Chemical bonding

TIME: 1Hr *Only one option is correct(choose most appropriate answer) *3 marks will be awarded for correct answer and 1mark will be deducted for wrong answer
1. In which of the following solvents, KI has highest solubility? The dielectric constant () of each liquid is given in parentheses (a) C H (= (b) (CH ) CO (= (c) CH OH (= 32) (d) CCl (= 0)
6 6 3 2 3 4

0) 2. 3.

2) (c) NaBr (d) NaI

Which one is the highest melting halide (a) NaCl (b) NaF The stability of ionic crystal depends principally on (a) High electron affinity of anion forming species (c) Low I.E. of cation forming species

(b) The lattice energy of crystal (d) Low heat of sublimation of cation forming solid

4.

Which of the following statements about LiCl and NaCl is wrong (a) LiCl has lower melting point than NaCl (b) LiCl dissolves more in organic solvents whereas NaCl does not (c) LiCl would ionise in water more than NaCl (d) Fused LiCl would be less conducting electric than fused NaCl In K F , ionic radius of F (a) Less than K
+

5. 7.

is more than F while ionic radius of K (b) More than F

is

(d) None of these (c) Equal to F Amongst LiCl, RbCl, BeCl2 and MgCl2, the compounds with the greatest and the least ionic character respectively are

(a) 8.

LiCl and RbCl

(b) RbCl and BeCl2 Br2

(c) RbCl and MgCl2 (c) PF5

(d) MgCl2 and BeCl2 (d) XeF 4

The bonding is electrovalent in (a) NaCl (b)

9.

On the basis of concept of ionic potential (), the tendency to form covalent bond in a group (a) Increases (b) Decreases (c) Remains unchanged (d) Shows erratic change Which liquid is not deflected by a non-uniform electrostatic field (a) Water (b) Chloroform (c) Nitrobenzene When ionic compounds get dissolved in water (a) They involve heat changes (b) Inter ionic attraction is reduced (c) Ions show dipole-ion attraction with water molecules (d) All of these Which forms a crystal of NaCl + (a) NaCl molecules (b) Na and Cl ions The electronic configurations of four elements L : 1s 2 s 2 p ; P :1 s 2 s 2 p , 3s1
2 2 6 2 2 4

10. 11.

(d) Hexane

12.

(c) Na and Cl atoms

(d) None of these

13.

Q : 1 s 2 s 2 p ,3 s 3 p R : 1 s 2 s 2 p ,3 s
2 2 6 2

The formulae of ionic compounds that could be formed between them are (a) L P, RL , PQ, R (b) LP , RL , PQ, (c) P2 L, RL , PQ, RQ 2 2 RQ Q 2 14. Strongest bond is (a) C F (b) C H (c) C N

(d)

LP , R 2 L, P2 Q, RQ (a) It has low melting point and boiling point (b) It is formed between two atoms having no or very

(d) C O

15.

Which of the following statements concerning a covalent bond is false (a) The electrons are shared between atoms (b) The bond is non-directional (c) The strength of the bond depends upon the extent of overlapping (d) The bond formed may be polar or non-polar Which of the following is not a characteristic of covalent compounds

16.

small electronegativity difference (c) They have no definite geometry (d) They are generally insoluble in water (b) Beryllium chloride is covalent 17. Which of the following statement is incorrect (a) Sodium hydride is ionic (c) CCl4 gives a white ppt. with AgNO3 solution Which has higher bond energy and stronger bond (a) F2 (b) Cl2 (a) The molecule has = 0 (b) The molecule can act as a base (c) The substance shows abnormally high boiling point in comparison to the hydrides of other elements of oxygen group (d) The molecule has a bent shape 20. BF3 and NF3 both are covalent compounds but NF3 is polar whereas BF3 is non-polar. This is because (a) Nitrogen atom is smaller than boron atom (b) (c) (d) N F bond is more polar than B F bond NF3 is pyramidal whereas BF3 is planar triangular BF3 is electron deficiant whereasNF3is not

(d) Bonds in NaCl are non-directional (c) Br2 (d) I2

18.

19. Which of the following about H 2 O molecule is not true

21. Which bond angle, would result in the maximum dipole moment for the triatomic molecule XY 2 22. The structure of XeO3 is (a) Linear (b) Planar (C) Pyramidal (d) T-Shaped 23. In which of the following there exists a p d bonding (a) Diamond (b) Graphite 24. Which of the following has p d bonding (a) NO 3
2 (b) CO 3

(c) Dimethyl amine (c) BO 3

3

(d) Trisilylamine
2 (d) SO 3

25. Among the following ions the p d overlap could be present in (a) NO 3

(b)

PO 4

(c)

CO 3

(d)
2

NO 2

26. Among the following compounds the one that is polar and has the central atom with sp hybridization is (a) H CO (b) SiF4 (c) BF3 (d) HClO 2 2
3

27. Homolytic fission of CC bond in ethane (CH 3 CH 3 ) given an intermediate in which carbon atom is (a) sp 3 hybridized (b) sp
2

hybridized

(c) sp hybridized

(d)

sp d hybridized

28. Which of the following does not have a tetrahedral structure (a) BH 4 (b) ( AlC 3 ) 2 l
2

(c) hybridization (c)

NH 4

(d)

H3O

29. Which one of the following compounds has sp (a) CO 2 (b) SO 2

N2 O

(d)

CO

30. The hybridization in PF3 is (a) sp 3 (b) sp 2 (c) dsp 3 (d) d 2 sp 3