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Sol. (c)
Gypsum (CaSO .2H O) is an ore of calcium.
4 2
4. Which is correct
(a) Galena : Mg CO 2 3 (b) Cassiterite : CaCO MgCO
3 3
Sol. (d)
MgCO is the formula of magnesite.
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Diaspore – Al2O3.H2O
Cassiterite – SnO2
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9. A metal obtained directly by roasting of its sulphide ore is
(a) Cu (b) Pb
(c) Hg (d) Zn
Sol. (c)
When conc. HgS ore is roasted
773873K
HgS O2 Hg SO2
11. The final step for the extraction of copper from copper
pyrite in Bessemere converter involves the reaction
(a) 4Cu O FeS 8Cu FeSO
2 (b) Cu S 2Cu O 6Cu SO
4 2 2 2
Sol. (b)
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In Bessemer converter copper sulphide is partially oxidised
to cuprous oxide which further reacts with remaining
copper sulphide to form copper and sulphur dioxide.
Cu 2S 2Cu 2 O 6Cu SO 2
extraction
CaCO3
CaO CO 2
Lime stone
CaO SiO2
CaSiO3
Gangue slag
or
impurity
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14. Alumino–thermic process is used for the extraction of
metals, whose oxides are
(a) Fusible
(b) Not easily reduced by carbon
(c) Not easily reduced by hydrogen
(d) Strongly basic
Sol. (b)
Alumino thermite process involves reduction of oxides
such as Fe O , Mn O ,Cr O etc. to metals with aluminum.
2 3 3 4 2 3
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Sol. (b)
Heating with carbon in absence of air is known as carbon
reduction.
This is used in Iron metallurgy.
Fe2O3 C
(in blast furnace)
Fe
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Hydrometallurgy is the process of dissolving the metal or
its ore by the action of a suitable chemical regent followed
by recovery of the metal either by electrolysis or by the use
of a suitable precipitating agent.
4Au 8KCN 2H 2 O O2 4K[Au(CN) 2 ] 4KOH
air
and it has same mass per unit volume as that of tin stone.
So it is separated by electromagnetic separator because
wolframite is magnetic in nature hence it gets attracted by
magnet while tin stone doesn't
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24. Zone refining is a technique used primarily for which one
of the following process
(a) Alloying (b) Tempering
(c) Sintering (d) Purification
Sol. (d)
Zone refining is a method of purification used for
semiconductors like Si,Ge and Ga.
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26. The number of water molecules attached with microcosmic
salt is
Sol. (4)
Na(NH4)HPO4 . 4H2O
28. Sea water contains 1297.3g of Mg2+ per metric ton . How
much of slaked lime in kg. must be added to 1.0 metric ton
of sea water to precipitate all of the Mg2+ ion.
Sol. (4)
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=4000g
= 4 kg
30. Among the sulphide ores of Ag, Hg, Pb, Fe, Cu and Zn,
how many of them can be extracted by self-reduction
process.
Sol. (3)
Hg, Pb and Cu are extracted by self-reduction process.
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