EXERCISE-IV

Oxidation Number, Reducing agent, Oxidising agent 1

Q.1 In Ni(CO)4, the oxidation state of Ni is : Q.12 oxidation state of nitrogen will be obtained in case
(1) 4 (2) 0 (3) 2 (4) 8
3
of :
Q.2 The oxidation number of nitrogen in NH2OH is : (1) Ammonia (NH3) (2) Hydrazoic acid (N3H)
(1) 0 (2) +1 (3) –1 (4) –2 (3) Nitric oxide (NO) (4) Nitrous oxide (N2O)

Q.3 The oxidation number of C in CH4, CH3Cl, CH2Cl2, CHCl3 Q.13 Which one of the following is a redox reaction ?
and CCl4 are respectively : (1) H2 + Br2  2HBr
(1) +4, +2, 0, –2, –4 (2) +2, +4, 0, –4, –2 (2) 2NaCl + H2SO4  Na2SO4 + 2HCl
(3) –4, –2, 0, +2, +4 (4) –2, –4, 0, +4,. +2 (3) HCl + AgNO3  AgCl + HNO3
(4) NaOH + HCl  NaCl + H2O
Q.4 Phosphorus has the oxidation state of +3 in :
(1) Ortho phosphoric acid Q.14 In the reaction, Cl2 + OH– Cl– + ClO4– + H2O, chlorine
(2) Phosphorus acid is :
(3) Meta phosphoric acid (1) Oxidised
(4) Pyrophosphoric acid (2) Reduced
(3) Oxidised as well as reduced
Q.5
–
The oxidation number of Pt in [Pt(C2H4)Cl3] is : (4) Neither oxidised nor reduced
(1) +1 (2) +2 (3) +3 (4) +4
Q.15 Which of the following example does not represent
Q.6 Which one of the following statements is not correct? disproportionation -
(1) Oxidation state of S in (NH4)2S2O8 is +6 (1) MnO2 + 4HCl MnCl2 + Cl2 + 2H2O
(2) Oxidation number of Os in OsO4 is +8 (2) 2H2O2 2H2O + O2
(3) Oxidation state of S in H2SO5 is +8 (3) 4KClO3 3KClO4 + KCl
(4) 3Cl2 + 6NaOH 5NaCl + NaClO3 + 3H2O
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(4) Oxidation number of O in KO2 is –
2 Q.16 Which of the following change represents a
disproportionation reaction (s) :
Q.7 Oxidation state of nitrogen is incorrectly given for : (1) Cl2 + 2OH– ClO– + Cl– + H2O
Compound Oxidation State (2) Cu2O + 2H+ Cu + Cu2+ + H2O
(1) [Co(NH3)5Cl]Cl2 –3 dilution with
(3) 2HCuCl2  
 Cu + Cu2+ + 4Cl– + 2H+
(2) NH2OH –1 Water
(3) (N2H5)2SO4 +2 (4) All of the above
(4) Mg3N2 –3
Q.17 One mole of iron [55.8 gm], when oxidised to +2
Q.8 Oxidation number of C in HNC is : oxidation state gives up :
(1) +2 (2) –3 (3) +3 (4) Zero (1) 1NA electron (2) 2NA electron
(3) 3NA electron (4) 0.5 mole of electron
Q.9 Oxidation number of carbon in carbon suboxide (C3O2)
is : Q.18 How many electrons should X2H4 liberate so that in
the new compound X shows oxidation number of -½
2 4 4
(1) (2) (3) +4 (4) (E.N. X > H)
3 3 3 (1) 10 (2) 4 (3) 3 (4) 2
Q.10 Oxidation number of sulphur in Na2S2O3 would be :-
(1) +2 (2) +4 (3) –2 (4) 0 Q.19 The reaction H2S + H2O2  S + 2H2O manifests :
(1) Oxidising action of H2O2
Q.11 Two oxidation states for chlorine are found in the (2) Reducing nature of H2O2
compound : (3) Acidic nature of H2O2
(1) CaOCl2 (2) KCl (3) KClO3 (4) Cl2O7 (4) Alkaline nature of H2O2
Q.20 The compound that can work both as an oxidising as Q.28 Match List - I (compound) with list - II (Oxidation state
well as reducing agent is : of N) and select the correct answer using the codes
(1) KMnO4 (2) H2O2 given below the list:-
(3) Fe2(SO4)3 (4) K2Cr2O7 List - I List-II
(A) KNO3 (a) – 1/3
Q.21 Select the example of disproportionation reaction (B) HNO2 (b) – 3
(1) BaCl2 + H2SO4 BaSO4 + 2HCl (C) NH4Cl (c) 0
(2) NH4NO3 N2O + 2H2O (D) NaN3 (d) + 3
(3) 4H3PO3 PH3 + 3H3PO4 (e) + 5
(4) AgCl + 2NH3 Ag(NH3)2Cl Codes are:-
A B C D
Q.22 Which of the following reaction represents the oxidising (1) e d b a
behaviour of H2SO4 :- (2) e b d a
(1) 2PCl5 + H2SO4 2POCl3 + 2HCl + SO2Cl2 (3) d e a c
(2) 2NaOH + H2SO4 Na2SO4 + 2H2O (4) b c d e
(3) NaCl + H2SO4 NaHSO4 + HCl
(4) 2HI + H2SO4 I2 + SO2 + 2H2O
Q.29 In the conversion of Br2 to BrO 3 the oxidation state of

Q.13 Which one of the following is not a redox reaction :- bromine changes from :-
(1) CaCO3 CaO + CO2 (1) 0 to 5 (2) 1 to 5 (3) 0 to –3 (4) 2 to 5
(2) 2H2 + O2 2H2O
1 Q.30 The sum of oxidation states of sulphur in H2S2O8 is :-
(3) Na + H2O NaOH + H (1) +2 (2) +6 (3) +7 (4) +12
2 2
1
(4) MnCl3 MnCl2 + Cl Q.31 In which of the following reaction H2O2 acts as reducing
2 2
agent :-
Q.24 In the reaction : MnO 4 + SO32– + H+  SO4–2 + (1) 2FeCl2 + 2HCl + H2O2 2FeCl3 + 2H2O
Mn+2 + H2O (2) Cl2 + H2O2 2HCl + O2
(1) MnO 4 and H+ both are reduced (3) 2HI + H2O2 2H2O + I2
(4) H2SO3 + H2O2 H2SO4 + H2O
(2) MnO 4 is reduced and H+ is oxidised
(3) MnO 4 is reduced and SO32– is oxidised Q.32 A sulphur containing species that can not be a reducing

(4) MnO is oxidised and SO32– is reduced agent is :-
4
(1) SO2 (2) SO 32 (3) H2SO4 (4) S 2 O 23 

Q.25 In which of the following compounds iron has lowest Q.33 When H2 reacts with Na, it acts as :-
oxidation state:- (1) Oxidising agent (2) Reducing agent
(1) FeSO4(NH4)2SO4.6H2O (3) Both (4) None
(2) K4Fe(CN)6
(3) Fe(CO)5 Q.34 Which one is the oxidising agent in the reaction given
(4) Fe0.94O below
2CrO42– + 2H+ Cr2O7–2 + H2O
Q.26 Select the compound in which the oxidation number of
(1) H+ (2) Cr2O 72
oxygen is –1:-
(1) H2O (2) O2F2 (3) Na2O (4) BaO2 (3) Cr++ (4) None

Q.27 I2 + KI  KI3 Q.35 The oxidation number of arsenic atom in H3AsO4 is :-

In the above reaction:- (1) –1 (2) –3 (3) +3 (4) +5
(1) Only oxidation taken place
(2) Only reduction takes place Q.36 In substance Mg(HXO3), the oxidation number of X is
(3) Both the above :-
(4) None of the above (1) 0 (2) +2 (3) +3 (4) +4
Q.37 Which statement is wrong :– Q.47 Oxidising agents have high :-
(1) Oxidation number of oxygen is +1 in peroxides (1) Reduction potential
(2) Oxidation number of oxygen is +2 in oxygen (2) Oxidation potential
difluoride (3) Ionisation potential
(4) None of these
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(3) Oxidation number of oxygen is – in superoxides
2 Q.48 The oxidation state of sulphur in H2SO5 and chromium
(4) Oxidation number of oxygen is –2 in most of its in K2Cr2O7 respectively is :
compound (1) 8, 6 (2) 4, 6 (3) 8, 8 (4) 6, 6

Q.38 Which of the following reaction involves neither Balancing

oxidation nor reduction :– Q.49 In Redox reaction :
(1) CrO42–  Cr2O72– (2) Cr  CrCl3 Fe + HNO3 Fe(NO3)2 + NH4NO3 + H2O
(3) Na  Na+ (4) 2S2O32–  S4O62– the cofficient of HNO3, Fe(NO3)2, NH4NO3 is :-
(1) 1 : 10 : 4 (2) 10 : 4 : 1
Q.39 In the reaction: C + 4HNO3  CO2 + 2H2O + 4NO2 (3) 4 : 10 : 1 (4) 10 : 1 : 4
HNO3 acts as :–
(1) An oxidising agent (2) An acid Q.50 Which of the following reaction is spontaneous
(3) A reducing agent (4) None of them oxidation–reduction reaction
+2 +3 – +2 +
(1) Mn + 5Fe + 4H2O MnO4 + 5Fe + 8H
Q.40 The oxidation number of iron in potassium ferricyanide – +3 + +2 +2
(2) MnO4 + 5Fe + 8H Mn + 5Fe + 4H2O
[K3Fe (CN)6] is :– – +2 + +2 +3
(3) MnO4 + 5Fe + 8H Mn + 5Fe + 4H2O
(1) Two (2) Six (3) Three (4) Four +2 +2 –
(4) Mn +5Fe + 4H2O  MnO4 + 5Fe + 8H
+3 +

Q.41 Which of the following compounds are arranged in Q.51 Choose the set of coefficients that correctly balances
increasing oxidation number of S :– the following equation :
(1) H2SO3, H2S, H2SO4, H2S2O3 x Cr2O72– + yH+ + z e– a Cr+3+ + bH2O
(2) H2S2O3, H2SO3, H2S, H2SO4 x y z a b
(3) H2S, H2SO3, H2SO4, H2S2O3 (1) 2 14 6 2 7
(4) H2S, H2S2O3, H2SO3, H2SO4 (2) 1 14 6 2 7
(3) 2 7 6 2 7
Q.42 Iodine shows the highest oxidation state in the
(4) 2 7 6 1 7
compound :–
(1) KI (2) KI3 (3) IF5 (4) KIO4
Q.52 The value of n in : MnO 4 +8 H++ ne– Mn2+ + 4 H2O is
Q.43 Oxidation number of Xe in XeF5– is : (1) 5 (2) 4 (3) 3 (4) 2
(1) +1 (2) +2 (3) +3 (4) +4
Q.53 What is the value of n in the following equation :
Q.44 If in a chemical reaction,Fe+2 is converted into Fe+3, Cr(OH)4 + OH–  CrO42– + H2O + ne– ?
then Fe+2 –
(1) Gains one electron (2) Loses one electron (1) 3 (2) 6 (3) 5 (4) 2
(3) Gains one proton (4) Loses one proton
Q.54 For the redox reaction
Q.45 Zn + H2SO4  ZnSO4 + H2 Zn + NO 3  Zn 2+ + NH 4+ in basic medium,
Zn undergoes –
(1) Reduction coefficients of Zn, NO 3 and OH– in the balanced
(2) Oxidation
equation respectively are:
(3) Both oxidation and reduction
(1) 4, 1, 7 (2) 7, 4, 1
(4) None of these
(3) 4, 1, 10 (4) 1, 4, 10
Q.46 In the following reaction
2FeCl3 + H2S  2FeCl2 + 2HCl + S Q.55 In the balanced equation
(1) FeCl3 is oxidant MnO 4 + H+ + C 2 O 24  Mn2+ + CO2 + H2O, the moles
(2) FeCl3 & H2S are oxidised
of CO2 formed are :-
(3) FeCl3 is oxidised & H2S is reduced
(1) 2 (2) 4 (3) 5 (4) 10
(4) None of these
Q.56 The number of electrons required to balance the Q.65 Equivalent weight of N2 in the change N2 NH3 is
following equation are:
28 28 28
NO3– + 4H+  2H2O + NO (1) (2) 28 (3) (4)
6 2 3
(1) 2 on right side (2) 3 on left side
(3) 3 on right side (4) 5 on left side
Q.66 Equivalent weight of NH3 in the change N2 NH3 is :
Use of valency factor (x-factor)
17 17 17
Q.57 For reaction : (1) (2) 17 (3) (4)
–2 + +3 –
6 2 3
Cr2O7 + 14H  2Cr + 7H2O, How many e s are
required Q.67 In the reaction, 2S2O32– + I2 S4O62– + 2I–, the eq. wt.
(1) 3 (2) 4 (3) 5 (4) 6 of Na2S2O3 is equal to its :
(1) Mol. wt. (2) Mol. wt./2
Q.58 The number of mole of oxalate ions oxidised by one (3) 2 x Mol. wt. (4) Mol. wt./6
mole of MnO4– is :
(1) 1/5 (2) 2/5 (3) 5/2 (4) 5 Q.68 The eq. wt. of iodine in, I2 + 2S2O32– 2I– + S4O62– is
(1) Its Mol. wt. (2) Mol. wt./2
Q.59 Oxidising product of substance Na3AsO3 would be
(3) Mol. wt./4 (4) None of these
(1) As2O33– (2) AsO3–3
(3) AsO2–4 (4) AsO4–3
Q.69 Molecular weight of KBrO3 is M. What is its equivalent
weight, if the reaction is :
Q.60 (2)KMnO4+5H2S+6H+2Mn2+ + 2K+ + 5S + 8H2O.
BrO3– Br– (acidic medium)
In the above reaction, how many electrons would be
(1) M (2) M/4 (3) M/6 (4) 6M
involved in the oxidation of 1 mole of reductant?
(1) Two (2) Five (3) Ten (4) One
Q.70 In the reaction : A–n2 + xe– A–n1, here x will be
Q.61 In the following reaction the value of 'X' is (1) n1 + n2 (2) n2 – n1 (3) n1 – n2 (4) n1 . n2

H2O + SO32–  SO42– + 2H+ + X

Q.71 Equivalent wt. of H3PO4 in each of the reaction will
(1) 4e– (2) 3e– (3) 2e– (4) 1e–
be respectively :
H3PO4 + OH– H2PO4– + H2 O
Q.62 How many moles of KMnO4 are reduced by 1 mole of
H3PO4 + 2OH– HPO42– + 2H2 O
ferrous oxalate in acidic medium:-
H3PO4 + 3OH– PO43– + 3H2 O
1 5 1 3 (1) 98, 49, 32.67 (2) 49, 98, 32.67
(1) (2) (3) (4)
5 3 3 5 (3) 98, 32.67, 49 (4) 32.67, 49, 98
Q.63 MnO2 + 4H + e  Mn + 2H2O
+ – +3
Q.72 The molar mass of CuSO4.5 H2O is 249. Its equivalent
In the above reaction oxidation number of Mn changes mass in the reaction (a) and (b) would be
from :- (a) Reaction CuSO4 + KI product
(1) + 2 to – 3 (2) + 4 to – 3 (b) Electrolysis of CuSO4 solution.
(3) + 2 to + 3 (4) + 4 to + 3 (1) (a) 249 (b) 249 (2) (a) 124.5 (b) 124.5
(3) (a) 249 (b) 124.5 (4) (a) 124.5 (b) 249
Equivalent weight
Q.64 A compound contains atoms A, B and C. The oxidation Q.73 In the following change, 3Fe + 4H2O Fe3O4 + 4H2
number of A is +2, of B is +5 and of If the atomic weight of iron is 56, then its equivalent
C is –2. The possible formula of the compound is : weight will be :-
(1) ABC2 (2) B2(AC3)2 (1) 42 (2) 21 (3) 63 (4) 84
(3) A3(BC4)2 (4) A3(B4C)2
EXERCISE-IV
Q.1 (2) Q.2 (3) Q.3 (3) Q.4 (2) Q.5 (2) Q.6 (3) Q.7 (3) Q.8 (1) Q.9 (2) Q.10 (1)
Q.11 (1) Q.12 (2) Q.13 (1) Q.14 (3) Q.15 (1) Q.16 (4) Q.17 (2) Q.18 (3) Q.19 (1) Q.20 (2)
Q.21 (3) Q.22 (4) Q.13 (1) Q.24 (3) Q.25 (3) Q.26 (4) Q.27 (3) Q.28 (1) Q.29 (1) Q.30 (4)
Q.31 (2) Q.32 (3) Q.33 (1) Q.34 (4) Q.35 (4) Q.36 (3) Q.37 (1) Q.38 (1) Q.39 (1) Q.40 (3)
Q.41 (4) Q.42 (4) Q.43 (4) Q.44 (2) Q.45 (2) Q.46 (1) Q.47 (1) Q.48 (4) Q.49 (2) Q.50 (3)
Q.51 (2) Q.52 (1) Q.53 (1) Q.54 (3) Q.55 (4) Q.56 (2) Q.57 (4) Q.58 (3) Q.59 (4) Q.60 (1)
Q.61 (3) Q.62 (4) Q.63 (4) Q.64 (3) Q.65 (1) Q.66 (4) Q.67 (1) Q.68 (2) Q.69 (3) Q.70 (3)
Q.71 (1) Q.72 (3) Q.73 (2)