Elements, Compounds and Mixtures

Elements, Compounds and Mixtures

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Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Why is the separation of rock and diamond done by mechanical picking?

  1. It is because they have different reactivities.
  2. It is because they have different solubilities.
  3. It is because they have different colours.
  4. It is because they have different melting points.
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following can be separated by sublimation?

  1. Iodine and salt
  2. Sodium nitrate and sodium chloride
  3. Sugar and sand
  4. Iron ore and impurities
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which method is used to seperate a mixture of sand and sulphur?

  1. Fractional crystallisation
  2. Solvent extraction
  3. Sublimation
  4. Gravity separation
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which property of iron helps in its separation from a mixture?

  1. High mass of iron
  2. Magnetic properties
  3. Chemical properties
  4. Density of iron
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which method is used to separate sugar and sand?

  1. Magnetic separation
  2. Gravity separation
  3. Mechanical picking
  4. Solvent extraction
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which characteristic of copper allows it to be easily separated from iron?

  1. Colour
  2. Melting point
  3. Density
  4. Boiling point
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which method of separation is used when components are soluble in water but their solubilities are different?

  1. Sublimation
  2. Fractional crystallization
  3. Solvent extraction
  4. Mechanical picking
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The process of converting a liquid into its vapour by heating and then condensation of vapour back into liquid is called

  1. filtration
  2. evaporation
  3. distillation
  4. decanation
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

By which process are the suspended particles removed from natural water?

  1. Evaporation
  2. Solvent extraction
  3. Filtration
  4. Sedimentation
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Alcohol (boiling point - 78.5°C) and water (boiling point - 100°C) are miscible. How can they be separated?

  1. Using a separating funnel
  2. Distillation
  3. Filtration
  4. Evaporation
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following methods is used to separate solid-solid mixtures?

  1. Sedimentation
  2. Solvent extraction
  3. Distillation
  4. Boiling
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not common to evaporation and distillation?

  1. Heating of liquid
  2. Separation of solid-liquid mixtures
  3. Separation and recovery of dissolved solid and liquid
  4. Conversion of liquid to vapour
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which method is used to obtain diesel, natural gases, etc. from crude petroleum?

  1. Fractional distillation
  2. Sedimentation
  3. Filtration
  4. Solvent extraction
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Kerosene and oil are immiscible. How are they commonly separated?

  1. Distillation
  2. Evaporation
  3. Using separating funnel
  4. Using fractional distillation
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not used to separate solid-liquid mixtures?

  1. Distillation
  2. Evaporation
  3. Fractional distillation
  4. Sedimentation
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which method is used to separate few micrograms of a substance in a mixture?

  1. Chromatography
  2. Fractional distillation
  3. Separating funnel
  4. Sublimation
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which method utilises difference in boiling points for separation of two miscible liquids?

  1. Separating funnel
  2. Chromatography
  3. Fractional distillation
  4. Filtration
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not true about chromatography?

  1. It consists of two fixed phases.
  2. It is used to purify industrial products.
  3. It identifies different constituents of a mixture.
  4. It can separate quantities of the order of microgram.
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The process of sublimation is used to separate a mixture of salt and ammonium chloride, because

  1. ammonium chloride directly changes from solid to liquid state on heating
  2. ammonium chloride directly changes from liquid to solid state on heating
  3. ammonium chloride directly changes from solid to gaseous state on heating
  4. ammonium chloride directly changes from gaseous state to solid state on heating
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not true regarding methane?

  1. It is composed of more than one element.
  2. Its elements are chemically combined.
  3. Its constituents are separated by chemical or electrochemical means only.
  4. Its elements are combined in variable proportions.
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following occurs in a free state?

  1. Krypton
  2. Germanium
  3. Hydrogen
  4. Lead
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following does not have lustre?

  1. Potassium
  2. Lead
  3. Phosphorus
  4. Copper
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a pure substance?

  1. It should be essentially homogeneous.
  2. It should have the same composition.
  3. It should consist of only elements.
  4. It should have the same properties.
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following elements is malleable and ductile?

  1. Potassium
  2. Sulphur
  3. Antimony
  4. Neon
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a metalloid?

  1. Silver
  2. Mercury
  3. Bismuth
  4. Beryllium
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following metals is non-malleable and non-ductile?

  1. Zinc
  2. Copper
  3. Sodium
  4. Potassium
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a poor conductor of electricity?

  1. Graphite
  2. Copper wire
  3. Tungsten wire
  4. Iron rod
Question 28 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following exists in monoatomic state?

  1. Phosphorous
  2. Chlorine
  3. Nitrogen
  4. Neon
Question 29 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a molecule of an element?

  1. Hydrogen chloride
  2. Acetic acid
  3. Ozone
  4. Water
Question 30 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following elements is lustrous?

  1. Fluorine
  2. Chlorine
  3. Iodine
  4. Bromine
Question 31 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a mixture?

  1. Acetic acid
  2. Milk
  3. Petrol
  4. Amalgam
Question 32 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a characteristic of compounds?

  1. Compounds vary in composition and properties.
  2. Elements in a compound vary in composition.
  3. Properties of a compound differ from those of its constituent elements.
  4. Separation of a compound into its elements is not possible chemically.
Question 33 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a homogeneous mixture?

  1. Petrol in diesel
  2. Oil in water
  3. Iron and sulphur
  4. Sand in water
Question 34 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following forms a homogenous mixture?

  1. Alcohol in water
  2. Oil in water
  3. Carbon disulphide in water
  4. Petrol in water
Question 35 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a property of any individual constituent of sugar?

  1. Black insoluble solid
  2. Invisible and odourless
  3. Crystalline solid
  4. Gaseous in nature
Question 36 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a heterogeneous mixture?

  1. Copper + zinc
  2. Iodine in alcohol
  3. Sugar in water
  4. Charcoal and sulphur
Question 37 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which type of mixture is formed by iodine in alcohol?

  1. Homogeneous and liquid-liquid mixture
  2. Homogeneous and solid-liquid mixture
  3. Heterogeneous and liquid-liquid mixture
  4. Heterogeneous and solid-liquid mixture
Question 38 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What type of mixture is formed by copper and zinc?

  1. Heterogeneous and solid-solid mixture
  2. Homogenous and solid-non solid mixture
  3. Homogenous and solid-solid mixture
  4. Heterogeneous and solid-non solid mixture
Question 39 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is incorrect for an element?

  1. It cannot be converted into anything simpler.
  2. Each element consists of only one kind of atom.
  3. It exists as an individual atom or a molecule.
  4. Different elements are composed of the same atoms.
  5. Different elements are composed of the different atoms.
Question 40 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is chemically inert?

  1. Gold
  2. Carbon
  3. Beryllium
  4. Helium
  5. potassium