CPP GASEOS STATE CHEMISTRY

LEVEL - I
SECTION (A): IDEAL GAS

1. There are 201 equidistance rows of spectators sitting in a hall. A magician releases laughing gas N2O from the
front and tear gas (Mol wt = 176) from the rear of the hall simultaneously. The distance of magician from front row
is equal to distance between rows. Which row spectators will tend to smile and weep simultaneously? (Assume
the last row is touching the wall).
(a) 130 (b) 120
(c) 160 (d) 134

2. A cylinder contains 100 g of an ideal gas (Mol. wt = 40 g mol–1) at 27°C and 2 atm pressure. In transportation
the cylinder felt, and a dent was created. The valve present cannot keep the pressure greater than 2 atm.
Hence 10 g of gas got leaked out. The volume of the container before and after dent is.
(a) 30.8 L, 27.7 L (b) 27.7 L, 30.8 L
(c) 30.8 L, 30.8 L (d) 27.7 L, 27.7 L

3. The circulation of blood in human body supplies O2 and releases CO2. The concentration of O2 and CO2 is
variable but, on the average, 100 mL blood contains 0.02 g of O2 and 0.08 g CO2. The volume of O2 and CO2
at 1 atm and body temperature 37°C, assuming 10 litre blood in human body is:
(a) 2 litre, 4 litre (b) 1.5 litre, 4.5 litre
(c) 1.59 litre, 4.62 litre (d) 3.82 litre, 4.62 litre

4. 1 mole of an ideal gas is initially at temperature T and volume V. Its volume increases by V due to an
 V 
increase in temperature T, (P remains constant). The quantity     varies with temperature as
 VT 

 
(a) (b)

T (T + T) T T + T
TK TK


(c) (d) 

T T + T
TK T T + T

SECTION (B): GRAHAMS LAW OF DIFFUSION

5. The rate of diffusion of SO3 ,CO2 ,PCl3 and SO2 are in the following order
(A) PCl3  SO3  SO2  CO2 (B) CO2  SO2  PCl3  SO3
(C) SO2  SO3  PCl3  CO2 (D) CO2  SO2  SO3  PCl3

6. 20  of SO2 diffuse through a porous partition is 60 seconds. Volume of O2 diffuse under similar conditions in
30 seconds will be:
(A) 12.14  (B) 14.14  (C) 18.14  (D) 28.14 

7. See the figure

NH3 HCl
XB A C Y
The valves of X and Y are opened simultaneously. The white fumes of NH4 will first form at:
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) A, B and simultaneously

8. X ml of H2 gas effuse through a hole in a container in 5 sec. The time taken for the effusion of the same
volume of the gas specified below under identical conditions is:
(A) 10 sec. He (B) 20 sec O2 (C) 25 sec CO2 (D) 55 sec. CO2
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SECTION (C): REAL GASES

9. A real gas obeying Vander Waal equation will resemble ideal gas, if the:
(A) cons tan ts a & b are small (B) a is large & b is small
(C) a is small & b is large (D) cons tant a & b are large

10. For the non – zero values of force of attraction between gas molecular, gas equations will be:
n2 a nRT
(A) PV  nRT  (B) PV = nRT + nbP (C) PV = nRT (D) P 
V V b

11. Compressibility factor for H2 behaving as real gas is:

 a   Pb  RTV
(A) 1 (B)  1   (C)  1  RT  (D)
 RTV    1  a 
12. At low pressures, the van der Waal’s equation is written as
 a 
p  V 2  V  RT
 
The compressibility factor is then equal to:
 a   RTV   a   RTV 
(A)  1   (B)  1   (C)  1   (D)  1 
 RTV   a   RTV   a 

13. Calculate the radius of He atoms if its Vander Waal’s constant ‘b’ is 24 ml mol-1.
(Note ml = cubic centimetre)
o o o o
(A) 1.355 A (B) 1.314 A (C) 1.255 A (D) 0.355 A

14. In Vander Waal’s equation of state for a non-ideal gas the term that accounts for intermolecular forces is:
(D)  nRT 
1
(A) nb (B) nRT (C) n2a / V 2

15. The values of Vander Waals constant ‘’a’’ for the gases O2, N2, NH3 & CH4 are 1.36, 1.39, 4.17, 2.253 L2 atm
mole-2 respectively. The gas which can most easily be liquefied is:
(A) O2 (B) N2 (C) NH3 (D) CH4

16. The correct order of normal boiling points of O2, N2, NH3 & CH4, for whom the values of van der Waals
constant ‘a’ are 1.360, 1.390, 4.170 and 2.253 L2. atm. mol-2 respectively, is

(A) O2  N2  NH3  CH4 (B) O2  N2  CH4  NH3 (C) NH3  CH4  N2  O2 (D) NH3  CH4  O2  N2

17. NH4 gas is liquefied more easily than N2. Hence:

(A) van der Waal’s constant ‘a’ and ‘b’ of NH3 > that of N2
(B) van der Waal’s constant ‘a’ and ‘b’ of NH3 < that of N2
(C) a (NH3) > a (N2) but b (NH3) < b(N2)
(D) a(NH3) < a(N2) but b(NH3) > b (N2)

LEVEL - II

Only one correct: -

1. One litre of a gaseous mixture of two gases effuses in 311 seconds while 2 litres of oxygen takes 20 minutes.
The vapour density of gaseous mixture containing CH4 and H2 is
(A) 4 (B) 4.3 (C) 3.4 (D) 5

2. Pure O2 diffuse through an aperture in 224 second, whereas mixture of O2 and another gas containing 80%
O2 diffuses from the same in 234 second. The molecular mass of gas will be
(A) 45.6 (B) 48.6 (C) 50 (D) 46.6

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3. Three footballs are respectively filled with nitrogen, hydrogen and helium. If the leaking of the gas occurs with
 
time from the filling hole, then the ratio of the rate of leaking of gases ( r N2 : r H2 : r He from three footballs (in
equal time interval) is

(A) 1: 14 : 7  (B)  14 : 7 : 1  (C)  7 : 1: 14  
(D) 1: 7 : 14 
4. A straight glass tube as shown, has 2 inlets X and Y at the ends of 200 cm tube. HCl gas through inlet X and
NH3 gas through inlet Y are allowed to enter in the tube at the same time and pressure at a point P inside the
tube. The distance of point P from X is:
(A) 118.9 cm (B) 81.1 cm (C) 91.1 cm (D) 108.9 cm

5. A teacher enters a classroom from front door while a student from back door. There are 13 equidistant rows
of benches in the classroom. The teacher releases N2O, the launching gas, from the first bench while the
student releases the weeping gas (C6H11OBr) from the last bench. At which row will the students starts
launching and weeping simultaneously?
(A) 7 (B) 10 (C) 9 (D) 8

6. A certain volume of argon gas (Mol. Wt = 40) requires 45 s to effuse through a hole at a certain pressure and
temperature. The same volume of another gas of unknown molecular weight requires 60 s to pass through
the same hole under the same conditions of temperature and pressure. The molecular weight of the gas is:
(A) 53 (B) 35 (C) 71 (D) 120

7. A real gas most closely approaches the behaviour of an ideal gas at -

(A) 15 atmospheres and 200K (B) 1 atm and 273 K
(C) 0.5 atm and 500 K (D) 15 atm and 500 K

8. Calculate the compressibility factor for CO2, if one mole of it occupies 0.4 litre at 300 K and 40 atm.
Comment on the result.
(A) 0.40, CO2 is more compressible than ideal gas
(B) 0.65, CO2 is more compressible than ideal gas
(C) 0.55, CO2 is more compressible than ideal gas
(D) 0.62, CO2 is more compressible than ideal gas

9. Which of following statement(s) is true

I  Slope of isotherm at critical point is maximum
II  L arger is the value of TC easier is the liquification of gas
III  Vander waals equation of state is applicable below critical temperature at all pressure
(A) only I (B) I & II (C) II & III (D) only II

10. Consider the following statements:

The coefficient B in the virial equation of state
(i) is independent of temperature
 B C 
(ii) is equal to zero at Boyle temperature PVm  RT  1   2  ........ 
 Vm Vm 
(iii) has the dimension of molar volume
Which of the above statements are correct?
(A) i and ii (B) i and iii (C) ii and iii (D) i, ii and iii

11. Consider the following statements: If the van der Waals parameters of two gases are given as

a(atm lit 2 mol2 )b lit mol1 
Gas X : 6.5 0.056
Gas Y :8.0 0.011
then  i : VC  X   VC  Y  ii PC  X   PC  Y   iii TC  X   TC  Y 
Select correct alternate:
(A) (i) alone (B) (i) and (ii) (C) (i), (ii) and (iii) (D) (ii) and (iii)

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12. Select correct statement(s):
(A) We can condense vapour simply by applying pressure
(B) to liquefy a gas, one must lower the temperature below TC and pressure
(C) at TC, there is no distinction between liquid and vapour state, hence density of the liquid is nearly equal to
density of the vapour
(D) all the statements are correct statement

13. At Boyle temperature, the value of compressibility factor Z  PVm / RT  Vreal / Videal  has a value of 1, over a
wide range of pressure. This is due to the fact in the van der Waal’s equation.
(A) The constant ‘a’ is negligible and not ‘b’
(B) the constant ‘b’ is negligible and not ‘a’
(C) both the constant ‘a’ an ‘b’ is negligible
(D) the effect produced due to the molecular attraction compensates the effect produced due to the molecular
volume

14. The critical density of the gas CO2 is 0.44 g cm-3 at a certain temperature, if r is the radius of the molecule, r3
in cm3 is approximately. (N is Avogadro number).
25 100 6.25 25
(A) (B) (C) (D)
N N N 

15. The curve of pressure volume (PV) against pressure (P) of the gas at a particular temperature is as shown,
according to the graph which of the following is incorrect (in the low-pressure region):
CO
CH4
H2
PV(L atm mole)

O2 He
Ideal gas

(A) H2 and He show +ve deviation from ideal gas equation

(B) CO, CH4, O4 show negative deviation from ideal gas equation
(C) H2 and He show negative deviation while CO2, CH4 and O2 show positive deviation
(D) H2 and He are less compressible than that of an ideal gas while CO2, CH4 and O2 more compressible than
that of ideal gas

16. For a real gas the P – V curve was experimentally plotted, and it had the following appearance. With respect
to liquefaction. Choose the correct statement.
P

50 atm
TC = 500 K
20 atm
T = 300 K

V
(A) at T = 500 K, P = 40 atm, the state will be liquid
(B) at T = 300 K, P = 50 atm, the state will be gas
(C) at T < 300 K, P > 20 atm, the state will be gas
(D) at 300 K < T < 500 K, P > 50 atm, the state will be liquid

One or More than One Correct Option(s):-

17. Which of the following statements are correct?

(A) Helium diffuses at a rate 8.65 times as much as CO does
(B) Helium escapes at a rate 2.65 times as fast as CO does
(C) Helium escapes at a rate 4 times as fast as CO2 does
(D) Helium escapes at a rate 4 times as fast as SO2 does

18. Which of the following are correct statements?

(A) vander waals constant ‘a’ is a measure of attractive force
(B) van der waals constant ‘b’ is also called co – volume or excluded volume
(C) ‘b’ is expressed in L mol-1
(D) ‘a’ is expressed in atm L2 mol-2

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LEVEL - I II

SECTION (A): GRAHAMS LAW OF DIFFUSION

1. At 20o, two balloons of equal volume and porosity are filled to a pressure of 2 atm, one with 14 kg N2 and
other with 1 kg of H2. The N2 balloon leaks to a pressure of ½ atm in 1 hr. How long will it take of H2 balloon to
reach a pressure of ½ atm?

2. A gaseous mixture contains oxygen and another unknown gas in the molar ratio of 4 : 1 diffuses through a
porous plug in 245 seconds. Under similar conditions same volume of oxygen takes 220 sec to diffuse. Find
the molecular mass of the unknown gas.

3. The pressure in a vessel that contained pure oxygen dropped from 2000 torr to 1500 torr in 40 min as the
oxygen leaked through a small into a vacuum. When the same vessel was filled with another gas, the
pressure dropped from 2000 torr to 1500 torr in 80 min. What is the molecular weight of the second gas?

4. For 10 minute each, at 0oC, from two identical nitrogen and an unknown gas are leaked into a common vessel
of 4 litre capacity. The resulting pressure is 2.8 atm and the mixture contains 0.4 mole of nitrogen. What is the
molar mass of unknown gas?

5. The rates of diffusion of two gases A and B are in the ratio 1 ; 4. If the ratio of their masses present in the
mixture is 2 : 3. The ratio of their mole fraction is:

SECTION (B): REAL GASES

6. If density of vapours of a substance of molar mass 18 gm/mole at 1 atm pressure and 500 K is 0.36 kg m-3,
then calculate the value of Z for the vapours. (Take R = 0.082 L atm mole-1K-1)

7. One litre gas at 400 K and 300 atm pressure is compressed to a pressure of 600 atm and 200 K. The
compressibility factor is changed from 1.2 to 1.6 respectively. Calculate the final volume of the gas.

8. The critical temperature and critical pressure of a gas are 31oC and 728 atmosphere respectively. Calculate
the constants ‘a’ and ‘b’.

9. Calculate the volume occupied by 2.0 mole of N2 at 200 AK and 8.21 atm pressure, if
PC VC 3 PV
 and r r  2.4
RTC 8 Tr

10. Using the van der Waal’s equation, calculate the pressure of 10.0 mol NH3 gas in a 10.0 L vessel at 27oC
 2 a 
 P  n 2   V  nb   nRT a  4.2 L2 atm / mol2 b  0.037 L / mol
 V 

LL E V EL - I V
1. At 27oC, hydrogen is leaked through a tiny hole into a vessel for 20 min. Another unknown gas at the same T
& P as that of H2, is leaked through the same hole for 20 min. After the effusion of the gases the mixture
exerts a pressure of 6 atm. The hydrogen content of the mixture is 0.7 mole. If the volume of the container is
3 litre, what is molecular weight of unknown gas. (Use R = 0.0821 L atm K-1 mole-1)

2. A closed container of volume 0.02 m3 contains a mixture of neon and argon gases, at a temperature of 27oC
and pressure of 1 105 Nm-2. The total mass of the mixture is 28 g. If the gram molecular weights of neon and
argon are 20 and 40 respectively. Find the masses of the individual gases in the container, assuming them to
be ideal. (Universal gas constant R = 8.314 J/mole K)

3. A container holds 22.4 litre of a gas at 1 atmospheric pressure and at 0oC. The gas consists of a mixture of
argon, oxygen and sulphur dioxide in which:
(a) Partial pressure of SO2 = (Partial pressure O2) + (Partial pressure of Ar)
(b) Partial pressure of O2 = 2  partial pressure of Ar
Calculate the density of the gas mixture under these conditions.

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4. A container contains the mixture of water vapour and oxygen gas with total pressure 1.1 atm at certain
temperature. If volume is made one third, then find the total pressure (assume aqueous tension of water at
this temperature is 0.1 atm.)?
5. A 300 mL sample of hydrogen was collected over water at 21oC on a day and the pressure over water was
748 Torr and vapour pressure of water was 19 Torr.
(a) How many moles of H2O were present?
(b) What is the mole fraction of H2 in the moist gas mixture?
(c) What would be the mass of the gas sample if it were dry?

6. 1 mole of CCl4 vapours at 77oC occupies a volume of 35.0 L. If van der Waals constant are a = 20.39 L2 atm
mol-2 and b = 0.1383 L mol-1 , Calculate compressibility factor Z under,
(a) low pressure region (b) high pressure region

7. To an evacuated 504.2 mL steel container is added 25 g CaCO3 and the temperature is raised to 1500 K
causing a complete decomposition of the salt. If the density of CaO formed is 3.3 g/cc, find the accurate
pressure developed in the container using the Van der Waals equation of state. The van der Waals constants
L2  atm L
for CO2  g  are a  4 2
,b  0.04 .  Ca  40,C  12,O  16 
mol mol

LEVEL - V
1. What will be the minimum pressure required to compress 500 dm3 of air at 1 bar to 200 dm3 at 30oC?

2. A vessel of 120 L capacity contains a certain amount of gas at 35oC and 1.2 bar pressure. The gas is
transferred to another vessel of volume 180 mL at 35oC. What would be its pressure?

3. At 0oC, the density of a certain oxide of a gas at 2 bar is same as that of dinitrogen at 5 bar. What is the
molecular mass of the oxide?

4. Pressure of 1 kg of an ideal gas A at 27oC is found to 2 bar. When 2g of another ideal gas B is introduced in
the same flask at same temperature the pressure becomes 3 bar. Find a relationship between their molecular
masses.
5. The drain cleaner, Drainex contains small bits of aluminium which react with caustic soda to produce
dihydrogen. What volume of dihydrogen at 20oC and one bar will be released when 0.15 kg of aluminium.

6. What will be the pressure exerted by mixture of 3.2 g of methane and 4.4 g of carbon dioxide contained in a 9
dm3 flask at 27oC?

7. What will be the pressure of gaseous mixture when 0.5 L of H2 at 0.8 bar and 2.0 L of dioxygen at 0.7 bar are
introduced in a 1L vessel at 27oC?

8. Density of a gas is found to be 5.46 g/dm3 at 27oC at 2 bar pressure. What will be its density at STP?

9. 34.05 mL of phosphorus vapour weighs 0.0625 g at 546oC and 0.1 bar pressure. What is the molar mass of
phosphorous?

10. A student forgot adding the reaction mixture to the round bottomed flask at 27oC but instead he/she placed
the flask on the flame. After a lapse of time, he realized his mistake and using a pyrometer he found the
temperature of the flask was 477oC. What fraction of air would have been expelled out?

11. Calculate the temperature of 4.0 mol of gas occupying 5dm3 at 3.32 bar. (R = 0.083 bar dm3 K-1 mol-1).

12. Calculate the total pressure in a mixture of 8g of dioxygen and 4g of dihydrogen confined in a vessel of 1 dm3
at 27oC. R = 0.083 bar dm3 K-1 mol-1.

13. Pay load is defined as the difference between the mass of displaced air and the mass of the balloon.
Calculate the pay load when a balloon of radius 10m, mass 100 kg is filled with helium at 1.66 bar at 27oC.
(Density of air = 1.2 kg m-3 and R = 0.083 bar dm3 K-1 mol-1)

14. Calculate the volume occupied by 8.8 g of 31.1oC and 1 bar pressure. R = 0.083 bar L K-1 mol-1.

15. 2.9 g of gas at 95oC occupied the same volume as 0.184 g of dihydrogen at 17oC, at the same pressure.
What is the molar mass of the gas?
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ANSWER

LEVEL - I

1. (D) Let the distance between two rows = x

Let yth row spectators will have a tendency to smile and weep simultaneously.
 Distance travelled by N2O = yx
Distance travelled by tear gas = (201 – y)x
rN 2 O yx 76
  2
rtear gas (201  y) x 44
y  134

nRT 100  0.0821  300

2. (A) Volume of cylinder before dent   = 30.8 L
P 40  2
Volume of cylinder after dent = V2
V1 n 1 W1
 
V2 n 2 W2
W 30.8  90
V2  V1  2 
W1 100
= 27.7 L

3. (C)  100 mL blood has 0.02 g O2 and 0.08 g CO2

 10,000 mL blood has 2 g O2 and 8 g CO2
2
Using PV  nRT , for O 2 : 1  V   0.0821  310
32
 VO 2  1.59 litre
8
For CO 2 : 1  V   0.0821  310
44
 VCO 2  4.62 litre

4. (C) PV  RT
PV  RT (for one mole)
V R

T P
RV V
 
RT T
 V  1
 
 VT  T

5. D 6. B 7. C 8. B 9. A

10. A 11. C 12. A 13. A 14. C

15. C 16. B 17. A

LEVEL - II

1. B 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. C 7.
C
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8. B 9. B 10. C 11. D 12. D 13. D 14.
C
15. C 16. D 17. 18. A,B,C,D

L E V E L - II I

1. 16 minutes 2. 70.4 3. M = 128 g/mol 4. 448g mol-1

50 1
5. 0.347 6. 7. litre
41 3

8. a  3.601 atm litre2 mole 2 , b  4.28  102 litre / mole

9. 3.6L 10. 21.37 atm.

LEVEL - IV

1. 1033 2. mAr  24; mNe  4 3. 2.201 g/L 4. 3.1 am

5.  a  0.0119 mol H2 , b  3.11 104 mol  c  0.975

6. (a) 0.98 (b) 1.004 7. 61.83 atm

LEVEL - V

1. 2.5 bar 2. 0.8 bar 3. 70g/mol 4. MB = 4MA 5. 202.5 mL

6. 8.314  10 4 Pa 7. 1.8 bar 8. 3g/dm3 9. 1247.7 g

10. 3/5 11. 50 K 12. 56.025 bar 13. 3811.1 kg

14. 5.05 L 15. 40 g mol-1

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