Chemistry (Class – 12th)

Chemistry
Sample Paper
a) There are 35 questions in this question paper with internal choice.
b) SECTION A consists of 18 multiple-choice questions carrying 1 mark each.
c) SECTION B consists of 7 very short answer questions carrying 2 marks each.
d) SECTION C consists of 5 short answer questions carrying 3 marks each.
e) SECTION D consists of 2 case- based questions carrying 4 marks each.
f) SECTION E consists of 3 long answer questions carrying 5 marks each.
g) All questions are compulsory.
h) Use of log tables and calculators is not allowed
SECTION A
The following questions are multiple-choice questions with one correct answer. Each question carries 1 mark.
There is no internal choice in this section.
Q1. The boiling point of an azeotropic mixture of water and ethanol is less than that of water and ethanol. The
mixture shows
(a) No deviation from Raoult’s Law.
(b) Positive deviation from Raoult’s Law.
(c) Negative deviation from Raoult’s Law.
(d) That the solution is unsaturated.
Q2. Which has the lowest boiling point at 1 atm pressure?
(a) 0.1 M KCl
(b) 0.1 M Urea
(c) 0.1 M CaCl2
(d) 0.1 M AlCl3
Q3. When methyl iodide is heated with ammonia, what is the product obtained?
a) Methylamine
b) Dimethylamine
c) Trimethylamine
d) A mixture of Methylamine, Dimethylamine & Trimethylamine
Q4. Phenones are
a) Aldehyde in which carbonyl group is attached with benzene ring
b) Ketone in which carbonyl group is attached with benzene ring
c) Phenols in which carbonyl group is attached with alkyl group
d) Phenols in which carbonyl group is attached with group
Q5. Which of the following is a geminal dihalide?
a) Ethylene dibromide
b) Propylidenechloride
C) Isopropyl bromide
d) None of the above
Q6. Monochlorination of toluene in sunlight followed by hydrolysis with aq. NaOH yields.
(a) o-Cresol
(b) m-Cresol

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(c) 2, 4-Dihydroxytoluene
(d) Benzyl alcohol
Q7. The volume of H2 gas at NTP obtained by passing 4 amperes through acidified H2O for 30 minutes is:
(a) 0.0836 L
(b) 0.0432 L
(c) 0.1672 L
(d) 0.836 L
Q8. 4.5 g of aluminium (at. mass 27 amu) is deposited at cathode from Al3+ solution by a certain quantity of
electric charge. The volume of hydrogen produced at STP from H+ ions in solution by the same quantity of
electric charge will be:
(a) 44.8 L
(b) 11.2 L
(c) 22.4 L
(d) 5.6 L
Q9. The overall rate of a reaction is governed by
(a) The rate of fastest intermediate step
(b) The sum total of the rates of all intermediate steps
(c) The average of the rates of all the intermediate steps
(d) The rate of slowest intermediate step
Q10. The order of reaction is decided by
(a) Temperature
(b) Mechanism of reaction as well as relative concentration of reactants
(c) Molecularity
(d) Pressure
Q11. The oxidation state of Cr in final product formed by reaction of KI and acidified dichromate solution is
(a) +4
(b) +6
(c) +2
(d) +3
Q12. KMnO4 gets reduced to
(a) K2MnO4 in neutral medium
(b) MnO2 in acidic medium
(c) Mn2+ in alkaline medium
(d) MnO2 in neutral medium
Q13. Which of the following reagents can be used to oxidize primary alcohols to aldehydes?
(a) CrO3 in anhydrous medium.
(b) KMnO4 in acidic medium.
(c) Pyridinium chlorochromate.
(d) Heat in the presence of Cu at 573K.

Q14. One mole of ethyl acetate on treatment with an excess of LiAlH4 in dry ether and subsequent acidification
produces
(a) 1 mole acetic acid + 1 mole ethyl alcohol

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(b) 1 mole ethyl alcohol + 1 mole methyl alcohol
(c) 2 moles of ethyl alcohol
(d) 1 mole of 2-butanol

Questions 15-18 are Assertion and Reason questions

Given below are two statements labeled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R)
Select the most appropriate answer from the option given below:
(a)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b)Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c)A is true but R is false.
(d)A is false but R is true.
(e)Both A and R are false.
Q15. Assertion: Amalgam of mercury with sodium is an example of solid solutions.
Reason: Mercury is solvent and sodium is solute in the solution.
Q16. Assertion: Iron (III) catalyses the reaction between iodide and persulphate ions.
Reason: Transition metals act as catalysts.
Q17. Assertion: Hydrolysis of sucrose brings about a change in sign of rotation from dextro to laevo.
Reason: Hydrolysis always changes the optical rotation of a compound.
Q18. Assertion: Aromatic primary amines can be prepared by Gabriel phthalimide synthesis.
Reason: Aryl halides undergo nucleophilic substitution with the anion formed by phthalimide.
Section B
This section contains 7 questions with internal choice in two questions. The following questions are very short
answer type and carry 2 marks each.
Q19. Explain why on the addition of 1 mol of NaCl to 1 litre of water, the boiling point of water increases, while
the addition of 1 mol of methyl alcohol to one litre of water decreases its boiling point.
OR
Chlorobenzene is extremely less reactive towards a nucleophilic substitution reaction. Give two reasons for the
same.
Q20. In the plot of molar conductivity (Lm) vs square root of concentration (c1/2), following curves are
obtained for two electrolytes A and B.

Answer the following:

(i) Predict the nature of electrolytes A and B.
(ii) What happens on extrapolation of ∧m to concentration approaching zero for electrolytes A and B?
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A reaction is of first-order in reactant A and of second order in reactant B. How is the rate of this reaction
affected when (i) the concentration of B alone is increased to three times (ii) the concentrations of A as well as
B are doubled?
Q21. Write the IUPAC names of the following coordination compounds:
(i) [Co(NH3)6]Cl3
(ii) [Co(NH3)5Cl]Cl2
(iii) K3[Fe(CN)6]
(iv) K3[Fe(C2O4)3]
Q22. Show how will you synthesize:
(i) 1-phenylethanol from a suitable Alkene
(ii) Cyclohexylmethanol using an alkyl halide by an SN2 reaction.
Q23. Give one chemical test to distinguish between the following pairs of compounds.
I.Methylamine and dimethylamine
II.Secondary and tertiary amines
Q24. Arrange the following complexes in the increasing order of conductivity of their solution:
[Co(NH3)3Cl3], [Co(NH3)4Cl2]CI, [Co(NH3)6]Cl3, [Cr(NH3)5Cl]Cl2
Q25. Why are vitamin A and vitamin C essential to us? Give their important sources.
Section C
This section contains 5 questions with internal choice in two questions. The following questions are short
answer type and carry 3 marks each.
Q26. Explain why transition metals form colored compounds.
Q27. Explain:
(i) [Fe(H2O)6]3+ is strongly paramagnetic whereas [Fe(CN)6]3- is weakly paramagnetic.
(ii) [Co(NH3)6]3+ is an inner orbital complex whereas [Ni(NH3)6]2+ is an outer orbital complex.
OR
Write the formulas for the following:
(i) Potassium trioxalatochromate(III)
(ii) Pentaamminecarbonatocobalt(III) chloride
(iii) Dichloridobis(ethane-1,2-diamine)cobalt(III) chloride
(iv) Pentaamminecarbonatocobalt(III) chloride
Q28. (i) What is glycogen? How is it different from starch?
(ii) Write two main functions of carbohydrates in plants.
OR
OR
How will you convert the following:
(i) Benzene into aniline
(ii) Benzene into N, N −dimethylaniline
(iii) Cl– (CH2)4–Cl into hexan−1, 6 –diamine
Q29. Write the mechanism of hydration of ethene to yield ethanol.
Q30. (a) Explain the following terms:
(i) Order of a reaction
(ii) Molecularity of a reaction

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(b) The rate of a reaction increases four times when the temperature changes from 300 K to 320 K. Calculate
the energy of activation of the reaction, assuming that it does not change with temperature. (R = 8.314 J K-1
mol-1)
Section D
The following questions are case-based questions. Each question has an internal choice and carries 4 (1+1+2)
marks each. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Q31. Read the passage given below and answer the following questions:
The progress of the reaction, A ➔ nB with time is represented in the following figure:

(i) What is the value of n?

(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
(i) Find the value of the equilibrium constant
(a)0.6 M
(b)1.2 M
(c)0.3 M
(d)2.4 M
OR
The initial rate of conversion of A will be
(a) 0.1 mol L-1 hr-1
(b) 0.2 mol L-1 hr-1
(c) 0.4 mol L-1 hr-1
(d) 0.8 mol L-1 hr-1
(i) Define equilibrium constant.
Q32. Read the passage given below and answer the following questions:
Carbohydrates are polyhydroxy aldehydes and ketones and those compounds which on hydrolysis give
such compounds are also carbohydrates. The carbohydrates which are not hydrolyzed are called
monosaccharides. Monosaccharides with aldehydic group are called aldose and those which free ketonic
groups are called ketose. Carbohydrates are optically active. Number of optical isomers = 2n.
Where n = number of asymmetric carbons. Carbohydrates are mainly syhthesized by plants during
photosynthesis. The monosaccharides give the characteristics reactions of alcohols and carbonyl
group(aldehydes and ketones). It has been found that these monosaccharides exist in the form of cyclic
structures. In cyclization, the –OH groups (generally C5 or C4 in aldohexoses and C5 or C6 in ketohexoses)
combine with the aldehyde or keto group. As a result, cyclic structures of five or six membered rings
containing one oxygen atom are formed, e.g., glucose forms a ring structure. Glucose contains one
aldehyde group, one 10 alcoholic groups and four 20 alcoholic groups in its open chain structure.

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The following questions are multiple choice questions. Choose the most appropriate answer:
(i) First member of ketos sugar is
(a) Ketotriose
(b) Ketotetrose
(c) Ketopentose
(d) Ketohexose
(i) In CH2OHCHOHCHOHCHOHCHOHCHO, the number of optical isomers will be:
(a)16
(b)8
(c)32
(d)4
OR
Some statements are given below:
1. Glucose is aldohexose
2. Naturally occurring glucose is dextrorotatory
3. Glucose contains three chiral centres.
4. Glucose contains one primary alcoholic group and four secondary alcoholic groups.
Among the above, correct statements are
(a)1 and 2 only
(b)3 and 4 only
(c)1,2 and 4 only
(d)1, 2, 3 and 4
(i) What are monosaccharides?
Section E
The following questions are long answer type and carry 5 marks each. Two questions have an internal choice.
Q33. (a) Using Raoult’s law, explain how the total vapour pressure over the solution is related to the mole
fraction of components in the following solutions.
(i) CHCl3 (l) and CH₂Cl₂(l) (ii) NaCl(s) and H₂O (l)
(b) For a certain reaction a large fraction of molecules has energy more than the threshold energy, yet the rate
of reaction is very slow. Why?
Q34. (a) How can the following conversions be carried out?
(i) Ethyl magnesium chloride → Propan-1-ol.
(ii) Methyl magnesium bromide → 2-Methylpropan-2-ol
(iii) Phenol → benzoquinone
(b) Define: Reimer-Tiemann reaction
(c) Define Friedel-Craft reaction.
OR
(a) Why is carboxylic acid a better leaving group than alcohol in the nucleophilic acyl substitution reaction?
(b) Ethanol is soluble in water. Why?
(c) What is Tollen’s reagent? Write one use of this reagent.
(d) pKa value of 4-nitrobenzoic acid is lower than that of benzoic acid. Explain.
Q35. (i) The conversion of molecules X to Y follows second order kinetics. If concentration of X is increased to
three times how will it affect the rate of formation of Y?
(ii) What will be the effect of temperature on rate constant?

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(iii) For the reaction, 2A + B → A2 B, the rate = k [AJ[B]2 with k = 2.0 x 10-6 mol-2 L2 s-1. Calculate the initial
rate of the reaction when [A] = 0.1 mol L-1, [B] = 0.2 mol L-1. Calculate the rate of reaction after [A] is
reduced to 0.06 mol L-1.
(iv) Time required to decompose SO2Cl2 to half of its initial amount is 60 minutes. If the decomposition is a first
order reaction, calculate the rate constant of the reaction.
OR
On the basis of Lanthanoid contraction, explain the following
(i) Nature of bonding in Lu2O3 and La2O3
(ii) Trends in the stability of oxo salts of lanthanides from La to Lu.
(iii) Stability of the complexes of lanthanides.
(iv) Radii of 4d and 5d block elements
(v) Trends in acidic character of lanthanide oxides.

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