CHEMISTRY MCQs HSSC-I

1) Which one of the following substance is not B) HBr + AgNO3 HNO3 + AgBr
obtained by sublimation?
C) H2 + Br2 2HBr
A) Naphthalene
D) 2NaO + H2SO4 Na2SO4 + H2O
B) NH4Cl
6) Which one of the following does not has dipole
C) Potassium Alum moment?

D) Camphor A) ClO2

2) Equal mass of CH4 and O2 are mixed in empty B) CO2

vessel at 25◦C. the fraction of total pressure
exerted by O2 is C) NO2

D) SO2
A)
7) Atomic weight of C, N and O are 12, 14 and 16
amu respectively. Among the following pairs of
B)
gases, the pair which can at the same rate is:

C) A) Carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide

B) Carbon dioxide and nitrogen peroxide

D)
C) Carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide
3) The rate of change of vapour pressure with
temperature is given by D) Nitrous oxide and nitrogen peroxide
A) Kinetic’s equation 8) Which one of the following has highest
solubility in water?
B) Vandar waal’s equation
A) Ca(OH)2
C) Arrhenius’s equation
B) Fe(OH)3
D) Clausis clapeyran equation
C) Cr(OH)3
4) Half life of is
D) Zn(OH)2
8
A) 7.0 × 10 years
9) 20 grams of NaOH has been dissolved in 2 dm3
B) 6.1 × 108 years of solution. The molarity of the solution is

C) 1.8 × 107 years A) 0.05M

D) 7.1 × 1010 years B) 0.25M

5) Which of the following reaction involve C) 0.5M

oxidation and reduction?
D) 1.0M
A) NaBr + HCl HBr + NaCl
10) The slope of Arrhenius equation can be 14) The rate of reaction can be increased by all
represented as: factors except:

 Ea A) By increasing concentration of reactants

A)
2.303R
B) Increasing the activation energy
 Ea
B)  log A C) Using catalyst
2.303RT
D) Increasing the temperature
 Ea
C)
2.303RT 15) Which relation is incorrect?

 Ea
D) A) v  c
RT 

11) An electron is moving with a velocity of 108 B) v  h

cm/s. What will be the length associated with E
electron?
C) E  hcv 
A) 72.7 A 
D) v   1
B) 7.27 A  

C) 727 A  16) Which statement is true for the reaction given?

CuO +H2 → H2O + Cu
D) 0.727 A 
A) CuO acts an oxidizing agent
12) He  Be 
 X  n
4 9 1
2 4 0 What is X?
B) CuO is an acid
14
A) N 7 C) CuO act as a reducing agent

B) C 612 D) CuO act as dehydrating agent

C) F918 17) Platinum, palladium, iridium etc are called

noble metals because of
D) Li37
A) Alfred Noble discovered them
13) A smuggler could not carry gold by chemically
B) They are inert towards many reagents
depositing iron on gold surface:
C) They are shining lustrous and pleasant to
A) A Gold is denser
look at
B) Gold has higher reduction potential than
D) They are found in native state
iron

C) Iron rust
1. Upon what do the properties of an
D) Gold has lower reduction potential than iron
element in the periodic table
depends upon?
 A) Atomic size
B) Atomic mass
C) Electronic configuration
D) Number of protons
2. Which is formed when lithium is
heated in air?
A) Li2O
B) Li3N
C) Li2O and Li3N
D) Li2O2 and Li3N
3. Laughing gas is chemically
A) NO
B) N2O
C) NO2
D) N2O4
4. Which DOES NOT represent a
possible reaction?
A) Chlorine + potassium
bromide→ potassium chloride +
bromine
B) Bromine + potassium iodide →
potassium bromide + iodine
C) Chlorine + potassium fluoride →
potassium chloirde + fluorine
D) Fluorine + potassium chloride →
potassium fluoride + chlorine
5. Lanthanides and actinides are also
called
A) Normal elements
B) Transition elements
C) Noble gases
D) Inner transition elements
6. What is the name of reaction when
C2H5ONa + C2H5-I gives ether?
A) Hofmann’s reaction
B) Williamson’s reaction
C) Kolbe’s synthesis
D) Wurtz’s reaction
7. Preparation of vegetable Ghee
involves
A) Halogenations
B) Hydrogenation
C) Hydroxylation
D) Dehydrogenation
8. An organic compound capable of
reacting with sodium and is capable
of being oxidized to carboxylic
acids. The compound contains only
carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. This
organic compound may be
A) Alcohol
B) Aldehyde
C) Carbohydrate
D) Ether