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801.

The gas used for artificial fruit ripening of green fruit is

A. thylene
B. cetylene
C. thane
D. ethane
Answer» B. cetylene
802.

Freon used as refrigerant is chemically

A. hlorinated hydrocarbon
B. luorinated hydrocarbon
C. hlorofluoro hydrocarbon
D. luorinated aromatic compound
Answer» D. luorinated aromatic compound
803.

Which of the following is used for refrigeration?

A. ulphur dioxide
B. hlorine
C. reon
D. hosphine
Answer» D. hosphine
804.

The pair of compounds used as anaesthetic in medicines :

A. ther, Ammonia
B. itrous oxide, Chloroform
C. hloroform, Nitrogen dioxide
D. itrogen dioxide, ether
Answer» C. hloroform, Nitrogen dioxide
805.

Which of the following is not a nitrogenous fertilizer ?

A. a(CN)2
B. aCN2
C. H4NO3
D. rea
Answer» B. aCN2
806.

The compound to which H2 does not add is

A. iphenyl ethylene
B. etraphenyl ethylene
C. etra – a –naphthylethylene
D. etra –9 – phenanthrylethylene
Answer» C. etra – a –naphthylethylene
807.

Saccharin is made up of

A. oluene
B. henol
C. ropane
D. utane
Answer» B. henol
808.

Which one is the simplest aromatic hydrocarbon?

A. spirin
B. enzene
C. hloride
D. icric acid
Answer» C. hloride
809.

Benzene cannot undergo :

A. ubstitution
B. ddition
C. limination
D. xidation
Answer» D. xidation
810.

Adding Cl2 to benzene in the presence of AlCl3 is an example of :

A. limination reaction
B. ubstitution reaction
C. one of the options
D. ddition reaction
Answer» C. one of the options
811.

Wax used for making candle is chemically a mixture of

A. liphatic hydrocarbons
B. romatic hydrocarbons
C. yclic hydrocarbons
D. liphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons
Answer» B. romatic hydrocarbons
812.

When conc. H2SO4 is added to dry KNO3, brown fumes are evolved. These fumes are due to

A. O3
B. O2
C. O2
D. 2O
Answer» D. 2O
813.

Sulphuric acid is

A. onobasic
B. ibasic
C. ribasic
D. etrabasic
Answer» C. ribasic
814.

Which one of the following nonmetals shows allotropy in the liquid state?

A. arbon
B. ulphur
C. hosphorous
D. romine
Answer» C. hosphorous
815.

The most suitable vessel for storing concentrated sulphuric acid is

A. opper vessel
B. luminium vessel
C. lass vessel
D. arthen vessel
Answer» D. arthen vessel
816.

Who first published the periodic table?

A. ohn Dalton
B. ulius Lothar Meyer
C. enry Moseley
D. mitri Mendeleev
Answer» E.
817.

Which one is the most reactive halogen?

A. odine
B. romine
C. luorine
D. hlorine
Answer» D. hlorine
818.

Ionisation energy of nitrogen is greater than that of oxygen because nitrogen has

A. igh bond dissociation energy
B. maller atomic radius
C. table half filled 2p sub level
D. igh nuclear charge
Answer» D. igh nuclear charge
819.

Which of the following laser types is used in a laser printer?

A. ye laser
B. emiconductor laser
C. xcimer laser
D. as laser
Answer» C. xcimer laser
820.

Gypsum is used for improvement of:

A. lkaline soils
B. aline soils
C. odsols
D. cidic soils
Answer» C. odsols
821.

Aspirin is chemically known as

A. ethyl salicylate
B. ydroxysalicylate
C. cetylsalicylic acid
D. lkylsalicylic acid
Answer» D. lkylsalicylic acid
822.

Which of the following is used as anesthetic ?

A. H3
B. O
C. O2
D. 2O
Answer» C. O2
823.

The chemical used for cloud seeding for artificial rains is

A. ilver Nitrate
B. otassium Bromide
C. ilver Iodide
D. otassium Nitrate
Answer» D. otassium Nitrate
824.

The chemical name of 'laughing gas' is

A. itric oxide
B. itrogen dioxide
C. itrogen pentoxide
D. itrous oxide
Answer» E.
825.

Which of the following is used to remove ink and rust stains on cloth?

A. xalic acid
B. lcohol
C. ther
D. erosene oil
Answer» B. lcohol
826.

Exposure to mixtures of chemicals are greater than expected on the basis of effects of exposure to each chemical individually. This is known as

A. dditives
B. ntagonism
C. ynergism
D. ndependent
Answer» D. ndependent
827.

The chemical used in embalming biological materials is

A. ormaldehyde in water
B. ormaldehyde in methanol
C. thylene glycol
D. aseous formaldehyde
Answer» B. ormaldehyde in methanol
828.

The common refrigerant in domestic refrigerator is

A. eon
B. xygen
C. itrogen
D. reon
Answer» E.
829.

The gas used in the artificial ripening of fruits is

A. cetylene
B. ethane
C. thane
D. utane
Answer» B. ethane
830.

Commonly used antiseptic 'Dettol' is a mixture of

A. -chlorophenoxylenol + terepineol
B. -cresol + terepineol
C. henol + terepineol
D. hloroxylenol + terepineol
Answer» E.
831.

Synthetic detergents are made from

A. odium stearate
B. odium salt of benzene sulphonic acid
C. odium salt of benzene carboxylic acid
D. odium palmitate
Answer» C. odium salt of benzene carboxylic acid
832.

Who developed Hydrogen Bomb?

A. ernher Von Braun
B. . Robert Oppen Heimer
C. dward Teller
D. amuel Cohen
Answer» D. amuel Cohen
833.

Silver halides are used in photographic plates because they are

A. xidised in air
B. oluble in hyposolution
C. educed by light
D. otally colourless
Answer» D. otally colourless
834.

Iodex, a pain relief balm, has the smell of ________ .

A. ethyl salicylate
B. thyl salicylate
C. ropyl salicylate
D. utyl salicylate
Answer» B. thyl salicylate
835.

What is a mixture of potassium nitrate, powdered charcoal and sulphur called?

A. lass
B. ement
C. aint
D. un powder
Answer» E.
836.

Which is not an anasthetic agent in surgical operations?

A. hloroform
B. ther
C. itrous oxide
D. cetone
Answer» E.
837.

Which of the following is used to remove rust stains on cloth?

A. erosene
B. ime
C. xalic acid solution
D. etrol
Answer» D. etrol
838.

Substance used as an anti freeze in radiators of automobiles is :

A. ethyl alcohol and H2O
B. ethyl alcohol
C. thyl alcohol
D. thyl alcohol and H2O
Answer» B. ethyl alcohol
839.

The metal compound commonly found in Sindhoor or Kumkum is based on

A. in
B. ead
C. opper
D. inc
Answer» C. opper
840.

Detergents are

A. odium salts of fatty acids
B. odium salts of sulphonic acids
C. odium salt of benzoic acid
D. one of the above
Answer» C. odium salt of benzoic acid
841.

The oldest rocks in the earth's crust were once molten, and came from deep inside the earth. The molten rock, called magma, spewed out in volcanic eruptions during the earth's early life and solidified into hard rock's called

A. ranite
B. asalt
C. gneous rocks
D. edimentary rocks
Answer» D. edimentary rocks
842.

The number of g-molecule of oxygen in 6.02 x 1024 CO molecules is

A. gram of molecule
B. .5 gram of molecule
C. gram of molecule
D. 0 gram of molecule
Answer» D. 0 gram of molecule
843.

The metal that is used as a catalyst in the hydrogenation of oils is

A. Ni
B. Pb
C. Cu
D. Pt
Answer» B. Pb
844.

The most electropositive elements among the following is

A. Na
B. Ca
C. K
D. Cs
Answer» E.
845.

The molecular formula of phosphorous is

A. P1
B. P2
C. P3
D. P4
Answer» E.
846.

The inexpensive and commonly used variety of glass is called soda glass. It is called so because

A. was used initially for making bottles of soda(carbonated drink)
B. is made using soda(sodium carbonate)
C. was initially used for storing sodium carbonate
D. is made using soda lime
Answer» C. was initially used for storing sodium carbonate
847.

The mass number of an atom is equal to

A. the number of protons
B. the number of protons and electrons
C. the number of nucleons
D. the number of neutrons
Answer» D. the number of neutrons
848.

The oil used in the froth floatation process is

A. coconut oil
B. olive oil
C. kerosene oil
D. pine oil
Answer» E.
849.

The mineral containing both magnesium and calcium is

A. magnesite
B. calcite
C. carnallite
D. dolomite
Answer» E.
850.

The isomerism which exists between CH3CHCI2 and CH2CI. CH2CI is

A. chain isomerism
B. functional group isomerism
C. positional isomerism
D. metamerism
Answer» D. metamerism