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Below are the scanned copy of Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) Question Paper with answer keys of Exam Name 'Assistant Scientist in Kerala State Pollution Control Board' And exam conducted in the year 2023. And Question paper code was '096/2023'. Medium of question paper was in Malayalam or English . Booklet Alphacode was 'A'. Answer keys are given at the bottom, but we suggest you to try answering the questions yourself and compare the key along wih to check your performance. Because we would like you to do and practice by yourself.
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Which of the following statements is true for the compounds | and II where
| = [CoFg]°~ and ۱ = [NiFg]? ?
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) Both | and II are paramagnetic
) Both | and II are diamagnetic
) Lis paramagnetic and II is diamagnetic
) Lis diamagnetic and II is paramagnetic
For a complex [Mn(H,0),]** average value of B is calculated to be 782 em! from
the . The value of B for free Mn?* is 960 cm~. The value of nephelauxetic
ratio is
A) Orgel diagram,1.227
B) Orgel diagram, 0.814
C) Tanabe-Sugano diagram, 1.227
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D) Tanabe-Sugano diagram, 0.814
Hydrous oxide precipitate of aluminium for gravimetric estimation is best made by
A) Addition of urea B) Addition of ethyl oxalate
C) Direct hydrolysis using H*, 1120 D) Direct hydrolysis using OH”, ۳٢٥
An o,f — unsaturated ketone of relative molecular mass 110 has an absorption band
with ಸ್ಟ = 215 nm and <= 10,000. A solution of this showed A = 2 in a 1 cm cell.
Calculate the concentration of the ketone in g/L.
^) 22.104 8) 223105 C) 2x 10°? 2) 22൨0൦5
Consider a column chromatogram with 2 peaks of width 1.11 and 1.21. The retention
time (in minutes) for the first signal is 16.4 and for the second is 17.6. What is the
column resolution ?
A) 1.2 B) 1.07 C) 1.06 D) 1.01
The signal for methylene protons in the proton NMR of benzyl bromide is at 5 4.6 ppm.
Calculate the difference in frequency (in Hz) between this and TMS signal in a
300 MHz instrument.
A) 1360 B) 1380 C) 13800 D) 13600