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Which of the following is a compound?

  1. Baking soda

  2. Octane

  3. Hydrogen peroxide

  4. All of above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Hydrogen peroxide is formed when two atoms of hydrogen form a bond with two atoms of oxygen that have bonded to each other. Octane is a hydrocarbon consisting of hydrogen and carbon. Sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) can be produced from the reaction of carbon dioxide with an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide, which creates sodium carbonate; it is then combined with carbon dioxide molecules to produce sodium bicarbonate. All the compounds are made up of different elements and have properties different from their constituent element.

Which of the following is not a mixture but a compound?

  1. Soda water

  2. Sea water

  3. Soil

  4. None of above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

All the above examples are mixtures and not compounds. Mixtures are impure substance made up of two or more pure substances. They are not chemically mixed and can be separated by physical means.

Antimony and Arsenic belong to the category of:

  1. metals

  2. metalloids

  3. non-metals

  4. minerals


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Antimony and Arsenic belong to the category of metalloids. A $metalloid$ is any chemical element which has properties in between those of metals and nonmetals, or that has a mixture of them.

Consider the following classification.
Lotus, Rose, Tiger, Cactus
Which of the following is not suitable in given classification. 

  1. Lotus

  2. Rose

  3. Tiger

  4. Cactus


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In the given classification, the Tiger is not suitable as it is animal and all the others are plants.

Which of the following is compounds contain only two chemical elements?

  1. Hydrogen peroxide

  2. Ammonia

  3. Water

  4. Sugar


Correct Option: A,B,C
Explanation:

Hydrogen peroxide $= H _2O _2$

Ammonia $=  NH _3$
Water $ = H _2O$

Which of the following classification is not correct.
1. Pen - Non-living thing
2. Lion- Animal
3. Rose - Mammal

  1. 1

  2. 2

  3. 3

  4. nonw of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Rose is not correctly classified as it is a plant, not mammal. Mammals are the types of animal.

Baking soda is a compound.

  1. True

  2. False

  3. Either

  4. Neither


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Baking soda (sodium hydrogen carbonate $ \displaystyle (NaHCO _3)$ or sodium bicarbonate ) is a compound. It is formed by chemical combination of elements $Na, \ H, \ C, \ O $.

Suppose an orbital may accommodate three electrons then the number of elements in 4th period will be?

  1. 12

  2. 27

  3. 18

  4. 32


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In the fourth period of periodic table there is filling of 4s,3d,4p orbitals. So the total number of orbitals to be filled $=1(4s)+5(3d)+3(4P)=9$

If each orbital can hold maximum 3 electrons the number of elements$=3\times9=27$
Hence option B is correct answer.

Which one of the following element forms interstitial compounds?

  1. $Fe$

  2. $Co$

  3. $Ni$

  4. $Sc$


Correct Option: C

Most of the work on Transuranic element was done by 

  1. Bohr

  2. Seaborg

  3. Mc Millan

  4. Slater


Correct Option: A