Test Your Understanding of Metals and Non-Metals with Our Class 10 Science MCQ Mock Test!

Are you ready to explore the world of metals and non-metals? This MCQ-based mock test is designed to help Class 10 students master one of the most important chapters in Chemistry — Metals and Non-Metals. Covering key concepts like physical and chemical properties, reactivity series, ionic bonding, reactions of metals with acids and bases, corrosion, and the uses of metals and non-metals, this test gives you a complete revision experience.

With carefully chosen multiple-choice questions based on the latest syllabus, this mock test helps you strengthen your conceptual clarity, improve accuracy, and prepare confidently for your exams. Whether for school tests or boards, this test will help you assess your preparation and identify areas to work on.

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1. A student makes an electric circuit using an LED, a battery and connecting wires as shown in diagram.

He notices that LED does not glow. He replaces distilled water by salt solution and observes that LED glows.

How does the salt solution help the LED to glow?

 
 
 
 

2. A student studying the chemical properties of metals finds an incomplete chemical reaction as shown below.

MgO + HNO3 →
Which option completes the reaction?
 
 
 
 

3. Which of the following non-metal is lustrous?

 
 
 
 

4. Following question is based on the information given below:

Krunal connected a copper plate and an iron plate to the positive and negative terminals of a battery respectively along with a switch. He immersed the plates into a beaker containing acidified copper sulphate solution.
Krunal now replaces the iron plate with a silver plate. He sees that there is no deposition of copper on the silver plate before starting the current.
Which of the following could be the reason?
 
 
 
 

5. Which of the following metals liberate hydrogen  gas with 5% HNO3?

(i) Cu
(ii) Zn
(iii) Mn
(iv) Mg
 
 
 
 

6. Following question is based on the information given below:

Krunal connected a copper plate and an iron plate to the positive and negative terminals of a battery respectively along with a switch. He immersed the plates into a beaker containing acidified copper sulphate solution.
What is likely to happen to the concentration of copper sulphate in the solution on passing electric current through the solution in the set-up with the silver plate?
 
 
 
 

7. What happens when sodium is dropped in water?

 
 
 
 

8. A student adds an equal amount of CuSO4 in two beakers. He adds zinc in the beaker P and silver in beaker Q. The student observes that the colour of the solution in beaker P changes while no change is observed in beaker Q. Which option arranges metals in correct increasing order of reactivity?

 
 
 
 

9.

Generally when metals react with nitric acid the gas is produced is

 
 
 
 

10. The metal with lowest density among these

 
 
 
 

11. Which of the following is purest form of carbon?

 
 
 
 

12. Following question is based on the information given below:

Krunal connected a copper plate and an iron plate to the positive and negative terminals of a battery respectively along with a switch. He immersed the plates into a beaker containing acidified copper sulphate solution.
After a few minutes, even before he turned the switch on he noticed that copper was deposited on the iron plate. This could have been due to_____.
 
 
 
 

13. Following question is based on the information given below:

Krunal connected a copper plate and an iron plate to the positive and negative terminals of a battery respectively along with a switch. He immersed the plates into a beaker containing acidified copper sulphate solution.
Which of the following is likely to happen when the current is started?
 
 
 
 

14. Reaction between X and Y, forms compound Z. X loses electron and Y gains electron. Which of the following properties is not shown by Z ?

 
 
 
 

15. A student learns that Na and Mg react with Cl2 to form NaCl and MgCl2.

2Na + Cl2 → 2NaCl; Mg + Cl2 → MgCl2
The melting point of NaCl is 1074 K while melting point of MgCl2 is 981 K. Why does NaCl and MgCl2 have different melting points?
 
 
 
 

16. An element ‘X’ reacts with O2 to give a compound with a high melting point. This compound is also soluble in water. The element ‘X’ is likely to be:

 
 
 
 

17.

The image shows an incomplete chemical equation of the reaction between iron and oxygen.
4Fe(s) + 3O2(g) →
Which option shows the products formed during the reaction?
 
 
 
 

18. The number of valence electrons in outermost shell of the atom of a non-metal

 
 
 
 

19. A student adds some metallic ash in water taken in a test tube. The ash gets completely dissolved in water and solution changes colour.

What should be done to test the product of solution?
 
 
 
 

20. Following question is based on the information given below:

Krunal connected a copper plate and an iron plate to the positive and negative terminals of a battery respectively along with a switch. He immersed the plates into a beaker containing acidified copper sulphate solution.
Which of the following will happen to the weights of the silver and copper plates after passing the current for some time?
 
 
 
 

21. Which one of the following structures correctly depicts the compound CaCl2?

 
 
 
 

22. A student drops pieces of potassium and silver in beakers I and II containing water. What are products formed in each beaker?

 
 
 
 

23. Mg reacts with 5% of HNO3 and gives

 
 
 
 

24. Which of the following non-metal is lustrous?

 
 
 
 

25. Aqua regia is called as royal water because it dissolves gold its composition is 1:3 concentrated.

 
 
 
 

26. Metal oxides react generally with acids but few oxides of metal also react with bases. Such metallic oxides are

I. MgO
II. ZnO
III. Al2O3
IV. CaO
 
 
 
 

27. The pair(s) which will show displacement reaction is/are

(i) NaCl solution and copper metal
(ii) AgNO3 solution and copper metal
(iii) Al2(SO4)3 solution and magnesium metal
(iv) ZnSO4 solution and iron metal
 
 
 
 

28. Sodium reacts with water to form sodium hydroxide and hydrogen gas. The balanced equation which represents the above reaction is,

 
 
 
 

29. The chemical reaction between a piece of copper and nitric acid is given by the chemical equations, Cu + 2HNO3 → Cu(NO3)2 + 2[H]

[H] + HNO3 (conc.) → H2O + NO2
What can be inferred from the chemical equation?
 
 
 
 

30. A student performs some activities on two substances and records the observations in  a table shown below.

Activity M N
Cut with Knife Forms small pieces Forms small pieces
Beaten with hammer Shape changes Changes into powder
Which option classify substances into metal and non-metals?
 
 
 
 

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