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Acidic, basic or amphoteric nature of vanadium and chromium oxides

This type of question, asked 6 times: 2021 Paper 20, 31 Jan 2023, 31 Jan 2024, 28 Jan 2025, 4 Apr 2025, 7 Apr 2025. All 7 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    2021 Paper 20

    44
    The nature of oxides V2O3V_{2}O_{3} and CrOCrO is indexed as ' XX ' and ' YY ' type respectively. The correct set of XX and YY is:

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  2. Question 2

    31 Jan 2023

    47
    The correct order of basicity of oxides of vanadium is

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  3. Question 3

    31 Jan 2024

    138
    Choose the correct statements from the following (A) Mn2O7Mn_{2}O_{7} is an oil at room temperature (B) V2O4V_{2}O_{4} reacts with acid to give VO22+VO_{2}^{2 +} (C) CrO is a basic oxide (D) V2O5V_{2}O_{5} does not react with acid Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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  4. Question 4

    28 Jan 2025

    102
    The amphoteric oxide among V2O3, V2O4V_{2}O_{3},{\text{ }V}_{2}O_{4} and V2O5V_{2}O_{5} upon reaction with alkali leads to formation of an oxide anion. The oxidation state of V in the oxide anion is :

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  5. Question 5

    4 Apr 2025

    116
    ' X ' is the number of electrons in t2 gt_{2\text{ }g} orbitals of the most stable complex ion among [Fe(NH3)6]3+\left\lbrack Fe\left( NH_{3} \right)_{6} \right\rbrack^{3 +}, [FeCl6]3−, [Fe(C2O4)3]3−\left\lbrack FeCl_{6} \right\rbrack^{3 -},\ \left\lbrack Fe\left( C_{2}O_{4} \right)_{3} \right\rbrack^{3 -} and  [Fe(H2O)6]3+\ \left\lbrack Fe\left( H_{2}O \right)_{6} \right\rbrack^{3 +}. The nature of oxide of vanadium of the type V2OXV_{2}O_{X} is:

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  6. Question 6

    7 Apr 2025

    39
    The first transition series metal ' MM ' has the highest enthalpy of atomisation in its series. One of its aquated ion ( Mn+M^{n +} ) exists in green colour. The nature of the oxide formed by the above Mn+M^{n +} ion is :

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  7. Question 7

    7 Apr 2025

    109
    ' X ' is the number of acidic oxides among VO2VO_{2}, V2O3,CrO3, V2O5V_{2}O_{3},CrO_{3},{\text{ }V}_{2}O_{5} and Mn2O7Mn_{2}O_{7}. The primary valency of cobalt in [Co(H2NCH2CH2NH2)3]2(SO4)3\left\lbrack Co\left( H_{2}NCH_{2}CH_{2}NH_{2} \right)_{3} \right\rbrack_{2}\left( SO_{4} \right)_{3} is Y . The value of X+YX + Y is :

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