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  • 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

  • Correct Answer
  • fractional distillation of liquid air 

    Explanation

    The two main components of air are nitrogen and oxygen. They are seperated by the fractional distillation of liquid air. Liquefied air contains liquid nitrogen and liquid oxygen. Liquid nitrogen with the lower boiling point more readily evaporates than the less volatile liquid oxygen. 


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    • 1. Which is the Lightest of all the metals?

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    • A. Hydrogen
    • B. Lithium
    • C. Sodium
    • D. Pottasium
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    • 2. The soaps used in shaving cream are

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    • A. Calcium soaps
    • B. lead soaps
    • C. soft soaps
    • D. hard soaps
    • Discuss
    • 3. 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
    • Discuss
    • 4. Acute diabets patients smell of

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

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    • A. zinc
    • B. tin
    • C. copper
    • D. aluminium
    • Discuss
    • 6. If people sleep in closed rooms where charcoal fire is burning , they die due to

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    • A. carbon monoxide
    • B. carbon dioxide
    • C. methane
    • D. phosgene
    • Discuss
    • 7. 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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    • 8. Isotopes of the atoms of same element have

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    • A. same number of neutrons
    • B. same number of protons
    • C. same atomic mass
    • D. different chemical properties
    • Discuss
    • 9. A particle which is four times in mass and two times in charge that of proton is

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    • A. helium atom
    • B. an alpha particle
    • C. deuteron
    • D. tritium
    • Discuss
    • 10. Energy produced in nuclear reaction is given by

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    • A. Charle's law
    • B. Grahm's law
    • C. Gay - Lussac's law
    • D. Einstein's law
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