Periodic Classification of Elements

Q 1 Why are the elements in the same group of the periodic table show close resemblance in chemical behaviour? Mark (1)
Q 2 How many elements were known when Mendeleev classified the elements? Mark (1)
Q 3 Why do you think the noble gases are placed in a separate group? Mark (1)
Q 4 What are the limitations of Dobereiner’s triad? Mark (1)
Q 5 What was the criteria used by Mendeleev in creating his periodic table? Mark (1)
Q 6 State the modern periodic law. Mark (1)
Q 7 How many groups are in the long form of the periodic table? Mark (1)
Q 8 What is the fundamental difference in the electronic configuration of the group I and group II elements? Mark (1)
Q 9 Besides gallium, which other elements have been since discovered to fill the gaps left by Mendeleev in his periodic table?
Mark (1)
Q 10 How many periods are present in Modern periodic table? Mark (1)
Q 11 What is base of classification of elements? Mark (1)
Q 12 Which period is the longest period in the modern periodic table? Mark (1)
Q 13 In the Modern Periodic Table, which are the metals among the first ten elements? Mark (1
Q 14 Define group. Mark (1)
Q 15 Write the K, L, M, N electronic configuration of Ca. (Atomic No. = 20) Mark (1)
Q 16 Define diagonal relationship. Mark (1)
Q 17 Name two elements you would except to show chemical reactions similar to magnesium. What is the base for your choice?
Mark (1)
Q 18 What does each period in the periodic table indicate? Mark (1)
Q 19 What was the drawback of the law of octaves? Mark (1)
Q 20 Why are anions bigger than their parent atoms? Marks (2)
Q 21 How does the electronic configuration of an atom relate to its position in the Modern Periodic Table? Marks (2)
Q 22 Nitrogen (atomic number 7) and phosphorus (atomic number 15) belong to group 15 of the periodic table. Write the
electronic configuration of these two elements. Which of these will be more electronegative. Why? Marks (2)
Q 23 Element X forms a chloride XCl2, which is a solid with a high melting point. X would most likely be in the same group of the
periodic table as: (a) Na (b) Mg (c) Al (d) Si Marks (2)
Q 24 Explain why?
(i) All the elements of a group have similar chemical properties.
(ii) All the elements of a period have different chemical properties. Marks (2)
Q 25 What happens to the metallic character of the elements as we move from left to right in a period of the periodic table?
Marks (2)
Q 26 An element X belongs to group 2 and another element Y belongs to group 15 of the periodic table:-
(a) What is the number of valence electrons in X?
(b) What is the valency of X?
(c) What is the number of valence electrons in Y?
(d) What is the valency of Y?Marks (2)
Q 27 What are the advantages of the periodic table? Marks (2
Q 28 An atom has electronic configuration 2, 8, 7:-
(a) What is the atomic number of this element?
(b) To which of the following elements would it be chemically similar? N (7), F (9), P (15), Ar (18). Marks (2)
Q 29 By considering their position in the periodic table, which one of the following elements would you except to have the
maximum metallic character?C , O, F,B, Be Marks (2)
Q 30 Write the demerits of Newlands’ law of octaves. Marks (3)
Q 31 Write the merits of Mendeleev’s classification of elements. Marks (3)
Q 32 For each the following triads, name the element with the characteristics specified below: Marks (3)
Elements Least Chemically
atomic Least
radius reactive
F, Cl, Br ………….. ……………
Li, Na, K …………… …………….
Q 33 Write the limitations of Mendeleev’s classification of elements. Marks (3)
Q 34 Consider the following elements:Na, Ca, Al, K, Mg, Li
(a)Which of these elements belong to the same period ofthe periodic table?
(b)Which of these elements belong to the same group of the periodic table? Marks (3)
Q 35 Write the merits of the modern periodic table. Marks (3)
Q 36 The positions of three elements A, B, and C in the periodic table are shown here.
Group 16 Group 17
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- A
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B C
(a) State whether A is a metal or non-metal
(b) State whether C is more reactive or less reactive than A.
(c) Will C be larger or smaller in size than B?
(d) Which type of ion, cation or anion, will be formed by element A? Marks (3)
Q 37 In the following diagram for the first three periods of the periodic table, five elements have been represented by the letters
a, b, c, d and e:
(i)Select the letter which represents a halogen.
(ii)Select the letter which represents a noble gas.
(iii)What type of bond is formed between a and b?
(iv)What type of bond is formed between c and d?
(v)Which element will form a divalent anion?Marks (5)
Q 38 Write the characteristics of the groups. Marks (5)