Periodicity Year 1 MCQs
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Q1. Which element is classified as a d block element?
A Antimony
B Molybdenum
C Strontium
D Uranium
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Q2. Which element in Period 3 has the highest melting point?
A Aluminium
B Silicon
C Sodium
D Sulfur
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Q3. Which ion has the largest radius?
A F–
B Mg2+
C Na+
D O2–
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Q4. Which element has a first ionisation energy lower than that of sulfur?
A Chlorine
B Oxygen
C Phosphorus
D Selenium
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Q5.
Which represents the correct order of increasing radius of the ions?
A F– O2– Li+ Be2+
B Li+ Be2+ O2– F–
C Be2+ Li+ F– O2–
D O2– F– Li+ Be2+
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Q6.
Which of these elements has the highest melting point?
A Argon
B Chlorine
C Silicon
D Sulfur
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Q7.
The diagram shows how a property of Period 3 elements varies across the period.
What is the property?
A Atomic radius
B Electronegativity
C First ionisation energy
D Melting point
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Q8.
Which element has the highest first ionisation energy?
A Aluminium
B Phosphorus
C Silicon
D Sulfur
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Q9. Which is the correct classification for the element yttrium (Y)?
A s block
B p block
C d block
D f block
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Q10. Which of the following is a correct statement about the trend in atomic radius across Period 3
of the Periodic Table?
radius increases because the atoms have more
A
electrons
B radius decreases because nuclear charge increases
radius increases because shielding (screening)
C
increases
radius decreases because shielding (screening)
D
decreases
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Q11. Which element is in the f-block of the Periodic Table?
A Palladium
B Phosphorus
C Platinum
D Plutonium
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Q12.
Which elements are shown in increasing order of the stated property?
A Atomic radius: phosphorus, sulfur, chlorine.
First ionisation energy: sodium, magnesium,
B
aluminium.
C Electronegativity: sulfur, phosphorus, silicon.
D Melting point: argon, chlorine, sulfur.
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Q13. Which of these elements has the highest second ionisation energy?
A Na
B Mg
C Ne
D Ar
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Q14. Which element is in the d-block of the Periodic Table?
A Selenium
B Antimony
C Tantalum
D Lead
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Q15. Which one of the following statements is correct?
A The first ionisation energies of the elements in Period 3 show a general decrease
from sodium to chlorine.
B The electronegativities of Group 2 elements decrease from magnesium to barium.
C The strength of the intermolecular forces increases from hydrogen fluoride to
hydrogen chloride.
D The ability of a halide ion to act as a reducing agent decreases from fluoride to
iodide.
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