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1. A solution is
a) a mixture of two components
b) a compound of two components
c) A homogenous mixture of two
components
d) All the above
2. 50 g. of a solvent is dissolved in 0.95 kg of the
solvent. The weight percent of the solution is
a) 50 b) 0.95
c) 5 d) 0.095
3. A solution is 0.25% by weight. The weight of
the solvent containing 1.25 g of solute would be
a) 500 g b) 498.75 g
c) 500.25 g d) 501.25 g
4. 200 g of a 5% solution (by weight) of the solute
A is mixed with 300 g of a 10% solution (by
weight) of solute B. The weight percent of A
and B in the mixture are respectively
a) 3.33 and 15 b) 5 and 10
c) 2 and 16 d) 6 and 2
5. Equal volumes of a 10% solution (by weight) of
the solute A and 15% solution (by weight) of the
solute B are mixed. The weight percent of A
and B in the mixture would be respectively
a) 5 and 7.5 b) 10 and 15
c) 15 and 10 d) 20 and 30
6. 400
3
cm of water is added to 600 g of a 6%
(weight percent) aqueous soln. of a solute. The
final weight percent of the solute is
a) 10 b) 1.5
c) 9 d) 3.6
7. 2 mole of ethanol is dissolved in 8 mole of
water. The mole fraction of water in the solution
a) 0.2 b) 0.8
c) 0.4 d) 1
8. 92 g of ethanol is dissolved in 108 g of water.
The mole fraction of ethanol in the soln is
a) 0.25 b) 0.75
c) 92/108 d) 108/92
9. 4.9 gm of
2 4
H SO is present in 500
3
cm of the
solution. Its molarity will be
a) 0.2 b) 0.1
c) 0.05 d) 0.025
10. A centi-molar solution is diluted 10 times. Its
molarity would be
a) 0.01 b) 0.1
c) 0.001 d) 0.005

11. If 20 gm. of sodium hydroxide is dissolved in
3
1 dm of water, the molality of the solution will
be
a) 0.5 b) 1
c) 0.01 d) 0.2
12. Which of the following statements is true for a
solution ?
a) Normality is always equal to molarity
b) Normality is always less than molarity
c) Molarity is always less than normality
d) Molarity is either equal to or less than normality
13. 30 gm of acetic acid is dissolved in
3
1dm of the
solvent. The molality of the soln. will be (Given,
density of solvent = 1.25 g.
3
cm )
a) 0.4 b) 0.3
c) 0.5 d) 0.45
14. Colligative properties of a solution are there
whose values depend on
a) No. of molecules present in it
b) No. of ions present in it
c) No. of particles present in it
d) None of these
15. Which one of the following is a colligative property ?
a) Boiling point
b) Freezing point
c) Vapour pressure
d) lowering of vapour pressure
16. Some of the statements are given below
A] lowering of vapour pressure is a colligative
property
B] Freezing point of a soln. depends on its
concentration
C] Higher the vapour pressure of a liquid, lower
is its boiling point
D] Vapour pressure of a solution is always more
than that of pure solvent. Among the above
the true statements are
a) only A and B b) only A and C
c) A, B and D d) A, B and C
17. If n mole of solute are dissolved in N mole
of solvent and if vapour pressure of pure solvent
is P, then the partial vapour pressure of the
solvent in the solution. Will be

a)
+
P
n N
b)
+
nP
n N


c)
+
NP
n N
d)
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18. The vapour pressure of pure solvent and
solutions are 120mm and 108mm respectively.
The mole fraction of the solvent in the soln is
a) 0.1 b) 0.9
c) 120/108 d) 1.08
19. The vapour pressure of the solution and pure
solvent are P and Po respectively. If P/Po is
0.15. then the mole fraction of the solute in the
solution is
a) 0.85 b) 0.15
c) 1/0.15 d) 1/0.85
20. In ostwalds and walkess method for
determining the lowering of vapour pressure, the
loss in weight of solvent bulb is 50 times less
than the gain in weight of
2
CaCl tubes. The
vapour pressure of the soln. would be (Given
v.p of pure solvent = 100mm)
a) 2 mm b) 0.5 mm
c) 98 mm d) 100 mm
21. The 0.1 molar aqueous soln. of glucose boils at
0
100.16 C . The boiling point of 0.5 molal
aqueous soln. of sucrose will be
a)
0
500.80 C b)
0
100.80 C
c)
0
20.16 C d)
0
20.8 C
22. Which one of the following aqueous soln. will
have the highest boiling point ?
a) 0.1 M urea
b) 30 g of glucose per
3
dm
c) 3.42 g of sucrose in 100 ml
d) 0.2 M glucose
23. If
b
k denotes the molal elevation constant of
water, then the boiling point, of an aqueous soln.
containing 36 g. of glucose per
3
dm in
0
C will be

a)
2
100
10
| |
+
|
\
kb
b) 100
10
| |
+
|
\
kb

c) (100 + kb) d) (100 + 2 kb)
24. For a solvent
1
5

=
b
k K kg mol . Using this
solvent the solution records the elevation of
boiling point of
0
0.5 C . The molality of the
solution is
a) 0.25 b) 0.1
c) 10 d) Unpredictable
25. Which one of the following aqueous solution
will have the highest freezing point ?
a) 0.1 M urea
b) 0.2 M cane sugar
c) 6 g of glucose in 100
3
cm
d) 1.5 g of urea in 500
3
cm


26. The values of
f
K for solvents A,B,C and D are
1.86, 1.99, 5.12 and 4.4 K kg
1
mol
respectively. The equimolal solutions of a solute
in there solvents will have the freezing in order
of solvents as
a) C > D > B > A b) A > C > D > B
c) A > B > D > C d) C > B > A > D
27. The solution containing 6 g of urea (mol. Wt =
60) per
3
dm of water and another containing 9 g
of solute A per
3
dm of water freeze at the same
temperature. The molecular weight of A is
a) 120 b) 90
c) 54 d) 900
28. Osmosis is the flow, through semi permeable
membrane of
a) Solvent molecules from pure solvent to
solution
b) Solvent molecules from a solution of
lower concentration to that at hiqher
concentration
c) Solute molecules from a solution of higher
concentration to that at lower
concentration
d) Both (a) and (b)
29. osmotic pressure is defined as
a) The excess pressure which must be applied
to a solution to stop osmosis
b)
The excess pressure which must be applied
to a solution to increase its vapour
pressure till it becomes equal to the vapour
pressure of pure solvent
c) The decrease in pressure of the pure
solvent till it becomes equal to the vapour
pressure of the solution
d) All the above
30. When a solution is separated from the solvent by
a semi-permeable membrane, the solution rises
to maximum height of 10cm. The osmotic
pressure of the solution in Pascal is (Given,
Density of solution = 1.1 kg
3
dm )
a) 1079.1 b) 107.91
c) 10791 d) 10.791
31. The osmotic pressure of a solution is directly
proportional to
a) Its molarity b) Its temperature
c) Both (a) and (b) d) None of these
32. The isotonic solutions have same
a) Molarities b) Osmotic pressure
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33. A 0.1m solution of a solute A is isotonic with a
solution of B containing 1.5 g of it per 100
3
cm .
The molecular weight of B is
a) 150 b) 15
c) 75 d) 750
34. A 0.2 M solution of a solute is isotonic with a
solution containing
a) 3.42 g of sucrose in 100
3
cm
b) 18 g of glucose per
3
dm
c) 6 g of urea in 500
3
cm
d) 27 g of fructose per
3
dm
35. For isotonic solutions which one of the
following is equal ?
a) Molality b) Normality
c) Weight percent d) Molarity
36. Solution A contains 5.85 g of NaCl in 500
3
cm of water and 1 solution B is 0.2 m glucose
in water. Temperature being same, which one of
the following is true ?
a) Both the solutions are isotonic
b) A is hypotonic solution with respect to B
c) B is hypertonic solution with respect to A
d) A is hypertonic solution with respect to B
37. The weight of glucose to be dissolved in
250
3
cm of water, to set a solution which is
isotonic with 0.2 M solution of urea, is
a) 36 g b) 9 g
c) 18 g d) 4.5 g
38. The solutions of electrolytes have higher values
of colligative properties than the equimolar
solutions of non-electrolytes. This is because
a) of ionization of electrolytes
b) non-electrolytes do not ionize
c) electrolytes ionize to increase the number
of particles in the solution
d) the number of particles in the solution of
electrolytes increases due to ionization and
the value of colligative property depends
on number of particles in the solution
39. The boiling point of a decimolal aqueous
solution of glucose could be (Given
b
k = 0.52
l kg
1
mol )
a)
0
100.52 C b)
0
99.48 C
c)
0
99.948 C d)
0
100.052 C
40. osmotic pressure of a 0.6% solution of urea is
300mm Hg at 298 k. The osmotic pressure of a
0.2m cane sugar solution at the same
temperature would be
a) 300 mm b) 600 mm
c) 150 mm d) 30 mm

41. The vapour pressure of a solvent is decreased by
2.5mm by adding a solute. The mole fraction of
the solute in the solution is (Given v. p of pure
solvent B = 250 mm)
a) 0.1 b) 0.9
c) 0.01 d) 1.01
42. The relative lowering of vapour pressure in a
solution is 0.23. The mole fraction of the solvent
in the solution is
a) 0.23 b) 0.43
c) 0.77 d) 0.34
43. The example of solution of liquid in gas is
a) Dry air b) Aerated water
c) Amalgam d) Moist air
44. The vapour pressure of pure solvent is Po. The
mole fraction of a non-volatile solute in the
solution is x. The vapour pressure of the solution
will be
a) Po (1 x) b) Po / (1 x)
c) Pox d) Po/x
45. The lowering of vapor pressure of solvent
occurs
a) When the solvent is volatile
b) When the solute is non-electrolyte
c) When the solute is non-volatile
d) In all the above cases
46. Arrange the following aqueous solutions in the
order of there increasing boiling points
i)
4
10

M NaCl ii)
3
10

MUrea
iii)
3
2
10

M MgCl iv)
2
10

M NaCl
a) (i) < (ii) < (iii) <
(iv)
b) (ii) < (i) = (iii) <
(iv)
c) (ii) < (i) < (iii) <
(iv)
d) (iv) > (iii) > (i) =
(ii)
47. Which one of the following aqueous solution
will have the lowest freezing point ? (Assume
complete ionization)
a) 0.1 m urea b) 0.1 m NaCl
c)
0.2 m sucrose
d) 0.15 m
2
BaCl
48. If
1
is the osmotic pressure of a solution
containing 6 g of acetic acid per
3
dm and
2
is
that of a solution containing 5.85 g of NaCl per
3
dm at the some temperature, then

a)
1 2
< b)
1 2
>

c)
1 2
= d)
1 2
2 =





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49. At constant temperature, the osmotic pressure
( ) and the molarity (M) of the solution are
related as

a) M b)
1

M


c) M d)
1

M

50. The osmotic pressure ( ) is given as equal to
a) M/RT b) MR/T
c) MRT d) RT/M
51. The osmotic pressure (in atm) of a 1 M solution
a non-electrolyte at
0
O C will be
a) 1 b) 22.4
c) 0.0821 d) 10
52. Equimolar solutions of urea and KCl are
separated by a semi permeable membrane.
Which one of the following will take place ?
a) No net flow of solvent in either direction
b) Solvent will flow from KCl to urea
solution
c) Solvent will flow from urea to KCl
solution
d) Nothing can be predicted
53. For NaBr solution, M = 0.5, 0.8 = and
400 = mm and for
3 4
Na Po solution, m =
0.25, 0.6 = and
2
= P . Temperature being
same, the value of
2
P will be
a) 533.3 atm b) 1200 mm
c) 300 mm d) 2133. mm
54. The molecular weights of
2
CaCl , NaCl and
glucose, as determined from osmotic pressure
are A, B and C respectively. Assuming
2
CaCl
and NaCl to be completely ionized the order
observed molecules weights will be
a) C > B > A b) A > C > B
c) C > A > B d) B > A > C
55. The plant cell will shrink when it is placed in
a) A hypertonic soln
b) A hypotonic soln
c) An isotonic soln
d) None of these
56. The molal elevation constant is the ratio of the
elevation of boiling point to
a) Molarity
b) Molality
c) Normality
d) Mole fraction of solute

57. The value of
b
K for a solvent is x K kg
1
mol ,
A 0.2m solution, of a non-electrolyte, in this
solvent will boil at
(Given, B.P of solvent =
0
c
A )

a) ( )
0
+ A x c b)
0
10
| |
+
|
\
x
A c

c)
0
5
| |
+
|
\
x
A c d)
5
| |
+
|
\
x
A k
58. For water
1
1.86

=
f
k K kg mol . Assuming
complete ionization, the freezing point of 1
molal aqueous solution of KCl would be
a)
0
3.72 c b)
0
3.72 c
c)
0
1.86 c d) Unpredictable
59. The freezing point of a 0.05 molal solution of a
non-electrolyte in water is
( )
1
1.86

=
f
K K kg mol
a)
0
0.093 c b) 273.093 K
c) 272.907 K d) -0.093 K
60. The best solvent to determine the depression of
freezing point accurately is that which has
a) A low value of
f
K
b) A high value of
f
K
c) A low freezing point
d) A high freezing point
61. Molal elevation constant of water is 0.51. The
boiling of a decimolal aqueous KCl is hearly
equal to
a)
0
100.1 c b)
0
100.05 c
c)
0
105.1 c d)
0
101.5 c
62. The elevation of boiling point of a solution of
10g of a binary strong electrolyte (mol. wt =
100) in 100g. of water is T . The value of
b
K
for water is
a) 10 b) 2
c) 2T d)
/ 2 T
63. Equal volumes of centimolar solutions of
glucose and fructose are mixed. The osmotic
pressure of the mixture is
a) equal to either of the solution
b) less than either of the solution
c) more than either of the solution
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64. The ratio of the value of any colligative property
for
2
BaCl and
3 4
Na PO , assuming to be
same for both, is
a) 3 : 4 b) 1 : 4
c) 1 : 2 d) 4 : 3
65. A 5% solution of glucose is isotonic with a 1%
solution of solute A. The mol. wt of A is
a) 900 b) 180
c) 36 d) 90
66. A non-volatile solute lowers the vapour pressure
of a solvent by 20 mm when its mole fraction in
the solution is 0.3. To obtain a lowering of
vapour pressure of 40 mm, the mole fraction of
the solvent should be
a) 0.6 b) 0.3
c) 0.4 d) 0.15
67.
The osmotic pressure of 1% urea solution ( )
1
,
2% glucose ( )
2
and 3.42% sucrose solution
( )
3
, at same temperature are in the order
a)
3 2 1
> > b)
1 2 3
> >
c)
3 1 2
> > d)
2 1 3
> >
68. One mole of urea is dissolved in 36 g of water.
The V.P of the solution and pure water are in the
ratio of
a) 1 : 1 b) 1 : 3
c) 2 : 3 d) 1 : 2
69. The elevation of boiling point for 0.1 m sucrose,
0.2 m urea and 0.2 m NaCl are in the ratio of
a) 1 : 2 : 4 b) 1 : 2 : 2
c) 1 : 1 : 2 d) 1 : 1 : 4
70. How much glucose per 100
3
cm should be
present to get a solution which would be
isotonic with a 3.42% sucrose solution ?
a) 18 g b) 9 g
c) 1.8 g d) 3.6 g
71. The weight of urea, to be dissolved per
3
dm , to
get a solution which is isotonic with a 0.1m
aqueous solution of ( )
2
1 = BaCl would be
a) 108 g b) 1.8 g
c) 6 g d) 18 g









72. Some statements are given below :
A] In solution of a non-volatile solute, the V.P
of solution is equal to partial V.P of solvent
B] For a given solution
b
T and
f
T will be
equal if =
b f
K K
C] Among a set of solution, that which has
highest F. pt and will also have highest B. pt.
D] Equimolar solutions of all solutes are
isotonic
Among the above the false statements are
a) B, C and D b) A, B and C
c) C and D d) B and C
73. Assuming the degree of ionization to be equal
the ratio of osmotic pressure of equimolar
solutions of ( )
2 4 3 4
3
, Al SO Na PO and
( )
4
6
(

K Fe CN
a) 5 : 5 : 4 b) 4 : 5 : 4
c) 1 : 0.8 : 1 d) 0.8 : 1 : 1
74. To 100 ml of a 0.5 M solution, 400 ml of water
is added. The final molarity would be
a) 0.125 b) 0.1
c) 0.25 d) 0.15
75. 800 ml of 0.1 M
2 4
H SO is mixed with 200 ml
of 0.8 M
2 4
H SO . The molarity of the mixture.
is
a) 0.32 b) 0.24
c) 0.2 d) 0.45
76. 400 ml of 0.2 m
2 4
H SO is mixed with 100 ml
of 0.1 N
2 4
H SO . The final normality is
a) 0.17 b) 0.45
c) 0.25 d) 0.34
77. The lowering of vapour pressures is 0.1 m
aqueous solutions of NaCl,
4
CuSO and
2 4
K SO
are in the ratio of
a) 1 : 2.5 : 1.5 b) 1 : 1 : 3
c) 1 : 1 : 1.5 d) None of these
78. The factor of /
b
Tb k is equal to
a) Molality b) Molarity
c) Mole fraction d) None of these
79. Osmotic pressure can be increased by
a) Increasing temperature
b) Decreasing temperature
c) Increasing volume
d) All of these
80. Which of the following is not a colligative
property ?
a) Tb b)
c)
f
K
d)
0
P P
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81. When a solution is diluted the mole fraction of
the solvent
a) Decreases
b) Increases
c) Remains unchanged
d) Changes unpredictably
82. When to a solution, the solvent is added, the
value of lowering of vapour pressure
a) Decreases
b) Increases
c) Remains unchanged
d) Records an unpredictable change
83. A molal solution is that which contains one
mole of solute in
a) one litr. of solvent
b) one litr. of solution
c) one kg of solution
d) one kg of solvent
84. The osmotic pressure, of a solution of benzoic
acid in benzene, is less than expected. This is
because
a) Benzene is a non-polar solvent
b) Benzoic acid is an organic solute
c) Benzoic acid is in associated state in
benzene
d) Benzoic acid gets dissociated in benzene
85. The Raoults law of lowering of V.P is best
applicable in determination of correct mol. wt.
in case of
a) Volatile solute in a concentrated solution
b) Volatile solute in a dilute solution
c) Non-volatile solute in a concentrated
solution
d) Non-volatile solute in a dilute solution
86. The plot of partial vapour pressure of a volatile
component of a solution vs its mole fraction at a
constant temp. is a straight line with
a) Negative slope
b) With positive slope
c) With positive slope passing though the
origin and reaching a maxima
d) With a positive slope and passing through
the origin
87. The vapour pressure of a liquid depends on
a) Its surface area
b) Its volume
c) Temperature
d) All of these





88. The normal molecular wt. of on electrolyte is
1
M and its molecular wt. obtained from a
colligative property is
2
M . Then
a)
1 2
2 M M = b)
1 2
M M >
c)
1 2
M M < d)
1 2
2M M =
89. Which of the following happens, in case of
solution, when the mole fraction of a solute in
the solution decreases ?
a) V.P increases
b) F. pt.. increases
c) Osmotic pressure increases
d) Both (a) and (b)
90. The molarity of a 10% NaOH solution is
a) 2.5 b) 0.5
c) 0.25 d) 0.05
91. The mole fraction of nitrogen lima mixture of 7
g of
2
N and 16 g of
2
O , is
a) 0.5 b) 0.75
c) 0.66 d) 0.33
92. 100 ml of 2NHCl is mixed with 400 ml of 5N
2 4
H SO and the mixture is made 2 litr by water.
The normality of the resulting mixture is
a) 2.2 b) 1.4
c) 1.1 d) 0.7
93. Which of the following solutions has highest
normality ?
a)
1 M HCl
b)
2 4
0.5M H SO
c)
3 4
0.4M H PO d)
2 4
0.55M H SO
94. Colligative properties of a solution depends
upon:
a) Nature of both solvent and solute
b) The relative number of solvent and solute
particles
c) Nature of solute only
d) Nature of solvent only
95. Isotonic solution have the same
a) Density
b) Molar concentration
c) Strength
d) Normality