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1. Which of the following halide is soluble in water ?
AgF
AgCl
AgBr
AgI.
2. Which of the following sulphide is completely precipitated only when the acidic solution is made dilute ?
HgS
PbS
CdS
CuS.
3. In qualitative analysis of basic radicals hydrochloric acid preferred to nitric acid for preparing a solution of given substance. This is because
Zinc nitrate
Silver nitrate
nitrates are not decomposed to sulphides
hydrochloric acid is not an oxidising acidchlorides are easily converted to sulphides.
4. Which sodium thiosulphate solution is shaken with iodine thiosulphate is changed to
Lead nitrate.
Sulphate ion
Tetrathionate ion
None of them
5. Certain inorganic salt when introduced in flame produces crimson red colour. It indicates the presence of
Dichromate ion
Thiosulphate ion
Strontium ion
Calcium ion.
6. Sodium sulphide react with sodium nitroprusside to form a purple colured compund. During the reaction the oxidation state of iron
Changes from + 2 to + 3
Changes from + 3 to + 2
Changes from + 2 to + 4
Remains unchanged.
7. The metal whose salts do not give the borax bead test is
Cr
Ni
Pb
Mn.
8. Which of the following is soluble in yellow ammonium sulphide ?
CuS
CdS
SnS
PbS.
9. A metal salt solution forms a yellow precipitate with potassium chromate in acetic acid and a white precipitate with dilute sulphuric acid but gives no precipitate with sodium chloride or iodide. The white precipitate obtained when sodium carbonate is added to the metal salt solution comsists f
Lead carbonate
Basic lead carbonate
Barium carbonate
Strontium carbonate.
10. A moisten salt is rubbed with oxalic acid between the fingers and smells like vinegar. It indicates the presence of
Sulphur
Nitrate
Nitrite
Acetate.
11. Which types of salt produce crackcling noise in dry heating test?
Salts which have lot of water of crystallisation
Salts which are hygroscopic
Salts which have lost water of crystallisation
Salts which entrap mother liquor in crystals.
12. Which of the following is not a preliminary test ?
Flame test
Borax bead test
Permanganate test
Brown ring test.
13. A minute quantity of cupric salt is heated on borax bead in reducing foame of bunsen burner the colour of bead aftercooling will be
Blue
Brown red
Colourless
Green.
14. Formation of a rose-red precipitiate when a slightly alkaline solution of an inorganic salt is treated with dimethylglyoxime confirms the presence of
Cobalt
Zinc
Iron
Nickel.
15. Which of the following sulphides has lowest solubility product?
FeS
MnS
PbS
ZnS.
16. Carbonates of the cation of group V are
black
green
white
yellow.
17. Which of the following is insoluble in AcOH?
Clacium oxide
Clacium carbonate
oxalate
Clacium hydroxide.
18. Which sulphides are soluble only in aqua regia?
NiS
CoS
HgS
All of the above.
19. Sulphuric acid is not used for the preparation of original solution in the analysis of basic radicals because
It forms insoluble sulphates with some of the basic radicals
It is a strong oxidising agent
It is a strong reducing agent
It decomposes many ot the anions.
20. The aqueous solution of which of the following reagent will give prussian blue coloured precipitate with an aqueous solution containing iorn (III) ions.
Potassium thiocyanate
Potassium hexacyanoferrate (II)
Potassium pyroantimonate
All of the above.
21. A one litre flask is full of brownbromine vapour. The intensity of brown colour of vapour will not decrease appreciably on adding to the flask some
pieces of marble
animal charcoal powder
carbon tetrachloride
carbon disulphide.
22. Certain Inorganic salt gives yellow precipitate with silver nitrate. The precipitate dissolves in dilute nitric acid as well as in ammonium hydroxide. The solution contains
Bromide ions
Iidide ions
Phosphate ions
Chromate ions.
23. Nitric acid is generally not used for preparation of original solution in analysis of basic radicals because with the scheme of analysis.
It is a strong oxidising agent
It is reducing agent
It forms insoluble nitrates
None of them
24. The salt of which of the following metal gives violet colour in borax bead test?
Fe
Ni
Co
Mn.
25. The name of the blue product of the reaction between ferrous ion and ferricyanide ion is
Thenard blue
Turnbulls blue
Prussian blue
Ultramarine blue.
26. A glassy bead formed by heating borax on a platinum wite loop is
Sodium tetraborate
Sodium metaborate
Sodiummetaborate and boric anhydride
Boric anhydride and Sodium tetraborate.
27. Which of the following salts does not liberate carbondioxide on treatment with dilute hydrochloric acid?
Bismuth carbonate
Copper carbonate
Calcium carhonate
Basic lead carhonate.
28. Which of the following precipitate are dirty white in colour?
CoS
ZnS
CuS
MnS.
29. Whcih of the following pairs of reagents will give white precipitate with aqueous solution of sodium chloride?
Silver nitrate potassium chromate
Potassium chromate potassium cobaltinitrite
Silver nitrate Potassium pyroantimonate
Silver nitrate potassium oxalate.
30. Two colourless solutions are mixed. A white precipitate results which turns black on addition of ammonia. The two solutions are respectively
Lunar caustic and hypo
Mercurous nitrate and sodium chloride
Washing soda and barium nitrate
Sodium bicarbonate and calcium nitrate
31. Which of following salt contains two different metal atoms but gives test for only one in the aqueous solution?
Mohrs salt
Potash alum
Potassium ferrocyanide
Carnallite.
32. Which of the followign salts is coloured but gives wihte residue in dry heating test?
Berium carbonate
Barium chloride dihydrate
Copper (II) sulphate pentahydrate
Copper (II) chloride.
33. If ammonium hydroxide solution is added to the aqueous solution of chromium sulphate what will form?
Greenish precipitate
Yellow precipitate
White turbidity
A clear transparent yellow solution.
34. The salts of which of the following metal give white residue in charcoal cavity test but ash in cobalt nitrate test?
Copper
Zinc
Aluminium
Cobalt.
35. Which performing the flame test the paste of the salt in made in HCl because
HCl is a strong acid
HCl is non-oxidising acid
Chlorides are relatively volatile
HCl is cheaper.
36. Whcih of the following is a white powder that is insoluble in water?
White vitriol
Mercury (I) chloride
Sodium carbonate
Calcium bicarbonate.
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