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1. Answer: (a) Distilled water
Explanation: The availability of ions is very important to conduct electricity. Distilled water is a poor conductor of electricity because it can not provide ions to conduct electricity.
2. Answer: (a) Sugar solution
Explanation: The ions float freely through the liquid move towards electrodes of opposite charges and conduct electricity. Sodium hydroxide, lemon juice, and vinegar can ionize when due to passage of electric current but sugar solution does not ionize due to electric current. Sugar solution is not an electrolyte.
3. Answer: (d) chemical, heating, and magnetic effects
Explanation: An electric current can produce a magnetic effect on a moving charge as a current carrying wire generate a magnetic field in its surrounding.
Current can also produce a chemical effect like electrochemical reactions, it can also produce a heating effect as it generates heat in a resistance.
4. Answer: (a) poor conductor
Explanation: Pure or distilled water is a poor conductor of electricity.
5. Answer:Answer: (b) Steel
Explanation: Most metals conduct electricity to a certain extent. Some metals are more highly conductive than others. Copper, silver, aluminum, gold, steel, and brass are common conductors of electricity. The most highly conductive metals are silver, copper, and gold.
6. Answer: (b) an insulator
Explanation: An electrical insulator is a material in which electric current does not flow freely. The atoms of the insulator have tightly bound electrons which cannot readily move. Examples of insulators include glass, rubber, polythene, plastic, wood, and diamond.
7. Answer: (b) chemical effect of electricity
Explanation: A direct current (DC) of electricity is passed through the solution, affecting the transfer of metal ions onto the cathode. So the transfer of ions from one electrode to another is because of the heating effect of the current and thus, electroplating is based on the chemical effect of electricity.
8. Answer: (a) a good conductor
Explanation: Copper is commonly used as an effective conductor in household appliances and in electrical equipment in general. Because of its low cost, most wires are copper-plated.
9. Answer: (b) a liquid that conducts current
Explanation: An electrolyte is a liquid or gel which contains ions and can be decomposed by electrolysis, i.e. that present in a battery. electrolyte conducts electricity by decomposing into its constituent ions.
10. Answer: (d) electric current
Explanation: Electricity is the flow of electrons through a conductor, usually in the form of a wire, this flow is called an electric current. Breaking the atomic bond between an electron and its nucleus requires an input of energy which causes the electron to overcome the electromagnetic force constraining it and thus flow freely.
11. Answer: (b) Acetic acid
Explanation: Acetic acid is a weak electrolyte because its dissociation constant is small meaning there will be few ions in solution to conduct electricity.
12. Answer: (a) heating effect
Explanation: The electric lamp glows because of the heating effect of the electric current. There is a relation between heat generated and the amount of electric current; it is given by the Joule's effect of heat.
13. Answer: (a) corrosion
Explanation: Electroplating is one of the most popular methods employed to achieve corrosion control. This metal coating acts as a sacrificial barrier that can slow and even prevent corrosion from forming on the underlying material, which is referred to as the substrate.
14. Answer: (b) Chromium
Explanation: Chromium is used in electroplating in order to bring a shine in the objects.
15. Answer: (c) positive
Explanation: Therefore, In an LED, the longer lead is always connected to the positive terminal of the battery and the shorter lead is connected to the negative terminal of the cell.
16. Answer: (c) Oxygen
Explanation: When electrodes are immersed in water and electricity passed the bubbles formed on the positive terminal is actually Oxygen gas..
17. Answer: (c) Zinc
Explanation: Galvanization is the process of applying a protective zinc coating to steel or iron, to prevent rusting. The most common method is hot-dip galvanization, in which parts are submerged in a bath of molten zinc.
18. Answer: (a) Hydrogen
Explanation: When electrodes are immersed in water and electricity passed the bubbles formed on the negative terminal is actually Hydrogen gas.
19. Answer: (d) Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect
Explanation: In the Electrolytic refining method, the impure metal is made to act as anode. A strip of same metal in pure form is used as cathode. They are put in a suitable electrolytic bath containing soluble salt of same metal. The more basic metal remains in the solution and less basic ones go to the anode mud. Copper is refined using an electrolytic method, anode of impure copper and pure copper strips are taken as cathode in the acidified copper sulphate solution. Impurities from the blister copper deposit as anode mud.
20. Answer: (c) tin
Explanation: Tin is a non-reactive metal whereas iron is a reactive metal. If food is stored in an iron container, it might react with iron and get spoiled. Hence, tin is electroplated on iron to make cans used for storing food. Electroplating tin makes the container non-reactive and look better.
21. Answer: (a) an electrolyte
Explanation: The substances that can dissociate into ions in water can act as electrolytes.Lime water is . It dissociates into and ions. Therefore, they act as electrolytes.
22. Answer: (b) anions
Explanation: A negatively charged ion is known as an anion, as an anion is formed by the gain of one or more electrons by an atom.
23. Answer: (b) non-electrolyte
Explanation: Electrolytes are the ionic substances while kerosene is a covalent substance hence it is not electrolyte.
24. Answer: (d) according to the disposal guidelines of the local authority
Explanation: Waste disposal is a major concern in the electroplating industry as it causes water pollution and releases a hazardous chemical into water bodies. Hence it should be disposed of according to guidelines of the local authority.
25. Answer: (d) vegetable oil
Explanation: Vegetable oil does not contain ions hence it cannot conduct electricity.
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