Max Marks: 50 (End Semester: 35, Internal Assessment: 15)
Pass Marks: 35%
Credits: 02 (40 hrs; 3 hrs/week)
Time Allowed: 3 hrs
📝 Instructions
🧑🏫 For the Paper-Setter
The question paper will consist of three sections: A, B, and C.
Sections A and B will have four questions each from their respective syllabus sections, carrying 6 marks each.
Section C will contain 11 short-answer questions, each worth 1 mark, covering the entire syllabus.
Use of scientific non-programmable calculators is allowed. 🖩
🎓 For the Candidates
Candidates must attempt five questions in total.
Select two questions each from Sections A and B.
Additionally, answer the compulsory question from Section C. 🖋️
📘 Syllabus
Section A ⚛️
Atomic Structure:
de Broglie's matter waves, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, atomic orbitals, Schrodinger wave equation, quantum numbers, shapes of s, p, d orbitals, Aufbau and Pauli exclusion principles, Hund's rule, and electronic configurations (first 20 elements). 🧬
Periodic Properties:
Periodic table position, effective nuclear charge calculations, atomic/ionic radii, ionization energy, electron affinity, and electronegativity - definitions and trends. 📈
Chemistry of Noble Gases:
Chemical properties, xenon chemistry, structure, and bonding in xenon compounds. 🔬
s-Block Elements:
General electronic configurations, comparative study, diagonal relationships, solvation, and complexation tendencies, including their biological functions. 🌿
Section B 🔗
Chemical Bonding-I:
Covalent bond - Valence bond theory (VBT) and its limitations, hybridization, shapes of inorganic molecules/ions (e.g., BeF, BF, CH4, SF, XeF4). 🧪
Chemical Bonding-II
Valence shell electron pair repulsion (VSEPR) theory to NH3, H₂O, SF4, CIF, ICI and H₂O. MO theory, homonuclear (elements and ions of 1st and 2nd row), and heteronuclear (BO, CN, CO, NO, CO, CN), diatomic molecules, multicenter bonding in electron deficient molecule (Boranes) percentage ionic character from dipole moment and electronegativity difference (qualitative analysis).
📚 Books Recommended
J.D. Lee: 'Concise Inorganic Chemistry', Oxford University Press. 📖
F.A. Cotton, G. Wilkinson: 'Advanced Inorganic Chemistry', Wiley. 📚