CHAPTER 1(1ST YEAR)

BASIC CONCEPTS
SHORT ANSWER QUESTION.
I. One mole of H2SO4 should completely react with two moles of NAOH. How does Avogadro’s
number help to explain it.
II. Define stoichiometry .Give its two assumptions for stoichiometric calculations.
III. Magnesium atom is twice heavier than corbon atom .Justify.
IV. Why isotopes have the same chemical properties.
V. Define Avogadro’s number. How does it relate to the masses of chemical substances.
VI. Distinguish between theoretical and experimental yield.
VII. One mole of H2SO4 should compeletly react with two moles of NaoH . Justify it.
VIII. Define limiting reactants . How they can be identified.
IX. Calculate moles of 100 g of silicon (Atomic mass of SI is 28).
X. Differentiate between atom and molecule.
XI. State conditions of stoichiometry.
XII. Actual yield of product is usually less than theoretical yield in a chemical reaction why.
XIII. Calculate the number of moles of CO2 molecules in 200 g of it.
XIV. Define; a)Molar volume b) Molecular formula .
XV. Why atoms cannot be observed by an ordinary optical microscope.
XVI. Write down two stoichiometric assumptions.
XVII. What are monoisotopic elements. Give two example.
XVIII. How to molecular ions can be generated.Give two examples of such ions.
XIX. Why in an experimental work one or more reactants is are deliberately used in excess quantity.
XX. Define the molecular formula. How is it related to the empirical formula.
XXI. Molecular formula is a multiple of empirical formula ,explain with example.
XXII. Calculate the number of atoms in 0.1 of sodium.
XXIII. Differentiate between actual yield and theoretical yield.
XXIV. Calculate mass in kg of 2.6*1020 molecules of SO2.

LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS

I. What is limiting reacting . How it control the amount of product . Give example.
II. What is mass spectrameter. How is it used to determine the relative atomic masses of isotopes.
III. The combustion analysis of an organic compound shows it to contain 65.44%0. What is the
empirical formula of the compound. If the molecular mass of this compound is 110.15g mol.
Calculate the molecular formula of the compound.
IV. Ascorbic acid (vitamin c) contain 40.92%c ,4.58% H and 54.5% oxygen by mass . What is the
empirical formula of ascorbic acid. Atomic masses . C=12.01, H=1.008,O=16.0.
V. Define stoichiometry . Give its assumptions, mention any two important laws which help to
perform stoichiometric calculations.
VI. When lime stone (caco3) is rosted quicklime (cao) is produced according to the following equation
the actual yield of Cao is 2.5 kg,4.5kg of lime stone is roasted . What is percentage yield of this
reaction?
Caco3 →Cao+co2
(At wt of ca is 40,c is 12 and that of O is 16 amu
VII. Mg react with HCL to give hydrogen gas. What is the minimum volume of HCL solution (27% by
weight ) required to produce 16.1g of H2 the density of HCL solution is 1.14glcm3.
Mg+2HCL→Mgcl2 +H2,At wt of Mg is 24amu
VIII. Calculate the number of grams of K2SO4 and water produced when14g KOH are reacted with
excess of H2SO4. Also calculate the number of moleculas of water produced.(At mass K=39, S=32)