Chemistry MCQs

Chemistry Objective (Multiple Choice) General Knowledge Questions & Answers for SSC-CGL, UPPSC, UPSC, NDA, CDS and UPSC Civil Services Prelims Examination.

1. White Phosphorous is represented by which among the following symbols?
[A] P1
[B] P2
[C] P3
[D] P4

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2. “Atoms can neither be created nor destroyed.” This principle was given by __?
[A] Avogadro
[B] Dalton
[C] Rutherford
[D] Niels Bohr

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3. Which among the following is known as White Vitriol?
[A] Zinc Sulphate
[B] Zinc Chloride
[C] Zinc Phosphate
[D] Zinc oxide

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4. Out of the following options, which group of elements is typically found in a free state?
[A] Group 11 elements
[B] Group 12 elements
[C] Group 13 elements
[D] Group 14 elements

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5. What happens to water’s vapor pressure when heated?
[A] It increases
[B] It decreases
[C] It first increases then decreases
[D] No change

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6. Steel is an alloy consisting mostly of iron, with a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.1% by weight. An increasing amount of Iron will result in which of the following?
[A] Increase Hardening
[B] Decrease Hardening
[C] Increase ductility
[D] Increase melting Point

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7. How many parts are of other metals in a 17 carat Gold?
[A] 3
[B] 5
[C] 7
[D] 9

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8. Which among the following gives hissing sound when dissolved into H2O?
[A] CaCO2
[B] Ca(OH)2
[C] CaO
[D] CaCl2

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9. When a piece of quicklime is dipped in water, it gives bubbles. This bubbling is due to which of the following ?
[A] Oxygen
[B] Carbon Dioxide
[C] Water Vapour
[D] Hydrogen

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10. What do we call the energy required to remove loosely bound electron from an atom?
[A] Excitation energy
[B] Atom energy
[C] Ionization energy
[D] Shell energy

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