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Class XII
Half Yearly Exam (2013-14)
Subject : Chemistry
INSTRUCTIONS

Time : 3 hrs

All questions are compulsory

M.M : 70

Q .no. 1 to 8 are of one marks each

Q. no. 9 to 18 are of two marks each
Q. no. 19 to 27 are of three marks each
Q. no. 28 to 30 are of five marks each.

Q1 State two advantages of H 2 - O 2 fuel over ordinary cell.

Q2 Draw and name the synthetic polymer which is an ester.
Q3 Why is sulphuric acid not used during the reaction of alcohol with
KI?
Q4 Phenol is acidic but does not react with sodium bicarbonate.why?
Q5 Arrange in increasing order of basic strength :
Aniline , p-nitroaniline , p-toluidine
Q6 Name the chemicals responsible for the antiseptic properties of
Dettol?

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Q7 What are cationic detergents. Give an example.
Q8 Carboxylic acids contain carbonyl group but do not show
nucleophilic addition reactions. Why?
Q9 Arrange the compounds in decreasing order based on the
property mentioned
1) Four isomers of bromobutane (S N 2 Reactivity)
2) CH 3 CH 2 CH 2 Cl, CH 3 CHClCH 3, CH 3 CCl(CH 3 ) 2 (Ease of
dehydrohalogenation)
Q10 Write the mechanism for the acid dehydration of ethanol to
ethene.
OR
Write the mechanism for the acid dehydration of ethanol to ether.
Q11 What is biodegradable polymer. Give an example with its
monomers.
Q12 (a) How are LDP and HDP prepared ?
(b) What are copolymers. Give an example.
Q13 Explain what is meant by (1) peptide linkage
(2) glycosidic linkage
Q14 Write chemical reaction for:
(a) Hell-volhard Zelinsky reaction (b) Cannizaro reaction
Q15 How will you convert aniline to:
(1) phenyl isocyanide (2) benzonitrile.

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Q16 If three elements A, B and C crystallize in a cubic solid lattice
with A atoms at the corner, B atoms at the cube centre and C atoms at
the centre of the faces of the cube, then write the formula of the
compound.
Q17 (a) What is an antifreeze. Give an example.
(b) What are bends?
Q18 1.0 g of non electrolyte solute dissolved in 50 g of benzene
lowered the freezing point of benzene by 0.40 K. The freezing point
depression constant of benzene is 5.12 K Kg mol-1 . Find the molar
mass of solute.
Q19 Copper crystallizes with f.c.c. If the radius of copper atom is
127.8 pm, calculate the density of copper metal.(At. Mass Cu = 63.5 u)
Q20 (a) What is the coordination number of each atom in ccp
structure.
(b)What makes the crystal of KCl appear violet
(c)Crystalline solids are anisotropic in nature. What does this
statement mean?
Q21

Account for the following

1. Aniline does not undergo Friedel craft reaction
2. Gabriel phthalimide synthesis is preferred for synthesising
primary amines.
3. pK b of aniline is more than that of methylamine

Q22 Describe the following with an example

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(a) Tranquilizers
(b) Broad spectrum antibiotics.
(c) Food preservatives
OR
State a reason for each of the following statements:
(a) Soaps do not work in hard water
(b)The use of aspartame is limited to cold food and drinks
(c) Aspirin helps in the prevention of heart attack
Q23 What happens when D-glucose is treated with the following
reagents :
(1) HI
(2) bromine (3)HNO 3
Q24 What are vitamins and how are they classified ? Name the
vitamin responsible for cogulation of blood.
Q25 Gauravs father wants to buy a new car. They find various options
in the market. Gaurav persuades his father to buy a hybrid car which
can run both on electricity as well as on petrol.
1. Mention the values associated with this decision.
2. Name the battery used for running the car.
3. Write the reactions taking place at the anode and cathode of
battery.
Q26 Convert :
(a) phenol to benzyl alcohol
(b) phenol to aspirin
(c) Methyl magnesium bromide to 2-methylpropan-2-ol
Q27 Give chemical test to distinguish between :

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(a) Bromobenzene and benzylbromide
(b) n-Propyl alcohol and isopropyl alcohol
(c) Chloroform and carbon tetrachloride
Q28 (a) How many moles of mercury will be produced by
electrolysing 1.0 M Hg(NO 3 ) 2 solution with a current of 2.0 ampere for
3 hours?
(b) A voltaic cell is set up at 25oC with the following half cells :
Al3+(0.001 M) and Ni2+ (0.50 M). Write an equation for the
reaction that occurs when the cell generates an electric current
and determine the cell potential.
(EO Al3+/Al = -1.66 V , E0 Ni2+/Ni = -0.25 V )
OR
(a) The molar conductivity of 1.5 M NaOH solution of an
electrolyte is found to be 138.9 S cm2 mol-1. Calculate the
conductivity of this solution.
(b) Calculate the limiting molar conductivity ofNH 4 OH. Limiting
molar conductivity of Ba(OH) 2 , BaCl 2 and NH 4 Cl is 257.6 Scm2
mol-1, 240.6 Scm2 mol-1 and 129.8 Scm2mol-1 respectively.
Q29 (a) Determine the osmotic pressure of a solution prepared by
dissolving 25 mg of K 2 SO 4 in 2 litre of water at 25o C , assuming that it
is completely dissociated. ( R = 0.0821 L atm mol-1 K-1 )
(b)A solution is obtained by mixing 300 g of 25% and 400 g of
40% solution by mass. Calculate the mass percentage of
resulting solution.
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(a) 0.5 g KCl was dissolved in 100 g water and the solution
originally at 20o C, froze at -0.24o. Calculate the percentage
ionization of salt. K f per 1000 g of water = 1.86 K
(b) Calculate the mole fraction of benzene in solution containing
30% by mass in carbon tetrachloride.
Q30 An organic compound (A) having molecular formula C 9 H 10 O forms
an orange red precipitate (B) with 2,4- DNP reagent. Compound A
gives a yellow precipitate (C) when heated in presence of NaOH and
iodine along with a colourless compound (D). (A) does not reduce
tollens reagent or fehlings solution nor does it decolourises bromine
water. On drastic oxidation of (A) with chromic acid , a carboxylic acid
(E) of molecular formula C 7 H 6 O 2 is formed. Deduce the structure of
the organic compounds (A) to (E).
OR
An unknown aldehyde A on reacting with alkali gives -hydroxy
aldehyde which loses water to to form an unsaturated aldehyde,
2-butenal. Another aldehyde B undergoes disproportionation
reaction in presence of conc. alkali to form products C and D. C is
an arylalcohol with the formula C 7 H 8 O
(1) Identify A and B
(2) Write the sequence of reactions involved.
(3) Name the product, when B reacts with zinc amalgam and HCl
acid.

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