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  • Which of the following is not a semiconductor?


  • Options
  • A. CdS
  • B. NaCl
  • C. Si
  • D. Ge

  • Correct Answer
  • NaCl 

    Explanation

    Semiconductors are those materials that are neither good conductors nor the good insulators of heat and electricity. Silicon (Si), Germanium (Ge) and Cadmium Sulphide (CdS) are semiconductors which work as conductors in some special conditions only.

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    • 1. Which formula represents a polar molecule?

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    • A. C - O
    • B. C - N
    • C. H - N
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss
    • 2. Carbon disulfide is prepared by heating sulfur and charcoal.

    • Options
    • A. TRUE
    • B. FALSE
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which process is a chemical change?

    • Options
    • A. Burning gasoline
    • B. Boiling water
    • C. Evaporating water
    • D. Melting ice
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    • 4. Monazite is an ore of

    • Options
    • A. Platinum
    • B. Radium
    • C. Uranium
    • D. Lanthanum
    • Discuss
    • 5. In which of the following activities silicon carbide is used

    • Options
    • A. Disinfecting water of ponds
    • B. Making casts for statues
    • C. Making cement and glass
    • D. Cutting very hard substances
    • Discuss
    • 6. Radioactive decay is likely to occur when

    • Options
    • A. an atom has too many neutrons or protons
    • B. protons break into neutrons and electrons
    • C. an atom has too many electrons
    • D. atoms collide with one another
    • Discuss
    • 7. The compound MgCl2 is named

    • Options
    • A. Magnesium Chloride
    • B. Magnesium Chlorine
    • C. Magnesium Dichloride
    • D. Dimagnesium Chloride
    • Discuss
    • 8. Barbituric Acid was synthesized in 1864 by

    • Options
    • A. Adolf von Baeyer
    • B. Marie Curie
    • C. Mendeleev
    • D. John Dalton
    • Discuss
    • 9. The first two steps in the lithification process are

    • Options
    • A. Cementation and Proposal
    • B. Compaction and Ratification
    • C. Compaction and Cementation
    • D. Ratification and Cementation
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    • 10. Which has the lowest freezing point?

    • Options
    • A. Mercury
    • B. Helium
    • C. Cesium
    • D. Aluminium
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