Multiple Choice Questions

Q1: Zigzag movement of the solute particle in a solution is

known as
(a) Linear motion. (b) Circular motion. (c) Brownian motion. (d) Curved motion.
Answer: (c) Brownian motion.

Q2: Gases can be liquefied by

(a) Increasing pressure. (b) Decreasing temperature. (c) Both (a) and (b). (d)
Decreasing pressure.
Answer: (c) Both (a) and (b).

Q3: Density of a substance is defined as

(a) Ratio of mass and volume. (b) Product of mass and volume. (c) Ratio of mass
and temperature.
(d) Product of mass and temperature.
Answers: (a) Ratio of mass and volume.

Q4: Which of the following is not matter?

(a) Blood. (b) Humidity. (c) Electron. (d) Moon rock.
Answer: (b) Humidity.

Q5: Which is more effective in cooling?

(a) Ice at 0 C. (b) Water at 0 C. (c) Water at 100 C. (d) Ice at 100 C.
Answer: (a) Ice at 0 C.

Q6: 0 C temperatures is equal to

(a) 0 K. (b) 273 K. (c) -273 K. (d) 300 K.
Answer: (b) 273 K.

Q7: The process involving the change of state from solid

to gas is called
(a) Melting. (b) Boiling. (c) Sublimation. (c) Fusion.

Answer: (c) Sublimation.

Q8: A solid has

(a) Definite volume and no definite shape. (b) No definite volume no definite shape.
(c) Definite shape and volume. (d) Definite shape but no definite volume.
Answer: (c) Definite shape and volume.

Q9: A liquid has

(a) Definite volume and no definite shape. (b) No definite volume no definite shape.
(c) Definite shape and volume. (d) Definite shape but no definite volume.
Answer: (a) Definite volume and no definite shape.

Q10: A gas has

(a) Definite volume and no definite shape. (b) No definite volume no definite shape.
(c) Definite shape and volume. (d) Definite shape but no definite volume.
Answer: (b) No definite volume no definite shape.

Q11: Which of the following is NOT a property of particles

of a matter?
(a) The particles of matter are extremely small. (b) The particles of matter have
spaces between them. (c) The particles of matter are in stationery state. (d) The
particles of matter attract each other.
Answer: (c) The particles of matter are in stationery state.

Q12: Which of the following has minimum spaces among

the particles?
(a) Solids. (b) Liquids. (c) Gases. (d) None of these.
Answer: (a) Solids.

Q13: During summer, water kept in an earthen pot

becomes cool because of the phenomenon of
(a) Diffusion. (b) Transpiration. (c) Osmosis. (d) Evaporation.
Answer: (d) Evaporation.

Q14: Rate of diffusion is the fastest in

(a) Solids. (b) Liquids. (c) Gases. (d) None of these.
Answer: (c) Gases.

Q15: Thermal conduction takes places in.

(a) Solids only. (b) Liquids only. (c) Gases only. (d) Solids, liquids and gases.
Answer: (d) Solids, liquids and gases.

Q16: Evaporation always causes.

(a) Thermal expansion. (b) Liquefaction.(c) Cooling down.(d) All of these.
Answer: (c) Cooling down.

Q17: A change of state directly from solid to gas without

changing into liquid state (or vice versa) is called
(a) Evaporation. (b) Sublimation. (c) Diffusion. (d) Condensation.
Answer: (b) Sublimation.

Q18: The rate of evaporation decreases with.

(a) Increase in humidity. (b) Increase of temperature. (c) Increase in wind speed.
(d) Increase of surface area.
Answer: (a) increase in humidity.

Q19: Which one of the following sets of phenomena would

increase on raising the temperature?
(a) Diffusion, evaporation, compression of gases. (b) Evaporation, compression of
gases, solubility.
(c) Evaporation, diffusion, expansion of gases. (d) Evaporation,
solubility, diffusion, compression of gases.
Answer: (c) Evaporation, diffusion, expansion of gases.

Q20: Seema visited a Natural Gas Compressing Unit and

found that the gas can be liquefied under specific
conditions of temperature and pressure. While sharing her
experience with friends she got confused. Help her to
identify the correct set of conditions.

(a) Low temperature, low pressure. (b) High temperature, low pressure. (c) Low
temperature, high pressure. (d) High temperature, high pressure.
Answer: (c) Low temperature, high pressure.

Q21: The property to flow is unique to fluids. Which one of

the following statements is correct?
(a) Only gases behave like fluids. (b) Gases and solids behave like fluids. (c) Gases
and liquids behave like fluids. (d) Only liquids are fluids.
Answer: (c) Gases and liquids behave like fluids.

Q22: During summer, water kept in an earthen pot

becomes cool because of the phenomenon of
(a) Diffusion. (b) Transpiration. (c) Osmosis. (d) Evaporation.
Answer: (d) Evaporation.

Q23: A few substances are arranged in the increasing

order of forces of attraction between their particles.
Which one of the following represents a correct
arrangement?
(a) Water, air, wind. (b) Air, sugar, oil. (c) Oxygen, water, sugar. (d) Salt, juice, air.
Answer: (c) Oxygen, water, sugar.

Q24: On converting 25C, 38C and 66C to Kelvin scale,

the correct sequence of temperature will be
(a) 298 K, 311 K and 339 K. (b) 298 K, 300 K and 338 K. (c) 273 K, 278 K and 543
K. (d) 298 K, 310 K and 338 K.
Answer: (a) 298 K, 311 K and 339 K.

Q25: Choose the correct statement of the following

(a) Conversion of solid into vapors without passing through the liquid state is called
vaporization.
(b) Conversion of vapors into solid without passing through the
liquid state is called sublimation.
(c) Conversion of vapors into solid without
passing through the liquid state is called freezing.
(d) Conversion of
solid into liquid is called sublimation.

Answer: (b) Conversion of vapors into solid without passing through the
liquid state is called sublimation.

Q26: The boiling points of diethyl ether, acetone and nbutyl alcohol are 35C, 56C and 118C respectively. Which
one of the following correctly represents their boiling
points in Kelvin scale?
(a) 306 K, 329 K, 391 K. (b) 308 K, 329 K, 392 K. (c) 308 K, 329 K, 391 K. (d) 329
K, 392 K, 308 K.
Answer: (c) 308 K, 329 K, 391 K.

Q27: Which condition out of the following will increase the

evaporation of water?
(a) Increase in temperature of water. (b) Decrease in temperature of water. (c)
Less exposed surface area of water. (d) Adding common salt to water.
Answer: (a) Increase in temperature of water.

Q28: In which of the following conditions, the distance

between the molecules of hydrogen gas would increase?
(i) Increasing pressure on hydrogen contained in a closed container.
(ii) Some hydrogen gas leaking out of the container.
(iii) Increasing the volume of the container of hydrogen gas.
(iv) Adding more hydrogen gas to the container without increasing the
volume of the container.
(a) (i) and (iii). (b) (i) and (iv). (c) (ii) and (iii). (d) (ii) and (iv).
Answer: (c) (ii) and (iii).