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RVS PU College
2 PUC 18 TH GROUP ELEMENTS
08 Jul 2021

1) The correct order of solubility in water for He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, is
1)He > Ne > Ar > Kr > Xe 2)Ne > Ar > Kr > He > Xe 3)Xe> Kr > Ar > Ne > He 4)Ar > Ne > He > Kr > Xe

2) Which of the following statements are not correct?

1)Ar is no used in electric 2)Kr is obtained during radioactive 3)Boiling point of helium is the lowest among all 4)Xe forms
bulbs. decay noble gases. XeOF4

3) Helium-oxygen mixture is used by deep sea divers in preference to nitrogen – oxygen mixture, because
1)Helium is much less soluble 2)nitrogen is much less soluble 3)Due to high pressure nitrogen reacts with 4)nitrogen is highly
in blood than nitrogen in blood than helium oxygen to give poisonous nitric oxide soluble in water

4) Which of these is not used as a fuel in the rocket propellants

1)Liquid He 2)Liquid hydrogen 3)Kerosene 4)Liquid hydrazine

5) Density of Nitrogen gas prepared from air is slightly greater than that of Nitrogen prepared by chemical reaction from a compound of Nitrogen, This is
because atmospheric nitrogen contains
1)CO 2 2)Argon 3)Some N molecules analogous to O
2 2 4)Greater amount of N molecules derived from N-15 isotope
2

6) The oxidation state of oxygen in O 2 [P tF6 ] is

1)zero 2)-1/2 3)+1 4)+1/2

7) Radon is obtained from Radium due to

1)β- decay 2)α - decay 3)neutron decay 4)positron decay

8) Which of the following has sp hybridization 3

1)XeO 3 2)BCl 3 3)XeF 4 4)BBr 3

9) The Inert gas obtained from Monazite sand

1)He 2)Kr 3)Br 4)Xe

−
10) The formation of O +

2
[P tF6 ] is the basis for the formation of xenon fluorides. This is because
1)O and Xe have
2 2)Both O and Xe are 2 3)O and Xe have comparable ionization
2 4)O and Xe have comparable
2

comparable sizes gases energies electronegativities

11) In XeF 2, XeF4 and XeF6 , the number of lone pair of electrons on Xe are respectively:
1)2, 3, 1 2)1, 2, 3 3)4, 1, 2 4)3, 2, 1

12) Which type of bond is present between Xe molecules

1)Covalent 2)Ion-dipole 3)Van der Waals 4)Dipole-dipole

13) The solubility of noble gases in water shows the order ?

1)H e > Ar > Kr > N e > Xe 2)H e > N e > Ar > Kr > Xe 3)Xe > Kr > Ar > N e > H e 4)H e > Kr > Ar > N e > Xe

14) Bromine is added to cold dilute aqueous solution of NaOH. The mixture is then boiled. Which of the following statements is not true?
1)During the reaction bromine is 2)The greatest difference between the 3)On acidification of the 4)Disproportionation of
present in four different oxidation various oxidation states of bromine is final mixture bromine is bromine occurs during the
states. 5. formed. reaction.

15) The most abundant noble gas in atmosphere is

1)He 2)Ne 3)Ar 4)Kr

16) Which are hydrolysed by water

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1)XeF 2 2)XeF 4 3)XeF 6 4)All of these

17) Which of the following has zero valency

1)Sodium 2)Beryllium 3)Aluminium 4)Krypton

18) The noble gases found dissolved in some spring water are
1)He 2)Ne 3)Kr 4)Ar

19) Which of the noble gas highest polarisability

1)He 2)Ar 3)Kr 4)Xe

20) Assertion: A mixture of He and O is used for respiration for deep sea divers.

Reason: He is soluble in blood.

1)Both assertion and reason are true and the 2)Both assertion and reason are true and the 3)Assertion is 4)Assertion is true
reason is not the correct explanation of the reason is the correct explanation of the false but reason is but reason is false.
assertion. assertion. true.

21) Noble gases are group of elements which exhibit very

1)High chemical activity 2)Low chemical activity 3)High electronegativity 4)Much paramagnetic properties

22) Which of the following is not correct?

1)Liquid helium is used as 2)XeO has four σ−and
3 3)The hybridisation of Xe in 4)Among noble gases, the occurrence of
cryogenic liquid four π−bonds XeF4 is sp 3
d
2
argon is highest in air

23) Assertion (A) : Xenon fluorides react with fluoride ion donors to form cationic species

Reason (R) : Both XeF and XeF on hydrolysis gives XeO

4 6 3

1)Both A and R are correct and R is 2)Both A and R are correct but R is not the 3)A is correct but R 4)A is incorrect but R
correct explanation of A correct explanation of A is incorrect is correct

24) XeO3 + N aOH (pH > 10.5) → Salt1

Salt1 slowly disproportionate in alkaline solution to give another salt2 , xenon and other products. Then identify the correct statements

i) Salt 1 is N aXO4

ii) Salt 2 is N a4 XeO6

iii) Anion of the salt2 can oxidize M n +2

to M nO

iv) Anion of the salt2 has a peroxy bond

v) one of the byproduct along with salt2 formed, is paramagnetic

Then identify the correct statement

1)i,ii, and iii only 2)ii, iii, iv and v only 3)i,ii, iii and iv only 4)ii, iii and v only

25) The noble gas which forms maximum number of compounds is

1)Ar 2)H e 3)N e 4)Xe

26) The colour discharge tubes for advertisement mainly contain

1)Argon 2)Neon 3)Helium 4)Xenon

27) The increasing d-character in hybridization of Xe in XeF 2. XeF4 . XeF6 is

1)XeF 2 < XeF4 < XeF6 2)XeF 4 < XeF2 < XeF6 3)XeF 6 < XeF4 < XeF2 4)XeF 2 < XeF6 < XeF4

28) Ease of liquefaction of noble gases is correctly represented by

1)He > Ne > Ar> > Kr > Xe 2)Xe > Kr > Ar > Ne > He 3)Ne > Ar = Kr > Xe > He 4)He = Ne = Ar = Kr = Xe

29) Which of the following is the life saving mixture for an asthma patient?
1)Mixture of helium and oxygen 2)Mixture of neon and oxygen 3)Mixture of xenon and nitrogen 4)Mixture of argon and oxygen

30) The volume of noble gas mixture obtained from 1400 ml of dry air is?
1)1.2 L 2)14 mL 3)140 mL 4)20 mL

31) The ease of liquefaction of noble gases decreases in the order

1)H e > N e > Ar > Kr > Xe 2)Xe > Kr > Ar > N e > H e 3)Kr > Xe > H e > Ar = N e 4)Ar > Kr > Xe > H e > N e

32) The extent of adsorption on coconut charcoal is minimum for the noble gas
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1)He 2)Ne 3)Kr 4)Xe

33) Match the compound given in column I with the shape given in column II and mark the correct option.

Column I Column II
(a) XeF6 (i) distorted octahedral
(b) XeO3 (ii) square planar
(c) XeOF4 (iii) pyramidal 
(d)XeF4 (iv) square pyramidal

Code :
1)a-(iv),b-(i),c-(ii),d-(iii) 2)a-(i),b-(iii),c-(iv),d-(ii) 3)a-(i),b-(ii),c-(iv),d-(iii) 4)a-(iv),b-(iii),c-(i),d-(ii)

34) Which noble gas has highest and least polarisability (respectively)
1)He, Xe 2)Ne, Kr 3)Kr, Ne 4)Xe, He

35) Which noble gas is useful in producing powerful super conducting magnets & in observatory balloons
1)Ne 2)Xe 3)Ar 4)He

36) Which of the following gases exist more abundantly in nature than the others?
1)Helium 2)Neon 3)Argon 4)Krypton

37) Select the correct order.

1)XeF 6 < XeF4 < XeF2 − (Xe − F 2)XeF 6 > XeF4 > XeF2 − 3)He < Ne < Ar < Kr < Xe - 4)He > Ar > Kr > Ne > Xe -
bond length) (melting point) (boiling point) (abundance in air)

38) Which one of the following statements regarding helium is not correct
1)It is used to fill gas balloons instead of hydrogen 2)It is used in gas 3)It is used to produce and sustain 4)It is not used as a
because it is lighter and not flammable cooled nuclear reactors powerful super conducting magnets cryogenic agent

39) Which of the following statements are true?

1)Xenon fluorides 2)Hydrolysis of XeF 6 3)Ionisation enthalpy of molecular 4)Only type of interactions between particles of
are not reactive. is a redox reaction. oxygen is very close to that of xenon. noble gases are due to weak dispersion forces.

40) During the partial hydrolysis of XeF the hybridization of Xe changes from ______ to ______
6

1)sp 3
d
2
− sp d
3
2)sp 3
d
3
− sp
3
3)sp 3
− sp d
3
4)sp 3
d
3 3
− sp d
2

41) When excess of NaOH solution is added to aqueous solution of iodine, the colour of solution becomes
1)blue 2)yellow 3)decolorised 4)pale green

42) Argon is used in the welding because of its

1)Low reactivity with metals 2)Ability to lower the melting point of metal 3)Flammability 4)High calorific value

43) In which of the following pairs, both the species are not isostructural ?
1)NH , PH 3 3 2)XeF , XeO
4 4 3)SiCl , PCl
4
+

4
4)Diamond, silicon carbide

44) Which gas is filled in electric bulbs ?

1)O 2 2)N 2 3)Ar 4)H e

45) Xenon hexafluoride on partial hydrolysis produces compounds ‘X’ and ‘Y’. Compounds ‘X’ and ‘Y’ and the oxidation state of Xe are respectively:
1)XeO 2 (+4) and XeO 3 (+6) 2)XeOF 4 (+6) and XeO 3 (+6) 3)XeO 2 F2 (+6) and XeO 2 (+4) 4)XeOF 4 (+6) and XeO 2 F2 (+6)