Class: X FIRST 50% PORTIONS TEST Subject: Chemistry

CHEMICAL REACTIONS AND EQUATIONS / METALS AND NON METALS

I ANSWER TH EFOLLOWING QUESTIONS
1. Which of the following metal has highest melting point?
(a) Copper (b) Silver (c) Sodium (d) Tungsten
2. The composition of aqua-regia is
(a) Dil.HCl : Conc. HNO3 :: 3 : 1 (b) Conc. HCl : Dil. HNO3 :: 3 : 1
(c) Conc. HCl : Conc. HNO3 :: 3:1
3. Which of the following is a characteristic of metals?
(a) They have one to three valence electrons
(b) They have 4 to 8 valence electrons
(c) They are brittle (d) They are capable to form anions easily
4. An alloy is
(a) an element (b) a compound
(c) a homogeneous mixture (d) a heterogeneous mixture
5. Beakers A B, and C contain zinc sulphate, silver nitrate and iron (II) sulphate
solutions respectively. Copper pieces are added to each beaker. Blue colour will
appear in case of
(a) beaker A (b) beaker B (c) beaker C (d) all the beakers
6. In each test tubes A B, ,C and D, 2mL of solution of Al2 43 ( ) SO in water
was filled. Clean pieces of zinc was placed in test tube A, clean iron nail was put
in test tube B , silver (Ag) was placed in test tube C and a clean copper wire was
placed in test tube D. Which of the following option (s) is/are correct about
above experiment?
(a) Zinc is more reactive than aluminium
(b) Copper is more reactive than aluminium
(c) Zinc is more reactive than copper
(d) Zinc, iron, silver and copper are less reactive than aluminium
7. Hydrogen gas is not widely used as a reducing agent because
(a) hydrogen decomposes to atomic hydrogen at higher temperature
(b) risk of explosion with water
(c) hydrogen isomerises to ortho hydrogen at higher temperature.
(d) many metals form hydrides at lower temperatures.
8. Froth floatation method is used for the concentration of-
(a) oxide ores (b) sulphide ores (c) sulphate ors (d) halide ores
9. Removal of impurities from ore is known as-
(a) crushing and grinding (b) concentration of ore (c) calcinations (d) roasting
10. Which of the following pairs will give displacement reactions?
(a) ZnSO4 solution and Aluminium metal
(b) MgCl2 Solution and aluminium metal
(c) FeSO4 solution and silver metal
(d) AgNO3 solution and copper metal
11. Which of the following is a physical change?
(a) Formation of curd from milk (b) Ripening of fruits
(c) Getting salt from sea water (d) Burning of wood
12. What happens when copper rod is dipped in iron sulphate solution?
(a) Copper displaces iron (b) Blue colour of copper sulphate solution is obtained
(c) No reaction takes place (d) Reaction is exothermic
13. Black and white photography uses-
(a) decomposition of silver chloride (b) decomposition of silver bromide
(c) both (d) none of these
14. A reddish brown coloured metal used in electric wires, when powdered and
heated strongly in an open China dish, its colour turns black. When hydrogen gas
is passed over this black substances, it regain its original colour. Based on this
information, the metal and black coloured substances are
(a) copper and copper nitrate (b) silver and silver oxide
(c) copper and copper oxide (d) aluminium and aluminium oxide
15. When copper powder is heated it gets coated with-
(a) black copper oxide (b) yellow copper oxide
(c) red copper oxide (d) None of these
16. A student added dilute HCl to a test tube containing zinc granules and made
following observations :
(a) the zinc surface became dull and black
(b) a gas evolved which burnt with a pop sound
(c) the solution remained colourless
(d) the solution becomes green in colour
17. A substance which oxidises itself and reduces other is known as –
(a) oxidising agent (b) reducing agent (c) both of these (d) none of these
18. Which one of the following involve a chemical reaction?
(a) Evaporation of water (b) Storing on nitrogen gas under pressure
(c) Keeping petrol in a China dish in open
(d) Heating magnesium wire in the presence of air at high temperature
19. When hydrogen sulphide gas is passed through a blue solution of copper
sulphate, a black precipitate of copper sulphide is obtained and the sulphuric acid
so formed remains in the solution. The reaction is an example of-
(a) a combination reaction (b) a displacement reaction
(c) a decomposition reaction (d) a double decomposition reaction
20. A dilute solution of sodium carbonate was added to two test tubes - one
containing dil HCl
(a) and the other containing dilute NaOH(b). The correct observation was-
(a) a brown coloured gas liberated in test tube A
(b) a brown coloured gas liberated in test tube B
(c) a colourless gas liberated in test tube A
(d) a colourless gas liberated in test tube B
II DIRECTION : In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is
followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
(a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the correct
explanation of assertion (A).
(b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true but reason (R) is not the correct
explanation of assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true.
(e) Both Assertion and Reason are false.
1. Assertion : Different metals have different reactivities with water and dilute
acids.
Reason : Reactivity of a metal depends on its position in the reactivity series.
2. Assertion : Gas bubbles are observed when sodium carbonate is added to
dilute hydrochloric acid
Reason : Carbon dioxide is given off in the reaction
3. Assertion : Platinum, gold and silver are used to make jewellery.
Reason : Platinum, gold and silver are least reactive metals
4. Assertion : Zinc is used in the galvanisation of iron.
Reason : Its coating on iron articles increases their life by protecting them
from rusting.
5. Assertion : Leaching is a process of reduction.
Reason : Leaching involves treatment of the ore with a suitable reagent so as
to make it soluble while impurities remains insoluble.
6. Assertion(A) : Brown fumes are produced when lead nitrate is heated.
Reason (R) : Nitrogen dioxide gas is produced as a by product due to the
decomposition of lead nitrate.
7. Assertion : Quicklime reacts vigorously with water releasing a large amount
of heat.
Reason : The above chemical reaction is an exothermic reaction.
8. Assertion : Stannous chloride is a powerful oxidising agent which oxidises
mercuric chloride to mercury.
Reason : Stannous chloride gives grey precipitate with mercuric chloride, but
stannic chloride does not do so.
9. Assertion (A) : Carbon dioxide turns lime water milky.
Reason (R) : Carbon dioxide sullies the water.
10. Assertion (A) : To dilute sulphuric acid, acid is added to water and not
water to acid.
Reason (R) : Specific heat of water is quite large.