ROUND 1
1. Which gas law can be expressed mathematically as PV = constant, where P and V are
the pressure and the volume of a given mass of an ideal gas at a constant temperature?
Ans: Boyle’s law
2. State Charles’ law
Ans: The volume (or pressure) of a fixed mass of gas at constant pressure (or
volume) is directly proportional to its absolute temperature.
3. How does the density of a given gas vary with temperature and pressure?
Ans: The density of a gas decreases with temperature and increases with pressure.
ROUND 1
1. Disodium hydrogen tetraoxophosphate (V) is a salt. How else can it be classified?
Ans: It could be an acid or a base OR an amphoteric substance.
2. Aluminium chloride is a salt. What else could it be?
Ans: It could also be a Lewis acid.
3. Sodium ethanoate is a salt. What else could it be?
Ans: A Lowry and Bronsted base.
ROUND 1
1. Name two functional groups present in a molecule of vitamin A.
Ans: Alkene and Alkanol
2. What functional groups are present in the open chain structure of D-glucose?
Ans: a) Alkanal b) Primary alkanol c) Secondary alkanol
3. What functional groups may be present in a protein molecule?
Ans: a) Amide b) alkanoic acid group c) amino group
ROUND 1
Common preamble to all Schools.
Consider the following 3 half-cells with their electrode potentials
A+/A 0.95V; B+/B -1.20V; C+/C 0.35V.
1. What will be the initial emf of a cell made up of A+/A and C+/C?
Ans: Emf= 0.95 – 0.35 = 0.60V
2. What will be the initial emf of a cell made up of B+/B and a hydrogen electrode?
Ans: Emf = 0.0V – (-1.20) = 1.20V
3. What will be the initial emf of a cell made up of the half cells A+/A and B+/B.
Ans: Emf = 0.95 – (- 1.20) = 2.15V
ROUND 3
TRUE OR FALSE
1. Hydrocarbons may be classified into two broad groups – aliphatic and aromatic.
Ans: T
2. Furan is an example of aromatic compound with fused rings.
Ans: F
3. Methanol and butanol are members of a homologous series.
Ans: T (methanol, ethanol, propanol, butanol – they differ from preceding by
-CH2- )
ROUND 3
TRUE OR FALSE
1. CO2 and SiO2 are oxides of elements from the same Group of the Periodic Table and
hence their molecular structures are similar.
Ans: F (CO2 is linear, SiO2 is a covalent tetrahedral network.)
2. NH3 and BH3 both contain central trivalent atom hence have similar structures.
Ans: F (NH3 is trigonal pyramidal and BH3is trigonal planar.)
3. NH4+ and CH4 are both tetrahedral.
Ans: T
ROUND 4
RIDDLE 42
1. My existence was predicted as far back as 1871 by Mendeleev.
2. I was actually discovered in 1886 and named after a country.
3. I am a metalloid
4. Doped with Arsenic, Gallium or other elements, I am used as a transistor.
5. My oxide is transparent to infra-red. I am therefore used in optical equipment for
detecting infra-red.
6. I am named after a country whose executive leader carries the title chancellor.
Who am I?
Ans: Germanium
