IONIC EQUILIBRIUM FINAL LAP - 2019

IONIC EQUILIBRIUM
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Q.1 Which of the following solution will have a pH exactly equal to 8 ?
(A) 10–8 M HCl solution at 25ºC (B) 10–8 M H+ solution at 25ºC
(C) 2 × 10–6 M Ba(OH)2 solution at 25ºC (D) 10–6 M NaOH solution at 50ºC

Q.2 0.1mol HCl is dissolved in distilled water of volume V then V  lim

  (pH)solution is equal to
(A) zero (B) 1 (C) 7 (D) 14

Q.3 pH of an aqeous solution of NaCl at 85°C should be

(A) 7 (B) > 7 (C) < 7 (D) 0

Q.4 Which of the following is true

(A) pkb for OH¯ is – 1.74 at 25°C
(B) The equilibrium constant for the reaction between HA (pka = 4) and NaOH at 25°C will be
equal to 1010.
(C) The pH of a solution containing 0.1 M HCOOH (ka = 1.8 × 10–4 ) and 0.1 M HOCN.
(ka = 3.2 × 10–4 ) will be nearly (3 - log 7).
(D) all the above are correct.

M M
Q.5 10 ml of H2SO4 is mixed with 40 ml of H SO . The pH of the resulting solution is
200 200 2 4
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 2.3 (D) none of these

Q.6 If pKb for fluoride ion at 25° C is 10.83, the ionisation constant of hydrofluoric acid in water at this
temperature is :
(A) 1.74 × 105 (B) 3.52 × 103 (C) 6.75 × 104 (D) 5.38 × 102

Q.7 At what molar concentration of HCl will its aqueous solution have an [H+] to which equal contributions
come from HCl and H2O.
(A) 60 × 10–7 M (B) 50 × 10–8 M (C) 40 × 10–9 M (D) 30 × 10–8

Q.8 If K1 & K2 be first and second ionisation constant of H3PO4 and K1 >> K2 which is incorrect.
(A) [H+] = [ H 2 PO4 ] (B) [H+] = K1[ H 3PO 4 ]
(C) K2 = [HPO4  ] (D) [H+] = 3[ PO 34 ]

Q.9 If 50 ml of 0.2 (M) KOH is added to 40 ml of 0.5 (M) HCOOH. the pH of the resulting solution is:
(K = 1.8 × 10–4)
(A) 3.75 (B) 5.6 (C) 7.5 (D) 3.4

Q.10 A solution with pH 2.0 is more acidic than the one with pH 6.0 by a factor of:
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 3000 (D) 10000

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Q.11 What will be the pH at the equivalence point during the titration of a 100 mL 0.2 M solution of
CH3 COONa with 0.2 M solution of HCl ? Ka = 2 × 10–5 .
(A) 3 – log 2 (B) 3 + log 2 (C) 3 – log 2 (D) 3 + log 2

Q.12 An aqueous solution contains 0.01 M RNH2 (Kb = 2 ×10–6) & 10–4 M NaOH.
The concentration of OH¯ is nearly :
(A) 2.414 ×10–4 (B) 10–4 M (C) 1.414 × 10–4 (D) 2 × 10–4

Q.13 The degree of hydrolysis of a salt of weak acid and weak base in it’s 0.1 M solution is found to be 50%.
If the molarity of the solution is 0.2 M, the percentage hydrolysis of the salt should be
(A) 100% (B) 50% (C) 25% (D) none of these

Q.14 What is the percentage hydrolysis of NaCN in N/80 solution when the dissociation constant for HCN is
1.3 × 10–9 and Kw = 1.0 × 10–14
(A) 2.48 (B) 5.26 (C) 8.2 (D) 9.6

Q.15 The compound whose 0.1 M solution is basic is

(A) Ammonium acetate (B) Ammonium chloride
(C) Ammonium sulphate (D) Sodium acetate

Q.16 When a weak acid is titrated against a strong base. The pH of solution keeps on changing with amount
 v MOH 
of base added. In this titration there is a formation of buffer also. If the buffer capacity  H  (here
 
defined as the volume of base of a particular concentration added per unit change in pH), is plotted
against volume of base added for titration of 25 ml, 0.1 M HA (weak acid) solution with 0.1 M strong
base solution, then the most appropriate curve will be :

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

Q.17 50 mL of 0.1 M NaOH is added to 60 mL of 0.15 M H3 PO4 solution (K1 , K2 and K3 is

10–3, 10–8 and 10–13 respectively). The pH of the mixture would be about
(A) 3.1 (B) 5.5 (C) 4.1 (D) 6.5

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Q.18 The pKa of a weak acid, HA, is 4.80. The pKb of a weak base, BOH, is 4.78. The pH of an aqueous
solution of the corresponding salt, BA, will be :
(A) 8.58 (B) 4.79 (C) 7.01 (D) 9.22

Q.19 A physician wishes to prepare a buffer solution at pH = 3.85 that efficiently resists changes in pH yet
contains only small concentration of the buffering agents. Which of the following weak acids together
with its sodium salt would be best to use
(A) m-chlorobenzoic acid (pKa = 3.98) (B) p-chlorocinnamic acid (pKa = 2.97)
(C) 2, 5-dihydroxy benzoic acid (pKa = 2.97) (D) Acetoacetic acid (pKa = 3.58)

Q.20 How many gm of solid NaOH must be added to 100 ml of a buffer solution which is 0.1 M each w.r.t.
Acid HA and salt Na+ A– to make the pH of solution 5.5. Given pka (HA) = 5.
(Use antilog (0.5) = 3.16)
(A) 2.08 × 10–1 (B) 3.05 × 10–3 (C) 2.01 × 10–2 (D) None of these

Q.21 If 40 ml of 0.2 M KOH is added to 160 ml of 0.1 M HCOOH [Ka = 2×10–4], the pOH of the resulting
solution is
(A) 3.4 (B) 3.7 (C) 7 (D) 10.3

Q.22 A buffer solution is prepared by mixing 'a' moles of CH3 COONa and 'b' moles of CH3 COOH
such that (a + b) = 1, into water to make 1L buffer solution. If the buffer capacity of this buffer
solution is plotted against moles of salt CH3COONa (with a) then the plot obtained will be (to
the scale) approximately.
0.55
0.50
0.25 0.45
Buffer capacity
Buffer capacity

0.20 0.40
(A) (B)
0.15 0.35

0.10 0.30
0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0
a a
0.55
0.50
Buffer capacity

0.25
Buffer capacity

0.45
0.20
0.40
0.15
(C) 0.35 (D)
0.10
0.30 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0
0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0
a
a

Q.23 The pKa of a weak acid (HA) is 4.5. The pOH of an aqueous buffered solution of HA in which 50% of
the acid is ionized is :
(A) 4.5 (B) 2.5 (C) 9.5 (D) 7.0

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Q.24 The solubility product Mg(OH)2 in water at 250C is 8.9 x 10-13(mol dm-3)3 while that of Al(OH)3 is
5 x 10-33(mol dm-3)4. If S1 and S2 are the solubilities of Mg(OH)2 and Al(OH)3 in water in mol dm-3 at
250C, what is the order of magnitude of the ratio, S1/S2?
(A) 105 (B) 104 (C) 106 (D) 103

Q.25 If Ksp for HgSO4 is 6.4 ×10–5, then solubility of this substance in mole per m3 is
(A) 8 ×10–3 (B) 6.4 ×10–5 (C) 8 × 10–6 (D) None of these

Q.26 The solubility of a sparingly soluble salt AB2 in water is 1.0 × 10–5 mol L–1. Its solubility product is:
(A) 10–15 (B) 10–10 (C) 4 × 10–15 (D) 4 × 10–10

Q.27 Which of the following is most soluble in water?

(A) MnS (Ksp= 8×10–37) (B) ZnS (Ksp= 7×10–16)
(C) Bi2S3 (Ksp= 1×10 )–72 (D) Ag3(PO4) (Ksp= 1.8×10–18)

Q.28 What fraction of an indicator HIn is in the basic form at a pH of 6 if the pKa of the indicator is 5?
1 1 10 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) 10
2 11 11
Q.29 Which is/are correct statements :
(a) In any strong acid’s solution, the concentration of [OH–] will be zero.
(b) If Gº of a reaction is positive, then the reaction will not proceed at all, in the forward direction
for any concentrations of reactants and products.
(c) When titration curves are drawn for
(i) 1M HCl (50 mL) with 1 M NaOH and
(ii) 0.01 M HCl (50 mL) with 0.01 M NaOH on the same graph paper they look like:

(A) a & b (B) c only (C) b only (D) a & c

Q.30 50 litre of a solution containing 10–5 mole of AgBr is mixed with 50 litre of a 2 × 10–7 M HBr solution.
[Ag+] in resultant solution is : [Given : Ksp (AgBr) = 5 × 10–13]
(A) 10–5 M (B) 10–6 M (C) 10–7 M (D) None of these

Q.31 pH of a saturated solution of silver salt of monobasic acid HA is found to be 9.

Find the Ksp of sparingly soluble salt Ag A(s).
Given : Ka (HA) = 10–10
(A) 1.1 × 10–11 (B) 1.1 × 10–10 (C) 10–12 (D) None of these

Q.32 The solubility of metal sulphides in saturated solution of H2S {[H2S]= 0.1 M}can be represented by
[M 2 ][H 2S]
MS + 2H+  M2+
 + H2S ; Keq =
[H  ]2
The value of Keq is given for few metal sulphide. If conc. of each metal ion in solution is 0.01 M, which
metal sulphides are selectively ppt at total [H+]= 1M in saturated H2S solution.

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Metal sulphides MnS ZnS CoS PbS

[M 2 ][H 2S]
Keq = 3 × 1010 3 × 10–2 3 3 × 10–7
[H  ]2
(A) MnS, ZnS, CoS (B) PbS, ZnS, CoS (C) PbS, ZnS (D) PbS

Q.33 Solid Ba(NO3)2 is gradually dissolved in a 1.0 × 10–4 M Na2CO3 solution. At what concentration of Ba2+
will a precipitate begin to form ? (Ksp for BaCO3 = 5.1 × 10–9)
(A) 4.1 × 10–5 M (B) 5.1 × 10–5 M (C) 8.1 × 10–8 M (D) 8.1 × 10–7 M

Q.34 What is the difference in pH for 1/3 and 2/3 stages of neutralisation of 0.1 M CH3COOH with 0.1 M
NaOH.
(A) – 2 log 3 (B) 2 log (1/4) (C) 2 log (2/3) (D) – 2 log 2

More than one may be correct

Q.35 Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct ?

(A) the pH of 1.0 × 108 M solution of HCl is 8
(B) the conjugate base of H2PO4 is HPO42
(C) autoprotolysis constant of water increases with temperature
(D) when a solution of a weak monoprotic acid is titrated again a strong base, at halfneutralization point
pH = (1/2) pKa .

Q.36 A 2.5 gm impure sample containing weak monoacidic base (Mol. wt. = 45) is dissolved in 100 ml water
th
1
and titrated with 0.5 M HCl when   of the base was neutralised the pH was found to be 9 and at
5
equivalent point pH of solution is 4.5 . Given : All data at 25°C & log 2 = 0.3.
Select correct statement(s) .
(A) Kb of base is less than 10–6
(B) Concentration of salt (C) at equivalent point is 0.25 M
(C) Volume of HCl is used at equivalent point is 100 ml
(D) Weight percentage of base in given sample is 80%.

Q.37 Which one is the correct graph for the corresponding acid base titration?

pH pH

(A) (B)
volume of strong base added volume of strong acid added
to a monobasic strong acid to a monoacidic weak base

pH pH

(C) (D)
volume of strong base volume of strong acid added
added to a weak dibasic acid to a weak diacidic base

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Q.38 Titration curves for 0.1M solutions of three weak acids HA1, HA2 and HA3 with ionization constants
K1, K2 and K3 respectively are plotted as shown in the figure. Which of the following is/are true?

(A) K2 = (K1 + K3)/2 (B) K1< K3 (C) K1 > K2 (D) K2 > K3

Assertion & Reasoning type questions

Q.39 Statement-1 : pH of 10–7 M NaOH solution is exist between 7 to 7.3 at 25°C.
Statement-2 : Due to common ion effect ionization of water is reduced.
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.

Q.40 Statement-1 : In general phenolphthalein is used as an indicator for the titration of weak acid
(HA) against strong base (NaOH).
Statement-2 : At equivalent point solution is basic.
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.

Q.41 Statement-1 : Moles of Sr2+ furnished by sparingly soluble substance Sr(OH)2 decreases due
to dilution in its saturated solution.
Statement-2 : Solubility product constant of Sr(OH)2 is not affected by dilution.
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.

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Comprehension
Paragraph for Question Nos. 42 to 44
1.2 g of a monoprotic acid HA, is titrated with 0.222 M NaOH solution. The pH of the solution is
monitored with pH meter. A portion of the titration curve is shown in the diagram.

Expanded titration
12.00 curve of
11.00 HA vs NaOH
10.00

pH 9.00
8.00
7.00
6.00
5.00
15 16 17 18 19 20
Volume of NaOH (mL)

Q.42 How many mL of NaOH is required to bring about the titration to its equivalence point ?
(A) 4.00 (B) 9.00 (C) 19.00 (D) None of these

Q.43 What is the pH of solution at the equivalence point ?

(A) 3.50 (B) 7.00 (C) 8.40 (D) 5.00

Q.44 What is the molar mass of HA ?

(A) 180 (B) 222 (C) 282 (D) None of these

Paragraph for Question Nos. 45 to 48

Potash alum is K Al(SO4)2·12H2O. As a strong electrolyte, it is considered to be 100 % dissociated
into K+, Al3+ and SO42–. The solution is acidic because of the hydrolysis of Al3+, but not so acidic as
might be expected, because the SO42– can sponge up some of the H3O+ by forming HSO4¯. Given a
solution made by dissolving 11.85 gm of K Al(SO4)2·12H2O in enough water to make 100 cm3 of
solution. What is [H3O+] of the solution if

Q.45 None of the ion is hydrolysing.

(A) 10–7 M (B) less than 10–7 M
(C) More than 10–7M (D) 0.0

Q.46 Only Al3+ is hydrolysing and its first hydrolysis constant is 1.4 × 10–5 M
(A) 1.87 × 10–3 M (B) 6.24 × 10–4 M (C) 0.09 M (D) None of these

Q.47 Only SO42– is hydrolysing and acid dissociation constant of HSO4¯ in water is 1.25× 10–2.
(A) 1.26 × 10–3 M (B) 6.32 × 10–7 M (C) 1.58 × 10–8 M (D) None of these

Q.48 Both Al3+ and SO42– are hydrolysing.

(A) 2.93 × 10–4 M (B) 0.0114 M (C) 5.43 × 10–6 M (D) None of these

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Match the column
Q.49 Column I Column II
(At 25°C)

(A)  10 litre of 0.03 N X(OH)2 (strong diacidic base) (P) pH ~
 3.7
 +

 5 litre of 0.08 M HNO3
 +
 485 litre of 0.01 M NaNO
 3


(B) –9 pH ~
 10 ml of 0.5 M RNH3Cl (Kh = 10 ) (Q)  111
 +

 40 ml of 0.125 M KOH




(C)  100 ml of 0.8 M HCO3 (R) pH ~
 7

 +
 2
 100 ml of 0.4 M CO 3

 (for H2CO3 , use K a1 = 4 × 10–7 & K a 2 = 4 × 10–11)


(D) Saturated aqueous solution of Co(OH)3 (Ksp = 2.7 × 10–43) (S) pH ~

 10

Q.50 Column I Column II

(pH of resultant solution) (Exist between Colour transition
range of an indicator)
(A) 200 ml of H2SO4 solution (P) Phenol Red (6.8 to 8.4)
(specific gravity 1.225 containing
25% H2SO4 by weight) + 800 ml
of 0.525 M strong triacidic base (Q) Propyl red (4.6 to 6.4)
X (OH)3

(B) 50 ml of 0.1 M HCO3 + (R) Phenolphtalein (8.3 to 10.1)

50 ml of 0.8 M CO 32

(H2CO3 : K a1 = 4 × 10–7 , K a 2 = 2 × 10–11 )

(C) 50 ml of 0.2 M HA (aq) (Ka = 10–5) (S) Malachite green (11.4 to 13)
+ 50 ml of 0.1 M HCl (aq)
+ 100 ml of 0.13 M NaOH (aq)

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Q.1 B Q.2 C Q.3 C Q.4 D Q.5 B

Q.6 C Q.7 B Q.8 D Q.9 A Q.10 D

Q.11 A Q.12 C Q.13 B Q.14 A Q.15 D

Q.16 B Q.17 A Q.18 C Q.19 A Q.20 A

Q.21 D Q.22 B Q.23 C Q.24 B Q.25 D

Q.26 C Q.27 D Q.28 C Q.29 B Q.30 C

Q.31 A Q.32 D Q.33 B Q.34 D Q.35 B, C

Q.36 B, C Q.37 A, B, C, D Q.38 C, D Q.39 A Q.40 B

Q.41 D Q.42 C Q.43 C Q.44 C Q.45 A

Q.46 A Q.47 C Q.48 A Q.49 (A) P, (B) Q, (C) S, (D) R

Q.50 (A) S, (B) S, (C) Q

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