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THE LIQUID STATE

(c) benzene

THE LIQUID STATE

Select the lettered item which best completes
each of the following :
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

The liquid state is characterised by the fact

that
(a) liquids have definite volumes
(b) the intermolecular forces are moderate
(c) the mean free path is nearly equal to the
molecular diameter
(d) all of these
The vapour pressure of a liquid
(a) always increases with temperature
(b) always decreases with temperature
(c) is independent of temperature
(d) increases only up to the boiling point
Liquids diffuse slowly as compared to gases
because
(a) liquids have no fixed shape
(b) the molecule of liquids are heavy
(c) the mean free path of the molecules of
liquids is very short
(d) the molecules are held together by
strong intermolecular forces
The height to which a liquid will rise in a
capillary tube which it wets is inversely
proportional to the
(a) temperature
(b) air pressure
(c) surface tension
(d) the radius of the tube
With increase in temperature surface
tension of a liquid
(a) decreases
(b) increases
(c) remains constant
(d) increases upto boiling point

6.

The rise of a liquid in a capillary tube

which it wets is due to
(a) osmosis
(b) diffusion
(c) viscosity
(d) surface tension

7.

The S.I. units of surface tension are

(a) dynes/cm
(b) Nm1
2
(c) Nm
(d) none of these

8.

Which of the following liquids is expected

to have the highest surface tension ?
(a) water
(b) nitrobenzene

9.

(d) acetone

From Troutons rule, the latent heat of

vaporisation per mole of a liquid divided by
its boiling point temperature in kelvin is a
constant which is about
(a) 6.3
(b) 3.0
(c) 22.0
(d) 50.0

10. The vapour pressure of CCl4 at 77C is 760

mm Hg. The latent heat of vaporisatin is
nearly
(a) 1617 cals
(b) 3790 cals
(c) 7350 cals
(d) 9340
11. Which substance is likely to have the
highest vapour pressure at any given
temperature ?
(a) C2H6
(b) C3H8
(c) C4H10
(d) C5H12
12. When one of liquid water is placed in a 100
cm3 flask at 25C, it eventually establishes a
constant pressure of 24 mm Hg. Of a 200
cm3 flask were used instead the fluid
pressure would be
(a) 12 mm Hg
(b) 24 mm Hg
(c) 48 mm Hg
(d) 760 mm Hg
13. For a liquid in equilibrium with its vapour,
a straight line is obtained by plotting
(a) P vs T
(b) log p vs T
(c) log p vs

1
T

(d)

1
vs log T
p

14. Reducing the pressure on a liquid with a

vacuum pump can cause
(a) boiling
(b) freezing
(c) evaporation
(d) all of these
15. The boiling point of any liquid is
(a) 100C
(b) the temperature at which as many
molecules leave the liquid as return to it
(c) the temperature at which the vapour
pressure is equal to 760 mm of Hg
(d) the temperature at which no molecules
can return to the bulk of liquid
16. B.P. of water, acetone, ether is 100C, 56 C
and 34C respectively. Which of the
following conclusion is false ?
(a) ether has highest vapour

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(b) inter-molecular forces in water are

stronger than those in acetone and ether
(c) molar heat of vaporisation of water is
larger than that of acetone and or ether
(d) molar heat of vapour of acetone or ether
is larger than that of water
17. The triple point is
(a) the temperature above which the liquid
phase cannot exist
(b) usually found at a temperature very
close to the normal boiling point
(c) the temperature at which the vapour of a
liquid in 3 times the value at 25C
(d) the value of the temperature
and
pressure at which solid, liquid and gas
may exist in equilibrium
18. Poise celles equation for the flow of a liquid
through a capillary is
3

The flow time for water (d = 1 g per cm , n

= 0.08 poises) in the Ostwald viscometer is
240 s at 25C. If 160 seconds are required
for the same volume of liquid (d = 0.9 g
per cm3) to flow, then n for the liquid is
(a) 0.00148 P
(b) 0.005170 P
(c) 0.002585 P
(d) 0.002980 P
19. The internal resistance to flow between two
liquid layers is called its
(a) interfacial tension (b) fluidity
(c) viscosity
(d) surface tension
20. Viscosity of a liquid is affected by
(a) size
(b) shape
(c) temperature
(d) all of these
21. Which of the following hydrocarbons has
highest viscosity ?
(a) n pentane
(b) n hexane
(c) n heptane
(d) n octane
22. Which one of the following has lowest
viscosity ?
(a) n pentane
(b) isopentane
(c) neo-pentane
(d) 2, 3-dimethyl butane
23. Which is more viscous of the following ?
(a) water
(b) glycol
(c) glycerol
(d) ethyl alcohol
24. Which of the following properties increases
with increase of temperature ?
(a) vapour pressure
(b) surface tension
(c) viscosity
(d) fluidity

25. Parachor of a liquid for which r is surface

tension and d is the density of liquid is
defnied as
[ Parachor] =

M 1/ 4
r
D

which of the following a purely constitutive

property ?
(a) molar refraction
(b) Parachor
(c) optical rotation
(d) molar heat of vaporisation
26. Parachor is a/an
(a) additive property
(b) constitutive property
(c) both additive and constitutive properties
(d) none of these
27. Diethyl ether boils at 35 C and at 1 atm
pressure. Use troutons rule to fond molar
heat of vaporisation. It is computed to be
(a) 7920 cals
(b) 6500 cals
(c) 540 cals
(d) 3800 cals
28. Estimate the boiling point of water at 24
torr pressure
(a) log

760
9720
1
1
=

24 2.303 1.99 T 373

(b) log

1
p2
Hv
1
=

p 1 2.303R T1 T2

(c) 298 K
(d) all of these
29. The heat of fusion of water at 0C is 1.44
kcals mole1, calculate s for the process
H2O
H2O(s) at 0C
(a) 5.27 cals/deg-mole
(b) +5.27 cals/deg-mole
(c) 1.44 cals/deg-mole
(d) +1.44 cals/deg-mole
30. Which of the following is an additional
property ?
(a) lowering in vapour pressure
(b) Parachor
(c) molecular weight
(d) optical rotation
31. The unit poise is used as a measure of
(a) surface tension
(b) adiabatic expansion
(c) osmotic pressure
(d) viscosity

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