Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 9 (ICSE) · Chemistry
Chapter: Chapter 5 — Chapter 5: The Periodic Table
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. How are elements arranged in the periodic table? [1]
(A) By increasing atomic number
(B) By increasing weight only
(C) Alphabetically
(D) Randomly
2. What are periodic table rows called? [1]
(A) Periods
(B) Groups
(C) Columns only
(D) Elements
3. What are periodic table columns called? [1]
(A) Groups
(B) Periods
(C) Rows only
(D) Elements
4. What do elements in the same group share? [1]
(A) Similar chemical properties
(B) No similarities
(C) Only the same colour
(D) Only the same weight
5. What happens to atomic size across a period? [1]
(A) It generally decreases
(B) It generally increases
(C) It stays the same
(D) It becomes zero
6. What happens to atomic size down a group? [1]
(A) It generally increases
(B) It generally decreases
(C) It stays the same
(D) It becomes zero
7. Where are metals found in the periodic table? [1]
(A) The left side
(B) The right side
(C) Only in the middle
(D) Nowhere specific
8. Why is the periodic table useful? [1]
(A) It helps predict element properties
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for decoration
9. How are elements arranged in the periodic table? [1]
(A) By increasing atomic number
(B) By increasing weight only
(C) Alphabetically
(D) Randomly
10. What are periodic table rows called? [1]
(A) Periods
(B) Groups
(C) Columns only
(D) Elements
11. What are periodic table columns called? [1]
(A) Groups
(B) Periods
(C) Rows only
(D) Elements
12. What do elements in the same group share? [1]
(A) Similar chemical properties
(B) No similarities
(C) Only the same colour
(D) Only the same weight
13. What happens to atomic size across a period? [1]
(A) It generally decreases
(B) It generally increases
(C) It stays the same
(D) It becomes zero
14. What happens to atomic size down a group? [1]
(A) It generally increases
(B) It generally decreases
(C) It stays the same
(D) It becomes zero
15. Where are metals found in the periodic table? [1]
(A) The left side
(B) The right side
(C) Only in the middle
(D) Nowhere specific
16. Why is the periodic table useful? [1]
(A) It helps predict element properties
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for decoration