JEE Main States of Matter — practice questions
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Practice JEE Main States of Matter in the app →For a gas at NTP, the number of moles is given byThe number of moles present in 18 g of water isThe ideal gas equation of state is:Boyle's law for a fixed amount of gas at constant temperature states that:Charles's law for a fixed amount of gas at constant pressure states that:Dalton's law of partial pressures states that the total pressure of a mixture of non-reacting gases is:The compressibility factor $Z$ of a gas is defined as $Z = \dfrac{PV}{nRT}$. For an ideal gas, $Z$ equals:Above what temperature can a gas not be liquefied by pressure alone, no matter how much pressure is applied?Rutherford's alpha-particle scattering experiment led to the conclusion that the atom:According to Bohr's postulate, the angular momentum of an electron in the $n$-th allowed orbit of a hydrogen-lThe radius of the $n$-th Bohr orbit of a hydrogen-like atom of atomic number $Z$ varies as:The total energy of an electron in the $n$-th orbit of a hydrogen atom is given by $E_n = -13.6/n^2\,\text{eV}The minimum energy required to remove an electron from the ground state of a hydrogen atom is:The kinetic energy of an electron in the $n$-th Bohr orbit of a hydrogen atom is related to its total energy $The Rydberg formula for the wavelength of radiation emitted when an electron in a hydrogen atom jumps from levWhich spectral series of hydrogen lies entirely in the ultraviolet region?The hydrogen spectral lines that lie in the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum belong to the:The major shortcoming of the Rutherford atomic model was that it could not explain:For a hydrogen-like ion of atomic number $Z$, the ground-state energy is:An electron in a hydrogen atom undergoes a transition from $n = 3$ to $n = 2$. The energy of the emitted photoAccording to VSEPR theory, the shape of a molecule is determined byThe hybridisation of carbon in methane (CH₄) isWhich molecule is non-polar despite having polar bonds?The bond order of the oxygen molecule O₂ (by molecular orbital theory) isA coordinate (dative) bond differs from a normal covalent bond in thatWhich species has sp hybridisation on the central atom?As bond order increases, bond lengthAn ionic bond forms byThe shape of NH₃ is pyramidal rather than planar becauseWhich has the highest dipole moment?Among the following, which is paramagnetic?Formal charge on an atom = Per NCERT §5.1.2, an OPEN system exchanges what with its surroundings, in contrast to a closed or isolated onePer NCERT §5.1.2, an ISOLATED system is exemplified by which container?Per NCERT §5.1.4, the INTERNAL ENERGY U of a system is classified as which kind of property?Per NCERT eqn 5.1, the FIRST LAW of thermodynamics is expressed as which equation, with sign conventions?Per NCERT eqn 5.2, the pressure-volume WORK done on a gas at constant external pressure p_ex is given by whichPer NCERT §5.2.1 + eqn 5.5, for an isothermal REVERSIBLE expansion of n mol of an ideal gas from V_i to V_f, wPer NCERT §5.2.1 (free expansion), what is the work done in FREE EXPANSION of an ideal gas into vacuum (p_ex =Per NCERT §5.2.1, a process is called REVERSIBLE if it satisfies which condition?Per NCERT §5.2.1, for an ADIABATIC process (no heat exchange, q = 0), the first law reduces to which form?Per NCERT §5.2.1, for an ISOTHERMAL IRREVERSIBLE expansion of an ideal gas at constant external pressure p_ex,Per NCERT §5.2.1, at CONSTANT VOLUME (ΔV = 0), the first law simplifies to which?Per NCERT Problem 5.2, when 2 L of an ideal gas at 10 atm expands isothermally into VACUUM to total volume 10 Per NCERT §5.2.2 + eqn 5.7, the ENTHALPY H is defined as which quantity?Per NCERT eqn 5.10, the relationship between ΔH and ΔU for a gaseous reaction is which?Per NCERT Problem 5.5, for vaporisation of 1 mol of water at 100 °C and 1 bar, given ΔH = 41 kJ/mol, what is ΔPer NCERT eqn 5.13, the relationship between C_p and C_v for an ideal gas is which?Per NCERT §5.4(a), the STANDARD STATE of a substance at a specified temperature is which?Per NCERT Table 5.1, the standard enthalpies of fusion and vaporisation of WATER are which?Per NCERT §5.4(c), what is the CONVENTION for the standard enthalpy of formation Δ_f H° of an ELEMENT in its rPer NCERT Table 5.2, Δ_f H° of methane CH₄(g) is which value?Per NCERT eqn 5.15, the standard enthalpy of REACTION from formation enthalpies is computed as which?Per NCERT §5.4(e), HESS'S LAW of constant heat summation states which?Per NCERT §5.4(e) (worked example), given C+O₂→CO₂ ΔH = −393.5 and CO+½O₂→CO₂ ΔH = −283.0 kJ/mol, what is Δ_f Per NCERT §5.4(d) (thermochemical equations), if a chemical equation is REVERSED, what happens to Δ_r H°?Per NCERT §5.5(a), the STANDARD ENTHALPY OF COMBUSTION Δ_c H° of butane (cooking gas) is which?Per NCERT §5.5(a), the standard enthalpy of combustion of GLUCOSE (C₆H₁₂O₆) is which?Per NCERT §5.5(b), the ENTHALPY OF ATOMIZATION Δ_a H° of dihydrogen is which value, and how does it relate to Per NCERT §5.5(c), in CH₄ atomisation requires 1665 kJ/mol. What is the MEAN C-H bond enthalpy?Per NCERT eqn 5.17, the standard enthalpy of a GAS-phase reaction from bond enthalpies is approximated as whicPer NCERT Table 5.3(b), the bond enthalpy of N≡N triple bond is which value — among the highest known for diatPer NCERT §5.5(d), the LATTICE ENTHALPY of an ionic compound is defined as the enthalpy change for which procePer NCERT §5.5(d), the BORN-HABER cycle for NaCl uses Hess's law and includes which steps?Per NCERT §5.5(e), the enthalpy of SOLUTION Δ_sol H° of an ionic compound in water is decomposed as which sum?Per NCERT §5.3, a BOMB CALORIMETER measures which thermodynamic quantity?Per NCERT Problem 5.6, 1 g graphite burnt in a bomb calorimeter (heat capacity 20.7 kJ/K) raises temperature bPer NCERT Table 5.2, the Δ_f H° of C(diamond) is which value (note: NOT zero, because graphite — not diamond —Per NCERT §5.6, a SPONTANEOUS process is best defined as which of the following?Per NCERT §5.6(b), ENTROPY S is best described as which?Per NCERT eqn 5.18, the entropy change for a REVERSIBLE process is given by which expression?Per NCERT eqn 5.19, for a SPONTANEOUS process the TOTAL entropy change (system + surroundings) obeys which inePer NCERT Problem 5.10, in which of the following processes does entropy DECREASE?Per NCERT §5.6(e), the THIRD LAW of thermodynamics states which?Per NCERT §5.6(d), the SECOND LAW of thermodynamics, in entropy form, states which?Per NCERT eqn 5.20-21, GIBBS energy G and its change ΔG at constant T are given by which expressions?Per NCERT §5.6(c) (criteria), the sign of ΔG for a SPONTANEOUS process at constant T and p is which?Per NCERT Table 5.4, a reaction with ΔH < 0 AND ΔS > 0 is spontaneous under which condition?Per NCERT Table 5.4, a reaction with ΔH > 0 AND ΔS > 0 is spontaneous under which condition?Per NCERT §5.7 eqn 5.23, the relation between ΔG° and equilibrium constant K is which?A gas absorbs $200$ J of heat and does $80$ J of work on its surroundings. The change in internal energy is:A pump compresses gas very fast, so no heat escapes. The process is:A Carnot engine works between $T_h = 400$ K and $T_c = 300$ K. Its efficiency is:A glass of cold lassi placed on a kitchen counter eventually warms to room temperature. The second law of therFor a reaction occurring at constant pressure in an open beaker, the heat absorbed equals:Hess's law states that the standard enthalpy change for a reaction:Among solid ice, liquid water, and water vapour at the same temperature, entropy is:A reaction has $\Delta H = -100$ kJ and $\Delta S = +200$ J/K. At $T = 298$ K, $\Delta G$ is: