KCET EXAMINATION – 2021 VERSION :

SUBJECT : CHEMISTRY C3

DATE :- 29-08-2021 TIME : 10.30 AM TO 11.50 AM

1. For the reaction 3. A compound ‘A’ (C7H8O) is insoluble in

A  g   B  g   C  g   D  g  ; H  QKJ NaHCO3 solution but dissolve in NaOH and
The equilibrium constant cannot be disturbed give a characteristic colour with neutral FeCl3
by solution. When treated with Bromine water
a) Addition of A compound ‘A’ forms the compound B with the
b) Addition of D formula C7H5OBr3. ‘A’ is
c) Increasing of pressure CH2  OH OH
d) Increasing of temperature
a) b)
Ans. c
Sol. A  g   B g   C g   D g  ; H  Q KJ CH3
Pressure has no effect on equilibrium state if OH
n  0
OH
2. An organic compound ‘X’ on treatment with c) d)
PCC in dichloromethane gives the compound CH3
CH3
Y. Compound ‘Y’ reacts with I2 and alkali to
form yellow precipitate of triiodomethane. The Ans. b
compound X is Br
a) CH3CHO b) CH3COCH3 A
OH OH
c) CH3CH2OH d) CH3COOH
Ans. c
Br2
Sol. 
H2O

X Y Sol.
PCC I2
CH3  CH2  OH 
CH2Cl2
 CH3  CHO 
NaOH
 CHI3  HCOONa
Br Br
X  CH3CH2OH
CH3 CH3
4. In set of reactions, identify D Hg SO4 /H2SO4
A
SOCl2
CH3COOH 
 A  Benzene
 B  C  D HCN H2O H2O
Anh AlCl3
PCC
6. B Acetaldehyde
COOH
| i SnCl 2 /HCl
C
CH2  C  CH3 ii H3O
a) |
OH A, B and C respectively are
a) ethanol, ethane nitrile and ethyne
CN
| b) ethane nitrile, ethanol and ethyne
C  CH3 c) ethyne, ethanol and ethane nitrile
b) | d) ethyne, ethane nitrile and ethanol
OH
Ans. c
OH Sol. A  CH  CH 
HgSO
H SO
 CH3CHO
 CH2  CH  OH 
4

| 2 4 Tautamerises

CH2  C  CH3 PCC

B  CH3CH2OH   CH3CHO
c) |
 i  SnCl2 /HCl
CN C  CH3CN   ii  H O
 CH3CHO
3

CO OH
|
C  CH3 7. The reagent which can do the conversion
d) | CH3COOH  CH3  CH2  OH is
OH
a) LiAlH4 / ether b) H2 , Pt
Ans. d c) NaBH4 d) Na and C2H5OH
Sol. Ans. a
LiAlH4
Sol. CH3COOH   CH3CH2OH

 3 i CH MgBrConc H2SO4  2 6 i B H
8. CH3CHO 
 ii  H O
3
A 
B 
 ii  H O, OH
C
2

A and C are
a) Identical b) Position isomers
c) Functional d) Optical isomers
Ans. b
CH3
 i  CH3MgBr conc.H2SO4
CH3CHO   CH3  CH  OH  
Sol.  ii  H3O 
A
 i  B2H6
CH3  CH  CH2 
 ii  H O,OH
 CH3CH2CH2OH
2

B C
 A and C are position isomers.
5. Ka values for acids H2SO3, HNO2, CH3COOH
and HCN are respectively 1.3x10-2, 4x10-4,
9. Which of the following is not true for oxidation?
1.8x10-5 and 4x10-10, which of the above acids
a) addition of oxygen
produces stronger conjugate base in aqueous
b) addition of electronegative element
solution ?
c) removal of hydrogen
a) H2SO3 b) HNO2
d) removal of electronegative element
c) CH3COOH d) HCN
Ans. d
Ans. d
Sol. Conceptual
Sol. Acidic strength  Ka
The conjugate base of a weakest acid is

strongest  HCN K a  4  1010   least value 
10. Which is the most suitable reagent for the 14. A hydrocarbon A  C 4H8  on reaction with HCl
following conversion ?
gives a compound B  C 4H9Cl  which on
O
||
CH 3  CH  CH  CH2  C  CH3  reaction with 1 mol of NH3 gives compound
O
||
C  C 4H10N  . On reacting with NaNO2 and HCl
CH3  CH  CH  CH2  C  OH
followed by treatment with water, compound C
a) Tollen’s reagent yields an optically active compound D. The is
b) Benzoyl peroxide CH2-CH3 CH2-CH3
c) I2 and NaOH solution with subsequent
acidification
a) H3C C-H b) H3C C-H
d) Sn and NaOH solution
Ans. c
Cl OH
Sol. Conceptual
CH2-CH3 CH2-CH3
alc.NH3 2CH3Cl
11. C6H5CH2Cl  A 
B . The
c) H3C C-H d) H3C C-H
product B is
a) N, N-Dimethyl phenyl methanamine
b) N, N-Dimethyl benzenamine NH2 H
c) N-Benzyl-N-methyl methanamine Ans. b
d) phynyl-N-N-dimethyl methanamine Sol. Optically active compound is option B.
Ans. a
Sol. alc.NH3
A
2CH3Cl
B
15. RNA and DNA are chiral molecules, their
C6H5CH2Cl   C6H5CH2NH2   C6H5CH2N  CH3 2
chirality is due to the presence of
a) D-sugar component
12. The method by which aniline cannot be
b) L-sugar component
prepared is
c) Chiral bases
a) Nitration of benzene followed by reduction
d) Chiral phosphate ester unit
with Sn and con. HCl
Ans. a
b) Degradation of benzamide with bromine in
Sol. Conceptual
alkaline solution
c) Reduction of nitrobenzene with H2 /Pd is
16. The property of the alkaline earth metals that
ethanol increases with their atomic number is
d) Potassium salt of pthalimide treated with a) Ionisation enthalpy
chlorobenzene followed by the hydrolysis with b) Electronegativity
aqueous NaOH solution c) Solubility of their hydroxide in water
Ans. d d) Solubility of their sulphate in water
Sol. Conceptual Ans. c
Sol. Conceptual
13. Permanent hardness cannot be removed by
a) Using washing soda 17. Primary structure in a nucleic acid contains
b) Calgon’s method bases as GATGC … The chain which is
c) Clark’s method complementary to this chain is
d) Ion exchange method a) G G T G A …. b) T G A A G ….
Ans. c c) C T A C G … d) T T T A G ….
Sol. Conceptual Ans. c
Sol. Conceptual
18. In the detection of II group acid radical, the salt 22. A metal crystallises in BCC lattice with unit
containing chloride is treated with cell edge length of 300 pm and density
concentrated sulphuric acid, the colourless 6.15gcm 3 . The molar mass of the metal is
gas is liberated. The name of the gas is
a) 50 g mol 1 b) 60 g mol 1
a) Hydrogen chloride gas
b) Chlorine gas c) 40 g mol 1 d) 70 g mol 1
c) Sulphur dioxide gas Ans. a
d) Hydrogen gas ZM
Sol. d
Ans. a a 3 NA
Sol. Conceptual 3

M
d a 3NA 6.15  300  10


10
  6  1023
19. The number of six membered and five Z 2
1
membered rings in Buckminster Fullerence  50 g mol
respectively is
a) 20, 12 b) 12, 20 c) 14, 18 d) 14, 11 23. Henry’s law constant for the solubility of N2
Ans. a
gas in water at 298K is 1.0  105 atm. The
Sol. Conceptual
mole fraction of N2 in air is 0.8 The number of
20. In chrysoberyl, a compound containing moles of N2 from air dissolved in 10 moles of
Beryllium, Aluminium and oxygen, oxide ions water at 298K and 5 atm pressure is
form cubic close packed structure. Aluminium a) 4.0  104 b) 4.0  105
1 c) 5.0  104 d) 4.0  106
ions occupy th of octahedral voids. The
4 Ans. a
formula of the compound is Sol. PN2  XN2 .Ptotal
a) BeAlO4 b) BeAl2O4 c) Be2 AlO2 d) BeAlO2
 0.8  5  4 atm
Ans. b
PN2  K H . X N2
Be Al O N  No.of oxide ions invoved in CCP
N 2N 4  105. X N2
Sol. : : N octahedral voids  N
4 4 X N2  4  10 5
1: 2: 4 Tetrahedral voids  2N nN2
X N2 
nN2  nH2O
n N2  nH2O 
21. The correct statement regarding defects in
nN2
solid is 4  10 5 
a) Frenkel defect is a vacancy defect 10
b) Schottky defect is a dislocation defect nN2  4  10 4
c) Trapping of an electron in the lattice leads
to the formation of F-centre 24. A pure compound contains 2.4g of C, 1.2  1023
d) Schottky defect has no effect on density atoms of H, 0.2 moles of oxygen atoms. Its
Ans. c empirical formula is
Sol. Frenkel defect – dislocation defect
a) C2HO b) C2H2O2 c) CH2O d) CHO
Schottky defect – decreases density
Ans. d
F-centre – Trapping of on electrons in the
lattices 2.4
Sol. 2.4g C   0.2 mol
12
1.2  1023
1.2  1023 atoms of H   0.2 mol
6  1023
0.2 mole of 'O' atoms
 simplest ratio  C : H : O
0.2 : 0.2: 0.2
 C HO
25. Choose the correct statement 28. Consider the following electrodes
a) K H value is same for a gas in any solution P  Zn2  0.0001M  / Zn Q  Zn2  0.1M  / Zn
b) Higher the K H value more the solubility of R  Zn2  0.01M  / Zn S  Zn2  0.001M  / Zn
gas
Eo Zn / Zn2  0.76 V electrode potentials of
c) K H value increases on increasing the
the above electrodes in volts are in the order
temperature of the solution a) P  S  R  Q b) S  R  Q  P
d) Easily liquefiable gases usually has lesser
c) Q  R  S  P d) P  Q  R  S
K H values
Ans. c
Ans. c
Sol. Zn2 aq   2e   Zns 
Sol. K H value changes with solvent nature
Higher the K H less is solubility 0.059 1
Ered  E red  log
K H value increase with increase of ‘T’
n  Zn2 
Eerily liquefied gases have high K H value 0.059
Ered  0.76  log  Zn2 
2
26. The KH value (K bar) of Argon (I), as  Zn2   Ered 
Carbondioxide (II) formuldehyde (III) and
methane (IV) are respectively 40.3, 167, 29. The number of angular and radial nodes in 3p
1.83×10-5 and 0.413 at 298 K. The increasing orbital respectively are
order of solubility of gas in liquid is a) 3,1 b) 1,1 c) 2,1 d) 2,3
a) I  II  IV  III b) III  IV  II  I Ans. b
c) I  III  II  IV d) I  IV  II  III Sol. No. of angular nodes = l = 1 (3p)
Ans. a No. of radial nodes = n – l - 1 = 3-1-1=1
Sol. PH  K H 
30. The resistance of 0.01 m KCl solution at 298 K
1
KH  is 1500  . If the conductivity of 0.01 m KCl
X  so lub ility 
solution at 298 K is 0.1466  103 S cm1 . The
 more is the K H less is the solubility
cell constant of the conductivity cell in cm1 is
27. The vapour pressure of pure liquids A and B
are 450 and 700 mm of Hg at 350 K a) 0.219 b) 0.291 c) 0.301 d) 0.194
respectively. If the total vapour pressure of the Ans. a
mixture is 600 mm of Hg, the composition of Sol. G*  KR
the mixture in the solution is  0.146  10 3  1500
a) x A  0.4, x B  0.6 b) x A  0.6, x B  0.4  0.219
c) x A  0.3, x B  0.7 d) x A  0.7, x B  0.3
Ans. a 31. H2g   2AgCls   2Ag s   2HCl aq 
Sol. Ptotal  PAO X A  PBO XB Eocell at 25o C for the cell is 0.22 V. The
O O
 P XA  P
A 1  X A 
B equilibrium constant at 25o C is
600  450. X A  700 1  X A  a) 2.8  107 b) 5.2  108
X A  0.4 c) 2.8  105 d) 5.2  10 4
X B  1  0.4  0.6 Ans. a

Ecell  n 0.22  2
Sol. log K c    7.45
0.059 0.059
K c  Anti log  7.45   2.8  107
32. For a reaction A  2B  Pr oducts, when n
1
n
2

K  v
concentration of B alone is increased half life  v A  B
remains the same. If concentration of A alone 1 2
n n
is doubled, rate remains the same. The unit of   v
rate constant for the reaction is K v   
2 2
a) S1 b) L mol1 S1    
c) mol L1 S1 d) atm1 1
n n
2

 '8' K    
Ans. a v v
Sol. As 'B' increase, t 1 remains same ' 8 ' times increases
2

i.e. 1st order with respect to ‘B’

0 1
rate  k  A  B
36. The correct IUPAC name of
overall order  1
units of k  S1

33. The third ionisation enthalpy is highest in a) 4-Ethyl-1-Fluoro-2-nitrobenzene

a) Alkali metals b) 1-Ethyl-4-Fluoro-3-nitrobenzene
b) Alkaline earth metals c) 3-Ethyl-6-Fluoronitrobenzene
c) Chalcogens d) 5-Ethyl-2-Fluoronitrobenzene
d) Pnictogens Ans. a
Ans. b Sol. Conceptual
Sol. Conceptual
37. Higher order (>3) reactions are rare due to
34. If the rate constant for a first order reaction is a) Shifting of equilibrium towards reactants
k, the time(t) required for the completion of due to elastic collisions
99% of the reaction is given by b) Loss of active species on collision
4.606 2.303 c) Low probability of simultaneous collision of
a) t  b) t  all reacting species
k k
d) Increase in entropy as more molecules are
0.693 6.909
c) t  d) t  involved
k k
Ans. c
Ans. a
Sol. Conceptual
2.303 R 0
Sol. t  log
k R  38. Arrange benzene, n-hexane and ethyne in
2.303  100  decreasing order of their acidic behaviour
 log  
k  1  a) Benzene > n-hexane > ethyne
4.606 b) n-hexane > Benzene > ethyne

k c) ethyne > n-hexane > Benzene
d) ethyne > Benzene > n-hexane
35. The rate of a gaseous reaction is given by the Ans. d
2 Sol. Conceptual
expression k  A B . If the volume of vessel is
reduced to one half of the initial volume, the
reaction rate as compared to original rate is
1 1
a) b) c) 8 d) 16
16 8
Ans. c
1 2
Sol. rate  K  A  B
39. A colloidal solution is subjected to an electric 43. Which of the following property is true for the
field than colloidal particles more towards given sequence
anode. The amount of electrolytes of NH3  PH3  AsH3  SbH3  BiH3 ?
BaCl2 , AlCl3 and NaCl required to coagulate a) Reducing property b) Thermal stability
the given colloid is in the order c) Bond angle d) Acidic character
a) NaCl  BaCl2  AlCl3 Ans. b
b) BaCl2  AlCl3  NaCl Sol. Conceptual

c) AlCl3  NaCl  BaCl2

44. The correct order of boiling point in the
d) AlCl3  BaCl2  NaCl following compounds is
Ans. a a) HF  H2O  NH3 b) H2O  HF  NH3
Sol. As ions are moving toward anode i.e. negatively c) NH3  H2O  HF d) NH3  HF  H2O
charged colloid
1 Ans. b
Coagulation value  Sol. Conceptual
cogulating power
 Na 1  Ba 2  Al 3
45. XeF6 on partial hydrolysis gives a compound
X, which has square pyramidal geometry ‘X’ is
40. Which of the following is an incorrect
statement? a) XeO3 b) XeO4 c) XeOF4 d) XeO2F2
a) Hydrogen bonding is stronger than Ans. c
dispersion forces Sol. XeF6  H2O  XeOF4  2HF  XeOF4  square pyramidal 
b) Sigma bonds are stronger than -bonds XeF6  2H2O  XeO2F2  4HF  XeO2F2  See  saw 
c) Ionic bonding is non-directional
d) -electrons are referred to as mobile
46. A colourless, neutral, paramagnetic oxide of
electrons
Nitrogen ‘P’ on oxidation gives reddish brown
Ans. d
gas Q. Q on cooling gives colourless gas R. R
Sol. Conceptual
on reaction with P gives blue solid S. Identify
P, Q, R, S respectively
41. Zeta potential is
a) N2O NO NO2N2O5 b) N2O NO2 N2O4 N2O3
a) Potential required to bring about
coagulation of a colloidal sol. c) NO NO2 N2O4 N2O3 d) NO NO N2O4 N2O5
b) Potential required to give the particle a Ans. c
1 2NO
speed of 1 cm S 2NO  O2  2NO2  N2O4   2N2O3
c) Potential difference between fixed charged P Q R S
Sol.
layer and the diffused layer having opposite
charges 47. Which of the following does not represent
d) Potential energy of the colloidal particles. property stated against it?
Ans. c
a) CO2  Fe2  Mn2 - Ionic size
Sol. Conceptual
b) Ti  V  Mn - Number of oxidation states
c) Cr 2  Mn2  Fe2  Paramagnetic behaviour
42. Which of the following compound on heating
gives N2 O ? d) Sc  Cr  Fe  Density
Ans. c
a) Pb  NO3 2 b) NH4 NO3 Sol. Conceptual
c) NH4 NO2 d) NaNO3
Ans. b
Sol. Conceptual
48. Which one of the following is correct for all 52. Peroxide effect is observed with the addition of
elements from Sc to Cu? HBr but not with the addition of HI to
a) The lowest oxidation state shown by them is unsymmetrical alkene because
+2 a) H-I bond is stronger that H-Br and is not
b) 4S orbital is completely filled in the ground cleaved by the free radical
state b) H-I bond is weaker than H-Br bond so that
c) 3d orbital is not completely filled in the iodine free radicals combine to form iodine
ground state molecules
d) The ions in +2 oxidation states are c) Bond strength of HI and HBr are same but
paramagnetic free radicals are formed in HBr
Ans. d d) All of these
Sol. Conceptual Ans. b
Sol. Conceptual
49. When the absolute temperature of ideal gas is
doubled and pressure is halved, the volume of 53. The IUPAC name of Co  NH3 5  CO3   Cl is
gas
a) Pentaamminecarbonatocobalt (III) Chloride
a) will be half of original volume
b) Carbonatopentamminecobalt (III) Chloride
b) will be 4 times the original volume
c) Pentaamminecarbonatocobaltate (III)
c) will be 2 times the original volume
Chloride
d) will be 1/4th times the original volume
d) Pentaammine cobalt (III) Carbonate
Ans. b
Chloride
Sol. PV  nRT
Ans. a
P1V1 P2 V2 P  V1 P V2
   V2  4V1 Sol. Conceptual
T1 T2 T 2 2T
54. Homoleptic complexes among the following are
50. Which of the following pairs has both the ions 
coloured in aqueous solution? [Atomic A) K 3  Al  C2O4 3  , B) CoCl2  en 2 
numbers of
C) K 2  Zn  OH 4 
[ Sc  21, Ti  22, Ni  28, Cu  29, Mn  25 ]
a) A only b) A and B only
a) Sc 3 , Mn2 b) Ni2 , Ti4
c) A and C only d) C only
c) Ti3  , Cu d) Mn2 , Ti3  Ans. c
Ans. d Sol. Conceptual
Sol. Conceptual
55. The correct order for wavelengths of light
51. For the crystal field splitting in octahedral absorbed in the complex ions
complexes, 2 3 3
a) the energy of the eg orbitals will decrease by CoCl  NH3 5  , Co  NH3 6  and Co  CN 6 
 3 / 5  0 and that of the t 2g will increase by is
2 3 3
 2 /5  0 a) CoCl  NH3 5   Co  NH3 6   Co  CN 6 
b) the energy of the eg orbitals will increase by 3 3 2
b) Co  NH3 6   Co  CN 6   CoCl  NH3 5 
 3 / 5  0 and that of the t 2g will decrease by
3 2 3

 2 /5  0 c) Co  CN 6   CoCl  NH3 5   Co  CN 6 

3 3
c) the energy of the eg orbitals will increase by d) Co  NH3 6   CoCl  NH3 5   Co  CN 6 
 3 / 5  0 and that of the t 2g will increase by Ans. a
 2 /5  0 Sol. Wave length of light absorbed is inversely
d) the energy of the eg orbitals will decrease by proportional to strength of the ligand.

 3 / 5  0 and that of the t 2g will decrease by

 2 /5  0
Ans. b
Sol. Conceptual
 CH2-CH3 58. The order of reactivity of the compounds
C6H5CH2Br,C6 H5CH  C6H5  Br,C6H5CH  CH3  Br
Br2
 A
56. UV light and C6 H5 C  CH3   C6H5  Br in SN2 reaction is
CH3 H H H

NO2 a) C6H5  C  Br < C6H5  C  Br < C6H5  C  Br < C6 H5  C  Br

The compound A (major product) is C6H5 C6H5 CH3 H

CH2-CH2Br H H H CH3

b) C6H5  C  Br < C6H5  C  Br < C6H5  C  Br < C6H5  C  Br

a) H CH3 C 6H5 C6H5
H H H CH3
NO2 c) C6H5  C  Br < C6H5  C  Br < C6H5  C  Br < C6H5  C  Br
Br CH3 H C6H5 C6H5
H H H CH3
CH-CH3
d) C6H5  C  Br < C6H5  C  Br < C6H5  C  Br < C6H5  C  Br
C6H5 H CH3 C6H5
b) Ans. a
Sol. Conceptual
NO2
59. The major product of the following reaction is
CH2-CH3 HBr
CH2  CH  CH2  OH 
Excess
 Product
a) CH3  CHBr  CH2Br
c)
b) CH2  CH  CH2Br
c) CH3  CHBr  CH2  OH
NO2 Br
d) CH3  CHOH  CH2OH
Br
CH2-CH3 Ans. a
HBr
CH2  CH  CH2OH 
Excess
 CH3CH  Br  
Sol. HBr
d) CH2OH   CH3CH  Br   CH2Br

CH3 CH3
NO2
Ans. b CH-CH3 CH3-C-O-OH
Sol. Free radical substitution of alkane part.
(Benzyl free radical) takes place.
60. O2  H


A  B
57. Bond enthalpies of A2 ,B2 and AB are in the H2O

ratio 2 : 1 : 2. If bond enthalpy of formation of

AB is 100KJ mol 1 . The bond enthalpy of B2 The product ‘A’ gives white precipitate when
is treated with bromine water. The product ‘B’ is
treated with Barium hydroxide to give the
a) 100 KJ mol 1 b) 50 KJ mol 1
product C. The compound C is heated strongly
c) 200 KJ mol 1 d) 150 KJ mol 1 to form product D. The product D is
Ans. c a) 4-Methylpent-3-en-2-one
b) But-2 enal
Sol. Assume bond strength of A 2  2X , then,
c) 3-Methylpent-3-en-2-one
B2  X , AB  2X d) 2-Methylbut-2-enal
 r H    diss H  R     diss H P  Ans. a
Sol. A is phenol
1 1
A 2  B2  AB B is acetone
2 2 Acetone when treated with Ba(OH)2 Undergoes
1 1
100  2X  X  2 aldol condensation and followed by heating
2 2 gives 4-methylpent -3-en-2-one
X  200