CBSE 10 | Chapterwise 20 PYQS- Least to the Most

SUBJECT:
CLASS: X

CHAPTER: Acids Bases and salts

No. of PYQs:20
Sl No QUESTIONS MARK

1 A white chemical compound becomes hard on mixing proper

quantity of water. It is also used to maintain joints in fixed
position. Name the chemical compound and write its chemical
formula. Write the chemical equation to show what happens
when water is added to this compound in proper quantity. Ans :
[CBSE Sample Paper 2018, CBSE 2016]

2 2 mL of sodium hydroxide solution is added to a few pieces of

granulated zinc metal taken in a test tube. When the contents are
warmed, a gas evolves which is bubbled through a soap solution
before testing. Write the equation for the chemical reaction
involved and the test to detect the gas. Name the gas which will
be evolved when the same metal reacts with a dilute solution of a
strong acid. .[CBSE 2016,2018]

3 The pH of soil ‘A’ is 7.5, while that of soil “B is 4.5. Which of the
two soils A or B should be treated with powdered chalk to adjust
the pH and why? [CBSE 2016,2015]

4 On diluting an acid, it is advised to add acid to water and not

water to acid. Explain why it is so advised? [CBSE 2014, 2015]

5 Write the chemical formula of washing soda. How can it be

obtained from baking soda ? List two industries in which washing
soda is used for other purposes than washing clothes. [CBSE
2015,2019]

6 Write a balanced chemical equation for the process of

photosynthesis and the conditions of reaction giving the physical
state of all substances.[CBSE 2014, 2015]

7 The pH of salt used to make tasty and crispy pakoras is 14.

Identify the salt and write a chemical equation for its formation.
List its two uses. [CBSE 2013, 2018]

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 8 A compound P forms the enamel of teeth. It is the hardest
substance of the body. It doesn’t dissolve in water but gets
corroded when the pH is lowered below 5.5.
(a) Identify the compound P.
(b) How does it undergo damage due to eating chocolate and
sweets? What should we do to prevent tooth decay?
[CBSE 2013,2014]

9 “Sodium hydrogen carbonate is a basic salt”. Justify this

statement. How is it converted into washing soda? (AI2019)
[CBSE 2019,2014]

10 What is meant by ‘water of crystallization’ of a substance?

[CBSE 2014, 2015]

11 Name the acid present in the following: a. Tomato, b. Vinegar, c.

Tamarind.[CBSE 2015, 2014]

12 Write the chemical formula of Bleaching powder. How is

bleaching powder prepared? For what purpose is it used in
drinking water? [CBSE 2016, 2013]

13 List the important products of the Chlor-alkali process. Write one

important use of each. [CBSE 2020, 2023]

14 Give reasons for the following:(i) Only one half of water molecule
is shown in the formula of plaster of Paris
[CBSE 2020,CBSE Sample paper 2017]

15 What happens when CO2 is passed through lime water? [CBSE

2013, 2017]

16 a.The blue color of crystals of a substance on heating in a closed

test tube gets changed but the color was regained after
sometime on cooling. Name that substance and write its
chemical formula. Explain the phenomenon involved. b. Write
name and chemical formulae of two such compounds whose one
unit is associated with 10 and 2 water molecules respectively
[CBSE 2015, 2016]

17 How is sodium hydroxide produced? Write the balanced

chemical equation also. Why is this process called as chlor-alkali
process? In this process name the products given off at:
(a) anode
(b) cathode
Write one use of each of these products
[CBSE 2022, 2015,]

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 18 a. Identify the acid and the base whose combination forms the
common salt that you use in your food. Write its chemical formula
and chemical name of the salt. b. What is rock salt? Mention its
colour and the reason due to which it has this colour [CBSE
2019,2013]

19 Write chemical equations when zinc granules react with a.

Sulphuric acid, b. Hydrochloric acid.[CBSE 2014, 2020]

20 Out of HCl and CH3COOH, which one is a weak acid and why?
Explain with the help of an example [CBSE 2013,2019]

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