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BGS WORLD SCHOOL

Mahalakshmipuram Bangalore – 86
2022-2023
SUBJECT: CHEMISTRY PRACTICAL

GRADE: X
VIVA VOCE

1. Name the gas having rotten egg smell.

Ans- Hydrogen sulphide.
2. Name the gas having burning sulphur smell.
Ans- Sulphur dioxide.
3. What change is observed when ammonia gas is bubbled through red litmus
solution?
Ans- It changes to blue.

4. What is the colour of the solution of copper salts?

Ans- Blue

5. What do you observe when sodium hydroxide solution is added to copper sulphate
solution first a little and then in excess?
Ans- A pale blue or bluish white precipitate appears which is insoluble in excess.

6. What is the colour of the solution of ferrous salts?

Ans- Pale green.

7. What is the colour of the solution of ferric salts?

Ans- Yellow

8. How does ammonium hydroxide help in distinguishing between lead nitrate and
zinc nitrate?
Ans- On adding ammonium hydroxide to lead nitrate, a white precipitate appears
which is insoluble in excess whereas on adding ammonium hydroxide to zinc
nitrate, a white precipitate appears which is soluble in excess.
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9. Name the gas evolved when ammonium salts are heated with alkali.
Ans- Ammonia.

10. What is the nature of ammonia?

Ans- Moist ammonia is basic in nature.

11. What do you observe when glass rod dipped in concentrated hydrochloric acid is
brought in contact with ammonia?
Ans- Dense white fumes are observed.

12. Name two black coloured oxidizing agents.

Ans- Copper oxide and Manganese(IV) oxide.

13. What is the colour of solutions formed when the above named oxidizing agents are
reacted with concentrated hydrochloric acid?
Ans- Copper oxide: Bluish green or blue solution.
Manganese(IV) oxide: Light brown or buff coloured solution.

14. Name the gas evolved when the above oxidizing agents react with concentrated
hydrochloric acid.
Ans- Chlorine.

15. What is the colour of chlorine?

Ans- Greenish yellow colour.

16. Give the chemical name and the formula of deep blue solution formed during the
reaction of copper sulphate with excess of ammonium hydroxide.
Ans- Tetra amine copper hydroxide
[Cu(NH3)4](OH)2.

17. Name the two gases which turn lime water milky.
Ans- Carbon dioxide and Sulphur dioxide.

18. How will you distinguish physically between the above named gasses?
Ans- Carbon dioxide is an odourless gas whereas sulphur dioxide is having burning
sulphur smell.
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19. What is the effect of introducing moist blue litmus paper in the jar containing
carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide?
Ans- Both the gasses turn moist blue litmus paper to red.

20. What do you observe when sulphur dioxide comes in contact with acidified
potassium dichromate solution?
Ans- It changes from orange to green.

21. Name a reddish brown coloured gas.

Ans- Nitrogen dioxide.

22. Give the confirmatory test for nitrogen dioxide.

Ans- It turns freshly prepared acidified ferrous sulphate solution brown black.

23. Name five metals which do not displace hydrogen from dilute acids.
Ans- Copper, silver, gold, mercury, platinum.

24. Name the colourless gas which turns red litmus blue and extinguishes a burning
splinter.
Ans- Ammonia.

25. Name two gases one of which is acidic which on combining give a solid product.
Ans- Ammonia and hydrogen chloride gas combined to give solid ammonium chloride.

26. Name a gas from the gases, oxygen and hydrogen which burns in air with a pale
blue flame forming a neutral liquid product.
Ans- Hydrogen.

27. State how carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide gasses are distinguished.
Ans- Sulphur dioxide turns acidified potassium dichromate solution from orange to
clear green while carbon dioxide has no effect on the same.

28. Name the gas evolved when a light green amorphous copper carbonate is heated.
Is the colour of the residue obtained same in the cold and in the heated state?
Ans- The gas evolved is carbon dioxide and the colour remains the same in the cold
and heated state.

29. Name the substance formed which is responsible for clear lime water turning
milky when carbon dioxide is passed through it.
Ans- Calcium carbonate.
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30. State why the colour of the residue is different from the colour of the original
substance copper carbonate, after subjecting it to heat.
Ans- The residue formed on heating light green copper carbonate is copper [II] oxide
which is black in colour.

31. When zinc nitrate is heated nitrogen dioxide and oxygen are obtained. Can the two
gasses be distinguished using a glowing splint?
Ans- The gasses NO2 and O2 can be distinguished using a glowing splint, since a
glowing splint burns brightly in oxygen but is extinguished in NO2 gas.

32. State why the colour of hydrated copper nitrate changes on heating.
Ans- On heating blue hydrated copper nitrate crystals gives a residue of
copper[II]oxide which is black in colour.

33. How would you distinguish zinc nitrate, copper nitrate and lead nitrate by heat
alone?
Ans- The above nitrates can be distinguished by heat alone from the colour of their
residues. Zinc nitrate gives a residue which is yellow when hot and white when
cold, copper nitrate a black residue and lead nitrate a buff yellow residue which
fuses with the glass.

34. Name two copper salts which are black in colour.

Ans- Copper[II] oxide and copper[II] sulphide.

35. State what happens when a blue litmus paper is placed in an acidic solution.
Ans- The Blue litmus turns red in an acidic solution.

36. State what happens when a red litmus paper is placed in an alkaline solution.
Ans- The red litmus turns blue in an alkaline solution.

37. State the colour of methyl orange. If a drop of methyl orange is added to a mineral
acid for example dilute HCl or to a alkali NaOH, state the colour change seen in
each case.
Ans- Methyl orange is orange in colour. If added to a mineral acid the colour change
seen is from orange to pink and if added to an alkali solution the colour change
seen is from orange to yellow.

38. State the colour of phenolphthalein? State the colour change seen if a drop of
phenolphthalein is added to a acidic solution and to a alkaline solution.
Ans- Phenolphthalein is colourless. If added to an acidic solution, the solution remains
colourless but if added to an alkaline solution, the solution turns pink.
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39. From among copper [II] oxide and manganese dioxide[MnO2] which is a) black
b) soluble in water c) soluble in dil. HCl?
Ans- Both CuO and MnO2 are black in colour and insoluble in water and dil. HCl.

40. State why concentrated HCl is used for differentiating copper [II] oxide from
manganese dioxide.
Ans- Both copper[II]oxide and manganese dioxide are soluble in concentrated HCl and
hence dissolve in concentrated HCl on heating. MnO2 evolves chlorine gas on
heating with concentrated HCl, while CuO does not. This helps to differentiate
CuO from MnO2.

41. State three tests to prove that the gas evolved when MnO2 is heated with
concentrated HCl- is chlorine.
Ans- The gas is greenish yellow in colour, turns starch iodide paper blue black and
bleaches moist blue litmus paper.

42. Name the products formed when the copper[II] oxide and manganese dioxide are
heated with concentrated HCl.
Ans- Copper[II] oxide forms copper[II] chloride and water, while manganese dioxide
forms Manganese[II] chloride, water and chlorine gas.

43. Can CuO and MnO2 be differentiated from the filtrates obtained after heating each
of the compounds respectively with concerted HCl?
Ans- Yes, they can be differentiated since the filtrate obtained when CuO is heated with
concentrated HCl is blue in colour, while the filtrate obtained when MnO2 is
heated with concentrated HCl is light brown.