Balancing a chemical equation

Usually 1 marks a paper · mostly MCQs · asked in 2 of the last papers

Notes are being written

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Board questions on this topic

2 from the CBSE papers we hold — the exact wording the board used.

2024MCQ·1 mark·Q1

When 2 mL of sodium hydroxide solution is added to few pieces of granulated zinc in a test tube and then warmed, the reaction that occurs can be written in the form of a balanced chemical equation as:

  1. (a) NaOH + Zn -> NaZnO_2 + H_2
  2. (b) 2NaOH + Zn -> Na_2ZnO_2 + H_2
  3. (c) 2NaOH + Zn -> NaZnO_2 + H_2
  4. (d) 2NaOH + Zn -> Na_2ZnO_2 + H_2O

2023MCQ·1 mark·Q3

MnO_2 + x HCl -> MnCl_2 + y H_2O + z Cl_2. In order to balance the above chemical equation, the values of x, y and z respectively are:

  1. (a) 6, 2, 2
  2. (b) 4, 1, 2
  3. (c) 4, 2, 1
  4. (d) 2, 2, 1