Chemistry
GATE CY topic:equilibrium PYQs
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Question 65
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The change in entropy of the surroundings (in J K
, rounded off to two decimal places) to convert 1 mol of supercooled water at 263 K to ice at 263 K at 1 bar is [Consider:
at 273 K = 6.0 kJ mol
, and the molar heat capacity of water is higher than that of ice by 37.0 J K
mol
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The equilibrium constant for the reaction
3 NO (g) ⇌ N₂O (g) + NO₂ (g)
at 25 °C is closest to:
[ΔG° = −104.18 kJ; R = 8.314 J mol⁻¹ K⁻¹]
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The phase diagram of CO₂ is shown below:

The correct statement(s) about CO₂ is/are:
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A reversible heat engine absorbs 20 kJ of heat from a source at 500 K and dissipates it to the reservoir at 400 K. The efficiency of the heat engine is ______ %.
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The change in enthalpy (ΔH) for the reaction
2 P (s) + 3 Br₂ (l) → 2 PBr₃ (l)
is −243 kJ. In this reaction, if the amount of phosphorus consumed is 3.1 g, the change in enthalpy (rounded off to two decimal places) is ______ kJ.
[Atomic Wt. of P = 31]
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A 5 V battery delivers a steady current of 1.5 A for a period of 2 h. The total charge that has passed through the circuit is ______ Coulombs.
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In an electrochemical cell, Ag⁺ ions in AgNO₃ are reduced to Ag metal at the cathode and Cu is oxidized to Cu²⁺ at the anode. A current of 0.7 A is passed through the cell for 10 min. The mass (in grams) of silver deposited and copper dissolved, respectively, are:
[Faraday Constant = 96,485 C mol⁻¹, Atomic Weight of Ag = 107.9, Atomic Weight of Cu = 63.55]
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Hexane and heptane are completely miscible. At 25 °C, the vapor pressures of hexane and heptane are 0.198 atm and 0.06 atm, respectively. The mole fractions of hexane and heptane in the vapor phase for a solution containing 4 M hexane and 6 M heptane, respectively, are:
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The vapor pressure of toluene (Mol. Wt. = 92) is 0.13 atm at 25 °C. If 6 g of a hydrocarbon is dissolved in 92 g of toluene, the vapor pressure drops to 0.12 atm. The molar mass of the hydrocarbon (rounded off to the nearest integer) is ________.
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The reaction
CO (g) + Cl₂ (g) ⇌ COCl₂ (g)
at 500 °C, with initial pressures of 0.7 bar of CO and 1.0 bar of Cl₂, is allowed to reach equilibrium. The partial pressure of COCl₂ (g) at equilibrium is 0.15 bar. The equilibrium constant for this reaction at 500 °C (rounded off to two decimal places) is ______________.
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