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Chemical Reactions: SSC CGL Chemistry

Chemical Reactions has 16 questions in the SSC CGL Tier I bank: one from the 2023 shifts and 15 from the 2024 shifts, and none from the 2025 shifts. They describe a school experiment and ask its type or product, track oxidation and reduction, or ask a reaction's order. One page covers all three, with the textbook examples SSC uses.

The handout has every subtopic, worked example, formula and trap with answers shown. The formula sheet is the chapter’s formulas and traps alone, on one page.

Subtopic notes

Formula & revision sheet

0 formulas · 3 reference tables · 3 gotchas across all subtopics — the exam-eve cheat-sheet

Types of Reactions, Redox and Rates

Reference tables (3)

Types of reaction and their examples6 rows
ExampleType or product
Quicklime and waterCombination; Ca(OH)2Q
Heating lead nitrateBrown NO2 fumesQ
Silver chloride in sunlightDecomposes; turns greyQ
Curdling of milkChemical changeQ
Fats going badRancidificationQ
Diazonium salt with CuClSandmeyer reactionQ
Oxidation and reduction3 rows
PointFact
In NH3 burningN oxidised, O reducedQ
Not a redox decompositionCalcium carbonateQ
Combustion with oxygenLavoisierQ
Order of a reaction and temperature4 rows
OrderRate depends on
ZeroNothing; surface saturatedQ
FirstConcentration to the power 1
NH3 on hot PtZero orderQ
10 degree riseRate constant about doublesQ

Watch out for (3)

PYQ weightage by concept

3 concepts · 16 PYQs — where the marks actually sit, so you know what to drill first

Types of Reactions, Redox and Rates16 PYQs · 100%
ConceptPYQsShare
Types of reaction and their examples850%
Oxidation and reduction425%
Order of a reaction and temperature425%

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