WARRIOR 2025 Practice Sheet

Metals and Non Metals

1. An element X forms two oxides XO and XO2. The 7. A metal Z has electronic configuration 2, 8, 3
oxide XO is neutral but XO2 is acidic. The element occurs in the earth's crust and its oxide formula is
X is most likely to be Z2O3. Metal Z is more reactive than zinc. Which of
(A) Sulphur (B) Carbon the following statement(s) is/are true about metal
(C) Calcium (D) Hydrogen Z?
(A) The metal Z is iron.
2. A student was studying reactions of metals with (B) The metal Z is lead.
dilute NaOH at room temperature. The student took (C) The ore from which metal Z is extracted is
dilute NaOH in four different test tubes and added bauxite.
the copper powder to test tube A, zinc dust to test (D) The ore from which metal Z is extracted is
tube B, aluminium powder to test tube C and iron haematite.
powder to test tube D and observed effervescence
in___. 8. The reaction between B and A forms compound D.
(A) Test tubes A & B (B) Test tubes B & C B loses electron and A gains electron. Which of the
(C) Test tubes C & D (D) Test tubes A & D following properties is not shown by compound D?
(A) Has a low melting point
3. A student puts one big iron nail each in four test (B) Has a high melting point
tubes containing zinc sulphate, aluminium (C) Occurs as solid
sulphate, copper sulphate and iron sulphate. A (D) Conducts electricity in a molten state
reddish-brown coating was observed only on the
surface of the iron nail which was put in the 9. Read the given statements and select the correct
solution of option.
(A) Copper sulphate Statement-1: Pure gold, known as 24-carat gold, is
(B) Iron sulphate very hard.
(C) Zinc sulphate Statement-2: It is alloyed with either silver or
(D) Aluminium sulphate copper to make it soft.
(A) Both statements are true.
4. Calamine is the ore of metal (B) Both statements are false.
(A) Copper (C) Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false.
(B) Aluminium (D) Statement 1 is false and statement 2 is true.
(C) Zinc
(D) Iron 10. Assertion: Usually the sulphide ore is converted to
oxide before reduction.
5. The cathode is made up of ________ in electrolytic Reason: Reduction of oxides occurs more easily.
refining. (A) Both assertion and reason are true and Reason
(A) Alloy is the correct explanation of Assertion.
(B) Impure metal (B) Both assertion and reason are true but reason
(C) Pure metal is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
(D) Fused salt (C) Assertion is true but reason is false.
(D) Assertion is false but reason is true.
6. The electronic configurations of three elements A,
B and C are A: 2, 8; B: 2, 8, 7 and C: 2, 8, 2. Which 11. A non-metal A will exist in two different forms P
of the following statements is correct? and Q. P is the hardest natural substance while Q is
(A) A is a metal considered a good conductor of electricity. Identify
(B) B is non-metal A, P and Q.
(C) C is a non-metal
(D) B is a metal and C is a non-metal 12. What is a thermite reaction?
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13. Why does calcium float in water? 17. Ionic compounds are solids. Give reasons.

14. What are ionic compounds? Why do ionic 18. Why copper is used to make hot water tanks and
compounds not conduct electricity in the solid not steel (an alloy of iron)?
state?
19. Why do we use lemon or tamarind juice to clean
15. Define galvanisation. Why it is done? tarnished copper vessels?

16. During the extraction of metals, electrolytic 20. Two ores X and Y were taken. On heating these
refining is used to obtain pure metals. ores it was observed that:
a. Which material will be used as anode and a. Ore X gives CO2 gas, and
cathode for refining silver metal by this b. Ore Y gives SO2 gas.
process? Write steps to convert these ores into metals, giving
b. Suggest a suitable electrolyte also. chemical equations of the reactions that take place.
c. In this electrolytic cell, where do we get pure
silver after passing an electric current?

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 ANSWER KEY
1. (B) 11. (Check Solution)
2. (B) 12. (Check Solution)
3. (A) 13. (Check Solution)
4. (C) 14. (Check Solution)
5. (C) 15. (Check Solution)
6. (B) 16. (Check Solution)
7. (C) 17. (Check Solution)
8. (A) 18. (Check Solution)
9. (B) 19. (Check Solution)
10. (A) 20. (Check Solution)

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 HINTS AND SOLUTIONS
1. (B) Carbon forms two oxides: CO and CO2. Out 11. ‘A’ is carbon, it has two different forms one is ‘P’
of which, CO is neutral and CO2 is acidic. which is diamond because it is the hardest natural
substance and the other ‘Q’ is graphite because it is
2. (B) Zinc and aluminium reacts with dilute NaOH a good conductor of electricity.
to form salt and hydrogen gas. If Cu exists in
the salt form, it reacts with NaOH. Iron will 12. The reduction of iron oxide to iron by aluminium is
react only in a strongly basic NaOH solution. called a thermite reaction.
Fe2O3 + 2Al → 2Fe + Al2O3 + Heat
Zn + NaOH → NaZnO2 + H2
Al + NaOH → NaAlO2 + H2
13. Calcium floats in water because hydrogen gas
formed sticks to the surface of calcium.
3. (A) Fe will displace copper from copper sulphate
(CuSO4) solution because iron is more 14. Compounds formed by the combination of a
reactive than copper as it is placed higher in positively charged cation and a negatively charged
the activity series. anion are called ionic compounds.
CuSO4 + Fe → FeSO4 + Cu Ionic compounds do not conduct electricity in a
Iron is less reactive as compared to aluminium solid state because ions are held together by strong
or zinc so it will not be able to displace them electrostatic forces and are not free to move.
from their salts.
15. The process of coating zinc over iron is known as
4. (C) Calamine is the ore of zinc metal. galvanisation. It is done to prevent the rusting of
iron.
5. (C) The cathode is made up of pure metal in
electrolytic refining. 16. a. Impure silver will be used as anode and pure
silver will be used as cathode.
b. Electrolyte: Silver salt, such as AgNO3.
6. (B) According to the given electronic
c. We get pure silver at the cathode.
configuration B is Chlorine (2, 8, 7) and C is
Magnesium (2, 8, 2) and A is Neon (2, 8). 17. Ionic compounds are composed of oppositely
Therefore, B is a non-metal, C is a metal and charged ions bound together by a strong
A is a noble gas. electrostatic attraction. As a result, they are hard
solids.
7. (C) Electronic configuration of Z = 2, 8, 3, which
is aluminium. And the ore from which metal 18. Copper does not react with cold water, hot water or
Z is extracted is bauxite. steam. However, Iron reacts with steam. If the hot
water tanks are made of steel (an alloy of Iron),
8. (A) D is an ionic compound that is formed by the then Iron would react vigorously with the steam
reaction between A and B. Such compounds formed from hot water. Thus, copper is used to
have high melting points and are solids. Also, make hot water tanks and not steel.
they are good conductor in the molten state.
19. Copper reacts with moist carbon dioxide in the air
to form copper carbonate and as a result, the copper
9. (B) Pure gold, known as 24-carat gold, is very
vessel loses its shiny brown surface forming a
soft, and it is alloyed with either silver or
green layer of copper carbonate.
copper to make it hard.
The acid present in the lemon or tamarind
neutralises the basis copper carbonate and
10. (A) Usually the sulphide ore is converted to oxide dissolves the layer. That is why, tarnished copper
before reduction as oxides because they are vessels are cleaned with lemon or tamarind juice to
easier to reduce. give the surface of the copper vessel its
characteristic lustre.
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20. a. Ore A is a carbonate ore. b. Ore B is a sulphide ore.
The steps involved in the extraction of A are: The steps involved in the extraction of B are:
i. Calcination: The carbonate ore is heated i. Roasting: The sulphide ore is heated strongly
strongly in the absence of oxygen to produce in the presence of excess air to produce metal
metal oxide. oxide.
ACO3 → AO + CO2 2BS + 3O2 → 2BO + 2SO2
ii. Reduction to metal: The oxide ore is reduced ii. Reduction to metal: The oxide of metal B is
with C (coke). reduced by carbon to obtain the corresponding
AO + C → A + CO metal.
BO + C → B + CO

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