Assertion-reason questions

Directions: Please refer to the following instructions:

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Both statements are true and the 2nd statement is a correct explanation of the 1st
statement.
Both statements are true but the 2nd statement is NOT a correct explanation of
the 1st statement.
The 1st statement is false while the 2nd statement is true.
Both statements are false.
1st statement
A bottle of alcohol should not be placed
near to naked flames.

2nd statement
Alcohol is flammable

The windows of the laboratory should

be closed when doing experiments.

No toxic chemical will escape from the

laboratory when the windows are closed.

A hazard warning label flammable

should be displayed on a cylinder of
oxygen.

Oxygen catches fire easily.

Hydrogen prepared in an experiment

can be collected by upward delivery.

Hydrogen is less dense than air.

Oxygen is a compound

Oxygen cannot be broken down into

anything simpler by physical methods.

Hydrogen is an element.

Hydrogen can react with other substances

to form new compounds.

Water is an element.

Water can be broken down into

something simpler by chemical methods.

Solubility is a physical property.

Sodium chloride is soluble in water.

Electrical conductivity is a chemical

property.

Upon electrical conduction, copper is

changed to a new substance.

10 Rusting involves a chemical change.

New substance is formed in the rusting

process.

11 Heating water involves a chemical

change.

Heating water produces vapour.

12 Burning wax does not produce new

substances.

Burning wax involves both physical and

chemical changes.

13 Air is a compound.

Air consists of carbon dioxide.

14 Air is a mixture of elements only.

Only nitrogen, oxygen and noble gases

exist in air.

15 Nitrogen boils before oxygen in the

fractional distillation of liquid air.

Air contains a higher percentage of

nitrogen by volume than oxygen

16 Nitrogen and oxygen can be separated

by distillation of liquid air.

Nitrogen and oxygen have different

melting points.

17 Different gases in the air can be

separated by the fractional distillation
of liquid air.

The gases in air have different boiling

points.

18 Oxygen gives a pop sound with a

burning splint.

Oxygen supports combustion.

19 Copper is a solid at room conditions.

Copper is an element.

20 Iron(II) sulphide is a mixture.

Iron(II) sulphide is made up of iron and

sulphur.

21 Pure water can be obtained by filtration

of sea water.

Filtration removes insoluble substances

from sea water.

22 Pure sodium chloride can be obtained

from the evaporation of sea water.

Evaporation removes water and all

impurities from sea water.

23 Sodium chloride crystals obtained in

crystallization should be washed with a
large amount of cold water.

Washing sodium chloride crystals with

cold water can remove impurities on the
surface of the crystals.

24 Common salt gives a golden yellow

Common salt contains sodium.

flame in flame test.

25 Nichrome wire should be washed with
distilled water after dipping in
concentrated hydrochloric acid in flame
test.

Nichrome wire should be cleaned before

it is used for flame test.

26 A white precipitate is formed when a

solution of common salt is added to
silver nitrate solution.

Common salt contains sodium.

27 Sea water is a compound.

Chlorine and hydrogen are produced in

the electrolysis of sea water.

28 Sublimation of iodine is a physical

change.

No new substance is formed when solid

iodine sublimes.

29 Filtration can be used to remove sodium

chloride from sea water.

Water particles can pass through tiny

holes in the filter paper but particles of
sodium chloride cannot.

30 Aluminium can be extracted by heating

bauxite alone.

Bauxite contains aluminium.

31 Limestone does not react with water.

Limestone is insoluble in water.

32 When calcium carbonate is added to

dilute hydrochloric acid, the gas
evolved gives a pop sound with a
burning splint.

Hydrogen is produced when calcium

carbonate reacts with dilute hydrochloric
acid.

33 Calcium carbonate is soluble in dilute

hydrochloric acid

Calcium carbonate reacts with dilute

hydrochloric acid to form soluble calcium
chloride.

34 Carbon dioxide turns limewater milky.

Carbon dioxide reacts with limewater to

form calcium carbonate.

35 Chalk gives a golden yellow flame in

flame test.

Chalk contains calcium.

36 If a beaker containing limewater is left

in the air for several days, the limewater
turns milky.

Air contains water vapour.

37 Limewater should be stored in closed

bottles.

Limewater reacts with carbon dioxide in

the air to form calcium carbonate.

38 Rainwater can react with limestone.

Rainwater contains dissolved oxygen.

39 Plant roots growing into cracks in rock

and slowly prising the rock apart is a
chemical weathering.

In chemical weathering, rock is broken

down by chemical means.

40 When a reagent bottle containing

limewater was left in the air for a long
time, a white solid would probably be
formed around the mouth of the bottle.

Limewater reacts with carbon dioxide in

the air to give calcium carbonate.