Explore topic-wise MCQs in Chemistry.

This section includes 15 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Chemistry knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

Which is the most suitable carrier gas in gas chromatography?

A. Helium
B. Nitrogen
C. Oxygen
D. Carbon dioxide
Answer» B. Nitrogen
2.

What is the paper strip developed in partition chromatography called?

A. Chromatograph
B. Chroma
C. Chromatographing strip
D. Chromatogram
Answer» E.
3.

Gas chromatography can be performed in X, whereas liquid chromatography can be performed in Y. Identify X and Y.

A. X = only plane surfaces, Y = only columns
B. X = only columns, Y = only plane surfaces
C. X = only columns, Y = columns or plane surfaces
D. X = columns or plane surfaces, Y = only plane surfaces
Answer» D. X = columns or plane surfaces, Y = only plane surfaces
4.

Which type of chromatography involves the separation of a mixture over a column of adsorbent packed in a glass tube?

A. Thin layer chromatography
B. Partition chromatography
C. Column chromatography
D. Gas liquid chromatography
Answer» D. Gas liquid chromatography
5.

The mobile phase in chromatography can comprise of which of the following?

A. Gas or liquid
B. Liquid or solid
C. Solid or gas
D. Liquid only
Answer» B. Liquid or solid
6.

Paper chromatography is a type of which chromatography?

A. Column chromatography
B. Thin layer chromatography
C. Adsorption chromatography
D. Partition chromatography
Answer» E.
7.

Thin layer chromatography is used to estimate drugs in formulation.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
8.

In column chromatography, identify the mobile and stationary phase from the following.

A. Solid, Liquid
B. Liquid, Solid
C. Gas, Liquid
D. Solid, Solid
Answer» C. Gas, Liquid
9.

Which is not used as an absorbent in adsorption chromatography?

A. Silica gel
B. Alumina
C. Potassium permanganate
D. Starch
Answer» D. Starch
10.

Which of the following is the apparatus for differential extraction?

A. Separatory funnel
B. Porous sheet
C. Packed column
D. Electric motor
Answer» B. Porous sheet
11.

Identify the example of compounds separated by steam distillation method.

A. Glycerol-spent lye mixture in soap industry
B. Aniline-water mixture
C. Chloroform and aniline mixture
D. Different fractions of crude oil in petroleum industry
Answer» C. Chloroform and aniline mixture
12.

In fractional distillation, vapors of low boiling point component ascend to the top of the column.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
13.

What is the basis for the process of distillation?

A. Difference in melting point
B. Difference in temperature
C. Difference in pressure
D. Difference in boiling point
Answer» E.
14.

In crystallization, the compound dissolved in a solvent is more soluble in what temperature?

A. Room temperature
B. Lower temperature
C. Higher temperature
D. Very low temperature
Answer» D. Very low temperature
15.

The purification method where solid substances change from solid to vapor state without passing through the liquid state is called as which of the following?

A. Sublimation
B. Crystallization
C. Distillation
D. Differential extraction
Answer» B. Crystallization