Solutions IIT JEE
Solutions IIT JEE
EXERCISE (JM)
1. The degree of dissociation (a) of a weak electrolyte, AxBy is related to van't Hoff factor (i) by
the expression :- [AIEEE-2011]
x + y -1 x + y +1 i -1 i -1
(1) a = (2) a = (3) a = (x + y - 1) (4) a = x + y + 1
i -1 i -1
2. Kf for water is 1.86 K kg mol–1. If your automobile radiator holds 1.0 kg of water, how many grams
of ethylene glycol (C2H6O2) must you add to get the freezing point of the solution lowered
to–2.8°C ? [AIEEE-2012]
3. A solution containing 0.85 g of ZnCl2 in 125.0 g of water freezes at –0.23ºC. The apparent degree
of dissociation of the salt is : [JEE (MAIN)-2012 ONLINE]
(kƒ for water = 1.86 K kg mol–1, atomic mass ; Zn = 65.3 and Cl = 35.5)
4. Liquids A and B form an ideal solution. At 30ºC, the total vapour pressure of a solution containing
1 mol of A and 2 moles of B is 250 mm Hg. The total vapour pressure becomes 300 mm Hg when
1 more mol of A is added to the first solution. The vapour pressures of pure A and B at the same
temperature are :- [JEE (MAIN)-2012 ONLINE]
(1) 450, 150 mm Hg (2) 250, 300 mm Hg (3) 125, 150 mm Hg (4) 150, 450 mm Hg
5. The freezing point of a 1.00 m aqueous solution of HF is found to be –1.91°C. The freezing point
constant of water, Kf, is 1.86 K kg mol–1. The percentage dissociation of HF at this concentration
is [JEE (MAIN)-2012 ONLINE]
6. How many grams of methyl alcohol should be added to 10 litre tank of water to prevent its freezing
at 268 K ? [JEE (MAIN)-2013 ONLINE]
(Kf for water is 1.86 K kg mol-1 , Normal freezing point of water = 273.15K)
7. Vapour pressure of pure benzene is 119 torr and that of toluene is 37.0 torr at the same temperature.
Mole fraction of toluene in vapour phase which is in equilibrium with a solution of benzene and
toluene having a mole fraction of toluene 0.50, will be : [JEE (MAIN)-2013 ONLINE]
8. A molecule M associates in a given solvent according to the equation M (M)n. For a certain
concentration of M, the van’t Hoff factor was found to be 0.9 and the fraction of associated
molecules was 0.2. The value of n is : [JEE (MAIN)-2013 ONLINE]
9. 12g of a nonvolatile solute dissolved in 108g of water produces the relative lowering of vapour
pressure of 0.1. The molecular mass of the solute is : [JEE (MAIN)-2013 ONLINE]
10. The molarity of a solution obtained by mixing 750 mL of 0.5(M)HCl with 250 mL of 2(M)HCl
will be :- [JEE (MAIN)-2013]
11. The observed osmotic pressure for a 0.10 M solution of Fe(NH4)2(SO4)2 at 25°C is 10.8 atm. The
expected and experimental (observed) values of Van't Hoff factor (i) will be respectively :
(1)3 and 5.42 (2) 5 and 3.42 (3) 4 and 4.00 (4) 5 and 4.42
12. For an ideal Solution of two components A and B, which of the following is true ?
13. Consider separate solution of 0.500 M C2H5OH(aq), 0.100 M Mg3(PO4)2(aq), 0.250 M KBr(aq)
and 0.125 M Na3PO4(aq) at 25°C. Which statement is true about these solutions, assuming all salts
to be strong electrolytes ? [JEE (MAIN)-2014]
14. Determination of the molar mass of acetic acid in benzene using freezing point depression is
affected by : [JEE (MAIN)-2015 ONLINE]
(1) association (2) dissociation (3) complex formation (4) partial ionization
15. A solution at 20°C is composed of 1.5 mol of benzene and 3.5 mol of toluene. If the vapour
pressure of pure benzene and pure toluene at this temperature are 74.7 torr and 22.3 torr, respectively,
then the total vapour pressure of the solution and the benzene mole fraction in equilibrium with it
will be, respectively : [JEE (MAIN)-2015 ONLINE]
(1) 38.0 torr and 0.589 (2) 30.5 torr and 0.389
(3) 35.8 torr and 0.280 (4) 35.0 torr and 0.480
16. The vapour pres sure of acetone at 20°C is 185 torr. When 1.2 g of non-volatile substance was
dissolved in 100 g of acetone at 20°C, its vapour pressure was 183 torr. The molar mass (g mol–1)
of the substance is : [JEE (MAIN)-2015]
17. An aqueous solution of a salt MX2 at certain temperature has a van't Hoff factor of 2. The degree
of dissociation for this solution of the salt is : [JEE (MAIN--2016-ONLINE]
18. The solubility of N2 in water at 300 K and 500 torr partial pressure is 0.01 g L–1. The solubility
(in g L–1) at 750 torr partial pressure is : [JEE (MAIN--2016-ONLINE]
19. 18 g glucose (C6H12O6) is added to 178.2g at 100ºC water. The vapour pressure of water (in torr)
for this aqueous solution is : [JEE (MAIN)-2016]
20. The freezing point of benzene decreases by 0.45°C when 0.2 g of acetic acid is added to 20 g
of benzene. If acetic acid associates to form a dimer in benzene, percentage association of acetic
acid in benzene will be :- [JEE (MAIN)-2017]
21. 5 g of Na2SO4 was dissolved in x g of H2O. The change in freezing point was found to be 3.82°C.
If Na2SO4 is 81.5% ionised, the value of x [JEE (MAIN--2017-ONLINE]
22. A solution is prepared by mixing 8.5 g of CH2Cl2 and 11.95 g of CHCl3. If vapour pressure of
CH2Cl2 and CHCl3 at 298 K are 415 and 200 mmHg respectively, the mole fraction of CHCl3
in vapour form is: (Molar mass of Cl = 35.5 g mol–1) [JEE (MAIN-2017-ONLINE]
23. For 1 molal aqueous solution of the following compounds, which one will show the highest freezing
point ? [JEE (MAIN)-2018]
24. Two 5 molal solutions are prepared by dissolving a non-electrolyte non-volatile solute separately
in the solvents X and Y. The molecular weights of the solvents are MX and MY, respectively where
3
MX = MY. The relative lowering of vapour pressure of the solution in X is "m" times that of the
4
solution in Y. Given that the number of moles of solute is very small in comparison to that of solvent,
the value of "m" is - [JEE (MAIN-2018-ONLINE]
3 4 1 1
(1) (2) (3) (4)
4 3 2 4
25. The mass of a non-volatile, non-electrolyte solute (molar mass = 50 g mol–1) needed to be dissolved
in 114 g octane to reduce its vapour pressure by 75%, is :- [JEE (MAIN-2018-ONLINE]
26. Freezing point of a 4% aqueous solution of X is equal to freezing point of 12% aqueous solution
of Y. If molecular weight of X is A, then molecular weight of Y is :-
[JEE (MAIN-2019-(JAN.)ONLINE]
27. Molecules of benzoic acid (C6H5COOH) dimerise in benzene. 'w' g of the acid dissolved in 30
g of benzene shows a depression in freezing point equal to 2K. If the percentage association of
the acid to form dimer in the solution is 80, then w is : [JEE (MAIN-2019-(JAN.)ONLINE]
28 . The freezing point of a diluted milk sample is found to be –0.2°C, while it should have
been –0.5°C for pure milk. How much water has been added to pure milk to make the diluted
sample ?
(1) 2 cups of water to 3 cups of pure milk [JEE (MAIN-2019-(JAN.)ONLINE]
30. Liquids A and B form an ideal solution in the entire composition range. At 350 K, the vapor pressures
of pure A and pure B are 7 × 103 Pa and 12 × 103 Pa, respectively. The composition of the vapor
in equilibrium with a solution containing 40 mole percent of A at this temperature is :
(1) yA = 0.37; yB = 0.63 (2) yA = 0.28; yB = 0.72
(3) yA = 0.76; yB = 0.24 (4) yA = 0.4; yB = 0.6
[JEE (MAIN-2019-(JAN.)ONLINE]
31. A solution containing 62 g ethylene glycol in 250 g water is cooled to –10°C. If Kf for water is
1.86 K kg mol–1, the amount of water (in g) separated as ice is : [JEE (MAIN-2019-(JAN.)ONLINE]
(1) 32 (2) 48 (3) 16 (4) 64
32. Which one of the following statements regarding Henry's law is not correct ?
(1) The value of KH increases with increase of temperatrue and KH is function of the nature of
the gas [JEE (MAIN-2019-(JAN.)ONLINE]
(2) Higher the value of KH at a given pressure, higher is the solubility of the gas in the liquids.
(3) The partial pressure of the gas in vapour phase is proportional to the mole fraction of the gas
in the solution.
(4) Different gases have different KH (Henry's law constant) values at the same temperature.
33. Elevation in the boiling point for 1 molal solution of glucose is 2 K. The depression in the freezing
point of 2 molal solutions of glucose in the same solvent is 2 K. The relation between Kb and Kf
is: [JEE(MAIN-2019-(JAN.)ONLINE]
34. For the solution of the gases w, x, y and z in water at 298K, the Henrys law constants (KH) are
0.5, 2, 35 and 40 kbar, respectively. The correct plot for the given data is :-
[JEE (MAIN-2019-(APRIL)ONLINE]
z
y z
partial partial y
pressure x w pressure
x
(1) (2)
w
(0,0) mole fraction (0,0) mole fraction
of water of water
z
partial partial
pressure pressure y
z
y x
(3) (4)
x
w w
(0,0) mole fraction (0,0) mole fraction
of water of water
35. The vapour pressures of pure liquids A and B are 400 and 600 mmHg, respectively at 298K. On
mixing the two liquids, the sum of their initial volumes is equal to the volume of the final mixture.
The mole fraction of liquid B is 0.5 in the mixture. The vapour pressure of the final solution, the
mole fraction of components A and B in vapour phase, respectively are
[JEE (MAIN-2019-(APRIL)ONLINE]
(1) 500 mmHg, 0.5, 0.5 (2) 450 mmHg, 0.4, 0.6
(3) 450 mmHg, 0.5, 0.5 (4) 500 mmHg, 0.4, 0.6
36. Molal depression constant for a solvent is 4.0 kg mol–1. The depression in the freezing point of
the solvent for 0.03 mol kg–1 solution of K2SO4 is : [JEE (MAIN-2019-(APRIL)ONLINE]
37. The osmotic pressure of a dilute solution of an ionic compound XY in water is four times that
of a solution of 0.01 M BaCl2 in water. Assuming complete dissociation of the given ionic
compounds in water, the concentration of XY (in mol L–1) in solution is :
[JEE (MAIN-2019-(APRIL)ONLINE]
38. Liquid 'M' and liquid 'N' form an ideal solution. The vapour pressures of pure liquids 'M' and
'N' are 450 and 700 mmHg, respectively, at the same temperature. Then correct statement is:
x y
(2) x < y
M M
(1) (xM – yM) < (xN – yN)
N N
x y x y
(3) x > y (4) x = y
M M M M
N N N N
39. A solution is prepared by dissolving 0.6 g of urea (molar mass = 60 g mol–1) and 1.8 g of
glucose (molar mass = 180 g mol–1 ) in 100 mL of water at 27ºC. The osmotic pressure of
the solution is : (R = 0.08206 L atm K–1 mol–1 ) [JEE (MAIN-2019-(APRIL)ONLINE]
(1) 4.92 atm (2) 1.64 atm (3) 2.46 atm (4) 8.2 atm
40. At room temperature, a dilute soluton of urea is prepared by dissolving 0.60 g of urea in
360 g of water. If the vapour pressure of pure water at this temperature is 35 mmHg,
lowering of vapour pressure will be (molar mass of urea = 60 g mol–1):-
[JEE (MAIN-2019-(APRIL)ONLINE]
(1) 0.027 mmHg (2) 0.028 mmHg (3) 0.017 mmHg (4) 0.031 mmHg
41. 1 g of non-volatile non-electrolyte solute is dissolved in 100g of two different solvents A and B
whose ebullioscopic constants are in the ratio of 1 : 5. The ratio of the elevation in their boiling
42. The osmotic pressure of a solution of NaCl is 0.10 atm and that of a glucose solution is 0.20
atm. The osmotic pressure of a solution formed by mixing 1 L of the sodium chloride solution
with 2 L of the glucose solution is x × 10–3 atm. x is _____. (nearest integer) :-
[JEE (MAIN-2020-ONLINE]
43. Henry's constant (in kbar) for four gases a, b, g and d in water at 298 K is given below :
a b g d
KH 50 2 2 ´ 10 -5 0.5
44. If 250 cm3 of an aqueous solution containing 0.73 g of a protein A is isotonic with one litre of
another aqueous solution containing 1.65 g of a protein B, at 298 K, the ratio of the molecular
mases of A and B is _________ × 10–2 (to the nearest integer). [JEE (MAIN-2020-ONLINE]
45. A set of solutions is prepared using 180 g of water as a solvent and 10 g of different
non-volatile solutes A, B and C. The relative lowering of vapour pressure in the presence of
these solutes are in the order
(1) A > B > C (2) A > C > B (3) C > B > A (4) B > C > A
46. At 35°C, the vapour pressure of CS2 is 512 mm Hg and that of acetone is 344 mm Hg. A solution
of CS2 in acetone has a total vapour pressure of 600 mm Hg. The false statement amongst
the following is : [JEE (MAIN-2020-ONLINE]
(3) a mixture of 100 mL CS2 and 100 mL acetone has a volume < 200 mL
(4) CS2 and acetone are less attracted to each other than to themselves
47. A graph of vapour pressure and temperature for three different liquids X, Y and Z is shown
below :
X Y Z
Vapour Pressure
800
(mm Hg)
500
400
200
0 293 313 333 353
Temp
The following inferences are made :
(A) X has higher intermolecular interactions compared to Y.
(B) X has lower intermolecular interactions compared to Y.
(C) Z has lower intermolecular interactions compared to Y.
The correct inference(s) is/are : [JEE (MAIN-2020-ONLINE]
49. 1.22 g of an organic acid is separately dissolved in 100 g of benzene (Kb = 2.6 K kg mol-1) and
100 g of acetone (Kb = 1.7 K kg mol-1). The acid is known to dimerize in benzene but remain
as a monomer in acetone. The boiling point of the solution in acetone increases by 0.17°C.
The increase in boiling point of solution in benzene in °C is x × 10-2. The value of x is _______.
51. AB2 is 10% dissociated in water to A2+ and B–. The boiling point of a 10.0 molal aqueous solution
of AB2 is _______oC. (Round off to the Nearest Integer).
[Given : Molal elevation constant of water Kb = 0.5 K kg mol–1 boiling point of pure water = 100oC]
[JEE (MAIN-2021-ONLINE]
EXERCISE (JA)
1. The freezing point (in °C) of a solution containing 0.1 g of K3[Fe(CN)6] (Mol. Wt. 329) in
100 g of water (Kf = 1.86 K kg mol–1) is - [JEE 2011]
–2 –2 –3
(A) – 2.3 × 10 (B) – 5.7 × 10 (C) – 5.7 × 10 (D) – 1.2 × 10–2
2. For a dilute solution containing 2.5 g of a non-volatile non-electrolyte solute in 100 g of water, the
elevation in boiling point at 1 atm pressure is 2°C. Assuming concentration of solute is much
lower than the concentration of solvent, the vapour pressure (mm of Hg) of the solution is
(take Kb=0.76 K kg mol–1) [JEE 2012]
(A) 724 (B) 740 (C) 736 (D) 718
3. Benzene and naphthalene form an ideal solution at room temperature. For this process, the true
statement(s) is(are) [J-Adv. 2013]
(A) DG is positive (B) DSsystem is positive
(C) DSsurroundings = 0 (D) DH = 0
4. If the freezing point of a 0.01 molal aqueous solution of a cobalt (III) chloride-ammonia complex
(which behaves as a strong eletrolyte) is – 0.0558°C, the number of chloride (s) in the coordination
sphere of the complex is- [Kf of water = 1.86 K kg mol–1 ] [JEE-Adv. 2015]
5. Mixture(s) showing positive deviation from Raoult's law at 35°C is (are) [JEE-Adv. 2016]
(A) carbon tetrachloride + methanol (B) carbon disulphide + acetone
(C) benzene + toluene (D) phenol + aniline
6. For a solution formed by mixing liquids L and M, the vapour pressure of L plotted against the
mole fraction of M in solution is shown in the following figure, Here xL and xM represent mole
fractions of L and M, respectively, in the solution. the correct statement(s) applicable to this system
is(are) [JEE-Adv. 2017]
pL
1 xM 0
(A) Attractive intramolecular interactions between L–L in pure liquid L and M–M in pure liquid
M are stronger than those between L–M when mixed in solution
(B) The point Z represents vapour pressure of pure liquid M and Raoult's law is obeyed when
xL ® 0
(C) The point Z represents vapour pressure of pure liquid L and Raoult's law is obeyed when
xL ® 1
(D) The point Z represents vapour pressure of pure liquid M and Raoult's law is obeyed from
xL = 0 to xL = 1
7. Pure water freezes at 273 K and 1 bar. The addition of 34.5 g of ethanol to 500 g of water
changes the freezing point of the solution. Use the freezing point depression constant of water
as 2 K kg mol–1. The figures shown below represents plots of vapour pressure (V.P.) versus
temperature (T). [Molecular weight of ethanol is 46 g mol–1]
Among the following, the option representing change in the freezing point is -
[JEE-Adv. 2017]
er
Wat 1 Water
l
1 h ano
(A) + Et (B)
V.P./bar
e
Ic
er
V.P./bar
Wat
e
Water+Ethan
Ic
ol
1 er
Water Wat
ol
(C) (D) 1 Et h an
V.P./bar
ter+
V.P./bar
Ic
Wa
e
Water+Ethan
ol Ic
1 2 3 4
760
Pressure (mmHg)
1. solvent X
3. solvent Y
367
368
Temperature (K)
On addition of equal number of moles a non-volatile solute S in equal amount (in kg) of these
solvents, the elevation of boiling point of solvent X is three times that of solvent Y. Solute S
is known to undergo dimerization in these solvents. If the degree of dimerization is 0.7 in solvent
Y, the degree of dimerization in solvent X is ___. [JEE-Adv. 2018]
10. On dissolving 0.5 g of a non-volatile non-ionic solute to 39 g of benzene, its vapor pressure
decreases from 650 mm Hg to 640 mm Hg. The depression of freezing point of benzene
(in K) upon addition of the solute is ______ .
(Given data : Molar mass and the molal freezing point depression constant of benzene are
78 g mol–1 and 5.12 K kg mol–1, respectively) [JEE-Adv. 2019]
11. The mole fraction of urea in an aqueous urea solution containing 900 g of water is 0.05. If
the density of the solution is 1.2 g cm–3, the molarity of urea solution is ___
(Given data : Molar masses of urea and water are 60 g mol–1 and 18 g mol–1, respectively)
[JEE-Adv. 2019]
12. Liquids A and B form ideal solution for all compositions of A and B at 25°C. Two such solutions
with 0.25 and 0.50 mole fractions of A have the total vapour pressures of 0.3 and 0.4 bar, respectively.
What is the vapour pressure of pure liquid B in bar? [JEE-Adv. 2020]
Question Stem for Question Nos. 13 and 14
The boiling point of water in a 0.1 molal silver nitrate solution (solution A) is x ºC. To this solution
A, an equal volume of 0.1 molal aqueous barium chloride solution is added to make a new solution
B. The difference in the boiling points of water in the two solutions A and B is y × 10–2 ºC.
(Assume : Densities of the solutions A and B are the same as that of water and the soluble salts
dissociate completely.)
Use : Molal elevation constant (Ebullioscopic Constant), Kb = 0.5 K kg mol–1; Boiling point
of pure water as 100ºC.) [JEE-Adv. 2021]
13. The value of x is _______.
14. The value of y is _____ .
15. An aqueous solution is prepared by dissolving 0.1 mol of an ionic salt in 1.8 kg of water at 35 ºC.
The salt remains 90% dissociated in the solution. The vapour pressure of the solution is 59.724
mm of Hg. Vapor pressure of water at 35 ºC is 60.000 mm of Hg. The number of ions present per
formula unit of the ionic salt is _______. [JEE-Adv. 2022]
ANSWER-KEY
EXERCISE (S-1)
27. Ans.(3)
EXERCISE (O-1)
EXERCISE (O-2)
EXERCISE (JM)
1. Ans.(3) 2. Ans.(3) 3. Ans.(3) 4. Ans.(1)
5. Ans.(1) 6. Ans.(2) 7. Ans.(3) 8. Ans.(1)
9. Ans.(4) 10. Ans.(1) 11. Ans.(4) 12. Ans.(2)
13. Ans.(3) 14. Ans.(1) 15. Ans.(1) 16. Ans. (4)
17. Ans. (1) 18. Ans.(3) 19. Ans.(4) 20. Ans.(4)
21. Ans.(1) 22. Ans.(2) 23. Ans.(3) 24. Ans.(1)
25. Ans.(4) 26. Ans.(2) 27. Ans.(2) 28 . Ans.(3)
29. Ans.(1) 30. Ans.(2) 31. Ans.(4) 32. Ans.(2)
33. Ans.(2) 34. Ans.(3) 35. Ans.(4) 36. Ans.(2)
37. Ans.(1) 38. Ans.(3) 39. Ans.(1) 40. Ans.(3)
41. Ans.(3) 42. Ans.(167) 43. Ans.(2) 44. Ans.(177)
45. Ans.(1) 46. Ans.(3) 47. Ans.(3) 48. Ans.(518)
49. Ans.(13) 50. Ans.(1) 51. Ans.(106)
EXERCISE (JA)
1. Ans.(A) 2. Ans.(A) 3. Ans.(B,C,D) 4. Ans.(1)
12. Ans.0.20 13. Ans. (100.10) 14. Ans. (2.50) 15. Ans. (5)