Suspension - class-IX

Test your knowledge of suspensions in chemistry, including definitions, properties, preparation methods, and comparisons with colloids for Class IX students.

24 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Suspension is a heterogeneous mixture in which very fine particles of a solid are dispersed in any medium (liquid or gas). Fine particles of the solid remain suspended in the medium.

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

A teacher instructed four students $A, S, C$ and $D$ to prepare a suspension of chalk in water. The students prepared suspension in the following manner:
student $'A'$ places a piece of chalk in water.
student $'S'$ places powdered chalk in water.
student $'C'$ places powdered chalk in water and then shakes the mixture vigorously.
student $'D'$ places powdered chalk in dil. $HCl$.
Which of the following students has correct way of preparation of suspension?

  1. Student A
  2. Student B
  3. Student C
  4. Student D
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Suspensions have solute particles with size less than 1 nm.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Suspension is a non-homogeneous mixture in which very fine particles of .................. are dispersed in .................

  1. solid/liquid, gas/solid
  2. gas, liquid
  3. solid, liquid/gas
  4. solid/liquid/gas, liquid
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Muddy pond water and smoke is an example of a:

  1. colloid
  2. suspension
  3. true solution
  4. none of the above
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

_______________ contains solid particles that are sufficiently large for sedimentation.

  1. Pure substance
  2. Element
  3. Suspension
  4. Solution
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Suspensions are different from colloid because :

  1. the particles of suspension settle
  2. the particles of suspension do not settle
  3. solvent and solute of suspension are homogenously moxed
  4. both a and c
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If a liquid is suspended in another liquid, it is called :

  1. emulsion
  2. aerosol
  3. colloid
  4. particulate
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Suspensions transmit light. True or false?

  1. True
  2. False
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A suspension of liquid droplets or fine solid particles in a gas is called :

  1. aerosol
  2. particulate
  3. both a and b
  4. colloid
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of suspension?

  1. Milk
  2. Water
  3. Sand in water
  4. All of the above
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Paste is:

  1. suspension of solid in a liquid
  2. mechanical dispersion of a solid in liquid
  3. colloidal solution of a solid in solid
  4. none of the above
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Suspension is a : 

  1. compound
  2. mixture of two or more substances
  3. have only single type of particle
  4. none of above
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Why are suspensions not stable?

  1. Particles are very small
  2. Particles settle at the bottom
  3. Particles do not settle
  4. Particles mix homogeneously
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Suspension shows Tyndall effect because of :

  1. large size of particles
  2. small size of particles
  3. their settling down nature
  4. none of above
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following has liquid as a dispersing medium?

  1. Aerosol
  2. Gel
  3. Foam
  4. Cranberry glass
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A suspension of liquid droplets or fine solid particles in a gas is called as :

  1. aerosol
  2. foam
  3. emulsion
  4. gel
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is intermediate between suspension and solution?

  1. Mixture
  2. Colloid
  3. Element
  4. Solvent
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Apparatus used to sediment particles in supension is : 

  1. centrifuge
  2. barometer
  3. balance
  4. calorimeter
  5. battery
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Smog is an example of:

  1. ice dispersed in air
  2. water dispersed in air
  3. smoke dispersed in air
  4. smoke and water dispersed in air
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the List-I (Colloidal dispersion) with List-II (Nature of the dispersion) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

Lits-I(Cooloidal dispersion) List-II(Nature of dispersion)
A. Milk 1. Solid in liquid
B.Clouds 2. Liquid in gas
C. Paints 3. Solid in solid
D. Jellies 4. Liquid in liquid
5. Liquid in solid
  1. A- 4; B- 2; C- 1; D- 5
  2. A- 1; B- 5; C- 3; D- 2
  3. A- 4; B- 5; C- 1; D- 2
  4. A- 1; B- 2; C- 3; D- 5
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Compounds that lowers the surface tension between two liquids or a liquid and a solid are called surfactants.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Powder coating is a process which requires a solvent to keep the binder and filler parts in a liquid suspension form.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Colour of colloids depends on which of the following factors?

  1. Size
  2. Mass
  3. Charge
  4. Nature