Is matter around us pure? MCQs with Answers

Question-1. When a bottle of soda water is opened, carbon dioxide escapes, producing a fizz. This is due to

1. Decrease in solubility on increasing pressure
2. Decrease in solubility on decreasing temperature
3. Decrease in solubility on increasing temperature
4. Decrease in solubility on decreasing pressure

Question-2. When the distance an object travels is directly proportional to the length of time, it is said to travel with

1. uniform velocity
2. constant speed
3. zero velocity
4. constant acceleration

Question-3. Which of the following elements is not a metalloid?

1. Tungsten
2. Boron
3. Silicon
4. Germanium

Question-4. Which of the following is an example of a mixture ?

1. NO3
2. Sugar
3. Brass
4. CO2

Question-5. Which of the following is not a chemical change ?

1. heating coal
2. rusting of iron
3. converting water into steam
4. making curd from milk

Question-6. Which of the following is not vector quantity?

1. Displacement
2. Retardation
3. Average speed
4. Acceleration due to gravity

Question-7. Which of the following is the correct set of apparatus for fractional distillation?

1. Round bottomed flask, thermometer, fractionating column, air condenser and flask
2. Round bottomed flask, thermometer, water condenser and beaker
3. Round bottomed flask, thermometer, air condenser and beaker
4. Round bottomed flask, thermometer, fractionating column, water condenser and flask

Question-8. Which of the following methods would you use to separate cream from milk?

1. Filtration
2. Fractional distillation
3. Distillation
4. Centrifugation

Question-9. Which of the following properties is different for solids, liquids and gases?

1. energy exchange
2. movement of molecules
3. particle size of the substance
4. mass of the substance

Question-10. Which of the following represents a chemical change?

1. Dissolution of salt in water
2. Extraction of copper from copper pyrites
3. Distillation of water
4. Melting of wax

Question-11. Which of the following statements about a balanced chemical equation is true ?

1. molecules are conserved
2. mass is conserved
3. atoms are conserved
4. mass as well as atoms are conserved

Question-12. Which of these will exhibit the Tyndall effect?

1. D
2. A and D
3. B and C
4. A and B

Question-13. Which of these will form a clear and transparent solution

1. B and D
2. A
3. B
4. A and B

Question-14. Which one is the colloidal solution among them?

1. A
2. C
3. D
4. B

Question-15. Who discovered Neutrons?

1. Daraday
2. Dalton
3. J J Thomson
4. Chadwick

Question-16. Who first proposed the atomic theory based on scientific knowledge

1. Dmitri Mendeleev
2. John Dalton
3. Robert Brown
4. Jones Berzelius

Question-17. Camphor can be purified by

1. Sublimation
2. Distillation
3. Filtration
4. Sedimentation

Question-18. Magnetism is most beneficial for separating

1. Non- magnetic solids from non- magnetic liquids
2. Gases and non- metallic liquids
3. Magnetic solids and solids such as sulfur
4. Non- metallic solids and solids such as sulfur

Question-19. One common method used to separate dyes is

1. Conductivity
2. Filtration
3. Distillation
4. Chromatography

Question-20. Salt can be obtained from sea water by

1. Sublimation
2. Filtration
3. Decantation
4. Evaporation

Question-21. To prepare iron sulphide, by heating a mixture of iron filings and sulphur powder, we should use

1. Petri dish
2. Copper dish
3. Watch glass
4. China dish

Question-22. Which of the following is a compound?

1. Hydrogen sulphide
2. Stainless steel
3. Bronze
4. Graphite

Question-23. Which of the following is considered to be a pure substance?

1. Milk of magnesia
2. Granite
3. Sodium chloride
4. Muddy water

Question-24. A body goes from A to B with a velocity of 20 m/s and comes back B to A with a velocity of 30 m/s. The average velocity of the body during the whole journey is

1. none of these
2. zero
3. 25 m/s
4. 24 m/s

Question-25. A body is thrown vertically upwards and rises to a height of 10m. The velocity with which the body was thrown upwards is (g = 9.8 m/s2)

1. 12 m/s
2. 14 m/s
3. 16 m/s
4. 15 m/s

Question-26. A body moving along a circular path has

1. constant speed
2. no tangential velocity
3. constant velocity
4. no radial acceleration

Question-27. A chemical equation is a means

1. of showing the kind of elements present in a mixture
2. of representing chemical and physical properties of reactant molecules
3. of acquiring instructions for the preparation of a compound
4. or representing a chemical change by means of symbol and formulas

Question-28. A mixture of oil and water can be separated by

1. Separating funnel
2. Sublimation
3. Crystallisation
4. Chromatography

Question-29. A motor ship covers the distance of 300 km between two localities on a river in 10 hrs downstream and in 12 hrs upstream. Find the flow velocity of the river assuming that these velocities are constant.

1. 3 km/hr
2. 2.5 km/hr
3. 3.5 km/hr
4. 2.0 km/hr

Question-30. A nuclear particle that has same mass that of a proton, but no electrical charge is

1. isotope
2. nuclide
3. electron
4. proton

Question-31. A pure substance which is made up of only one kind of atom and cannot be broken into two or more simpler substances by physical or chemical means is referred to as

1. a mixture
2. a compound
3. an element
4. a molecule

Question-32. A rubber ball dropped from a certain height

1. uniform acceleration
2. non-uniform speed
3. uniform speed
4. uniform retardation

Question-33. A truck running along a straight line increases its speed uniformly from 30 m/s to 60 m/s over a time interval 1 min. The distance travelled during this time interval is

1. 3600m
2. 2700 m
3. 900 m
4. 1800 m

Question-34. Air is regarded as a mixture because

1. its composition may vary
2. it pressure may vary
3. its temperature may change
4. its volume changes under different conditions

Question-35. Air is…................mixture.

1. Homogenous
2. Heterogeneous
3. Gas
4. Solid

Question-36. An atom is

1. radioactive emission
2. the smallest particle of matter known
3. the smallest particle of a gas
4. thesmallest indivisible particle of an element that can take part in a chemical reaction

Question-37. Anode rays were discovered by

1. J. Stoney
2. Rutherford
3. Goldstein
4. J J Thomson

Question-38. Area under a velocity-time graph gives

1. time taken by a moving object
2. distance travelled by a moving object
3. acceleration of moving object
4. retardation of a moving object

Question-39. Boiling point of 10% aqueous solution of common salt at atmospheric pressure is

1. not possible to predict
2. 100°C
3. > 100°C
4. < 100°C

Question-40. Camphor can be purified by:

1. Sublimation
2. Distillation
3. Filtration
4. Sedimentation

Question-41. car travels 1/3 rd distance on a straight road with a velocity of 10 km/hr, nextb1/3 rd with velocity 20 km/hr and the last 1/3 rd with velocity 60 km/hr

1. 12 km/hr
2. 18 km/hr
3. 6 km/hr
4. 4 km/hr

Question-42. Centrifugation do not used in

1. Used in washing machines
2. Diagnostic laboratories
3. Separate butter and cream
4. To separate water and sugar

Question-43. Chromatographic method used to separate

1. Drugs from blood
2. Colors in dye
3. Drug from blood
4. Tea powder from factory

Question-44. Crystallization method is used to purify…................

1. Miscible liquids
2. Liquid
3. Gas
4. Solid

Question-45. Different components can be separated from petroleum by

1. Fractional distillation
2. Filtration
3. Chromatography
4. Simple distillation

Question-46. Distance of the moon from the earth is 4 × 108 m. The time taken by a radar signalmn transmitted from the earth to reach the moon is

1. 2.6 s
2. 1.3 s
3. 0.70 s
4. 5.2 s

Question-47. Distance travelled by a freely falling body is proportional to

1. mass of the body
2. time of fall
3. square of the time of fall
4. square of the acceleration due to gravity

Question-48. Driver of a train travelling at 115 km/hr sees on a same track, 100m infront of him, a slow train travelling in the same direction at 25 km/ hr. The least retardation that must be applied to faster train to avoid a collision is

1. 3.0 m/s2
2. 3.125 m/s2
3. 2.75 m/s2
4. 3.5 m/s2

Question-49. Experimentation with cathode ray led to the discovery of

1. nucleus
2. electron
3. proton
4. neutron

Question-50. Foam is the example of

1. Unsaturated solutions
2. Scattering light
3. Colloids
4. Saturated solution

Question-51. Four samples A, B, C, D are prepared by adding a pinch of copper sulphate, a spatula of copper sulphate, a spatula of chalk powder, and some milk, to water respectively:Which of these will exhibit the Tyndall effect?

1. A and B
2. D
3. A and D
4. B and C

Question-52. How one can separate ammonium chloride from a mixture containing ammonium chloride and sodium chloride?

1. Cetrifugation
2. Precipitation
3. Sublimation
4. Chromatography

Question-53. If a body is thrown up with an initial velocity u and covers a maximum height of h, then h is equal to

1. None of these
2. u2/2g
3. u/2g
4. 2u2g

Question-54. If the amount of solute contained in the solution is less than the saturation level?it called as?????

1. Heterogeneous solutio
2. Saturated solution
3. Unsaturated solution
4. Homogenous solution

Question-55. If the displacement-time graph for the two particles A and B are straight lines inclined at angles of 30° and 60° with the time axis, then ratio of the velocities vA: vB will be

1. none of these
2. 3: 1
3. 1 : 3
4. 1 : 2

Question-56. If the solution is 400 ml and solvent is 300ml so what is percentage of solute?

1. 25
2. 30
3. 40
4. 45

Question-57. If the time-displacement graph of a particle is parallel to the time-axis, then velocity of the particle is

1. infinity
2. zero
3. equal to acceleration of the body
4. unity

Question-58. If the velocity of a body does not change, its acceleration is

1. none of these
2. zero
3. unity
4. infinite

Question-59. If two bodies of different masses m1 and m2 are dropped from different heights h1 and h2, then ratio of the times taken by the two to drop through these distances is :-

1. None of these
2. vh1 : vh2
3. h2/h1
4. h2 : h1

Question-60. In a balanced chemical equation, the reactant side and the product side have the same number of

1. electrons
2. atoms
3. molecules
4. ions

Question-61. In the given figure, velocity of the body at A is

1. unity
2. zero
3. maximum
4. infinite

Question-62. In the given velocity-time graph, AB shows that the body has

1. uniform acceleration
2. uniform velocity throughout its motion and has zero initial velocity
3. none of these
4. uniform retardation

Question-63. In the gold foil experiment, most of the particles fired at the foil

1. combined at the foil
2. bounced back
3. were absorbed by the foil
4. passed through the foil

Question-64. In the separation of dyes A and B by chromatography, component B has more solubility in the solvent. Which component will rise faster?

1. Separation of dyes is independent of the solubility in solvent
2. A
3. B
4. Both at the same speed

Question-65. In the velocity-time graph, AB shows that the body has

1. uniform acceleration
2. initial velocity OA and is moving with uniform retardation
3. uniform speed
4. non-uniform retardation

Question-66. Mercury and bromine are both

1. both (A&B)
2. liquid at room temperature
3. solid at room temperature
4. gases at room temperature

Question-67. Mixture of two or more metals , or metals and non-metals called as

1. Metallic mixture
2. Alloy
3. Solution
4. Mixture

Question-68. More than one kind of pure form of matter combines forming

1. Component
2. Texture
3. Solution
4. Mixture

Question-69. Name the instrument used to measure instantaneous speed of a vehicle

1. Ammeter
2. Speedometer
3. Multicenter
4. Accelerator

Question-70. Principle quantum number describes

1. orientation of the orbital
2. size of the orbital
3. shape of the orbital
4. spin of the orbital

Question-71. Quantum number value for 2p sub shell are

1. n = 1, L = 1
2. n = 2, L = 0
3. n = 2, L = 1
4. n = 1, L = 0

Question-72. Rusting of an article made up of iron is called

1. dissolution and it is a chemical change
2. corrosion and it is a physical as well as chemical change
3. dissolution and it is a physical change
4. corrosion and it is a chemical change

Question-73. Sol and gel are examples of

1. Sol is a liquid-solid colloid and gel is a solid-liquid colloid
2. Solid-solid colloids
3. Sol is a solid-liquid colloid and gel is liquid solid colloid
4. Sol is solid-solid colloid and gel is solid-liquid colloid

Question-74. The chemical formula of a compound does not represent

1. the composition of a molecule of the compound
2. the total number of atoms in one molecule of the compound
3. the number of the molecules of the compound
4. the state of the molecules of the compound

Question-75. The component of solution that dissolved in solvent called

1. Mixture
2. Solute
3. Sugar
4. Solvent

Question-76. The rate of change of displacement with time is

1. retardation
2. velocity
3. acceleration
4. speed

Question-77. The relationship between average speed, time and distance is

1. Average speed =total distance / total time
2. Time = average speed/distance
3. Distance = average speed × time
4. Average speed = distance × time

Question-78. The sequence of steps for separating a mixture of salt, sand and camphor is

1. Sublimation, adding water, evaporation, filtration
2. Adding water, filtration, evaporation, sublimation
3. Adding water, filtration, sublimation, evaporation
4. Sublimation, adding water, filtration, evaporation

Question-79. The velocity-time graph for a body with nonuniform motion is a

1. none of these
2. straight line parallel to x-axis
3. curved line
4. straight line parallel to y-axis

Question-80. What is the name of the metal which exists in liquid state at room temperature?

1. Bromine
2. Sodium
3. Potassium
4. Mercury