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Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani 333031, Rajasthan; Sem-I, 2022-23
B
Date: 20th December 2022 CHEM F111: General Chemistry Tutorial test-2
Duration: 30 min. CLOSED BOOK Total Marks: 30
Instructions to the students:
 There are 10 MCQ questions and 02 descriptive questions. Answer all the questions.
 Four options are given in each question. Indicate your choice by entering A, B, C or D (capital letters) as the case
may be in the box provided for each question in the answer sheet given to you. Do not overwrite.
 Do not do rough work on the answer sheet. Do not use pencil.
 Every correct answer carries 2 marks, whereas, 0.5 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer.
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 Given are commonly used data, notations have usual meanings; 1eV = 1.6 × 10 J = 8066 cm ; Latent heat of
steam is 2.238 x 10 J kg ; 1 amu = 1.667 × 10 kg; 1Å = 1 × 10 m; h = 6.626 × 10 Js; c = 3 × 108 ms-1;
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Atomic number of chromium (Cr) is 24;

1. Which of the following statements about fluorescence and phosphorescence are incorrect?
I: Fluorescence is a radiative transition while phosphorescence is non-radiative transition
II: Fluorescence is spin allowed transition while phosphorescence is spin forbidden transition C
III: Lifetime of phosphorescence is much less than that of Fluorescence
(A) I and II (B) II and III (C) I and III (D) I, II and II

2. The force constant of 79Br79Br is 240 Nm-1. What is the zero-point energy (in joule) of 79Br2?
C
(A) 5.69 × 1024 (B) 1.90 × 10–13 (C) 3.19 × 10–21 (D) 9.63 × 1012

3. At 250 nm and 25 oC, the percentage of transmittance of an aqueous solution of disodium fumarate is 19.2%.
The concentration of the solution is 5 × 10-4 mol L-1 and the experiment was carried out in a 1 cm pathlength
quartz cell. What is the molar absorption coefficient (L mol-1 cm-1)?
(A) 1.43 × 105 (B) 1.42 × 10-5 (C) 1.43 × 10-3 (D) 1.43 × 103 D

4. The force constant of H2 is 510 Nm-1 and its dissociation energy is 4.5 eV. Assuming that it vibrates like a
simple harmonic oscillator, what is the minimum level of excitation (value of vibrational quantum number)
required for the molecule to get dissociated?
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 14 (D) 9 D

5. The rotational spectrum of HI is found to contain a series of lines with a separation of 12.8 cm -1. What is the
moment of inertia (gm cm2) of HI?
(A) 1.13 × 10-39 (B) 4.36 × 10-40 (C) 2.23 × 10-40 (D) 8.72 × 10-40 B

6. 1 gm of steam is condensed at 100oC and 1 atm pressure. What is the entropy change?
(A) 6 JK-1 (B) 2 JK-1 (C) 9 JK-1 (D) 16 JK-1 A

7. Which of the following molecules/ions is diamagnetic?

(A) N2+ (B) O2 (C) O22– (D) B2 C

8. The term symbol corresponding to the ground level of V atom for its ground state electronic configuration
(1s22s22p63s23p63d34s2) is
(A) 2H11/2 (B) 4F9/2 (C) 2H9/2 (D) 4F3/2 D

9. Which of the following equations correctly represents Gibbs phase rule?

(A) P+F = C+2 (B) P+C = F+2 (C) P+2 = F-C (D) P-F = C-2 A

10. Which of the following molecules may show a pure rotational absorption spectrum?
(I) HCl (II) NH3 (III) SiF6 (IV) N2O B
(A) (I), (III) & (IV) (B) (I), (II) & (IV) (C) (II), (III) & (IV) (D) (I), (II) & (III)

PTO
 Descriptive questions B
Q1. (a) The ground state term of Cr0 (g) is 7S. Write the ground state electronic configuration of this atom.
Show stepwise how this electronic configuration leads to the above ground state term. [3 M]

Answer:

Ar
[Correct electronic configuration: 3d54s1, 1 mark;
showing right calculation of S value: 1 mark;
showing right calculation of L value: 1 mark]

(b) Determine the number of vibrational degrees of freedom in (i) SO2, (ii) HCl, (iii) CS2, and (iv) a
Hemoglobin molecule containing 9272 atoms. [2 M]

Answer: The total degree of freedom is 3N (N = number of atoms). The number of vibrational degrees of
freedom is equal to 3N-5 for linear molecules and 3N-6 for non-linear molecules.

(i) SO2 = 3
(ii) HCl = 1
(iii) CS2 = 4
(iv) Hemoglobin = 27810

[0.5 Mark for each correct value; no marks for writing wrong value]

Q2. Estimate the frequency (GHz) of the J = 4  5 transition of the 2H35Cl molecule. Given that the
moment of inertia of HCl is 5.08 × 10-47 kg m2. [5 M]

B = h/82I = (6.626 x 10-34 Js)/ [8 x (3.14)2 x (5.08 10-47 kg m2)] = 165.2 x 109 s-1
= 165.2 GHz [3 Marks for correct value and units, deduct 1 mark if units are missing; no
marks for writing wrong value]

Frequency corresponding to the transition from J = 4  5 = 10B [1 mark or 0 mark for incorrect] =
1652 GHz [1 mark for correct value and units]

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