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WorksheetsChemistry Quiz
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Worksheet time: 1hrs 14mins
Which best defines chemistry?
Study of numbers and symbols
Study of living things
Study of matter, its composition and changes
Study of weather
Study of forces
Which of the following is NOT matter?
Air
Light
Water vapour
Smoke
Dust
The smallest particle of an element that can take part in a chemical reaction is the:
Ion
Atom
Molecule
Nucleus
Cell
A homogeneous mixture is best described as one that:
Has uniform composition throughout
Can be filtered easily
Has large particles visible to naked eye
Is always a solid
Separates on standing
Which apparatus is most suitable for heating small volumes of liquids strongly?
Beaker
Measuring cylinder
Evaporating basin
Pipette
Funnel
The primary purpose of fractional distillation is to separate liquids that:
Are immiscible
Have widely different boiling points
Have close boiling points
Decompose on heating
Are solids at room temperature
Which separation technique is based on differences in particle size?
Filtration
Decantation
Sieving
Chromatography
Crystallization
The method used to separate camphor from salt is:
Filtration
Sublimation
Distillation
Sedimentation
Centrifugation
Which of the following is a chemical change?
Melting of wax
Dissolving sugar
Rusting of iron
Breaking glass
Condensation of steam
Which statement is TRUE about compounds?
Have variable composition
Components can be separated by physical means
Formed by chemical combination in fixed ratios
Properties are same as those of constituents
Not represented by formulae
The SI unit of temperature is:
Degree Celsius
Kelvin
Fahrenheit
Rankine
Joule
Which property is intensive?
Mass
Volume
Length
Density
Amount of substance
Which piece of apparatus measures fixed volumes accurately?
Burette
Pipette
Beaker
Conical flask
Test tube
The mixture of oil and water is best separated by:
Filtration
Using a separating funnel
Evaporation
Chromatography
Crystallization
Paper chromatography separates substances based on differences in:
Density
Solubility and adsorption
Melting point
Colour only
Conductivity
The process used to obtain pure water from sea water in a laboratory is:
Evaporation
Simple distillation
Filtration
Crystallization
Decantation
A mixture of sand and salt can be separated by:
Sublimation and decantation
Dissolving, filtration and evaporation
Magnet and filtration
Chromatography only
Distillation only
The separation of petroleum into fractions is carried out by:
Steam distillation
Fractional distillation
Simple distillation
Chromatography
Filtration
Which fraction of crude oil is used mainly as fuel for aircraft?
Petrol
Kerosene
Diesel
Bitumen
Lubricating oil
The main raw materials for cement manufacture are:
Limestone and clay
Sand and soda ash
Bauxite and cryolite
Nitrogen and hydrogen
Iron ore and coke
The Haber process produces:
Methanol
Ammonia
Sulfuric acid
Sodium hydroxide
Ethanol
Which conditions favour the Haber process?
High temperature, low pressure, platinum catalyst
Low temperature, high pressure, iron catalyst
High temperature, high pressure, copper catalyst
Low temperature, low pressure, nickel catalyst
Room temperature, no catalyst
The Contact process is used in the manufacture of:
Ammonia
Sulfuric acid
Nitric acid
Sodium carbonate
Bleach
The catalyst used in the Contact process is:
Iron
Platinum
Vanadium(V) oxide
Nickel
Copper
The raw materials for the Solvay process are limestone and:
Nitrogen
Brine
Ethene
Coal tar
Ammonia nitrate
A property that distinguishes solids from liquids is that solids:
Have definite shape
Flow easily
Are compressible
Have no surface
Expand greatly on heating
Which of the following shows Brownian motion best?
Smoke particles in air
Steel balls in oil
Sand in water
Pebbles in a jar
Iron filings on paper
Evidence for the particulate nature of matter is provided by:
Osmosis
Diffusion
Filtration
Crystallization
Distillation
Which is NOT a physical method of separation?
Chromatography
Distillation
Crystallization
Electrolysis
Filtration
Distilled water differs from rain water because rain water usually contains:
Sand
Dissolved gases
Sugar
Oil droplets
Alcohol
The safety flame on a Bunsen burner is:
Blue non-luminous
Yellow luminous
Greenish
Colourless
White
In fractional distillation, the fractionating column improves separation by providing:
Heat sink
Large surface area for repeated condensation and vaporization
Cooling chamber only
Pressure reduction only
A place to collect residue
Which mixture can be separated using a magnet?
Copper and sulfur
Iron filings and sulfur
Sand and salt
Copper(II) oxide and carbon
Water and ethanol
Which statement about mixtures is correct?
Components are chemically combined
Components retain their properties
Fixed composition
Represented by chemical formulae
Cannot be separated
The most suitable method to obtain crystals of copper(II) sulfate from its solution is:
Filtration of the solution
Evaporation to dryness
Evaporation to saturation and crystallization
Distillation
Sublimation
The separation of dyes on paper chromatogram shows different:
pH values
Rf values
Refractive indices
Densities
Boiling points
The industrial conversion of ethene to ethanol is by:
Fermentation
Hydration with acid catalyst
Oxidation
Polymerization
Hydrogenation
Which industry uses bauxite as a raw material?
Fertilizer
Aluminium
Glass
Cement
Textile
The pollution mainly associated with SO₂ from industries is:
Ozone depletion
Acid rain
Global cooling
Radioactivity
Photochemical smog only
Which gas is used for the manufacture of ammonia?
Oxygen
Nitrogen and hydrogen
Nitrogen and oxygen
Carbon monoxide and hydrogen
Chlorine and hydrogen
In water treatment, alum is added to:
Disinfect water
Improve taste
Coagulate suspended particles
Remove hardness
Add fluoride
The correct order of petroleum fractions from lowest to highest boiling point is:
Bitumen → Diesel → Kerosene → Petrol
Petrol → Kerosene → Diesel → Bitumen
Diesel → Petrol → Kerosene → Bitumen
Kerosene → Petrol → Diesel → Bitumen
Petrol → Diesel → Kerosene → Bitumen
Which statement best describes an element?
Substance made of identical atoms
Substance made of different atoms
Substance that can be split by physical means
Variable composition
Always metallic
An extensive property depends on:
Type of substance only
Amount of substance
Temperature only
Pressure only
Shape only
The laboratory drying agent for acidic gases like HCl is:
Calcium chloride
Quicklime (CaO)
Concentrated H₂SO₄
Silica gel
Anhydrous copper(II) sulfate
Which method separates a precipitate from its mother liquor quickly?
Decantation
Evaporation
Centrifugation
Chromatography
Sublimation
A saturated solution is one which:
mother liquor quickly?
Decantation
Evaporation
Centrifugation
Chromatography
Sublimation
A saturated solution is one which:
Contains no solute
Contains solute that can still dissolve
Contains maximum solute at given temperature
Is always concentrated
Is always dilute
Which is NOT a petrochemical?
Polyethylene
PVC
Nylon
Cellulose
Polystyrene
The main constituent of natural gas is:
Ethane
Methane
Propane
Butane
Ethene
Which process is used to obtain pure nitrogen from liquid air?
Fractional distillation
Electrolysis
Filtration
Chromatography
Evaporation to dryness
Which pair represents a heterogeneous mixture?
Air and salt solution
Brass and vodka
Oil and water
Sugar solution and perfume
Petrol and kerosene
Which is a correct safety practice?
Pipette by mouth
Add water to acid
Add acid to water
Heat closed test tube
Taste unknown chemicals
Which is a physical property?
Flammability
Reactivity with acids
Colour
Corrosion
Decomposition
The instrument used to measure mass is:
Thermometer
Meter rule
Balance
Stop watch
Burette
The term "filtrate" refers to:
Solid retained on filter paper
Liquid that passes through filter
Solid dissolved in solvent
Insoluble residue
Volatile distillate
Dry air is obtained by passing air through:
Limewater
Conc. H₂SO₄
Aqueous NaOH
Limewater and then NaOH
Dilute HCl
Sea sand is purified for glass manufacture by removing:
NaCl
CaCO₃
Fe₂O₃ impurities
SiO₂
SO₃
Which raw material supplies sodium in glass making?
Soda ash (Na₂CO₃)
Limestone
Sand
Feldspar
Dolomite
The component of crude oil used for road surfacing is:
Diesel
Lubricating oil
Bitumen
Petrol
Kerosene
The colour of a pure, non-luminous Bunsen flame is:
Yellow
Blue
Red
Green
White
Which is NOT an industrial pollutant?
Carbon monoxide
Nitrogen oxides
Water vapour
Sulfur dioxide
Lead compounds
A colloid differs from a true solution because colloids:
Pass through ordinary filter paper
Settle on standing
Show Tyndall effect
Have visible particles
Cannot be charged
The separation of cream from milk in dairies is by:
Filtration
Centrifugation
Chromatography
Distillation
Sublimation
An azeotrope is:
A solute
A constant-boiling mixture
A colloid
A precipitate
A hydrate
A solvent front in chromatography is the:
Starting line
Furthest point reached by solvent
Line of best fit
Baseline of paper
Spot of solute only
The apparatus for accurately delivering variable volumes in titration is the:
Pipette
Burette
Volumetric flask
Measuring cylinder
Conical flask
Which is NOT a raw material for fertilizer production?
Nitrogen
Phosphates
Potash
Limestone
Silver
Which is used to remove temporary hardness of water industrially?
Addition of slaked lime
Ion-exchange resins
Boiling only
Adding NaCl
Adding sand
The major product of the Ostwald process is:
Nitric acid
Sulfuric acid
Ammonia
Methanol
Sodium carbonate
In the contact process, SO₂ is oxidized to SO₃ in presence of:
Heat only
V₂O₅ catalyst
UV light
Fe₂O₃ catalyst
CuO catalyst
Which pair are allotropes?
Graphite and diamond
O₂ and CO₂
H₂ and He
Na and K
H₂O and H₂O₂
The conversion of water to steam is:
Chemical change
Nuclear change
Physical change
Electrochemical change
Photochemical change
The best method to recover salt from a salt solution contaminated with sand is:
Distillation only
Filtration then evaporation
Crystallization only
Sublimation
Chromatography
Which best describes decantation?
Pouring off supernatant liquid from sediment
Passing through filter paper
Evaporating solvent
Freezing solution
Adding coagulant
The phenomenon responsible for mixing of perfumes in air is:
Osmosis
Diffusion
Effervescence
Adsorption
Capillarity
The law that mass is conserved in a chemical reaction is by:
Dalton
Lavoisier
Avogadro
Boyle
Charles
Which is a renewable industrial feedstock?
Crude oil
Coal
Biomass
Natural gas
Uranium
The petroleum fraction used as lubricants is:
Naphtha
Gas oil
Lubricating oil fraction
Petrol
Refinery gas
The main environmental issue in cement manufacture is:
Noise only
Dust and CO₂ emissions
Excess water use
Excess hydrogen
Ozone emission
Which instrument is used to measure volume of a gas?
U-tube manometer
Gas syringe
Pipette
Thermometer
Hygrometer
A solution that resists change in pH on addition of small acid or base is:
Neutral solution
Buffer solution
Indicator solution
Supersaturated solution
Colloid
The property that explains detergent action is:
Hygroscopicity
Amphiphilic nature
Radioactivity
Magnetism
Combustibility
Which is NOT associated with water treatment?
Screening
Coagulation
Chlorination
Cracking
Filtration
The main components of glass are:
SiO₂, Na₂CO₃, CaCO₃
SiO₂, NaCl, CaO
SiO₂ alone
Na₂SO₄ and CaSO₄
SiC and NaOH
The separation of ethanol and water in a lab is best done by:
Filtration
Simple distillation
Fractional distillation
Sublimation
Decantation
The unit for amount of substance is:
Mole
Gram
Liter
Meter
Pascal
The technique used to remove coloured impurities during sugar refining is often:
Chromatography
Adsorption on activated carbon
Sublimation
Simple filtration
Distillation
What is the mobile phase in paper chromatography?
Paper
Solvent
Solute
Ink
Air
Which is a suspension?
Salt solution
Starch in water freshly stirred
Vinegar
Vodka
Air
The addition of calcium hydroxide to soft drinks would:
Increase sweetness
Neutralize acids
Increase CO₂ content
Precipitate sugar
Produce alcohol
The first step in a typical water treatment plant is:
Filtration
Chlorination
Coagulation
Screening
Softening
The fraction of crude oil used mainly for making chemicals is:
Naphtha
Diesel
Bitumen
Kerosene
Fuel oil
The physical state with highest compressibility is:
Solid
Liquid
Gas
Plasma only
All equal
Which is an example of a pure substance?
Steel
Bronze
Distilled water
Milk
Seawater
Which is a use of nitrogen in industry?
Fuel in engines
Inert atmosphere for food packaging
Bleaching textiles
Catalyst in Haber process
Acid formation
A method to concentrate ore particles based on density is:
Froth flotation
Magnetic separation
Gravity separation
Leaching
Roasting
Which statement about colloids is true?
Particles are atoms
Show Tyndall effect
Can be filtered by ordinary paper
Always coloured
Settle rapidly
The unit operation "cracking" in petroleum industry is used to:
Convert heavy fractions to lighter ones
Remove sulfur
Increase octane of petrol only
Separate fractions
Remove water
The octane number of petrol indicates its:
Colour
Density
Anti-knock quality
Sulfur content
Boiling point
In crystallization, "mother liquor" refers to:
Solid crystals collected
Solvent used
Remaining solution after crystals form
Distillate
Precipitate
Which method is suitable to purify a soluble solid that decomposes on strong heating?
Evaporation to dryness
Crystallization at low temperature
Sublimation
Strong heating
Filtration only
The best technique to separate pigments from ink is:
Filtration
Paper chromatography
Evaporation
Distillation
Decantation
Which mixture can be separated by fractional crystallization?
Ethanol and water
NaCl and KNO₃ from solution
Oil and water
Iron and sulfur
Sand and sawdust
Which is an example of adsorption?
Salt dissolving in water
Dye taken up by charcoal
Steam condensing
Sugar crystallizing
Ice melting
The industrial preparation of soap is known as:
Polymerization
Saponification
Hydrogenation
Fermentation
Dehydration
Which is a chemical hazard commonly controlled by scrubbers in chimneys?
CO₂
SO₂
N₂
O₂
Ar
Which is used to test for CO₂ in lab emissions?
Acidified KMnO₄
Limewater
Litmus paper
Anhydrous CuSO₄
Benedict's solution
Steel is an alloy of:
Fe and Cu
Fe and C
Fe and Al
Fe and Zn
Fe and Pb
Which is NOT a typical unit process in chemical industry?
Oxidation
Reduction
Filtration
Polymerization
Hydrolysis
The separation of lead(II) chloride precipitate from solution is by:
Distillation
Filtration
Sublimation
Chromatography
Crystallization
The principle of separation using a separating funnel is difference in:
Density of immiscible liquids
Boiling points
Particle size
Colour
Reactivity
Which of the following is hygroscopic?
NaCl
CaCl₂
Sand
Paraffin
Sucrose
The colour change when wet red litmus is exposed to ammonia gas is:
Red to blue
Blue to red
Red to red
Blue to blue
No change
Which is used as an anti-caking agent in fertilizers?
Silica
Talc
NaCl
Urea
Ammonium nitrate
The component of air that supports combustion is:
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Carbon dioxide
Argon
Water vapour
The main impurity removed during coking of coal is:
Water only
Volatile matter
Ash only
Sulfuric acid
Nitric acid
Slaked lime is:
CaO
Ca(OH)₂
CaCO₃
CaSO₄
CaCl₂
The process of coating iron with zinc to prevent rusting is:
Tinning
Galvanization
Anodizing
Painting
Alloying
The separation technique that depends on different rates of flow in a stationary phase is:
Distillation
Chromatography
Evaporation
Crystallization
Sedimentation
Which is NOT a use of sulfuric acid?
Fertilizer manufacture
Drying agent for gases
Electrolyte in car batteries
Manufacture of detergents
Baking bread
Which is an example of a closed system in an experiment?
Open beaker
Sealed flask
Running stream
Burning match in air
Hotplate
In water softening by ion exchange, Ca²⁺ and Mg²⁺ are replaced by:
H⁺
K⁺
Na⁺
Cl⁻
SO₄²⁻
The main by-product of soap making useful in cosmetics is:
Glycerol
Ethanol
Methanol
Propane
Butene
The laboratory reagent used to dry ammonia gas is:
Conc. H₂SO₄
CaO
CaCl₂
Anhydrous CuSO₄
P₂O₅
Which is NOT a step in crystallization?
Preparation of saturated solution
Filtration of hot solution
Rapid cooling under a fan
Allowing slow cooling
Drying crystals
A mixture of ethanol and benzene is separated by:
Fractional distillation
Separating funnel
Filtration
Sublimation
Chromatography
Which is a use of naphtha?
Road surfacing
Jet fuel
Chemical feedstock
Lubrication
Domestic heating oil
An emulsion is a:
Gas in solid
Liquid in liquid colloid
Solid in gas
Solid in liquid solution
Gas in liquid solution
The Rf value in chromatography is the ratio of:
Solvent distance/solute distance
Solute distance/solvent distance
Solubility/adsorption
Concentration/volume
Time/temperature
The unit for density in SI derived form is:
kg m⁻¹
kg m⁻³
kg m²
N m⁻³
mol m⁻³
Which is a property of gases?
Definite volume
Definite shape
Highly compressible
Incompressible
Rigid
The industrial production of bleach (NaOCl) involves chlorination of:
NaOH solution
Na₂CO₃ solution
NaCl solid
Ca(OH)₂ solid
HCl solution
Which is a greenhouse gas emitted by industry?
O₂
N₂
CO₂
Ar
Ne
In fractional distillation of crude oil, the top of the column is:
Hottest
Coldest
Same as bottom
Pressurized
Flooded with steam only
The correct order for separating a mixture of salt, sand and iron filings is:
Filtration → Magnet → Evaporation
Magnet → Dissolve → Filtration → Evaporation
Dissolve → Magnet → Filtration → Evaporation
Magnet → Filtration → Distillation
Sublimation → Magnet → Filtration
Which substance sublimes on heating?
NaCl
Iodine
Copper(II) sulfate pentahydrate
Calcium carbonate
Sugar
In the lab, the safest way to smell a chemical is to:
Inhale directly
Waft vapour toward nose
Taste a little
Ask a friend to smell
Heat first, then smell
Which is true about a supersaturated solution?
Contains less solute than saturated
Unstable; crystallizes on seeding
Always at low temperature
Always at high pH
Does not crystallize
The main raw materials for ammonia are obtained from:
Air and water gas
Coal only
Brine only
Limestone only
Petroleum coke only
A mixture of NaCl and NH₄Cl can be separated by:
Filtration then evaporation
Sublimation of NH₄Cl then dissolution
Distillation
Chromatography
Sieving
The piece of apparatus used to support a crucible while heating is:
Tripod stand
Retort stand
Clamp
Wire gauze/clay triangle
Burette stand
