IST SEMESTER EXAMINATION

NOVEMBER 2012
Class: XII
Marks Alloted: 70

Code: S1/CH/37
Time: 2 Hrs.

General Instructions:
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All questions are compulsory.

Question No. 1-8 are very short answer questions and carry 1 mark each.
Question No. 9-18 are short answer questions and carry 2 marks each.
Question No. 19-27 are also short answer questions and carry 3 marks each.
Question No. 28-30 are long answer questions and carry 5 marks each.
Use log tables if necessary, use of calculators is not allowed.

1.

Reducing nature of oxides of O-family is given by the order SO 2>SeO2>TeO2. Justify.

2.

SF6 is exceptionally stable and is not hydrolysed easily. Why?

3.

Give the electronic configuration of Cerium (Z=58) and Curium (Z=96)

4.

What is disproportionation reaction? Give an example.

5.

Define hydrate isomers with an example.

6.

Give an example of complexes in the field of industry.

7.

Define electrophoresis.

8.

Define zone refining with an example.

9.

Draw the structures of the following compounds:

(i)
Cyclotrimetaphosphoric acid i.e. (HPO3)3
(ii)
XeO2F2

10.

Compare [NiCl4]2- and [Ni(CN)4]2- on the basis of Valence Bond Theory (VBT)

11.

Compare [CoF6]3- and [Co(C2O4)3]3- on the basis of Crystal Field Theory (CFT)

12.

Draw optical and geometrical isomers of the following compounds:

(i)
[Co(NH3)Cl(en)2]2+
(ii)