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The symbol of the element 'tungsten' is
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Which one of the following statements is correct?
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The alkali metals have relatively low melting point. Which one of the following alkali metals is expected to have the highest melting point?
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Consider the following reaction,
$$C{H_4}(g) + {H_2}(g)\buildrel {1270\,K} \over
\longrightarrow CO(g) + 3{H_2}(g)$$
In the reaction given above, the mixture of CO and H2 is
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Addition of gypsum to cement
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To weld metals together, high temperature is required. Such a high temperature is obtained by burning
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Ammonia (NH3) obtained from different sources always has same proportion of nitrogen and hydrogen. It proves the validity the law of
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Boric acid is an acid because its molecule
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The main constituent of vinegar is
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White phosphorus glows in the dark due to
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Which of the following are the properties of an electron?
1. Electron is a constituent of cathode ray.
2. Electron is a negatively charged particle.
3. The mass of the electron is equal to the mass of the proton.
4. Electron is deflected by the electric field but not by magnetic field.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
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Which of the following statements regarding heavy water are correct?
1. It is extensively used as a moderator in nuclear reactors.
2. It cannot be used in exchange reaction to study reaction mechanism.
3. Viscosity of heavy water is relatively smaller than that of ordinary water.
4. The dielectric constant of heavy water is smaller than that of ordinary water.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
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Graphite is a much better conductor of heat and electricity than diamond. This is due to the fact that each carbon atom in graphite
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Identify the element having zero valency.
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There are six electrons, six protons and six neutrons in an atom of an element. What is the atomic number of the element?
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Which one of the following has different number of molecules? (All are kept at normal temperature and pressure)
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Which one of the following statements is correct?
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When one strikes a safety match, the first step is
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The LPG cooking gas contains propane and butane as the constituents. A sulphur containing compound is added to the LPG, because
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A plant having yellow leaves with dead spots has the deficiency of
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Fluoride toothpaste is sometimes recommended, because fluoride
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Combination of one volume of nitrogen with three volumes of hydrogen produces
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The setting time of cement is lowered by adding
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If one mixes up ashes with animal fat, the substance received in the crude form is called
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Which one of the following gases give acidic solution on dissolving in water?
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How many moles of hydrogen atom are present in one mole of aluminium hydroxide?
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Which one of the following species is not capable of showing disproportionation reaction?
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Which one of the following oxides dissolve in water?
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Matter around us can exist in three different states namely, solid, liquid and gas. Correct order of their compressibility is
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The temperature at which a solid melts to become a liquid at the atmospheric pressure is called its melting point. The melting point of a solid is an indication of
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Which one of the following elements will not react with dilute HCl to produce H2 ?
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When a solid is heated, it turns directly into a gas. This process is called
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Which one of the following is water gas?
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A glass vessel is filled with water up to the brin and a lid is fixed to it tightly. Then it is kept inside a freezer for hours. What is expected to happen?
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Suppose you have four test tubes labelled A, B, C and D. A contains water, B contains solution of an alkali, C contains solution of an acid, and D contains solution of sodium chloride. Which one of these solutions will turn phenolphthalein solution pink?
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An tom of carbon has 6 protons. Its mass number is 12. How many neutrons are present in an atom of carbon?
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Which one of the following following is a reduction reaction?
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Which one of the following oxides of nitrogen is known as 'anhydride' of nitric acid?
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Which one of the following is the chemical name for baking soda?
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Statements
I. Petroleum is a mixture of many different hydrocarbons of different densities.
II. The grade of petroleum depends mainly on the relative proportion of the different hydrocarbons.
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The phosphorus used in the manufacture of safety matches is
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Which one of the following is not a chemical change?
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Soap is the sodium or potassium salt of
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Which of the following carbon compounds will not give a sooty flame?
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What is the number of mole(s) of H2(g) required to saturate one mole of benzene?
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Which one of the following is a cause of acid rains?
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The desirable range of pH for drinking water is
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Consider the following reaction, CH4 + 2O2 $$\to$$ CO2 + 2H2O. Which of the following about the reaction given above is/are correct?
1. Carbon is oxidised
2. Hydrogen is oxidised
3. Hydrogen is reduced
4. Carbon is reduced
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Water boils at a lower temperature at high altitudes, because
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How much CO2 is produced on heating of 1 kg of carbon?
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Zinc is used to protect iron from corrosion because zinc is
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Which one of the following gases is placed second in respect of abundance in the Earth's atmosphere?
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Which one of the following is a chemical change?
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Which one among the following chemicals is used as washing soda?
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Why is potassium permanganate used for purifying drinking water?
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The principal use of hydrofluoric acid is
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The species that has the same number of electrons as, $$_{17}^{35}$$Cl is
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The compound C6H12O4 contains
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The ionisation energy of hydrogen atom in the ground state is
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When pure water boils vigorously, the bubbles that rise to the surface are composed primarily of
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Which compound, when dissolved in water, conducts electricity and forms a basic solution?
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Molecules of which of the following has cage like structure?
1. Diamond, 2. Graphite, 3. Fullerenes
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Temporary hardness in water is due to which one of the following of calcium and magnesium?
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Which one of the following elements is least reactive with water?
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Rutherford's alpha-particle scattering experiment was responsible for the discovery of
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Which one of the following statements is not correct?
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The amount of heat required to change a liquid to gaseous state without any change in temperature is known as
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A homogeneous mixture contains two liquids. How are they separated?
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Which one of the following elements forms highest number of compounds?
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Which one of the following elements corrodes rapidly?
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20 g of common salt is dissolved in 180g of water. What is the mass percentage of the salt in the solution?
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The valency of an element depends upon the
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Why is it difficult to measure the coefficient of expansion of a liquid than solid?
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Which one of the following elements is used in pencil-lead?
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The atomic number of an element is 8. How many electrons will it gain to form a compound with sodium?
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A sample of oxygen contains two isotopes of oxygen with masses 16u and 18u respectively. The proportion of these isotopes in the sample is 3 : 1. What will be the average atomic mass of oxygen in this sample?
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Which one of the following is a heterogeneous mixture?
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What is the formula mass of anhydrous sodium carbonate? (Given, that the atomic masses of sodium, carbon and oxygen are 23u, 12u and 16u respectively).
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Which one of the following is called 'syn gas' ?
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Which one of the following reactions will give NO (nitric oxide) gas as one of the products ?
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Which one of the following is a tribasic acid?
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Which one of the following statements is not correct?
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Which one of the following solution will have pH less than 7 ?
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Which one of the following is an oxidation-reduction reaction ?
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Which one of the following is not used as fertilizer?
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Which one of the following is the chemical formula of gypsum?
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Which one of the following statements about the law of conservation of mass is correct?
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Which of the following properties is true for a tooth paste?
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Which one of the following gives the highest amount of hydrogen ions (H+) ?
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Brine is an aqueous solution of
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Which one of the following is the chemical formula of washing soda?
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Which one of the following is not true for bleaching powder?
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Which one of the following is the number of water molecules that share with two formula unit of CaSO4 in plaster of Paris?
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How is carbon black obtained?
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Which one of the following properties is not true for graphite?
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Which one of the following is the purest form of carbon?
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The poisonous nature of carbon monoxide (CO) is due to its
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Which one of the following alkali metals has lowest melting point?
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Which one of the following metals is alloyed with sodium to transfer heat in a nuclear reactor?
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Let there be an object having some chemicals in it. It starts moving with a uniform velocity v and a chemical reaction starts happening. In this case, which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
1. Chemical reactions happening in the system cannot change the velocity (v) of the centre of mass of the object.
2. Chemical reactions happening in the system cannot change kinetic energy of the particles inside with respect to the centre of mass of object.
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Which one of the following compounds does not exhibit a different oxidation number of the same element?
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Which one of the following statements about glass is not correct?
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Which one of the following statements is correct?
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Which one of the following statements about diamond and graphite is not correct?
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The raw materials used for the manufacture of Portland cement are
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Which one of the following statements about water is not true?
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A sample of 'soft soap' contains
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Which one of the following does not represent the salt, calcium carbonate?
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Which one of the following substances is not a mixture?
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Which one of the following is termed as 'dry ice'?
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Net movement of water from a dilute to a concentrated solution through a selectively permeable membrane is called
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Which one of the following statements regarding cathode rays is not correct?
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A very large volume of hydrogen can be accommodated by making
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Which one of the following is not a monoatomic element?
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Which one of the following represents is the correct order of electron releasing tendency of metals?
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Which one of the following energy is stored in the links between the atoms?
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Which one of the following minerals is used as a fuel in nuclear power stations?
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Which one of the following is not a synthetic detergent?
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Which one of the following is an example of a clean fuel?
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Which one of the following metals does not react with cold water?
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In which of the following pairs are the isoelectronic ions?
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Which one of the following is used as a binder in paints?
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Basic scientific principle behind a nuclear reactor is
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Which one of the following could be the melting point of iron?
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Which one of the following statements is not correct for the given reaction?
Fe(s) + CuSO4 (aq) $$\to$$ FeSO4 (aq) + Cu (s)
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Which one of the following is an organic acid?
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Dinitrogen (N2) and dioxygen (O2) are the main constituents of air, but they do not react with each other to form oxides of nitrogen because,
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The equivalent weight of oxalic acid in C2H2O4 . 2H2O is
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On exposure to moist air, copper gains a green oat on its surface due to formation of which one of the following compounds?
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Which one of the following will not produce carbon dioxide on reacting with an aqueous solution of hydrochloric acid?
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Which one of the following substances is not a mixture?
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Tooth enamel is made up of which one of the following calcium compounds?
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Galvanization is a method of protecting iron from rusting by coating with a thin layer of
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Which one of the following alloys contains a non-metal as one of its constituent?
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Buckminster fullerene, which looks like a football, is an allotropic form of
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Which one of the following processes involves chemical reaction?
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Which one of the following metals does NOT react with cold water to liberate hydrogen gas?
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A liquid is heated up to a certain temperature. Which one of the following situation would correspond to the boiling of the liquid?
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Which one of the following is NOT an example of organic compound?
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Which one of the following acid is used by goldsmith for cleaning of gold and silver articles?
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What is the action of litmus on ethanol?
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Which one of the following metal is NOT an essential component in stainless steel?
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Which one of the following metals can be extracted using carbon as reducing agent?
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Which among the following is NOT true with respect to colloidal solution?
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Kerosene and petrol mixture can be best separated by
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As proposed by Dalton, which of the following symbol represents phosphorus?
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Who among the following is not a recipient of Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2022?
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Which of the hydrocarbons are arranged as per the increasing order of their boiling points?
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Which one of the following apparatus is used for separating benzene and water mixture?
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An iron nail dipped in copper sulphate solution turns brown. This is due to which one of the following types of reactions?
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Toothpaste prevents tooth decay by:
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Which one of the following statements about X-rays is not true?
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What is the specific purpose of using potassium hydroxide during the saponification process?
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Which one of the following is the correct arrangement of metals in the decreasing order of their reactivity?
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Which among the following statements is not correct with respect to allotropes of Carbon?
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Which among the following is the popular method for manufacture of ammonia?
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For manufacturing of glass, which among the following is used as a source of silica?
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Which among the following is the correct arrangement of halogens in the increasing order of their oxidizing nature?
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Copper sulphate crystals available in the market are blue coloured crystals. By careful heating, they turn to white colour. Which one of the following is responsible for the blue colour?
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Equal volume of all gases, when measured at the same temperature and pressure, contain an equal number of particles. Who proposed the above law?
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Airbags work on the principle of a chemical reaction triggered by the impact producing a gaseous product that causes a sudden volume change. Which one among the following chemical conversions is responsible for this?
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Which one of the following is the correct reactivity series with water?
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Which one of the following metals floats in cold water?
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Which one of the following solutions is not capable of conducting electricity?
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Which of the following compounds undergoes/undergo thermal decomposition?
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Silver artifacts get tarnished in the air due to the formation of
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Which one of the following salts does not possess water of crystallization?
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Bee sting leaves an acid which causes pain and irritation. The acid released is
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Liquid vegetable oils are converted to solid margarine by the use of
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The number of structural isomers of pentane is
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Vapours of sulphur escaping from a volcano often form a crust on the rocks. The process involved is an example of
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Dry ice is used on a performing stage to produce mist in air. The process involved is an example of
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C4H8 belongs to the homologous series of
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Which one of the following is the correct molecular formula of ammonium carbonate if the valency of ammonium ion is (+1) and carbonate anion is (-2)?
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Common salt (NaCl) is not used as a raw material for preparation of which one of the following compounds?
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LED (a semi-conductor device) is an abbreviation that stands for
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Which one of the following is the chemical formula of Hypobromous acid?
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Which one of the following is not used as a raw material in the manufacture of glass?
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In electrolytic refining of copper, the electrolyte is a solution of
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Which one of the following statements about dihydrogen (H2) is not correct?
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Which of the following sets of elements has the same valency?
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The process whereby certain minerals absorb water, expand and change is called as
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Which one of the following statements about the cleansing action of soap is not true?
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Hydrogenation of vegetable oils using nickel catalyst is an example of
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Which one of the following materials is not an allotrope of carbon ?
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Which one of the following reactions does not result in the evolution of hydrogen gas?
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Which one of the following acids is predominantly found in tomatoes?
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Reaction of quick lime (CaO) with water to produce slaked lime (Ca(OH)2) is an example of
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