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Class 8 Chemistry Question Paper 2025-26

The document is a chemistry question paper for Class 8 at St. Xavier’s Doranda for the academic year 2025-26. It includes questions on definitions of chemical terms, writing chemical formulas and names, determining valencies, identifying elements in compounds, and distinguishing between acid and basic radicals. Each question is allocated specific marks, totaling to 20 marks for the entire paper.

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Class 8 Chemistry Question Paper 2025-26

The document is a chemistry question paper for Class 8 at St. Xavier’s Doranda for the academic year 2025-26. It includes questions on definitions of chemical terms, writing chemical formulas and names, determining valencies, identifying elements in compounds, and distinguishing between acid and basic radicals. Each question is allocated specific marks, totaling to 20 marks for the entire paper.

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Chemistry Question Paper (Class 8, St. Xavier’s Doranda – 2025-26)

Q1. Define the following: (3 marks)

a) Compound: A substance formed when two or more elements chemically combine in a fixed
ratio.
Example: Water (H₂O).

b) Radical: A group of atoms of elements that behaves as a single unit and has a charge.
Example: SO₄²⁻ (sulphate radical).

c) Cation: A positively charged ion formed by loss of electrons.


Example: Na⁺ (sodium ion).

Q2. Write the chemical formula of the following: (3 marks)

a) Calcium bisulphate – Ca(HSO₄)₂


b) Ammonium hydroxide – NH₄OH
c) Sodium oxide – Na₂O

Q3. Write the chemical name of the following: (3 marks)

a) PCl₅ – Phosphorus pentachloride


b) AlPO₄ – Aluminium phosphate
c) CuCl₂ – Copper(II) chloride

Q4. How are the compounds named if they are made of non-metals with variable valencies?
Explain with an example. (3 marks)

Answer:
When a non-metal shows variable valency, Roman numerals are used to indicate the valency in
the name of the compound.
Example: Nitrogen can form
• NO (Nitrogen monoxide, valency I)
• NO₂ (Nitrogen dioxide, valency IV)

Q5. Find the valency of the underlined elements: (2 marks)

a) NO – Valency of N = 2 (as O = -2)


b) SiO₂ – Valency of Si = 4 (each O = -2, total -4, so Si = +4)
c) Li₂O – Valency of Li = 1 (2 Li⁺ ions balance 1 O²⁻)
d) MnCl₂ – Valency of Mn = 2 (Cl = -1, 2 Cl = -2, Mn = +2)

Q6. Name the elements and number of atoms in the following: (2 marks)

a) Ferric nitrate (Fe(NO₃)₃)


• Iron (Fe): 1
• Nitrogen (N): 3
• Oxygen (O): 9

b) Magnesium sulphate (MgSO₄)


• Magnesium (Mg): 1
• Sulphur (S): 1
• Oxygen (O): 4

Q7. What do the following stand for? (2 marks)

a) 2Cl – Two atoms of chlorine


b) 2Cl₂ – Two molecules of chlorine gas, each containing 2 atoms = 4 atoms total

Q8. Select the acid and basic radicals in the following compounds: (2 marks)

a) Na₂CO₃
• Basic radical: Na⁺ (Sodium)
• Acid radical: CO₃²⁻ (Carbonate)

b) H₃PO₄
• Basic radical: H⁺ (Hydrogen)
• Acid radical: PO₄³⁻ (Phosphate)

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