Chemistry Quiz

1.

The spacecraft Pioneer-10, launched from earth, is hurtling away at great speed on a long voyage, out across Mars, Saturn and Pluto beyond the Solar system carrying a message that there is life on earth, in the hope that an alien civilization in an advanced stage of development may respond to this message. If you were asked to choose one of the following elements of 'matter, which one would best convey that there is life on earth ?

Hydrogen

Carbon

Oxygen

Iron

2.

The beautiful turquoise-blue Egyptian glaze of ceramic was an ancient technique of high quality, needing delicate control of temperature. This indicates, in those times, the possession of some knowledge of :

Blue Chemicals

Ultra Marines

Metallic Compounds

Mercury

3.

Our universe is very big, with millions of bright galaxies and stars that are much bigger than the sun and the earth. Do you know what is the universe made up of ?

Oxygen

Burning Coal

Iron burning in a hot flame of Oxygen

Hydrogen

4.

If you take a powerful telescope and study the light coming from distant stars and planets, you may sometimes come across substances mentioned here, whose presence shows that there may be life outside the earth. Can you pick the false one ?

Carbon Monoxide

Carbon dioxide

Iron

Alcohol

5.

Sometimes the engine of your car starts 'knocking'. To avoid this 'knocking', certain compounds are added to petrol. These are called anti-knocking agents. Can you tell which of the following is an anti-knocking agent ?

Carbon Monoxide

Tetraethyl Lead

White Petrol

Indole

6.

Petroleum is a scarce natural resource which several countries are trying to explore on land and in oceans. We get so many things from petroleum, that is the starting point of many chemicals. Do you know that the origin of petroleum is in old :

Earth

Fishes

Trees

Soft Rock and Clay

7.

An organic compound must contain :

Oxygen

Hydrogen

Carbon

Silicon

8.

Gold and silver are called noble metals because :

They are worn by noblemen

Ladies of royalty wear them as Jewellery

They do not, normally, react in their natural enviroment

Even acids cannot dissolve them without strong heat

9.

Diamonds are forever. Their beauty adorns crowns and jewellery of royalty and richness. Diamonds are made of :

Pure sunlight

Pure, shining glass

Pure Carbon

Pure Beryllium

10.

Sumerians and Babylonians were skilled metal-workers. They made coloured glasses and enamels. However, the making of transparent glass began :

In 1000 A.D

When Alexander the Great was born

In 500 B.C.

In 1,500 B.C.