📖 12th Chemistry Top 20 Two Mark Questions – Most Repeated (2025)
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The 12th Chemistry Top 20 Two Mark Questions Guide is designed to help Tamil Nadu 12th Public Exam 2025 students prepare effectively. It contains chapter-wise, most frequently asked 2-mark questions, compiled from previous year public exams, model tests, and textbook exercises. These frequently repeated questions are crucial for scoring high marks in the 2-mark section.
12th Chemistry top 20 Repeated Two Marks
- Calculate the number of atoms in an FCC/BCC unit cell. – 4 times
- Distinguish between ores and minerals. – 3 times
- Give the uses of Borax. – 3 times
- What is the inert pair effect? – 3 times
- Which is more stable, Fe³⁺ or Fe²⁺? Why? – 3 times
- Explain pseudo-first order reaction with an example. – 3 times
- State Faraday’s first law of electrolysis. – 3 times
- What are the limitations of VB theory? – 3 times
- Write Arrhenius equation and explain the terms involved.3 Times
- How will you identify the borate radical? – 2 times
- Write the Kolbe’s reaction. – 2 times
- Write the uses of silicones. – 2 times
- Explain the common ion effect with an example. – 2 times
- What is Chloropicrin? How is it prepared? – 2 times
- Why does ZnO turn yellow on heating? – 2 times
- What is Auto-reduction? Give an example. – 2 times
- Explain the Mond’s process of refining Nickel. – 2 times
- Sulphuric acid is a dibasic acid. Prove it. – 2 times
- Write the Mustard oil reaction. – 2 times
- What are epimers? Give an example. – 2 times
- Define solubility product. – 2 times
- How will malachite green be prepared from benzaldehyde? – 2 times
- How is Teflon prepared? – 2 times
- Write the Rosenmund reduction reaction. Mention the role of BaSO₄. – 2 times
- Explain Brownian movement. – 2 times
- What is metal deficiency defect? Give an example. – 2 times
- What are interstitial compounds? – 2 times
- What is the role of limestone in the extraction of iron from its oxide Fe₂O₃? – 2 times
- What are the factors affecting adsorption? – 2 times
- Define Autocatalysis. – 2 times
- Calculate the standard emf of the given cell at 25°C. – 2 times
- What are the various steps involved in the extraction of pure metals from their ores? – 2 times
- What is meant by Burnt Alum? – 2 times
- Write the differences between minerals and ores. – 2 times
- What is the ionic product of water? Give its value. – 2 times
- What is meant by the term “Coordination number”? What is the coordination number of atoms in a BCC structure? – 2 times
- List out the properties of interhalogen compounds. – 2 times
- Define rate law and rate constant.
- Calculate the number of atoms in BCC unit cell.
- Kohlrausch law?
- Carbylamine reactions?
- How is nylon 66 prepared?
- Define Centre of Mass? – 2 times
Other Important Two Marks
- Describe the role of the following in the process mentioned:
- Define Unit cell.
- Demerits of V.B Theory.
- Calculate the molar conductance of 0.01 M aqueous KCl solution at 25°C.
- How will you prepare p-hydroxy azo benzene?
- What is chloro picric? How will you prepare?
- Define gram equivalent conductance.
- Write the limitations of the Ellingham diagram?
- Calculate the number of atoms in an FCC (Face-Centered Cubic) unit cell.
- What happens when a colloidal sol of Fe(OH)₃ and As₂O₃ are mixed?
- How will you prepare Malachite green from benzaldehyde?
- Write any two uses of formic acid.
- What is Gravity separation?
- Explain the Chromyl Chloride test.
- Write the equation when ter-butyl methyl ether is allowed to react with 1 mole of HI.
- Show that in the case of a first-order reaction, the time required for 99.9% completion is nearly ten times the half-life of the reaction.
- List out the factors that affect electrolytic conductance.
- Why does conductivity of a solution decrease on dilution?
- What is meant by the Tyndall effect?
- From the following reaction, identify A and B.
- Classify the following as linear, branched, cross-linked polymer, or copolymer:
- a) Bakelite
- b) Nylon
- c) Polythene
- d) SBR rubber (Buna-S)
- Convert glycerol to acrolein.
- Write the IUPAC name and ligand name for the following:
- a) CO₄²⁻
- b) H₂O
- Write Schotten-Baumann reaction.
- Write the IUPAC name of the following compounds:
- • CH₂=CH-CH₂OH
- • C₆H₅-O-C₂H₅
- The rate constant of a first-order reaction is 1.54×10⁻³ s⁻¹. Find its half-life period.
- What are the various processes to prevent corrosion?
- Write the tests for phenol.
- Explain Popoff’s rule.
- Draw the structure of HNO₃ and HNO₂ (Fischer projection).
- Explain why Cr²⁺ is strongly reducing while Mn³⁺ is strongly oxidizing.
- Sodium metal crystallizes in a BCC structure with the edge length of the unit cell as 3.0×10⁻⁸ cm. Calculate the radius of the sodium atom.
- Account for the acidic nature of HClO in terms of Bronsted-Lowry theory. Identify its conjugate base.
- Identify the product(s) formed when 1-methoxy propane is heated with excess HI.
- Write Knoevenagel reaction.
- A solution of silver nitrate is electrolyzed for 20 minutes with a current of 2 amperes. Calculate the mass of silver deposited at the cathode.
- Define buffer solution.
- How does glycerol react with KHSO₄?
- What are antibiotics? Give an example.