Laws of Chemical Combination and Water Properties

Questions about laws of constant proportions, multiple proportions, conservation of mass, along with water properties including evaporation, condensation, and composition

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Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Different samples of water were found to contain hydrogen and oxygen in the ratio of 1 : 8. This shows the law of:

  1. multiple proportions
  2. constant proportions
  3. reciprocal proportions
  4. conservation of mass
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When hydrogen and oxygen combine to form water, they form:

  1. an unstable compound
  2. a stable mixture
  3. an unstable mixture
  4. an extremely stable compound
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers)

Hydrogen combines with oxygen to form water. Water exists in:

  1. liquid
  2. solid
  3. gas
  4. plasma
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Two gases found dissolved in natural water are 

  1. oxygen and carbon dioxide
  2. hydrogen and oxygen
  3. sulphur dioxide and hydrogen
  4. chlorine and ammonia
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Hydrogen combines with oxygen in a 1:8 weight ratio to form water. If every molecule of water contains two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen, an atom of oxygen must weigh :

  1. 8 times the mass of a hydrogen atom
  2. 16 times the mass of a hydrogen atom
  3. 1/16 times the mass of a hydrogen atom
  4. 1/8 times the mass of a hydrogen atom
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statement is incorrect for the composition of water?

  1. For water, the gravimetric or mass ratio of hydrogen to oxygen is $1:8$
  2. In water, the ratio of hydrogen and oxygen is $2:1$ by volume
  3. The ratio in which hydrogen and oxygen combine gives the composition of water.
  4. None of the above
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If water samples are taken from the sea, rivers, clouds, lakes or snow, they will be found to contain hydrogen and oxygen in the ration of $1 : 8$. This clearly demonstrates the law of ?

  1. Chemical equilibrium
  2. Definite proportions
  3. Combining volumes
  4. The relation of elements in the periodic tables
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If you put a waterproof, nine-volt battery in a mug of water containing two teaspoonfuls of salt, the water will be broken into gases and bubbles will start forming. What are these gases?

  1. Carbon dioxide and nitrogen
  2. Hydrogen and oxygen
  3. Fluorine and chlorine
  4. Sulphur dioxide and 'laughing gas'
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The process of obtaining salt from sea water involves:

  1. evaporation
  2. condensation
  3. sublimation
  4. none of these
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Changing of liquid into vapours without heating is called:

  1. freezing
  2. steaming
  3. evaporation
  4. none of above
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers)

Rainfall is related to which process?

  1. Evaporation
  2. Condensation
  3. Sublimation
  4. Heating
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The thermal resistance of heat transfer is low in:

  1. Drop wise condensation
  2. Filmwise condensation
  3. Bulk wise condensation
  4. None of these
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

State the following statement is weather true or false :
The evaporation of water takes place only in sunlight.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When you get in your car in the morning and are breathing warmer air, the warm air comes into contact with the cooler windshield and forms a foggy window. It is an example of :

  1. evaporation
  2. sublimation
  3. condensation
  4. both A and C
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The process of changing water vapour into water is called:

  1. boiling
  2. evaporation
  3. melting
  4. condensation
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Evaporation causes:

  1. cooling
  2. heating effect
  3. an increase in weight
  4. an increase in density
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers)

Which of the following is an example of evaporation?

  1. Drying of hair
  2. Preparation of common salt from sea water
  3. Dew in the morning
  4. Cooling of hot tea
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which of the following processes evaporation involves

  1. Hot tea gets cool over time
  2. Preparation of common salt from sea water
  3. Wet clothes dry in sun
  4. A,B,C
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Wet clothes dry in sun Due to

  1. Evaporation
  2. Condensation
  3. Sublimation
  4. Freezing
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Drying clothes is an example of :

  1. condensation
  2. evaporation
  3. hydration
  4. all of the above
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Dew formation on the leaves and grass in the winter season due to

  1. Condensation
  2. Evaporation
  3. Sublimation
  4. Deposition
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Evaporation is the process of a substance in:

  1. liquid form transitioning into the gas phase
  2. solid form transitioning into the gas phase
  3. liquid form transitioning into the solid phase
  4. None of these
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The fog appeared on sun glasses when it get in contact with steam

  1. Condensation
  2. Evaporation
  3. Sublimation
  4. None of the above
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following involves evaporation

  1. drying up of mopped floor
  2. Drying of wet hair after some time
  3. drying up of water bodies like lakes and rivers
  4. A,B,C
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Formation of water droplets on cold soda can while we are having soda in summer season is due to :

  1. Condensation
  2. Evaporation
  3. Sublimation
  4. Freezing
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Condensation is the process where:

  1. solid substance converts into gas
  2. liquid substance converts into gas
  3. gaseous substance converts into liquid
  4. solid substance converts into liquid
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The mirror in the bathroom during a shower becomes foggy due to:

  1. condensation
  2. evaporation
  3. sublimation
  4. both A and B