List of top Physical Chemistry Questions asked in Indian Institute Of Technology Joint Admission Test for MSc

The number of signals observed in the $^1H NMR$ spectrum of the compound

is _________.

Iron is extracted from its ore via the reaction
$Fe_2O_3, + 3 CO→ 2 Fe + 3CO_2$
The volume of CO (at STP) required to produce 1 kg of iron is ________liters. (round off to the nearest integer)
[Given: Atomic wt. of Fe = 56; assume STP to be 0 °C and 1 atm]

At constant volume, 1.0 kJ of heat is transferred to 2 moles of an ideal gas at 1 atm and 298 K. The final temperature of the ideal gas is ____K. (round off to one decimal place)
[Given: R = 8.314 J K^-1 mol^-1]

A galvanic electrochemical cell made of Zn²⁺/Zn and Cu²⁺/Cu half-cells produces 1.10 V at 25°C. The ratio of |Zn²⁺| to |Cu²⁺| is maintained at 1.0. The ΔG° for the reaction when 1.0 mol of Zn gets dissolved is____kJ. (round off to the nearest integer)
[Given: Faraday's constant = 96485 C mol^-1]

The pH of an aqueous buffer prepared using CH3COOH and CH3COO Na⁺ is 4.80.
The quantity \(\frac{[CH_3COO^-]-[CH_3COOH]}{[CH_3COOH]}\) is _____. (round off to three decimal places)
[Given: pK_a of CH₃COOH in water is 4.75]

At constant temperature, 6.40 g of a substance dissolved in 78 g of benzene decreases the vapor pressure of benzene from 0.125 atm to 0.119 atm. The molar mass of the substance is ____g mol^-1. (round off to one decimal place)
[Given: Mol. wt. of benzene = 78 g mol^-1]

Two close lying bands in a UV spectrum occur at 274 nm and 269 nm. The magnitude of the energy gap between the two bands is ____cm^-1. (round off to the nearest integer)

The nature of interaction involved at the gas-solid interface in physisorption is

For the reaction
$H_2PO_2^- (aq) + OH^- (aq) → HPO_3^{2-} (aq) + H_2(g)$
the rate expression is $k[H_2PO_2 ][OH ]^2$. If the concentration of $H_2PO_2^-$ is