XI Chemistry Question Bank - Answer Key
TOPIC 1 – SOME BASIC CONCEPTS OF CHEMISTRY
1) SI unit of the quantity electric current is
Answer: b) Ampere
2) Which of the following has maximum number of molecules?
Answer: b) 2g H2
3) The number of molecules in 22.4 dm3 of nitrogen gas at STP is
Answer: a) 6.022 × 10^23
4) 1 L =
Answer: c) 1 dm3
5) A given compound always contain exactly the same proportion of elements by
Answer: c) mass
6) At STP 2 g of He gas (molar mass = 4) occupies a volume of
Answer: b) 11.2 dm3
7) Which of the following has the largest no of atoms?
Answer: c) 1 g Li (s)
8) The numbers of isotopes of carbon are
Answer: b) 3
9) In the reaction N2 + 3H2 → 2NH3 , the ratio by volume shows the law of
Answer: d) gaseous proportion
10) How many g of H2O are present in 0.25 mol of it?
Answer: d) 5.4 g
11) SI unit of temperature is
Answer: a) Kelvin
12) The amount of space occupied by the matter is called
Answer: a) Volume
13) Molecular mass of C6H5Cl is
Answer: d) 134.5 u
14) Average Atomic mass of Oxygen is
Answer: a) 15.999 u
15) Matter consist of tiny, indivisible particles called
Answer: a) atom
Short Answer Questions
1) State Avogadro’s law.
Answer: Equal volumes of all gases under the same conditions of temperature and pressure
contain equal number of molecules.
2) What is the SI unit of amount of substance?
Answer: Mole (mol).
3) Give the examples of homogeneous mixture.
Answer: Examples: Sugar solution, air, alloy.
4) How many particles are present in 1 mole of a substance?
Answer: 6.022 × 10^23 particles.
5) What is the average molecular mass of H2O?
Answer: 18 u.
TOPIC 2 – INTRODUCTION TO ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
1) The branch of chemistry which deals with study of separation, identification, and quantitative
determination of substances is
Answer: d) analytical chemistry
2) Which one of the following property of matter is not quantitative in nature?
Answer: c) colour
3) SI unit of mass is
Answer: a) kg
4) The number of significant figures in 1.50 × 10^4 g is
Answer: b) 3
5) In Avogadro’s constant 6.022 × 10^23 mol-1, the number of significant figures is
Answer: c) 5
6) By decomposition of 25 g of CaCO3, the amount of CaO produced will be
Answer: c) 14.0 g
7) How many grams of water will be produced by complete combustion of 12 g of methane gas?
Answer: c) 36 g
8) How many grams of oxygen will be required to react completely with 27 g of Al?
Answer: d) 32 g
9) In CuSO4·5H2O the percentage of water is
Answer: b) 36 %
10) Molality does not depend on
Answer: a) Temperature
11) Molarity of NaOH when 40 g dissolved in 1000 ml water
Answer: a) 1 M
12) When two properties are mathematically related, relation can be deduced by
Answer: b) plotting a graph
13) 35.5 g is the atomic mass of
Answer: a) Cl
14) Molality =
Answer: a) No. of moles of solute / mass of solvent in kg
15) A solution with 2 g solute in 18 g water, mass percent =
Answer: a) 10 %
Short Answer Questions
1) What is limiting reagent?
Answer: The reactant that is completely consumed first in a reaction and limits the amount of
product formed.
2) Define molarity.
Answer: Molarity is the number of moles of solute dissolved in one litre of solution.
3) Define mole fraction.
Answer: Mole fraction = moles of a component / total moles of all components in the solution.
4) What do you mean by significant figure?
Answer: The digits in a measurement that are known with certainty plus one digit that is uncertain.
5) Define empirical formula.
Answer: Empirical formula is the simplest whole number ratio of atoms of different elements
present in a compound.
