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.

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