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Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

Comprehensive quiz covering transition metals, lanthanides, coordination compounds, atomic structure, and periodic trends in chemistry

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

  1. Iron is the most abundant transition metal.
  2. Copper is the best reducing agent among 3d series transition elements.
  3. Zr and Hf have the same atomic size.
  4. Ti4+ is colourless.
  5. Osmium is the densest transition element.
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which of the following pairs are the two species isostructural with similar hybridisation?

  1. NH4+ and SF4
  2. AlCl3 and PCl3
  3. SF6 and XeF6
  4. CH4 and SO42-
  5. BH3 and NH3
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?

  1. Covalent character: MI > MBr > MCl > MF
  2. Stability of +1 oxidation state: In < Ga < Al < Tl
  3. Most stable form of phosphorus: White phosphorus
  4. Ionic size: S2- > Cl- > K+ > Ca2+
  5. Acidic strength: HClO > HIO > HBrO
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

  1. Larger number of oxidation states is exhibited by actinides than those by lanthanides.
  2. 4f and 5f orbitals are equally shielded.
  3. There is a decrease in the radii of the atoms or ions as one proceeds from La to Lu.
  4. Lanthanum has partially filled d orbitals and no other partially filled orbital.
  5. Lutetium is the densest lanthanide.
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

  1. Malachite : Copper
  2. Calaverite : Gold
  3. Magnetite : Iron
  4. Karnalite : Potassium
  5. Galena : Tin
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is correct?

  1. Lanthanum has smaller atomic radius than lutetium.
  2. Fluorides of lanthanides are water soluble.
  3. La3+ ions will exhibit colour in aqueous solutions.
  4. Lu3+ is diamagnetic.
  5. La(OH)3 is less basic than Lu(OH)3.
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not correctly matched?

  1. Bond length: HF < HCl < HBr < HI
  2. Bond dissociation energy: HF > HCl > HBr > HI
  3. Reducing power: HF < HCl < HBr < HI
  4. Boiling point: HF < HCl < HBr < HI
  5. Acidic strength: HF < HC < HBr < HI
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following sets represents isostructural and isoelectronic species only?

  1. BeF2, CO2, N2O
  2. N2O, NO2, CO2
  3. BF3, CO2, N2O
  4. NO2, BeF2, N2O
  5. H2S, BeF2, CO2
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following ions have electronic configuration [Ar] 3d5?

  1. Mn2+ and Fe2+
  2. Sc3+ and Fe3+
  3. Mn2+ and Ni3+
  4. Cr3+ and Fe3+
  5. Mn2+ and Fe3+
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is correct?

  1. Li+ ion is more solvated than Na+ ion in water.
  2. MgCl2 is more covalent than BeCl2.
  3. MgO is less basic than Al2O3.
  4. Mg has higher atomic radius than Ca.
  5. Beryllium exhibits coordination number six.
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following sets represents pseudohalides only?

  1. ClF3, IF7
  2. CN‑, N3-
  3. (CN)2, (SCN)2
  4. ClF3, CN‑
  5. ICl, N3-
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

  1. Ethylene diaminetetraacetate ion: Hexadentate ligand
  2. Chemotherapy of cancer: cis-[PtII (NH3)2 Cl2]
  3. Cyanate ion: Ambidentate ligand
  4. Nitrite ion: Bidentate ligand
  5. Pentaamminechloridocobalt(III) sulphate: [Co(NH3)5Cl]SO4
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following elements has the highest oxidation state?

  1. NiF62-
  2. [Cr(CN)6]3-
  3. MnO4-
  4. CrO2Cl2
  5. [Fe(CN)6]4-
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is correct?

  1. Lead pencil contains lead sulphide.
  2. Red form of lead oxide is called litharge.
  3. PbO2 is acidic in nature.
  4. All the elements of group 14 form monoxides.
  5. Pb3O4 is called lead sesquioxide.
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Ionisation potential does not depend upon

  1. principal quantum number
  2. type of electron
  3. nuclear charge
  4. type of bonding in crystal lattice
  5. principal quantum number
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Why is ionisation potential of phosphorus greater than that of sulphur?

  1. Because of its smaller size
  2. Because of more penetrating power of p orbitals
  3. Because of its nuclear force of attraction on electrons
  4. Because half-filled orbitals are more stable
  5. Because the last electron in phosphorus has a higher value of principle quantum number
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following sets represents isoelectronic species only?

  1. Mg2+, S2-, F-, Na+
  2. Ca2+, O2-, Cl-, K+
  3. Mg2+, O2-, F-, K+
  4. Ca2+, S2-, Cl-, K+
  5. Mg2+, S2-, Cl-, Na+
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is/are the correct order(s) of ionisation potential?

(a) Li < B < Be < C
(b) O < N < F
(c) Be < N < Ne

  1. Only (a) and (b)
  2. Only (b) and (c)
  3. Only (a) and (c)
  4. (a), (b) and (c)
  5. Only (a)
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which of the following processes will energy be released?

  1. A(g) → A+(g) + e-
  2. 1/2 A2(g) → A(g)
  3. A(s) → A(g)
  4. A+(g) + B-(g) → A+B-(s)
  5. A+B-(s) → A+ (g) + B-(g)
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following pairs of coordination complexes represents linkage isomers?

  1. [Co(NH3)5Br]SO4 and [Co(NH3)5SO4]Br
  2. [Co(NH3)6][Cr(CN)6] and [Cr(NH3)6][Co(CN)6]
  3. [Cr(H2O)4Cl2]Cl·2H2O and [Cr(H2O)5Cl]Cl2·H2O
  4. [Pt(NH3)4][PtCl6] and [Pt(NH3)4Cl2][PtCl4]
  5. [Co(NH3)5(NO2)]2+ and [Co(NH3)5(ONO2)]2+
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the correct order of stability of Al+1, Al+2 and Al+3?

  1. Al+3 > Al2+ > Al+
  2. Al+2 > Al+3 > Al+
  3. Al+2 > Al+ > Al+3
  4. Al+3 > Al+ > Al+2
  5. Al+3 < Al+ > Al+2
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