Hydrochloric Acid: Properties and Reactions

Tests knowledge of hydrochloric acid, its reactions with various compounds, gas evolution, and properties for Class X and competitive exam preparation.

18 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following compounds reacts with HCl and gives chlorine gas?

  1. CuO
  2. MgO
  3. KMnO4
  4. KOH
  5. NH4OH
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following salts of the silver is soluble in excess of ammonium hydroxide?

  1. Lead Nitrate
  2. Silver Nitrate
  3. Silver Oxide
  4. Silver Bromide
  5. Silver Iodide
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Chlorine acts as____________

  1. acidic and bleaching agent
  2. basic gas only
  3. acidic gas only
  4. basic and bleaching agent
  5. neutral compound
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What will you observe when copper oxide is treated with concentrated hydrochloric acid?

  1. It decolourises
  2. Blue solution
  3. Insoluble in conc HCl
  4. Evolves a colourless and odourless gas
  5. Forms salt
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following gases is collected by upward displacement of air?

  1. Hydrogen Chloride
  2. Carbon dioxide
  3. Oxygen
  4. Ammonia
  5. Nitrogen
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is used as a drying agent for hydrogen chloride gas?

  1. Conc. H2SO4
  2. CaO
  3. P2O5
  4. HNO3
  5. NH3
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following gases is evolved when HCl is added to magnesium?

  1. Carbon dioxide
  2. Sulphur dioxide
  3. Hydrogen sulphide
  4. Hydrogen
  5. Chlorine
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following gases is liberated on reacting iron(II) sulphide with dilute HCl.

  1. Sulphur dioxide
  2. Sulphur
  3. Hydrogen
  4. Chlorine
  5. Hydrogen sulphide
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following are two black coloured oxidizing agents, which react with concentrated HCl to liberate chlorine?

  1. Pb3O4 and MnO2
  2. PbO and CuO
  3. MnO2 and CuO
  4. MnO2 and K2Cr2O7
  5. MnO2 and KMnO4
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following bonds is present in aqueous HCl?

  1. Electrovalent bond
  2. Double covalent bond
  3. Non-Polar covalent bond
  4. Polar covlent bond
  5. Coordinate bond
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a use of HCl?

  1. Calico printing
  2. Tanning industry
  3. As an anesthesia
  4. For extraction of glue from animals tissue and bones
  5. In the preparation of Aqua-regia
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following gases gives dense white fumes with ammonia?

  1. Nitric oxide
  2. Hydrogen chloride
  3. Carbon di-oxide
  4. Excess of chlorine
  5. Oxygen
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following gases is formed when a metal reacts with HCl?

  1. Oxygen
  2. Carbon di-oxide
  3. Hydrogen
  4. Chlorine
  5. Sulphur di oxide
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following compounds of sodium gives sulphur with the dil. HCl?

  1. NaHSO3
  2. Na2S
  3. Na2SO3
  4. NaHS
  5. Na2S2O3
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a chemical test for hydrogen gas?

  1. Pops with lit splint
  2. Turns limewater cloudy
  3. Bleaches damp litmus paper white
  4. Relights a glowing splint
  5. Smells of burning sulphur
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a colourless solution that x contains?

To a colourless solution X, a few drops of dil. nitric acid, followed by a few drops of silver nitrate solution were added, and a white precipitate was formed. When a few drops of litmus solution were added to solution X, the solution turned red.

  1. Sulphuric acid
  2. Sodium hydroxide
  3. Hydrochloric acid
  4. Calcium hydroxide
  5. Ammonia
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following gases smells like rotten eggs?

  1. Hydrogen sulphide gas
  2. Sulphur di-oxide
  3. Hydrogen chloride
  4. Ammonia
  5. Hydrogen
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Manganese(IV)oxide, potassium permanganate and potassium dichromate are commonly known as_____

  1. reducing agents
  2. oxidizing agents
  3. drying agents
  4. organic compounds
  5. dehydrating agents