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CSIR NET Chemical Science — Surface Chemistry previous year questions

16 questions · 2012–2021 · all with verified answer · last checked 2026-11-06

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Q1 · June 2021 · 2 marks

In a Langmuir-type adsorption, a solid adsorbs 0.25 mg of a gas when the pressure of the gas is 50 bar and 0.2 mg of the gas at 20 bar pressure. The percentage of surface coverage at 50 bar is close to:
  • (a) 75
  • (b) 38
  • (c) 57
  • (d) 83
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Answer: (d)

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Q2 · June 2021 · 2 marks

Liquid A has half the surface tension and twice the density of liquid B at 30°C. The contact angles of A and B are the same. If A rises 10 cm in a capillary, then the rise (in cm) of liquid B in the same capillary at the same temperature will be equal to
  • (a) 60
  • (b) 10
  • (c) 40
  • (d) 20
    1.(a)2.(b)3.(c)4.(d)5.(b)6.(a)7.(b)
    8.(b)9.(a)10.(b)11.(d)12.(b)13.(d)14.(a)
    15.(c)16.(c)17.(a)18.(a)19.(d)20.(b)21.(c)
    22.(c)23.(b)24.(c)25.(b)26.(b)27.(a)28.(b)
    29.(d)30.(d)31.(a)32.(b)33.(d)34.(c)
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Answer: (c)

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Q3 · Dec 2019 · 2 marks

The order of a surface catalyzed unimolecular reaction, at very low and very high pressures of the reactant, would be, respectively
  • (a) 0,0
  • (b) 1,0
  • (c) 0,1
  • (d) 1,1
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Answer: (b)

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Q4 · June 2019 · 2 marks

Above the critical micelle concentration (CMC), the option which correctly describes the variation of molar conductivity with increase in concentration of sodium dodecylsulphate in aqueous solution is
  • (a) molar conductivity increases sharply, but the solution does not remain colloidal
  • (b) molar conductivity decreases sharply, but the solution remains colloidal
  • (c) molar conductivity decreases sharply and dissociation into monomers also occurs sharply
  • (d) molar conductivity increases sharply with large loss of entropy The above critical Micelle concentration, the aggregation of molecules takes place to form Micelle resulting in the drastic decrease in molar conductivity. The size of aggregation is still in colloidal range.
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Answer: (b)

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Q5 · Dec 2019 · 2 marks

A liquid of density 1.1 \mathrm{g\,cm^{-3}} climbs to a height of 5.0 cm when a capillary with internal radius of 0.2 mm is dipped into it. The surface tension (in \mathrm{N\,m^{-1}}) of the liquid is closest to
  • (a) 0.05
  • (b) 0.108
  • (c) 0.018
  • (d) 0.005
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Answer: (a)

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Q6 · Dec 2019 · 2 marks

The order of a surface catalyzed unimolecular reaction, at very low and very high pressures of the reactant, would be, respectively
  • (a) 0, 0
  • (b) 1, 0
  • (c) 0, 1
  • (d) 1, 1
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Answer: (b)

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Q7 · Dec 2019 · 2 marks

The correct statement about chemisorption is
  • (a) Chemisorption results in multi molecular layer adsorption.
  • (b) Chemisorption is reversible in nature.
  • (c) Chemisorption has lower specificity than physisorption.
  • (d) Chemisorption occurs due to formation of chemical bonds
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Answer: (d)

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Q8 · Dec 2019 · 2 marks

The surface tension of dilute soap solution is lower than that of pure water because
  • (a) soap molecules accumulate more at the surface than in the bulk solution.
  • (b) soap molecules accumulate more in the bulk than on the surface.
  • (c) the soap molecules aggregate uniformly in the bulk and the surface.
  • (d) soap molecules form micellar structures at low concentration.
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Answer: (a)

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Q9 · June 2017 · 2 marks

An intense purple colour (Plasmon band) is exhibited by a colloid consisting of spherical
  • (a) silver particles of 10 mm diameter
  • (b) silicon particles of 5 mm diameter
  • (c) gold particles of 5 nm diameter
  • (d) iron particles of 3 mm diameter
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Answer: (c)

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Q10 · Dec 2016 · 2 marks

When 1 \times 10^{-5} \mathrm{~g} of a fatty acid (\mathrm{M}=602.3 \mathrm{~g} / \mathrm{mol}) was placed on water as a surface film, a monomolecular layer of area 100 cm 2 was formed on compression. The cross-sectional area (in \AA_{2} ) of the acid molecule is
  • (a) 50
  • (b) 100
  • (c) 150
  • (d) 200
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Answer: (b)

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Q11 · June 2016 · 2 marks

When river water containing colloidal clay flows into the sea, the major cause of silting is
  • (a) accumulation of sand at the bottom
  • (b) flocculation and coagulation
  • (c) decreased salinity of sea water
  • (d) micellization
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Answer: (b)

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Q12 · Dec 2015 · 2 marks

Stability of lyophobic dispersions is determined by
  • (a) inter-particle electric double layer repulsion and intra-particle van der Waals attraction
  • (b) inter-particle electric double layer attraction and intra-particle van der Waals repulsion
  • (c) inter-particle excluded volume repulsion and intra-particle van der Waals attraction
  • (d) inter-particle excluded volume attraction and intra-particle van der Waals repulsion Stability of lyophobic dispersions is determined by inter-particle electric double layer repulsion and intra-particle vander waals attraction
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Answer: (a)

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Q13 · June 2014 · 2 marks

For the non dissociative Langmuir type adsorption of a gas on a solid surface at a particular temperature, the fraction of surface coverage is 0.6 at 30 bar. The Langmuir isotherm constant (in \mathrm{bar^{-1}} units) at this temperature is
  • (a) 0.05
  • (b) 0.20
  • (c) 2.0
  • (d) 5.0
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Answer: (a)

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Q14 · June 2012 · 2 marks

Dispersion of a solid in a liquid, a liquid in a gas and a liquid in a liquid are respectively known as
  • (a) Aerosol, emulsion, sol
  • (c) Emulsion, sol, aerosol
  • (b) sol, Aerosol, emulsion
  • (d) Aerosol, sol, emulsion
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Answer: (b)

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Q15 · June 2012 · 2 marks

A dilute silver nitrate solution is added to a slight excess iodide solution. A solution of AgI is formed whose surface adsorbs.
  • (a) \mathrm{I^-}
  • (b) \mathrm{NO_3^-}
  • (c) \mathrm{Na^+}
  • (d) \mathrm{Ag^+}
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Answer: (a)

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Q16 · June 2012 · 2 marks

The adsorption of a gas is described by the Langmuir isotherm with the equilibrium constant K = 0.9 \mathrm{kPa^{-1}} at 25°C. The pressure (in kPa) at which the fractional surface coverage is 0.95, is
  • (a) 1/11.1
  • (b) 21.1
  • (c) 11.1
  • (d) 42.2
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Answer: (b)

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