Class 8 Science Chapter 11 MCQ

When an electric current is passed through a conducting solution, it causes chemical reactions. The resulting effect is called “chemical effect of current”. When an electric current is passed through a bulb, its filament gets heated to a high temperature and bulb starts glowing. The resulting effect is heating effect of current. Whenever an electric current is passed through a circuit, a magnetic effect is produced around it. The resulting effect is magnetic effect of current. Thus, an electric current can produce chemical, heating and magnetic effects.

Here, all the statements are correct. Hence, your answer will be option [D].

Bulb in the set-up B glows more brightly because higher current is flowing through the circuit in set up B, as solution B is better conductor of electricity than that of A.

Bulb in the set-up A glows more brightly because higher current is flowing through the circuit in set up A, as solution A is better conductor of electricity than that of B.

The liquids that conduct electricity are solutions of acids, bases and salts in water. Vinegar and lemon juice also conduct electricity because they are solution of acids. Similarly, a solution of sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide or any other soluble base in water conducts electricity. A solution of copper sulphate, common salt or sodium chloride or any other salt in water also conducts electricity.

Here, all the statements are correct. Hence, your answer will be option [D].

Here, all the statements are correct. Hence, your answer will be option [D].

Water is a chemical compound and hydrogen and oxygen are elements. When electric current is passed through water. A chemical compound “water” has been decomposed into two elements, hydrogen and oxygen, by the action of electric current. So, this reaction is an example of chemical effect of electric current. The breaking up of water into hydrogen and oxygen is actually a “chemical decomposition reaction” caused by passing an electric current through acidified water which is a conducting liquid. Oxygen gas is formed at the positive electrode which is connected to the positive terminal of the battery and hydrogen gas is formed at the negative electrode which is connected to the negative terminal of the battery.

The passage of an electric current through a conducting solution causes chemical reactions. As a result, change of colour of solution occurs. This indicates the chemical effect of current.

Here, all the statements are correct. Hence, your answer will be option [D].

Here, all the statements are correct. Hence, your answer will be option [D].

Vegetable oil will not conduct electricity because it does not make irons easily.

As we know that electrolytes are of two types; strong electrolytes and weak electrolytes. A strong electrolyte is a liquid which conducts electricity very well but a weak electrolyte is a liquid which conducts electricity to a lesser amount because it contains a lesser number of ions. As example of weak electrolytes are; vinegar or acetic acid solution, lemon juice, carbonic acid solution, ammonium chloride solution, rain water, tap water etc.

Here, all the statements are correct. Hence, your answer will be option [D].

Chromium is used for electroplating to make objects appear shining because chromium has a shiny appearance and it resists scratches.

Here, all the statements are correct. Hence, your answer will be option [D].

Here, all the statements are correct. Hence, your answer will be option [D].

Sugar solution in dilute water does not make ions and is a poor conductor of electricity. Therefore, it will not make the current to flow through it and the bulb will not glow.

The decomposition produced by passing current through a conducting liquid is called “Electrolysis”.

Decomposition of elements is not an application of the chemical effect of electric current. Electroplating, purification and decomposition of compounds can be done with the help of chemical effect of electric current.

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Impure and pure metal are taken as electrode and water-soluble salt of the metal is taken as electrolyte. Here, impure copper metal should take as cathode and pure copper metal taken as anode. Copper sulphate solution is taken as electrolyte. When electricity is passed through electrode, the atoms of the impure metal react with electrolyte and the metal in electrolyte is deposited into cathode. After sometimes, the impure metal electrode becomes thinner and pure metal electrode becomes thicker.

The device which can be used to detect very small current flowing in an electric circuit is light emitting diode or LED.

The copper acts as cathode (+) and iron acts as anode (-). This setup is used for electroplating. The electrochemical reaction between copper and iron is: Fe (iron) + CuSO₄ (copper sulphate) = FeSO₄ (ferrous sulphate) + Cu (copper) When electricity is passed through electrode then the copper sulphate ionizes to form copper ions and sulphate ions. Copper (positive) ions move towards iron (negative) ions and this forms a layer of copper over iron which is called as electroplating.

We should not follow the method is option [C]. For electroplating an iron object with copper metal or copper plating, we should follow the method is: The iron object is made negative electrode. The copper plate is made positive electrode. Copper sulphate solution is taken as electrolyte. Because the metal object on which electroplating is to be done is made the negative electrode or cathode. The metal whose layer is to be deposited is made the positive electrode and a water-soluble salt of the “metal to be deposited” is taken as the electrolyte (the electrolyte contains the metal to be deposited in the form of soluble salt.