MCQ on Properties and Uses of Metals, Minerals, Ores Chemistry Quiz

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Question 1. The heaviest natural element is ________.

(A) Calcium

(B) Gold

(C) Mercury

(D) Uranium

Question 2. Heaviest metal of the following is made of ________.

(A) Silver

(B) Aluminium

(C) Uranium

(D) Copper

Question 3. Which of the following is lighter than water?

(A) Manganese

(B) Magnesium

(C) Sodium

(D) Aluminium

Question 4. The chemical structure of the pearl is _________.

(A) Calcium Sulphate

(B) Calcium Chloride

(C) Calcium Carbonate & Magnesium Carbonate

(D) Calcium Carbonate

Question 5. The main constituents of pearl are _________.

(A) Calcium Oxide and Ammonium Chloride

(B) Ammonium Sulphate and Sodium Carbonate

(C) Aragonite and Conchiolin

(D) Calcium Carbonate and Magnesium Carbonate

Question 6. Pearl is mainly constituted of ___________.

(A) Calcium Oxalate

(B) Calcium Sulphate

(C) Calcium Oxide

(D) Calcium Carbonate

Question 7. What are Rubies and Sapphires chemically known as?

(A) Boron Nitride

(B) Lead Tetroxide

(C) Aluminium Oxide

(D) Silicon Dioxide

Question 8. These days yellow lamps are frequently used as street light. Which one of the following is use in these lamps? 

(A) Nitrogen

(B) Hydrogen

(C) Neon

(D) Sodium

Question 9. Sodium Vapour Lamp is usually used as street light, because ________.

(A) It is brightly illuminating

(B) It is pleasing to the eyes

(C) Light from this is monochromatic and will not split through water droplets

(D) These are cheap

Question 10. The most commonly used substance in fluorescent tubes are __________.

(A) Mercuric Oxide and Neon

(B) Mercury Vapour and Argon

(C) Sodium Vapour and Neon

(D) Sodium Oxide and Argon

Question 11. Which one of the following metals is accessed in the native state?

(A) Zinc

(B) Chromium

(C) Gold

(D) Aluminium

Question 12. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given substances in the decreasing order of their densities? 

(A) Gold > Steel > Mercury

(B) Steel > Gold > Mercury

(C) Gold > Mercury > Steel

(D) Steel > Mercury > Gold

Question 13. How many carats is pure gold? 

(A) 20

(B) 28

(C) 24

(D) 22

Question 14. The softest mineral, Talc (Soapstone) is mainly?

(A) Magnesium Silicate

(B) Sodium Phosphate

(C) Sodium Silicate

(D) Manganese Silicate

Question 15. The chemical name of limestone is __________.

(A) Sodium Sulphate

(B) Sodium Chloride

(C) Magnesium Chloride

(D) Calcium Carbonate

Question 16. Chemically ‘Plaster of Paris’ is ___________.

(A) Calcium Oxalate

(B) Calcium Oxide

(C) Calcium Carbonate

(D) Calcium Sulphate

Question 17. The chemical formula of the Plaster of Paris is ___________.

(A) CaSO4 ·2H2O

(B) CaSO4 ·H2O

(C) CaSO4 ·½H2O

(D) CaSO4

Question 18. Doctors, Artists and Sculptors use Calcium Sulphate which is popularly known as ________.

(A) Plaster of Paris

(B) Bleaching powder

(C) Limestone

(D) Quick lime

Question 19. Monazite is an ore of  __________.

(A) Iron

(B) Titanium

(C) Thorium

(D) Zirconium

Question 20. Which one of the following materials is very hard and very ductile?

(A) Nichrome

(B) Cast iron

(C) Tungsten

(D) Carborundum

Question 21. Which one of the following is the hardest metal?

(A) Tungsten

(B) Platinum

(C) Iron

(D) Gold

Question 22. Which is the most reactive metal?

(A) Potassium

(B) Iron

(C) Calcium

(D) Sodium

Question 23. Which is the hardest in the following?

(A) Platinum

(B) Quartz

(C) Glass

(D) Diamond

Question 24. Which of the following is the electron configuration of a metallic element? 

(A) 2, 8, 8, 2

(B) 2, 8, 8

(C) 2, 8, 7

(D) 2, 8

Question 25. Which one of the following pairs of metals constitutes the lightest metal and heaviest metal, respectively?

(A) Aluminium and Mercury

(B) Aluminium and Osmium

(C) Lithium and Osmium

(D) Lithium and Mercury

Question 26. Mica is a ____________.

(A) Bad conductor of heat and good conductor of electricity

(B) Good conductor of heat and electricity both

(C) Bad conductor of both heat and electricity

(D) Good conductor of heat and bad conductor of electricity

Question 27. In which of the following industries is mica used as a raw material?

(A) Electrical

(B) Glass and pottery

(C) Toys

(D) Iron and steel

Question 28. Which one of the following liquids is very good conductor of heat?

(A) Benzene

(B) Ether

(C) Water

(D) Mercury

Question 29. Which one of the following metals is liquid at room temperature?

(A) Tin

(B) Nickel

(C) Mercury

(D) Lead

Question 30. Which one of the following metals is liquid at ordinary temperature?

(A) Tin

(B) Mercury

(C) Nickel

(D) Lead

Question 31. Mercury is basically used in thermometer devices because its especiality is _______.

(A) High specific heat

(B) High circulation power

(C) High liquidity

(D) High density

Question 32. Which of the following do not react with water at all?

(A) None of the above

(B) Magnesium

(C) Lead

(D) Iron

Question 33. There is no reaction when steam passes over?

(A) Iron

(B) Carbon

(C) Copper

(D) Aluminium

Question 34. Iron is obtained from __________.

(A) Limestone

(B) Pitch-blende

(C) Monazite Sand

(D) Hematite

Question 35. Which of the following materials has the highest electrical conductivity?

(A) Wood

(B) Graphite

(C) Silver

(D) Diamond

Question 36. Which of the following is mainly used for the production of Aluminium?

(A) Magnetite

(B) Bauxite

(C) Lignite

(D) Hematite

Question 37. Bauxite is an ore of which of the following metals?

(A) Silver

(B) Aluminium

(C) Copper

(D) Iron

Question 38. Bauxite is the ore of _________.

(A) Gold

(B) Copper

(C) Aluminium

(D) Iron

Question 39. Aluminium metal is obtained from _________.

(A) Argentite

(B) Bauxite

(C) Graphite

(D) Pitch blende

Question 40. Which one of the following statements is correct?

(A) Zinc amalgams are used as a dental filling

(B) Bordeaux mixture consists of sodium sulphate and lime

(C) Calcium carbonate is an ingredient of toothpaste

(D) Liquid sodium is employed as a coolant in nuclear reactors

Question 41.

• Assertion (A): Sodium metal is stored under kerosene.
• Reason (R): Metallic sodium melts when exposed to air.

(A) (A) is false, but (R) is true

(B) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(C) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

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