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[A] PRECIPITATION REACTION
01) The maximum amount of BaSO
4
precipitated on mixing BaCl
2
(0.5M) with H
2
SO
4
(1M) will
correspond to :
(a) 0.5 M (b) 1.0 M (c) 1.5 M (d) 2.0 M
Ans: [ a ]
02) The ratio of molar amount of H
2
S needed to precipate the metal ions from 20 ml each of 1 M
Cd(NO
3
)
2
and 0.5 M CuSO
4
is .
(a) 1 : 1 (b) 2 : 1 (c) 1 : 2 (d)
Ans: [ b ]
03) How many gm AgCl will be formed by adding 200 ml of 5 N HCl to a solution containing 1.7 gm
AgNO
3
.
Ans: 1.435 gm
04) How many gm AgCl will be formed by adding 1.7 gm AgNO
3
with exess HCl.
Ans: 1.435 gm
05) How many gm AgCl will be precipitated when a solution containing 4.77 gm NaCl is
added to a solution of 5.77 gm of AgNO
3

.
Ans: 4.87 gm
06) 20 ml of 0.2 M Al
2
(SO
4
)
3
is mixed with 20 ml of 0.6 M BaCl
2
. Calculate the concentra-
tion of each ion in solution.
Ans : [Al
+3
] = 0.2 M, [Cl

] = 0.6 M
07) Upon mixing 45.0 ml of 0.25 M lead nitrate solution with 25 ml of 0.10 M chromic sulphate,
precipitaion of lead sulphate takes place. How many moles of lead sulphate are formed ? Also
calculate the molar concentration of the species left behind in final solution. Assume that lead
sulphate is completely insoluble.
Ans: [pb
+2
] = 0.0536 M, [NO
3

] = 0.32 M, [Cr
+3
] = 0.0714 M
08) (i) A solution of a mixture of KCl and KOH was neutralised with 120 ml of 0.12 N HCl. Calculate
the amount of KOH in the mixture.
(ii) After titration the resultant solution was made acidic with HNO
3
. Then exess of AgNO
3
solution was added to precipitate the AgCl which weight 3.7 gm after drying. Calculate
percentage of KOH in the original mixture.
Ans: (i) 0.806 g, (ii) 48.7 %
09) If 0.5 mol of BaCl
2
mixed with 0.2 mol of Na
3
PO
4
, the maximum number of mol of Ba
3
(PO
4
)
2
,
that can be formed is
(a) 0.7 (b) 0.5 (c) 0.30 (d) 0.10
Ans: (d)
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[B] ACID BASE REACTION
10) What weight of KOH would be required to prepare 250 ml of N/10 KOH solution.
Ans: 1.4 gm
11) 80 ml of HCl is added to 2.5 gm of pure CaCO
3
. When the reaction is over, then 0.5 gm CaCO
3
is left. Find the normality of the acid.
Ans: 0.5 N
12) 10 ml of N/2 HCl, 30 ml (N/10) HNO
3
and 75 ml (N/5) H
2
SO
4
are mixed togather. Find the
normality of the resulting solution.
Ans: 0.2
13) A solution of NaOH is prepared, containing 4.0 gm of NaOH per litre. What volume of HCl gas at
S.T.P. will neutralize 50 ml of the alkali solution ?
Ans: 112 mL
14) 40 ml a solution of HCl containing 7.3 gm/litre neutralized 50 ml of NaOH. 25 ml of this alkali
required 20 ml solution of H
2
SO
4
for complete neutralization. Calculate the strength of H
2
SO
4
in
terms of :
(a) Normality. (b) gm per litre.
Ans: (a) 0.2 N (b) 9.8
15) 0.50 gm sample of impure CaCO
3
is dissolved in 50 ml of 0.0985 N HCl. After the reaction is
complete, the exess HCl requires 6 ml of 0.105 N caustic soda for neutralisation. Find % purity
of CaCO
3
in sample.
Ans: 42.95 %
16) 0.18 gm of a metal was completely dissolved in 100 ml of N/2 HCl solution. The volume was
then made upto 500 ml, 25 ml of this solution required 17.5 ml of N/10 NaOH solution for
complete neutralization. Find the eq.wt of the metal.
Ans: 12
17) 1 gm of MCO
3
was dissolved in 50 ml (N) HCl. The remaining acid required 30 ml 1N NaOH for
completele neutralization. Find the eq.wt of MCO
3
and form it deduce the atomic weight of M.
Ans: Eq.wt of MCO
3
= 50, At.wt of metal = 40
18) 20 ml a decinomal solution of NaOH neutralizes 25 ml of the solution of dibasic acid containing
6.0 gm of acid per liter. Find the mol.wt of the acid.
Ans: 150
19) 10 gm of BaCl
2
.xH
2
O is dissolved per liter of the solution in water. 15 ml of the solution required
24.75 ml of 0.05 N AgNO
3
for completely precipitation. Calculate x the number of molecule of
water of crystallization.
Ans: x = 2
20) 1.575 gm of (COOH)
2
xH
2
O are dissolved in water and the volume was made upto 250 ml. On
titration 16.70 ml of the solution are required for exact neutralization of 25 ml of N/15 NaOH
solution. Calculate the value of x
Ans: 2
21) Two liter of NH
3
at 30C and 0.20 atmosphere is neutralized by 134 ml of a solution of H
2
SO
4
.
Calculate normality of H
2
SO
4
.
Ans: 0.12 N
22) Calculate the normality of the resulting solution made by adding 2 drop (0.1 ml) of 0.1N H
2
SO
4
in 1 liter of distilled water.
Ans: 10
5
N
23) What volume at N.T.P. of ammonia gas will be required to be passed into 30 ml of 1N H
2
SO
4
solution to bring down the acid normality of 0.2 N ?
Ans : 537.6 mL
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24) What is the strength in gm per liter of a solution of H
2
SO
4
. 12 ml of which neutralized 15 ml of
N/10 NaOH solution.
Ans: 6.125 gm/liter
25) 50 ml of a solution, containing 1 gm each of Na
2
CO
3
, NaHCO
3
and NaOH, was titrated with 1 N
HCl. What will be the titer reading if :
(a) Only phenolphthalein is used as indicator ?
(b) Only methyl orange is used as indicator from the very beginning ?
(c) Methyl orange is added after the first end point with phenolphthalein ?
Ans: (a) 34.4 ml (b) 55.8 ml (c) 21.3 ml
26) 200 ml of a solution of mixture of NaOH and Na
2
CO
3
was its titrated with phenolphthalein and N/
10 HCl. 17.5 ml of HCl was required for end point. After thismethyl orange was added and 2.5
ml of same HCl was again required for next end point. Find out amounts of NaOH and Na
2
CO
3
in mixture.
Ans: 0.06 gm NaOH per 200 ml, 0.0265 gm Na
2
CO
3
per 200 ml
27) A solution contains Na
2
CO
3
and NaHCO
3
, 10 ml of this requires 2.0 ml of 0.1 M H
2
SO
4
for
neutralization using phenolphthalein as indicator. Methylorange is then added when further 2.5
ml of 0.2 M H
2
SO
4
was required. Calculate the strength of Na
2
CO
3
and NaHCO
3
in solution.
Ans: 4.24 gm/liter Na
2
CO
3
,

5.04 gm/liter NaHCO
3
28) A certain solution consists of Na
2
CO
3
and NaHCO
3
. 30 ml of this required 12 ml of 0.1 H
2
SO
4
using phenolphthalein as indicator. In the presence of methyl orange, 30 ml of same solution
required 40 ml of 0.1 N H
2
SO
4
. Calculate the amount of Na
2
CO
3
and NaHCO
3
per liter in mixture.
Ans: 4.24 gm Na
2
CO
3
per liter, 4.48 gm NaHCO
3
per liter
29) A mixture of KOH and Na
2
CO
3
solution required 15 ml of N/20 HCl using phenolphthalein as
indicator. The same amount of alkali mixture were titrated using methyl orange as an indicator
required 25 ml of the same acid. Calculate the amounts of KOH and Na
2
CO
3
present in solution.
Ans: 0.05 gm Na
2
CO
3
, 0.014 gm KOH
30) A solution contains Na
2
CO
3
and NaOH, using phenolphthalein as indicator, 25 ml of a mixure
require 19.5 ml of 0.005 N HCl for the end point. If methyl orange is indicator, then 25 ml of
solution requires 25.9 ml of the same HCl for end point. Calculate concentration of each
substance in gm per liter.
Ans: 0.1048 gm/liter, NaOH, 0.1357 gm/liter, Na
2
CO
3
31) A definite amount of BaCl
2
was dissolved in HCl solution of unknown normality. 20 ml of this
solution was treated with 21.4 ml of N/10 NaOH for complete neutralization. Further 20 ml of
solution was added to 50 ml of N/10 Na
2
CO
3
and the precipitate was filtered off. The filtrate
reaction with 10.5 ml of 0.8 N/10 H
2
SO
4
using phenolphthalein as indicator. Calculate the strength
of BaCl
2
and HCl in mixture.
Ans: 3.90 gm/liter HCl, 6.135 gm/liter BaCl
2
32) Calculate the % of free SO
3
in oleum (a solution of SO
3
in H
2
SO
4
) that is labelled 1 0 9 %
H
2
SO
4
by weight.
Ans: 40%
33) 105 mL of pure water at 4C saturated with NH
3
gas yielded a solution of density 0.9g mL
1
and
containing 30% NH
3
by mass. Find out the volume of NH
3
solution resulting and the volume of
NH
3
gas at 4C and 775 mm of Hg which was used to saturate water.
Ans: 166.66 mL, 59.03 litre
34) What weight of Na
2
CO
3
of 95% purity would be required to neutalize 45.6 mL of 0.235 N acid ?
Ans: 0.5978 g
35) What volume of water is required to make 0.20 N solution from 1600 mL of 0.2050 N solution ?
Ans: 40 mL
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36) To 50 litre of 0.2 N NaOH, 5 litre of 1 N HCl and 15 litre of 0.1 N FeCl
3
solution are added. What
weight of Fe
2
O
3
can be obtained from the precipitate ? Also report the normality of NaOH left in
the resultant solution.
Ans: 40 mL, 0.05 N
37) 250 mL of xM solution and 500 mL of yM solution of a solute A are mixed and diluted to 2 litre to
produce a final concentration of 1.6 M. If x : y = 5 : 4, calculate x and y.
Ans: x = 4.92, y = 3.94
38) 25 ml of 0.107 H
3
PO
4
was titrated with 0.115 M solution of NaOH to the end point identified by
indicator bromocresol green. This required 23.1 mL. The titration was repeated using phenol-
phthalein as indicator. This time 25 mL of 0.107 M H
3
PO
4
requied 46.2 mL of the 0.115 M
NaOH. What is the coefficient of n in this equation for each reaction ?
H
3
PO
4
+ nOH

nH
2
O + [H
3n
PO
4
]
n
Ans: 2
39) A sample of Mg metal containing some MgO as impurity was dissolved in 125 mL of 0. 1
N H
2
SO
4
. The volume of H
2
evolved at 27.5C and 1 atm was 120.0 mL. The r esul t i ng
solution was found to be 0.02 N with respect to H
2
SO
4
. Calculate the weight of sample dis-
solved and the % by weight of pure Mg metal in sample. Neglect any change in volume.
Ans: 122.16 g, mg = 95.57%
40) What volume of 0.20 M H
2
SO
4
is required to produce 34.0 g of H
2
S by the reaction:
8KI + 5H
2
SO
4
4K
2
SO
4
+ 4I
2
+ H
2
S + 4H
2
O.
Ans: 25 litre
41) A drop (0.05 mL) of 12 M HCl is spread over a thin sheet of aluminium foil (thickness 0.10 mm
and density of AI = 2.70 g/mL). Assuming whole of the HCl is used to dissolved Al, what will be
the maximum area of hole produced in foil ?
Ans: 0.2 cm
3
42) A sample of fuming sulphuric acid containing H
2
SO
4
.SO
3
and SO
2
weighing 1.0 g is found to
require 23.47 mL of 1.0 N alkali for its neutralisation. A separate sample shows the presence of
1.5% SO
2
. Find the percentage of free SO
3
, H
2
SO
4
and combined SO
3
in the sample.
Ans: 65.3%, 33.2%, 27.10%
43) Two drops of phenolphthalein solution was added to 40.0 mL of an HCl solution. This solution
was titrated with 0.10 M NaOH solution. When 30.0 mL of base had been added, part of the
solution turned pink, but the colour disappeated upon mixing the solution. Addition of NaOH
solution was continued dropwise until one drop addition produced a lasting pink colour. At this
point, the volume of base added was 32.56 mL. Calculate :
(a) The concentration of HCl solution.
(b) Concentration of HCl in solution when 30.0 mL base had been added.
(c) PH of the solution when 30.0 mL base was added.
(d) PH of the solution when 32.56 mL base was added.
Ans: (a) 0.0814 (b) 3.66 10
3
(c) 2.4365 (d) 7
44) Two monobasic acids A and B are titrated separately against 1 N Na
2
CO
3
solution. 10 mL of A
requires 25 mL of Na
2
CO
3
solution where as 40 mL of B requires 25 mL of Na
2
CO
3
solution.
What volume of A and B should be mixed to produce one litre of 1 N acid solution.
Ans: A = 200 mL, B = 800 mL
45) 500 mL of 2M HCl, 100 mL of 2M H
2
SO
4
and one g equivalent of a nonoacidic alkali are mixed
together. 30 mL of this solution required 20 mL or Na
2
CO
3

xH
2
O solution obtained by dissolved
143 g Na
2
CO
3
xH
2
O in one litre solution. Calculate water of crystallization of Na
2
CO
3

xH
2
O.
Ans: 10 H
2
O
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46) 1 g of a mixture of Na
2
CO
3
and K
2
CO
3
was made upto 250 mL in aqueous solution. 25 mL of
this solution was neutralized by 20 mL of HCl of unknown concentration. The neutralized solu-
tion required 16.24 mL of 0.1 AgNO
3
for precipitation. Calculate
(a) The % of K
2
CO
3
in mixture
(b) Conc. of HCl in g/litre
(c) Molarity of HCl
Ans: (a) 60% (b) 2.9638 g/L (c) 0.0812
47) 25 mL of a solution of Na
2
CO
3
having a specific gravity of 1.25 g mL
1
required 32.9 mL of a
solution of HCl containing 109.5 g of the acid per litre for complete neutralization. Calculate the
volume of 0.84 N H
2
SO
4
that will be completely neutralized by 125 g of Na
2
CO
3
soution.
Ans: 470 mL
48) Upon heating one litre of N/2 HCl solution. 2.675 g of hydrogen chloride is lost and the volume of
solution shrinks to 750 mL. Calculate (i) the normality of the resultant solution (ii) the number of
milliequivalents of HCl in 100 mL of the original solution.
Ans: (i) 0.569 N (ii) 50
49) A definite amount of NH
4
Cl was boiled with 100 mL of 0.8 N NaOH for complete reaction. After
the reaction, the reactant mixture containing excess of NaOH was neutralized with 12.5 mL of
0.75 N H
2
SO
4
. Calculate the amount of NH
4
Cl taken.
Ans: 3.78 g
50) 5 mL of 8 N HNO
3
4.8 mL of 5N HCl and a certain volume of 17 M H
2
SO
4
are mixed
together and made upto 2 litre. 30 mL of this acid mixture exactly neutralizes 42.9 mL of Na
2
CO
3
solution containing 1 g of Na
2
CO
3
10H
2
O in 100 ml of water. Calculate the amount of sulphate
ions in g present in solution.
Ans : 6.528 g
51) A small amount of CaCO
3
completely neutralizes 525 ml of N/10 HCl and no acid is left at the
end. After converting all calcium chloride to CaSO
4
, how much plaster of paris can be obtained
(plaster of paris = CaSO
4
1/2 H
2
O).
Ans: 3.81 gm
52) 25 ml of a solution of Na
2
CO
3
having a specific gravilty of 1.25 gm/ml required 32.9 ml of a
solution of HCl containing 109.5 gm of the acid per liter for complete neutralization. Calculate
the volume of 0.84 N H
2
SO
4
that will be completely neutralized by 125 gm of Na
2
CO
3
solution.
Ans: Volume of H
2
SO
4
required = 470 mL
53) Upon heating one liter of N/2 HCl solution 2.675 gm of hydrogen chloride is lost and the volume
of solution shrinks to 750 ml. Calculate :
(i) The normality of resultant solution.
(ii) The number of milliequivalents of HCl in 100 ml of the original solution.
Ans: (i) 0.569 N (ii) 50
54) 10 gm CaCO
3
were dissolved in 250 ml of 1 M HCl and solution was boiled. What volume of 2
M KOH would be required to equivalence point after boiling ? Assume no change in volume
during boiling.
Ans: V= 25 mL
55) Gastric juice contains 3.0 gm of HCl per liter. If a person produces 2.5 liter of gastric juice per
day, how many antacid tablet each containing 400 mg Al(OH)
3
are needed to neutralize all the
HCl produced in one day.
Ans: No of tablet = 13.35 14
56) 1 gm sample of washing soda was dissolved in 50 ml of 1.0 M HCl. The excess acid required
for neutralization 21.13 ml of 1.018 M Ba(OH)
2
. Compute the degree of hydration of washing
soda.
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57) Find the molality of H
2
SO
4
solution whose specific gravity is 1.98 gm/ml and 95 % by volume
H
2
SO
4
.
Ans: 9.412
58) A sample of H
2
SO
4
(density 1.787 gm/ml) is labelled as 86 % by weight. What is molarity of
acid ? What volume of acid has be used to make 1 liter of 0.2 M H
2
SO
4
Ans: 12.75 mL
59) 5 ml of 8 N HNO
3
, 4.8 ml of 5 N Hcl and a certain volume of 17 M H
2
SO
4
are mixed
togather and made upto 2 liter. 30 ml of this acid mixture exactly neutralizes 42.9 ml of Na
2
CO
3
solution containing 1 gm of Na
2
CO
3
.10 H
2
O

in 100 ml of water. Calculate the amount of sulphate
ion in gm present in solution.
Ans: 6.528 gm
60) An antacid tablet containing calcium carbonate as an active ingredient requires 22.6 ml of
0.0932 M HCl for complete neutralization. What mass of CaCO
3
did the tablet contain.
Ans: 0.106 gm CaCO
3
61) Concentration of solution is :
(a) Extensive property (b) Intensive property
Ans: (b)
REDOX TITRATION
62) The calculate the equivalent weight of potassium permanganate KMnO
4
in :
(a) Neutral medium (Mn
+7
Mn
+4
)
(b) Acidic medium (Mn
+7
Mn
+2
)
(b) Alkaline medium (Mn
+7
Mn
+6
)
Ans: (a) Mol. wt. / 3 (b) Mol. wt. / 5 (c) Mol. wt. / 1
63) What is the weight of sodium bromate and molarity of solution to prepare 85.5 ml of 0.672 N
solution when half cell reaction are :
(i) BrO

+ 6H
+
+ 6e

Br

+ 3H
2
O
(ii) 2 BrO

+ 12H
+
+ 6e

Br
2
+ 6H
2
O
Ans : (i) 1.446 gm, 0.112 M (ii) 1.735 gm, 0.1344 M
64) 20 ml of 0.2 M MnSO
4
are completely oxidized by 16 ml of KMnO
4
of unknown nomality, each
forming Mn
+4
oxidation state. Find out the normality and molarity of KMnO
4
solution.
Ans: 0.5 N, 0.167 M
65) Dichromate ion in acid solution oxidizes stannous ion as :
3 Sn
+2
+14H
+
+ Cr
2
O
7
2
3 Sn
+4
+ 2 Cr
+3
+ 7H
2
O
(a) If SnCl
2
is the source of Sn
+2
, how many gm of SnCl
2
would be contained in 2.0 L of 0.1 N
solution.
(b) If K
2
Cr
2
O
7
is the source of Cr
2
O
7
2
, what is the mormality of solution containing 4.9 gm
K
2
Cr
2
O
7
in 0.1 liter of solution ?
Ans: (a) 18.97 gm (b) 1 N
66) How many ml of 0.05 M KMnO
4
(acidic) are required to oxidize 2.0 gm of FeSO
4
in dilute
solution ?
Ans: 52.63 ml
67) Metallic tin in the presence of HCl is oxidised by K
2
Cr
2
O
7
to stannic chloride. What volume of
decinormal dichromate solution would be reduced by 1 gm of tin ?
Ans: 336.98 ml
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68) 5.5 gm of a mixture of FeSO
4
7H
2
O and Fe
2
(SO
4
)
3
9H
2
O required 5.4 ml of 0.1 N KMnO
4
solution for complete oxidation. Calculate moles of hydrated ferric sulphate in mixture.
Ans: 9.5 10
3
mol
69) 1 gm of H
2
O
2
solution containing X % H
2
O
2
by weight required X ml of KMnO
4
for compl et e
oxidation in acid medium. Calculate normality of KMnO
4
solution.
Ans: N = 0.588
70) Iodine, I
2
, reacts with aqueous thiosulfate ion in neutral solution according to the balanced
equation
I
2
(aq) + 2 S
2
O
3
2
(aq) S
4
O
6
2
(aq) + 2 I

(aq)
How many grams of I
2
are present in a solution if 35.20 mL of 0.150 M Na
2
S
2
O
3
solution is
needed to titrate the I
2
solution ?
Ans: 0.670 g I
2
71) Titration with soutions of potassium bromate, KBrO
3
, can be used to determine the concentration
of As (III). What is the molar concentration of As (III) in a solution if 22.35 ml of 0.100 M KBrO
3
is
needed to titrate 50.00 mL of the As (III) solution ? The balanced equation is
3 H
3
AsO
3
(aq) + BrO
3

(aq) Br

(aq) + 3 H
3
AsO
4
(aq)
Ans: 0.134 M
72) The metal content of iron in ores can be determined by a redox procedure in which t he
sample is first oxidized with Br
2
to convert all the iron to Fe
3+
and then titrated with Sn
2+
to
reduce the Fe
3+
to Fe
2+
. The balanced equation is
2 Fe
3+
(aq) + Sn
2+
(aq) 2 Fe
2+
(aq) + Sn
4+
(aq)
What is the mass percent Fe in a 0.1875 g sample if 13.28 mL of a 0.1015 M Sn
2+
solution is needed to titrate the Fe
3+
?
Ans: 80.32%
73) Alcohol levels in blood can be determined by a redox titration with potassium dichro
mate according to the balanced equation
C
2
H
5
OH(aq) + 2 Cr
2
O
7
2
(aq) + 16 H
+
(aq) 2 CO
2
(g) + 4 Cr
3+
(aq) + 11 H
2
O(l)
What is the blood alcohol level in mass percent if 8.76 mL of 0.049 88 M K
2
Cr
2
O
7
is required
for titration of a 10.002 g sample of blood ?
Ans: 0.101%
74) Sodium nitrite, NaNO
2
, is frequently added to processed meats as a preservative. The amount
of nitrite ion in a sample can be determined by acidifying to form nitrous acid (HNO
2
), letting the
nitrous acid react with an excess of iodide ion, and then titrating the I
3

ion that results with

thiosulfate solution in the presence of a starch indicator. The unbalanced equations are
(1) HNO
2
+ I

NO + I
3

(in acidic solution)

(2) I
3

+ S
2
O
3
2
I

+ S
4
O
6
2
(a) When a nitrite-containing sample with a mass of 2.935 g was analyzed, 18.77 mL of
0.1500 M Na
2
S
2
O
3
solution was needed for the titration. What is the mass percentage of NO
2

ion in the sample ?

Ans: 4.412%
75) To 100.0 mL of a solution that contains 0.120 M Cr(NO
3
)
2
and 0.500 M HNO
3
is added 20.0 mL
of 0.250 M K
2
Cr
2
O
7
. The dichromate and chromium (II) ions react to give chromium (III) ions.
(a) Calculate the concentrations of all ions in the solution after reaction.
Ans: [Cr
2
O
7
2
] = 0.0250, [Cr
+3
] = 0.133, [K
+
] = 0.0833, [NO
3

]= 0.617, [H
+
] = 0.183 M
76) The concentration of an aqueous I
3

solution can be determined by titration with a q u e o u s

sodium thiosulfate, Na
2
S
2
O
3
, in the presence of a starch indicator, which turns from deep
blue to colorless when all the I
3

has reacted. What is the molar concentration of I

3

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of 0.102 M Na
2
S
2
O
3
is needed for complete raction with 10.00 mL of the I
3

solution ? The net

ionic equation is
2 S
2
O
3
2
(aq) + I
3

(aq) S
4
O
6
2
(aq) + 3 I

(aq)
Ans: 0.125 M
77) The concentration of Fe
2+
ion in aqueous solution can be determined by redox titration with
bromate ion, BrO
3

, according to the net ionic equation

6 Fe
2+
(aq) + BrO
3

(aq) + 6 H
+
(aq) 6 Fe
3+
(aq) + Br

(aq) + 3 H
2
O(l)
What is the molar concentration of Fe
2+
if 31.50 mL of 0.105 M KBrO
3
is required for complete
reaction with 10.00 mL of the Fe
2+
solution ?
Ans: 1.98 M
78) How many grams of KMnO
4
are contained in 35.0 mL of 0.0500 N KMnO
4
used in the following
reaction in basic solution ?
2MnO
4

(aq) + 3Zn(s) + 4H
2
O(l) 2MnO
2
(s) + 3Zn(OH)
2
(s) + 2OH

(aq)
Ans: 0.0922 g
79) A 20.00 mL sample of Na
2
SO
3
was titrated with 36.30 mL of 0.3078 N K
2
Cr
2
O
7
solution in the
presence of H
2
SO
4
.
(a) Calculate the normality of the Na
2
SO
3
solution.
(b) What mass of Na
2
SO
3
was present in the sample ?
(c) What mass of K
2
Cr
2
O
7
was used to prepare 500 mL of the K
2
Cr
2
O
7
solution ?
Ans: (a) 0.5587 N (b) 0.7040 g (c) 7.546 g
80) (a) A solution of sodium thiosulfate, Na
2
S
2
O
3
, is 0.1455 M .25.00 mL of this solution reacts with
26.36 mL of I
2
solution. What is the molarity of the I
2
solution ?
2Na
2
S
2
O
3
+ I
2
Na
2
S
4
O
6
+ 2NaI
(b) 25.32 mL of the I
2
solution is required to titrate a sample containing As
2
O
3
. Calculate the
mass of As
2
O
3
(197.8 g/mol) in the sample.
As
2
O
3
+ 5H
2
O + 2I
2
2H
3
AsO
4
+ 4HI
Ans: (a) 0.069 M I
2
(b) 0.1728 g As
2
O
3
81) Limonite is an ore of iron that contains Fe
2
O
3
. 1H
2
O (or 2Fe
2
O
3
. 3H
2
O). A 0.5166-g sample of
limonite is dissolved in acid and treated so that all the iron is converted to ferrous ion, Fe
2+
.
This sample requires 42.96 mL of 0.02130 M sodium dichromate solution, Na
2
Cr
2
O
7
, for titration.
Fe
2+
is oxidized to Fe
3+
and Cr
2
O
7
2
is reduced to Cr
3+
. What is the percentage of iron in the
limonite ?
Ans: 59.35 %
82) 20 mL of 0.2 M MnSO
4
are completely oxidized by 16 mL of KMnO
4
of unknown normality, each
forming Mn
4+
oxidation state. Find out the normality and molarity of KMnO
4
solution.
Ans: 0.5 N, 0.167 M
83) An element A in a compound ABD has an oxidation no. A
n
. It is oxidised by
Cr
2
O in acid medium. In an experiment 1.68 10
3
mole of K
2
Cr
2
O
7
was required for
3.26 10
3
mole of the compound ABD. Calculate new oxidation state of A.
Ans: 3 n
84) Mg can reduce NO to NH
3
on basic solution :
NO + Mg(s) + H
2
O Mg(OH)
2
(s) + OH

(aq) + NH
3
(g)
A 25.0 mL sample of NO solution was treated with Mg. The NH
3
(g) was passed into 50 mL of
0.15 N HCl. The excess HCl required 32.10 mL of 0.10 M NaOH for its neutralisation. What was
the molarity of NO ions in the original sample.
Ans: 0.1716
7
2
3
-
3
-
3
-
3
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85) Hydroxylamine reduces iron III according to the equation,
4Fe
3+
+ 2NH
2
OH N
2
O + H
2
O + 4Fe
2+
+ 4H
+
.
Iron II thus produced is estimated by titration with standard KMnO
4
solution. The reaction is
MnO + 5Fe
2+
+ 8H
+
Mn
2+
5Fe
3+
+ 4H
2
O.
A 10 mL of hydroxylamine solution was diluted to one litre. 50 mL of this diluted solution was
boiled with an excess of Fe
3+
solution. The resulting solution required 12 mL of 0.02 M KMnO
4
solution for complete oxidation of Fe
2+
. Calculate the weight of NH
2
OH in one litre of original
solution.
Ans: 39.6 g/litre
86) A solution is containing 2.52 g litre
1
of a reductant. 25 mL of this solution required 20 mL of 0.01
M KMnO
4
in acid medium for oxidation. Find the mol. wt. of reductant. Given that each of the
two atoms which undergo oxidation per molecule of reductant, suffer an increase in oxidation
state by one unit.
Ans: 126
87) A 200 m sample of a citrus fruit drinks containing ascorbic acid (vitamin C, mol. wt. 176.13)
was acidified with H
2
SO
4
and 10 mL of 0.0250 M I
2
was added. Some of the iodine was reduced
by the ascorbic acid to I

. The excess of I
2
required 4.6 mL of 0.01 M Na
2
S
2
O
3
for reduction.
What was the vitamin C content of the drink in mg vitamin per mL drink ? The reactions are :
C
6
H
8
O
6
+ I
2
C
6
H
6
O
6
+ 2HI
5H
2
O + S
2
O + 4I
2
2SO + 8I

+ 10H
+
Ans: 0.058 mg/mL
88) An acid solution of KReO
4
sample containing 26.83 mg of combined rhenium wasreduced by
passage through a column of granulated zinc. The effluent solution including the washings
from the column, was then titrated with 0.05 N KMnO
4
. 11.45 mL of the standard KMnO
4
was
required for the reoxidation of all the rhenium to the perrhenate ion ReO
4

. Assuming that
rhenium was the only element reduced. What is the oxidation state to which rhenium was
reduced by the zinc column.
Ans: +3
89) 1 g of moist sample of KCl and KClO
3
was dissolved in water to make 250 mL solution, 25 mL
of this solution was treated with SO
2
to reduce chlorate to chloride and excess of SO
2
was
removed by boiling. The total chloride was precipitated as silver chloride. The weight of precipitate
was 0.1435 g. In another experiment, 25 mL of original solution was heated with 30 mL of 0.2 N
ferrous sulphate solution and unreacted ferrous sulphate required 37.5 mL of 0.08 N solution of
an oxidant for complete oxidation.Calculate the molar ratio of chlorate to chloride in the given
mixture. Fe
2+
reacts with ClO

according to equation.
ClO + 6Fe
2+
+ 6H
+
Cl

+ 6Fe
3+
+ 3H
2
O
Ans: 1/2 , 1/2
90) The calcium contained in a solution of 1.048 g of a substance being analysed was precipitated
with 25 mL H
2
C
2
O
4
. The excess of C
2
O in one fourth of filtrate was back titrated with 5 mL of
0.1025 N KMnO
4
. To determine the conc. of H
2
C
2
O
4
solution, it was diluted four folds and
titration of 25 mL of diluted solution used up 24.1 mL of same KMnO
4
solution. Calculate % of
Ca in substance.
Ans: 14.94%
91) 25 mL of a solution containing Fe
2+
and Fe
3+
sulphate acidified with H
2
SO
4
is reduced by 3 g of
metallic zinc. The solution required 34.25 mL of N/10 solution of K
2
Cr
2
O
7
for oxidation. Before
reduction with zinc. 25 ml of the same solution required 22.45 mL of same K
2
Cr
2
O
7
solution.
Calculate the strength of FeSO
4
and Fe
2
(SO
4
)
3
in solution.
Ans: FeSO
4
= 13.64 g/litre, Fe
2
(SO
4
)
3
= 9.45 g/litre
4
-
3
2-
4
2-
3
-
4
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92) A sample of ferrous sulphate and ferrous oxalate was dissolved in dil. H
2
SO
4
. The compl et e
oxidation of reaction mixture required 40 mL of N/15 KMnO
4
. After the oxi dati on, the
reaction mixture was reduced by Zn and H
2
SO
4
. On again oxidation by same KMnO
4
. 25 mL
were required. Calculate the ratio of Fe in ferrous sulphate and oxalate.
Ans : 7/3
93) (a) CuSO
4
reacts with KI in acidic medium to liberate I
2
2CuSO
4
+ 4KI Cu
2
I
2
+ 2K
2
SO
4
+ I
2
(b) Mercuric per iodate Hg
5
(IO
6
)
2
reacts with a mixture of KI and HCl following
the equation:
Hg
5
(IO
6
)
2
+ 34KI + 24HCl 5K
2
HgI
4
+ 8I
2
+ 24KCl + 12H
2
O
(c) The liberated iodine is titrated against Na
2
S
2
O
3
solution. One mL of which is
equivalent to 0.0499 g of CuSO
4
.
5H
2
O. What volume in mL of Na
2
S
2
O
3
solution
will be required to react with I
2
liberated from 0.7245 g of Hg
5
(IO
6
)
2
? M. wt. of
Hg
5
(IO
6
)
2
= 1448.5 and M. wt. of CuSO
4
.
5H
2
O = 249.5.
Ans : 40 mL
94) Calculte the anount of SeO in solution on the basis of following data. 20 mL of M/60 solution of
KBrO
3
was added to a definite volume of SeO solution. The bromine evolved was removed by
boiling and excess of KBrO
3
was back titrated with 5.1 mL of M/25 solution of NaAsO
2
. The
reactions are given below :
(a) SeO + BrO + H
+
SeO + Br
2
+ H
2
O
(b) BrO + AsO + H
2
O Br

+ AsO + H
+
Ans : 0.084 g
95) A mixture containing As
2
O
3
and As
2
O
5
required 20.10 mL of 0.05N iodine for titr-
ation. The resulting solution is then acidified and excess of KI was added. The liberated iodine
required 1.1113 g hypo (Na
2
S
2
O
3
.
5H
2
O) for complete raction. Calculate mass of mixture.
The reactins are :
As
2
O
3
+ 2I
2
+ 2H
2
O As
2
O
5
+ 4H
+
+ 4I

As
2
O
5
+ 4H
+
+ 4I

As
2
O
3
+ 2I
2
+ 2H
2
O
Ans : 0.2496 g
96) A 10 g mixture of Cu
2
S and CuS was treated with 200 mL of 0.75 M MnO in acid s o l u t i o n
producing SO
2
, Cu
2+
and Mn
2+
. The SO
2
was boiled off and the excess of MnO was titrated
with 175 mL of 1 M Fe
2+
solution. Calculate % of CuS in original mixture.
Ans : 57.94%
97) For estimating ozone in the air, a certain volume of air is passed through an acidified or neutral
KI solution when oxygen is evolved and iodide is oxidised to give iodine. When such a solution
is acidified, free iodine is evolved which can be titrated with standard Na
2
S
2
O
3
solution. In an
experiment 10 litre of air at 1 atm and 27C were passed through an alkaline KI solution, at the
end, the iodine entrapped in a solution on titration as above required 1.5 mL of 0.01N Na
2
S
2
O
3
solution. Calculate volume % of O
3
in sample.
Ans : 1.847 10
3
%
98) 0.5 g sample containing MnO
2
is treated with HCl, liberating Cl
2
. The Cl
2
is passed into a solution
of KI and 30.0 cm
3
of 0.1 M Na
2
S
2
O
3
are required to titrate the liberated iodine. Calculate the
percentage of MnO
2
in sample. (At.wt.of Mn=55)
Ans : 26.1 %
99) In an ore, the only oxidizable material is Sn
+2
. This ore is titrated with a dichromate solution
containing 2.5 g of K
2
Cr
2
O
7
in 0.5 litre. A 0.40 g sample of the ore required 10.0 cm
3
of titrant to
reach equivalence point. Calculate the percentage of tin in ore.
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100) 20 mL of a solution containing 0.2 g of impure sample of H
2
O
2
reacts with 0.316 g of KMnO
4
(acidic) . Calculate:
(a) Purity of H
2
O
2
(b) Volume of dry O
2
evolved at 27C and 750 mm P.
Ans: 124.79 mL
101) Find out the % of oxalate ion in given sample of oxalate salt of which 0.3 g dissolved in 100 mL
of water required 90 mL of N/20 KMnO
4
for complete
oxidation.
Ans: 66%
102) 50 mL of an aqueous solution of H
2
O
2
was treated with an excess of KI solution in dil.H
2
SO
4
, the
liberated iodine required 20 mL of 0.1 N Na
2
S
2
O
3
solution for complete reaction. Calculate
concentration of H
2
O
2
in g/litre.
Ans: 0.68 g litre
1
103) 1.2 g of a commercial sample of oxalic acid was dissolved in 200 mL of water. 10 mL of this
sample required 8.5 mL of N/10 KMnO
4
. Calculate % of purity of sample.
Ans: 89.25 %
104) 25 mL of H
2
O
2
solution were added to excess of acidified solution of KI. The iodine so liberated
required 20 mL of 0.1 N Na
2
S
2
O
3
for titration. Calculate the strength of H
2
O
2
in terms of normality,
percentage and volume.
Ans: 0.448 volume
105) KMnO
4
oxidizes X
+n
ion to XO
3

, itself changing to Mn
+2
in acid solution. 2.68 10
3
moles of X
+n
requires 1.61 10
3
moles of MnO
4

. What is the value of n ? Also calculate the atomic mass

of X, if the weight of 1 g equivalent of XCl
n
is 56.
Ans: 97
106) 5.7 g of bleaching powder was suspended in 500 mL of water. 25 mL of this suspension on
treatment with KI and HCl liberated iodine which reacted with 24.35 mL of N/10 Na
2
S
2
O
3
.
Calculate % of available Cl
2
in bleaching powder.
Ans: 30.33 %
107) A solution of 0.1 M KMnO
4
is used for the reaction :
S
2
O + 2MnO + H
2
O MnO
2
+ SO + OH

What volume of solution in mL will be required to react with 0.158 g of Na

2
S
2
O
3
?
Ans: 26.67 mL
108) A sample of hydrazine sulphate (N
2
H
6
SO
4
) was dissolved in 100 mL water. 10 mL of this solution
was reacted with excess of FeCl
3
solution and warmed to complete the reaction. Ferrous ions
formed were estimated and it required 20 mL of M/50 KMnO
4
solution. Estimate the amount of
hydrazine sulphate in one litre of solution.
4Fe
+3
+ N
2
H
4
N
2
+ 4Fe
+2
+ 4H
+
MnO + 5Fe
+2
+ 8H
+
Mn
+2
+ 5Fe
+3
+ 4H
2
O
Ans: 6.5 g litre
1
109) A mixture of KMnO
4
and K
2
Cr
2
O
7
weighing 0.24 g on being treated with KI in acid solution
liberates just sufficient I
2
to react with 60 mL of 0.1 N hypo. Find out % of Cr and Mn in mixture.
Ans: 20.92 %
110) 0.5 g mixture of K
2
Cr
2
O
7
and KMnO
4
was treated with excess of KI acidic midium. Iodine liberated
required 100 cm
3
of 0.15 N sodium thiosulphate solution for titration. Find the percent amount
of each in the mixture.
Ans: % of K
2
Cr
2
O
7
= 14.6% and % of KMnO
4
= 85.4%
111) A 5.0 cm
3
solution of H
2
O
2
liberates 0.508 g of iodine from an acidified KI solution. Calculate the
strength of H
2
O
2
solution in terms of volume strength at STP.
Ans: Volume strength of H
2
O
2
= 22.4/5 = 4.48
3
- 2
4
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4
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4
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112) Cerium (IV) ion is a strong oxidizing agent that accepts one electron to produce cerium (III)
ion :
Ce
4+
(aq) + e

Ce
3+
(aq)
A solution containing an unknown concentration of Sn
2+

ions was titrated with a solution containing
Ce
4+

ions, which oxidize the Sn
2+
ions to Sn
4+
ions. In one titration, 1.00 L of the unknown
solution required 46.45 mL of a 0.1050 M Ce
4+
solution to reach the stoichiometric point. Calculate
the concentration of Sn
2+
ions in the unknown solution.
Ans: [Sn
+2
= 2.44 10
3
M]
113) Iron ores contain iron oxide minerals, which often contain a mixture of Fe
2+
and Fe
3+
ions. Such
an ore can be analyzed for its iron content by dissolving it in acidic solution, reducing all the
iron to Fe
2+
ions, and then titrating with a standard solution of potassium permanganate. In the
resulting solution, MnO
4

is reduced to Mn
2+
, and Fe
2+
is oxidized to Fe
3+
. A sample of iron ore
weighing 0.3500 g was dissolved in acidic solution, and all of the iron was reduced to Fe
2+
.
Then the solution was titrated with a 1.621 10
2
M KMnO
4
solution. The titration required
41.56 mL of the permanganate solution to reach the light purple end point. Determine the mass
percent of iron in the iron ore.
Ans: 53.74%
114) A solution of permanganate is standardized by titration with oxalic acid (H
2
C
2
O
4
). It required
28.97 mL of the permanganate solution to react completely with 0.1058 g of oxalic acid. The
unbalanced equation for the reaction is
MnO
4

(aq) + H
2
C
2
O
4
(aq) Mn
2+
(aq) + CO
2
(g)
What is the molarity of the permanganate solution ?
Ans : 1.622 10
2
M
115) A 50.00-mL sample of solution containing Fe
2+
ions is titrated with a 0.0216 M KMnO
4
solution.
It required 20.26 mL of the KMnO
4
solution to oxidize all of the Fe
2+
ions to Fe
3+
ions by the
reaction :
MnO
4

(aq) + Fe
2+
(aq) Mn
2+
(aq) + Fe
3+
(aq) (unbalanced)
(a) What was the concentration of Fe
2+
ions in the sample solution ?
(b) What volume of 0.0150 M K
2
Cr
2
O
7
solution would it take to do the same
titration ? The reaction is
Cr
2
O
7
2
(aq) + Fe
2+
(aq) Cr
3+
(aq) + Fe
3+
(aq) (Unbalanced)
Ans: (a) 4.45 10
2
M (b) 24.7 mL
116) Stibnite (Sb
2
S
3
) is the most important ore containing antimony. A 0.506 g sample of ore was
chemically treated to produce antinomy (III) ions in solution. The antimony (III) was oxidized to
antimony (V) by adding 25.00 mL of 0.0233 M KMnO
4
solution. The excess KMnO
4
was titrated
with 0.0843 M Fe
2+
; 2.58 mL was required, producing Fe
3+
(aq) and Mn
2+
(aq). All reactions were
carried out in acidic solutions. Calculate the mass percent of Sb
2
S
3
in the sample.
Ans: 45.3%
117) What mass of CO
2
is produced from the reaction of 0.500 g of Na
2
C
2
O
4
with 50.00 mL of
0.0200 M KMnO
4
solution in the presence of acid ?
Ans: 0.22 g CO
2
118) A solution of KMnO
4
is reduced to MnO
2
. The normality of the solution is 1.752. What is its
molarity ?
Ans: 0.584 M
119) What is the equivalent weight of H
2
SO
4
when it is reduced to SO
2
?
Ans: 49 g
Acid
Acid
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120) What is the normality of a solution of sulfuric acid made by dissolving 2 mole H
2
SO
4
in sufficient
water to make 1 L solution if (a) the solution is to be completely neutralized with NaOH (b) the
H
2
SO
4
in the solution is to be reduced to H
2
S ?
Ans: (a) 4 N (b) 16 N
121) In a reaction, Cr
2
O was reduced to Cr
3+
. What is the concentration of a 0.1 M solution of Cr
2
O
expressed in equivalents per litre ?
Ans: 0.6 N
122) How many equivalents are there per mole of H
2
S in its oxidation to SO
2
?
Ans: 6
123) The following is a completely balanced equation:
3 Sn + 12HCl + 4HNO
3
3SnCl
4
+ 4NO + 8H
2
O.
In this reaction, what fractions of the formula weights are the equivalent weights of Sn and
HNO
3
, respectively ?
Ans: Esn = F.W/4, EHNO
3
F.W/3
124) Consider the following equations :
Cr
2
O + 14H
+
+ 6e

2Cr
3+
+ 7H
2
O
Cr
2
O + 3SO + 8H
+
2Cr
3+
+ 3SO + 4H
2
O
(a) How many mole dichromate ion are represented in each equation?
(b) How many eq dichromate ion are represented in each?
(c) What is the normality of a 0.200 M solution of dichromate ion when used in the second
reaction ?
Ans: (a) 1 mole in both rxn. (b) 6 eq in both rxn. (c) 1.2 N
125) Given the unbalanced equation :
K
+
MnO + K
+
I

+ (H
+
)
2
SO (K
+
)
2
SO + Mn
2+
SO + I
2
+ H
2
O
(a) How many g KMnO
4
are needed to make 500 mL 0.250 N solution ? (b) How
many g KI are needed to make 25.0 mL 0.360 N solution ?
Ans: (a) 31.6 g (b) 1.49 g
126) Given the unbalanced equation :
K
+
MnO + Mn
2+
SO + H
2
O MnO
2
+ (K
+
)
2
SO + (H
+
)
2
SO
How many g KMnO
4
is needed to make 500 mL of 0.250 N solution ?
Ans: 52.7 g
127) How many g solute is required to prepare 1.000 L of 1.000 N solution of (a) LiOH (b) Br
2
(as
oxidizing agent) (c) H
3
PO
4
(for a reaction in which three H atoms are replaced ) ?
Ans: (a) 23.95 g (b) 79.91 g (c) 32.66 g
128) What mass of phosphoric acid, H
3
PO
4
, is required to make 550 mL of 0.400 N solution
(a) assumimg complete neutralization of the acid (b) assuming reduction to HPO ?
Ans: (a) 7.19 g (b) 10.8 g
129) Determine the mass of KMnO
4
required to make 80.0 mL of N/8 KMnO
4
when the latter acts
as an oxidizing agent in acid solution and Mn
2+
is a product of the reaction.
Ans: 0.316 g
130) Given the unbalanced equation:
Cr
2
O + Fe
2+
+ H
+
Cr
3+
+ Fe
3+
+ H
2
O
(a) What is the normality of a K
2
Cr
2
O
7
solution 35.0 mL of which contains 3.87 g of K
2
Cr
2
O
7
?
(b) What is the normality of the FeSO
4
solution 750 mL of which contains 96.3 g of FeSO
4
?
Ans: (a) 2.26 N (b) 0.845 N
131) Calculate the mass of oxalic acid, H
2
C
2
O
4
, which can be oxidized to CO
2
by 100.0 mL of an
MnO solution, 10.0 mL of which is capable of oxidizing 50.0 mL of 1.00 N I

to I
2
.
Ans: 22.5 g
7
2-
3
2-
4
2-
7
2-
4
-
4
2-
4
2-
4
2-
4
-
4
2-
4
2-
4
2-
3
2-
7
2-
7
2-
7
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132) What mass of Na
2
S
2
O
3

.
5H
2
O is needed to make up 500 cm
3
of 0.200 N solution for the
reaction : 2S
2
O + I
2
S
4
O + 2I

Ans: 24.8 g
133) Calculate the number of g FeSO
4
that will be oxidized by 24.0 mL of 0.250 N KMnO
4
in a
solution acidified with sulfuric acid. The unbalanced equation for the reaction is
MnO + Fe
2+
+ H
+
Fe
3+
+ Mn
2+
+ H
2
O
Ans: 0.912 g
134) What volume of 0.1000 N FeSO
4
is required to reduce 4.000 g KMnO
4
in a solution acidified
with sulfuric acid ?
Ans: 1.266 litre
135) Exactly 400 mL of an acid solution, when acted upon by an excess of zinc, evolved 2.430 L of H
2
gas measured over water at 21C and 747.5 torr. What is the normality of the acid ? Vapor
pressure of water at 21C is 18.6 torr.
Ans: 0.483 N
136) 10 g of K
2
Cr
2
O
7
solution librated iodine from KI solution. The liberated iodine was titrated by 16
mL of M/25 sodium thiosulphate solution. Calculate the concentration of K
2
Cr
2
O
7
solution in
gram per litre.
Ans: 3.13 g/litre
137) A ferrous sulfate solution was standardized by titration. A 25.00 mL portion of the solution required
42.08 mL of 0.08000 N ceric sulfate for complete oxidation. What is the normality of the ferrous
sulfate ?
Ans: 0.1347 M
138) How many g FeCl
2
will be oxidized by 28 mL of 0.25 N K
2
Cr
2
O
7
in HCl solution ? The unbalanced
equation is :
Fe
2+
+ Cr
2
O + H
+
Fe
3+
+ Cr
3+
+ H
2
O
Ans: 0.39 g
139) What mass of MnO
2
is reduced by 35 mL of 0.16 N oxalic acid, H
2
C
2
O
4
, in sulfuric acid solution?
The unbalanced equation is:
MnO
2
+ H
+


+ H
2
C
2
O
4
CO
2
+ H
2
O + Mn
2+
.
Ans: 0.24 g
140) How many g KMnO
4
is required to oxidize 2.40 g FeSO
4
in a solution acidified with sulfuric
acid? What is the equivalent weight of KMnO
4
in this reaction ?
Ans: 0.5 g
141) Find the equivalent weight of KMnO
4
in the reaction:
Mn
2+
+ MnO + H
2
O MnO
2
+ H
+
(unbalanced).
How many g MnSO
4
is oxidized by 1.25 g KMnO
4
?
Ans: 1.79 g
142) (a) What volume of 0.400 N K
2
Cr
2
O
7
is required to liberated the chlorine from 1.20 g of NaCl in
a solution acidified with H
2
SO
4
?
Cr
2
O + Cl

+ H
+
Cr
3+
+ Cl
2
+ H
2
O
(b) How many g K
2
Cr
2
O
7
is required ?
(c) How many g chlorine is liberated ?
Ans: (a) 51.2 mL (b) 1.01 g (c) 0.728 g
143) If 25.0 mL of an iodine solution is equivalent to 0.125 g of K
2
Cr
2
O
7
, to what volume should 1.000
L be diluted to make the solution one tenth normal ?
Ans : 1.02 litre
3
2-
6
2-
4
-
7
2-
4
-
7
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144) How many g KMnO
4
should be taken to make up 250 mL of a solution of such concentration
that 1 mL is equivalent to 5.00 mg iron in FeSO
4
?
Ans: 0.707 g
145) How many g iodine is present in a solution which requires 40.0 mL of 0.112 N Na
2
S
2
O
3
to react
with it ? The reaction is
S
2
O
3
2-
+ I
2
S
4
O
6
2-
+ I

(unbalanced).
Ans: 0.569 g
146) To how many mg iron (Fe
2+
) is 1.00 mL of 0.1055 N K
2
Cr
2
O
7
equivalent ?
Ans: 5.89 mg
147) Reducing sugars are sometimes characterized by a number R
Cu
, which is defined as the
number of mg of copper reduced by 1 g of the sugar, in which the half reaction for the copper is
Cu
2+
+ OH

Cu
2
O + H
2
O (unbalanced)
It is sometimes more convenient to determine the reducing power of a carbohydrate by an
indirect method. In this method 43.2 mg of the carbohydrate was oxidized by an excess of
K
3
Fe(CN)
6
. The Fe(CN)
6
4-
formed in this reaction required 5.29 cm
3
of 0.0345 N Ce(SO
4
)
2
for
reoxidation to Fe(CN)
6
3-
[the normality of the cerium (IV) sulfate solution is given with respect to
the reduction of Ce
4+
to Ce
3+
]. Determine the R
Cu
value for the sample. (Hints : The number of
meq of Cu in a direct oxdation is the same as the number of meq of Ce
4+
in the indirect method.)
Ans: 2.69 mg
148) The iodine content of a solution was determined by titration with cerium(IV) sulfate in the presence
of HCl, in which I

is converted to ICl. A 250 mL sample of the solution required 20.0 mL of

0.0500 N Ce
4+
solution. What is the iodide concentration in the original solution, in g/L ?
Ans: 0.254 g/L
149) A 0.518 g sample of limestone is dissolved, and then the calcium is precipitated as calcium
oxalate, CaC
2
O
4
. After filtering and washing the precipitate, it requires 40.0 mL of 0.250 N
KMnO
4
solution acidified with sulfuric acid to titrate it. What is the percent CaO in the limestone
? The unbalanced equation for the titration is:
MnO
4
-
+ CaC
2
O
4
+ (H
+
)
2
SO
4
2-
CaSO
4
+ Mn
2+
+ CO
2
+ H
2
O .
Ans: 54.1 % CaO
150) One liter of O
2
at STP was passed through an ozonizer when the resulting volume was 888 mL
at STP. This quantity of ozonized oxygen was passed through excess of KI solution. Calculate
the weight of I
2
liberated.
O
3
+ 2KI + H
2
O 2KOH + I
2
+ O
2
Ans: 2.54 g
151) A chemist is preparing to analyse sample that will contian not more than 0.5 g of ur ani um.
His procedure calls for preparing uranium as U
+4
ion and oxidizing it by MnO in acid solution.
5U
+4
+ 2MnO + 6H
2
O 5UO + 2Mn
+2
+ 4H
3
O
+
If he wants to react total U+4 sample with a maximum of 50 ml of KMnO
4
solution, what
concentration should he chose ?
Ans: 0.0168 M
152) In acidic solution, IO reacts with I

to form I
2
. What will be the final concentration of IO , I

and
I
2
in a solution prepared by mixing 4.8 mL of 10
3
M KIO
3
with 35.2 mL of 6 10
3
M KI.
Ans: 2.26 104 M, 0, 1.26 10
3
M
4
-
2
+2
4
-
3
-
3
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153) 15 mL sample of a solution of 0.04 M Sn
+2
and X.M Fe
+2
. Both ions are easily oxidized by
Cr
2
O in acidic solution and the redox products are Sn
+4
, Fe
+3
and Cr
+3
. If 15 mL of 0.1250 M
Cr
2
O is required for oxidation what is X ?
Ans : 0.82
154) In a given reaction Cr
2
O + 2Cl

+ H
+
Cr
+3
+ Cl
2
+ H
2
(a) Calculate the volume of 0.4 N K
2
Cr
2
O
7
required to liberate all Cl
2
from 1.20 g
of NaCl in a solution acicified with H
2
SO
4
(b) How many g of K
2
Cr
2
O
7
are required ?
(c) What is molarity of K
2
Cr
2
O
7
?
(d) How many moles of Cl
2
are liberated ?
Ans : (a) 51.3 mL, (b) 1 g, (c) 0.066 M (d) 1.02 10
2
moles
155) What volume of 0.1 M KMnO
4
are needed to oxidize 100 mg each of FeC
2
O
4
and
FeSO
4
in a mixure in acidic medium ?
Ans : 5.48 mL
7
-2
7
-2
7
-2