IIT – JEE ASSINGMENT DATE:

TOPIC: P- BLOCLK ELEMENTS

1. -graphite is similar to
(a) B (b) BN (c) (d)

2. On adding mineral acid to an aqueous solution of borax, the following compound forms
(a) Boron hydride (b) Orthoboric acid (c) Metaboric acid (d) Pyroboric acid

3. Which of the following substituted silanes will give rise to cross linked silicone polymer on
hydrolysis?
(a) (b) (c) (d)

4. Which one of the following gases, if present in the atmosphere, darkens the surface of an object
painted with white lead?
(a) (b) (c) (d)

5. Which of the following oxides is neutral?

(a) CO (b) (c) (d)

6. The reaction of with X leads selectively to . The X is

(a) dry (b) A mixture of and .
(c) moist (d) in the presence of aqueous NaOH

7. When vapour, at atmosphere pressure was gradually heated from C its colour was found to
deepen at first and then to fade as the temperature was above C, the vapour was almost
colourless, but its colour deepens when the pressure was raised was.
(a) The bromine (b) A mixture of and
(c) Pure nitrogen oxide. (d) Pure dinitrogen tetraoxide.

8. Oleum is a mixture of
(a) (b) (c) (d)

9. The brown ring test for nitrates depends on

(a) The reduction of nitrate to nitric oxide.
(b) oxidation of nitric oxide to nitrogen dioxide
(c) reduction of ferrous sulphate to iron
(d) oxidizing action of sulphuric acid

10. and CO are:

 (a) Isomers (b) Isoelectronic (c) isotopes (d) Isobars
11. Boron cannot form
(a) (b) (c) (d)

12. Boron compounds behave as Lewis acids, because of the

(a) Acidic nature (b) Covalent nature
(c) Electron deficient character (d) Ability to form hydrogen bond

13. Which of the following configuration is characteristic of group 13 elements?

(a) (b) (c) (d)

14. Which of the following is the chemical formula of borax?

(a) (b)
(c) (d)

15. Borazine is known as

(a) Inorganic compound (b) Organic nitrogen compound
(c) Inorganic benzene (d) Pyridine

16. What are the bonds present in inorganic benzene or borazine ?

(a) 9 and 6 (b) 12 and 3 (c) 6 and 9 (d) 15 only
There are 12 bonds (3 B-H bonds, 3 N-H bonds, 6 B-N bonds) and 6 B =N bonds.

17. Graphite is a soft solid lubricant extremely difficult to melt, because of

(a) rings of strongly bonded carbon atoms with weak interplate bonds.
(b) Non crystalline nature
(c) Allotropism of carbon
(d) Ability to form molecules of variable molecular masses like polymers

18. Unlike , and are not found because

(a) chlorine is more electropositive
(b) iodine is larger in size than bromine
(c) is oxidizing in nature
(d) The given statement is wrong

19. Which of the following oxides has linear structure?

(a) (b) (c) (d)

20. The basic structural unit in silicates is

(a) unit (b) ion (c) ion (d) ion.

21. Which element of group 14 has the maximum tendency to show +2 stable oxidation state?
(a) Carbon (b) Lead (c) Germanium (d) Silicon
22. Which of the following statements is correct?

(a) Both and are coloured

(b) All SnCl4 , SnBr4 and SnI4 are coloured

(c) Only is coloured

(d) Only is coloured.

23. A metal X on heating in nitrogen gas gives Y.

Y on treatment with H2O gives a colourless gas which when passed through Cu 2+ ions solution gives
a blue coloured product.
Y is

(a) (b) (c) (d)

24. Which of the following is used to make printing ink and black paint?
(a) Bone black (b) Carbon black (c) Charcoal black (d) Coke

25. Carborundum is the commercial name of

(a) (b) SiC (c) (d)

26. Carbon does not have tendency to form complex compounds, because of
(a) its small size. (b) the availability of vacant d orbitals
(c) non availability of vacant d orbitals. (d) no tendency to form covalent compounds.

27. The correct order of increasing C-O bond strength of CO, and is
(a) < < CO (b) < < CO (c) CO < < (d) CO < <

28. Which oxidation state is not shown by phosphorus?

(a) -3 (b) +3 (c) +5 (d) -2

29. Which of the following has highest dipole moment?

(a) (b) (c) (d)

30. When ammonia is passed over heated cooper oxide, the metallic copper is obtained. The reaction
shows that ammonia is
(a) A dehydrating agent (b) An oxidizing agent
(c) A reducing agent (d) A nitrating agent

31. Which oxide of nitrogen does not acts as reducing agent?

(a) NO (b) (c) (d)
32. The bond present in is
(a) Only ionic (b) Covalent & coordinate
(c) Only covalent (d) Covalent ionic

33. Among the trihalides of hydrogen which one is most basic?

(a) (b) (c) (d)
34. Extra pure nitrogen can be obtained by heating
(a) (b) (c) (d)

35. Which of the following statements is wrong?

(a) Nitrogen cannot form bonds.
(b) Single N-N bond is weaker than single P-P bond.
(c) has two resonance structures.
(d) The stability of hydrides increases from to in group 15 of periodic table.

36. Which of the following allotropes of P is thermodynamically most stable?

(a) Red (b) White (c) Black (d) Red and white both

37. What is the hybridisation and oxidation state of sulphur in Caro’s acid?
(a) , + 10 (b) , + 10 (c) ,+6 (d) ,+6

38. Which of the following is not correct related group–16?

(a) in present of silent electric discharge
(b) Ozone undergoes addition reaction with unsaturated carbon compounds
(c) Sodium thiusulphate reacts with two from sodium tetrathionate and sodium iodide
(d) Ozone oxidises lead sulphide to lead sulphate

39. Which one of the following non-metal possesses the atomicity half that of sulphur?
(a) Nitrogen (b) Oxygen (c) Phosphorus (d) Arsenic

40. Bell metal is an alloy of

(a) Cu, Zn, Sn
(b) Cu, Zn and Ni
(c) Bell metal does not contain zinc and nickel.
(d) Cu & Sn.

41. Bleaching action of is due to its:

(a) oxidizing property (b) acidic property (c) reducing property (d) basic property

42. Which of the following is the incorrect statement?

(a) is a bent molecule. (b) is violet black in solid state
 (c) is diamagnetic gas. (d) and are isoelectronic.

43. The products expected from disproportionation reaction of hypochlorous acid are
(a) (b) and
(c) (d) and

44. The structure of is:

(a) Trigonal bipyramidal (b) Octahedral
(c) pentagonal bipyramidal (d) Hexagonal pyramidal.
45. The correct order of increasing bond angle in is
(a) (b)
(c) (d)

46. From B2H6 all the following can be prepared except

(a) (b) (c) (d)

47. are isoelectronic but in contrast to CN‾, nitrogen is chemically inert because of
(a) low bond enthalpy
(b) absence of bond polarity.
(c) unsymmetrical electron distribution
(d) presence of more number of electrons in bonding orbital.

48. The products expected from disproportionation reaction of hypochlorous acid are
(a) (b) (c) (d)

49. What would happen when a solution of potassium chromate is treated with an excess of dilute nitric
acid?
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
ANSWER KEY

1. b 2. B 3. b 4. b 5. a 6. b 7. b

8. b 9. a 10.b 11. d 12.c 13. a 14. a

15. c 16. b 17. a 18. c 19. a 20. c 21. b

22. d 23. b 24. b 25. b 26. c 27. a 28. d

29. a 30. c 31. d 32. b 33. c 34. d 35. d

36. c 37. c 38. a 39. c 40. d 41. c 42. d

43. d 44. c 45. c 46. c 47. b 48. d 49. b