Potions

Round 1
Time: 45 minutes Rules:
1. Check that this question paper contains 12 printed pages. 2. Do not open the question paper until asked.

Marks: 35

3. No extra sheet will be given, write the answer in question paper itself. 4. After completion, return the question paper.
5. Each question carries 1 mark.

Team name: _______________________________________________________________ Name 1:________________________ 2:___________________________ Branch: ________________________ ___________________________ Reg no.: ________________________ ___________________________ Name Branch: Reg no.:

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Q.1- Which acid in car batteries is also known as oil of vitriol? a. HNO3 b. H2SO4 c. HCL d. H3PO4 Q.2- Chlorine was so named because a. Its discoverer's daughter was named Chloe. b. It was discovered in the Swedish village of Chloren. c. It was first isolated in Chlorox(TM) bleach. d. It is yellow-green in color. Q.3- Salts of which of the following metals are added to fireworks to make them brilliant red? a. Barium b. Potassium c. Strontium d. Iron Q.4- What gas never cries? a. Nitrous Oxide b. Hydrogen Peroxide c. Carbon dioxide d. Sulphur dioxide

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Q.5- At room temperature, what is the only metal that is in liquid form? a. Bromine b. Mercury c. Silicon d. Gallium Q.6- What may be the periodic name of the element Uus ____________________? Q.7- When you chop onions, your eyes can burn because a chemical reaction produces: a. Acetic Acid b. Hydrochloric Acid c. Nitric Acid d. Sulphuric Acid

Q.8- Hot peppers get their heat from: a. Acetic Acid b. Capsaicin c. Lycopene d. Sulfuric Acid Q.9- How many different isomers are possible for a hydrocarbon with the molecular formula C4H10? a. 1 b. 2 c. 3
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d. 5 Q.10- Isn't this a great sign? You may not ever see this warning symbol, but if you do it would be in your best interest to know what it means. Colour in the triangle is red.

a. Ionizing Radiation b. get out while you still can, it's radioactive here c. dangerous high-powered ventilation d. potentially lethal levels of radiation Q.11- why we add salt to water when boiling a dal? a. to increase the taste of dal b. adding salt increase the boiling point of water. c. salt makes the dal particles to get saperated from one other so that maximum surface of dal particles gets the heat and boil sooner. d. adding salt decrease the boiling point of water, and it will boil at higher temp. so that dal particle get more time of heat absorption. Q.12- What would happen if you soaked a raw egg in vinegar for 24 hours? a. The yolk would turn green b. It would disintegrate completely c. The shell would turn rubbery d. The shell would split perfectly in two Q.13- Which food stuff turns blue-black when brought in contact with iodine? a. Proteins b. Vitamins
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c. Unsaturated Fatty Acid d. Starch

Q.14- On decreasing the temperature of water, it will a. Expand b. Contract c. Freeze d. Boil Q.15- Two household chemicals you never mix are a. Bleach and ammonia. Chloramines vapors can be deadly. b. Oil and water. They don't mix and aren't meant to. c. Bleach and water. Diluting bleach only makes it more dangerous. d. Vinegar and baking soda. Those bubbles could be toxic.

--------------------------------------------Help Professor Parkinston Augstine to solve his problem. He has to use some element in her leading research but he is not able to find out which element he should use because the description of those is in the form of riddles. You as a chemical technocrat help him to find out the name of those elements.

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1. An active sailor, yet seldom free, An old salt, Peter, a fire in the sea, Near noble, yet base and prone to lie, Purple with rage when excited am I. _______________________ 2. Shunned by most and craved by all, Food for rabbits, yet made from straw, Billions found greed and abandoned sense, though not a fool, I am quite dense. _________________________ 3. What is a lovely shade of violet, Lives on a crowded table, And contains one of Jupiter's moons And a very loud noise. _______________________________ 4. I am a chemical symbol for an element. This element was discovered in 1824. I am a Spanish word without the accent. _______________________ Reverse me so I become a form of a common verb. 5. Give me some fire, give me some load, Water me higher, give me some fold, ______________________________ Ill not hurt you; will give you, what your friend had told. Dont let me out, Ill die; want to do than give a coat.

Love never dies

Exam dates were approaching so Ravi was studying hard for the coming exams. His performance in the last exam was not that good
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though he was a bright student. He had been having some horrifying illusions since some days. He had his room upstairs in the home. One night when he was studying too hard, he got some headache. He opened his medicine cabinet to get some aspirin. He then went to get some water. When he opened the tap he was staring at it with some strange feeling. It wasnt opened for days. He let some water to run and then after some seconds he started filling his glass. After having aspirin he went to sleep. Q.1 What is the chemical name of the drug aspirin? Ans. ______________________________________________________________________________ ________ Q.2 Why did he let some water to run for some seconds though he knew we should save water? Think chemically and answer. Ans. ______________________________________________________________________________ ________ Next day he woke up early in the morning. He completed all his natural calls, urine etc. While brushing teeth he observed a darkbrown ring around the sink drain. He couldnt stop himself to stare at it. Again he had some horrifying illusions seeing that ring. He found himself hallucinated by that ring that he is being pulled by it and went completely inside it. He came to his senses and tried to wipe it away but he couldnt. He was restless because of these incidents and observed his Heartbeats increased that he could hear it and a faster circulation of blood in the body. Q.3 Using which molecule most of the Nitrogen based wastes are excreted in Urine? Ans. ______________________________________________________________________________ _____ Q.4 What is the dark-brown ring around the sink drain?

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Ans. ______________________________________________________________________________ _____ Q.5 Which chemical in the body was responsible for high blood pressure? Ans. ______________________________________________________________________________ ________ Then he went to have shower. Today he wanted to shampoo his hair. Some sulphate of sodium in shampoo makes it most effective. His hairs were soft and silky. He went to kitchen to prepare his breakfast. He put two breads in the toaster and then took two eggs and made omelet. He had his breakfast and then went upstairs to his room. He wore a black trouser and red shirt and got ready as he had to meet someone. Q.6 Which chemical compound in the shampoo makes it most effective? Ans. ______________________________________________________________________________ _____ Q.7 Heat is given to the egg and omelet is made. Does entropy increase or decrease in the process? Ans. ______________________________________________________________________________ _____ The meeting was fixed in Friends Garden. He reached there on time and as waiting for Sheetal, the girl he loved a lot. It was about three months that he was in relationship with her. While waiting he was remembering the Time he saw her in college for the first time. Every time he saw her he used to feel a lot of butterflies in his stomach and his heart used to beat so fast that it was like eager to come out of the ribs He was in these thoughts and she came. He came out of his thoughts and made her sit beside him. He was telling her about the
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hallucinations he was having these days. She also was worried for him. Q.8 Which chemical in human body is responsible for love and the feeling of butterflies in the stomach? Ans. ______________________________________________________________________________ ________ While he was coming back to home he met with a small accident near his home. There were some wounds on his right leg. Somehow he reached home. His mother saw the wounds and quickly brought the first aid box. She gave him some water to drink and was applying a blue liquid on the wounds and bandaged. The taste of water was unusually bitter. Q.9 What was the blue liquid that was applied to the wounds? Ans. ______________________________________________________________________________ _______ Q.10 What caused the bitter taste of water? Ans. ______________________________________________________________________________ _________ He went to room after dinner. He wasnt having mood to study. Suddenly he stood up and had something in mind. He liked to play with the chemicals and see the chemical changes. He took ammonia and one other substance and mixed it. Chloramine vapors started to come from the mixture and he fainted and fell down. Hearing the sound his father came upstairs and after seeing him lying on the floor took him to the hospital. Q.11 What was the other household compound he mixed with ammonia? Ans. ______________________________________________________________________________ ________

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While the doctor was giving him treatment he saw a dark green colored patch on two fingers of one of his nurses (male) hand. Seeing that patch he remembered their college tour to Nainitaal when one man entered in his group wearing the rings having size similar to those patches, made friendship with everyone. He gave Ravi something to eat and after eating that thing he was having those illusions. He was suspicious about him. He quickly called all his friends and told everything. Everyone was thinking what is to be done next. They finally decided to follow that man and find the truth themselves. Q.12 The green colour was due to the ornament of which metal? Ans. ______________________________________________________________________________ _______ After Ravi recovered they followed him to find his home. When the man was not at home, they broke into his house to investigate if they could find something. After searching for some time they found his diary and some bottles of chemicals and an open car battery. They quickly read the diary and found out that the man had a crush on Sheetal but couldnt tell her. And now since she was in relationship with Ravi, he wanted to take revenge on both of them by throwing acid on her face and making Ravi crazy by the illusions. So they mixed some chemical present in the room in the acid to weaken/neutralize it. Then they decided to complaint to police and left. Q.13 Which acid the man was planning to use? Ans. ______________________________________________________________________________ _______ Q.14 Which substance he used for its neutralization? Give one example. Ans. ______________________________________________________________________________ ________

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While they were on the path, some people attacked them. There was a good fight between them and somehow they managed to defend themselves. Suddenly that man came and threw a liquid towards Sheetal. Ravi knew it what it was. He saved her but some of it dropped on his hand and he was feeling strong burning sensation. After this the other gang ran away. They went to nearby chemist and asked for something to apply so that the burning sensation can be stopped. Then they straight went to police station and filed FIR. Police collected the evidence from his room and started searching them. And in no time the gang was arrested. Everyone had a sigh of relief and then Ravi started treatment for his illusions and was all right after some days. Now Ravi and sheetal are living happily. Q.15 Why Ravi was feeling the burning sensation though he tried to neutralize the acid? Ans. ______________________________________________________________________________ _______

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