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 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 10 Science Chapter 3 Metals And Non Metals Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following metal is highly reactive when exposed to oxygen and water A) Gold. B) Sodium. C) Copper. D) Iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sodium. 2. Which of the following metal has the highest melting point? A) Silver. B) Tungsten. C) Sodium. D) Copper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tungsten. 3. What is the electronic configuration of sodium A) 2, 8, 2. B) 2, 8, 1. C) 2, 8, 4. D) 2, 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2, 8, 1. 4. The reaction of calcium with water is less violent. When calcium reacts with water it starts floating because- A) The bubbles of hydrogen gas formed stick to the surface of the metal. B) Calcium is lighter than water. C) At higher temperature, the density of calcium decreases. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The bubbles of hydrogen gas formed stick to the surface of the metal. 5. What does ductile mean? A) Can be drawn into a wire. B) Electricity flows easily. C) Quacks like a duck. D) Able to bend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can be drawn into a wire. 6. The green substance on copper objects refers to ..... A) Rust. B) Acidic copper carbonate. C) Basic copper carbonate. D) Copper sulphate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Basic copper carbonate. 7. Which of the following are not ionic compounds?(i) KCl(ii) HCl(iii) CCl4(iv) NaCl A) (i) and (ii). B) (ii) and (iii). C) (iii) and (iv). D) (i) and (iii). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) (ii) and (iii). 8. The atomic numbers of four elements A, B, C and D are 6, 8, 10 and 12 respectively. The two elementswhich can react to form ionic bonds (or ionic compound) are: A) A and D. B) B and C. C) A and C. D) B and D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B and D. 9. Which type of elements touch the zigzag line? A) Metals. B) Nonmetals. C) Metalloids. D) Metals and Metalloids. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metalloids. 10. Easily breaks into pieces when it falls. A) Malleable. B) Lustre. C) Dukes. D) Brittle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brittle. 11. Metals can be beaten into thin sheets.Which property does it show? A) Ductility. B) Lustre. C) Malleabilty. D) Conductivity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Malleabilty. 12. Able to be beaten or hammered into shapes A) Lustre. B) Malleable. C) Brittle. D) Insulator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Malleable. 13. Identify the lustrous non metal A) Phosphorous. B) Sulphur. C) Iodine. D) Chlorine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iodine. 14. Sodium metal is dipped in which of the following substances for storage?A. vaselineB. keroseneC. petrolD. sulphuric acid A) A. B) C. C) D. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. 15. Reduction using Carbon will be not a suitable method for extraction of A) Pb. B) Fe. C) Al. D) Cu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Al. 16. Which metals are the lowest point assho A) Lithium and sodium. B) Galium and Seasium. C) Sodium and potassium. D) Calcium and phosphorus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Galium and Seasium. 17. Which one of the following metals is the most ductile?(a) Aluminium(b) Copper(c) Silver(d) Gold A) C. B) D. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) D. 18. Choose the one that is a chemical property A) Color. B) Reactivity with water. C) Size. D) Magnetism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reactivity with water. 19. Which of the following is a metallic oxide? A) Carbon dioxide (CO2). B) Water (H2O). C) Iron oxide (FeO, Fe2O3). D) Sodium chloride (NaCl). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iron oxide (FeO, Fe2O3). 20. Metals can be drawn into thin wires. This property is known as being A) Malleable. B) Dukes. C) Conductive. D) Lusterous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dukes. 21. A mineral from which. a metal can be extracted on the commercial scale, economically is called(a) ore(b) metalloid(C) corrosion(d) metal A) A. B) C. C) B. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 22. Who loses electrons A) Non metals. B) Metals. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metals. 23. With reaction with oxygen, Metallic oxides are ..... A) Basic and turn blue litmus solution red. B) Acidic and turn blue litmus solution red. C) Basic and turn red litmus solution blue. D) Acidic and turn red litmus solution blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Basic and turn red litmus solution blue. 24. The atomic number of an element 'X' is 12. Which inert gas is nearest to X? A) Kr. B) Ar. C) It is. D) He. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is. 25. Hydrogen gas is not liberated when a metal reacts with HNO$_{3}$. This is because HNO$_{3}$ is a A) Weak oxidizing agent. B) Strong reducing agent. C) Weak reducing agent. D) Strong oxidizing agent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Strong oxidizing agent. 26. What is a characteristic of non-metallic oxides? A) Non-metallic oxides are generally acidic in nature. B) Non-metallic oxides are typically basic in nature. C) Non-metallic oxides do not react with water. D) Non-metallic oxides are always gaseous at room temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Non-metallic oxides are generally acidic in nature. 27. The list which contains only metals is ..... A) Iron, sulphur, copper. B) Aluminium, copper, nitrogen. C) Iron, silver, aluminium. D) Iron, oxygen, hydrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iron, silver, aluminium. 28. Metallic oxides are A) Basic in nature. B) Acidic in nature. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Basic in nature. 29. Assertion (A)-Gas bubbles are observed when sodium carbonate is added to dilute HClReason (R)-Carbon dioxide is given off in the reaction A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. B) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A. C) A is true, R is false. D) A is false, R is true. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. 30. The lowest interaction metal A) Marchie. B) Sleep. C) Silver. D) Coffee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sleep. 31. All materials shown property of malleability expect A) Silver. B) Aluminium. C) Graphite. D) Iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Graphite. 32. Pure gold is off? A) 26 carats. B) 23 carats. C) 22 carats. D) 24 carats. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 24 carats. 33. Arrange the metals copper, zinc and iron in their increasing order of their reactivity. A) Copper, iron, zinc. B) Iron, copper, zinc. C) Copper, zinc, iron. D) Iron, zinc, copper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Copper, iron, zinc. 34. Al2O3 + 2NaOH $\rightarrow$ ..... + H2O(a) Al(OH)3(b) Na2O(c) NaAlO2(d) AlNaO2 A) A. B) C. C) D. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) C. 35. Which is the most reactive element? (Not according to the reactivity series ) A) Lithium. B) Cesium. C) Sodium. D) Potassium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cesium. 36. In general, anodizing is a process of forming a thick oxide layer of ..... A) Aluminium. B) Cobalt. C) Manganese. D) Iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aluminium. 37. Metals have a high A) Volume. B) Density. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Density. 38. Metals react with oxygen to form: A) Basic oxides. B) Acidic oxides. C) Neutral oxides. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Basic oxides. 39. If a material can easily be drawn into the shape of a wire, it is A) Dukes. B) Magnetic. C) Malleable. D) Reactive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dukes. 40. The metal that will release hydrogen gas on reacting with Dilute nitric acid will be: A) Zinc. B) Sodium. C) Magnesium. D) Iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Magnesium. 41. Generally, non-metals are not conductors of electricity. Which of the following is a good conductor of electricity? A) Graphite. B) Diamond. C) Sulphur. D) The Fulls. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Graphite. 42. Non metal which is good conductor of heat and electricity A) Sulphur. B) Graphite. C) Nitrogen. D) Carbon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Graphite. 43. Symbol of tungston ..... A) Tg. B) W. C) Facing. D) W. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) W. 44. Which of the following will conduct electricity? A) Sulphur. B) Chlorine. C) Graphite. D) Iodine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Graphite. 45. Most ductile metal A) Daimond. B) Silver. C) Magnesium. D) Gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gold. 46. Aqua regia, (Latin for 'royal water') is a freshly prepared mixture of concentrated hydrochloric acid and concentrated nitric acid in the ratio of ..... A) 3:1. B) 2:1. C) 1:2. D) 1:3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3:1. 47. Which of the following is a use of iron? A) Agricultural tools. B) Construction and manufacturing (e.g., steel production). C) Jewelry making. D) Cooking utensils. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Construction and manufacturing (e.g., steel production). 48. Non-metals are insulators, this means electricity ..... flow through them. A) Can. B) Cannot. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cannot. 49. Ionic compounds are insoluble in A) Water. B) Petrol. C) Only a. D) Both a and b. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Petrol. 50. As one moves top to down in a periodic table, metallic nature ..... A) Increases. B) Decreases. C) Remains the same. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increases. 51. The electronic configuration of element X is 2, 8, 1 and the electronic configuration of element Y is 2, 8, 7. Then the type of bond formed between these two elements is ..... A) Covalent bond. B) . Hydrogen bond. C) Metallic bond. D) . Ionic bond. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) . Ionic bond. 52. What two conditions make iron rust A) Water only. B) Air only. C) Water and air. D) Hydrochloric acid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water and air. 53. Name the metal which is in liquid state. A) Zinc. B) Aluminium. C) Mercury. D) Iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mercury. 54. Non-metals form covalent chlorides because A) They can give electrons to chlorine. B) They can give electrons to chlorine atoms to form chloride ions. C) They can share electrons with chlorine. D) They cannot share electrons with chlorine atoms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They can share electrons with chlorine. 55. Which of these metals has low melting point? A) Sodium. B) Gold. C) Gallium. D) Iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gallium. 56. A student is examining the physical properties of a sample. The sample is malleable, but does not conduct electricity nor have luster. This sample would be a ..... A) Metal. B) Parsetal. C) Metalloid. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metalloid. 57. The metal which is not corroded by air, water and acid is(a) copper(b) Silver(c) aluminium(d) gold A) C. B) B. C) D. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C. 58. Metals are sonorous in nature. What is sonorous? A) Making into powder. B) Drawn into wires. C) Make sound on beating. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make sound on beating. 59. A substance is said to be sonorous if it ..... A. conducts heatB. conducts electricityC. conducts water through metal pipesD. produces a ringing sound when beaten A) D. B) A. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D. 60. The metal which is used as an electric conductor in the filament of bulbs A) Copper. B) Silver. 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