Surface Chemistry
Practice Questions
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
1

Two statements are given below

Statements I : Adsorption of a gas on the surface of charcoal is primarily an exothermic reaction.

Statement II : A closed vessel contains $\mathrm{O}_2, \mathrm{H}_2, \mathrm{Cl}_2$, $\mathrm{NH}_3$ gases. Its pressure is $p$ (atm). About 1 g of charcoal is added to this vessel and after some time its pressure was found to be less than $p$ (atm)

The correct answer is

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2
The critical temperature of $A, B, C, D$ gases are 190 K , $630 \mathrm{~K}, 261 \mathrm{~K}, 400 \mathrm{~K}$ respectively. The quantity of gas adsorbed per gram of charcoal at same pressure is least for the gas
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3

' $A$ ' is a protecting colloid. The following data is obtained for preventing the coagulation of 10 mL of gold sol to which 1 mL of $10 \% \mathrm{NaCl}$ is added. What is the gold number of ' $A$ '?

Expt. No. Wt (in mg ) of $\boldsymbol{A}$ added to gold sol $$
\text { Coagulation }
$$
1 40 Prevented
2 35 Prevented
3 25 Not prevented
4 32 Not prevented
5 33 Prevented
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4
The following data is obtained for coagulating a positively charged sol in 2 hours
Conc. of $\mathrm{Cl}^{-}$in $\mathrm{mol} \mathrm{L}^{-1}$

Result
$$
5 \times 10^{-5}
$$
Sol not precipitated
$$
6 \times 10^{-5}
$$
Sol not precipitated
$$
7 \times 10^{-5}
$$
Sol precipitated
$$
8 \times 10^{-5}
$$
Sol precipitated
$$
1 \times 10^{-4}
$$
Sol precipitated
What is the coagulating value of electrolyte for this sol?
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5

$$ \text { Match List - I, with List-II. } $$

$$ \begin{array}{llll} \hline & \text { List I } & & \text { List II } \\ \hline \text { I } & \text { Colloidal antimony } & \text { A } & \text { Kalaazar } \\ \hline \text { II } & \text { Silver sol } & \text { B } & \text { Intermuscular injection } \\ \hline \text { III } & \text { Milk of magnesia } & \text { C } & \text { Eye lotion } \\ \hline \text { IV } & \text { Gold sol } & \text { D } & \text { Stomach disorder } \\ \hline \end{array} $$

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6
Identify the method of preparation of a colloidal sol from the following.
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7
The correct statement regarding chemisorption is
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8
Which of the following is incorrectly matched?
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9
Which of the following general reaction is an example for heterogeneous catalysis?
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10
Match List I with List II.
List I List II
A. Aerosol I. Milk
B. Foam II. Soap lather
C. Emulsion III. Cheese
D. Gel IV. Smoke
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11

' $X$ ' is a protecting colloid. The following data is obtained for preventing the coagulation of 10 mL of gold sol to which 1 mL of $10 \% \mathrm{NaCl}$ is added. What is the gold number of ' $X$ '?

$$ \begin{array}{ccl} \hline \text { Expt No. } & \begin{array}{c} \text { Weight of } X \text { (in mg) } \\ \text { added to gold sol } \end{array} & \text { Coagulation } \\ \hline 1 & 24 & \text { Not prevented } \\ \hline 2 & 23 & \text { Not prevented } \\ \hline 3 & 26 & \text { Prevented } \\ \hline 4 & 27 & \text { Prevented } \\ \hline 5 & 25 & \text { Prevented } \\ \hline \end{array} $$

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12
Which sol is used as intramuscular injection?
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13
Which of the following has maximum coagulating power in the coagulation of positively charged sol?
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14

Given below are two statements.

Statements I Easily liqueflable gases are readily adsorbed.

Statements II Adsorption enthalpy for physisorption is less compared to adsorption enthalpy for chemisorption.

The correct answer is

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15
The validity of Freundlich isotherm can be verified by plotting
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16

The correct order of coagulating power of the following ions to coagulate the positive sol is

$$\mathrm{\mathop {{{[Fe{{(CN)}_6}]}^{4 - }}}\limits_I ,\mathop {C{l^ - }}\limits_{II} ,\mathop {SO_4^{2 - }}\limits_{III}}$$

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17

The macromolecular colloids of the following are

I. Starch solution

II. Sulphur sol

III. Synthetic detergent

IV. Synthetic rubber

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18

Assertion (A) Animal skins are colloidal in nature.

Reason (R) Animal skin has positively charged particles.

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19

The diameters range of colloidal particles is approximately.

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20

In an adsorption experiment, a graph between $$\log (x / m)$$ versus $$\log p$$ was found to be linear with a slope of $$45^{\circ}$$. The intercept on $$\log (x / m)$$ axis was found to be 0.3010. The amount of gas adsorbed per gram of charcoal under a pressure of $$0.5 \mathrm{~atm}$$ is

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21

Among the following, in which type of chromatography, both stationary and mobile phases are in liquid state?

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22

The protective power of a lyophilic colloidal sol is expressed in terms of

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23

A plot of $$\log (x / m)$$ versus $$\log (p)$$ for adsorption of a gas on a solid gives a straight line with a slope of

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