General Science | Chemistry | Sulphur, Nitrogen, Halogen, Inert Gases

General Science | Chemistry | Sulphur, Nitrogen, Halogen, Inert Gases

1. What is the approximate percentage of Nitrogen present in the atmosphere?

10-11%
18-20%
40-42%
78-79%

2. Which gas is known as 'noble gas'?

Hydrogen
Oxygen
Helium
Carbon dioxide

3. Percentage amount (by volume) of which one of the following gas is lowest in the atmosphere?

Argon
Carbon dioxide
Nitrogen
Oxygen

4. Which gas is mixed with Oxygen for respiration by divers in deep sea?

Helium
Nitrogen
Xenon
Ammonia

5. Which one of the following mixture of gas is used by the deep sea divers?

Mixture of Helium-Oxygen
Mixture of Helium-Nitrogen
Mixture of Oxygen-Acetylene
Mixture of Oxygen-Hydrogen

6. What is the shape of sulphur hexafluoride molecule?

Trigonal pyramid
Octahedral
Planar
Tetrahedral

7. Easily soluble in water

Carbon
Nitrogen
Ammonia
Iodine

8. Which is used as Laughing gas?

Nitrous oxide
Nitrogen dioxide
Nitrogen trioxide
Nitrous Oxide

9. Which one of the following is also called Stranger Gas?

Argon
Neon
Xenon
Nitrous oxide

10. Discharge of Nitrogen causes

Increase in the amount of atmospheric nitrogen
Increase in the amount of Nitrogen in lithosphere
The amount of Nitrogen in lithosphere and in atmosphere unchanged
Destruction of nitrates bacterial

11. The gas used to inflate the tyres of an aircraft is

Hydrogen
Nitrogen
Helium
Neon

12. In order to compensate the deficiency of which of the following elements, the insectivorous plants trap and eat insects?

Manganese
Nitrogen
Magnesium
Sulphur

13. The soil in which insectivorous plants grow is deficient in

Magnesium
Calcium
Nitrogen
Water

14. Which gas is usually filled in the balloon?

Hydrogen
Oxygen
Carbon dioxide
Helium

15. Helium is preferred to Hydrogen in air balloons because it

Is cheaper
Is less dense
Has greater lifting power
Does not form an explosive mixture with air

16. Tear gas is

Ammonia
Chlorine
Hydrogen Carbide
Hydrogen Sulphide

17. The foul smell of dead fish is due to the compound

Amino compounds
Aldehydic compounds
Sulphur compounds
Nitro compounds

18. Which of the following remains in a solid state at normal temperature?

Chlorine
Bromine
Iodine
Fluorine

19. Which of the following is not optically active?

Glycine
Alanine
Serine
All of these

20. The most reactive among the Halogens is

Fluorine
Chlorine
Bromine
Iodine

21. The halogen being used as analgesic is

Chlorine
Bromine
Iodine
Fluorine

22. Which has is filled at low pressure in a tube light?

Argon and Neon
Neon and Mercury vapour
Nitrogen and Neon
Only Argon

23. Tubelight is filled with

Sodium vapour
Argon gas at low pressure
Mercury vapour at low pressure
Both (B) and (C)