10th CBSE QUESTION BANK 2018-19
Section: A (CHEMISTRY)
Q.1 Explain the terms/ laws/ principles/ rules:
1) Balanced chemical equations; 2) Arrhenius theory of acids and bases;
3) Brine solution; 4) Recrystallisation; 5) Water of crystallization (W.O.C.);
6) Alkalis; 7) Ionic bond; 8) Chemical bond; 9) Covalent bond and their types;
10) Metallurgy; 11) Gangue; 12) Thermit reaction; 13) Slag; 14) Tetravalent;
15) Catenation; 16) Allotropes; 17) Organic compounds; 18) Homologous
series; 19) Functional group; 20) Micelles; 21) Mendeleev’s periodic law
22) Modern (Moseley’s) Periodic law; 23) Periodic properties; 24) Atomic
Size; 24) Electronegativity.
Q.2 Distinguish between:
1) Symbolic form & Molecular form; 2) Combination & Decomposition
reactions; 3) Precipitation & Neutralisation; 4) Electrolytic and photolytic
decomposition; 5) Electrolysis of acid & base; 6) Crystalline & Amorphous
substance; 7) Hard & Soft water; 8) Metals & Non-metals (physical properties)
9) Chemical & Electrolytic reduction; 10) Extraction & Refining; 11) Corrosion &
Rancidity; 12) Oxidation & Reduction; 13) Exothermic & Endothermic reactions
14) Saturated & Unsaturated hydrocarbons; 15) Alkanes, Alkenes & Alkynes;
16) Substitution & Addition reactions; 17) Esterification & Saponification; 18) σ-bond
& π-bond; 19) Combustion & Oxidation; 20) Hydrogenation & dehydrogenation of
hydrocarbons; 21) Open chain & close hydrocarbons.