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Matter
* An object which has weight, occupies volume, physical, chemical and biological properties,
density of inertia and is experienced by sense organs, what is it called?
a) Element
b) Compound
c) Matter
d) Mixture
* How many intermolecular spaces are found in matter?
a) Zero
b) Very few
c) Both sides
d) Between particles
* Which is the smallest unit of a chemical compound?
a) Atom
b) Molecule
c) Element
d) Ion
* What are the masses and chemical properties of atoms of elements?
a) Same
b) Different
c) Varies
d) Not applicable
* What is the most accepted date of the Indus Valley Civilization using the new analytical
method "Radiocarbon C-14"?
a) 2500 BCE to 1700 BCE (RRB Group-D 2018)
b) 3000 BCE to 2000 BCE
c) 2800 BCE to 1800 BCE
d) 2600 BCE to 1900 BCE
* What is the smallest particle of an element or compound which can exist under normal
conditions called?
a) Atom
b) Molecule
c) Ion
d) Radical
* What is the number of atoms used in the formation of a molecule called?
a) Valency
b) Atomic number
c) Atomicity
d) Molecularity
Classification of Matter (Chart)
* What is the classification of matter based on Physical State?
a) Solid, Liquid, Gas
 b) Element, Compound, Mixture
c) Homogeneous, Heterogeneous
d) Organic, Inorganic
* What is the classification of matter based on Chemical State?
a) Solid, Liquid, Gas
b) Element, Compound, Mixture
c) Homogeneous, Heterogeneous
d) Organic, Inorganic
* What are the types of Pure Substance?
a) Elements, Compounds
b) Homogeneous, Heterogeneous
c) Solid, Liquid
d) Organic, Inorganic
* What are the types of Mixture?
a) Elements, Compounds
b) Homogeneous, Heterogeneous
c) Solid, Liquid
d) Organic, Inorganic
* What are the types of Elements?
a) Metal, Non-Metal, Metalloids
b) Homogeneous, Heterogeneous
c) Organic, Inorganic
d) Solid, Liquid
* What are the types of Compounds?
a) Metal, Non-Metal, Metalloids
b) Homogeneous, Heterogeneous
c) Organic, Inorganic
d) Solid, Liquid
Classification of Matter on the Basis of Physical State (Crystaline Solid)
* Quartz is an example of which type of solid?
a) Amorphous solid
b) Crystalline solid
c) Metallic solid
d) Molecular solid
* What is "freezing fluid" called?
a) Solid
b) Liquid
c) Amorphous solid
d) Crystalline solid
* What is the intermolecular space between the constituents?
a) Very high
b) Very low
c) Between particles
d) Infinite
 * How do the melting points of solids caused by strong intermolecular forces?
a) Low
b) High
c) Medium
d) Very high
* What is the melting point of Mercury?
a) High
b) Very high
c) Low
d) Medium
* What is the compressibility of gases compared to solids and liquids?
a) More
b) Less
c) Equal
d) None
* How are intermolecular forces in gases compared to solids and liquids?
a) Strong
b) Weak
c) Equal
d) More strong
* Or which state of matter is formed in stars due to high temperature?
a) Solid
b) Liquid
c) Plasma state
d) Bose-Einstein Condensate
* The latest discovered state of matter is?
a) Plasma state
b) Bose-Einstein Condensate
c) Solid
d) Liquid
* What causes the purple colour of potassium permanganate (KMnO4) to spread
spontaneously in water?
a) Diffusion
b) Osmosis
c) Evaporation
d) Condensation
* What is the process of spontaneous inter-mixing of particles of two different types of liquids
called?
a) Osmosis
b) Diffusion
c) Evaporation
d) Condensation
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* How does the rate of diffusion of liquids compare to that of solids?
 a) Faster
b) Slower
c) Same
d) Not comparable
* What is the melting point of ice on the Celsius (° C) scale of temperature?
a) 0° C
b) 100° C
c) -273.15° C
d) 32° F
* Which state of matter is called plasma?
a) Solid
b) Liquid
c) Ionized gas
d) Bose-Einstein Condensate
* What is the effect on the volume of ice when it melts?
a) Volume increases
b) Volume decreases
c) Volume remains constant
d) Volume fluctuates
* What is the SI unit of measuring temperature?
a) Celsius
b) Fahrenheit
c) Kelvin
d) Joule
* By what can the mixture of sand and naphthalene be separated?
a) Distillation
b) Sublimation
c) Filtration
d) Evaporation
Matter and Interconversion within the state (Table)
* What is the description of Melting?
a) The temperature at which a solid substance changes into a liquid.
b) The process in which a solid substance changes into a liquid when heated.
c) The process of cooling a gas or vapour into liquid by coolant.
d) An amorphous solid changes directly into vapour and on cooling, the vapour changes into
solid without passing through the liquid state.
* What is the description of Melting Point?
a) The process in which a solid substance changes into a liquid when heated.
b) The temperature at which a solid substance changes into a liquid.
c) The temperature at which a liquid rapidly changes into gas when heated.
d) The temperature at which a liquid rapidly changes into a gas.
* What is the description of Boiling?
a) The process in which a liquid rapidly changes into gas when heated.
b) The temperature at which a liquid rapidly changes into gas.
 c) The process of cooling a gas or vapour into liquid by coolant.
d) An amorphous solid changes directly into vapour.
* What is the description of Boiling Point?
a) The process in which a liquid rapidly changes into gas when heated.
b) The temperature at which a liquid rapidly changes into gas.
c) The process of cooling a gas or vapour into liquid by coolant.
d) The temperature at which a liquid rapidly changes into gas.
* What is the description of Condensation?
a) The process in which a liquid rapidly changes into gas when heated.
b) The temperature at which a liquid rapidly changes into gas.
c) The process of cooling a gas or vapour into liquid by coolant.
d) An amorphous solid changes directly into vapour.
* What is the description of Sublimation?
a) The process of cooling a gas or vapour into liquid by coolant.
b) An amorphous solid changes directly into vapour and on cooling, the vapour changes into
solid without passing through the liquid state.
c) The temperature at which a liquid rapidly changes into gas.
d) The process in which a liquid rapidly changes into gas.
* What is the description of Latent Heat of Fusion?
a) Heat, the amount of energy used to 1 kg of solid to its fusion point at atmospheric pressure.
b) The amount of heat used to convert 1 kg of liquid to its boiling point at atmospheric
pressure and the boiling point of the liquid.
c) The process of cooling a gas or vapour into liquid by coolant.
d) An amorphous solid changes directly into vapour.
* What is the description of Latent Heat of Vaporisation?
a) Heat, the amount of energy used to 1 kg of solid to its fusion point at atmospheric pressure.
b) The amount of heat used to convert 1 kg of liquid to its boiling point at atmospheric
pressure and the boiling point of the liquid.
c) The process of cooling a gas or vapour into liquid by coolant.
d) An amorphous solid changes directly into vapour.
Classification of Matter on the Basis of Chemical State (Right Column)
* Which of those substances called on which are made up of only one type of particles?
a) Mixture
b) Pure substance
c) Compound
d) Element
* What are the melting and boiling points of a pure substance?
a) Fixed
b) Variable
c) High
d) Low
* What is that substance called which cannot be divided into two or more simplest substances
by normal chemical methods?
a) Mixture
 b) Compound
c) Element
d) Impure substance
* Which is the most abundant element in the universe?
a) Oxygen
b) Hydrogen
c) Helium
d) Carbon
* What is the specific luster of metals called?
a) Metallic luster
b) Non-metallic luster
c) Semimetallic luster
d) Dull luster
* What is the general nature of metal oxide?
a) Acidic
b) Basic
c) Alkaline
d) Neutral
* What are the types of solid non-metals?
a) Brittle
b) Malleable
c) Ductile
d) Lustrous
* What are those elements called which have properties of both have less and non-metals?
a) Metals
b) Non-metals
c) Metalloids
d) Compounds
* Or what is antimony element?
a) Metal
b) Non-metal
c) Metalloid
d) Compound
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* What substance made by combining two or more elements in a fixed (definite) ratio called?
a) Element
b) Compound
c) Mixture
d) Solution
* If a substance is separated into its components by physical methods, then what is called?
a) Compound
b) Element
c) Mixture
d) Pure Substance
 * What type of mixture is a solution of salt or sugar and water?
a) Heterogeneous
b) Homogeneous
c) Colloidal
d) Suspension
* In which type of mixture the composition of each part is not the same?
a) Homogeneous
b) Heterogeneous
c) Solution
d) Pure Substance
* What is the mixture of calcium cyanamide and graphite known as?
a) Nitrolium
b) Limestone
c) Gypsum
d) Bleaching powder
* The method used to separate mixtures depends on what?
a) The nature of the components
b) The quantity of the components
c) The temperature of the components
d) The density of the components
* Which method is used to separate colours from dyes?
a) Distillation
b) Chromatography
c) Evaporation
d) Filtration
* What is the liquid called which evaporates completely without leaving any residue?
a) Impure compound
b) Pure compound
c) Solution
d) Mixture
* By which process can the volatile component (solvent) be separated from its non-volatile
components (solute)?
a) Filtration
b) Distillation
c) Evaporation
d) Chromatography
* Or when we put nail polish remover or spirit on our hands, we feel cold, what is the reason for
this?
a) Boiling
b) Evaporation
c) Condensation
d) Sublimation
* How does the process of evaporation change with decrease in humidity?
a) Increase
 b) Decrease
c) Remains constant
d) Fluctuates
* Which is the force used for sedimentation of heterogeneous mixture in centrifugation process?
a) Centripetal Force
b) Centrifugal Force
c) Gravitational Force
d) Magnetic Force
* Which technique is used in the washing machine to squeeze out water from wet clothes and
remove impurities?
a) Filtration
b) Centrifugation
c) Evaporation
d) Configuration Technique
* Or which technique is used on dairies and homes to separate butter from cream?
a) Filtration
b) Centrifugation
c) Evaporation
d) Configuration Technique
* Which types of substances are separated using the technique of steam distillation?
a) Steam Volatile Substances
b) Non-volatile substances
c) Solids from liquids
d) Liquids from liquids
Important Terms and Rules Related to Matter
* Many elements in nature are found in the form of more than one isotope, what actual atomic
masses used for these elements?
a) Relative atomic mass
b) Average atomic mass
c) Mass number
d) Atomic number
* What is the atomic mass of oxygen?
a) 12
b) 14
c) 16
d) 18
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* What is the value of atomic mass unit (amu) in grams?
a) 1.66056 x 10^-24 grams
b) 6.022 x 10^23 grams
c) 1 gram
d) 12 grams
* What is the molecular mass of phosphorus?
a) 12
 b) 31
c) 44
d) 62
* What is the sum of atomic masses of different elements present in a molecule called?
a) Atomic mass
b) Molecular mass
c) Formula unit mass
d) Equivalent weight
* What is the total sum of atomic weights of all the atoms present in the formula unit of a
substance?
a) Atomic mass
b) Molecular mass
c) Formula unit mass
d) Equivalent weight
* What is the formula unit mass for sodium chloride?
a) 35.5
b) 23
c) 58.5
d) 16
* What kind of relationship exists between equivalent weight and valency?
a) Directly Proportional
b) Inversely Proportional
c) No relationship
d) Complex relationship
* What is the change in which there is a change in the composition of the substance called?
a) Physical change
b) Chemical change
c) Both physical and chemical change
d) No change
* Or of electric wire is in which the oxidation of hydrogen and oxygen gases is an example of
what kind of change?
a) Physical change
b) Chemical change
c) Both physical and chemical change
d) No change
* What is the change called in which the substances can be changed back into their previous
state after the change?
a) Physical change
b) Chemical change
c) Both physical and chemical change
d) No change
* Or boiling of water, formation of clouds, drawing of spring by what kind of change is it?
a) Physical change
b) Chemical change
 c) Both physical and chemical change
d) No change
* Example of physical change is:
a) Melting of ice
b) Burning of paper
c) Rusting of iron
d) Cooking food
* What is the number of atom in 1 mole?
a) 6.022 x 10^23
b) 1.66056 x 10^-24
c) 1
d) 12
* What is the value of 1 mole of a substance called?
a) Atomic mass
b) Molecular mass
c) Molar mass
d) Formula unit mass
* Who discovered Avogadro number?
a) Dalton
b) Joseph Proust
c) Joseph Loschmidt
d) Gay-Lussac
Rules of Chemical Combination (Table)
* What is the description of the Law of conservation of mass?
a) Matter can neither be created nor destroyed.
b) A given chemical compound always contains the same elements in the same proportion by
mass.
c) When gases combine or produced in chemical reactions, their volumes are in simple ratio
provided that all gases are at the same temperature and pressure.
d) Elements combine in simple whole-number ratios to form compounds.
* Who proposed the Law of constant proportion?
a) Dalton
b) Joseph Proust
c) Gay-Lussac
d) Avogadro
* What is the description of the Law of multiple proportions?
a) Matter can neither be created nor destroyed.
b) A given chemical compound always contains the same elements in the same proportion by
mass.
c) When two elements combine to form more than one compound, the weights of one
element that combine with a fixed weight of the other are in a ratio of small whole numbers.
d) When gases combine or produced in chemical reactions, their volumes are in simple ratio
provided that all gases are at the same temperature and pressure.
* What is the description of Gay-Lussac's law of combining volumes?
 a) Matter can neither be created nor destroyed.
b) A given chemical compound always contains the same elements in the same proportion by
mass.
c) When two elements combine to form more than one compound, the weights of one
element that combine with a fixed weight of the other are in a ratio of small whole numbers.
d) When gases combine or produced in chemical reactions, their volumes are in simple ratio
provided that all gases are at the same temperature and pressure.
Answers:
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* c) Matter
* d) Between particles
* b) Molecule
* c) Varies
* a) 2500 BCE to 1700 BCE (RRB Group-D 2018)
* b) Molecule
* c) Atomicity
Classification of Matter (Chart)
8. a) Solid, Liquid, Gas
9. b) Element, Compound, Mixture
10. a) Elements, Compounds
11. b) Homogeneous, Heterogeneous
12. a) Metal, Non-Metal, Metalloids
13. c) Organic, Inorganic
Classification of Matter on the Basis of Physical State (Crystaline Solid)
14. b) Crystalline solid
15. c) Amorphous solid
16. c) Between particles
17. d) Very high
18. c) Low
19. a) More
20. b) Weak
21. c) Plasma state
22. b) Bose-Einstein Condensate
23. a) Diffusion
24. b) Diffusion
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25. a) Faster
26. a) 0° C
27. c) Ionized gas
28. b) Volume decreases
29. c) Kelvin
30. b) Sublimation
Matter and Interconversion within the state (Table)
31. b) The process in which a solid substance changes into a liquid when heated.
32. b) The temperature at which a solid substance changes into a liquid.
33. a) The process in which a liquid rapidly changes into gas when heated.
34. b) The temperature at which a liquid rapidly changes into a gas.
35. c) The process of cooling a gas or vapour into liquid by coolant.
36. b) An amorphous solid changes directly into vapour and on cooling, the vapour changes into
solid without passing through the liquid state.
37. a) Heat, the amount of energy used to 1 kg of solid to its fusion point at atmospheric pressure.
38. b) The amount of heat used to convert 1 kg of liquid to its boiling point at atmospheric
pressure and the boiling point of the liquid.
Classification of Matter on the Basis of Chemical State (Right Column)
39. b) Pure substance
40. a) Fixed
41. c) Element
42. b) Hydrogen
43. a) Metallic luster
44. c) Alkaline
45. a) Brittle
46. c) Metalloids
47. c) Metalloid
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48. b) Compound
49. c) Mixture
50. b) Homogeneous
51. b) Heterogeneous
52. a) Nitrolium
53. a) The nature of the components
54. b) Chromatography
55. b) Pure compound
56. c) Evaporation
57. b) Evaporation
58. a) Increase
59. b) Centrifugal Force
60. d) Configuration Technique
61. d) Configuration Technique
62. a) Steam Volatile Substances
Important Terms and Rules Related to Matter
63. b) Average atomic mass
64. c) 16
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65. a) 1.66056 x 10^-24 grams
66. b) 31
67. b) Molecular mass
68. c) Formula unit mass
69. c) 58.5
70. b) Inversely Proportional
71. b) Chemical change
72. b) Chemical change
73. a) Physical change
74. a) Physical change
75. a) Melting of ice
76. a) 6.022 x 10^23
77. c) Molar mass
78. c) Joseph Loschmidt
Rules of Chemical Combination (Table)
79. a) Matter can neither be created nor destroyed.
80. b) Joseph Proust
81. c) When two elements combine to form more than one compound, the weights of one element
that combine with a fixed weight of the other are in a ratio of small whole numbers.
82. d) When gases combine or produced in chemical reactions, their volumes are in simple ratio
provided that all gases are at the same temperature and pressure.