CHE-02

ASSIGNMENT BOOKLET
Bachelors Degree Programme (B.Sc.)
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(Valid from 1st January, 2015 to 31st December, 2015)

It is Compulsory to submit the Assignment before filling in the

Term-End Examination Form.

Please Note
You can take electives (56 to 64 credits) from a minimum of TWO and a
maximum of FOUR science disciplines, viz. Physics, Chemistry, Life
Sciences and Mathematics.
You can opt for elective courses worth a MINIMUM OF 8 CREDITS and a
MAXIMUM OF 48 CREDITS from any of these four disciplines.
At least 25% of the total credits that you register for in the elective
courses from Life Sciences, Chemistry and Physics disciplines must be
from the laboratory courses. For example, if you opt for a total of 64
credits of electives in these 3 disciplines, at least 16 credits should be
from lab courses.
You cannot appear in the Term-End
Examination of any course without
registering for the course and unless you have submitted the assignment.
Otherwise, your result will not be declared and the onus will be on you.

School of Sciences
Indira Gandhi National Open University

New Delhi
(2015)

Dear Student,
We hope, you are familiar with the system of evaluation to be followed for the Bachelors Degree
Programme. At this stage you may probably like to re-read the section on assignments in the
Programme Guide that we sent you after your enrolment. A weightage of 30 per cent, as you are
aware, has been earmarked for continuous evaluation, which would consist of one tutor-marked
assignment. The assignment is based on Blocks 1, 2, 3 and 4.
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i)

The Assignment is valid from 1st January, 2015 to 31st December, 2015.

ii)

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iii)

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Tutor Marked Assignment

INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
An Elective Course in Chemistry
Course Code: CHE-02
Assignment Code: CHE-02/TMA/2015
Maximum Marks: 100

Note: *

Q.1

Q.2

Q.3

Q.4

Q.5

Q.6

Q.7

This assignment is based on all the four Blocks of the entire course.

All questions are compulsory. Marks for the questions are shown against them within
brackets.

Please answer in your own words; do not copy from the course material.

(a)

There are unequal number of elements in the periods in the Periodic Table,
explain.

(5)

(b)

What is meant by effective nuclear charge? What are the factors that determine the
effective nuclear charge? How is it calculated?
(5)

(a)

What is understood by hydrogen bonding? How does hydrogen bonding? How does
hydrogen bonding affect the properties of compounds? How many types of hydrogen
bonding are there?
(5)

(b)

What are alkali metals? Why do these metals not occur in free state in nature? List
the principal ores of alkali metals.
(5)

(a)

Why is beryllium hydride polymeric in nature? Discuss the structure of polymeric

beryllium hydride.
(5)

(b)

At normal temperature, the trihalides of boron are all monomeric compounds whereas
those of aluminium, except AlF3, are dimeric solids, explain.
(5)

Explain the following:

(i)

Carbon can form acetylides and methanides, while the other elements in the group are
unable to do so.
(2)

(ii)

Hydrogen peroxide is used for restoring paintings.

(3)

(iii)

Trimethylamine has a pyramidal structure while trisilyamine has a

planar structure.

(5)

(a)

Discuss biological and artificial modes of fixation of nitrogen.

(5)

(b)

Describe the structure of sulphuric acid and explain the reasons of shortening of S-O
bonds in the molecule.
(5)

(a)

What is hydrazoic acid? Why are the ionic azides more stable than the covalent azides
and hydrazoic acid?
(5)

(b)

The oxidising power of halogens decreases down the group in the Periodic Table,
explain.
(5)

(a)

Discuss the basic properties of halogens.

(5)

Q.8

Q.9

Q.10

(b)

Write the reactions of fluorides of xenon with water.

(5)

(a)

Describe the clathrates of noble gases.

(5)

(b)

What is the reason for the configurations [Ar]3d54s1 & [Ar]3d104s1?

(1)

(c)

Why does the ionisation of two or more electrons from an atom of a transition
element take place with the removal of s electrons in preference to the d electrons?
(4)

(a)

What would be the calculated magnetic moment of [Ni(H2O)6]2+ ?

(3)

(b)

What kind of metals are extracted by electrometallurgy? Give an example.

(2)

(c)

In the later actinides, why does the +3 state become predominent?

(2)

(d)

What is YAG and what are its uses?

(3)

(a)

What is hydrate isomerism? Explain with suitable examples.

(3)

(b)

What is the assumption of VBT?

(1)

(c)

What does give rise to the angular momentum of an atom? Give reason why does
the spin angular momentum becomes zero in certain cases.
(3)

(d)

Write a note on Zone refining.

(3)