PRACTICE SET IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

1. What is the main difference between the modern and earlier periodic table?
A. The earlier table organised elements by atomic weight, while the modern
table
organised elements by atomic number

2. How many periods or rows are there on the periodic table?

A. 7

3. Usually used as a rat poison, this heavy metal is also known as the “Inheritance Powder” or the “Poisoner’s Poison.” What
is it?
B. Arsenic

4. The rows on the periodic table are arranged so that ___ are on the right side and ___ are on the left side.
A. Nonmetals / metals

5. Which scientist invented the earliest version of the periodic table?

A. Dmitri Mendeleev

6. What does the atomic number mean?

A. The number of protons in the atom

7. The element silver is named after which country?

C. Argentina

8. What is the most metallic element on the periodic table?

B. Francium

9. What is the most conductive metal on the periodic table?

A. Silver

10. What is the symbol for potassium on the periodic table?

C. K

11. What is the most abundant element that accounts for up to 75 per cent of the observed ordinary matter?
B. Hydrogen

12. Which was the first element that was made artificially?
A. Technetium

13. What do elements with features intermediate between those of nonmetals and metals are called?
C. Metalloids

14. Most of the chemical elements on the periodic table are ___
A. Metals

15. What is the symbol for calcium on the periodic table?

A. Ca

16. Which of the following chemical elements is not a halogen?

C. Selenium

17. What is the first chemical element on the periodic table?

A. Hydrogen
18. What is the atomic mass of Calcium?
B. 40

19. Aluminum would have similar properties to which of the following chemical elements?
B. Gallium

20. Mercury, Cadmium, and zinc all belong to which group on the periodic table?
A. 12

21. What is the name of the columns of elements on the periodic table?
B. Groups

22. When we move from the bottom to the top of the periodic table:
A. Electronegativity increases and ionisation energy decreases

23. When it comes to electron affinity, which of the following statements can be applied to halogens?
A. Halogens have high values of electron affinity

24. When we move from right to left across the periodic table:
C. Atomic radius decreases

25. Which of the following are the features of nonmetals?

A. Basically accept electrons easily and poor conductors of electricity and
heat

26. Which of the following groups are regarded as metals on the periodic table?
C. Alkaline earths, alkali metals, rare earths, basic metals, transition
elements

27. Where can we find the chemical element with the smallest atom in the periodic table?
B. On the right and top area

28. Which of the following chemical elements has the highest electron affinity?
A. Chlorine

29. What is the typical colour of fluorine gas?

A. Yellowish or brown

30. What is the atomic number of aluminium?

B. 13

31. Sodium belongs to which element group?

A. Alkali metal

32. Which of the following chemicals is a noble gas?

C. Krypton

33. What is the most common colour that you can see in pure carbon?
C. Black

34. Which of the following is not a heavy metal element?

C. Magnesium

35. Which of the following sources of food is often contaminated with heavy metals like mercury, arsenic, or cadmium?
C. Beef
36. What was lead previously used in industry?
C. A solvent to produce chemical alloys

37. Which of the following statements are correct about heavy metals?
C. Elements with high densities that can be toxic, even in a small dose

38. Known as the densest natural element, this heavy metal is often used in electrical contacts or fountain pens. What is it?
C. Osmium

39. This is one of the most expensive metals and is a super-conductor. Thee mineral niobite is its main source of mining.
What is it?
C. Niobium

40. Which heavy metal is used to make the strongest artificial magnetic field?
A. Neodymium

41. What was the first metal to be named after a person? It is usually used to produce bright light in cinema projectors.
C. Seaborgium

42. Named after the Norse goddess of beauty, this heavy metal was first discovered in 1801 but scientists convinced it was
chromium. It was rediscovered in 1931. What is it?
B. Vanadium

43. Which heavy metal is the lightest artificial element without stable isotope?
A. Technetium

44. How many chemical elements are there on the first row of the periodic table?
A. 2

45. This heavy metal is often used to make surgical devices as part of an alloy because it can resist corrosion and does not
irritate the body’s tissues. What is it?
B. Tantalum

46. How can mercury get into shellfish and fish?

B. The element can enter rivers or oceans through industrial wastes

47. Which heavy metal is also known as the “King of Poisons” due to its discreet and potent use in murdering people by the
ruling class?
C. Arsenic

48. What is the common criterion of specific gravity used for classifying heavy metals?
C. Greater than 7.0 g/cm3

49. Mercury and silver are often used together for which dental applications?
B. Teeth fillings

50. What is the main purpose of including heavy metals in glass or ceramic grazes?
Heavy metals are dense metals used in glazes to produce a particular color
or texture.