QUESTION BANK ON INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

A. EXPLAIN WHY:
p-BLOCK ELEMENTS
1. Red phosphorous is less reactive than white phosphorous.
2. NH3 is a stronger base than PH3.
3. Sulphur has a greater tendency for catenation than oxygen.
4. F2 is a stronger oxidizing agent than Cl2.
5. In the structure of HNO3, the N-O bond ( 121pm) is shorter than the N- OH bond ( 140 pm).
6. All the P Cl bonds in PCl5 are not equivalent.
7. ICl is more reactive than I2.
8. Phosphorous has a greater tendency for catenation than nitrogen.
9. Bond dissociation energy of fluorine is less than that of chlorine.
10. No chemical compound of He is known.
11. The electron gain enthalpy of sulphur atom has a greater negative value than that of oxygen atom.
12. Nitrogen does not form penta halides.
13. In aqueous solution of HI is a stronger acid than HCl.
14. XeF2 has a linear structure not a bent structure.
15. The electron gain enthalpy of fluorine atom has a less negative value than that of chlorine atom.
16. HF has much higher boiling point than HCl.
17. NH3 is higher boiling point than PH3.
18. Bi (V ) is a stronger oxidizing agent than Sb ( V ).
19. Sulphur in vapour state exhibit paramagnetic behaviour.
20. H3PO2 act as a monobasic acid.
21. Thermal stability of water is much higher than H2S.
22. Order of acid strength is PH3 H2S HCl.
23. SF6 is not easily hydrolysed though thermodynamically it should be.
24. N2 has higher bond dissociation energy than NO.
25. N2 and CO both has same bond order but CO is more reactive than N 2.
26. The acid strength of acid increases in the order HF

HCl

HBr HI.

27. PCl5 behaves as ionic species in solid state.

28. SF6 is less reactive than SF4.
29. Of the noble gases only Xe forms known chemical compounds.
30. NO2 dimerise easily.
31. Bond angle of NH3 is higher than PH3.
32. NH3 is greater affinity for proton than PH3.
33. NF3 is an exothermic compound but NCl3 is not.
34. Fluorine does not exhibit positive oxidation state.
35. Phosphorous is much more reactive than nitrogen.
36. The stability of +5 oxidation state decreases down the group in Gr 15 of the periodic table.
37. ClF3 molecule has a T shaped structure not a trigonal planer one.
38. H2S is more acidic than H2O.
39. The N O bond in NO2- is shorter than N O bond in NO3-.
40. Both O2 and F2 stabilise high oxidation states but the ability of oxygen to stabilize the higher oxidation
state exceeds that of F2
41. Fluorine does not play the role of a central atom in interhalogen compounds.
42. Noble gases have very low boiling point.
43. SF6 is kinetically inert.
44. H3PO2 is more reducing than H3PO3.
45. SF6 is known but SH6 is not known.
46. All halogens are coloured.
47. Only known oxo acid of F is HOF.
48. I2 is soluble in water in presence of KI.
49. PCl5 is more covalent than PCl3.
50. H2SO4 is a strong acid.
51. Bond dissociation enthalpy of F2 is less than Cl2.
52. HClO4 is a stronger acid than HClO.
53. Bleaching of flowers by chlorine is permanent while that by SO2 is temporary.
54. Metal fluorides are more ionic than metal chlorides.
55. Perchloric acid is more acidic than sulphuris acid.
56. ClF3 exists but FCl3 does not.

57. Addition of Cl2 to KI solution gives a brown colour but excess of chlorine turns it colourless.
58. HF is liquid while HCl is gas.
59. HF cant be stored in glass bottle.
60. OF6 is not known.
61. F provides the largest number of inter halogen compounds.
62. XeF2 is linear not bent.
63. NO becomes brown when released in air.
64. Sulphur disappears when boiled with aqueous solution of sodium sulphite.
65. Sulphur vapour is paramagnetic in nature.
66. I2 becomes soluble in water in presence of KI.
67. When NaBr is treated with H2SO4 conc. Br2 is formed ,while HCl is formed when NaCl is treated with
H2SO4 conc.
68. Oxygen shows covalence of two whereas sulphur shows upto six.
69. H3PO3 is a dibasic acid.
70. H3PO2 is more reducing than H3PO3.

d- and f- BLOCK ELEMENTS

1. The +2 oxidation state of Mn is quite stable while the same is not true for Fe.
2. Ce3+ can be easily oxidized to Ce4+.
3. E for Mn3+/ Mn2+ couple is more +ve than for Fe3+/ Fe2+ or Cr3+/ Cr2+ .
4. Transition metals exhibit higher enthalpies of atomization.
5. The Transition metals form interstitial compounds.
6. The Transition metals generally form coloured compounds.
7. With 3d4 configuration, Cr2+ acts as a reducing agent but Mn3+ acts as an oxidizing agent.
8. The actinoids exhibit a larger number of oxidation states than the corresponding lanthanoids.
9. The Transition metals and their compounds are found to be good catalyst in many process.

10. Co(II) is stable in aqueous solution but presence of complexing agents is easily oxidized.
11. The largest number of oxidation states are exhibited by the elememts in the middle of the first row of
the transition elements.
12. The atomic radii decreases in size with increasing atomic number in the lanthanoid series.
13. Generally there is an increase in density of elements from Ti( Z = 22) to Cu (Z = 29) in the first series
of transition elements.
14. The atomic radii of the metal of the third ( 5d ) series of transition elements are virtually the same as
those corresponding members of second ( 4d ) series.
15. Zn is not regarded as transition metal.
16. Actinoid contraction is more than lanthanoid contraction.
17. The greatest number of oxidation states are exhibited by the member in the middle of a transition
series.
18. There occurs much more frequent metal metal bonding in compounds of heavy transition elements
( 3rd series).
19. The member in the actinoid series exhibits a larger number of oxidation states than the corresponding
members in the lanthanoid series.
20. Cu+ ion is unstable in aqueous solution.
21. Unlike Cr3+, Mn2+, Fe3+ and subsequent other metal ions of the 3d series of elements ,the 4d and 5d
series metals generally do not form stable cationic species.
22. The Transition metals and their compounds generally exhibit paramagnetic behaviour.
23. The chemistry of actinoids is not so smooth as that of lanthanmoids.
24. The Transition metals form large number of alloys.
25. The Transition metals exhibit large number of oxidation states.
26. d1 configuration is very unstable in very unstable in ion.
27. Zr and Hf have similar size.
28. Radius of Fe2+ is less than that of Mn2+.
29. K2PtCl6 is a well known compound while corresponding Ni compound is not known.
30. Sc3+ ion is colourless and paramagnetic.
31. Mn2+ compounds are more stable than Fe2+ compounds towards oxidation to their +3 state.
32. Mn( II ) ion shows maximum paramagnetic character.

33. Fe3+ is more paramagnetic than Fe2+.

34. [Ti(H2O)6]3+ is purple coloured while [Sc(H2O)6]3+ is colourless.
35. Zn, Hg and Cd are volatile metals.
36. La(OH)3 is more basic than Lu(OH)3.
37. The highest oxidation state of a metal exhibited in its oxide oe fluoride only.
38. The variation of E0 (M2+/M) values for the first row transition elements is irregular.
39. Among the 3d elements Zn has the lowest enthalpy of atomization.
40. Ag atom has completely filled d orbital in ground state,yet it is a transition metal.