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CHEMISTRY
NSO-SOF 2023 Practice Sheet-01

1. Which of the following is not the attribute of a good 10. The main constituent of coal is
fuel? (A) nickel (B) carbon
(A) Low calorific Value (C) oxygen (D) iron
(B) Moderate rate of combustion
(C) Fairly cheap and easily available 11. Which of the following is the best quality coal?
(D) Safe to handle, store, and transport (A) peat (B) anthracite
(C) bituminous (D) lignite
2. Which of the following fuels has the highest
calorific value? 12. Process of separation of different constituents from
(A) Petrol (B) Hydrogen petroleum is called
(C) LPG (D) Natural gas (A) Separation (B) Purify
(C) Distillation (D) Refining
3. Which is a zone of no combustion?
(A) Blue zone (B) Dark zone 13. Heating of coal in absence of air results in the
(C) Luminous zone (D) All of the above formation of
(A) carbon dioxide
4. Which gas is the best extinguisher? (B) coke, coal gas and coal tar
(A) CO2 (B) CO (C) marsh gas
(C) Water vapour (D) None of these (D) carbon monoxide

5. A luminous flame appears 14. Coal is a fossil fuel and is formed by

(A) red (B) green (A) oxidation
(C) yellow (D) blue (B) destructive distillation
(C) carbonisation
6. Incomplete combustion of fuels give (D) combustion of plants
(A) CO2 gas (B) CO gas
(C) CO + H2 (D) None of these 15. The natural resource, which is known as 'Black
Gold' is
7. In which zone of a candle flame does complete (A) coal (B) natural gas
combustion take place? (C) petroleum (D) coal tar
(A) Inner (B) Outer
(C) Middle (D) All three zones 16 The white marble of Taj Mahal is changed to
yellow because of
8. The fuel formed from the dead remains of (A) global warming (B) deforestation
microscopic marine plants and animals settled in (C) fog (D) acid rain
muddy sediments at the bottom of sea millions of
years ago, is called - 17. Unburnt carbon particles in a fuel may cause
(A) Coke (B) Petroleum (A) typhoid (B) cholera
(C) Marsh gas (D) Natural gas (C) alcohol (D) malaria

9. The substances obtained from petroleum and 18. An example of inflammable substance is
natural gas are termed as - (A) paper (B) straw
(A) chemicals (B) petrochemicals (C) alcohol (D) wood
(C) fuels (D) fossil fuels
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19. When a frying pan containing cooking oil is kept

for long on a burning stove then cooking oil catches
fire because
(A) Its temperature is lower than its ignition
temperature
(B) Its temperature is reached to its ignition
temperature
(C) Its temperature is lower than critical
temperature
(D) Its temperature is higher than critical
temperature
(A) P could be bacteria which increase
20. Sun produces heat and light by tremendously in number to decompose
(A) Combustion nitrogen rich sewage.
(B) Inflammation (B) Q corresponds to biological oxygen demand
(C) Nuclear reaction
which decreases due to accumulation of
(D) Photochemical Reaction
sewage on water surface.
21. In carbon dioxide based fire extinguishers, carbon (C) R could be aquatic animals like fish which die
dioxide is present in - on account of non-availability of dissolved
(A) liquefied and compressed form oxygen.
(B) powdered sodium bicarbonate form (D) Both A and C
(C) powdered potassium bicarbonate form
(D) all of them 26. The given graph shows changes in levels of two
factors X and Y present in a river due to run-off
22. Forest fire is a/an
pollution.
(A) rapid combustion
(B) spontaneous combustion
(C) explosion
(D) fast combustion

23. Which of the following hampers the transportation

of O2 within the body ?
(A) CO2 (B) CH4
(C) CO (D) H2
Which of the following statements is correct
24. Water pollution is caused by regarding this?
(A) chlorofluoro carbon (A) X could be an aquatic plant population
(B) SO2 whereas, Y could be fish population.
(C) CO2 (B) X could be dissolved oxygen in river whereas,
(D) wastes being dumped in water bodies
Y could be a bacterial population.
25. The given graph shows the changes in various (C) X could be dissolved oxygen in river whereas,
factors (P, Q and R) present in a water body after Y could be a fish population.
the sewage discharge at point X. (D) X could be a bacterial population whereas, Y
Refer to the given graph and select the correct could be an aquatic plant population.
option regarding P, Q and R.
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27. Study the given flow chart and identify P, Q and R.

(C)

(D)

29. Match column I with column II and select the

P Q R correct option from the codes given below
(A) Livestock wastes Styrofoam cup DDT Column I Column II
(B) Garbage BHC Aluminium a. SPM i. Poisoning of bald eagles
cans b. Typhoid ii. Green house gas
(C) Sewage sludge DDT Styrofoam c. CO iii. Vehicle exhaust
cup d. CO2 iv. Incomplete combustion
(D) Livestock wastes BHC grocery e. DDT v. Pathogens in polluted
water
28. Run-off pollution of a particular river resulted from a b c d e
overuse of chemical fertilizers by a nearby farm. (A) iii v ii iv i
Which of the following graphs correctly shows the (B) i iii iv ii v
resulting changes in levels of oxygen and bacteria (C) iii iv v ii i
in this river? (D) iii v iv ii i

30. As proved by many studies greenhouse effect is

(A) rapidly increasing because of increase in
concentration of carbon dioxide. In the given graph
the increase in carbon dioxide concentration is
shown. What could be X corresponding to it?

(B)

i. Rate of photosynthesis in plants

ii. pH of the oceans
iii. Water level of ocean
iv. Average global temperature of earth
(A) (i) and (iii) (B) (ii) and (iv)
(C) (ii) only (D) (iv) only
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Answer Key
1. (A) 12. (D) 23. (C)

2. (B) 13. (B) 24. (D)

3. (B) 14. (C) 25. (D)

4. (A) 15. (C) 26. (B)

5. (C) 16. (D) 27. (A)

6. (B) 17. (C) 28. (A)

7. (B) 18. (C) 29. (D)

8. (B) 19. (B) 30. (C)

9. (B) 20. (C)

10. (B) 21. (D)

11. (B) 22. (B)

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