CLASS 8 SCIENCE CHAPTER 1 MCQ WITH ANSWER 1


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Question 1.
Humans mostly eat the seeds
(a) Rice, Pulses
(b) Mustard, Peanuts
(c) Wheat, Soya-bean
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (d) All of these



Question 2.
Which of the following is not a food ?
(a) Pulses
(b) Bread
(c) Petrol
(d) Ghee

Answer

Answer: (c) Petrol



Question 3.
We get cereals (wheat, rice, maize, etc.) from:
(a) Animals
(b) Plants
(c) (a) & (b) both
(d) none of these

Answer

Answer: (b) Plants



Question 4.
Food is necessary because
(a) it provides growth
(b) it provides energy
(c) it keeps us healthy
(d) all of these

Answer

Answer: (d) all of these



Question 5.
Sugar comes from which of the following plants?
(a) Sugar cane
(b) Banana
(c) Paddy
(d) Groundnut

Answer

Answer: (a) Sugar cane



Question 6.
Which part of a mustard plant is edible?
(a) Stem and roots
(b) Seeds and flowers
(c) Leaves and flowers
(d) seeds and leaves

Answer

Answer: (d) seeds and leaves



Question 7.
The raw materials used to prepare a dish are called
(a) apiculture
(b) ingredients
(c) all of these
(d) pods

Answer

Answer: (b) ingredients



Question 8.
According to Mendeleev's periodic law the elements were arranged in the periodic table in the order of
(a) increasing atomic nmbers
(b) decreasing atomic numbers
(c) increasing atomic masses
(d) decreasingatomic masses

Answer

Answer: (a) increasing aomic number



Question 9.
In Period 2 which element has largest atomic radii
(a) Lithium
(b) Berillium
(c) Boron
(d) Carbon

Answer

Answer: (a) Lithium



Question 10.
The property of an element in the periodic table depends on its, ________.
(a) atomic size
(b) atomic mass
(c) Electronic configuration
(d) Number of proton

Answer

Answer: (c) electronic configuration



Question 11.
An element has configuration 2, 8, 1 it belong to
(a) group 1 period 3
(b) group 3 period 1
(c) group 1 period 8
(d) roup 17 period 3

Answer

Answer: (a) group 1 period 3



Question 12.
Amount of energy released when an atom accept electron in gasses state is known as
(a) Electronegativity
(b) Ionisation Potential
(c) Electron Afinity
(d) Electronpositivity

Answer

Answer: (c) Electron Afinity



Question 13.
The number of electrons in the valence shell is equal to its ________.
(a) atomic mass
(b) group number
(c) period number
(d) atomic volume

Answer

Answer: (b) group number



Question 14.
The non-metallic element present in the third period other than sulphur and chlorine is
(a) oxygen
(b) flourine
(c) nitrogen
(d) phosphorus

Answer

Answer: (d) phosphorus



Question 15.
At the end of each period the valence shell is __________.
(a) incomplete
(b) half filled
(c) singally occupies
(d) completly filled

Answer

Answer: (d) completely filled



Question 16.
The modern periodic table is given by ________
(a) Mendeleev
(b) Einstein
(c) Bhor
(d) Mosley

Answer

Answer: (d) Mosley



Question 17.
Elements belonging to groups 1 to 17 are called __________.
(a) inner trasition element
(b) tranisition element
(c) nobel gas
(d) normal element

Answer

Answer: (d) normal element



Question 18.
The properties of eka-aluminium predicted by Mendeleev are the same as the properties of later discovered element:
(a) Scandium
(b) Germanium
(c) Gallium
(d) Aluminium

Answer

Answer: (d) all



Question 19.
The family of elements having seven electrons in the outermost shell is ______.
(a) alkali metals
(b) alkaline earth metals
(c) halogens
(d) nobel gases

Answer

Answer: (c) halogens



Question 20.
The family of elements to which potassium belongs is _________.
(a) alkali metals
(b) alkaline earth metals
(c) halogen
(d) nobel gas

Answer

Answer: (a) alkali metals



Question 21.
An atom of an element has the electronic confi-guration 2,8,2. To which group does it belong?
(a) 4th group
(b) 6th group
(c) 3rd group
(d) 2nd group

Answer

Answer: (d) 2nd group



Question 22.
At the time of Mendeleev, the number of elements known was
(a) 63
(b) 65
(c) 62
(d) 64

Answer

Answer: (a) 63



Question 23.
Which of the following factors does not affect the metallic character of an element?
(a) ionisation potential
(b) atomic size
(c) electro negitivity
(d) atomic radius

Answer

Answer: (c) electro negitivity



Question 24.
In Mendeleev’s Periodic Table, gaps were left for the elements to be discovered later. Which of the following elements found a place in the Periodic Table later?
(a) Chlorine
(b) Silicon
(c) Oxygen
(d) Germanium

Answer

Answer: (d) Germanium



Question 25.
A liquid non-metal is ___________.
(a) phosphorus
(b) mercury
(c) bromine
(d) nitrogen

Answer

Answer: (c) bromine