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1.

The boiling point of kerosene is

A. below 20 °C
B. 35 °C to 70 °C
C. 70 °C to 120 °C
D. 170 °C to 250 °C
Answer» E.
2.

What is the color of Bromothymol blue in basic solution?

A. yellow
B. blue
C. pink
D. colorless
Answer» C. pink
3.

What is the color of Phenolphthalein in acidic solution?

A. red
B. yellow
C. blue
D. colorless
Answer» E.
4.

What happens when a solution becomes acidic?

A. [H+] increases
B. [H+] decreases
C. [OH-] increases
D. [OH-] decreases
Answer» B. [H+] decreases
5.

Citric acid converts amines to

A. nitric acid
B. non-volatile salts
C. hydrochloric acid
D. sulphuric acid
Answer» C. hydrochloric acid
6.

Which of the following decreases when pH is less than 7?

A. [H+]
B. [OH-]
C. [O-]
D. [O+]
Answer» C. [O-]
7.

The solution becomes acidic when pH is

A. greater than 7
B. less than 7
C. greater than 6
D. less than 6
Answer» C. greater than 6
8.

What is the term used for a salt containing a replaceable OH group?

A. basic salt
B. common salt
C. acid salt
D. normal salt
Answer» B. common salt
9.

What is the cause of an unpleasant fishy odor?

A. amines
B. sea water
C. dirt
D. worms
Answer» B. sea water
10.

Water is an example of

A. acid
B. base
C. amphoteric substance
D. salt
Answer» D. salt
11.

Which of the following is used in making mortar, plasters, cement?

A. sodium hydroxide
B. potassium hydroxide
C. calcium hydroxide
D. magnesium hydroxide
Answer» D. magnesium hydroxide
12.

Which of the following statements about catalysts is not true?

A. they speed up a chemical reaction
B. they reduce the time taken to reach equilibrium
C. they have effect on the position of equilibrium once it is reached
D. they have no effect on the position of equilibrium one it is reached
Answer» D. they have no effect on the position of equilibrium one it is reached
13.

If a change is imposed in concentration, temperature or pressure on a chemical system at equilibrium, the system responds in a way that the change is

A. not opposed
B. opposed
C. rapidly increased
D. slowly increased
Answer» C. rapidly increased
14.

The process by which ammonia is produced by the reaction of nitrogen with hydrogen at 200 atm pressure and in the presence of a catalyst is called

A. contact process
B. recovery of ammonia
C. calcination
D. Haber process
Answer» E.
15.

The equilibrium constant can be used to

A. predict direction of chemical reaction
B. predict extent of chemical reaction
C. determine the equilibrium concentration of mixture
D. all of above
Answer» E.
16.

The reactions in which reactants react to form products and simultaneously products reverse back into reactants are called

A. reversible reactions
B. irreversible reaction
C. spontaneous reactions
D. non spontaneous reactions
Answer» B. irreversible reaction
17.

Step of sewage water treatment in which there are some aeration and organic material is converted to inorganic materials is called

A. primary sewage treatment
B. secondary sewage treatment
C. activated sludge treatment
D. chlorination
Answer» C. activated sludge treatment
18.

Permanent hardness of water is caused due to the presence of dissolved

A. calcium hydrogen carbonates
B. magnesium hydrogen carbonates
C. chlorides of magnesium
D. Sulphates of magnesium
Answer» E.
19.

What is the percentage of water from rivers and lakes?

A. 0
B. 0.002
C. 0.006
D. 0.021
Answer» C. 0.006
20.

What is the second step of raw water treatment?

A. sedimentation
B. coagulation
C. filtration
D. chlorination
Answer» C. filtration
21.

What percentage of fresh water is available to man?

A. 0.2
B. 0.02
C. 0.002
D. 0.0002
Answer» D. 0.0002
22.

The first step of sewage water treatment is called

A. primary sewage treatment
B. secondary sewage treatment
C. activated sludge treatment
D. chlorination
Answer» B. secondary sewage treatment
23.

Addition of washing soda removes

A. softness of water
B. temporary hardness of water
C. permanent hardness of water
D. hydrogen from water
Answer» D. hydrogen from water
24.

Natural water is

A. pure
B. impure
C. non distilled
D. distilled
Answer» C. non distilled
25.

How many basic steps are involved in raw water treatment?

A. three
B. four
C. five
D. six
Answer» C. five
26.

Process in which water is filtered through sand and gravel is called

A. sedimentation
B. coagulation
C. filtration
D. chlorination
Answer» D. chlorination
27.

Ice floats on top of the water because

A. water expands on freezing
B. water contracts on freezing
C. ice is lighter than water
D. none of above
Answer» B. water contracts on freezing
28.

What is the total amount of water present on Earth?

A. 1.33 billion cubic kilometers
B. 1.33 billion cubic meters
C. 1.33 million cubic kilometers
D. 1.33 million cubic meters
Answer» B. 1.33 billion cubic meters
29.

Hard water can block radiators due to the formation of

A. insoluble calcium and magnesium salts
B. insoluble sodium salts
C. insoluble phosphate salts
D. insoluble potassium salts
Answer» B. insoluble sodium salts
30.

How much percentage of the Earth's crust is covered by water?

A. 0.69
B. 0.71
C. 0.8
D. 0.75
Answer» C. 0.8
31.

Which of the following is a disease that proceeds from obstruction of the liver?

A. cholera
B. dysentery
C. jaundice
D. hepatitis
Answer» D. hepatitis
32.

The hardness which can be removed by boiling is called

A. permanent hardness
B. temporary hardness
C. stiffness
D. toughness
Answer» C. stiffness
33.

What is the percentage of water from oceans?

A. 0
B. 0.002
C. 0.006
D. 0.97
Answer» E.
34.

Water exists in how many different states on Earth?

A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four
Answer» D. four
35.

Water that gives little lather is called

A. hard water
B. soft water
C. dirty water
D. clean water
Answer» C. dirty water
36.

The third step of sewage water treatment is called

A. primary sewage treatment
B. secondary sewage treatment
C. activated sludge treatment
D. chlorination
Answer» D. chlorination
37.

Process in which chlorine is added to water to kill any remaining bacteria is called

A. sedimentation
B. coagulation
C. filtration
D. chlorination
Answer» E.
38.

Water that does not form scum is called

A. hard water
B. soft water
C. dirty water
D. clean water
Answer» B. soft water
39.

Water in swimming pools is purified by adding

A. sodium
B. chlorine
C. phosphorus
D. potassium
Answer» C. phosphorus
40.

Which of the following is an acute inflammation of the liver?

A. cholera
B. dysentery
C. jaundice
D. hepatitis
Answer» E.
41.

Process in which water is allowed to stand in a reservoir is called

A. sedimentation
B. coagulation
C. filtration
D. chlorination
Answer» B. coagulation
42.

Vitamin C is necessary for

A. eyes and skin
B. energy production in cells
C. healing wounds and preventing colds
D. bones and teeth
Answer» D. bones and teeth
43.

The building blocks of lipids are

A. fats
B. oils
C. proteins
D. fatty acids
Answer» E.
44.

The fat-soluble vitamin is

A. vitamin B
B. vitamin C
C. vitamin D
D. vitamin F
Answer» D. vitamin F
45.

Which of the following are classified as disaccharides, Trisaccharides, etc.?

A. monosaccharides
B. oligosaccharides
C. polysaccharides
D. starch
Answer» C. polysaccharides
46.

How many different amino acids are involved in protein synthesis?

A. 10
B. 20
C. 30
D. 40
Answer» C. 30
47.

What is the term used for a formula that uses established abbreviations for various groups of a chain?

A. molecular formula
B. structural formula
C. condensed formula
D. empirical formula
Answer» D. empirical formula
48.

Natural gas mostly consists of

A. ethane
B. butane
C. methane
D. pentane
Answer» D. pentane
49.

How many isomers are contained by Hexane?

A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five
Answer» E.
50.

Formic acid is also called

A. Methanoic acid
B. ethanoic acid
C. carboxylic acid
D. acetone
Answer» B. ethanoic acid