- 1. 1. In which of the following separation methods does chemical reaction occur?
A) Distillation
B) Chromatography
C) Precipitation
D) Sublimation
- 2. 2. The purity of a solid sample can best be determined by its :
A) Conductivity
B) Solubility
C) Boiling points
D) Melting point
- 3. 3. The constituent of lead pigment can be separated by:
A) Chromatography
B) Fractional crystallisation
C) Filtration
D) Fractional distillation
- 4. 4. Which of the following properties is not employed in the separation of a mixture?
A) Solubility
B) Boiling points
C) Densities
D) Molar masses
- 5. 5. Ethanol is a product of fermentation of simple sugars. Which method is used to separate ethanol from the other products?
A) Fractional crystallisation
B) Filtration
C) Boiling off the ethanol
D) Fractional distillation
- 6. 6. When a solid substance changes directly to a gas on heating without passing through the liquid state, the substance is said to have undergone:
A) Melting
B) Evaporation
C) Sublimation
D) Crystallisation
- 7. 7. Fractional distillation is used to separate:
A) Liquids with different boiling points
B) Gaseous, liquid or solid impurities from a mixture
C) Substances which differ in their solubilities in a solvent
D) An insoluble substance from a soluble substance
- 8. 8. A mixture of kerosene and water can be separated by:
A) Sublimation
B) Distillation
C) Separating funnel
D) Crystallisation
- 9. 9. What is the mass number of an element if its atom contains 10 protons, 10 electrons, and 12 neutrons?
A) 32
B) 22
C) 10
D) 20
- 10. 10. The electronic configuration of an atom is 2,8,8,2. The atomic number of the element is, therefore ----------:
A) 10
B) 18
C) 20
D) Z15
- 11. 11. What is the percentage by mass of sodium in sodium hydroxide? (Na = 23, O = 16, H = 1)
A) 57.5%
B) 40.4%
C) 73.0%
D) 42.5%
- 12. 12. What is the percentage by mass of sulphur in aluminium tetraoxosulphate (VI), Al2(SO4)_3. ( Al = 27, S = 32, O = 16)
A) 28.07%
B) 14.71%
C) 21.33%
D) 42.66%
- 13. 13. How many electrons are in the ion F, If 19 F has neutron of 8?
A) 11
B) 27
C) 9
D) 8
- 14. 14. Calculate the formula mass of tri lead tetraoxide Pb3O4 (Pb= 207, O = 16)
A) 621
B) 586
C) 685
D) 865
- 15. 15. Calculate the formula mass of tetraoxosulphate (VI) acid H2SO4 (S= 32, H = 1, O = 16)
A) 102
B) 64
C) 40
D) 98
- 16. 16. What is the molecular mass of calcium trioxonitrate (V) Ca (NO3)_2 (Ca = 40, N = 14, O = 16)
A) 146
B) 160
C) 164
D) 104
- 17. 17. One of the following is the Avogadro's constant:
A) 6.02 × 1023
B) 6.02 × 1032
C) 6.02 × 10-23
D) 6.02 × 10-32
- 18. 18. The relative atomic mass of any element in grams contains -------- mole of atom
A) 3
B) 4
C) 2
D) 1
- 19. 19. The sum of the relative atomic masses of all the atoms in one molecule of the substance is referred to as ----------
A) Relative molecular mass
B) Relative atomic mass
C) Relative abundance
D) Relative avogadro's abundance
- 20. 20. The electronic configuration of an atom is: 2, 8, 7. What element is it?
A) Potassium
B) Argon
C) Chlorine
D) Sulphur
- 21. The shape of the p-orbitals is -------
A) Spherical
B) Dumb-bell
C) Longitudinal symmetrical
D) Oval
- 22. --------------- states that electrons are distributed among orbitals of the same subshell singly before pairing occurs.
A) Azimuthal rule
B) Hund's rule
C) Pauli's principle
D) Aufbau principle
- 23. The maximum number of electrons which can occupy the energy sub-level "f" is ......
A) 10
B) 6
C) 14
D) 8
- 24. When an atom gains an electron, it becomes ........
A) Complex ion
B) Cation
C) Negatively charged
D) Chemically inactive
- 25. The shape of the S-orbitals is .......
A) Circular
B) Dumb-bell
C) Longitudinally symmetrical
D) Spherically symmetrical
- 26. The principal quantum number "k" takes maximum of ....
A) 10 electrons
B) 6 electrons
C) 2 electrons
D) 8 electrons
- 27. No two electrons in the same atom can have the same values for all four quantum numbers . This is the ..........
A) Azimuthal
B) Hund's rule
C) Pauli exclusive principle
D) Aufbau principle
- 28. The maximum number of electrons which can occupy the "s" energy sub-level is .........
A) 6 electrons
B) 2 electrons
C) 8 electrons
D) 32 electrons
- 29. One of the following is a diatomic element.
A) Phosphorus
B) Sulphur
C) Ozone
D) Nitrogen
- 30. The smallest particle which can participate in chemical reactions is know as......
A) Compound
B) Molecule
C) Matter
D) Atom
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