LONG ANSWER TYPE OF QUESTIONS (5 MARKS) Class 10 Supports Answers

1. White wash was being done at Mukesh’s house. Mukesh saw that the painter added quick lime to drum having water. Mukesh touched outer surface of drum, it was unbelievably hot.

Mukesh observed that the painter added quick lime (calcium oxide, CaO) to water, resulting in an exothermic reaction.

(a) Write the chemical equation for above reaction.

  • CaO+ H2O → Ca(OH)2 (Calcium oxide reacts with water to form calcium hydroxide, commonly known as limewater.)

(b) What type of reaction is it?:

  • This is a combination reaction, where two reactants combine to form a single product.

(c) This reaction is exothermic or endothermic. Justify your answer:

  • This reaction is exothermic. When quick lime (CaO) reacts with water, it releases a significant amount of heat, causing the temperature of the surroundings (the drum’s outer surface) to rise. This release of heat is characteristic of an exothermic reaction.

2. Write down the balanced chemical equation for the following:

(a) Silver chloride is decomposed in presence of sunlight to give silver and chlorine gas.

  • Decomposition of Silver Chloride in Sunlight: 2AgCl→ 2Ag+Cl2(Silver chloride decomposes in the presence of sunlight to form silver and chlorine gas.)

(b) Calcium oxide reacts with water to give lime water.

Reaction of Calcium Oxide with Water: CaO+H2O→Ca(OH)2\text{CaO} + \text{H}_2\text{O} \rightarrow \text{Ca(OH)}_2CaO+H2​O→Ca(OH)2​ (Calcium oxide reacts with water to form calcium hydroxide, also known as limewater.)

(c) Sodium hydroxide reacts with hydrochloric acid to give sodium chloride and water.

  • Reaction of Sodium Hydroxide with Hydrochloric Acid: NaOH+HCl→NaCl+H2O (Sodium hydroxide reacts with hydrochloric acid to form sodium chloride and water. This is a neutralization reaction.)

(d) Dil. hydrochloric acid is added to copper oxide to give green coloured copper chloride and water.

  • Reaction of Dilute Hydrochloric Acid with Copper Oxide: CuO+2HCl→CuCl2+H2O (Copper oxide reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid to form green-colored copper chloride and water.)

(e) Solution of barium chloride and sodium sulphate in water reacts to give insoluble Barium sulphate and solution of Sodium chloride

  • Reaction of Barium Chloride with Sodium Sulfate: BaCl2+Na2SO4→BaSO4+2NaCl (A solution of barium chloride reacts with a solution of sodium sulfate to form an insoluble precipitate of barium sulfate and a solution of sodium chloride. This is a double displacement reaction.)

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