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LESSON-6
STATES OF MATTER/GASEOUS STATE

1) Gases deviate from ideal behavior at high pressure. Which of the following statement(s) is
correct for non-ideality?
(a) at high pressure the collision between the gas molecule become enormous
(b) at high pressure the gas molecules move only in one direction
(c) at high pressure, the volume of gas become insignificant
(d) at high pressure the intermolecular interactions become significant
2) Rate of diffusion of a gas is
(a) directly proportional to its density (b) directly proportional to its molecular weight
(c) directly proportional to its square root of its molecular weight
(d) inversely proportional to the square root of its molecular weight
3) Which of the following is the correct expression for the equation of state of van der Waals gas?
(a) (P +a/V)(V − nb) = nRT (b) (P + an/V2 )(V − nb) = nRT

(c) (P +an2/V2)(V − nb) = nRT (d) (PaV2)(V −ab) = nRT

4) When an ideal gas undergoes unrestrained expansion, no cooling occurs because the molecules
(a) are above inversion temperature (b) exert no attractive forces on each other
(c) do work equal to the loss in kinetic energy (d) collide without loss of energy
5) Equal weights of methane and oxygen are mixed in an empty container at 298 K. The
fraction of total pressure exerted by oxygen is
(a)1/3 (b)1/2 (c)2/3 (d) 1/3 ×(273/298)
6) The temperatures at which real gases obey the ideal gas laws over a wide range of pressure is called
(a) Critical temperature (b) Boyle temperature (c) Inversion temperature (d) Reduced temperature

7) In a closed room of 1000 m3 a perfume bottle is opened up. The room develops a smell. This is due
to which property of gases?
(a) Viscosity (b) Density (c) Diffusion (d) None
8) A bottle of ammonia and a bottle of HCI connected through a long tube are opened
simultaneously at both ends. The white ammonium chloride ring first formed will be
(a) At the center of the tube (b) Near the hydrogen chloride bottle (c) Near the ammonia bottle
(d) Throughout the length of the tube
9) The value of universal gas constant depends upon
(a) Temperature of the gas (b) Volume of the gas (c) Number of moles of the gas
(d) units of Pressure and volume.
10) The value of the gas constant R is
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(a) 0.082 dm2 atm. (b) 0.987 cal mol-1K-1 (c) 8.3 J mol-1 K-1 (d)8 erg mol-1 K-1

11) Use of hot air balloon in sports at meteorological observation is an application of

(a) Boyle's law (b) Newton's law (c) Kelvin's law (d) Brown's law

12) The table indicates the value of Van der Waals constant 'a' in (dm3)2 atm mol-2.
Gas O2 N2 NH3 CH4
a 1.360 1.390 4.170 2.253
The gas which can be most easily liquefied is
(a)O2 (b) N2 (c) NH3 (d) CH4
13) Compressibility factor for CO2 at 400 K and 71.0 bar is 0.8697. The molar volume of CO2 under
these conditions is
(a) 22.04 dm3 (b) 2.24 dm3 (c) 0.41 dm3 (d) 19.5 dm3
15. If temperature and volume of an ideal gas is increased to twice its values, the initial
pressure P becomes
(a) 4P (b) 2P (c) P (d) 3P
16) At identical temperature and pressure, the rate of diffusion of hydrogen gas is 3√3 times
that of a hydrocarbon having molecular formula CnH2n-2. What is the value of n ?
(a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 1
17) Equal moles of hydrogen and oxygen gases are placed in a container, with a pin-hole through
which both can escape what fraction of oxygen escapes in the time required for one-half of the
hydrogen to escape.
(a)1/8 (b) 3/8 (c)1/4 (d)1/2
18) The variation of volume V, with temperature T, keeping pressure constant is called the coefficient of
thermal expansion i.e, α = ΔV/ΔT, For an ideal gas a is equal to______

(a) T (b) 1/T (c) P (d) none of these

19) Maximum deviation from ideal gas is expected from

(a) CH4(g) (b) NH3 (g) (c) H2 (g) (d) N2 (g)
20) The units of Vander Waals constants 'b' and 'a' respectively
(b) mol L-1 and L atm2 (c) mol L and L atm mol2 (c) mol-1L and L2 atm mol-2
mol-1
(d) none of these
21) Assertion: Critical temperature of CO2 is 304K, it can be liquefied above 304K.
Reason : For a given mass of gas, volume is to directly proportional to pressure at constant
temperature
(d) both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
(e) both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
(f) assertion is true but reason is false (d) both assertion and reason are false

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22) What is the density of N2 gas at 227o C and 5.00 atm pressure? (R=0.082 L atm K-1 mol-1 )
(a) 1.40 g/L (b) 2.81 g/L (c) 3.41 g/L (d) 0.29 g/L
23) Which of the following diagrams correctly describes the behaviour of a fixed mass of an ideal gas?
(T is measured in K)

(g) (b) (c) (d) All of these

24) 25g of each of the following gases are taken at 27°C and 600 mm Hg pressure. Which of these
will have the least volume?
(a)HBr (b) HCI (c) HF (d) HI
25) Use of hot air balloon in sports at meteorological observation is an application of
(a) Boyle's law (b) Newton's law (c) Kelvin's law (d) Charles law
26) Value of gas constant R is
(a) 0.082 dm3atm(b) 0.987 cal mol-1 K-1 (c)8.3 J mol-1 K-1 (c) 8 erg mol-1 K-1

27) Consider the following statements

1. Gases are the most compressible state of matter.
2. Gases take the shape of the container.
3. The density of gases is higher than that of liquids
Which of the following statement(s) given above is/ are correct?
(a) 1 & 3 (b) only 1 (c) 2 & 3 (d) 1 & 2
28) Pressure is
(h) Force/ area (b) force x Area (c) Area/ force (d) Force / area × volume

29) Match the list I with List II and select the correct answer using. The code given below the lists.

List-I Liat-II
A. Pressure 1. Inert
B. Xe 2. Charles law
C. PV=Constant 3. Pascal
D. Hot air balloon 4. Boyle's law
(a) (b) (c) (d)
AB C D AB C D AB C D AB C D
13 24 43 1 2 3142 2 1 43

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30) The unit of pressure is
(a)Pascal (b) Torr (c) Bar (d) all the above
31) The instrument used for measuring atmospheric pressure is
(b)Beckmann thermometer (b) Galvanometer (c) Barometer (d) all the above
32) The standard atmospheric pressure is the pressure that supports a column of mercury exactly
high at 0° C at sea level.
(a)760mm (b) 76 cm (c) both a & b (d) 760 cm
33) If the volume of a fixed mass of a gas is reduced to half at constant temperature, the gas pressure
(a) remains constant (b) doubles (c) reduces to half (d) becomes zero
34) Density of a gas is
(a)directly proportional to pressure (b) indirectly proportional to pressure
(c) directly proportional to volume (d) both band c
35) The hydrogen balloon was invented by
(a)Robert Boyle (b) J.A.C. Charles (c) Maxwell (d) Gay Lussac
36) V/T = constant is law.
(a)Gay Lussac (b) Boyle's (c) Dalton's (d) Charles
37) 273K is equal to degree centigrade.
(a) 0 (b) 100 (c) 373 (d) 1
38) The absolute zero is
(a)-273oC (b) 273oC (c) OK (d) both a and c
39) The mathematical expression V∞ n relates to
(a)Boyle's law (b) Charles law (c) Avogadro's hypothesis (d) Gay Lusassc's law
40) Which curve shows Charle's law?

(a) V Vs T (b) P Vs V (c)P Vs T (d) None of these

41) The law that relates the pressure and volume of gases is
(a) Boyle's (b) Charles (c) Dalton (d) none of the above
42) The partial pressure of dry gas is
(a) greater than that of wet gas (b) lesser than that of wet gas (c) equal to that of wet gas
(d) none of these
43) The parameters that describe the gaseous state are
(a) volume (b) pressure (c) temperature (d) all of these
44) Absolute zero is,
(a)-273oC (b) 0 K (c) temperature at which no substance exists in gaseous state
(d) all of these
45) Passenger aero plane cabins is artificially pressurized since

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(a)Pressure decreases with the increase in altitude
(b)Pressure increases with the increase in altitude
(c)Temperature increases with the increase in altitude (d) none of the above
45) Match the list - I with List - II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List-I List-II
A. r = √ 1/M 1. Boyle's law
B. PV = constant 2. Graham's law
C.V/T=constant 3. Ideal gas
D. PV=nRT 4. Charle's law
(a) (b) (c) (d)
AB C D AB C D AB C D AB C D
12 34 43 2 1 2143 1 3 42
46) The rate of di usion of gas is to square root of their molecular mass.
(a)inversely proportional (b) directly proportional (c) equal (d) twice
47) Partial pressure is given as
(a)Molecular weight X total pressure (b) mole fraction × total pressure

(c) n u m b e r m o l e s X p r e s s u r e (d) pressure X temperature

48) Temperature at which gas behave ideally over a wide range of pressure is called as
(a)Inversion temperature (b) Boyle's temperature (c) Critical temperature (d) None of these
49) Identify the correct mathematical expression of Graham's law of di usion.

(a) r1/r2 = √M1/M2 (b) r2/r1 = √M1/M2 (c) r1/r2 = √M2/M1 (d) r2/r1 = √M2/M1

50) Pick the equation that gives you the relationship between molecular mass and density.
(a)M = v X d (b) PV = nRT (c) both (a) & (b) (d) neither (a) nor (b)
51) A gas such as carbon monoxide would be most likely to obey the ideal gas law at
(a)High temperature and high pressure (b) High temperature and low pressure
(c) Low temperature and high pressure (d) Low temperature and high pressure
52) If a gas expands at constant temperature, it indicates that
(a)No. of molecules of gas increases (b) Kinetic energy of molecules decreases.
(c) Pressure of the gas increases. (d) Kinetic energy of molecules remains the same.
53) The rice is cooked earlier in pressure cooker because
(a)Boiling point increases with increasing pressure
(b)Boiling point decreases with increasing pressure
(c)Internal energy is not lost while cooking in pressure cooker
(d)Extra pressure of pressure cooker so ens the rice
54) Compression factor Z is given by
(a)PV/nRT (b) P/nRT (c) PV/R (d) PV/T
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55) What is the dominant intermolecular force or bond that must be overcome in converting
liquid methanol to a gas?
(a)London dispersion force (b) Hydrogen bonding (c) Dipole-dipole interaction
(d) Covalent bonds
56) The table indicates the value of Van der Waal's constant 'a' in (dm3)2 atm. mol2.
Gas O2 N2 NH3 CH4
a 1.360 1.390 4.170 2.253
The gas which cans most easily liquefied is
(a)O2 (b) N2 (c) NH3 (d) CH4
57) Consider the following statements
I. Atmospheric pressure is less at top of a mountain than at sea level
II. Gases are much more compressible than solids or liquids
Ill. Gaseous state is described by four measurable properties P,V,T and n
Select the correct statement
(a) I and II (b) II and III (c) I and III (d) I , II and III
58) Compressibility factor for CO2 at 400 K and 71.0 bar is 0.8697 the molar volume of CO2 under
these conditions
(a) 22.04 dm3 (b) 2.24 dm3 (c) 0.41 dm3 (d) 19.5 dm3
59) When the gas behaves ideally, the compression factor Z is
(a) > 1 (b) < 1 (c) = 0 (d) = 1
60) Gases deviate from ideal behavior at high pressure which of the following is correct for
non- ideality?
(a)At high pressure the collision between the gas molecule become enormous
(b)At high pressure the gas molecules move only in one direction
(c)At high pressure, the volume of gas become in significant
(d)At high pressure the intermolecular interactions become significant

61) Rate of diffusion of a gas is

(a)Directly proportional to its density (b) directly proportional to its molecular weight
(c) Directly proportional to its square root of its molecular weight
(d) Inversely proportional to the square root of its molecular weight
62) Which of the following is the correct expression for the equation of state of Vander Waal's gas?
(a) (P + an2/V2)(V − nb) = nRT (b) (P +a/V2)(V − nb) = nRT

(c) (P + a2n2/V2)(V − nb) = nRT (d) (P +aV2)(V − nb) = nRT

63) When an ideal gas undergoes unrestrained expansion no cooling occurs because the molecules
(a)Are above inversion temperature (b) Exert no attractive forces on each other
(c) Do work equal to the loss in kinetic energy (d) Colloid without loss of energy
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64) Equal weights of methane and oxygen are mixed in an empty container at 298 K. the
fraction of to"1 1pressure exerted by oxygen is
(a) 1/3 (b) 1/2 (c) 2/3 (d) 1/3 × 273 × 298
65) is the gas constant.
(a) a (b) Vc (c) R (d) Tc
66) In a closed room of 1000 m3 a perfume bottle is opened up. The room develops smell. This is due
to which property of gases
(a)Viscosity (b) Density (c) D i f f u s i o n (d) None
67) Which mixture of gases at room temperature does not obey Dalton's law of partial pressure?
(a)NO2 & O2
(b)SO2&O2
(c)CO& CO2
(d) NH3 & HCl

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68) A bottle of ammonia and a bottle of HCI connected through a long tube are opened
simultaneously at both ends the white ammonium chloride ring first formed will be
(a)At the center of the tube (b) near the hydrogen chloride bottle (c) Near the ammonia bottle
(d) Throughout the length of the tube
69) Vanderwaal's constant 'a' has the dimensions of
(i) mol lit-1 (b) atm litre2 mol-2 (c) lit mol-1 (d) atm litre mol -2
70) Pick out the correct relation for 1 mole of real gas.
(a) (P +av)(V − b) = RT (b) P =RT+ V-b (c) (P + a/V)(V − b) = RT (d) (P + a V )(V + b) = RT

71) The compressibility factor is given by

72) Z=PV (b) Z=nRT (c) Z =PVT (d) Z = PV/nRT
73) Which of the following gas (es) always show positive deviation from ideal behavior?

(a) CH4 (b) CO2 (c) H2 (d) NH3

74) What is the correct increasing order of liquefiability of the gas?
(a) H2 < CO2 < CH4 < N2 (b) H2 < N2 < CH4 < CO2 (c) CO2 < CH4 < H2 < N2 (d) CO2 < N2 < H2 < CH4
75) An ideal gas, obeying kinetic theory of gases cannot be liquefied, because
(a)its critical temperature is above 0°C. (b) Force acting between its molecules is negligible.
(c) its molecules are relatively small in size. (d) it solidifies before becoming a liquid
76) Statement I: At very high pressures, compressibility factor is greater than I.
Statement II: At very high pressure, 'b' can be neglected in Van der Waal's gas equation.
(i)Both statements I and statement II are true and statement II explains statement I.
(ii)Both statements I and statement II are true but statement II does not explain statement I
(iii)Statement I is true but statement II is false. (iv) Both the statements are false.
77) The inversion temperature for a gas is given by
(a) 27/4 Tc (b) 4Tc (c) 4Tc/27 (d) 8Tc/27
78) Statement I: Greater is the critical temperature, more difficult is to liquefy the gas.
Statement II: Stronger the intermolecular forces, lower would be the critical temperature of that gas.
(j) Both statement I and statement II are true and statement II explains statement I.
(k) Both statement I and statement II are true but statement II does not explain statement I.
Statement I is true but statement II is false. (d) Both the statements are false
79) The measure of attractive forces of molecules is called
(l) internal pressure (b) cohesion pressure (c) both (a) and (b) (d) neither (a) nor (b)
80) Statement I: H2 when allowed to expand at room temperature it causes heating e
ect. Statement II: H2 has inversion temperature mush below room temperature.
(m) Both statement I and statement II are true and statement II explains statement I.
(n) Both statement I and statement II are true but statement II does not explain statement I.
Statement I is true but statement II is false. (d) Both the statements are false
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81) Match the list I with list II and select the correct answer using the code given below.
List-I List-II
A. Permanent Gas 1. 2a/Rb
B. Temporary Gas 2. N2
C. Ti 3. low
D. Joule Thomson E ect 4. NH3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
AB C D AB C D AB C D A BC D
23 4 1 41 2 3 12 3 4 3412
82) The corrected term for pressure in the Van der Waal's equation of state is
(a) (V-b) (b) P +an2/V2 (c) (b-V) (d)anV2× P

84. Four gases P, Q, R and S have almost same values of 'b' but their 'a' values (a, b are Vander Waals
Constants) are in the order Q < R < S < P. At a particular temperature, among the four gases the most
easily liquefiable one is
(a) P (b) Q (c) R (d) S

85. The value of universal gas constant depends upon

a) Temperature of the gas b) Volume of the gas c) Number of moles of the gas d) units of Pressure and
volume.
86. Use of hot air balloon in sports at meteorological observation is an application of
a) Boyle’s law b) Newton’s law c) Kelvin’s law d) Charles Law
87. If temperature and volume of an ideal gas is increased to twice its values, the initial pressure P
becomes
a) 4P b) 2P c) P d) 3P
88. At identical temperature and pressure, the rate of diffusion of hydrogen gas is 3 3 times
that of a hydrocarbon having molecular formula CnH2n–2. What is the value of n ?
a) 8 b) 4 c) 3 d) 1

89. What is the density of N2 gas at 227 °C and 5.00 atm pressure? (R = 0.082 L atm K–1mol–1)
a) 1.40 g/L b) 2.81 g/L c) 3.41 g/L d) 0.29 g/L

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