Q1. Which property of metals is described by their ability to shine?
Q2. What is the property called when metals can be beaten into thin sheets?
Q3. Which metal is the most ductile?
Q4. Which metals are most commonly used for making cooking vessels due to their good heat conduction?
Q5. What is the term used for metals producing a sound when struck?
Q6. Which state of matter is bromine in?
Q7. Which metal oxide shows both acidic and basic behavior?
Q8. Which metals are kept immersed in kerosene oil to prevent accidental fires?
Q9. What gas is evolved when metals react with water?
Q10. Which metal reacts violently with cold water, producing hydrogen gas and heat?
Q11. Which metal does not react with cold water but reacts with hot water?
Q12. What are the products when aluminium oxide reacts with sodium hydroxide?
Q13. Which gas is evolved when metals react with acids?
Q14. What is the order of reactivity for the given metals: Mg, Al, Zn, Fe?
Q15. Which metal can displace copper from its salt solution?
Q16. What kind of compounds are formed by the transfer of electrons from a metal to a non-metal?
Q17. Which is the major source of metals on earth?
Q18. Which metal is obtained from the ore cinnabar?
Q19. Which process is used to convert carbonate ores into oxides?
Q20. What is the most widely used method for refining impure metals?
Q21. Which metal becomes black due to a coating of silver sulphide when exposed to air?
Q22. Which metal is alloyed with iron to make stainless steel?
Q23. What is the term for a homogeneous mixture of two or more metals or a metal and a non-metal?
Q24. Which alloy of copper and zinc is not a good conductor of electricity?
Q25. What is galvanisation?
Q26. What kind of reaction occurs when a metal displaces another metal from its compound?
Q27. What kind of gas is evolved when sodium reacts with water?
Q28. Which alloy has a low melting point and is used for welding electrical wires?
Q29. What is the product when iron(III) oxide reacts with aluminium in a thermit reaction?
Q30. Which method is used for preventing the corrosion of iron?
Q31. What happens when calcium reacts with water?
Q32. What is an amalgam?