12 Chemistry XII Paper

Platinum Jubilee School & Jr.
College, Gadchiroli
First Term Exam 2023-24
Std. XII Subject– Chemistry Marks–70 Time –3.00 hrs.
General Instructions : Read the following instructions carefully and strictly follow them :
 This question paper contains 35 questions. All questions are compulsory.
 This question paper is divided into five Sections A, B, C, D and E.
 In Section A Questions no. 1 to 18 are multiple choice (MCQ) type questions, carrying 1 mark each. (iv) In
Section B Questions no. 19 to 25 very short answer (VSA) type questions, carrying 2 marks each.
 In Section C Questions no. 26 to 30 are short answer (SA) type questions, carrying 3 marks each.
 In Section D Questions no. 31 and 32 are case-based questions carrying 4 marks each.
 In Section E Questions no. 33 to 35 are long answer (LA) type questions carrying 5 marks each.
 Use of Calculator is not allowed.
SECTION A
Questions no. 1 to 14 are Multiple Choice (MCQ) type Questions, carrying 1 mark each. 14x1=14
1. The colligative property used for the determination of molar mass of polymers and proteins is :
(a) Osmotic pressure (b) Depression in freezing point
(c) Relative lowering in vapour pressure (d) Elevation is boiling point
2. Low concentration of oxygen in the blood and tissues of people living at high altitude is due to :
(a) high atmospheric pressure (b) low temperature
(c) low atmospheric pressure (d) both low temperature and high atmospheric pressure
3.The correct cell to represent the following reaction is :
Zn + 2Ag+ Zn2+ + 2Ag
(a) 2Ag l Ag ll Zn l Zn2+
+ (b) Ag+ l Ag ll Zn2+ l Zn
(c) Ag l Ag+ ll Zn l Zn2+ (d) Zn l Zn2+ ll Ag+ l Ag
4. G and E0cell for a spontaneous reaction will be : cell
(a) positive, negative (b) negative, negative
(c) negative, positive (d) positive, positive
5.The order of the reaction H2 (g) + Cl2(g) 2HCl (g) is :
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
6. The synthesis of alkyl fluoride is best obtained from :
(a) Free radicals (b) Swartz reaction
(c) Sandmeyer reaction (d) Finkelstein reaction
7. In the reaction R OH + HCl ZnCl2 RCl + H2O, what is the correct order of reactivity of alcohol ?
(a) 1 < 2 < 3 (b) 1 > 3 > 2
(c) 1 > 2 > 3 (d) 3 > 1 > 2
8. What is 3-Bromopropene’s common name?
(a) Allyl bromide (b) Vinyl bromide
(c) Tert-Butyl bromide (d) Propylidene bromide
9. Which of the following substances has the highest melting point?
(a) Chloromethane (b) Tetrachloromethane
(c) Trichloromethane (d) Dichloromethane
10.When phenol is treated with excess bromine water it gives
(a) o- bromophenol (b) p- bromophenol
(c) m- bromophenol (d) 2,4,6- tribromophenol
11.Dehydration of alcohol is an example of
(a) substitution reaction (b) elimination reaction
(c) addition reaction (d) none of the above
12.The compound obtained by the reaction of ethene with diborane followed by hydrolysis with alkaline H2O2 is
(a) ethanol (b) methanol
(c) methanal (d) ethanal
13.The reaction rate constant can be defined as the rate of reaction when each reactant’s concentration is
(a) infinity (b) double the initial concentration
(c) zero (d) unity
14. When the temperature rises, what happens to the peak of the curve in the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution
graph?
(a) Shifts forward and upward (b) Shifts forward and downward
(c) Shifts backwards and upward (d) Shifts backwards and downward
For Questions number 15 to 18, two statements are given one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled
as Reason (R). Select the correct answer to these questions from the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) as given below.
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.
15. Assertion : SN2 reaction of an optically active alkyl halide with an aqueous solution of KOH always gives an
alcohol with opposite sign of rotation.
Reason : SN2 reactions always proceed with inversion of configuration.
16. Assertion : In Lucas test, 3º alcohols react immediately.
Reason : An equimolar mixture of anhyd. ZnCl2 and conc. HCl is called Lucas reagent.
17. Assertion : Molarity of a solution in liquid state changes with temperature.
Reason : The volume of a solution changes with change in temperature.
18. Assertion: In an electrochemical cell anode and cathode are respectively negative and positive electrodes.
Reason: At anode oxidation takes place and at cathode reduction takes place.
SECTION B
19. What is Henry’s law? Give one application of it.
20. The electrical resistance of a column of 0.05 mol/ L NaOH solution of diameter 1 cm and length 50 cm is
5.55 x 103 ohm. Calculate the conductivity.
21. Why aryl halide do not gives electrophilic substitution reaction easily?
22. Why aryl halide do not gives nucleophilic substitution reaction easily?
23. Account for the following :
(i) Phenol is a stronger acid than an alcohol.
(ii) The boiling point of alcohols decreases with increase in branching of alkyl chain.
24. Write the equation involved in

(i) Reimer-Tiemann reaction.
(ii) Kolbes reaction
25. Write the chemical equation of bromination of phenol
(i) presence of CS2
(ii) presence of bromine water
SECTION C
26. Differentiate between Ideal solution and Non-ideal solution
27. 30 g of urea is dissolved in 846 g of water. Calculate the vapour pressure of water for this solution if vapour
pressure of pure water at 298 K is 23 8 mm Hg.
28. Write main product formed when :
(a) Methyl chloride is treated with NaI/Acetone.
(b) 2,4,6-trinitrochlorobenzene is subjected to hydrolysis.
(c) n-Butyl chloride is treated with alcoholic KOH.
29. How do you convert the following :
(a) Phenol to picric acid
(b) Propanone to 2-Methylpropan-2-ol
(c) Phenol to anisole
(d) Propene to Propan-1-ol
30. Explain why
(i) phenol is ortho and para directing.
(ii) phenol is more acidic than aliphatic alcohol.
(iii) aryl halides are less reactive towards Electrophilic substitution reaction.
SECTION D
The following questions are case-based questions. Read the case carefully and answer the questions that
follow.
31. The rate of reaction is concerned with decrease in concentration of reactants or increase in the
concentration of products per unit time. It can be expressed as instantaneous rate at a particular instant of time
and average rate over a large interval of time. Mathematical representation of rate of reaction is given by rate
law. Rate constant and order of a reaction can be determined from rate law or its integrated rate equation
(i) What is average rate of reaction?
(ii) Write two factors that affect the rate of reaction.
(iii) (1) What happens to rate of reaction for zero order reaction?
(2) What is the unit of k for zero order reaction?
32. The concentration of potassium ions inside a biological cell is at least twenty times higher than the outside.
The resulting potential difference across the cell is important in several processes such as transmission of
nerve impulses and maintaining the ion balance. A simple model for such a concentration cell involving a
metal M is 0.05 molar) llM+(aq; 1
(i)If the 0.05 molar solution ofM+ is replaced by a 0.0025 molar solution, then the magnitude of the cell
potential would be
(a) 130 mV (b) 185 mV (c) 154 mV (d) 600 rnV
(ii) The value of equilibrium constant for a feasible cell reaction is ____?
(iii) What is the emf of the cell when the cell reaction attains equilibrium?
(iv) The potential of an electrode change with change in
(a) concentration of ions in solution (b) position of electrodes
(c) voltage of the cell (d) all of these.
SECTION E
33. (A) (i) State Kohlrausch law of independent migration of ions. Write an expression for the limiting molar
conductivity of acetic acid according to Kohlrausch law.
(ii) Calculate the mole fraction of ethanol and water in a sample of rectified spirit which contains 95%
ethanol by mass.
OR
(B). (i) State Faraday’s First law of electrolysis. How much charge, in terms of Faraday, is required for the
reduction of 1 mol Cu2+ to Cu ?
(ii) Calculate emf of the following cell at 298 K for
Mg (s) l Mg2+ (0.1 M) ll Cu2+ (0.1 M) l Cu (s)
[Ecell = + 2 71 V, 1 F = 96500 C mol 1 , log 10 = 1]
34. Write a note on
(i) Sandmeyer’s reaction (ii) Wurtz reaction
(iii) Finkelstein reaction (iv) Friedel Craft alkylation
(v) Friedel craft acylation
35.Eplain the following
(i) Write the mechanism of hydration of ethene to ethanol
(ii) why alcohol have higher boiling point than alkane
(iii) how cyclopentanol prepared from cyclopentanone
(iv)What are alcohols ? How they are classified?
(v) How picric acid can prepared?
OR
(i) How ethers are classified?
(ii) Write the mechanism of action of hydrogen bromide on tert –butyl methyl ether
(iii) How will you prepare methoxy ethane from alkyl halides
(iv) How is Grignard’s reagent is prepared from alkyl halide
(v) What is the action of Grignard’s reagent on alcohol

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