CHEMISTRY MCQs FOR SSC-I

1) Who discovered sulphuric acid? C) 7

A) Al Janiz D) 20

B) Berzelius 6) Which of the following will have eight

electrons in the outermost shell?
C) Jabar Bin Haiyan
A) Fe
D) Aristotle
B) K
2) Mass is neither created nor destroyed,
during a chemical reaction by it only C) H+1
changes from on form to another form.
What is this law called? D) Cl-

A) Law of definite proportion 7) Which of the following compounds

changes directly into vapours upon
B) Law of multiple proportion heating?

C) Law of reciprocal proportion A) NaCO3

D) Law of conservation of mass B) CaCO3

3) The atom of which of the following C) NH4Cl

elements is the lightest?
D) AlCl3
A) Hydrogen
8) One dm3 solution has been prepared by
B) Carbon dissolving 49g of sulphuric acid in
water. What will be the molarity of the
C) Oxygen solution?
D) Nitrogen A) 0.5M
4) What are β-rays? B) 0.25M
A) Protons C) 0.75M
B) Neutrons D) 0.125M
C) Electrons 9) What is the process of deposition of a
D) Positrons metal on another metal is called?

5) In how many groups has the modern A) Electrolysis

periodic table been divided? B) Electroplating
A) 8 C) Radioactivity
B) 18 D) Ionization
10) How many ionizable hydrogen atoms 14) Which of the following braches of
are there in acetic acid? chemistry studies all elements and their
compounds, except the compounds of
A) Four carbon?
B) Two A) Physical chemistry
C) One B) Organic chemistry
D) Three C) Biochemistry
11) What will be the property of the D) Inorganic chemistry
solution obtained by mixing 50 cm3 of
0.1M hydrochloric acid solution in 50 15) If a liquid is boiled, its vapours are
cm3of 0.1M sodium hydroxide condensed. This process is called
solution?
A) Evaporation
A) Acidic
B) Solidification
B) Basic
C) Condensation
C) Neutral
D) Distillation
D) None of these
16) Which of the following is weak
12) Which of the following is used to cure electrolyte?
the sting of wasp?
A) Citric acid
A) Vinegar
B) Sulphuric acid
B) Lye
C) Hydrochloric acid
C) Magnesia
D) Nitric acid
D) Litmus powder
17) How the solubility of lithium carbonate
13) Which particles are added to find the Li2CO3 can be increased?
mass number?
A) By decreasing the temperature
A) Number of electrons and number of
protons B) By increasing the temperature

B) Number neutrons and number of C) By decreasing the pressure

protons D) By increasing the pressure
C) Number of neutrons and number of 18) How many grams of water is equal to 2
electrons moles of water?
D) Total number of neutrons A) 18 grams

B) 06 grams
 C) 56 grams A) Moles

D) 36 grams B) Molecules

19) In which of the following natural C) Radicals

things the formic acid is present?
D) Ions
A) Lemon
24) Which of the following is a Lewis
B) Vinegar acid?

C) Sting of bees A) NH3

D) Sour milk B) CH4

20) What king of heat is evolved by C) AlCl3

mixing equimolar volume of sodium
hydroxide and hydrochloric acid? D) CH3COOH

A) Heat of vaporization 1. Aqua regia (Royal water) was

prepared by
B) Specific heat A) Jabir Bin Haiyan
B) Bau Ali Sina
C) Heat of neutralization C) Al-Razi
D) Latent heat of fusion D) None of these
2. Which one of the following
21) Which of the following pairs of atoms quantities will a mole of oxygen
forms a pure covalent bond? gas?
A) 14g of CO
A) Hydrogen and chlorine
B) 28g of CO
B) Chlorine and chlorine C) 16g of O2
D) 32g of oxygen gas
C) Hydrogen and oxygen 3. Which one of the following pairs
of atoms forms a pure covalent
D) Sodium and chlorine
bond?
22) Which of the following is the most A) Sodium and chlorine
reactive metal? B) Hydrogen and chlorine
C) Hydrogen and oxygen
A) Sodium D) Chlorine and chlorine
B) Potassium 4. The maximum number of electrons
that can be accommodated in L-
C) Cesium shell of an atom is
A) 6
D) Calcium
B) 8
23) 44 grams of carbon dioxide contains C) 32
6.023 × 1023_________. D) 18
5. The colour of the hair of different 11. Which one of the following is the
people differs due to the presence electrolyte used in silver plating?
of ______in them. A) Solution of potassium argento
A) Metal s cyanide
B) Non-metals B) Pure silver
C) Radioactive elements C) Silver cyanide
D) Transition elements D) Silver nitrate
6. Covalent compounds have 12. Formic acid is present in
A) High melting and boiling points A) Lemon
B) Are neutral in nature B) Vinegar
C) Are less soluble in water C) Sour milk
D) Are highly soluble in water D) Stings of insects like bees
7. Which is a sublime solid? SSC – II 2011
A) Carbon 1. What is the density of hydrogen
B) Naphthalene gas?
C) Sodium A) 0.60 g/cm3
D) Sulphur B) 0.060 g/cm3
8. The movement of molecules from a C) 0.0060 g/cm3
higher concentration to a lower D) 60 g/cm3
concentration is called 2. For removal of permanent
A) Diffusion hardness of water which
B) Hydration compound is used to convert
C) Brownian movement calcium and magnesium ions into
D) Hydrogen bonding insoluble salts?
A) Washing soda
9. 0 temperature of water is called
B) Baking soda
its C) Caustic soda
A) Melting D) Lime stone
B) Boiling 3. Which allotropic form of the
C) Freezing carbon is used to polish the hard
D) Both A & C surfaces?
10. Heat of reaction A) Graphite
A) The heat evolved during a B) Carbon black
chemical reaction C) Diamond
B) The heat absorbed during a D) Charcoal
chemical reaction 4. In all crystalline form of silica,
C) The heat evolved or absorbed every silicon atom is surrounded
during a chemical reaction by ______oxygen atoms.
taking place at constant A) Two
pressure B) Four
D) The heat evolved or absorbed C) Six
during a chemical reaction D) Eight
taking place at any pressure
5. Like carbon, nitrogen is also 12. Which year was the vital force
present in all living beings as a theory put forward by Berzelius?
constitute of A) 1828 AD
A) Carbohydrates B) 1820 AD
B) Fats C) 1815 AD
C) Hydrocarbons D) 1810 AD
D) Proteins
6. Which of the following gases is
used as a cooling agent?
A) Ammonia gas
B) Nitrogen gas
C) Chlorine gas
D) None of these
7. Which is the formula of rubidium
super oxide?
A) RbO
B) RbO2
C) Rb2O3
D) Rb3O2
8. In natural gas, sulphur is found in
the form of
A) Hydrogen sulphate
B) Hydrogen sulphite
C) Hydrogen sulphide
D) Hydrogen phosphate
9. H2SO4 reacts with formic acid to
form water and ______
A) CO2
B) CO
C) H2
D) SO2
10. Chlorine gas reacts with carbon
monoxide in the presence of
sunlight to form
A) COCl2
B) COCl3
C) COCl
D) CO2Cl
11. Al2O3 is the formula of
A) Kaolin
B) Diaspore
C) Cryolite
D) Corundum