Metals and Non-Metals Class 10 MCQ Quiz – Test Your Knowledge!

Do you know why metals conduct electricity but non-metals don’t? Test your knowledge of Metals and Non-Metals with this interactive Class 10 Science MCQ Quiz! These questions are based on NCERT and CBSE syllabus, helping you prepare effectively for exams. Let’s see how well you score!

Chapter 3: Metals and Non-Metals

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A scientist is attempting to represent an ionic bond between calcium and chlorine. The figure below shows the progress he has made so far.

What should be the next step in his representative of the ionic bond?

Add another chlorine atom to accept an electron from the calcium atom.

Transfer an electron from the calcium atom to the chlorine atom.

Add another calcium atom to donate an electron to the chlorine atom.

Transfer an electron from the chlorine atom to the calcium atom.

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Although metals form basic oxides, which of the following metals forms an amphoteric oxide?

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The electronic configurations of three elements X, Y, and Z are

X – 2, 8; Y – 2, 8, 7 and Z – 2, 8, 2.

Which of the following is correct?

X is a metal

Y is a non-metal and Z is a metal

Z is a non-metal

Y is a metal

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The table shown below gives information about four substances: A, B, C, and D.

Substance	Melting Point (K)	Electrical Conductivity
Substance	Melting Point (K)	Solid	Liquid/Aqueous
A	295	Good	Good
B	1210	Poor	Good
C	1890	Poor	Good
D	1160	Poor	Poor

Identify ionic compounds from the above-given substances.

A, B, D

B, C

A, C, D

A, B

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The electronic structures of six elements A to F are given in the table below:

	Electronic Structure		Formula of Compound
1.	A: 2, 1	B: 2, 6	A₂B
2.	B: 2, 6	C: 2, 7	B₂C
3.	C: 2, 7	D: 2, 8, 3	DC₃
4.	E: 2, 8, 6	F: 2, 8, 8, 2	FE₂

Which of the compounds formed are wrong?

2 and 3

3 and 4

2 and 4

1 and 3

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On adding dilute sulphuric acid to a test tube containing a metal ‘X’, a colourless gas is produced when a burning match stick is brought near it. Which of the following correctly represents metal ‘X’?

Sulphur

Silver

Sodium

Copper

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Galvanisation is a process of coating iron articles with a layer of zinc to prevent the iron from rusting.

The iron is protected even if the zinc coating is scratched and the iron is exposed.

Which of the following is true about how zinc prevents the rusting of iron?

1. A galvanized iron article does not undergo oxidation.

1. The zinc coating prevents contact of iron with air.

1. Zinc undergoes corrosion more easily than iron.

only 1

only 2

only 2 and 3

only 1 and 2

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Aluminium is used for making cooking utensils. Which of the following properties of aluminium are responsible for the same?

1. Good thermal conductivity

1. Good electrical conductivity

1. Ductility

1. High melting point

II and III

I and IV

I and II

I and III

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Shown below is a container that is used in the transportation of goods over long distances.

These containers are made of steel. Which property of steel is mainly used to make these containers?

Its metallic lustre

Its electrical conductivity

Its malleability

Its ductility

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During the electrolytic refining of copper what happens at the anode?

Neutral copper atoms gain electrons to become ions

Copper ions gain electrons to become neutral copper atoms

Neutral copper atoms lose electrons to become ions

Copper ions lose electrons to become neutral atoms

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Sodium comes after potassium in the reactivity series, so sodium is _____.

Equally reactive as potassium

Less reactive than potassium

More reactive than potassium

Not reactive

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Generally metals react with acids to give salt and hydrogen gas. Which of the following acids does not give hydrogen gas on reacting with metals (except Mn and Mg)?

All of these

H2SO4

HCl

HNO3

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The colour of the solution observed after 30 minutes of placing zinc metal to copper sulphate solution is

Dirty green

Blue

Reddish Brown

Colourless

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- Assertion: Rusting of Iron is endothermic in nature.

- Reason: As the reaction is slow, the release of heat is barely evident.

Both A and R are true, and R is not the correct explanation of A.

A is false but R is true.

Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.

A is true but R is false.

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Listed here is the reactivity of certain metals.

Metal	Reaction with air	Reaction with water	Reaction with dilute acids
Gold	Does not oxidize or burn	No reaction	No reaction
Sodium	Burns vigorously to form oxide	Violent reaction	Violent reaction
Zinc	Burns to form oxides	Reacts on heating with water	Reacts to produce hydrogen
Platinum	Does not oxidize or burn	No reaction	No reaction

Which of the above metals are likely to be obtained in their pure states from the Earth’s crust?

Gold only

Gold and platinum

Zinc and sodium

Sodium only

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