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11 - SOT Question Paper Mid Sem 2012 Special

This document is an examination paper for the Chemistry course (HS102) for B. Tech. Mechanical & Civil Engineering students at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University. It includes various questions on topics such as calorific values, properties of liquid fuels, hydrocarbon processes, water softening methods, and chemical reactions. The exam is scheduled for March 30, 2012, and consists of multiple sections requiring calculations, explanations, and examples.

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11 - SOT Question Paper Mid Sem 2012 Special

This document is an examination paper for the Chemistry course (HS102) for B. Tech. Mechanical & Civil Engineering students at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University. It includes various questions on topics such as calorific values, properties of liquid fuels, hydrocarbon processes, water softening methods, and chemical reactions. The exam is scheduled for March 30, 2012, and consists of multiple sections requiring calculations, explanations, and examples.

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Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University

School of Technology, Gandhinagar


Mid Semester Examination (Special), March-2012
B. Tech. Mechanical & Civil Engineering
Semester-II
Course (Code): Chemistry (HS102) Time: 2 hrs
Date: 30-3-2012 Max. Marks: 50

Instructions to students:
1. Do not write anything other than your roll number on question paper.
2. Assume suitable data wherever required and mention it clearly.
3. Writing appropriate units, nomenclature, and drawing neat sketches/schematics wherever required is an integral
part of the answer.

1. Explain calorific values and theoretical calculation of calorific values . (5)

2. Describe five major physical properties of liquid fuels. (5)

3. Explain with examples and reactions, how processes like isomerization, reforming and cracking (5)
can enhance octane number of hydrocarbons.

4. With the help of a suitable diagram and reactions, describe how zeolite/permutit method is used (5)
for softening of water.

5. Write short notes on any two of the following: (a) Priming (b) Hot lime-soda process (c) Reverse (5)
osmosis

6. (a) A sample of coal was found to contain carbon 90%, hydrogen 5%, oxygen 1%, nitrogen 2% and (2½)
remaining being ash. Assuming air contains 23% oxygen. Calculate the minimum air required for
complete combustion of 1 Kg of coal.
(b) A sample of municipality water on analysis gave the following results: CaCO3= 26.5 ppm, (2½)
Ca(HCO3)2 = 18 ppm , MgSO4= 11.3 ppm, CaSO4= 8.2 ppm, KCl= 20 ppm , MgCl2= 1 ppm, Fe2O3=
0.08 ppm, SiO2= 1 ppm. Calculate the temporary, permanent and total hardness.. Calculate
temporary, permanent and total hardness. [Mass of C=12, O=16, Mg=24, K=39, Cl=35.5, Ca=40,
S=32, Fe=56, Si= 28]

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7.(a) What is hybridization? Discuss the orbital structure of ethane, ethylene and acetylene 3
(b) Explain the structure of water and ammonia 1
(c) What is the characteristic feature for aromatic compounds? Write five examples of aromatic 1
compounds.

8.(a) Explain the following reaction with mechanism. (3)


(i)Nitration of Benzene (ii) Sulfonation of Benzene (iii) Alkylation of Benzene
(b) What are Carbocations, carbanions and carbon free radicals and how its forms (1)
(c) What are the Electrophiles and Nucleophiles? Explain the formation of Electrophiles and (1)
Nucleophiles with examples.

9.(a) What is Nucleophilic substitution reaction? Give examples. Write the difference between SN2 and (3)
SN1 reaction
(b) What is optical isomerism? Explain optical and Geometrical isomerism with examples. (2)

10. Explain the following terms with one example each. (5)
(a) Addition reaction
(b) Elimination reaction
(c) Rearrangement reaction
(d) Hückle rule
(e) Markovnikov’s rule

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