When magnesium ribbon burns in air, it burns with:

a) Blue flame
b) Yellow flame
c) White flame
d) Bright red flame

Why should a magnesium ribbon be cleaned before burning in

air?
You must have observed that magnesium ribbon burns with a
dazzling white flame and changes into a white powder,It is
formed due to the reaction between

a) magnesium and oxygen

b) magnesium and Nitrogen
c) magnesium and carbon dioxide
d) magnesium and Carbon monoxide
 Consider the following statements
a. When calcium oxide reacts with water, it forms quick lime.
b. It is an exothermic reaction and requires heat as a driving energy.
Which of the above statements are/is incorrect?

A. A only
B. B only
C. Both are correct
D. Both are incorrect
When the vegetable matter turns into compost,
which of the following reaction/s is/are involved?

a) Combination reaction
b) Decomposition reaction
c) Combination and exothermic reaction
d) Decomposition and exothermic reaction
Which of the following is water gas?

a) CO + H₂
b) CO + N₂
c) CO + H₂0
d) CO + NH₃
Which of the following is solid?

a) Fe2O3
b) SO2
c) SO3
d) CO2
Which among the following is a example of
Decomposition Reaction

a) 2FeSO4(s) Heat → Fe2O3(s) + SO2(g) + SO3(g)

b) CaO(s) + H2O(l) → Ca(OH)2(aq) + Hea
c) Fe(s) + CuSO4(aq) → FeSO4(aq) + Cu(s
d) Na2SO4(aq) + BaCl2(aq) → BaSO4(s) + 2NaCl(aq)
white silver chloride turns grey in sunlight. This is
due to the ------------------- of silver chloride into
silver and chlorine by light.

a) Displacement
b) decomposition
c) Combination
d) Double Displacement
Name the chemical used in black and white photography.

a) silver chloride
b) silver bromide
c) Lead oxide
d) Both 1 and 2
Take about 2g barium hydroxide in a test tube. Add 1 g of
ammonium chloride and mix with the help of a glass rod. Touch
the bottom of the test tube with your palm. What will you
observe.

a) Bottom of test tube will feel cold as heat is released

b) Bottom of test tube will feel hot as heat is absorbed
c) Bottom of test tube will feel cold as heat is absorbed
d) Bottom of test tube will feel hot as heat is released.
Why does the iron nail become brownish in colour and the
blue colour of copper sulphate solution fades in a reaction
between both?

a) Because of Displacement Reaction

b) Because of Double Displacement reaction
c) Because of combination reaction
d) None of these
What is observed when a solution of potassium iodide
is added to a solution of lead nitrate taken in a test
tube?

a) The precipitation of a bluish solid is observed

b) the precipitation of a brown solid is observed
c) the precipitation of a grey solid is observed
d) the precipitation of a yellowish solid is observed
When Copper powder is heated in a china dish the surface of
copper powder becomes coated with black coloured substance.
Why has this black substance formed?

a) Oxidation of copper to copper oxide

b) Reduction of copper to copper oxide
c) Combination of copper to copper oxide
d) None of the above
Which of the following is correct?
1.When oxygen is added to copper it becomes copper oxide which is black in
colour.
2.If hydrogen gas is passed over copper oxide, the black coating on the surface
turns brown .
3.If a substance gains oxygen or loses hydrogen during a reaction, it is oxidised

a) 1,2 only
b) 1,3 only
c) 2 and 3 only
d) All of these
Chips manufacturers usually flush bags of chips
with gas such as nitrogen to prevent the chips
from getting______?

a) Reduced
b) Oxidised
c) Sweet
d) None
Which of the statements about the reaction below are incorrect?
2PbO(s) + C(s) → 2Pb(s) + CO2(g)
(a) Lead is getting reduced.
(b) Carbon dioxide is getting oxidised.
(c) Carbon is getting oxidised.
(d) Lead oxide is getting reduced.

(i) (a) and (b)

(ii) (a) and (c)
(iii) (a), (b) and (c)
(iv) all
What happens when dilute hydrochloric acid is added to
iron fillings? Tick the correct answer.

a) Hydrogen gas and iron chloride are produced.

b) Chlorine gas and iron hydroxide are produced.
c) No reaction takes place.
d) Iron salt and water are produced.
 IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER

In a combination reaction two or more substances combine to form a new

single substance.

Decomposition reactions are opposite to combination reactions. In a decomposition

reaction, a single substance decomposes to give two or more substances.

When an element displaces another element from its compound, a

displacement reaction occurs.

Two different atoms or groups of atoms (ions) are exchanged in double

displacement reactions
Mummy curd ya kisi sour cheej
ko copper ke bartan ya kisi aur
metal me kyu nahi rakhti ?
How many pairs of the following is/are correct?

Synthetic indicator- Litmus

Natural indicator - phenolphthalein
Synthetic indicator - clove oil
Olfactory indicators - vanilla
a) only one pair
b) Only two pair
c) only three pair
d) All of these
Acid + Metal → Salt + ------ gas

a) Hydrogen
b) Oxygen
c) Carbon dioxide
d) Nitrogen
Select the correct statements

1. When an acid reacts with a metal, hydrogen gas is evolved and a

corresponding salt is formed
2. When a base reacts with a metal, along with the evolution of
hydrogen gas a salt is formed which has a negative ion composed
of the metal and oxygen.
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) None of the above
Metal compound A reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid
to produce effervescence. The gas evolved extinguishes
a burning candle. If one of the compounds formed is
calcium chloride, identify A and the gas evolved?

a) Calcium carbonate, CO2

b) Hygrogen carbonate,H2O
c) Zinc carbonate, H2O
d) Sodium carbonate, C
What would be the color of the solution when copper oxide
and dilute hydrochloric acid are mixed? The colour of the
solution is due to the formation of copper(II) chloride in the
reaction.

a) Black
b) white
c) Bluish-green
d) Reddish
Arrange the following in increasing order of pH
Gastric juice, Lemon juice, Blood, Milk of magnesia

a) Gastric juice<Lemon juice<Blood< Milk of magnesia

b) Gastric juice>Lemon juice>Blood>Milk of magnesia
c) Gastric juice>Lemon juice<Blood< Milk of magnesia
d) Gastric juice>Lemon juice<Blood>Milk of magnesia
Select the correct Pair/pairs
1. Vinegar - Acetic acid
2. Sour milk (Curd) - Lactic acid
3. Tamarind -Tartaric acid
4. Ant sting - Methanoic acid

a) 1, 3 and 4
b) 1, 2 and 3
c) 2, 3 and 4
d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
The atmosphere of venus is made up of thick white and
yellowish clouds of

a) Sulphuric acid
b) Nitric acid
c) Hydrochloric acid
d) Formic acid
Which among the following statements is/are correct

a) All bases do not dissolve in water

b) An alkali is a base that dissolves in water
c) alkalis are soapy to touch, bitter and corrosive
d) All the above
Which one of the following types of medicines is used for
treating indigestion?

a) Antibiotic
b) Analgesic
c) Antacid
d) Antiseptic
Which among the following is not one of the application of
Bleaching powder

a) for bleaching wood pulp in paper factories

b) to make drinking water free from germs
c) as an oxidising agent in many chemical industries
d) kitchen for making tasty crispy pakoras
Which of the following is true about Chlor-Alkali process?
1.When electricity is passed through an aqueous solution of sodium
chloride (called brine), it decomposes to form sodium hydroxide
2.Chlorine gas is given off at the anode, and hydrogen gas at the cathode
3. Oxygen is also produced in this process.

a) 1 and 3 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 3 only
d) 1 and 2 only
 Which of the following is/are correct about Baking soda?
1.We can make Baking powder by mixing Baking soda and
Tartaric acid.
2.It is also used in soda-acid fire extinguishers
3.Ammonium Chloride is also produces in the reaction used

a) 1 only
b) 1 and 2 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) All of these
Common name of calcium sulphate hemihydrate

a) Plaster of Paris
b) Bleaching Powder
c) Washing soda
d) Baking soda
Select the correct statements
1. Carbon is a non-metal that can exist in different forms
2. All metals except mercury exist as solids at room temperature.
3. Iodine is a non-metal but it is lustrous
4. Alkali metals (lithium, sodium, potassium) are so soft that they
can be cut with a knife

a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 2, 3 and 4
c) 1, 3 and 4
d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
select Incorrect statement about Aqua regia

a) Aqua regia, (Latin for ‘royal water’) is a freshly prepared

mixture of concentrated hydrochloric acid and concentrated
nitric acid in the ratio of 3:1.
b) It can dissolve gold, even though neither of these acids can
do so alone
c) Aqua regia is a highly corrosive, fuming liquid.
d) None of the above
Which one of the following oxides shows both acidic and
basic behaviour?

a) Zinc oxide
b) Copper oxide
c) Magnesium oxide
d) Calcium oxide
Shadi
Fufa ji
Which among the following is correct regarding increasing
order of reactivity

a) Gold<Silver<Mercury<Copper
b) Gold>Silver>Mercury>Copper
c) Gold>Silver<Mercury>Copper
d) Gold>Silver<Mercury<Copper
Hydrogen gas is not evolved when a metal reacts with
nitric acid because?

a) HNO3 is a strong oxidising agent

b) HNO3 is a strong Reducing agent
c) HNO3 is a strong Reactive agent
d) HNO3 is a acidic oxide.
Which on of the following metal do not react with
oxygen ,water or acids?

a) Na
b) Cu
c) Fe
d) Au
Silver articles turn black when kept in the open for
longer time due to the formation of

a) H2S
b) Ags
c) AgSO4
d) Ag2s
Copper reacts with moist carbon dioxide in the air and
slowly loses its shiny brown surface and gains a______

a) Black coating
b) Green coating
c) orange coating
d) Rusting
Melting and boiling points of some ionic compounds

Ionic Melting point (K) Boiling point compound (K)

NaCl 1074 1686
LiCl 887 1600
CaCl2 1045 1900
CaO 2850 3120
MgCl2 981 1685
 select the correct statements
1. Metals above hydrogen in the Activity series can displace
hydrogen from dilute acids.
2. A more reactive metal displaces a less reactive metal from
its salt solution
3. A more reactive metal displaces a less reactive metal from
its salt solution
a) 1 and 2
b) 2 and 3
c) 1 and 3
d) 1, 2 and 3
Food cans are coated with tin and not with zinc because

a) zinc is costlier than tin

b) zinc has a higher melting point than tin.
c) zinc is more reactive than tin.
d) zinc is less reactive than tin
pure gold is alloyed with --------- to make ornaments

a) Copper
b) Zinc
c) Tin
d) lead
Solder is an alloy of ?

a) lead and tin

b) lead and copper
c) Copper and tin
d) copper and Lead
The sulphide ores are converted into oxides by heating
strongly in the presence of excess air. This process is known
as_____

a) Roasting
b) Calcination
c) Electrolysis
d) Reduction
Fe2O3(s) + 2Al(s) → 2Fe(l) + Al2O3(s) + Heat
The above reaction is known as _________ and it is highly
_______

a) Electrolysis, endothermic
b) Refining, endothermic
c) Calcination, exothermic
d) Thermite reaction, exothermic
The melting point of ice is

a) 300K
b) 243.12K
c) 273.15 K
d) 283.15K
convert (100 degree C) into Kelvin

a) 253K
b) 153K
c) 373K
d) 273K
Naphthalene balls disappear with time without leaving
any solid, because of the process

a) Distillation
b) Evaporation
c) Sublimation
d) Condensation
 select the correct statement/staements
1. The rate of evaporation depends upon the surface area exposed to
the atmosphere, the temperature, the humidity and the wind speed
2. The states of matter are inter-convertible
3. Deposition is the change of gaseous state directly to solid state
without going through liquid state

a) 1 only
b) 1 and 2
c) 2 and 3
d) 1, 2 and 3
Arrange the following substances in increasing order
of forces of attraction between the particles— water,
sugar, oxygen.

a) Oxygen < Water < Sugar

b) Sugar < Water < Oxygen
c) water < Oxygen< Sugar
d) Oxygen >Water > Sugar
select the correct statement/staements
1. Latent heat of vaporisation is the heat energy required to
change 1 kg of a liquid to gas at atmospheric pressure at its
boiling point.
2. Latent heat of fusion is the amount of heat energy required to
change 1 kg of solid into liquid at its melting point.
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) both 1 and 2
d) none of the above
 Which among the following is not a property of solution

a) A solution is a homogeneous mixture

b) The solute particles cannot be separated from the mixture by
the process of filtration
c) path of light is not visible in a solution
d) Solution is a heterogeneous mixture.
A solution contains 40 g of common salt in 320 g of
water. Calculate the concentration in terms of mass by
mass percentage of the solution.

a) 11.1%
b) 25%
c) 13.4%
d) 17%
Which among the following is not a property of suspension

a) The particles of a suspension scatter a beam of light

passing through it and make its path visible.
b) Suspension is a heterogeneous mixture
c) Suspension is a homogeneous mixture
d) The particles of a suspension can be seen by the naked
eye.
Which of the following is an example of Emulsion

a) Smoke
b) face cream
c) cheese
d) clouds

b
select the correct pair/pairs

1. distillation - Separation of two miscible liquids

2. chromatography - Separation of dyes
3. crystallisation - purify solids
4. sublimation - Separation of camphor and salt

a) One pair
b) Two pairs
c) Three pairs
d) All pairs
Which among the following statements is/are correct about Mixtures

1. A mixture has a variable composition

2. The constituents can be seperated fairly easily by physical
methods
3. A mixture shows the properties of the constituent substances

a) 1 only
b) 1 and 2
c) 2 and 3
d) 1, 2 and 3
Calculate the molecular mass of HNO3

a) 53 u
b) 63 u
c) 73 u
d) 83 u
 Calculate the mass of the following:
0.5 mole of N2 gas (mass from mole of molecule)

a) 18 g
b) 14 g
c) 28 g
d) 32 g
Water, Methane, Sugar and Salt are examples of

a) Elements
b) Compounds
c) Mixtures
d) All of the above
During a chemical reaction, the sum of the masses of the
reactants and products remains

a) Tripled
b) Doubled
c) Unchanged
d) half of the previous
Which among the following statement is NOT correct about Ions

a) Ions may consist of a single charged atom or a group of atoms

that have a net charge on them
b) A negatively charged ion is called an anion
c) Apositively charged ion is called a cation
d) None of the above
Which among the following statement is NOT correct
a) An atom is the smallest particle of the element that cannot
usually exist independently
b) In a pure chemical compound, elements are always present in a
definite proportion by mass
c) A molecule is the smallest particle of an element or a compound
capable of independent existence
d) In ionic compounds, the valency on each ion is used to
determine the chemical formula of the compound.
select the correct pair/pairs

1. J.J. Thomson - discovery of electron

2. J. Chadwick - presence of neutrons in the
nucleus of an atom
3. Rutherford - discovery of the atomic nucleus

a) 1 only
b) 1 and 2
c) 2 and 3
d) 1, 2 and 3
Number of valence electrons in Cl– ion are
a) 18
b) 16
c) 17
d) 20
Ethane, with the molecular formula C2H6, has

a) 6 covalent bonds
b) 7 covalent bonds
c) 8 covalent bonds
d) 9 covalent bonds
Which of the following is not correct about Ethanol

a) active ingredient of all alcoholic drinks

b) Ethanol is a liquid at room temperature
c) because it is a good solvent, it is also used in medicines such
as tincture iodine, cough syrups, and many tonics
d) Ethanol is also insoluble in water
Which one of the following is not true for the form of carbon
known as diamond?

a) It is harder than graphite.

b) It contains the same percentage of carbon as
graphite
c) It is a better electric conductor than graphite.
d) It has different carbon to carbon distance in all
directions
Which of the following statements is not a correct statement
about the trends when going from left to right across the periods
of periodic Table.

a) The elements become less metallic in nature.

b) The number of valence electrons increases.
c) The atoms lose their electrons more easily.
d) The oxides become more acidic.
Which is not true about the noble gases?

a) They are non metallic in nature

b)They exist in atomic form
c) They are radioactive in nature
d) Xenon is the most reactive among these
 Which one of the following is monatomic?

a) Hydrogen
b) Sulphur
c) Phosphorus
d) Helium
I can
&
I will