(s) + 2Ag+(aq)
Zn 2+(aq) + 2Ag(s)
State:
(i) Which one of its electrodes is negatively charged?
(ii) The reaction-taking place at each of its electrode.
(iii) The carriers of current within this cell.
12. Give an example of:
(a) Fittig reaction
(b) Finkelstein reaction.
13. What is meant by the rate constant, k of a reaction? If the concentration is expressed in mol L-1 units
and time in seconds, what would be the units for k (i) for a zero order reaction and (ii) for a first order
reaction?
14. State the differences between Schottky defect and Frenkel defect.
15. Describe the underlying principle of each of the following metal refining methods:
(i) Electrolytic refining of metals
(ii) Vapour phase refining of metals.

16. How would you carry out the following conversions?

(i) Ethyl magnesium chloride to propan-1-ol
(ii) Benzyl chloride to benzyl alcohol
OR
Which compound in the following couples will react faster in SN2 displacement and why?
(a) 1-Bromopentane or 2-bromopentane
(b) 1-Bromo-2-methylbutane or 2-bromo-2-methylbutane.
17. What happens in the following activities and why?
(i) An electrolyte is added to a hydrated ferric oxide sol in water.
(ii) A beam of light is passed through a colloidal solution.
18. How will you distinguish between 10 , 20 and 30 alcohols ?
19. Iron has a body centred cubic (bcc) unit cell with a cell dimension of 286.65 pm. The density of iron is
7.874 g cm3. Use this information to calculate Avogadros number. (Atomic mass of Fe = 55.845 u)
20. What is the difference between multimolecular and macromolecular colloids? Give one example of each
type. How are associated colloids different from these two types of colloids?
21. Give chemical tests to distinguish between the following pairs of compounds:
(i) Propanal and Propanone
(ii) Acetophenone and Benzophenone
(iii) Phenol and Benzoic acid
22. Define the following terms giving one suitable example for each:
(i) Electrophoresis
(ii) Micelles
(iii) Peptization
23. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) and gas emitted from the exhaust system of supersonics aeroplanes might
be slowly depleting the concentration of the ozone layer in the upper atmosphere.
(a) Name the gas emitted by the exhaust of supersonic jet aeroplanes.
(b) Write the chemical reactions involved in the ozone layer depletion.
(c) Mention the values that are learnt by the students in this depletion of ozone layer.
24. State briefly the principles, which serve as basis for the following operations in metallurgy:
(i) Froth floatation process
(ii) Zone refining
(iii) Refining by liquation
25. 100 mg of a protein is dissolved in just enough water to make 10.0 mL of solution. If this solution has an
osmotic pressure of 13.3 mm Hg at 25oC, what is the molar mass of the protein? (R = 0.0821 L atm mol1
K1 and 760 mm Hg = 1 atm.)
OR
A solution of glycerol (C3H8O3; molar mass = 92 g mol-1) in water was prepared by dissolving some glycerol
in 500 g of water. This solution has a boiling point of 100.42C. What mass of glycerol was dissolved to
make this solution? Kb for water = 0.512K kg mol-1.
26. Name the reagents that are used in the following conversions:
(i) A primary alcohol to an aldehyde
(ii) Butan-2-one to butan-2-ol
(iii) Phenol to 2, 4, 6-tribromophenol
27. (a) Which of the following two compounds would react faster by SN2 pathway; 1-bromobutne or 2bromobutane and why?
(b) Allyl chloride is more reactive than n-propyl chloride towards nucleophilic substitution
reaction. Explain why?
( c) Haloalkanes reacts with KCN to give alkyl cyanide as main product while with AgCN they form
isocyanide as main product. Give reason.
28. (a) Derive the general form of the expression for the half-life of a first order reaction.
(b) The decomposition of NH3 on platinum surface is a zero order reaction. What are the rates of production
of N2 and H2 if k = 2.5 X10-4 mol-1L s-1 ?
OR

(a) A reaction is of first order in A and of second order in B. Write the differential rate equation for this
reaction. How will its initial rate be affected if the concentration of both A and B are together doubled?
(b) The half-life for decay of radioactive 14C is 5730 years. An archaeological artefact containing wood has
only 80% of the 14C activity as found in living trees. Calculate the age of the artefact.
29. (a) Define molar conductivity of a substance and describe how for weak and strong electrolytes, molar
conductivity changes with concentration of solute. How is such change explained?
(b) A voltaic cell is set up at 25 oC with the following half cells:
Ag+ (0.001 M) | Ag and Cu2+ (0.10 M) | Cu
What would be the voltage of this cell? (E0cell = 0.46 V)
OR
(a) State the relationship amongst cell constant of a cell, resistance of the solution in the cell and
conductivity of the solution. How is molar conductivity of a solute related to conductivity of its solution?
(b) A voltaic cell is set up at 250C with the following half-cells:
Al | Al3+ (0.001 M) and Ni | Ni2+ (0.50 M)
Calculate the cell voltage [E0Ni2+/Ni = 0.25 V, E0Al/Al+3 = 1.66 V]