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MCQ 11 Mark
Choose the correct alternative. Carbon forms innumerable compounds becauseit has four electrons in its outermost shell. it behaves as a metal as well as a non $-$ metal. carbon atoms can form long chainsit combines with other elements to form covalent compounds.
  • A
    it has four electrons in its outermost shell.
  • B
    it behaves as a metal as well as a non- metal.
  • carbon atoms can form long chains
  • D
    it combines with other elements to form covalent compounds.
Answer
Correct option: C.
carbon atoms can form long chains
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MCQ 21 Mark
Choose the correct alternative. Diamond is used for
  • A
    making the electrodes of electric furnaces.
  • B
    making crucible for melting metals.
  • cutting and drilling rocks and glass.
  • D
    making carbon brushes for electric motors.
Answer
Correct option: C.
cutting and drilling rocks and glass.
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MCQ 31 Mark
Choose the correct alternative. Graphite is not found in
  • A
    Bihar
  • Maharashtra
  • C
    Orissa
  • D
    Rajasthan
Answer
Correct option: B.
Maharashtra
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MCQ 41 Mark
Choose the correct alternative. A crystalline form of carbon is
  • A
    lampblack
  • B
    gas carbon
  • C
    sugar
  • fullerene
Answer
Correct option: D.
fullerene
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MCQ 51 Mark
Choose the correct alternative. In combined state, carbon occurs as
  • A
    coal
  • B
    diamond
  • C
    graphite
  • petroleum
Answer
Correct option: D.
petroleum
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MCQ 61 Mark
Choose the correct alternative The purest form of the amorphous carbon is
  • A
    wood charcoal
  • sugar charcoal
  • C
    bone charcoal
  • D
    lampblack
Answer
Correct option: B.
sugar charcoal
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MCQ 71 Mark
Choose the correct alternative The process by which decayed plants slowly convert into coal is called.
  • A
    petrification
  • carbonisation
  • C
    carbonification
  • D
    fermentation
Answer
Correct option: B.
carbonisation
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MCQ 81 Mark
Choose the correct alternative Lamp black is
  • an amorphous form of carbon
  • B
    a crystalline form of carbon
  • C
    a pure form of carbon
  • D
    a cluster of carbon atoms
Answer
Correct option: A.
an amorphous form of carbon
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MCQ 91 Mark
Choose the correct alternative Destructive distillation of coal yields
  • A
    coal tar
  • B
    coal gas
  • C
    coke
  • all of the above
Answer
Correct option: D.
all of the above
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MCQ 101 Mark
Choose the correct alternative . Anthracite is
  • A
    an inferior type of coal
  • a superior type of coal
  • C
    a cheapest form of coal
  • D
    none of above
Answer
Correct option: B.
a superior type of coal
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MCQ 111 Mark
Fuel gases like water gas and producer gas are manufactured from
  • A
    bone charcoal
  • B
    wood charcoal
  • coke
  • D
    none of these
Answer
Correct option: C.
coke
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MCQ 131 Mark
Which form of carbon is a good conductor of electricity?
  • graphite
  • B
    diamond
  • C
    coke
  • D
    amorphous carbon
Answer
Correct option: A.
graphite
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MCQ 141 Mark
Which of the following is an amorphous form of carbon?
  • A
    graphite
  • B
    fullerenes
  • C
    diamond
  • coal
Answer
Correct option: D.
coal
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MCQ 151 Mark
Each molecule of Buckminster fulierene contains $60$ atoms of carbon arranged as balls consisting of $12$ pentagons and
  • $20$ hexagons
  • B
    $30$ hexagons
  • C
    $40$ hexagons
  • D
    $50$ hexagons
Answer
Correct option: A.
$20$ hexagons
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MCQ - CHEMISTRY STD 8 Questions - Vidyadip