UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist
Chemist
- 3 descriptive papers
- 200 marks each
- 3 h per paper
Mains Paper I covers inorganic chemistry.
All years
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Mains Paper I, inorganic chemistry
Solution, 2016
UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist, Stage II (Mains). 17 pages. Questions 1, 3, 5, 6, 9 and 10 are answered.
Every question of 2016, one page each38 parts in 11 questions, with the question as text and the key points of its answer
Question 1 50 marks
- 1(a)Occurrence of lithium5 marks
- 1(b)Bond order and ionisation5 marks
- 1(c)Solvent levelling5 marks
- 1(d)Disproportionation and its reverse5 marks
- 1(e)Interpreting the redox data5 marks
- 1(f)Existence of hydrogen and helium dimers5 marks
- 1(g)Packing fraction5 marks
- 1(h)Square-planar geometrical isomers5 marks
- 1(i)Ground term and angular momenta5 marks
- 1(j)Effective atomic number5 marks
Question 2 30 marks
Question 3 30 marks
Question 4 30 marks
Question 5 30 marks
Question 6 30 marks
Question 7 30 marks
Question 8 30 marks
Question 9 30 marks
Question 10 30 marks
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UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist (Main) Chemistry Paper I: Model Answers 2021 to 2025
The book has all five years of Paper I in one volume, with all eleven questions of every paper answered, the question printed above each answer, a time plan for each paper, the topic-wise weightage of marks and a topic-wise index.