2019 Feb
2019 Feb
6.   The term symbols possible for a p4 configuration according to the Pauli’s exclusion
     principle are 1D2, 3P2, 3P1,3P0 and 1S0. The correct order of their increasing energy is:
            3
     A)       P0 < 3P1 < 3P2 < 1D2 < 1S0   B)     1
                                                    D2 < 3P0 < 3P1 < 3P2 < 1S0
            1
     C)       D2 < 3P2 < 3P1 < 3P0 < 1S0   D)     3
                                                    P2 < 3P1 < 3P0 < 1D2 < 1S0
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                                         O
                                    2
                               H          OH
                                    3
                             HO           H
                                    4
                               H          OH
                                    5
                               H          OH
                                    6
                                         OH
10.   Which of the following observations is NOT true with regard to the structure of
      quinine?
      A)     Quinine contains an ethoxy group
      B)     Quinine contains a methoxy group
      C)     Quinine contains one ethylenic double bond
      D)     Quinine contains a secondary alcoholic group
12.   Match the items in List I with those in List II and chose the correct matching from the
      choices given below.
             List I                                  List II
      1.     Thiamine               a.      Its deficiency causes scurvy in man
      2.     Riboflavine            b.      Its deficiency causes pellagra in man
      3.     Niacin                 c.      Its deficiency causes beriberi in man
      4.     Ascorbic acid          d.      Water soluble, shows a green fluorescence
      III.   The valence bond theory predicts equal contribution of covalent and ionic
             character in H2 molecule.
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14.   Which of the following is a wrong statement?
      A)    Copper(I) undergoes disproportionation in aqueous medium
      B)    Manganese (II) is a stronger reducing agent than chromium(II)
      C)    Oxygen is superior to fluorine in stabilizing higher oxidation states of a
            transition metal
      D)    Oxoanions are stable for vanadium
15.   Fill in the blanks and choose the correct answer from the choices given below.
      I.       The primary structure of DNA is --------- in the nucleotide strands
      II.      The secondary structure of DNA is -------- of twisted strands
      III.     The -------- back bone is on the outside and the bases are on the inside of the
               double helix
      IV.      -------- between base pairs is just one of the forces holding the two strands of
               the DNA double helix together.
      A)      I-the sequence of bases, II-a double helix, III- sugar phosphate, IV-hydrogen
              bonding
      B)      I-the sugar phosphate link, II-a double helix, III- the hydrogen bonded, IV- the
              Van der Waals’ force
      C)      I- the double helix, II- the sequence of bases, III- the sugar phosphate, IV-the
              gravitational force
      D)      I- the double helix, II- the sugar phosphate link, III- the nucleotide, IV-
              hydrogen bonding
16.   List I contains certain species and List II contains the type of interaction present in
      each of them. Match them appropriately and select the correct matching from the
      choices given below.
              List I                                 List II
                      +
              1. H3O                         a)      Hydrogen bonding
              2. HCl                         b)       ion-induced dipole
                    -
              3. I3                          c)      ion-dipole
              4. Ar(H2O)n                    d)      dipole-induced dipole
                                             e)      dipole-dipole
18.   Experimental evidences show that cellobiose unit is present in cellulose. This indicates that
      A)    glucose units are present in the furanose form and so they are linked by C1-C5 linkages
      B)    glucose units are present in the pyranose form and so they are linked by C1-C4 linkages
      C)    glucose units are joined by α – links
      D)    glucose units are linked by C1-C6 linkages.
19.   If centre of symmetry i is removed from the D3d point group, the new group formed would be:
      A)      D3h           B)      C3h           C)     D3             D)     C3V
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20.   Oleum is
      A)    H2SO5            B)      H2S2O6            C)      H2S2O7         D)    H2S2O8
21.   Some metals are given in List I and their ores in List II. Match them and identify the
      correct matching from the choices given.
              List I                        List II
              1. Manganese         a.       Malachite
              2. Copper            b.       Galena
              3. Zinc              c.       Pyrolusite
              4. Lead              d.       Calamine
                                   e.       Cryolite
22.   Which of the following compounds can easily undergo anionic polymerisation?
      A)    Propylene      B)     Isobutylene C)       Acrylonitrile D)     Vinyl acetate
25.   The overall order of reactivity of esters, amides, acid anhydrides and acyl chlorides
      towards nucleophilic substitution is
      A)     RCOCl > (RCO)2O > RCOOR’>RCONH2
      B)     (RCO)2O > RCOOR’> RCOCl >RCONH2
      C)     RCONH2 > RCOCl > (RCO)2O >RCOOR’
      D)     RCOOR’ > RCONH2 > RCOCl >(RCO)2O
26.   In peptide bond synthesis, N-protection and C-activation are carried out using specific
      reagents. The C-activation is usually done by
      A)      di-tert.butyl dicarbonate     B)     dicyclohexyl carbodiimide
      C)      cyclohexyl carbamide          D)      phenyl isothiocyanate
27.   The difference in CFSE between octahedral and tetrahedral complexes is maximum for:
      A)      Co(II)       B)     Ni(II)        C)      Mn(II)        D)      Fe(II)
                              (i)LiAlH4
      Methyl propanoate
                              (ii) H+, H2O
      A)     CH3CH2CH2COOH + CH3OH
      B)     CH3CH2CH2OH + CH3CH2CH2COOH
      C)     CH3CH2CH2OH + CH3OH
      D)     CH3CH2COOH + CH3CH2OH
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29.   The asymmetry of the rotation vibration spectrum of a diatomic molecule is due to
      A)     difference in the spacing of the vibration levels of an anharmonic oscillator
      B)     difference of selection rule for an anharmonic oscillator from that of a
             harmonic oscillator
      C)     change in the shape of the potential energy curve for an anharmonic oscillator
      D)     change in the rotational constant with change in vibrational quantum number
31.   Which of the following methods is NOT used to evaluate the degree of crystallinity of
      a polymer?
      A)     Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
      B)     X-ray Diffraction (XRD)
      C)     Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
      D)     Ultraviolet spectroscopy (UV spectroscopy)
32.   Which of the following statement is true with respect to the three vibrational modes of
      H2O molecule?
      A)    All the three are parallel vibrations.
      B)    All the three are perpendicular vibrations.
      C)    Two of them are parallel vibrations and one is perpendicular vibration.
      D)    Two of them are perpendicular vibrations and one is parallel vibration.
33.   Formulae of certain complexes are given in List I and their spin only magnetic
      moments are given in List II. Match them and identify the correct matching from the
      choices given below.
             List I                       List II
                         3+
      1.     [Co(NH3)6]                   a. 3.87
      2.     [Mn(H2O)6]2+                 b. 1.73
                        3+
      3.     [Cr(NH3)6]                   c. 4.89
      4.     [Fe(CN)6]3-                  d. 5.92
                                          e. Zero
moment operator P̂ is
35.   The species which can combine with the fragment Fe(CO)3 to form a stable compound is:
      A)     η4-butadiene B)      η5-C5H5        C)    η2-ethylene D)         η3-allyl
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36.   At BOD levels of 6-9 ppm, the water is considered as
      A)   very good for drinking         B)      moderately clean
      C)   very polluted                  D)      somewhat polluted
37.   The electron spin resonance spectrum peaks are very broad and this is due to
      A)     Very efficient spin-spin relaxation
      B)     Doppler effect
      C)     Collision broadening
      D)     Less efficient spin-lattice relaxation
38.   The stretching frequency of CO is observed at 2143 cm-1. The possible values for
      corresponding frequencies in Cr(CO)6 and [V(CO)6]- are respectively
      A)     1860 cm-1 and 2000 cm-1      B)      2000 cm-1 and 1860 cm-1
      C)     2265 cm-1 and 2185 cm-1      D)      2185 cm-1 and 2265 cm-1
39.   Some of the important physicochemical factors affecting drug absorption are:
      A)    route of administration, transport process, membrane physiology
      B)    disintegration time, dissolution time, storage condition
      C)    drug solubility and dissolution rate, particle size and effective surface area,
            polymorphism and amorphism
      D)    lipid solubility, drug stability, pH of the environment
40.   Iron nucleus has a spin of ½ in the ground state and ³⁄₂ in the excited state. The number of
      peaks produced in the Mossbauer spectrum of [Fe(CN)5NO]2- in presence of an external
      magnetic field is
      A)     4              B)     5             C)      6               D)      7
41.   Which of the following metals undergoes water exchange reactions very slowly?
      A)    Cr(III)        B)     Co(II)        C)      Ni(II)        D)      V(III)
42.   Which of the following statement does not hold good for quantum dots?
      A)    Quantum dots are semiconductors that are on the manometer scale
      B)    Quantum dots do not show quantum confinement effects
      C)    Quantum dots exhibit energy band gap that determines required wavelength of
            radiation absorption and emission
      D)    Quantum dots can be optically excited
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45.   The appearance of a prominent peak at M/z =91 in the mass spectrum of a compound
      indicates the presence of
      A)      C6H5NH group               B)      C6H5CH2 group
      C)      C6H3O group                D)      C6H4NH group
      is an example of
      A)      nucleophilic addition         B)       electrophilic addition
      C)      oxidative addition            D)       migratory insertion
CH=CH-CH3+ HBr
A) CHBr-CH2-CH3
B) CH2-CHBr-CH3
C) CH2-CH2-CH2Br
D) Br CH2-CH2-CH3
50. The stable chain conformation of trans- 1, 4-dimethylcyclohexane can be represented as:
A) B)
C) D) Both B and C
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51.   The numbers of octahedral and tetrahedral voids associated with a face centred cubic
      unit cell are respectively
      A)       6 and 4        B)  4 and 6         C)     6 and 8         D)     4 and 8
      A)     Cope rearrangement
      B)     Claisen rearrangement
      C)     Wagner-Meerwin rearrangement
      D)     Fries rearrangement
53.   Helium gas undergoes effusion four times as fast as an organic gas. The molecular
      mass of the organic gas is
      A)     16             B)    64             C)       32             D)    48
57.   The pair of lanthanides having the highest third ionization enthalpy is:
      A)     Eu, Gd         B)      Dy, Yb         C)       Lu, Yb        D)     Eu, Yb
58.   The osmotic pressure of a 0.1M Al2(SO4)3 solution is 8.96 atmosphere whereas that of
      a 0.1M urea solution is 2.24 atmosphere at 273 K. The degree of dissociation of
      aluminium sulphate in this concentration is
      A)     50%            B)      60%           C)     75%            D)      80%
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59.   Match the metal ions given in List I with the reagents used for their quantitative
      precipitation of them given in List II and identify the correct matching from the
      choices given below.
              List I                    List II
      1. Nickel (II)                    a. 8-Hydroxy quinoline
      2. Zinc (II)                      b. Ammonium thiocyanate
      3. Calcium (II)                   c. Ammonium molybdate
      4. Copper (I)                     d. Dimethyl glyoxime
                                        e. Ammonium oxalate
61.   A particular reaction has  H=-100 kJ mol-1 and  S=-100 J mol-1 K-1. Which of the
      following statement is true for the reaction?
      A)     The reaction attains equilibrium at 1000K and is spontaneous below 1000K
      B)     The reaction attains equilibrium at 1000K and is spontaneous above 1000K.
      C)     The reaction is always spontaneous
      D)     The reaction is never spontaneous.
62.   Which of the following compounds can be used as primary standards in volumetric
      analysis?
      I. K2Cr2O7        II.   KMnO4     III.    NaOH          IV. Na2B4O7.10H2O
      V. CuSO4.5H2O VI.           Na2S2O3.5H2O
A) B) C) D)
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65.   Phosphorus pentachloride dissociates on heating into phosphorus trichloride and
      chlorine. One mole of PCl5 is heated to a particular temperature and allowed to attain
      equilibrium. The equilibrium constant of the mixture is ⅓ atmosphere when the
      equilibrium pressure of the mixture is 1 atmosphere. What is the partial pressure of
      chlorine in the mixture?
      A)      ⅓ atm.         B)   ⅔ atm.        C)      ⅙ atm.        D)      1 atm.
71.   The Arrhenius frequency factor A is related to the entropy of activation as per the
      equation (kB is the Boltzmann constant)
                   hT S * R               h S * R                   k BT S * R                k BT S * R
      A)      A      e        B)   A        e       C)        A        e         D)      A       e
                   kB                    k BT                           h                          h
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72.   Both geometrical and optical isomerism are exhibited by
      A)     [Rh(NH3)3Cl3]                B)      [Rh(en)2Cl2]+
      C)     [Co(NH3)4Cl2]+               D)      [Co(en)3]3+
73.   Which of following methods the can be used to study the kinetics of fast reactions?
      I.    Flash photolysis             II.    Flow techniques
      III.  Relaxation methods           IV.    Isolation method
75.   In an experiment the densities of lithium metal are found to be 0.54, 0.55, 0.52 and
      0.51 g cm-3. The mean deviation and standard deviation are respectively
76.   Give the structure of the product, X of the following reaction and name the
      rearrangement involved.
                      H3C      CH3
                                    CH3
                                                OH
                                                 H+                    X
H2C
      A)        H3C
                                                                  Wagner-Meerwin rearrangement
                H3C
                                    CH3
                       H3C
CH3
      B)
                                                                  Cope rearrangement
                                      CH3
                             H3 C
                   H3C
       C)
                                                                 Favorskii rearrangement
                                          CH3
                               H3C
CH3
           D)
                                                                  di-pi methane rearrangement
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77.   If the same quantity of electricity is passed through solutions of NaCl, MgCl2 and AlCl3,
      the number of moles of the compounds decomposed will be in the ratio
      A)       1: 2: 3       B)      3: 2: 1          C)     2: 3: 6       D)    6: 3: 2
78.   Which of the following tertiary alcohols cannot be prepared from the reaction of an
      ester with excess of Grignard reagent?
                                                        (CH 3) 2COH
                                                              C 2H 5
      A)      (CH3)3COH                      B)
                     C 2H 5                                     C2H5
                                             D)
C) CH3COH CH3COH
C 2H 5 C3H7
80.   The balanced equation for the total reaction at the anode of the methane-oxygen fuel cell
      with KOH as the electrolyte is
      A)     CH 4  4OH   C  4 H 2O  4e
      B)     CH 4  8OH   CO2  6 H 2O  8e 
      C)     CH 4  6OH   CO  5H 2O  6e 
      D)     CH 4  2O2  CO2  2 H 2 O
81.   Identify the following statements as true (T) or false (F) and choose the correct answer
      from the choices given below.
      I.      Cholesterol consists of a nucleus which is composed of four rings with two
              methyl groups- one at C-10 and the other at C-13 and a side chain.
      II.     Cholesterol shows the presence of two double bonds and one keto-group
      III.    Cholesterol is a tetra cyclic compound with a secondary alcoholic group
      IV.     Cholesterol shows the presence of one double bond and a primary alcoholic group
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83.   The metal ions involved in blood clotting and transmission of nerve signals are
      respectively
      A)      sodium and potassium         B)      calcium and potassium
      C)      manganese and sodium         D)      calcium and zinc
84.   Statement I : MnO4- is coloured but the heavier analogue ReO4 - is colourless.
      Statement II: Energy required for charge transfer from oxygen to manganese is
                    greater than that required for oxygen to rhenium
                           CH3                                     CH3
           A)
                                                         B)         +
                                 +
                          +
                          CH2
C) D) CH 3CH 2 C HCH 3
87.   The degree of hydration ----- down the group from Lithium ion to Cesium ion.
      A)     Increases                     B)     Decreases
      C)     Remains the same              D)     None of the above
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90.   The most abundant noble gas in atmosphere is -----.
      A)    He            B)      Ne             C)       Ar              D)     Kr
95.   The number of nodes present in the HOMO of 1, 3, 5-hexatriene in its ground state is
      A)    1             B)      2            C)      3               D)      4
96.   Number of π electrons and the mode involved in the following pericyclic reaction is
                                          H
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100.   Copper crystallises in a face-centred cubic lattice with a unit cell length of 361 pm. What
       is the radius of copper atom in pm?
       A)       108 pm        B)      127 pm         C)      216 pm           D)      254 pm
104.   Two elements of the periodic table does not show ESCA chemical shifts. They are----
       A)    Hydrogen and Helium            B)      Uranium and thorium
       C)    Lithium and Sodium             D)      Argon and Krypton
105.   If we take ClF3 molecule as stereochemically rigid and if we assume that Cl is not
       NMR active, then its 19F NMR spectrum would be -----.
       A)      A singlet                   B)     Two singlets
       C)      A doublet and a triplet     D)     A doublet and a singlet
106.   The total number of vibrational degrees of freedom available for toluene molecule is ----.
       A)     18             B)     20              C)    39               D)    40
107.   For Manganese, I= 5/2. Then, the total number of fine and hyperfine EPR lines
       expected for high spin octahedral Mn(II) complexes are-----.
       A)     4 and 24       B)     3 and 30      C)     5 and 33       D)    5 and 30
108.   The proton decoupled 13C NMR spectrum of cyanobenzene will have ----number of
       signals.
       A)      3            B)    4            C)     5             D)      6
109.   The fact that the fluorescence wavelength is often much longer than the irradiation
       wavelength (Stokes shift) is a consequence of which phenomenon?
       A)     High Inter System Crossing rates (El Sayed rule)
       B)     Franck–Condon principle
       C)     Low extinction coefficients (Lambert-Beer law)
       D)     Kasha’s rule
110.   Which of the following bonds would be having the highest stretching frequency?
       A)    C-C bond       B)     C=C bond      C)      C≡C bond        D)     C-Br bond
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111.   Chromatogram is a graph obtained by plotting ------ against time.
       A)    Quantity                     B)      Concentration
       C)    Density                      D)      Specific gravity
112.   If N is the plate number, ‘Wb’ is the width at the base of the peak which is equal to 4
       standard deviations and ‘tR’ is the adjusted retention time
       A)      N = 16 tR2/Wb                  B)      N = 4 tR2/Wb
C) N = (4tR/Wb)2 D) N = 4 (tR/Wb)2
113.   ------ can be used for detecting amino acids in protein hydrolyzates after introducing the
       reagent dansylchloride in the sample.
       A)       Thermal conductivity detectors
       B)       Fluorescence detectors
       C)       Refractive index detectors
       D)       Electrochemical detectors
114.   In polarographic cell containing KCl, when potential is applied, oxygen is reduced at ----.
       A)      Anode                        B)     Cathode
       C)      Both the electrodes          D)     Electrolyte
119.   ------ is a raw material used in the manufacture of most common polycarbonates
       A)       Bisphenol-A                   B)     Carbonyl chloride
       C)       Both A and B                  D)     None of these
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