Gaseous State

1 SECTION 2
SECTION 1
6. In a container, x gm of a gas is placed, after some
time, gas is a allowed to escape from the container.
1. An evacuated vessel 50 gm when empty, 148 gm The pressure of gas becomes one third and its
when filled with a liquid of density 0.98 gm/ml and rd
50.5 gm when filled with an ideal gas at 760 mm 2
temperature (in Kelvin)   . The amount of gas
Hg at 300K. Determine the molecular weight of 3
the gas.
escaped is
2. The pressure exerted by 12 gm of an ideal gas at
temperature tºC in a vessel of volume ‘V’ litre is  2x  x
760 torr. When temperature is increased by 10 (A)   (B)  
degree at the same volume, the pressure increased  3  2
by 10%. Calculate the temperature ‘t’ and volume
‘V’ (Molecular weight of gas = 120). x  3x 
(C)   (D)  
3. An open vesse at 27ºC is heated until three fifth of 4  2 
the air has been expelled. Assuming that the volume
of the vessel remains constant, find the temperature 7. The volume of a gas measured at 27ºC and 1 atm
to which the vessel has been heated. pressure is 10 litre. To reduce the volume to 5 litre
4. A gas cylinder contains 370 gm of O2 at 30 atm at 1 atm pressure, the temperature required is
and 25ºC. What mass of O2 would escape if first (A) 75 K (B) 150 K
the cylinder were heated to 75ºC and then the valve
were held open until the gas pressure was 1 atm, (C) 225 K (D) 300 K
the temperature being maintained at 75ºC 8. The density of gas (A) is twice that of a gas (B) at
5. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is mainly methane the same temperature. The molecular weight of gas
(CH4 ). A 10 m3 tank is constructed to store LNG (B) is thrice that of (A). The ratio of the pressure
at –164ºC and 1 atm pressur e under which
acting on A and B will be ...
conditions its density is 416 kg/m3 . Calculate the
volume of a storage tank capable of hoding the (A) 6 : 1 (B) 7 : 6
same mass of LNG as a gas at 25ºC and 1 atm
(C) 2 : 5 (D) 1 : 4
pressure.

Answer key :~
Set-1: 1. 123 g mol–1 2. 0.82 litre, –173ºC 3. 477ºC 4. 359 gm
5. 6.36 × 106 litre 6. B 7. B 8. A

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9. A gas of volume 100 cm3 is kept in a vessel at "P = 1atm"
pressure 104 Pa maintained at temperature 24ºC. (A) 2
If now the pressure is increased to 10 5 Pa, keeping
(B) 8 Gas
the temperature constant, then the volume of the 19 cm
gas becomes (C) 4

(A) 100 cc (B) 10 cc (D) 5

14. One litre of N2 and 7/8 litre of O2 at the same
(C) 1 cc (D) 1000 cc
temperature and pressure were mixed together.
10. If V0 is the volume of a given mass of gas at 273 k What is the relation between the masses of the
at constant pressure, then according to Charle’s gases in the mixture?
Law the volume at 10°C will be :
(A) M N2  3M O2 (B) M N2  8M O2
2
(A) 10V0 (B) (V + 10)
273 0 (C) M N2  M O2 (D) M N 2  16MO2

15. A P-V curve at constant temperature is shown

10 283
(C) (V0 + ) (D) V below T 1 and T 2 in kelvin are
273 273 0

11. A gas sample in a flexible container is maintained

at constant pressure while its temperature is
V(lit)
increased from 25ºC to 75ºC. If the initial volume T2
of the gas is 4.2 litre, what is the change in volume T1
due to the temperature increase? P(atm)
(A) 0.7 lit (B) 4.9 lit
(A) 500, 250 (B) 250, 500
(C) 8.4 lit (D) 12.6 lit (C) 300, 150 (D) 300, 300
12. The volume of a gas increases by a factor of 2 16. If m1 and m2 are masses of an ideal gas, then which
while the pressure decreases by a factor 3. Given of the graph represents m2 > m1
that the number of moles is unaffected; The factor
by which the temperature changes is : V

3 m2 m2 V
P P
(A) (B) 3 × 2
2 (A) m1 T (B) m1
T
2 V T
(C) (D) None of these
3
13. A gas (Ax ) having mass of 100g is confined in a P m2
T
container of volume 16 litre maintained at 300k and m2
V P PV T
a manometer is attached as shown, value of x is ... (C) (D) m1
m1
(R = 0.08 atm L mol–1 k–1 ) atomic Mass of A is 24.
T P

Answer key :~
9. B 10. D 11. A 12. C 13. D 14. C 15. B
16. ABCD

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 5. A sample of C 2 H2 (g) has a pressure of 7.8 atm.
2 After some time a portion of it reacts to form
C6 H6 (g). The pressure of the mixture of gases is
then 3.9 atm. Assuming constant volume and
SECTION 1 temperature, find the fraction of C 2 H 2 that has
undergone reaction.
1. Calculate the total pressure in a 15 litre vessel, 6. A mixture of CH4 and C 2 H 2 occupied a certain
which contains 1.2 gm of helium, 3.2 gm of oxygen volume at a total pressure of 63 mm Hg. The sample
and 2 gm of neon at 27ºC. Also calculate the partial was burnt to CO2 and H2 O, and the CO2 alone
pressure of helium gas in the cylinder. Assume ideal was collected and its pressure was found to be 69
behaviour of gases. mm Hg in the same volume and at the same
temperature as the original mixture. What fraction
[use R = 0.082 L atm mol–1 K–1 ] At. wt. Ne = 20.
of the mixture was methane?
2. A mixture of N2 and O2 has a concentration of
0.25 mole/litre at 300 K. If the mole fraction of
nitrogen is 0.60. Find the partial pressure of nitrogen
and oxygen.
SECTION 2
3. (i) Find the total pressure and partial pressure of each 7. A mixture of He, N2 , and O2 is enclosed in a vessel
of one litre capacity at 0ºC. The ratio of partial
component if a container of volume 8.21 litre
pressures of the gases is 1 : 4 : 2. Total pressure of
contains 2 moles of A and 3 moles of B at 300K.
the gaseous mixture is 2660 torr.
(ii) What will be the final pressure and partial pressure The number of molecules of oxygen present in the
of each component if 5 moles of ‘C’ is also added vessel is [NA = 6 × 1023 , Assume no reaction ]
to the container at same temperature.
4. Hydrogen gas saturated with water vapour is 6  1023
(A) (B) 6 × 1023
confined under a piston in a container of volume 10 22.4
litres as shown in the figure given below. (C) 22.4 × 1022 (D) 1000
8. A glass bulb contains He gas and water at a certain
temperature. The total pressure of bulb is 760 torr.
Vapour pressure of water at this temperature is 30
torr. It the gases are compressed to half its original
volume, the new pressure of the bulb will be :
(A) 1520 torr (B) 1490 torr

The container also contains some liquid water. The (C) 1460 torr (D) 395 torr
total pressure over liquid water is 80 cm of Hg. If 9. A gaseous mixture containing CO(g), CO 2 (g) and
now the piston is removed such that volume of He gas exerts a pressure of 1500 torr at 30ºC. The
container is doubled, then find final total pressure partial pressure of CO2 and He gas are 300 and
over water liquid in the container. The vapour 690 torr respectively. The mole fraction of CO in
the mixture is :
pressure of water is 20 cm of Hg and volume of
liquid is negligible. (A) 0.2 (B) 0.46
(C) 0.34 (D) 0.51
Answer key :~
Set-2: 1. 0.82 atm, 0.492 atm 2. 3.69 atm, 2.46 atm 3. (i) 6 atm, 9 atm, 15 atm
(ii) 15 atm, 30atm 4. 50 cm Hg 5. 75% 6. 0.905
7. A 8. B 9. C

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10. A gaseous mixture of 2 moles of A, 3 moles of B, 5 16. In a rigid container NH 3 is kept at a certain
moles of C and 10 moles of D is contained in a temperature where its pressure is found to be P 1 ,
vessel. Assuming that gases are ideal and the partial if on doubling the temperature it is completely
pressure of C is 1.5 atm, the total pressure is dissociated into N 2 and H 2 at these conditions
(A) 3 atm (B) 6 atm pressure of mixture is found to be P 2 . Find the ratio
of P 2 to P 1 .
(C) 9 atm (D) 15 atm
(A) 4/1 (B) 2/1
11. Equal weights of ethane and hydrogen are mixed
in an empty container at 298 K, the fraction of the (C) 1/2 (D) 1/4
total pressure exerted by hydrogen is :
(A) 1 : 2 (B) 1 : 1
(C) 1 : 16 (D) 15 : 16
3
12. 60 gm of C 2 H6 are mixed with 28 gm of gaseous
carbon monoxide. The pressure of the resulting
mixture is 3 atm. The partial pressure of C 2 H6 in
SECTION 1
the mixture is 1. 20 litres of SO2 diffuses through a porous partition
in 60 seconds. What volume be O2 will diffuse
(A) 3 atm (B) 1.5 atm
under similar conditions in 30 seconds ?
(C) 1 atm (D) 2 atm
2. A 4 : 1 molar mixture of CH4 and SO2 is contained
13. 50 ml of H2 gas at 27ºC and 1 atmospheric pressure in a vessel at 10 atm pressure. Due to a hole in the
is made to expand to 100 ml a t constant vessel; the gas mixture leaks out. What is the
temperature and then heated to 327ºC at constant composition of the mixture effusing out initially?
volume. The final pressure is
3. A mixture of 50 ml of (He) gas and 50 ml of SO 2
(A) 1 atm (B) 0.5 atm gas is allowed to effuse through a small orifice of
(C) 4 atm (D) 2 atm area 0.2 mm2 till the residual gas occupies 90 ml.
What is the composition (i) the effused gas (ii) the
14. 56 gm of nitrogen and 96 gm of oxygen are mixed
residual gas ?
isothermally and a total pressure of 10 atm. The
partial pressure of oxygen and nitrogen (in atm) 4. The pressure in a vessel that contained pure oxygen
are respectively dropped from 2000 torr to 1500 torr in 55 min as
the oxygen leaked through a small hole into a
(A) 4, 6 (B) 5, 5
vacuum. When the same vessel was filled with
(C) 8, 2 (D) 6, 4 another gas, the pressure dropped from 2000 torr
15. A vessel of volume 5 litre contains 1.4 g of nitrogen to 1500 torr in 85 min. What is the molecular weight
at a temperature 1800 K. The pressure of the gas of the second gas?
if 30% of its molecules are dissociated into atoms 5. A 3 : 2 molar mixture of helium and methane is
at this temperature is ... contained in a vessel with 20 bar pressure. Due to
(A) 4.05 atm (B) 2.025 atm a hole in the vessel, the gas mixture leaks out. Find
(C) 3.84 atm (D) 1.92 atm the mole percent of helium in the mixture effusing
out intially.

Answer key :~
10. B 11. D 12. D 13. A 14. A 15. D 16. A
Set-3: 1. 10 2 dm3 2. 8:1 3. (i) 8 ml of He; 2ml of SO 2
(ii) 42 ml of He, 48 ml of SO 2 4. 76 g mol–1 5. 75%
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6. A mixture consisting of 80 mole percent hydrogen (A) NO (B) N2 O
and 20 mole percent deuterium at 25ºC and a total (C) O2 (D) N2
pressure of 1 atm is permitted to effuse through a
12. The ratio of the rates of diffusion of O 2 and H2
small or ifice of ar ea 0.20 mm 2 . Calculate
under the same conditions of temperature and
composition of the initial gas that passes through.
pressure is
7. A vessel of volume 100 ml contains 10% of oxygen
(A) 4 : 1 (B) 1 : 4
and 90% of an unkown gas. The gases diffuse in
86 seconds through a small hole of the vessel. If (C) 1 : 2 (D) 2 : 1
same volume of pure oxygen, under the same 13. A mixture of hydrogen and oxygen in 3 : 1 molar
conditions, diffuses in 75 seconds, find the molecular ratio is allowed to diffuse through a hole. What
weight of the unknown gas. should be the composition of initial gas diffusing
8. 100 cm3 of iodine vapour at 600ºC took 125 seconds out of the vessel ?
to effuse through a pin hole. An equal volume of (A) 15 : 1 (B) 12 : 1
oxygen under similar conditions required 50
(C) 6 : 1 (D) 3 : 1
seconds. Calculate the degree of dissociation of
iodine vapour at 600ºC [At.wt. : O = 16 and I = 14. 50 mL of a gas A diffuse through a membranae in
127] the same time as for the diffusion of 40 mL of gas
B under identical conditions of pressure and
9. Find the number of diffusion steps required to
temperature. If the molecular mass of A is 64, the
separate the isotopic mixture initially containing
molecular weight of gas B would be
some amount of H2 gas and 1 mole of D2 gas in a
container of 3 litre capacity maintained at 24.6 atm (A) 100 (B) 250
(C) 200 (D) 80
 WD 
2
and 27ºC to the final mass ratio   equal to 15. A bottle of dry NH3 and bottle of dry HCl connected
 WH 
 2  through along tube are opened simultaneously at
both ends, while NH4 Cl ring first formed will be :
1
. Use : R = 0.082 atm L mol–1 K–1 (A) at the centre of the tube
4
(B) near the HCl bottle

SECTION 2 (C) near the NH3 bottle

(D) Throughout the length of the tube.
10. The rate of effusion of CH 4 at a given temperature
16. A certain gas (X) and SO 2 in a molar ratio
and pressure is twice that of a gas(X). The molar
1 : 1 are introduced in an effusometer. Initially 0.09
mass of gas X is .... gm/mol.
mole of SO2 and 0.06 mole of gas (X) are present
(A) 64 (B) 32 in the effused mixture. The molar mass of gas (X)
(C) 4 (D) 8. is
11. Under similar conditions which of the following (A) 96 (B) 120
gases will have the same value of rate of diffusion (C) 128 (D) 144
of carbondioxide?

Answer key :~
6. 5.65 : 1 7. 43.2 8. 27 % 9. 4
10. A 11. B 12. B 13. B 14. A 15. B 16. D

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17. Calculate relative rate of effusion of O 2 and CH4 of container and it is observed that the two gases
through a container containing O2 and CH4 in 3 : 2 effuse out at the same rate. The ratio P 1 : P 2 will
mass ratio. be
(A) 1 : 4 (B) 1 : 2
3 2 3
(A) (B) (C) 2 : 1 (D) 4 : 1
4 4 2
23. The rate of effusion of helium gas at a pressure of
3 1 1000 torr is 10 torr /min. What will be the rate of
(C) (D)
2 2 2 effusion of hydrogen gas at a pressure of 2000 torr
at the same temperature ?
18. Two gases (A) and (B) having the same volume
diffuse through a porous partition in 20 and 10 (A) 20 torr/min (B) 40 torr/min
seconds respectively. The molecular weight of gas
(C) 20 2 torr/min (D) 10 torr/min
(A) is 64. Molecular weight of gas (B) will be
(A) 32 (B) 16
(C) 128 (D) 8
19. A gas with molecular formula (C n H2n+2 ) diffuses 4
through a porous plug at a rate (1/6) th of the rate
of diffusion of hydr ogen gas under similar
conditions. The gas will be
SECTION 1
(A) C 2 H 6 (B) C 3 H8 1. At 400 K, the root mean square velocity of a gas
X(molecular weight = 40) is equal to the most
(C) C 4 H10 (D) C 5 H12
probable speed of gas (Y) at 60 K. Find the
20. The rate of diffusion of SO2 , CO2 , PCl3 and SO3 molecular weight of gas (Y).
are in the following order
2. Find the root mean square velocity of gas X
(A) PCl3 > SO3 > SO2 > CO2 (molecular weight = 200) having kinetic energy
(B) CO2 > SO2 > PCl3 > SO3 1000 cal mol–1 [Use 1 calorie = 4.2 joule]
(C) SO2 > SO3 > PCl3 > CO2 3. The average velocity at T 1 and the most probable
(D) CO2 > SO2 > SO3 > PCl3 velocity at T 2 of CO2 gas is 9×104 cm/sec Calculate
the values of T 1 and T 2 .
21. 4 gm of H2 effused through a pin hole in 10 seconds
at constant temperature and pressure. The amount 4. The root mean square velocity of 100 gm of CH 4
of oxygen gas effused in the same time interval is 400 m/s. Find the total kinetic energy of CH4 gas
and at the same temperature and pressure would in kJ.
be 5. The mass of molecule X is double the mass of
(A) 4 gm (B) 8 gm molecule Y. The rms velocity of X is double the
rms velocity of Y. If two sample of X and Y contains
(C) 16 gm (D) 1 gm
same number of molecules. What will be ratio of
22. SO2 and He gas are kept in a container at partial pressure of two samples in separate container of
pressures P 1 and P 2 . A pin hole is made in the wall equal capacity ?

Answer key :~
17. B 18. B 19. D 20. D 21. C 22. D 23. C
Set-4: 1. 4 2. 205 m/sec 3. T 1 = 1682.5 K, T 2 = 2143.4 K
4. 8 KJ/ mole 5. 8 : 1

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6. The rate of effusion of two gases X and Y under 12. Temperature at which most probable speed of O 2
the same conditions of temperature and pressure becomes equal to root mean square speed of N 2 at
are in the ratio r x : r y = 2 : 1. What would be the 427ºC is
ratio of rms speed of the molecules of X and Y if (A) 732 K (B) 1200 K
T y : T x = 1 : 2.
(C) 927 K (D) 800 K
7. The velocity of a gas “Y” (molecular weight=100)
13. The ratio of average speed of oxygen molecule to
corresponding to the maxima of the curve given
the root mean square speed of ozone molecule at
below at a given temperature is 200 m/sec. The
same temperature is
kinetic energy of 300 gm of gas (Y) will be ___ kJ.
 4
(A) (B)
4 

4 3
(C) 3 (D)
4
Velocity
14. The root mean square velocity of CO 2 gas at a
8. A mixture of neon (at. wt. = 20) and Argon (at. wt. temperature T (kelvin) is y m/s. At what temperature
= 40) has a kinetic energy 720 calories at 27ºC and (in kelvin) the root mean square velocity of nitrous
the total weight of mixture is 28 gm. Find the weight oxide (N2O) would be 4 y m/sec?
of neon and Argon in the mixture.
(A) 16 T (B) 2 T
[use R = 2 cal mol–1 K–1 ]
(C) 4 T (D) T/4

SECTION 2
15. Which of the following pairs have same translational
kinetic energy at 27ºC ?

9. The temperature at which the most probable speed (A) 32 gm of CH4 and 44 gm of CO2
of deuterium and root mean square speed of oxygen (B) 71 gm of Cl2 and 32 gm of CH4
are the same is (C) 32 gm of CH4 and 88 gm of CO2
(A) 16 T D2 = 3 T O2 (B) 3 T D2 = 16 T O2 (D) 2 gm of H2 and 16 gm of O2
(C) 2 T D2 = 3 T O2 (D) T D2 = 8 T O2 16. At what temperature most probable speed of O 2
molecules have the same value of root mean square
10. The root mean square velocity of He gas is 5 speed of O2 molecules at 300 K ?
times the root mean square velocity of SO 2 . If T is (A) 150 K (B) 600 K
the temperature of the gas
(C) 750 K (D) 900 K
(A) T He < T SO2 (B) T He = T SO2 17. The kinetic energy of 140 gm of molecular nitrogen
(C) T He = 5 T SO2 (D) T He > T SO2 at 25ºC is equal to
11. The temperature at which the average velocity of (A) 355 gm of molecular chlorine
oxygen becomes equal to that of methane at 327ºC is (B) 100 gm of molecular oxygen
(A) 627 ºC (B) 927 ºC (C) 200 gm of carbon dioxide
(C) 1200 ºC (D) 127 ºC (D) 2 mole of molecular hydrogen
Answer key :~
6. 2 2 :1 7. 9 KJ 8. 4 gm and 24 gm 9. A 10. A 11. D
12. B 13. B 14. A 15. C 16. D 17. A

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18. By how many folds should the temperature of the
gas in Kelvin be increased in order to increase the 5
r.m.s. speed of gas molecule in a closed container
from 4 × 104 cm sec–1 to 8 × 104 cm sec–1 ?
(A) 2 times (B) 4 times SECTION 1
(C) 1/2 times (D) 1/4 times 1. The density of the gas (A) at 760 torr and 227ºC is
19. The temperature at which root mean square velocity 0.36g/litre. The gas (A) effuses through a small
of SO2 molecules is same as that of O2 molecules hole of area 0.2 mm2 at a rate of 1.33 times faster
at 27oC is ... ... than pure oxygen under identical condition.
(A) 600 oC (B) 273 oC Calculate (i) Molecular weight of gas (A). (ii) Molar
volume of gas (A). (iii) Compressibility factor (Z)
(C) 327 oC (D) 300 oC
of the gas (A). (iv) which forces among the gas
20. Two vessels (X) and (Y) have capacity 2 litres and molecules are dominating, the attractive or the
3 litres respectively and each of them contains one repulsive? (v) If the gas (A) behaves ideally at
mole of N2 gas. The temperature of the vessels 727ºC. Find the average translational kinetic energy
are so adjusted that root mean square velocity of of a molecule.
the molecules in vessel (X) is twice as those in (Y).
The pressure in vessel (X) would be : 2. (A) Using Vander Waal’s equation, calculate the
constant ‘a’ when two moles of a gas confined
(A) Same as that Y (B) 3 times of that Y
in a four litre flask exerts a pressure of 11 atm
(C) 6 times of that Y (D) 2 times of that Y
at a temperature of 300 K the value of ‘b’is
21. The average molecular speed is greatest in which 0.05 lit mol–1 .
of the following gas samples ?
(B) A glass bulb of capacity 10 litre contains 10
(A) 1 mole of N2 at 560 K mole of Vander waals gas at a pressure of 37.32
(B) 2 mole of He at 140 K atm and 500 K. The constant ‘b’ of the gas
(C) 0.2 mole of CO2 at 440 K = 0.03 l/mol, what will be its pressure at
1000 K?
(D) 0.5 mole of Ne at 500 K
3. Calculate the pressure exerted by one mole of CO 2
22. At what temperature will the Kinetic energy of 0.3
gas at 273 K if the Vander Waals constant a = 3.592
mole of He be the same as the Kinetic energy of
dm6 atm mole–2 . Assume that the volume occupied
0.40 mole of Ar at 400 K ?
by CO2 molecules is negligible.
(A) 400 K (B) 300 K
4. The compressibility factor for one mole of gas (A)
(C) 346 K (D) 533 K at 0ºC and 100 atm pressure is found to be 0.5.
23. The root mean square velocity of CH4 molecule at Assuming that the volume of a gas molecule is
27ºC will be equal to that of : negligible. Calculate the Vander Waal’s
(A) Helium molecule at –98ºC constant (A).
(B) SO2 molecule at 54ºC 5. One mole of a gas(X) occupied a volume of 35
litre at 77ºC. Calculate compressibility factor (Z)
(C) Oxygen molecule at 327ºC
under low pressure region. Given : a = 20.4 atm L2
(D) Hydrogen molecule at 205ºC mol–2 and b = 0.14 L mol–1 .
Answer key :~
18. B 19. C 20. C 21. B 22. D 23. C
Set-5: 1. (i) 18.1 g mol–1 (ii) 50.25 L mol–1 (iii) 1.225 (iv) Repulsive (v) 2.07×10 –20 J
2. (A) 6.46 atm L2 mol–2 (B) 79.64 atm 3. 34.88 atm 4. 1.254 atm L2 mol–2 5. 0.98

Engg. P-8
6. Compressibility factor (Z) vs pressure (P) plot for 10. Positive deviation from ideal gas behaviour takes
a real gas (A) is shown at 300 K. place because of :
(A) Molecular interaction between atoms and
(PV/nRT) > 1
(B) Molecular interaction between atoms and
(PV/nRT) < 1
(C) Finite size of atoms and (PV/nRT) > 1
(D) Finite size of atoms and (PV/nRT) < 1

If the slope of curve for (A) is 0.02 atm–1 . Find the 11. The term that currents for the attractive forces
van der Waal’s constant (B) for gas (A). present in a real gas in the vander Waals equation
is:
[Use R = 0.082 L atm mol–1 K–1 ]
an 2
(A) nb (B)
V2
SECTION 2
an 2
7. The compressibility factor of a gas is less than unity (C) – (D) –nb
V2
at STP. Therefore :
12. The value of van der Waal’s constant ‘a’ for gases
(A) Vm > 22.4 litre (B) Vm < 22.4 litre
O2 , N2 NH3 and CH4 are 1.360, 1.390, 4.170 and
(C) Vm = 22.4 litre (D) Vm = 44.8 litre 2.253 litre2 atm mol–2 respectively. The gas which
8. The compressibility factor (Z) of a gas is less than can most easily be liquefied is
unity at 273 K and molar volume (Vm)=22.4 Lt. (A) O2 (B) N2
Therefour (C) NH3 (D) CH4
(A) P > 1 atm (B) P < 1 atm 13. The van der Waal’s equation reduces itself to the
(C) P = 1 atm (D) can’t say ideal gas equation at

9. For a real gas with very large molar volume, which (A) high pressure and low temperature
of the following equation can most suitably be (B) low pressure and low temperature
applied? (Vm=molar volume of gas) (C) low pressure and high temperature
(D) high pressure and high temperature
 a 
(A) Z 1  V RT  (B) PVm = RT 14. A gas obeys the equation of state P(V – b) = RT
 m  (The parameter ‘b’ is a constant). The slope for an
isochore will be
 Pb  a (A) negative (B) zero
(C) Z  1   (D) PVm  RT 
 RT  Vm (C) R/(V–b) (D) R/P

Answer key :~
6. 0.492 L mol–1 7. B 8. B 9. B 10. C 11. B
12. C 13. C 14. C

Engg. P-9
15. Van der Waal’s equation for 1 mole of CH 4 at low
pressure is 6
(A) PV = RT – pb

(B) PV = RT –
a SECTION 1
V
Paragraph for Q.No. 1 to 3
a A gas undergoes dissociation as X4 (g)  4 X(g) in
(C) PV = RT + a closed rigid container having volume 22.4 litres
V
at 273 K. If the initial moles of X 4 taken before
(D) PV = RT + pb dissociation is 1.
16. If V is the volume of one molecule of a gas under Answer the following Questions
given conditions, then van der Waal’s constant (B)
is (N0 = Avogadro’s Number) 1. The total pressure (in atm) after 50% completion
of the reaction is [Assuming ideal beahviour]
4V
(A) 4V (B) 4 (A) 0.5 atm (B) 2.5 atm
N0
(C) 2 atm (D) 4 atm
N0 2. If the gases are not ideal and at the begining total
(C) (D) 4V N0 pressure observed is less than 1 atm then
4V
17. The internal pressure loss of one mole of van der (A) compressibility factor of X 4 > 1
Waal’s gas over an ideal gas is equal to (B) compressibility factor of X 4 < 1
(A) zero (B) b2 (C) compressibility factor of X 4 = 1
(D) compressibility factor of X > 1
a  a 
(C) (D)  b  
V2  RT  3. If the gases ar e not ideal and after 100%
dissociation total pressure is greater than 4 atm,
18. At 273 K and 1 atm pressure, the volume occupied
then
by one mole of real gas is greater than 22.4 litre.
Compressibility factor (Z) for the gas is (A) the compression of X(g) will be easier than
that of ideal gas
(A) equal to one
(B) the compression of X(g) will be difficult than
(B) less than one
that of ideal gas
(C) greater than one
(C) the compression of X(g) will be same as that
(D) can be greater or less than one of ideal gas
(D) gas A cannot be compressed

Answer key :~
15. B 16. D 17. C 18. C
Set-6: 1. B 2. B 3. B

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 Paragraph for Question Nos. 4 & 5 Answer the following Questions
Initially, bulb (A) contained oxygen gas at 27ºC 6. Determine the final pressure in each container after
and 950 mm Hg and bulb(B) contained neon gas valve is opened.
at 27ºC and 900 mm Hg. Finally, the two bulbs 3
(A) 2 atm (B) atm
wer e joined by means of a narr ow tube of 5
negligible volume equipped with a stop cock and
6 1
gases were allowed to mix-up freely, the final (C) atm (D) atm
5 6
pressure in the combined system was found to be
7. Determine the number of moles of H2 gas in the
910 mm Hg.
container (B) after valve is opened.
A B 3 2
(A) (B)
5 5
O2 Ne 1 4
(C) (D)
2 3
8. T he diffusion coefficient of an ideal gas is
Answer the following questions: proportional to its mean free path and mean speed.
4. What is the correct relationship between volumes The absolute temper ature of an ideal gas is
of the two bulbs? increased 4 times and its pressure is increased 2
times. As a result, the diffusion coefficient of this
(A) VB = 3VA (B) VB = 4VA gas increases x times. The value of x is..
(C) VB = 5VA (D) VB = 2VA (A) 4 (B) 8
5. How many moles of gas are present in bulb (A) in (C) 2 (D) 6
the final condition, if volume of bulb (B) is 304 9. For 1 mole of real gas compressibility factor (Z) vs
P is given as
litre?
(R = 0.08 atm L mol–1 K–1 ) Z
(A) 7.58 (B) 3.79
(C) 15.16 (D) 2.49 1

Paragraph for Question Nos. 6 to 7 0.5

A container containing H2 gas was connected to P
another empty container as shown in diagram and P1 P2=3P1
maintained at given temperature. If 1 mole of an ideal gas occupies V1 volume at
127ºC and P 1 pressure then at same temp. and
(A) Valve (B) pressure 1 mole of given real gas occupies
(A) 1.5 V1 (B) 2 V1
16.4 litre 8.2 litre
1 mole of H2 empty (C) 0.5 V1 (D) 3 V1
10. In above question, volume occupied by 1 mole of
400 K 300 K real gas at 127ºC and pressure (P 2 ) will be
(A) 2V 1 (B) 3 V1
Assuming ideal behaviour of gas. (C) V1 /3 (D) V1 /2
Use : R = 0.082 L atm mol–1 K–1
Answer key :~
4. B 5. B 6. C 7. B 8. A 9. C 10. C

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