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  • Alum is used


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  • A. as an analgesic
  • B. in the purification of water
  • C. as a fertilizer
  • D. as a disinfectant

  • Correct Answer
  • in the purification of water 

    Explanation

    Alum is a common alum, potassium aluminum sulphate K 2 S O 4 . A l 2 S O 4 3 . 24 H 2 O  which makes colloidally suspended impurities in water such as clay to settle down.

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    • 1. Acute diabets patients smell of

    • Options
    • A. acetone
    • B. ether
    • C. ethyl alcohol
    • D. methyl alcohol
    • Discuss
    • 2. In the making of jewels, gold is usually mixed with

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    • A. zinc
    • B. tin
    • C. copper
    • D. aluminium
    • Discuss
    • 3. Washing soda is

    • Options
    • A. sodium hydroxide
    • B. sodium carbonate
    • C. sodium bicorbonate
    • D. Potassium chloride
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which of the following is the mixture

    • Options
    • A. distilled water
    • B. gasoline
    • C. liquified petroleum gas
    • D. both (b) & (c)
    • Discuss
    • 5. Whcih one is the compound in the following

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    • A. mercury
    • B. ozone
    • C. air
    • D. ammonia
    • Discuss
    • 6. The soaps used in shaving cream are

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    • A. Calcium soaps
    • B. lead soaps
    • C. soft soaps
    • D. hard soaps
    • Discuss
    • 7. Which is the Lightest of all the metals?

    • Options
    • A. Hydrogen
    • B. Lithium
    • C. Sodium
    • D. Pottasium
    • Discuss
    • 8. One method by which the components of air can be seperated is

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    • A. shaking with caustic soda solution
    • B. shaking with water
    • C. fractional distillation of liquid air
    • D. passing air over heated magnesium
    • Discuss
    • 9. If people sleep in closed rooms where charcoal fire is burning , they die due to

    • Options
    • A. carbon monoxide
    • B. carbon dioxide
    • C. methane
    • D. phosgene
    • Discuss
    • 10. Which one of the following laws explain the formation of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide from carbon and oxygen

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    • A. Laws of conservation of mass
    • B. Laws of multiple proportion
    • C. Laws of reciprocal proportions
    • D. Law of definite proportions
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