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CHEMISTRY
A Highly Simulated Practice Question Paper for
CBSE Class XII Examination

General Instructions
All questions are compulsory.
Question numbers 1 to 5 (Section A) are Very Short Answer Questions and carry 1 mark each.
Question numbers 6 to 12 (Section B) are Short Answer Questions and carry 2 marks each.
Question numbers 13 to 24 (Section C) are also Short Answer Questions and carry 3 marks each.
Question numbers 25 to 27 (Section D) are Long Answer Questions and carry 5 marks each.
Use log table if necessary, use of calculator is not allowed.

SECTION A
1. Which is more easily hydrolysed among the following C 6 H5 CHClC 6 H5 and
C 6 H5 CH2 Cl?
2. Which will be adsorbed more readily on the surface of charcoal and why?
NH 3 or CO 2 .
Or
What is the role of desorption in the process of catalysis?
3. Reena, a school student bleaches some flowers by chlorine gas and other flowers
by sulphur dioxide gas. Explain the changes observed by her.
 4. Frenkel defect is not found in pure alkali metal halides, why ?
Or
What happens, when ferrimagnetic Fe 3O 4 is heated at 850 K and why?
5. Aniline is diazotised in cold and then treated with dimethylaniline to give a coloured product.
What is the structure of this product?

SECTION B
6. DDT, the first chlorinated organic insecticide was originally prepared in 1873. It is very
effective against mosquitoes and is cheap but powerful insecticide, but now it is banned.
Answers the following questions :
(i) Why DDT has banned in many countries?
(ii) What values are displayed by the governments for the act?

7. What do you mean by inner orbital complexes and outer orbital complexes? Explain with
examples.
Or
(i) Explain, why density of transition elements increases from left to right in a period?
(ii) Which transition metal of the 3d-series exhibits the largest number of oxidation states and why?

8. If N 2 gas is bubbled through water at 293 K, how many moles of N 2 gas would dissolve in 1L of
water. Assume that N 2 exerts a partial pressure of 0.987bar. Given that Henry’s law constant for
N 2 at 293 K is 76.48 bar.
9. Natural fibres are of two types:
(i) Cotton (ii) Dietary fibre
Meenal, a class XII student emphasised that besides adequate quantity of carbohydrates,
oil and vitamins, the food we take must be rich in fibre.
Answers the following questions :
(i) What type of carbohydrates are mainly used as food? Name a few of them.
(ii) What values are expressed by Meenal about fibre rich food?

10. (i) Why does a dry cell become dead after a long time even, if it has not been used?
(ii) How can rusting of an iron pipe be prevented by joining it with a piece of magnesium ?
Or
Calculate the degree of dissociation (a ) of acetic acid, if its molar conductivity ( Ù m ) is
39.05 S cm 2 mol -1 .
Given : l°[H + ] = 349.6 S cm 2 mol -1 and l°[CH 3COO - ] = 40.9 S cm 2 mol -1
11. Acid-catalysed dehydration of t-butanol is faster than that of n-butanol. Give reasons in one or
two sentences.
12. Specify the oxidation number of metal in the following coordination entities
(i) [Co(H 2O)(CN)(en ) 2 ]2+ (ii) [CoBr 2 (en ) 2 ]+
(iii) [PtCl 4 ]2- (iv) [Cu(CN) 4 ]3-
SECTION C
13. (i) CHF3 is less acidic than CHCl 3 . Explain.
(ii) What happens, when
(a) bromine reacts with CH 3 ¾ C ºº CH?
(b) chloroform kept open in air?
14. An element exists in bcc lattice with a cell edge of 288 pm. Calculate its molar mass if its density
is 7.2 g/cm 3 .
Or
Determine the type of cubic lattice to which a given crystal belongs if it has edge length of
290 pm and density is 7.80 g cm -3 (molecular mass = 56 g mol -1 ).
15. Write the equation for the synthesis of N,N-dimethyl aniline through the Hofmann
ammonolysis reaction.
16. (i) In which of the following does adsorption take place and why ?
(a) Silica gel placed in the atmosphere saturated with water.
(b) Anhydrous CaCl 2 placed in the atmosphere saturated with water.
(ii) Give an example of shape-selective catalysis?

17. Calculate D r G ° and log K C for the following reaction at 298 K :

2Al( s ) + 3Cu 2+ ( aq )¾® 2Al 3+ ( aq ) + 3Cu( s )
°
Ecell = 2.02 V, 1F = 96500 C mol -1
Or
Calculate the time required to deposit 1.27 g of copper at cathode, when a current of 2A was
passed through the solution of CuSO 4 (molar mass of Cu = 63 .5 g mol -1 ,1F = 96500 C mol -1 ).
18. Kavita needs silicon to make a semiconductor for her project. She had impure chip which can
be used. She searched online for purification of that chip. So, she could purify silicon chip for
the semiconductor.
(i) Name the method used for purification.
(ii) Write any two metals which can also be purified by this method.
(iii) Write the values associated with Kavita’s act.

19. A mixed oxide of iron and chromium is fused with sodium carbonate in free access of air to form
a yellow coloured compound (A). On acidification the compound (A) forms an orange coloured
compound (B), which is a strong oxidising agent. Identify compound (A) and (B). Write
chemical reactions involved.
Or
(i) Give reasons for the following:
(a) Compounds of transition elements are generally coloured.
(b) MnO is basic, while Mn 2O 7 is acidic.
(ii) Which out of Lu (OH) 3 and La (OH) 3 is more basic and why ?
20. (i) What type of isomerism is shown by the complex [Co(NH 3 ) 6 ][Cr(CN) 6 ]?
(ii) Why a solution of [Ni(H 2O) 6 ]2+ is green, while a solution of [Ni(CN) 4 ]2- is colourless?
(Atomic number of Ni = 28)
(iii) Write the IUPAC name of the following complex : [Co(NH 3 )5 Cl]Cl 2
Or
Give the formula of each of the following coordination entities.
(i) Co 3+ ion is bound to one Cl – , one NH3 molecule and two bidentate ethylene diamine (en)
molecules.
(ii) Ni 2+ ion is bound to two water molecules and two oxalate ions.
Write the name and magnetic behaviour of each of the above coordination entities.
(Atomic number, Co = 27, Ni = 28)

21. (i) Why water soluble vitamins must be supplied regularly in the diet ? Give one example of it.
(ii) Differentiate between the following :
(a) Essential and non-essential amino acids.
(b) Fibrous and globular proteins.

22. Write the information asked for in the following polymers :

(i) Bakelite : Materials used for preparation
(ii) PVC : Monomer unit
(iii) Synthetic rubber : Materials required for preparation
(iv) Nylon-6,6 : Materials required for preparation

23. Kalavati wanted to give her baby a medicine for fever. She added boiled and cooled water as
per the instruction to the contents of the bottle, upto the mark. She shook the bottle. Then gave
a spoonful of the medicine to the baby. As a student of chemistry answer the following
questions :
(i) Why did she shake up the contents? What is the process called?
(ii) What is the value associated with selling medicine in this form?

24. (i) Explain why on addition of 1 mole of NaCl to 1 litre of water, the boiling point of water
increases, while addition of 1 mole of methyl alcohol to one litre of water decreases its boiling
point.
(ii) Components of a binary mixture of two liquids A and B were being separated by distillation.
After sometime separation of component stopped and composition of vapour phase became
same as that of liquid phase. Both the components started coming in the distillate. Explain why
this happened?
(iii) What is the significance of Henry’s Law constant K H ?

SECTION D
25. An organic compound A(C 8H 6 ) on reacting with dilute sulphuric acid containing mercuric
sulphate gives a compound Bwhich can also be obtained from the reaction of benzene and acid
chloride in the presence of anhy. AlCl 3 . The compound B, when treated with iodine and (aq)
NaOH yields C and a yellow compound D.
Identify A, B, C and D with justification. Show how B is formed from A?
 Or
(i) Show how each of the following compounds can be converted to benzoic acid?
(a) Ethyl benzene (b) Acetophenone (c) Phenylethene (styrene)
(ii) Give simple chemical tests to distinguish between following pairs of compounds.
(a) Ethanal and propanal (b) Phenol and benzoic acid

26. Account for the following :

(i)Bond dissociation energy decreases from HF to HI.
(ii)Why do noble gases form compounds with F and O?
(iii)There is large difference between the melting and boiling points of oxygen and sulphur.
(iv) Iodide ions can be oxidised by oxygen in the acidic medium. Give chemical equation to support
this.
(v) Complete the equation
XeF2 + PF5 ¾®
Or
(i) What is the action of heat on
(a) pyrophosphoric acid (b) metaphosphoric acid
(c) phosphorus acid
(ii) SOCl 2 can act as a weak Lewis acid as well as a weak Lewis base. Explain.

27. (i) (a) The catalytic decomposition of N 2O by gold is a first order reaction. At 900 ° C and an initial
pressure of 200 mm, the reaction has 50% completed in 53 minutes and 73% completed in
100 minutes.
(b) How much of it will decompose in 100 minutes at the same temperature but at initial
pressure of 600 mm?
(ii) Calculate the rate constant of a reaction at 298 K, given that E a =103 kJ mol -1 ,
k = 7.87 ´10 -7 s -1 at 273 K, R = 8.314J K -1 mol -1
Or
The rate constant for the first order decomposition of a certain reaction is described by the
equation.
1 .25 ´ 10 4 K
log k(s -1 ) = 14 .34 -
T
(i) What is the energy of activation of this reaction?
(ii) At what temperature will its half-life period be 256 minutes.