This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 10 > Science > Metals And Non Metals > Class 10 Science Chapter 3 Metals And Non Metals – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 10 Science Chapter 3 Metals And Non Metals Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The name for CrN: A) Chromium (III) nitride. B) Chromium nitride (III). C) Chromium nitride. D) Chromium (I) nitride. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chromium (III) nitride. 2. The non-metal which is liquid at room temperature is A) Sodium. B) Mercury. C) Chlorine. D) Bromine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bromine. 3. A metal high in the reactivity series ..... A) Can be obtained by the reduction of the ore with the carbon. B) Burns to form basic oxides. C) Reacts readily with cold water to form Hydrogen. D) Forms unstable compounds. E) Readily gains electrons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reacts readily with cold water to form Hydrogen. 4. What is formed when copper reacts with zinc sulphate? A) Reacts to give rise to hydrogen gas. B) No reaction. C) Copper sulphate. D) Copper floats. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No reaction. 5. Which of the following metals float on water when they react with water? A) Cu B) Ca C) Zn D) Mg A) B & C. B) B & D. C) A & B. D) C & D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B & D. 6. Which of the following are not ionic compounds? (i) KCl (ii) HCl iii) CCl$_{4 }$(iv) NaCl a) (i) and (ii) b) (ii) and (iii) c) (iii) and (iv) d) (i) and (iii) A) (i) and (ii). B) (ii) and (iii). C) (iii) and (iv). D) (i) and (iii). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) (ii) and (iii). 7. The most interacted metal A) Magnesium. B) Calcium. C) Potassium. D) Sodium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Potassium. 8. FoundingPointofsodiumchlorideis1074kwhilethemeltingpointofmagnesiumchlorideis981k.Whydoessodiumchlorideandmagnesiumchlorideeadifferenceltingpoint? A) Magnesiumchlorideissolubleinkeroseneandpetrol. B) Sodiumchlorideisformedbycombiningwithonemoleculeofchlorine. C) Sodiumchloridehasstronginter-ionicbondingthanmagnesiumchloride. D) Chlorideisformedbycombiningonlyonemoleculeofmagnesium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sodiumchloridehasstronginter-ionicbondingthanmagnesiumchloride. 9. Good conductor of heat A) Metal. B) Parstretal. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metal. 10. Which is an amphoteric oxide? A) Magnesium oxide. B) Carbon monoxide. C) Calcium oxide. D) Zinc oxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zinc oxide. 11. The metal that can be easily cut off with a knife A) Sodium. B) Potassium. C) Lithium. D) High insertion of all. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) High insertion of all. 12. Which of the following will not react with steam? A) Fe. B) Al. C) Cu. D) Mg. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cu. 13. Which pair of metals do not react with water at all? A) Copper and aluminium. B) Silver and zinc. C) Gold and lead. D) Aluminium and ferrous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gold and lead. 14. Examples of metal below the following A) Iron. B) Zinc. C) Coffee. D) High insertion of all. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) High insertion of all. 15. All of the following would classify an element as a metal except? A) Dull. B) Luster. C) Malleable. D) Dukes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dull. 16. An electrolytic process for producing thick oxide coatings, usually on aluminium and its alloys- A) Electrodising. B) Anodizing. C) Nuclear magnetic resonance. D) Electrolysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anodizing. 17. Which of these elements is unlikely to be found native? A) Platinum. B) Aluminium. C) Gold. D) Silver. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aluminium. 18. Why reaction of metals with nitric acid does not yield Hydrogen A) Nitric acid is a weak acid. B) Nitric acid is a strong reducing agent. C) Nitric Acid is a strong oxidizing agent. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nitric Acid is a strong oxidizing agent. 19. Metals react with acids to give rise to A) Salt and water. B) Salt and hydrogen. C) Base and Hydrogen. D) Base and water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Salt and hydrogen. 20. Will a displacement reaction occur?Iron Sulphate + Calcium $\rightarrow$ A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 21. Zn, Fe, Al and Mg. When we arrange these elements in the ascending order of their reactivity series we get A) Zn < Al < Mg < Fe. B) Mg < Al < Zn < Fe. C) Al < Mg < Fe < Zn. D) Fe < Zn < Al < Mg. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fe < Zn < Al < Mg. 22. The shine on metal when light falls on it. A) Lustre. B) Brittle. C) Malleable. D) Tarnish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lustre. 23. Which one of the following four metals would be displaced from the solution of its salts by other three metals? A) Mg. B) Zn. C) Ag. D) Cu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ag. 24. The type of bond that formed between chlorine and potassium is ..... A) Covalent bond. B) . Ionic bond. C) Metallic bond. D) Hydrogen bond. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) . Ionic bond. 25. Alloys are homogeneous mixtures of a metal with a metal or non-metal. Which among the followingalloys contain non-metal as one of its constituents? A) Amalgam. B) Bronze. C) Steel. D) Brass. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Steel. 26. Which metal is commonly used in electrical wiring? A) Iron. B) Lead. C) Copper. D) Aluminum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Copper. 27. Which of the following metals react with dilute nitric acid to evolve H$_{2}$ gas? A) Mg and Mn. B) Zn and Fe. C) Na and k. D) Ca and Mg. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mg and Mn. 28. Metals create ..... ions, because they give away (lose) electrons. A) Positive. B) Negative. C) Neutral. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive. 29. Which one of the following is metal? A) N. B) C. C) O. D) Na. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Na. 30. The reaction between calcium and oxygen forms: A) Calcium oxide. B) Calcium oxygen. C) Calcium oxate. D) Calcium carbonate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcium oxide. 31. Non-Metals generally have ..... boiling points. A) High. B) Low. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Low. 32. The majority of elements in the periodic table are A) Metals. B) Non-metals. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metals. 33. Complete the general equation:Metal + Water $\rightarrow$ A) Metal hydroxide + Water. B) Salt + Water. C) Salt + Hydrogen. D) Metal Hydroxide + Hydrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metal Hydroxide + Hydrogen. 34. What is just so typical of NON-metals? A) They don't know what colours go well together. B) Malleable. C) Form acidic oxides. D) Good conductors of electricity. E) High melting points. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Form acidic oxides. 35. How many different elements are in this chemical formula:C$_{2}$H$_{2}$ClK$_{3}$ A) 6. B) 8. C) 2. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 36. Which of the following metals will react only with steam to form its metal oxide? A) Al. B) Fe. C) Zn. D) All the options. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the options. 37. Refining means ..... A) Purifying. B) Cleaning. C) Both a and b. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Purifying. 38. Which property of metals is used for making bells and strings of musical instruments like Sitar and Violin? A) Sonorosity. B) Malleability. C) Ductility. D) Conductivity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sonorosity. 39. An alloy reacted with dilute hydrochloric acid to produce a gas which 'pops' a lighted splint. Theresidue reacted with dilute nitric acid to form a blue solution. Which one of the following pairs ofmetals is present in the alloy? A) Copper and lead. B) Lead and magnesium. C) Copper and magnesium. D) Lead and zinc. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Copper and magnesium. 40. Cans are coated with tin not with zinc A) Zinc has a higher melting point. B) Zinc is less reactive. C) Zinc is costlier. D) Zinc is more reactive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zinc is more reactive. 41. Metals, except Al and Zn, react with oxygen to form ..... oxides. A) Basic. B) Ampherteric. C) Acidic. D) Neutral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Basic. 42. Which of the following metals exist in their native state in nature?(i) Cu(ii) Au(iii) Zn(iv) Ag A) (i) and (ii). B) (ii) and (iii). C) (ii) and (iv). D) (iii) and (iv). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (ii) and (iv). 43. Metals are known as ..... elements because they can form ..... ions by losing electrons. A) Electronegative, positive. B) Electronegative, negative. C) Electropositive, positive. D) Electropositive, negative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Electropositive, positive. 44. Which of the following alloys contains a non-metal as one of its constituents? A) Steel. B) Brass. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Steel. 45. Which of the among the following metals will reacts with oxygen very violently? A) Copper. B) Magnesium. C) Calcium. D) Sodium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sodium. 46. What is an alloy? A) A homogeneous mixture. B) A compound. C) A heterogeneous mixture. D) An element. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A homogeneous mixture. 47. Observe the following stages of extraction of a metal from its ore. Sulphide ore ..... > Reduction ..... > Purification The process that has to be done in the empty space is ..... A) Oxidation. B) Calcination. C) Electrolysis. D) Roasting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Roasting. 48. Which of the following is not a metalloid? A) Germanium. B) Tellurium. C) Rhenium. D) Silicon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhenium. 49. Observe the given information with respect to some elements and choose the correct name of the elements Elements A B C D Electrons K 2 2 2 2 L 8 8 6 8 M 1 8 0 4 N 0 1 0 0 A) A is Silicon, B is Sodium, C is Potassium and D is Oxygen. B) A is Potassium, B is Oxygen, C is Sodium and D is Silicon. C) A is Oxygen, B is Silicon, C is Potassium and D is Sodium. D) A is Sodium, B is Potassium, C is Oxygen and D is Silicon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A is Sodium, B is Potassium, C is Oxygen and D is Silicon. 50. Aluminium is used for making cooking utensils. Which of the following properties of aluminium are responsible for the same? (A) Good thermal conductivity (B) Good electrical conductivity C) Ductility (D) High melting point A) B & C. B) A & B. C) A & C. D) A & D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A & D. 51. Kalhaee is coating a layer of ..... over copper or brass. A) Zinc. B) Aluminium oxide. C) Silver. D) Tin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tin. 52. If an element has 3 valence electrons, what charge will likely form on its ion? A) +3. B) -5. C) -3. D) +5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) +3. 53. Bronze is made up of: A) 60% copper and 40% zinc. B) 60% copper and 40% tin. C) 90% copper and 10% tin. D) 90% copper and 10% zinc. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 90% copper and 10% tin. 54. Name the metal which is brittle. A) Zinc. B) Nickel. C) Copper. D) Iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zinc. 55. Metals generally react with dilute acids to produce hydrogen gas. Which one of the following metals does not react with dilute hydrochloric acid? A) Iron. B) Aluminium. C) Copper. D) Magnesium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Copper. 56. Silicon is a semiconductor and has properties of both metals and nonmetals. What type of element is Silicon? A) Metal. B) Parsetal. C) Metalloid. D) Pretty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metalloid. 57. Sulphur reacts with oxygen to form: A) Sulphur nitrate. B) Sulphide. C) Sulphur dioxide. D) Sulphate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sulphur dioxide. 58. Iron is a good conductor, malleable and magnetic. What type of element is Iron? A) Metal. B) Parsetal. C) Metalloid. D) Pretty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metal. 59. Which has a higher density? A) Metal. B) Parstretal. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metal. 60. Which of these grouping of elements could have the characteristic of luster (shiny)? A) Metal. B) Parstretal. C) Metalloids. D) Both metals and metalloids. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both metals and metalloids. 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