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What are tranquilisers?

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Tranquilisers are a class of chemical compounds used for the treatment of stress , and mild or even severe mental diseases. These are neurologically active drugs .These relieve anziety stress, irritability or excitement by including a sense of well -being .They form an essential component of sleeping pills. e.g .Iproniazid and phenelzine .
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ARIHANT PUBLICATION-EXAMINATION PAPER 2018-GROUP B
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  2. Give two difference between crystalline and amorphous solids.

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  3. What are antibiotics? Writedown the name of two antibiotics.

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  4. Write the IUPAC name of the following compounds . (a) [Co(NH(3))(6)]...

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  5. With an example, explain roasting.

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  6. 50 ml ofN/10 NaOH. solution, 100 ml of N/5NaOH solution and 500ml of N...

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  7. Explain why HCl is a gas and HF is a liquid at room temperature.

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  8. How can you convert ethanol to ethene ?

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  9. What are tranquilisers?

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  10. Prove that for a 1st order reaction, the time taken for 99% completion...

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  11. What are addition and condensation polymerisation? Give one example of...

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  12. What is a semiconductor? What aren-type and p-type semiconductors?

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  13. Explain why transition metal ions are usually coloured.

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  14. Explain the amphoteric behaviour of amino acids.

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  15. Differentiate between multimolecular and macromolecular colloids.

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  16. Boiling point of water is 100^@C. Calculate the boiling point of an aq...

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  17. What is lanthanide contraction? Write any two of its consequences.

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  18. FeSO4, solution mixed with (NH4)2SO4, solution in 1:1 molar ratio give...

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  19. Why phenol is acidic in nature ?

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  20. Explain the Hofnann bromamide reaction with one example.

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