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401. |
The process which does not evolve CO2 in air is |
A. | urning |
B. | reathing |
C. | rganic delay |
D. | hotosynthesis |
Answer» E. | |
402. |
Which gas is used as fire extinguisher ? |
A. | arbon dioxide |
B. | arbon monoxide |
C. | arbon suboxide |
D. | ulphur dioxide |
Answer» B. arbon monoxide | |
403. |
It is dangerous to leave the car engine running in a closed garage, because it may cause serious pollution due to poisoning by emission of |
A. | O2 |
B. | O |
C. | nburnt petrol |
D. | O2 |
Answer» C. nburnt petrol | |
404. |
Man dies in the atmosphere of CO, because it |
A. | ries up the blood |
B. | ombines with O2 present in the body |
C. | educes the organic matter of tissues |
D. | ombines with the haemoglobin of blood, thereby making the later incapable of absorbing O2 |
Answer» E. | |
405. |
Which one is the purest form of carbon? |
A. | oal |
B. | raphite |
C. | iamond |
D. | ron |
Answer» D. ron | |
406. |
Which one is not a pure form of carbon? |
A. | oal |
B. | raphite |
C. | iamond |
D. | old |
Answer» E. | |
407. |
The gas that causes suffocation and death when coal or coke is burnt in a closed room is |
A. | ethane |
B. | thane |
C. | arbon monoxide |
D. | arbon dioxide |
Answer» D. arbon dioxide | |
408. |
Water gas is the combination of |
A. | O and H2 |
B. | O2and H2 |
C. | O and H2O |
D. | O2 and CO |
Answer» B. O2and H2 | |
409. |
Highly toxic gas which causes headache, visual difficulty, paralysis and even death is |
A. | O2 |
B. | 3 |
C. | O |
D. | ll of these |
Answer» D. ll of these | |
410. |
Diamond is lustrous because |
A. | t is colourless |
B. | t is hard |
C. | t is pure |
D. | ts refractive index is high |
Answer» E. | |
411. |
Hardest allotrope of carbon is |
A. | iamond |
B. | raphite |
C. | oke |
D. | amp black |
Answer» B. raphite | |
412. |
Which among the following coal contains 90 per cent of carbon? |
A. | nthracite |
B. | itumen |
C. | ignite |
D. | eat |
Answer» B. itumen | |
413. |
The gas used to extinguish fire is |
A. | eon |
B. | itrogen |
C. | arbon dioxide |
D. | arbon monoxide |
Answer» D. arbon monoxide | |
414. |
Diamond is harder than graphite because of : |
A. | ifference in layers of atoms |
B. | etrahedral structure of diamond |
C. | ifference of crystalline structures |
D. | one of these |
Answer» B. etrahedral structure of diamond | |
415. |
If lime water is kept in the air, it turns milky due to presence of : |
A. | arbon dioxide |
B. | itrogen |
C. | xygen |
D. | ulphurdioxide |
Answer» B. itrogen | |
416. |
Diamonds are glittering and attractive because light incident on them undergoes |
A. | ighest refraction |
B. | ultiple internal reflections |
C. | ultiple surface reflections |
D. | undred percent transmission |
Answer» C. ultiple surface reflections | |
417. |
The main source of carbon monoxide is |
A. | ndustrial process |
B. | uel combustion |
C. | ransportation |
D. | olid waste disposal |
Answer» D. olid waste disposal | |
418. |
If we burn graphite, |
A. | esidue will be left |
B. | o residue will be left |
C. | t will not burn |
D. | t will change into diamond |
Answer» C. t will not burn | |
419. |
The percentage of oxygen in air is approximately |
A. | 00% |
B. | % |
C. | 8% |
D. | 1% |
Answer» E. | |
420. |
The most abundant constituent of atmospheric air is : |
A. | arbon |
B. | ydrogen |
C. | xygen |
D. | itrogen |
Answer» E. | |
421. |
Air shows the property of |
A. | 2 |
B. | 2 |
C. | oth A and B |
D. | one of these |
Answer» D. one of these | |
422. |
Ozone layer of atmosphere absorbs: |
A. | ltraviolet rays |
B. | nfra-red rays |
C. | ll radiations of Light |
D. | osmic rays. |
Answer» B. nfra-red rays | |
423. |
Dry ice is the solid form of : |
A. | ir |
B. | arbon dioxide |
C. | itrogen |
D. | ater |
Answer» C. itrogen | |
424. |
Dry powder fire extinguishers contain |
A. | and |
B. | and and sodium carbonate |
C. | and and potassium carbonate |
D. | and and sodium bicarbonate |
Answer» E. | |
425. |
For extinguishing fire, we use |
A. | ydrogen |
B. | arbon Monoxide |
C. | arbon Dioxide |
D. | arsh gas |
Answer» D. arsh gas | |
426. |
Air is said to be saturated when : |
A. | t contains maximum content of water vapour |
B. | ts pressure is minimum |
C. | ts thickness is maximum |
D. | t blows over the barren land |
Answer» B. ts pressure is minimum | |
427. |
The inert gases are ____ in water. |
A. | paringly soluble |
B. | nsoluble |
C. | oluble |
D. | one of these |
Answer» B. nsoluble | |
428. |
Candle is a mixture of |
A. | araffin was and stearic acid |
B. | ees wax and stearic acid |
C. | igher fatty acids and stearic acid |
D. | ees wax and paraffin wax |
Answer» B. ees wax and stearic acid | |
429. |
Which of the following is chiefly present in LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) ? |
A. | ethane |
B. | thane |
C. | ropane |
D. | utane |
Answer» E. | |
430. |
Combustion of a candle is a/an |
A. | hotochemical reaction |
B. | hysical change |
C. | ndothermic reaction |
D. | xothermic reaction |
Answer» E. | |
431. |
Rusting of iron takes place due to |
A. | xidation |
B. | arbonation |
C. | xfoliation |
D. | orrosion |
Answer» B. arbonation | |
432. |
The working of a dry cell is based on |
A. | ecomposition reaction |
B. | pontaneous oxidation-reduction reaction |
C. | ombination reaction |
D. | lectrolysis |
Answer» E. | |
433. |
Galvanization of iron is carried out using |
A. | inc |
B. | in |
C. | opper |
D. | hromium |
Answer» B. in | |
434. |
The process of covering water pipes made of Iron with Zinc layer to prevent corrosion is called : |
A. | inc plating |
B. | lloy formation |
C. | ulcanization |
D. | alvanization |
Answer» E. | |
435. |
When a spoon is to be electroplated with nickel the spoon is |
A. | ipped in a nickel sulphate solution |
B. | ade anode and a pure nickel rod, the cathode |
C. | ade cathode and a pure nickel red, the anode |
D. | oated with nickel sulphate and dried |
Answer» D. oated with nickel sulphate and dried | |
436. |
The process of improving the quality of rubber by heating it with sulphur is called |
A. | ulcanization |
B. | cceleration |
C. | ulphonation |
D. | alvanization |
Answer» B. cceleration | |
437. |
In galvanization, iron is coated with |
A. | opper |
B. | inc |
C. | in |
D. | ickel |
Answer» C. in | |
438. |
An electrochemical cell which is used as a source of direct electrical current at constant voltage under standard conditions is called a : |
A. | ower transmittor |
B. | attery |
C. | ninterrupted power supply (UPS) |
D. | enerator |
Answer» C. ninterrupted power supply (UPS) | |
439. |
A potato tuber has been cut into two halves. A few drops of iodine solution are placed on the cut surface of one of the halves. What colour change will be noticed? |
A. | rom brown to blue-black |
B. | rom brown to orange-red |
C. | rom blue to pink |
D. | rom pink to blue-green |
Answer» B. rom brown to orange-red | |
440. |
The anode of a dry cell is made up of |
A. | ron |
B. | admium |
C. | inc |
D. | ead |
Answer» D. ead | |
441. |
A non-electronic conductor is |
A. | ron |
B. | as Carbon |
C. | opper Sulphate |
D. | one of these |
Answer» E. | |
442. |
Which one of the following metals is used to galvanise iron ? |
A. | opper |
B. | ead |
C. | inc |
D. | ercury |
Answer» D. ercury | |
443. |
Galvanization is the : |
A. | eposition of zinc on iron |
B. | eposition of tin on iron |
C. | eposition of copper on iron |
D. | eposition of aluminium on iron |
Answer» B. eposition of tin on iron | |
444. |
The anode in a dry cell consists of |
A. | opper |
B. | inc |
C. | admium |
D. | raphite |
Answer» C. admium | |
445. |
The metal chiefly used for galvanising iron is : |
A. | inc |
B. | ercury |
C. | admium |
D. | in |
Answer» B. ercury | |
446. |
An electric iron has a heating element made of : |
A. | opper |
B. | ungsten |
C. | ichrome |
D. | inc |
Answer» D. inc | |
447. |
Iron is prevented from rusting by coating with zinc. This process is called as |
A. | alvanisation |
B. | orrosion |
C. | ublimation |
D. | eduction |
Answer» B. orrosion | |
448. |
The metalused to galvanise iron to protect it from rusting is |
A. | inc |
B. | hromium |
C. | ead |
D. | ntimony |
Answer» B. hromium | |
449. |
Silicone is a polymer of |
A. | etraalkyl silane |
B. | ilicon tetrachloride |
C. | ialkyl dichloro silane |
D. | ilane |
Answer» D. ilane | |
450. |
The polymer obtained by the condensation of hexamethylene diamine and adipic acid is : |
A. | ylon 66 |
B. | erylene |
C. | ollen's |
D. | akelite |
Answer» B. erylene | |