CPP FIITJEE Gaseous state

1. The density of nitrogen is maximum at

(A) STP (B) 273 K and 2 atm
(C) 546 K and 1 atm (D) 273 K and 4 atm

2. The density of a gas A is twice that of a gas B at the same temperature. The molecular
weight of gas B is thrice that of A. The ratio of the pressure acting on A and B will be
(A) 6 : 1 (B) 7 : 8
(C) 2 : 5 (D) 1 : 4

3. Given the reaction

C(s)  H2O(I)  CO(g)  H2 (g)
Calculate the volume of the gases produced at STP from 48.0 g carbon.
(A) 179.2 L (B) 89.6 L
(C) 44.8 L (D) 22.4 L

4. If the volume of 2 moles of an ideal gas at 540 K is 44.8 L, its pressure will be
(A) 1 atm (B) 2 atm
(C) 3 atm (D) 4 atm

5. The dimensions of pressure are the same as that of

(A) energy (B) force
(C) energy per unit volume (D) force per unit volume

pV
6. For one mole of an ideal gas, R  . The value of R varies with
T
(A) p (B) V
(C) T (D) none of these

7. The density of methane at 27oC and 2.0 atmospheric pressure is

(A) 0.13 g L-1 (B) 0.26 g L-1
-1
(C) 1.30 g L (D) 26.0 g L-1

8. If the pressure of a gas is reduced to half and the absolute temperature is doubled, the
volume of the gas will
(A) remain unchanged (B) be reduced to 1/4th
(C) be doubled (D) increase fourfold

9. The weight of CH4 in a 9 L cylinder at 27oC temperature and 16 atm pressure is (R = 0.08
L atm k-1 mol-1)
(A) 9.6 g (B) 96.0 g
(C) 4.8 g (D) 48.0 g

10. What would be the number of moles of H2 in 0.224 L of H2(g) at STP (273 K, 1 atm)?
Assume the gas to behave ideally.
(A) 1.0 (B) 0.1
(C) 0.01 (D) 0.001

11. Which of the following statement is correct for pV = nRT?

(A) n is the number of molecules of the gas.
(B) V denotes the volume of one mole of the gas.
(C) n moles of the gas has the volume V.
(D) p is the pressure of the gas when only one mole of the gas is present.

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12 The correct value of the universal gas constant, R is close to
(A) 0.082 L atm K-1 mol-1 (B) 0.82 L atm K-1 mol-1
-1 -1
(C) 0.0082 L atm K mol (D) 8.2 L atm K-1 mol-1

13. Equal masses of methane and hydrogen are mixed in an empty container at 25oC. The
fraction of the total pressure exerted by hydrogen is
(A) 1/12 (B) 8/9
(C) 1/9 (D) 16/17

14. For a given mass of an ideal gas, pV is plotted against T. The graph shows a
(A) straight line passing through the origin (B) straight line intercepting both axes
(C) straight line parallel to the T – axis (D) rectangular hyperbola

15. One mole of N2O4 (g) at 300K is kept in a closed vessel under 1 atm pressure. If it is heated
to 600K, 20% (by mass) of N2O4 (g) decomposes to NO2. The resulting pressure is
(A) 1.2 atm (B) 2.4 atm
(C) 2.2 atm (D) 1.0 atm

16. 0.28 g of a gas occupies 224 mL at STP. The gas could be

(A) CO (B) C2H4
(C) N2 (D) all of these

17. An open flask contains air at 27oC temperature and one atm pressure. The flask is heated to
127oC at the same pressure. What fraction of the original air will remain the flask?
(A) 2/5th (B) 2/3rd
th
(C) 2/7 (D) 3/4th

18. How many O2 molecules are present in 2.0 L of oxygen gas at 27oC temperature and 3.0
atm pressure?
(A) 1.0 x 103 (B) 1.5 x 1023
24
(C) 1.5 x 10 (D) 2.5 x 1024

19. The vapour density of a gas is 11.2. The volume occupied by 1.00 g of this gas at STP is
(A) 22.4 L (B) 11.2 L
(C) 1.0 L (D) 2.24 L

20. A gas is kept at 1 atm pressure. To compress it to 1/4th of its initial volume, the pressure to
be applied is
(A) 1 atm (B) 2 atm
(C) 4 atm (D) 1/4 atm

21. Which of the following pair of gases contain the same number of molecules?
(A) 16 g O2 ,14 g N2 (B) 8 g O2 ,22 g N2
(C) 28 g N2 ,22 g CO2 (D) 32 g O2 ,32 g N2

22. A sample of gas at 35o C and 1 atmospheric pressure occupies a volume of 3.75 litres. At
what temperature should the gas be kept, if it is required to reduce the volume to 3.0 litre at
the same pressure?
(A) -26.6oC (B) 0o C
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(C) 3.98 C (D) 28o C

23. A mixture of helium and argon contains 3 mole of He for every 2 mole of Ar. The partial
pressure of argon is:
(A) 2/3 the total pressure (B) 1/3 the total pressure
(C) 2/5 the total pressure (D) 1/5 the total pressure

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24. The density of CCl4 vapour at 0o C and 76 cm Hg in g/litre is:
(A) 11.2 (B) 77
(C) 6.88 (D) none of these

25. The mole percentage of hydrogen in a mixture of 6 g of hydrogen and 28 g of nitrogen is:
(A) 25 (B) 50
(C) 75 (D) 100

26. If a mixture of gases has a total pressure of 100 cm Hg and the partial pressure of nitrogen
in the mixture is 25 mm Hg, then the per cent of nitrogen in the mixture is:
(A) 4% (B) 40%
(C) 400% (D) 2.5%

27. Volume occupied by 3.01 x 1023 molecules of acetylene at NTP is:

(A) 22.4 litre (B) 11.2 litre
(C) 1.12 litre (D) 2.24 litre

28. 300 mL of a gas at 27o C is cooled to 3o C , at constant pressure. The final volume is:
(A) 540 mL (B) 135 mL
(C) 270 mL (D) 350 mL

29. Figure shows graphs of pressure versus density for an ideal gas at T1

two temperatures T1 and T2. Which is correct? e

r T2
(A) T1  T2 (B) T1  T2 u
s
(C) T1  T2 (D) None of these s
e
r
P
Density
30. At what temperature would the volume of a given mass of a gas at constant pressure be
twice to its volume at 0o C ?
(A) 100o C (B) 273o C
(C) 373o C (D) 446o C

31. A certain mass of a gas occupies a volume of 2 litre at STP. Keeping the pressure constant
at what temperature would the gas occupy a volume of 4 litre?
(A) 546o C (B) 273o C
(C) 100o C (D) 50o C

32. 0.44 g of a colorless oxide of nitrogen occupies 224 mL at STP. The compound is:
(A) N2O (B) NO
(C) N2O2 (D) NO2

33. 4.4 g of CO2 and 2.24 litre of H2 at STP are mixed in a container. The total number of
molecules present in the container will be:
(A) 6.022 x 1023 (B) 1.2044 x 1023
(C) 2 (D) 6.023 x 1024

34. The molecular weight of O2 and SO2 are 32 and 64 respectively. If one litre of O2 at 15o C
and 759 mm pressure contains N molecules, the number of molecules in two litre of SO2
under the same condition of temperature and pressure will be:
(A) N/2 (B) N
(C) 2N (D) 4N

35. 5 g each of the following gases at 87o C and 750 mm pressure are taken. Which of them will
have the least volume?
(A) HF (B) HCl
(C) HBr (D) HI
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36. At a constant pressure, what should be the percentage increase in the temperature in Kelvin
for a 10% increase in volume?
(A) 10% (B) 20%
(C) 5% (D) 50%

37. At 27o C a gas was compressed to half its volume. To what temperature must it be heated so
that it occupies the original volume? (P = constant)
(A) 54o C (B) 600o C
(C) 377o C (D) 327o C

38. A flask is of a capacity one litre. What volume of air will escape out from it on heating from
27 to 37o C? Assume pressure constant:
(A) 1.033 litre (B) 33.3 mL
(C) 33.3 litre (D) none of these

39. 10 g of hydrogen fluoride gas occupy 5.6 litre of volume at NTP. The empirical formula of the
gas is HF. The molecular formula of the gas will be: (at wt. of fluorine = 19)
(A) H4F4 (B) HF
(C) H2F2 (D) H3F3

40. O2 is collected over water at 20o C . The pressure inside shown by the gas is 740 mm of Hg.
What is the pressure due to O2 alone if vapour pressure of H2O is 18 mm at 20o C?
(A) 722 mm (B) 740 mm
(C) 758 mm (D) none of these

41. The temperature of 20 litre of nitrogen was increased from 100 K to 300 K at a constant
pressure. Change in volume will be:
(A) 80 litre (B) 60 litre
(C) 40 litre (D) 20 litre

42. 32 g of oxygen and 3 g of hydrogen are mixed and kept in a vessel of 760 mm pressure and
0oC. The total volume occupied by the mixture will be nearly:
(A) 22.4 litre (B) 33.6 litre
(C) 56 litre (D) 44.8 litre

43. In two separate bulbs containing ideal gases A and B respectively, the density of gas A is
twice that of gas B while molecular weight of gas A is half that of gas B at the same
temperature, pressure ratio PA / PB will be:
(A) 1/4 (B) 1/2
(C) 4 (D) 1

44. If 1 litre of a gas A at 600 mm and 0.5 litre of gas B at 800 mm are taken in a 2 litre bulb. The
resulting pressure is:
(A) 1500 mm (B) 1000 mm
(C) 2000 mm (D) 500 mm

45. Two gases A and B, having the mole ratio of 3 : 5 in a container, exert a pressure of 8 atm. If
A is removed, what would be the pressure due to B only, temperature remaining constant?
(A) 1 atm (B) 2 atm
(C) 4 atm (D) 5 atm

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46. Which of the following volume (V) – temperature (T) plots represents the behavior of one
mole of an ideal gas at one atmospheric pressure?

V(L) 38.8L, 373K V(L) 28.6L, 373K

22.4L, 22.4L,
(a) 273K (b) 273K

T(K) T(K)

V(L) 30.6L, 373K V(L) 14.2L, 373K

22.4L, 22.4L,
(c) 273K (d) 273K

T(K) 14.2L, 373K T(K)

47. At what temperature, the volume of a given amount of gas at 25oC becomes twice when
pressure is kept constant?
(A) 596 K (B) 500 K
(C) 400 K (D) 395 K

48 5 g of He at 27oC is subjected to a pressure change from 0.5 atm to 2 atm. The initial volume
of the gas is 10 dm3. Calculate the change in volume of the gas.
(A) 8.9 dm3 (B) 7.5 dm3
3
(C) 5.4 dm (D) 9.2 dm3

49 What is the volume of a sample of oxygen at a pressure of 3.5 bar if its volume at 1 bar is
7 L at the same temperature?
(A) 1.2 L (B) 0.75 L
(C) 2 L (D) 1.5 L

50 A cylinder containing cooking gas can withstand a pressure of 15 atm. The pressure gauge
of the cylinder indicates 12 atm at 27oC. Due to a sudden fire in the building, the temperature
starts rising. At what temperature will the cylinder explode?
(A) 99oC (B) 100oC
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(D) 105 C (D) 102oC

ANSWER

1. D 2. A 3 A 4 B
5 C 6 D 7 C 8 D
9 B 10 C 11 C 12 A
13 B 14 A 15 B 16 D
17 D 18 B 19 B 20 C
21. A 22. A 23. C 24. C
25. C 26. D 27. B 28. C
29. A 30. B 31. B 32. A
33. B 34. C 35. D 36. A
37. D 38. B 39. C 40. A
41. C 42. C 43. C 44. D
45. D 46 C 47. A 48. B
49. C 50. D

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