This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > Science > Materials Metals And Non Metals > Class 8 Science Chapter 4 Materials Metals And Non Metals – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 Science Chapter 4 Materials Metals And Non Metals Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which Metal is stored in kerosene? A) Sodium. B) Copper. C) Aluminium. D) Iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sodium. 2. This type of element loses its valence electrons easily. A) Metal. B) Parsetal. C) Metalloid. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metal. 3. Sulphur Dioxide + Water = A) Carbonic acid. B) Sulfuric acid. C) Sulphorous acid. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sulphorous acid. 4. Pick the odd one from the following elements. A) Potassium. B) Carbon. C) Platinum. D) Gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon. 5. ..... is used in making of matchsticks, matchboxes and fireworks. A) Nitrogen. B) Carbon. C) Phosphorous. D) Sulphur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phosphorous. 6. Oxides of metals are ..... in nature. A) Basic. B) Acidic. C) None of these. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Basic. 7. Which of the following is an example of a Non Metals? A) Iron. B) Copper. C) DIamond. D) ZInc. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) DIamond. 8. Non-metals are not sonorus A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. Individuals can reduce air pollution by ..... A) Using less electricity. B) Using motor vehicles less often. C) Buying local goods. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 10. Metals react with bases A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Colour of copper sulphate solution is A) Black. B) Green. C) White. D) Blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blue. 12. Which of the following metals does not react even with steam? A) Calcium. B) Silver. C) Iron. D) Sodium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Silver. 13. Food cans are coated with tin and not with zinc because: A) Zinc has a higher melting point than tin. B) Zinc is less reactive than tin. C) Zinc is costlier than tin. D) Zinc is more reactive than tin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zinc is more reactive than tin. 14. Metals on reacting with acids produce ..... gas. A) Hydrogen. B) Carbon Dioxide. C) Oxygen. D) Nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydrogen. 15. The property of metals which can be beaten into thin sheets is called ..... A) Flattening. B) Malleability. C) Thinning. D) Gurtening. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Malleability. 16. An element Z burns in air to form an oxide. The aqueous solution of this oxide turns blue litmus to red. The element Z is most likely to be: A) Carbon. B) Magnesium. C) Calcium. D) Iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon. 17. Examples of metals. A) Gold. B) Silver. C) Aluminium. D) All of the these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the these. 18. A substance that is shiny and a good conductor would be classified as a A) Parsetal. B) Metalloid. C) Metal. D) Metallica. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metal. 19. Sulphur dioxide is also called ..... A) NauH. B) 2H2O. C) I. D) 2 OFWOAL. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2 OFWOAL. 20. All metals are solids except A) Mercury. B) Sodium. C) Calcium. D) Hydrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mercury. 21. ..... is the hardest known substance in nature. A) Graphite. B) Iron. C) Gold. D) Diamond. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diamond. 22. A substance is said to be sonorous if it ..... A) Conducts water through metal pipes. B) Produces a ringing sound when beaten. C) Conducts heat. D) Conducts electricity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Produces a ringing sound when beaten. 23. What is Sonorous? A) The property in which Non Metals produce ringing sound when struck hard. B) The property in which Metals produce ringing sound when struck hard. C) All of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The property in which Metals produce ringing sound when struck hard. 24. Attracted to a magnet A) Lustre. B) Malleable. C) Magnetic. D) Brittle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Magnetic. 25. Name the gas evolved when magnesium reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid. A) Hydrogen. B) Oxygen. C) Nitrogen. D) Chlorine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydrogen. 26. Arun bought a statue made up of copper. To his surprise, it acquired a dull green coating after a couple of months. Name the substance responsible for the green coating. A) Copper hydroxide and copper carbonate. B) Copper hydroxide and Zinc carbonate. C) Copper carbonate and Zinc hydroxide. D) Zinc hydroxide and zinc carbonate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Copper hydroxide and copper carbonate. 27. A substance that is dull, brittle, and a nonconductor would be classified as a A) Metal. B) Nonnmetal. C) Metalloid. D) Metallica. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonnmetal. 28. Aluminium reacts with sodium hydroxide to produce ..... gas. A) Hydrogen. B) Nitrogen. C) Oxygen. D) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydrogen. 29. Oxide of magnesium is basic in nature A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 30. What is a displacement reaction? A) It is a reaction between 2 Non Metals in which less reactive non metal dislace less reactive one. B) It is a reaction between 2 Metals in which less reactive Metal displace less reactive one. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is a reaction between 2 Metals in which less reactive Metal displace less reactive one. 31. Property of a metal in which it can be beaten into sheets A) Malleability. B) Ductility. C) Lustre. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Malleability. 32. Rusting of iron takes place because of the presence of which gas? A) Oxygen. B) Nitrogen dioxide. C) Nitrogen. D) Carbon Dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxygen. 33. Sodium metal is dipped in which of the following substances for storage? A) Water. B) Diesel. C) Kerosene. D) Petrol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kerosene. 34. Zinc Sulphate + Copper $\rightarrow$ A) Does not react. B) Copper Sulphate + Zinc. C) Copper + Zinc + Sulphur Dioxide. D) Copper + Zinc + Sulphur + Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Does not react. 35. In a solution of copper sulphate if zinc granules are added in it the product will be ..... A) Zinc Sulphate. B) Copper sulphate. C) Iron Sulphate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zinc Sulphate. 36. Colour of iron sulphate is A) Blue. B) Green. C) Black. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Green. 37. Which of the following non-metal, when exposed to gases present in the atmosphere, catches fire? A) Carbon. B) Selenium. C) Phosphorus. D) Sulphur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phosphorus. 38. When non-metals react with water then A) Hydrogen gas is formed. B) Carbon dioxide gas is formed. C) Non-metals do not react with water. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Non-metals do not react with water. 39. I+prepare = ..... A) 2Noha. B) 2Noah. C) NaOH. D) Although. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2Noah. 40. What speeds up the process of rusting with water and air? A) Baking soda. B) Salt. C) Sugar. D) Lemon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Salt. 41. Which of the following is the most reactive metal? A) Iron. B) Sodium. C) Mercury. D) Zinc. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sodium. 42. A large percentage of emissions resulting in air pollution today comes from ..... A) Motor vehicles. B) Ozone depletion. C) Factories. D) Farm animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor vehicles. 43. Who am I?I allow the heat to pass through me. A) Insulator. B) Conductor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conductor. 44. Which nonmetal is very essential for our life is A) Iodine. B) Oxygen. C) Nitrogen. D) Chlorine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxygen. 45. Zinc + hydrochloric acid $\rightarrow$ A) Zinc chloride + hydrogen. B) Zinc chloride. C) Zinc chlorine + hydrogen. D) Zinc chloride + oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zinc chloride + hydrogen. 46. Metals that can be cut with a knife are: A) Sodium and iron. B) Potassium and copper. C) Copper and iron. D) Sodium and potassium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sodium and potassium. 47. ZnSO4 = Zn + ..... A) COSO4. B) Co. C) Cu. D) New5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) COSO4. 48. Non Metals do not rust A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 49. Name two soft metals which can be cut with a knife. A) Sodium and potassium. B) Sulphur and phosphorous. C) Sodium and phosphorous. D) Sulphur and potassium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sodium and potassium. 50. Graphite can ..... A) Be Malleable. B) Be Hard. C) Conduct Electricity. D) Be Ductile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conduct Electricity. 51. Mercury is a metal used in thermometer A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 52. What would be the BEST title for this list:luster, ductility, conductivity? A) Reactive properties. B) Observable properties. C) Physical properties. D) Chemical properties. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Physical properties. 53. Which of the following is not a property of metals? A) Malleable. B) Bad Conductors of heat. C) Good Conductors of Electricity. D) Dukes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bad Conductors of heat. 54. Sodium and potassium are ..... and they are ..... A) Non Metals, Hard. B) Non Metals, Soft. C) Metals, Hard. D) Metals, Soft. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metals, Soft. 55. CFC's once used in many household products contributed to the creation of a(n) ..... A) Acid rain. B) Hole in the ozone layer. C) Smog cloud. D) Temperature inversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hole in the ozone layer. 56. The property by which metals can be beaten into sheets is known as ..... A) Ductility. B) Sonority. C) Lusture. D) Malleability. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Malleability. 57. Mr. Devers is examining a pale, yellow, brittle solid, with no shine. The sample is Most Likely a- A) Non-metal. B) Metal. C) Neither metal, non-metal, or metalloid. D) Metalloid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Non-metal. 58. ..... is created when chemicals in polluted air react with water vapor to form harmful compounds which can damage plants, waterways, metals and stone. A) Toxic sludge. B) Ozone. C) Radon. D) Acid rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Acid rain. 59. Define:Malleability A) The property of metals by which it can be drawn into wires. B) The property of metals by which they can be beaten into thin sheets. C) Produce ringing sounds. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The property of metals by which they can be beaten into thin sheets. 60. Ions and Molecules are formed from ..... A) Hydrogel. B) Heat. C) Atom. D) Matterhorns. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atom. Next →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesClass 8 QuizzesClass 8 Science Chapter 4 Materials Metals And Non Metals Quiz 2 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books