12TH CHEMISTRY IMPORTANAT 3 MARKS

1. ATOMIC STRUCTURES
1. What do you understand by the dual character of matter?
2. State Heisenbergs uncertainty principle.
3. What is the significance of negative electronic energy?
4. Define an orbital.
5. What are molecular orbitals?
6. Why He2 is not formed?
7. What is bond order?
8. Define hybridisation.
3. P-BLOCK ELEMENTS
1. Write a note on plumbo solvency.
2. H3PO3 is diprotic. Why?
3. Draw the structure of a) PCl 5 b) H3PO3
4. Prove that P2O5 a powerful dehydrating agent.
5. Why H2O is a liquid while H2S is a gas?
6. Why the compounds of fluorine with oxygen are called fluorides of oxygen and not oxides of
fluorine?
7. Fluorine atom is more electronegative than iodine atom yet, HF has lower acid strength than
HI. Explain?
8. What are interhalogen compounds? How are they formed?
9. Discuss the oxidising power of fluorine.

10. How is XeF6 prepared?

11. Why do noble gases form compounds with fluorine and oxygen only?
12. Write the uses of Neon?
4. D-BLOCK ELEMENTS
1. What are d-block elements?
2. How d-block elements are classified?
3. Explain why d-block elements exhibit variable oxidation states?
4. Why transistion elements form complexes?
5. Why does Mn(II) show maximum paramagnetic character among the bivalent ions of the first
transition series?
6. Why Zn2+ salts are white while Ni2+ salts are colored?
7. [Ti (H2O)6]3+ is colored while [Sc (H2O)6]3+ is colorless. Explain.
8. A substance is found to have a magnetic moment of 3.9 BM. How many unpaired electrons
does it contain?
9. Explain why the melting and boiling points of Zn,Cd,Hg are low?
10. Explain why Mn2+ is more stable than Mn3+?
11. Write two alloys of copper and their uses.
12. Write short notes on alumino thermic process?
39. Name the first and last element in the second transition series.
13. Name the lightest and the heaviest elements (in terms of density) among the transition
elements.
14. Which of the following ions would form colourless complexes? Cu2+, Zn2+, Ti3+, Ti4+,
Cd2+

15. What happens when KI solution is added to an aqueous solution of copper sulphate?
16. What is the action of heat on copper sulphate crystals?
7. NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
1. Define radio activity.
2. What is half life period?
3. Write two differences between chemical reaction and nuclear reaction.
4. What is Q value of a nuclear reaction?
5. What are the types of nuclear reaction? Give example for each type.
6. Explain the principle behind the Hydrogen bomb.
7. What is Radio carbon dating?
8. State two uses of radio carbon dating.
9. What is binding energy of Nucleus?
8. SOLID STATE II
1. Define the terms; space lattice and unit cell.
2. State Braggs law.
3. What are superconductors?
4. Sketch the (a) simple cubic (b) face-centred cubic and (c) body centred cubic lattices.
5. How crystals are classified?
6. Give example for molecular and ionic crystals.
7. What is a vitreous state?

8. Give two example for AB and AB2 type ionic crystals.

9. What is imperfection in solids?
10. What is coordination number?
11. Write a note on the assignment of atoms per unit cell in fcc.
12. Write a short note on metallic crystals.
13. How are glasses formed?
9. THERMODYNAMICS
1. What is entropy? What are the units of entropy?
2. Predict the feasibility of a reaction when
i) both H and S increase
ii) both H and S decrease
iii) H decreases but S increases
3. What is Gibbs free energy?
4. Give Kelvin statement of second law of thermodynamics.
5. How G is related to H and S? What is the meaning of G = 0?
6. Mention the essential condition for spontaneity in a chemical reaction

11. CHEMICAL KINETICS II

1. Define order of a reaction.
2. Derive the relationship between half-life period and rate constant for a first order reaction.
3. What is activation energy?
4. What is meant by zero order reaction? What is the rate constant of such a reaction?
5. Write the Arrhenius equation and explain the terms.
6. Define half life period.
7. Give examples for first order reaction.
8. What are simple and complex reactions?
9. Give examples for opposing reactions.

12. SURFACE CHEMISRTY

1. Define adsorption.
2. Define colloidal solution.
3. What is electrophoresis?
4. What is catalysis ?
5. What are the two types of catalysis?
6. What are active centers ?
7. Why colloidal system in gas in gas does not exist ?
8. Why colloids are purified ?
9. What are emulsions ?

10. What is Tyndall effect ?

13. ELECTRO CHEMISTRY I

1. Differentiate between electrolytic conductor and metallic conductor.
2. Define Faraday.
3. Define electrochemical equivalent.
4. What are insulators? Give examples.
5. State Ostwalds dilution law.
6. What is common ion effect? Give examples.
7. What is a buffer action?
8. What are indicators?
9. Define specific and equivalent conductance. How are they related?
10. What is Henderson equation?

15. ISOMERISM IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

1. Explain the following with examples.
(a) cis-trans isomerism (b) optical isomerism.
2. Distinguish enantiomers and diasteromers ?

3. What is a racemic mixture ? Explain with suitable example.

4. Mesotartaric acid is an optically inactive compound with chiral carbon atoms. Justify.
5. Distinguish racemic form from Mesoform.
6. Describe the D, L-system of designation of configurations.
18. CARBONYL COMPOUNDS
1. Give the structural formulae of
(a) mesitylene (b) phorone and (c) mesityl oxide
2. What is Rosenmunds reduction ? What is the purpose of adding BaSO4 in it ?
3. Name one reagent used to distinguish acetaldehyde and acetone.
4. Give four examples of carbonyl compounds ?
5. Does formaldehyde undergo aldol condensation ? Justify your answer.
6. What type of aldehydes undergo Cannizzaro reaction ?
7. What is urotropine ? Give its use.
8. What happens when calcium acetate is dry distilled ?
9. What is formalin - write its use.
10. Ethanal is more reactive towards nucleophilic addition reaction than propanone. Why ?
11. How is acetophenone prepared by Friedel-Crafts method ?
12.Write a note on haloform reaction.

13. How will you convert acetophenone to phenacyl bromide ?

14. Though benzophenone gives all reactions of carbonyl compounds, it does not form addition
product with NaHSO3 - give reasons.
15. Arrange the following in increasing order of reactivity towards nucleophilic addition.
HCHO ; CH3CHO and CH3COCH3
16. Predict the formulae of the products in the following reactions.
(i) CH3COCH3 + HCN
(ii) C6H5COCH3 + NH2OH
17. Formaldehyde and benzaldehyde give Cannizzaro reaction but acetaldehyde does not Account for this
18. Give two tests for aldehydes.
19. Mention the industrial uses of formaldehyde.
20. How will you distinguish between formaldehyde and acetaldehyde?
19. CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
1. What are carboxylic acids ?
2. Give the source and trivial names of (i) C3H7COOH and (ii) HCOOH.
3. How is the conversion of acetonitrile to acetic acid effected ?

4. Boling point of carboxylic acids are higher than those of alcohols of same molecular mass reason out.
5. Formic acid reduces Tollen's reagent, but acetic acid does not-Give reasons.
6. Write two tests of carboxylic acid.
7. Give the resonance structure of carboxylate anion.
8. Mention the inductive effect in monochloro acetic acid.
9. Write a note on esterification reaction with an example.
10. What happens when calcium salt of acetic acid is distilled.
11. Mention the uses of oxalic acid.
12. What is the action of dilute sulphuric acid with lactic acid ?
13. Give the structure of lactyl chloride and lactide.

22. CHEMISTRY IN ACTION

1. Define chemotherapy.
2. What are anesthetics ? Give one example.
3. In what way antipyretics are important.
4. Why Iodoform and phenolic solutions are called antiseptic?
5. Give two examples of antimalarials.
6. What are antibiotics?

7. In what way antacids are important ?

8. What are antispasmodics ?
9. Give any two characteristics of Dye.
10. What are chromospheres ? Give two examples.
11. What are artificial sweetening agents? Give two examples.
12. What is Buna-S?

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