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Metals and Non-Metals Class 10 Important Questions Answers



Q 1. Name the metal oxides that dissolve in water to form alkalis?
Ans. Sodium and Potassium oxides.
Q 2. Who is the least reactive metal?
Ans. Gold.
Q 3. Which metal do not react with water?
Ans. 1.Gold and silver
2.Lead and copper.
Q 4. Name the metal that is liquid in room temperature?
Ans. Mercury.

Q 5. Name the non- metal that is liquid in room temperature?
Ans. Bromine.
Q 6. Full form of PVC?
Ans. Polyvinyl chloride.
Q 7. Name the metal that are best conductor of electricity?
Ans. Silver.
Q 8. Name the metal that are best conductors of heat?
Ans. Copper and silver.
Q 9. Which non-metal have the allotropes called Diamond and graphite?
Ans. Carbon.
Q 10. Which non-metal can exist in different forms and each forms called an allotrope?
Ans. Carbon.
Q 11. What is metallic luster?
Ans. Metals in their pure state have a shining surface is called metallic luster.
Q 12. Why food cans are coated with tin and not with zinc?
Ans. Because zinc is more reactive than tin.

Q 13. Name the ore of mercury?
Ans. Cinnabar.
Q 14. Method to prevent rusting of iron?
Ans. 1.Greasing
2.Chrome plating
3.Painting or oiling.
Q 15. Hydrogen gas is not evolved when a metal (expect manganese and magnesium) reacts with?
Ans. Nitric acid.
Q 16. Which gas is produced when metals react with dilute acids, along with metal salts?
Ans. Hydrogen.
Q 17. Which gas is produced when metal react with water?
Ans. Hydrogen.
Q 18. Name the metals that do not react with oxygen even at a high temperature?
Ans. Gold and silver.
Q 19. What length of wire can be drawn from 1 gm of gold?
Ans. 2 km.
Q 20. Name the metal used in thermometer?
Ans. Mercury.