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IONIC EQUILIBRIUM SHEET – 11 - 12

LEVEL - 1
1. Bromophenol blue is an acid indicator with a Ka value of 6 × 105 . What % of this indicator is in its
basic form at a pH of 5 ?

2. For the acid indicator thymol blue, pH is 2.0 when half the indicator is in unionised form. Find the %
of indicator in unionized form in the solution with [H+] = 4 × 103 M.

3. An acid indicator has a Ka of 3 × 105. The acid form of the indicator is red & the basic form is blue.
By how much must the pH change in order to change the indicator form 75% red to 75% blue?

4. What indicator should be used for the titration of 0.10 M KH2BO3 with 0.10 M HCl ?
Ka (H3BO3) = 7.2 × 1010 .

5. For given mixtures of solutions, calculate the pH of the following solutions.



H3PO4   
 H + H2PO4 K1 = 7.5  10 3


H2PO4   2
 H + HPO4 K1 = 6.2  10 8


HPO24   3
 H + PO4 K1 = 1.0  10 12
(a) 50 ml of 0.12 M H3PO4 + 20 ml of 0.15 M NaOH
(b) 50 ml of 0.12 M H3PO4 + 40 ml of 0.15 M NaOH
(c) 40 ml of 0.12 M H3PO4 + 40 ml of 0.18 M NaOH
(d) 40 ml of 0.10 M H3PO4 + 40 ml of 0.25 M NaOH

6. The indicator phenol red is half in the ionic form when pH is 7.2. If the ratio of the undissociated
form to the ionic form is 1 : 5, find the pH of the solution. With the same pH for solution, if indicator is
altered such that the ratio of undissociated form to dissociated form becomes 1 : 4, find the pH
when 50 % of the new indicator is in ionic form.

7. Calculate the OH– concentration and the H3PO4 concentration of a solution prepared by dissolving
0.1 mol of Na3PO4 in sufficient water to make 1L of solution. K1 = 7.1 × 10–3, K2 = 6.3  10–8, K3 = 4.5
× 10–13. Find the pH of 0.068M Na2HPO4 solution.

8. An acid-base indicator which is a weak acid has a pKa value = 5.5. At what concentration ratio of
sodium acetate to acetic acid would the indicator show a colour half-way between those of its acid
and conjugate base forms? pKa of acetic acid = 4.75

9. A 2.5 gm impure sample containing weak monoacidic base (Mol. wt. = 45) is dissolved in 100 ml water and
titrated with 0.5 M HCl when of the base was neutralised the pH was found to be 9 and at equivalent point pH
of solution is 4.5 . Given : All data at 25°C & log 2 = 0.3.
Find out
a) Conc. of Salt(c) at equivalent point
b) Weight percentage of base in given sample

10. Statement-1 : In general phenolphthalein is used as an indicator for the titration of weak acid
(HA) against strong base (NaOH).
Statement-2 : At equivalent point solution is basic.
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for
statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.

LEVEL – 2

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11. The best indicator for the detection of end point in titration of a weak acid and a strong base is
(A) Methyl orange (3 to 4) (B) Methyl red (5 to 6)
(C) Bromothymol blue (6 to 7.5) (D) Phenolphthalein (8 to 9.6).

12. The pH indicators are :

(A) Salts of strong acids & strong bases (B) Salts of weak acids & weak bases
(C) Either weak acids or weak bases (D) Either strong acids or strong bases

13. If K1 and K2 be first and second ionisation constant of H3PO4 and K1  K2 which is incorrect.
(A) H2PO 4   H  (B) K1 H3PO4   H 
(C) K 2  HPO24  (D) 3 PO34   H 

14. At what pH does an indicator change colour if the indicator is a weak acid with Kind = 4  104. For
which one(s) of the following neutralizations would the indicator be useful ? Explain.
(A) NaOH + CH3COOH (B) HCl + NH3
(C) HCl + NaOH (D) None of these

15. Select incorrect statement(s).

(A) Phenolphthalein is suitable indicator for the titration of HCl (aq) with NH4OH (aq).
100
(B) An acid-base indicator in a buffer solution of pH = pKIn + 1 is ionized to the extent of %.
1000
(C) In the titration of a monoacidic weak base with a strong acid, the pH at the equivalent point is
1
always calculated by pH = [pKw – pKb – log C]
2
(D) When Na3PO4 (aq) is titrated with HCl (aq), the pH of solution at second equivalent point is
1
calculated by
2
pK a1  pK a2 

16. An acid-base indicator has a Ka of 3.0  10–5. The acid form of the indicator is red and the basic
form is blue. then:
(A) pH is 4.05 when indicator is 75% red (B) pH is 5.00 when indicator is 75% blue.
(C) pH is 5.00 when indicator is 75% red (D) pH is 4.05 when indicator is 75% blue.

17. In 0.020 M carbonic acid solution

(A) H2CO3 is stronger acid than HCO3-

(B) H2CO3  
 2H + CO3
2
K eq  K a1  K a2
(C) HCO3   CO32 
(D) It can be said that K a1  K a2

18. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct ?

(A) the pH of 1.0 × 108 M solution of HCl is 8
(B) the conjugate base of H2PO4 is HPO42
(C) autoprotolysis constant of water increases with temperature
(D) when a solution of a weak monoprotic acid is titrated against a strong base, at alfneutralization
point pH = (1/2) pKa .

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19. A weak acid (or base) is titrated against a strong
base (or acid), volume ‘v’ of strong base (or acid)
is plotted against pH of the solution in adjoining
figure. The weak protolyte (i.e. acid or base)
could be
(A) Na2CO3
(B) Na2C2O4
(C) H2C2O4
(D) CH2(COOH)2

20. Titration curves for 0.1M solutions of three weak

acids HA1, HA2 and HA3 with ionization constants
K1, K2 and K3 respectively are plotted as shown in
the figure. Which of the following is/are true?
(A) K2 = (K1 + K3)/2
(B) K1  K3
(C) K1  K2
(D) K2  K3

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ANSWER KEY - IONIC EQUILIBRIUM SHEET – 11 - 12
1. 85.71%
2. [HIn] = 28.57%
3. pH = 0.954
4. (methyl red), one with pH = 5.22 as midpoint of colour range
5. (a) 2.12 (b) 4.66 (c) 7.2 (d) 12
6. 7.81
[OH] = 3.73  10 M, [H3PO4] = 6  10 M, 9.7736
–2 –18
7.
8 5.62 : 1
9. a) 0.25 M
b) 80%
10. B
11. D
12. C
13. D
14. B, C
15. A, C
16. A, B
17. A, B, D
18. B,C
19. C, D
20. C,D

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