Chemistry bits for SSC, Banks and for all competitive exams





1.              What is the name of the scientist who stated that matter can be converted into energy?
               – Einstein

2.              The isotopes of chlorine with mass number 35 and 37 exist in which ratio?
   – 3 : 1

3.              A gas is found to have the formula (CO)n. Its vapour density is 70. What must the value of n be?
  – 5

4.              Which law directly explains the law of conservation of mass?
    – Avogadro’s law

5.              To whom the credit for the discovery of transuranic element goes?
– Seaborg

6.              How many moles are there is 140 g of Si (atomic mass of silicon is 28)?
– 5

7.              Which substance does not have a melting point?
– Glass

8.              By which a mixture of sand and naphthalene can be separated?
– sublimation

9.              An element X forms an oxide X03. What is the valency of X?
– 6

10.          Sodium carbonate crystals lose water molecules. What is this property called?
– Efflorescence

11.          By whom was the law of constant proportions enunciated?
Proust

12.          What is the number of unpaired electrons in carbon atom?
2

13.          In an atom the order of filling up of the orbitals is governed by which principle?
– Aufbau principle

14.          Regarding the atom of a chemical element, magnetic quantum number refers?
– Orientation

15.          What are the atoms of the elements having same mass number but different atomic number called?
– isobars

16.          Rutherford’s scattering experiment related to the size of which thing?
– nucleus

17.          By whom was the absolute value of charge on electron determined?
 – R.A. Millikan

18.          Which property of the elements is a whole number?
Atomic number

19.          Discovery of the nucleus of an atom was due to the experiment carried
out by which person?
Rutherford

20.          What are the atoms of the elements which have same number of neutrons
called?
– Isotones

21.          Whose experiment proved that the speed of light was always the same?
–Michelson and Morley

22.          Which element has two electrons in the K-shell only?
– Helium

23.          What is Electromagnetic radiation with maximum wavelength?                                                          
          – Radio Waves

24.          Which nuclear particles responsible for holding all nucleons together?
– Mesons

25.          In which process, a nucleus spontaneously breaks down by emitting
radiation?
– Radioactive decay

26.          In atomic reactors, graphite is used as which name?
– Moderator

27.          Why is Cobalt-60 commonly used in radiation therapy?
–Because it emits gamma rays

28.          A radioactive substance has a half life of four months. Three-fourth of the
substance would decay in howmany months?
8 months

29.          What is a bond formed by the transfer of electrons between atoms of the
elements called?
ionic bond

30.          What is a bond formed by sharing of electrons between atoms of the
elements called?
covalent bond
  
31.          What is the maximum number of hydrogen bonds in a H2O molecule?
4

32.          Select the compound in which chlorine shows oxidation state + 7?
HClO4

33.          What is the oxidation of two Cl atoms in bleaching powder Ca(OCl) Cl?
+1,–1

34.          What is the Oxidation state of Mn in acidic KMnO4 change from?
+7 to+2

35.          Why is Molten NaCl good conductor of electricity?
Free ions

36.          What is the common oxidation state of alkali metals in the combined
state?
+1

37.          What is the oxidation number and covalency-of sulphur in S8?
0, 2

38.          Starch iodide paper is used to test for the presence of which agent?
Oxidising agent

39.          The pH of water at 25° C is 7. When it is heated to 100°C, what will the pH
of water?
increases

40.          When Metal carbonate reacts with dilute acids, what does it forms?
CO2

41.          The element common to all the acids is known as which name?
Hydrogen

42.          What is the sum of pH and pOH in aqueous solution at 25°C?
14

43.          By what factor is a solution with pH = 2 more acidic than one with pH = 6 ?
– 104

44.          Red litmus paper is changed into blue in solution of which thing?
Base

45.          What is formed by dissolution of base or acid in water?
Exothermic

46.          Blue litmus paper is converted into red in solution of which thing?
acid

47.          According to Arrhenius theory of an acid and base, an acid is a substance
that gives which ions in water?
H+ ions

48.          What is the negative logarithmic value of hydrogen on called?
pH

49.          What are the physical state of dispersion medium of a cloud ?
Gas

50.          Vander Wall’s equation explains the behaviour of which gases?
real gases


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