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Practice Questions s

Problem-1: Dalton’s law of partial pressure is not applicable to, at normal conditions
(A) H2 and N2 mixture (B) H2 and Cl2 mixture
(C) H2 and CO2 mixture (D) H2 and O2 mixture

Solution: H2 and Cl2 reacts to form HCl; Dalton’s law of partial pressure is valid only for
the gases which don’t react at ordinary conditions
(B)

Problem-2: A gas can be liquefied by pressure alone when its temperature

(A) higher than its critical temperature
(B) lower than its critical temperature
(C) either of these
(D) none

Solution: A gas can be liquefied only if its temperature is lower than its critical
temperature
(B)

Problem -3: Boyle’s law may be expressed as

 dP  K  dP  K
(A)    (B)    2
 dV  T V  dV T V
 dP  K
(C)    (D) none
 dV  T V

Solution: from Boyle’s law

PV = constant
PdV +VdP = 0
 dP  P K
   2
 dV  V V
(PV = K)
 (B)

Problem- 4: A vessel has N2 gas and water vapours at a total pressure of 1 atm. The partial
pressure of water vapours is 0.3 atm. The contents of this vessel are transferred
to another vessel having one third of the capacity of original volume, completely
at the same temperature the total pressure of this system in the new vessel is
(A) 3.0 atm (B) 1 atm
(C) 3.33 atm (D) 2.4 atm

Solution: PN' 2  PH' 2O  1atm

PH' 2O  0.3 atm
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PN' 2  0.7 atm

Now new pressure of N2 in another vessel of volume V/3 at same temperature
T is given by
V
PN" 2  1  0.7V
3
 PN2  2.1 atm
"

since aqueous tension remains constant, and thus total pressure in new
vessel
 PN" 2  PH' 2O = 2.1 + 0.3 = 2.4 atm
(D)

Problem-5: For two gases A and B with molecular weights MA and MB, it is observed that at
a certain temperature T1 the mean velocity of A is equal to the root mean square
velocity of B. thus the mean velocity of A can be made equal to the mean
velocity of B if
(A) A is at temperature T and B at T, T > T
(B) A is lowered to a temperature T2 , T2 < T while B is at T
(C) Both A and B are raised to a higher temperature
(D) Both A and B are placed at lower temperature

8RT 3RT
Solution: (UAV)A = and (Urms)B =
MA MB
8 MA
 
3 MB
8RT2 8RT
for A (UAV) = for B VAV =
MA MB
T2 MA 8
 
T MB 3
8
T2 = T or T2 < T
3
 (B)

Problem- 6: The circulation of blood in human body supplies O 2 and releases CO2. the
concentration of O2 and CO2 is variable but on an average, 100 ml blood
contains 0.02 g of O2 and 0.08 g of CO2. The volume of O2 and CO2 at 1 atm and
o
at body temperature 37 C, assuming 10 lt blood in human body, is
(A) 2 lt, 4 lt (B) 1.5 lt, 4.5 lt
(C) 1.59 lt, 4.62 lt (D) 3.82 lt, 4.62 lt

Solution:  100 ml blood has 0.02 g P2 and 0.08 g CO2

 10,000 ml blood has 2 g O2 and 8 g CO2
using PV = nRT
2
for O2, 1 VO2   0.0821 310
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 VO 2 = 1.59 litre
8
for CO2, 1 VCO2   0.0821 310  VCO 2 = 4.62 litre
44
 (C)
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Problem-7: At 100 C and 1 atm, if the density of liquid water is 1.0 g/cc and that of water
vapour is 0.0006 g/cc, then the volume occupied by water molecule in one litre
of steam at that temperature is
(A) 6 cc (B) 60 cc
(C) 0.6 cc (D) 0.06 cc

Solution: Mass of 1 lt water vapour = V ×d = 1000 × 0.0006 = 0.6g

0 .6
volume of liquid water = = 0.6cc
1
(C)

Problem-8: The K.E. of N molecule of O2 is x Joules at –123°C. Another sample of O2 at

27°C has a KE of 2x Joules. The latter sample contains.
(A) N molecules of O2 (B) 2N molecules of O2
(C) N/2 molecules of O2 (D) N/4 molecule of O2

3
Solution: KE = RT ; T = – 123 + 273 = + 150 K
2
3 3
 R  150   8.314  75 = xJ = 225  8.314 = xJ
2 2
At 27°C = 27+ 223 = 300K
3
KE for = 2x Joule =  8.314  300
2
N molecules
 x Joule = 3  8.314  75
In both the cases x Joules correspond to N molecules.
 (A)
Problem-9. If for two gases of molecular weights MA and MB at temperature TA and TB,
TAMB = TBMA, then which property has the same magnitude for both the gases.
(A) density (B) pressure
(C) KE per mol (D) Vrms

PM
Solution: (I) density of a gas () =
RT
MB MA
Since  ,  at the same pressure  A = B .
TB TA
But if pressure is different then  A  B .
(ii) Pressure of the gases would be equal if their densities are equal other
wise not.
3
(iii) KE per mol = RT
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It will be different for the two gases.

3RT T T
(iv) Vrms = , since A  B ; Vrms of A = Vrms of B
M MA MB
 (D)

Problem- 10. Helium atom is two times heavier than a hydrogen molecule. At 298 K, the
average kinetic energy of a Helium atom is
(A) two times that of hydrogen molecule
(B) same as that of a hydrogen molecule
(C) four times that of a hydrogen molecule
(D) half that of a hydrogen molecule
3
Solution: The average kinetic energy of an atom is given as kT.
2
 It does not depend on mass of the atom.
 (B)
Problem- 11. The temperature of an ideal gas is increased from 140 K to 560 K. If at 140 K the
root mean square velocity of the gas molecule is V, at 560 K it becomes
(A) 5V (B) 2V
(C) V/2 (D) V/4

Solution: The Vrms at 140K is V

3R  140
V=
M
3R  560
At 540 K = V =
M
3R  140  4 3R  140
= =2 = 2V
M M
 (B)

Problem- 12. The behaviour of a real gas is usually depicted by plotting compressibility
factor Z versus P at a constant temperature. At high temperature and high
pressure, Z is usually more than one. This fact can be explained by van der
Waals equation when
(A) the constant ‘a’ is negligible and not ‘b’
(B) the constant ‘b’ is negligible and not ‘a’
(C) both constants ‘a’ and ‘b’ are negligible
(D) both the constants ‘a’ and ‘b’ are not negligible.

 n 2a 
Solution:  P  2  (V – nb) = nRT
 V 

At low pressures, ‘b’ can be ignored as the volume of the gas is very high. At
high temperatures ‘a’ can be ignored as the pressure of the gas is high.
P (V–b) = RT

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PV - Pb = RT
PV = RT + Pb
PV Pb
 Z  1
RT RT
 (A)

Problem- 13: X ml of H2 gas effuses through a hole in a container in 5 seconds. The time
taken for the effusion of the same volume of the gas specified below under
identical conditions is :
(A) 10 seconds : He (B) 20 seconds : O2
(C) 25 seconds : CO (D) 35 seconds : CO2

rH 2 4
Solution:   2
rHe 2
 (A) is incorrect
rH 2 32
 4
rO2 2
(B) is correct
rH 2 28
  14
rCO 2
(C) is incorrect
rH 2 2 1
= 
rCO 2 44 12
(D) is incorrect
 (B)

Problem- 14. Which of the following curve does not represent Boyle’s law?

(A) P (B) log P

V log V

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(C) P (D) P

1
V V

C
Solution: P = Where C is a constant. We can see that (c) is true as the graph of
V
1
P vs would be a straight line.
V
(A) is true because log P = log C – log V.
dP  C
B) is true because  2
dV V
which means that as V increases the slope decreases and is always negative
 (D)

Problem- 15: The ratio between the rms velocity of H2 at 50 K and that of O2 at 800 K is
(A) 4 (B) 2
(C) 1 (D) 1/4 [IIT–JEE ’96]
3R  50
Solution: Vrms (H2 at 50 K) =
2  103
3R  800
Vrms (O2 at 800K) =
3  10 3
3R  50
Vrms (H2 ) 2  10  3  25  10 3
 1
Vrms (O2 ) 3R  800 25  10 3
32  10  3
(C)

Subjective Questions s

LEVEL ONE
1. At what temperature the volume of a given mass of an ideal gas will be thrice of that
at 27°C

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2. The flask (A) and (B) have equal volumes. Flask (A) contains H2 gas at 300K, while
(B) contains equal mass of CH4 at 900K. Calculate the ratio of average speed of
molecules in flask (A) and (B).

3. How large a balloon could you fill with 4.0 g of He gas at 22 oC and 720 mm of Hg

4. Calculate the weight of CH4 in a 9 litre cylinder at 16 atm and 27 oC

5. Calculate total energy of one mole of an ideal monatomic gas at 27C?

6. Calculate the density of CO2 at 100 0C and 800 mm Hg pressure

7. Three footballs are respectively filled with N2, H2 and He. In what order are these
footballs to be reinflated
8. Calculate the average speed of CO at 100 oC

9. An open vessel at 27C is heated until three-fifths of the air in it has been expelled.
Assuming the volume of the vessel remains constant, find the temperature to which
the vessel has to be heated.

10. By how many folds the temperature of a gas would increase when the root mean
square velocity of gas molecules in a container of fixed volume is increased from
5  104 cm s–1 to 15  104 cms–1.
11. A carbon dioxide gas sample occupies 480 ml at 1 atm and 275 K. The pressure of
the gas is now lowered and temp raised until its volume is 1.2 lit. Find the density of
the gas under new condition.

12. A container has 3.2 g of a certain gas at NTP. What would be the mass of the same
gas contained in the same vessel at 200C and 16 atm. pressure
13. A certain quantity of a gas measured 500 mL at a temperature of 15°C and 750 mm
Hg. What pressure is required to compress this quantity of gas into a 400 mL vessel
at a temperature of 50°C.
14. The ratio of rates of diffusion of two gases A and B under same pressure is 1:4. If the
ratio of their masses present in the mixture is 2:3. What is the ratio of their mole
fraction in mixture
15. What weight of air does an automobile tyre hold under following condition
Atmospheric pressure = 0.95 atm
Atmospheric temp = 25.8C
Internal volume of the inflated tyre = 5.2 litre
Assume air is composed of 79% N2 and 21% O2 by volume

LEVEL - TWO
1. How much thermal energy should be added to 3.45 g Neon in a 10 litre flask to
raise the temperature from 0 oC to 100 oC. Atomic weight of Neon 20.18

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2. A gas cylinder contains 370g of O2 at 30atm and 25 oC. What mass of O2 would
escape if first the cylinder was heated to 75 oC and then the valve were held
open until the gas pressure was 1 atm, the temperature maintained at 75 oC.

3. A meteorological balloon has a radius of1m when released from sea level at
normal pressure and 25 oC and expanded to a radius of 3m when it had risen to
its maximum attitude where the temperature was – 20 oC. What is the pressure
inside the balloon at that height?

4. The critical temperature and pressure of CO2 gas are 304.2K and 72.9 atm
respectively. What is the radius of O2 molecule assuming it to behave as Vander
Waal’s gas

5. what minimum degree centigrade the temperature of earth will have to be raised
to get atmosphere free earth like moon.
Given Vesp = 2gR e When Re = 6.37 106 m
Assume : atmospheric air chiefly contains N2 and O2 only.

6. 50 ml of hydrocarbon having 85.7% carbon at S.T.P. on combustion gave 0.37

gm of CO2, 0.142 gm of H2O and an unknown quantity of methane. Deduce the
molecular formula of hydrocarbon.

7. A straight glass tube has two inlets X and Y at the two ends. The length of the
tube is 200 cm. HCl gas through inlet X and NH3 gas through inlet Y are allowed
to enter the tube at the same time. White fumes first appear at a point P inside
the tube. Find the distance of P from X.

8. What fraction of total volume does helium atoms actually occupy at S.T.P. What
will be its van der Waal’s equation under these circumstances. Given van der
Waal constant ‘b’ for He= 24 cm3 mole–1.

9. Calculate the pressure exerted by 1 mole of methane (CH4) in a 250 ml container

at 300 K using van der Waal’s equation. What pressure will be predicted by ideal
gas equation ?
a = 2.253L2 atm. mol-2b = 0.04281 lit mol-1
R = 0.0821 L atm mol-1K.

10. A 10 litre box contained 41.4 gm of a mixture of CxH8 and CxH12. At 44C the total
pressure is 1.56 atm. Analysis of the gas mixture shows 86% of C & 14% of
Hydrogen by weight of Hydrocarbon sample.
What gases are in the box.
How many moles of each gas are in the box

11. The compressibility factor for CO2 at 273K and 100atm pressure is 0.2005.
Calculate the volume occupied by 0.2 mole of CO2 gas at 100 atm using (a) ideal
gas (b) real gas nature

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12. A 20g chunk of dry ice is placed in an empty 0.75 litre wine bottle tightly closed.
What would be the final pressure in the bottle after all CO2 has been evaporated
and temperature reaches to 25 oC.

13. At room temp. NO gas at 1.6 atm and O2 gas at 1 atm pressure were allowed to
enter simultaneously through two ends of 1 m long straight glass tube of uniform
cross sectional area. At what distance from the end which was used to introduce
NO gas, brown vapour will first appear.
If we want to tap out only pure NO2 gas where should hole be made in the tube.

14. A gas occupied 0.418 litre at 740 mm of Hg at 27 oC. Calculate

a) its volume at STP
b) molecular weight if gas weighs 3.0 g
c) new pressure of gas if the weight of gas is increased to 7.5 g and
temperature becomes 280 K
d) the volume of vessel at 300 K

15. Vander Waal’s constant b for a gas is 4.2 × 10-2 litre/mol. How close the nuclei of
the two molecules come together?

LEVEL THREE
1. Calculate % of ‘free volume’ available in 1 mol gaseous water at 1.0 atm and 100 o

C. Density of liquid water at 100 oC is 0.958 g/mol.

2. A vessel of volume 5 litre contains 1.4 g of N2 at a temperature 1800 K. Find the

pressure of the gas if 30 % of its molecules are dissociated into atoms at this
temperature.

3. A vertical hollow cylinder of height 1.52m is fitted with a movable piston of negligible
mass and thickness. The lower half of the cylinder contains an ideal gas and the
upper half is filled with mercury. The cylinder is initially at 300 K. When the
temperature is raised half of the mercury comes out of the cylinder. Find the
temperature assuming the thermal expansion of mercury to be negligible.

4. Two flask of equal volume have been joined by a narrow tube of negligible volume.
Initially both flasks are at 300 K containing 0.60 mole of O2 gas at 0.5 atm pressure.
One of the flask is then placed in a thermostat at 600 K. Calculate final pressure and
the number of O2 gas in each flask.

5. A mixture of propane and methane is contained in a vessel of unknown volume V at

a temperature T and exerts a pressure of 320 mm Hg. The gas is burnt in excess O 2
and all the carbon is recovered as CO2. The CO2 is found to have a pressure of 448
mm Hg in a volume V1 at the same temperature T. Calculate mole fraction of
propane in mixture.
6. A vessel contains 10 g of I2(s) and N2 at a pressure of 10 atm at 25°C. The volume of
the vessel is one litre. If this vessel is connected to a 40 litre empty vessel and the

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temperature of the first vessel is increased to 250°C and of the second to 200°C.
Calculate the final pressure in vessels.

7. What would be the final pressure of O2 in following experiment? A collapsed

polethylene bag of 30 litre capacity is partially blown up by the addition of 10 litres of
N2 at 0.965 atm at 298 K. Subsequently enough O2 is pumped into bag so that at 298
K and external pressure of 0.990 atm, the bag contains 30 litres N2.
8. 24 ml. of water gas containing only hydrogen and carbon monoxide in equal
proportions by volume, are exploded with 80 ml. of air, 20% by volume of which is
oxygen. If all gaseous volumes are measured at room temperature and pressure,
calculate the composition by volume of the resulting gaseous mixture.
9. A long rectangular box is filled with chlorine (at. wt.: 35.45) which is known to contain
only 35Cl and 37Cl. If the box could be divided by a partition and the two types of
chlorine molecules put in the two compartments respectively, calculate where should
the partition be made if the pressure on both sides are to be equal. Is this pressure
the same as the original pressure?
10. 10 ml of ammonia were enclosed in an eudiometer and subjected to electric sparks.
The sparks were continued till there was no further increase in volume. The volume
after sparking measured 20 ml. Now 30 ml. of O2 were added and sparking was
continued again. The new volume then measured 27.5 ml. All volumes were
measured under identical conditions of temperature and pressure. V.D. of ammonia
is 8.5. Calculate the molecular formula of ammonia. Nitrogen and Hydrogen are
diatomic.
11. 1 mole of a gas is changed from is initial state (15 lit; 2 atm) to final state (4 lit, 10
atim) reversibly. If this change can be represented by a straight line in p-V curve,
calculate maximum temperature, the gas attained.

12. A mixture containing 1.12 litres of H2 and 1.12 litres of D2 (deuterium) at N.T.P., is
taken inside a bulb connected to another bulb by a stop-cock with a small opening.
The second bulb is fully evacuated, the stop-cock is opened for a certain time and
then closed. The first bulb is now found to contain 0.05 g of H2 Determine the
percentage composition by weight of the gases in the second bulb.

13. A compound exists in the gaseous state both as a monomer (A) and dimer (A2). The
molecular weight of the monomer is 48. In an experiment, 96 g of the compound was
confined in a vessel of volume 33.6 litres and heated to 273°C. Calculate the pressure
developed, if the compound exists as a dimer to the extent of 50 per cent by weight,
under these conditions ( R = 0.082)

14. A mixture of H2O vapour, CO2 and N2 was trapped in a glass apparatus with a
volume of 0.731 ml. The pressure of total mixture was 1.74 mm of Hg at 23°C. The
sample was transferred to a bulb in contact with dry ice (–75°C) so that H2Ov are
frozen out. When the sample returned to normal value of temperature, pressure was
1.32 mm of Hg. The sample was then transferred to a bulb in contact with liquid N2 (–
95°C) to freeze out CO2. The measured, pressure was 0.53 mm of Hg at normal
temperature. How many moles of each constituent are in mixture?

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15. The composition of the equilibrium mixture for the equilibrium Cl2 2Cl at 1470 K
may be determined by the rate of diffusion of the mixture through a pin hole. It was
found that at 1470 K, the mixture diffuses 1.16 times as fast as Krypton (atomic
weight = 83.8) diffuses under the same conditions. Find the degree of dissociation of
Cl2 at equilibrium?

Objective Questions s

LEVEL ONE
1. According to charle’s law
 dV   dV 
(A)   K (B)    K
 dT  p  dT  P
 dV  K
(C)    (D) none
 dT  p T

2. For a given mass of gas, if pressure is reduced to half and temperature is increased two
times, then the volume would become
v
(A) (B) 2v2
4
(C) 6v (D) 4v

3. The density of O2 gas at 25oC is 1.458 mg/lt at one atm pressure. At what pressure will
O2 have the density twice the value
(A) 0.5 atm (B) 2atm/25oC
(C) 4atm/25oC (D) none

4. Which sample contains least no. of molecules

(A) 1g of CO2 (B) 1 g of N2
(C) 1 g of H2 (D) 1 g of CH4

5. A gas ‘A’ having mol. wt 4 diffuses thrice as fast as the gas B at a given T. The mol wt. of
gas B is
(A) 36 (B) 12
(C) 18 (D) 24

6. In the equation of state of an ideal gas PV = nRt, the value of the universal gas constant
would depend only on.
(A) the nature of gas (B) the pressure of gas
(C) the temperature of the gas (D) the units of measurement

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7. 380 ml of a gas at 27oC, 800 mmHg weighs 0.455g the mol wt. of gas is
(A) 27 (B) 28
(C) 29 (D) 30

8. The value of Vander Waals constant ‘a’ is maximum for

(A) helium (B) nitrogen
(C) CH4 (D) NH3

9. A balloon filled with ethyne is pricked with a sharp point and quickly dropped in a tank of
hydrogen gas under identical conditions. After a while the balloon will have:
(A) shrunk (B) enlarged
(C) completely collapsed (D) remains unchanged in size

10. The temperature at which a real gas obeys the ideal gas laws over a fairly wide range of
pressure is
(A) critical temperature (B) inversion temperature
(C) Boyle’s temperature (D) reduced temperature

11. At Boyle’s temperature, compressibility factor ‘Z’ for a real gas is

(A) Z = 1 (B) Z = 0
(C) Z > 1 (D) Z < 1

12. Under same condition of temp. and pressure, a cycloalkene was found to diffuse 3 3
times slower than hydrogen. Cycloalkene is
(A) Cyclopropene (B) Cyclobutene
(C) Cyclopentene (D) Cyclohexene

13. On increasing temperature, the fraction of total gas molecule which has acquired most
probable velocity will
(A) increase (B) decrease
(C) remains constant (D) cant say without knowing pressure

14. Average molecular distance of gaseous molecules at 27C at 1 atm is

(A) 3 10–5 cm (B) 3 10–8 cm
–6
(C) 3 10 cm (D) 4.26 10–7 cm

15. If 8 g methane be placed in 5 Lt container at 27C. Its Boyle’s constant will be

(A) 12.3 litre atm (B) 2.46 atm
(C) 5 litre atm (D) 1.11 atm litre

16. A gas in an open container is heated from 27°C to 127°C. The fraction of the original
amount of gas remaining in the container will b
3 1
(A) (B)
4 2
1 1
(C) (D)
4 8

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17. A flask of methane (CH4) was weighed, methane was then pushed out and that flask
again weighed when filled with oxygen at the same temperature and pressure. The mass
of oxygen would be
(A) the same as that of methane
(B) half of that of methane
(C) double of that of methane
(D) negligible in comparison to that of methane.

18. An ideal gas Law PV = nRT, is a relation between the four variables that describes the
state of any gas. Which of the following is/are intensive variables?
(A) V (B) P
(C) n (D) T

19. Under identical experimental condition which of the following pair of gas will be most
easy to separate by diffusion process?
(A) H2 and D2 (B) U235F6 and U238F6
(C) CO2 and C3H8 (D) O2 and N2

20. The unit of van der Waal’s constant ‘a’ is

(A) litre (B) atmosphere
(C) atmosphere litre2 mole–1 (D) atmosphere (litre)2 (mole)–2

LEVEL TWO

1. A sample of gas is at 0oC. The temperature at which its rms speed of the molecule will
be doubled is
(A) 103oC (B) 273oC
o
(C) 723 C (D) 819oC

2. 6 g each of the following gases at 87oC and 750 mm pressure are taken. Which of
them will have the least volume
(A) HF (B) HCl
(C) HBr (D) HI

3. The temperature at which H2 has same rms speed (at 1 atm) as that of O2 at NTP is
(A) 37 K (B) 17 K
(C) 512 K (D) 27 K

4. In a closed vessel, a gas is heated from 300 K to 600 K the kinetic energy
becomes/remain
(A) half (B) double
(C) same (D) four times

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5. Air contains 79 % N2 and 21 % O2 by volume. If the barometric pressure is 750 mmHg.

The partial pressure of oxygen is
(A) 157.7 mmHg (B) 175.5 mmHg
(C) 315.0 mmHg (D) none

6. The gaseous mixture contains 1g of H2, 4g of He, 7g of N2 and 8g of O2. The gas
having the highest partial pressure is
(A) H2 (B) O2
(C) He (D) N2

7. Which of the following gases would have the highest rms speed at 0 oC
(A) O2 (B) CO2
(C) SO3 (D) CO

8. Two gases A and B present separately in two vessels X & Y at the same temperature
with molecular weights M & 2 M respectively are effused out. The orifice in vessel X is
circular while that in Y is a square. If the radius of the circular orifice is equal to that of
the length of the square orifice, the ration of rates of effusion of gas A to that of gas B
is.

(A) 2 (B)
2
2
(C) 2 (D)

9. X ml of Hydrogen gas effuses through a hole in a container in 5 seconds. The time
taken for the effusion of the same volume of the gas specified below under identical
conditions is
(A) 10 seconds : He (B) 20 seconds : O2
(C) 25 seconds : CO (D) 55 seconds : CO2
10. 1 Litre CO and 1.75 litre CH4 at the same temp and pressure were mixed together.
What is the relation between the masses of two gases in the mixture
(A) MCO  MCH 4 (B) MCH 4  MCO
(C) MCO  MCH 4 (D) MCO  2M CH 4

11. A spherical air bubble is rising from the depth of a lake where pressure is ‘P’ atm and
temperature is ‘T’ Kelvin. The percentage increase in its radius when it comes to the
free surface of lake will be. (Assume temperature and pressure at the surface be
respectively P/4 and 2T Kelvin)
(A) 100% (B) 50%
(C) 40% (D) 200%

12. Let the most probable velocity of hydrogen molecules at a temp tC is Vo. Suppose all
the molecules dissociate into atoms when temp is raised to (2 t + 273)C then the new
r.m.s velocity is
(A) 2 / 3 VO (B) 3(2  273 / t ) VO
(C) 2 3 VO (D) 6 VO

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13. An ideal gas molecule is present at 27C. By how many degree centigrade its
temperature should be raised so that its Vrms , Vmp and Vav all may double.
(A) 900C (B) 108C
(C) 927C (D) 81C

14. The mole fraction of nitrogen in mixture of nitrogen and oxygen in which the partial
pressure of oxygen is 63 cm and the total pressure is 90 cm comes as
(A) 0.7 (B) 0.3
(C) 0.6 (D) none of these

15. A flask contains 10g of a gas (relative molecular mass 100) at a pressure of 100 KPa
was evacuated to a pressure of 0.01 KPa at constant temperature. Which one of the
following is the best estimate of the number of molecules left in the flask.
(A) 6.02  1016 (B) 6.02  1017
(C) 6.02  10 18
(D) 6.02  1019

16. A compound exists in the gaseous state both as monomer (F) and dimer (A2). The
molecular weight of the monomer is 48. In an experiment, 96g of the compound was
confined in vessel of volume 33.6 L and heated to 273°C. Calculate the pressure
developed, if the compound exists as a dimer to extent of 50% by weight under these
conditions.
(A) 7.5 atm (B) 2.0 atm
(C) 0.9 atm (D) 5.4 atm

17. 5.40 gm of an unknown gas at 27C occupies the same volume as 0.14 gm of
hydrogen at 17C and same pressure. The molecular weight of unknown gas is
(A) 79.8 (B) 81
(C) 79.2 (D) 83

18. If 8 g methane be placed in 5 Lt container at 27C. Its Boyle’s constant will be

(A) 12.3 litre atm (B) 2.46 atm
(C) 5 litre atm (D) 1.11 atm litre

19. Two containers A and B contain the same gas. If the pressure, volume and absolute
temperature of the gas A is twice as compared to that of B, and if the mass of the gas
B is xg, the mass of gas in A is
(A) xg (B) 4xg
(C) 2/xg (D) 2xg

20. The number of moles of Hydrogen in 0.224 L of hydrogen gas at STP (273 K, 1 atm)
(assuming ideal gas behaviour) is
(A) 1 (B) 0.1
(C) 0.01 (D) 0.001

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Answers Subjective Questions s

LEVEL ONE
1. 627°C 2. 1.632
3. 25.56 lt. 4. 96g
5. 900 cal 6. 1.5124g/lt
7. H2  He  N2 8. 1.502  103 m/s
9. 750 K 10. T1 = 9T2
11. 0.780 12. 29.534 gm
13. 1051 mm 14. 1 : 24
15. 5.815

LEVEL TWO

1. 51.29 2. 359.7
o
3. 0.031 atm 4. 1.62 A
5. 1.6  105 6. 146.5 mm Hg
7. 81.12 cm 8. 2.68  10–4
9. 98.52 atm 10. i) C5H8 and C5H12,
ii) C5H8 = 0.35 mole
C2H12 = 0.244 mole
11. a) 0.0448 lt, (b) 8.987  10–3 lt 12. 15.87 atm
13. a) 0.623 ml, b) no where 14. a) 0.37 lt, b) 181.54,
c) 2.27 atm, d) 0.418lt
o
15. 3.2 A

LEVEL THREE

1. 99.93% 2. 1.92 atm

3. 337.5K 4. 0.66atm
5. 0.2 6. 0.4254 atm
7. 0.668 atm 8. O2 = 4ml, N2 = 64ml, CO2 = 12ml
9. 3.44 : 1 10. NH3
11. 698 K 12. H2 41.67%, D2 58.33%

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13. 2 atm 14. 1.7  10–8

15. 0.14

Answers Oubjective Question s

LEVEL ONE
1. D 2. D
3. B 4. A
5. A 6. D
7. B 8. D
9. B 10. C
11. A 12. B
13. B 14. D
15. A 16. A
17. C 18. D
19. A 20. D

LEVEL TWO
1. D 2. D
3. B 4. B
5. A 6. A
7. D 8. A
9. B 10. B
11. A 12. D
13. A 14. B
15. C 16. B
17. A 18. A
19. D 20. C

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