CHEMISTRY ASSIGNMENT-1 (CLASS-X)
2025-26
(CHEMICAL REACTIONS AND EQUATIONS)
1. Which of the following pair of species will give displacement reaction?
(a) NaCl(aq) and Cu(s)
(b) KI(aq) and Cl2(g)
(c) FeSO4(aq) and Ag(s)
(d) KCl(aq) and Br2(l)
2. Which of the following metals will not give H2(g) with H2O?
(a) Na
(b) Mg
(c) Zn
(d) Cu
3. Pb + CuCl2 → PbCl2 + Cu
The above reaction is an example of :
(a) Combination
(b) Double displacement
(c) Decomposition
(d) Displacement
4. The respiration process during which glucose undergoes slow combustion by combining
with oxygen in the cells of our body to produce energy, is a kind of:
(a) Exothermic process (c) combination reaction
(b) Endothermic process (d) double displacement reaction
5. Why should a magnesium ribbon be cleaned before burning in air?
6. In the refining of silver, the recovery of silver from silver nitrate solution involved
displacement by copper metal. Write down the reaction involved.
7. Balance the following chemical equation:
Pb(NO3)2 (s) + heat → PbO(s) + NO2(g) + O2(g)
8. What happens chemically when quicklime is added to water?
9. What changes in the colour of iron nails and copper sulphate solution do you observe
after keeping the iron nails dipped in copper sulphate solution for about 30 minutes?
10. How will you test for the gas which is liberated when hydrochloric acid reacts with an
active metal?
11. Classify the following reactions into different types:
(a) AgNO3(aq) + NaCl(aq) → AgCl(s) + NaNO3(aq)
(b) 2KClO3(s) + heat → 2KCl(aq) + 3O2(g)
(c) CaO(s) + H2O(l) → Ca(OH)2(aq)
(d) Zn + CuSO4 → ZnSO4 + Cu
12. What do you mean by precipitation reactions? Explain with examples.
13. A solution of a substance ‘X’ is used for whitewashing.
(i) Name the substance ‘X’ and write its formula.
(ii) Write the reaction of the substance ‘X’ name in (i) above with water.
14. What happens when silver chloride is exposed to sunlight? Write a chemical equation
for this reaction.
15. Why is the amount of gas collected in one of the test tubes double of the amount
collected in the other in electrolysis of water experiment? Name this gas.