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p-Block Elements (Group 15–18) · Question 39

AIPMT 2015 (Cancelled)MCQMedium📈 Topic in 38% papers+4−1
1

Nitrogen dioxide and sulphur dioxide have some properties in common. Which property is shown by one of these compounds, but not by the other?

  1. Is soluble in water.
  2. Is used as a food preservative.
  3. Forms 'acid-rain'.
  4. Is a reducing agent.

Answer

(2) Is used as a food preservative.

Solution

Both NO2 and SO2 are acidic oxides, soluble in water:

2NO2 + H2O HNO3 + HNO2; SO2 + H2O H2SO3

⇒ both form acid rain.

Both can act as reducing agents (N in NO2 is +4 and can go to +5; S in SO2 is +4 and can go to +6).

As per NCERT, SO2 is used as an anti-chlor, disinfectant and preservative; NO2 is not used as a food preservative.

Answer: (2)

AIPMT 2015 (Cancelled)

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2

Acidity of diprotic acids in aqueous solutions increases in the order

  1. H2S < H2Se < H2Te
  2. H2Se < H2S < H2Te
  3. H2Te < H2S < H2Se
  4. H2Se < H2Te < H2S
AIPMT 2014
3

Which is the strongest acid in the following?

  1. HClO4
  2. H2SO3
  3. H2SO4
  4. HClO3
NEET 2013
4

Roasting of sulphides gives the gas X as a byproduct. This is a colourless gas with choking smell of burnt sulphur and causes great damage to respiratory organs as a result of acid rain. Its aqueous solution is acidic, acts as a reducing agent and its acid has never been isolated. The gas X is

  1. CO2
  2. SO3
  3. H2S
  4. SO2
Out of syllabusNEET 2013
5

Identify the incorrect statement, regarding the molecule XeO4:

  1. XeO4 molecule is square planar.
  2. There are four p -d bonds.
  3. There are four sp3-p, bonds.
  4. XeO4 molecule is tetrahedral.
NEET 2013 (Karnataka)
6

In which of the following arrangements the given sequence is not strictly according to the property indicated against it?

  1. HF < HCl < HBr < HI : increasing acidic strength
  2. H2O < H2S < H2Se < H2Te : increasing pKa values
  3. NH3 < PH3 < AsH3 < SbH3 : increasing acidic character
  4. CO2 < SiO2 < SnO2 < PbO2 : increasing oxidising power
AIPMT 2012 (Mains)
7

Which of the following statements is not valid for oxoacids of phosphorus?

  1. Orthophosphoric acid is used in the manufacture of triple superphosphate.
  2. Hypophosphorous acid is a diprotic acid.
  3. All oxoacids contain tetrahedral four coordinated phosphorus.
  4. All oxoacids contain at least one P=O unit and one P-OH group.
AIPMT 2012 (Prelims)
8

Sulphur trioxide can be obtained by which of the following reactions?

  1. CaSO4 + C
  2. Fe2(SO4)3
  3. S + H2SO4
  4. H2SO4 + PCl5
AIPMT 2012 (Prelims)
9

How many bridging oxygen atoms are present in P4O10?

  1. 6
  2. 4
  3. 2
  4. 5
AIPMT 2010 (Mains)
10

Match List-I (substances) with List-II (processes) employed in the manufacture of the substances and select the correct option.

  1. (A) (i); (B) (iv); (C) (ii); (D) (iii)
  2. (A) (i); (B) (ii); (C) (iii); (D) (iv)
  3. (A) (iv); (B) (iii); (C) (ii); (D) (i)
  4. (A) (iv); (B) (ii); (C) (iii); (D) (i)
AIPMT 2010 (Mains)
11

Oxidation states of P in H4P2O5, H4P2O6, H4P2O7 are respectively

  1. +3, +5, +4
  2. +5, +3, +4
  3. +5, +4, +3
  4. +3, +4, +5
AIPMT 2010 (Prelims)

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