Extra Questions – Metals and Non-metals – CBSE Class 10 Science

Topics and Subtopics in NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Science Chapter 3 Metals and Non-metals:

Section Name	Topic Name
3	Metals And Non-Metals
3.1	Physical Properties
3.2	Chemical Properties Of Metals
3.3	How Do Metals And Non-Metals Rea Als React?
3.4	Occurrence Of Metals
3.5	Corrosion

Question-1
a) Due to which property of metals are metallic foils prepared?
b) Write uses of aluminium foils
Solution:
a) Metallic foils are prepared, making use of the malleable property of metals.
b) Aluminium foils are used for
(i) wrapping chocolates and food stuff
(ii) to prepare hydrogen.

Question-2
Name one non-metal and one metal, which are in liquid state at room temperature.
Solution:
Bromine is the non–metal and mercury is the metal which are in liquid state at room temperature.

Question-3
Give reasons for the following
i) Zinc oxide is considered an amphoteric oxide.
ii) Non-metals in general do not displace hydrogen from dilute acids.
iii) Metals conduct electricity.
Solution:
i) Zinc oxide is considered an amphoteric oxide because it shows both acidic and basic behaviour.
ii) Non-metals do not react with dilute acids hence do not displace hydrogen from dilute acids.
iii) thatMetals conduct electricity because they contain free electrons which can move easily through the metal and conduct electric current.

Question-4
Identify the following oxides with neutral, acidic, basic and amphoteric oxides.
i) Al₂O₃ ii) MgO iii) SO₂ iv) CO; v) Na₂O vi) N₂O vii) ZnO viii) CO₂ ix) SO₃ x) CaO.
Solution:
Neutral oxides: CO; N₂O
Acidic oxides: SO₂; CO₂; SO₃
Basic oxides: MgO; Na₂O; CaO
Amphoteric oxides: Al₂O₃ ; ZnO

Question-5
By what processes do you concentrate the following ores:
i) PbS(galena)
ii) Fe₂O₃(haematite)
iii) Al₂O₃.2H₂O (bauxite).
Solution:
i) PbS (galena) is concentrated by froth floatation method.
ii) Fe₂O₃ (haematite) is concentrated by magnetic separation.
iii) Al₂O₃.2H₂O (bauxite) is concentrated by leaching process (chemical method).

Question-6
Why is that iron does not occur as a metal in the crust of the earth? What are the common compound forms in which iron occurs? Which of these is more often used for extracting iron? Why are carbon and limestone mixed with iron ore before feeding it into the blast furnace? Write the chemical equations for the reduction step and the slag formation step.
Solution:
Iron is quite reactive and so it does not occur as a metal in the crust of the earth. The common compounds formed are its oxide, a carbonate and a sulphide. The oxide ore of iron called haematite is more often used for extracting iron. The carbon and limestone which is mixed with iron ore is called the charge. This charge is responsible for the formation of iron metal. Coke acts the reducing agent and addition of limestone helps to remove the earthy impurities like sand from the blast furnace by forming fusible slag.
Reduction of Iron(III)oxide or haematite to Iron: carbon monoxide reduces iron(III)oxide to iron metal

Question-7
By what chemical processes do you obtain the following metals?
i) Mercury from HgO ii) Iron from Fe₂O₃ iii) Manganese from MnO₂ iv) Sodium form NaCl v) Aluminium from Al₂O₃.

Question-8
i) What is the composition of molten slag, formed in the extraction of iron in the blast furnace?
ii) What is the use of slag?

Solution:
i) Molten slag in the extraction of iron is calcium silicate(CaSiO₃).
ii) Slag is used for constructions of roads.

Question-9
Write the name of the compound, when iron is corroded?
Solution:
When iron is corroded rust is formed which is hydrated iron (III) oxide (Fe₂O₃.x.H₂O)

Question-10
Give reasons for the following
i. Na, K and Ca metals form hydrides by combination with hydrogen gas, but most other metals do not.
ii. Aluminium easily combines with oxygen but still it can be used for making kitchen utensils.
Solution:
i. Metals like Na, K and Ca can force the hydrogen atoms to accept electrons given by them and form hydrides.
ii. Aluminium forms a protective oxide layer when it combines with oxygen and hence it is used for making kitchen utensils.

Question-11
i) Among iron and aluminium which rusts easily?
ii) What are the conditions, necessary for rusting of iron?
Solution:
i) Among iron and aluminium, iron rusts easily. It forms Al₂O₃. That is why iron pipes are wrapped with aluminium metal to prevent rusting of iron.
ii) 1) Air or oxygen 2) Water, containing dissolved air.
These are necessary conditions for rusting of iron.

Question-12
Name an ore of zinc other than zinc oxide. By what process can this ore be converted to zinc oxide.
Solution:
Zinc blende(ZnS) is an ore of zinc other than zinc oxide. Roasting is the process by which ZnS can be converted into zinc oxide.

Question-13
What property of hydrogen is observed in the following experiments?
i) Balloon, filled with hydrogen, floats.
ii) Pop sound is heard when a burning splint is introduced at the mouth of hydrogen filled jar.
iii) When black cupric oxide is heated in a stream of hydrogen, reddish colour is obtained.
Solution:
i) Hydrogen is light. So hydrogen filled balloons float.
ii) Pop sound is due to the combustible property of hydrogen. Hydrogen burns with oxygen at the mouth of the hydrogen filled jar.
iii) Hydrogen has reducing property. Hence it reduces black cupric oxide to red copper metal.

Question-14
Select the non-metals amongst the following
i) Bismuth ii) Sulphur iii) Arsenic iv) Hydrogen.
Solution:
Hydrogen and Sulphur are the non-metals.

Question-15
How do you test ammonia gas?
Solution:
Ammonia gas is tested, by showing a drop of conc. HCl by means of a glass rod to it, when dense white fumes of ammonium chloride are formed.
Ammonium chloride (dense white fumes).

Question-16
Write chemical equations for reactions taking place when
i) Cinnabar is heated in air.
ii) Concentrated sulphuric acid and sulphur are heated together. Calcium metal reacts with water.
Solution:

Question-17
What are the uses of ammonia?
Solution:
i) Ammonia is used in the manufacture of fertilizers like ammonium sulphate and ammonium nitrate.
ii) To manufacture nitric acid by Ostwald’s process.
iii) To prepare dyes, explosives, cellulose acetate etc.

Question-18
Why do some metals like, Na, K, Ca, Mg not occur in nature as free elements?
Solution:
Metals like Na, K, etc (alkali metals) and Ca, Mg etc (alkaline earth metals) are very reactive and hence they react with atmospheric oxygen and carbon dioxide and also with other non-metals like sulphur present in the earth’s crust to form compounds like oxides, carbonates, sulphides, sulphates and chlorides. So they do not occur in free state, but are found in the form of the above compounds.

Question-19
Write chemical equations for reactions taking place when:
i) Manganese dioxide is heated with aluminium powder.
ii) Steam is passed over hot iron.
iii) A mixture of ammonia and oxygen is passed over platinum heated to 1073 K.
Solution:

Question-20
Why are metals like sodium, calcium, magnesium, aluminium etc. obtained by electrolytic reduction?
Solution:
Metals like Na, Ca, Mg, Al etc, which are high up in the activity series are electropositive elements and possess a high affinity for oxygen. So their oxides are very much stable and cannot be reduced with common reducing agents like carbon. So carbon reduction process cannot be applied to prepare these metals. They can only be prepared by electrolytic reduction of their fused chlorides or oxides.

Question-21
State briefly how you will extract iron from its ore. Draw a neat and labelled diagram. Write all the chemical reactions involved in it.
Solution:
Iron is usually extracted from its chief ore, Haemitite.
The various steps involved in the production of iron metal from haematite are as follows:
1. Concentration of ore
The concentration of haematite or is done by the method of hydraulic washing. The ore is spilt into small pieces and then washed in a stream of water to remove sand, clay. In this way ,a fairly concentrated ore is obtained and usually there is no need of any further concentration.
2. Calcination
The washed iron ore is then strongly heated in the absence of air to expel water sticking to it.
3. Reduction
The washed and dried ore is mixed with weighed quantities of coke and limestone and put into a blast furnace from the top .A blast of hot air is blown into the furnace from near its bottom. This air is to supply for the burning of coke.
The two reactions which take place in the blast furnace leading to the formation of iron metal are: formation of carbon monoxide and reduction of haematite.

Question-22
Write the chemical formula for the following.
a) Alumina b) Silica c) Rust d) Oleum e) Slag f) Sodium amalgam g) Bauxite h) Haematite.
Solution:

a) Alumina	– Al2O3
b) Silica	– SiO2
c) Rust	– Fe2O3. xH2O
d) Oleum	– H2S2O7 (SO3, dissolved in H2SO4)
e) Slag	– CaSiO3
f) Sodium amalgam	– Na – Hg (an alloy of sodium with mercury)
g) Bauxite	– Al2O3.2H2O
h) Haematite	– Fe2O3

Question-23
In Frasch process of digging out sulphur from a deep underground, how has it made possible to life sulphur from the bed to surface of each? What is the basic principle on which extraction of sulphur is based? Draw a neat and labelled diagram. Besides elemental form, in what compound forms is sulphur found. Give two physical properties of sulphur.
Solution:
In the Frasch process in order to bring out sulphur from the underground deposits, a hole of about 30 cm diameter is bored up to the sulphur bed. It is based on the principle that sulphur has a comparatively low melting point of 115⁰ or 388⁰ due to which it can be melted by introducing super-heated water in the underground sulphur deposits. This mixture of molten sulphur and water is then brought out by the force of hot, compressed air.
Three concentric pipes A, B, C of different diameters are put down in the boring.

The three pipes are arranged one inside the other as shown in the above figure. Super-heated water under pressure is forced down through the outermost pipe A. The heat given out by hot water melts the underground sulphur. A jet of hot, compressed air is then sent down through the innermost pipe C. The force of compressed air brings the mixture of molten sulphur and water through the central pipe B. The sulphur water emulsion is kept in settling tanks when sulphur gets cooled and separates from water in the form of a yellow solid. The sulphur obtained by this method is 99.5% pure.

Question-24
The copper vessels used in homes are found to be coated with green colour. Answer the following.
a) What is the chemical composition of the green coating?
b) Why do copper vessels form such a green coating?
c) What is the name of the phenomenon, responsible for the green coating?
d) Copper vessels are best cleaned with tamarind or lemon juice, but not with soap. Why?
Solution:
a) Green coloured coating on copper is due to the formation of basic copper carbonate, CuCO₃.Cu(OH)₂.
b) Copper forms green coating of basic copper carbonate as it reacts with water, atmospheric oxygen and carbon dioxide.
c) Corrosion phenomenon is responsible for the formation of basic copper carbonate (green).
d) Since basic copper carbonate is basic in nature, it can be removed by tartaric acid present in tamarind or citric acid, present in lemon. Soap is basic in nature. So copper vessels are best cleaned with tamarind or lemon.

Question-25
Give reasons for the following
i. Silicon counts among metalloids
ii. Carbon is not used for making aluminium from aluminium oxide.
iii. For making hydrogen by reaction with hydrochloric acid, granulated zinc is preferred to a block of zinc.
Solution:
i. Silicon shows properties of both metals and non-metals and hence silicon counts among metalloids.
ii. Carbon has less affinity for oxygen than Aluminium and hence it cannot eliminate oxygen from Aluminium oxide.
iii. Zinc granules are preferred to a block of zinc because it offers a large surface area for the reaction with the acid.

Question-26
Explain
i) Why sugar chars (turns black) when conc. H₂SO₄ is added to it?
ii) What is the blue colour of crystalline copper sulphate due to?

ii) Blue colour of crystalline copper sulphate is due to five water molecules of hydration in CuSO₄ 5H₂O.

Question-27
Write chemical equations for reactions taking place when
i. Zinc carbonate is calcined.
ii. Ammonia gas is passed over heated copper (II) oxide.
Solution:

Question-28
(i) What is the colour of potassium dichromate solution?
(ii) What is the colour of Cr³⁺ ion?
(iii) What property of SO₂ is responsible for bringing change of colour of potassium dichromate?
Solution:
(i) Potassium dichromate solution is orange yellow colour.
(ii) The colour of Cr³⁺ ion is green.
(iii) Reducing property of sulphur dioxide is responsible to change the orange yellow colour of K₂Cr₂O₇ to green colour.

Question-29
How is chloride of lime chemically different from calcium chloride? Why does chloride of lime gradually lose its chlorine when kept exposed to air?
Solution:
Chemically, chloride of lime is calcium oxy chloride, CaOCl_2, also called bleaching powder. When exposed to air it gradually lose its chlorine because it reacts with carbon dioxide present in air to produce calcium carbonate and chlorine gas.

Question-30
Write short notes on the bleaching action of sulphur dioxide.
Solution:
a) Sulphur dioxide bleaches the vegetable colours in the presence of moisture.
b) It bleaches the vegetable colours by reduction. It removes oxygen from coloured material.
c) Its bleaching action is temporary, because atmospheric oxygen again oxidises the bleached article back to its original colour.
d) SO₂ is used to bleach delicate fabrics like wool, silk etc.

Question-31
(a) What is the atomicity of sulphur?
(b) How do you bring the change of rhombic sulphur to monoclinic sulphur and vice versa?
(c) What is the action of conc. HNO₃ on sulphur?
Solution:
(a) Atomicity of sulphur is 8. Its formula is S₈.

Question-32
Name two metals used in making fuse wires.
Solution:
Copper and Aluminium are the two metals used in making fuse wires.
Question-33
(i) How can ammonia be converted to NO₂ and nitric acid?
(ii) What is liquor ammonia?
Solution:

Question-34
Complete the following reactions

Question-35
Define the following terms
i) Mineral
ii) Ore
iii) gangue.
Solution:
i) The inorganic elements or compounds which occur naturally in the earth’s crust are known as minerals.
ii) The minerals from which a metal can be profitably extracted are called ores.
iii) The impurity of sand and rocky materials present in the ore is known as gangue.
Question-36
a) State why hydrogen is said to be a clean fuel?
b) What property of hydrogen is involved in being a good fuel?
c) What is hydrogenation of oils? Write one application.
Solution:
a) Hydrogen is a clean fuel because its reaction with oxygen produces only water. It does not form gases like CO₂, NO₂ etc, which pollute air.
b) Hydrogen, on combustion with oxygen, produces water and a lot of heat. This is an exothermic reaction.
c) Oils are unsaturated molecules, containing double bond. So hydrogen atoms are added at the double bonds of the molecules of oil. The reaction of hydrogen with oils is known as hydrogenation.
The hydrogenation reaction takes place at 473 K and in the presence of nickel catalyst.
Vanaspati or dalda ghee is prepared by hydrogenation of vegetable oils.
Question-37
What is the formula of Ammonia? Write the flow diagram for the manufacture of ammonia by Haber’s process. State any two of its physical properties. Write the equation for its reaction with HCl.
Solution:
The formula of Ammonia is NH₃.
The flow diagram of the manufacture of ammonia by Haber’s process is given below:

Physical Properties
1. Ammonia is a colourless gas having a characteristic pungent smell.
2. Ammonia is highly soluble in water.
Question-38
How do metals react with hydrogen? Explain with an example.
Solution:
Only very few reactive metals like sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium react with hydrogen to form metal hydrides. Example when hydrogen gas is passed overheated sodium, sodium hydride is formed.
Question-39
Name a metal which is stored in kerosene oil.
Solution:
Sodium is a metal which is stored in kerosene oil.
Question-40
Metals are electropositive in nature. Explain.
Solution:
Metals are electropositive in nature because they can form positive ions by the loss of electrons.
Question-41
Explain the displacement of hydrogen by a metal from an acid with an example. Give the equation to support the same.
Solution:

Question-42
Why is sodium kept in kerosene?
Solution:
Sodium reacts so vigorously that they catch fir if it is kept in the open air and hence sodium is kept in kerosene.
Question-43
Name the element or compound which is associated with Hall’s process.
Solution:
Aluminium is associated with Hall’s process.
Question-44
Which metal is used in nuclear reactors and aerospace projects?
Solution:
Aluminium is used in nuclear reactors and aerospace projects.