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Class 8 Science Chapter 1 Nature of Matter: Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures MCQ Practice

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Chapter 1Nature of Matter: Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures

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Prepare Nature of Matter: Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures in Class 8 Science using targeted MCQ practice. Connect scientific ideas with observation, reasoning and practical application, identify learning gaps and improve exam accuracy.

This chapter classifies matter into elements, compounds, and mixtures. Students learn how substances differ in composition and properties, how classification helps explain material behaviour, and how chemistry organizes the world of matter into meaningful categories.

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01 Science

Why is rusting not classified as mixing?

A iron forms a new substance by chemical change

B rust can be separated by sieving only

C no oxygen is involved

D iron remains unchanged

02 Science

Why is brass classified as an alloy?

A it is a mixture involving metals

B it is a non-metal compound only

C it is a pure gas

D it is made of only one atom type

03 Science

Which statement about matter classification is correct?

A matter may be classified as elements, compounds, and mixtures

B all matter is only one type

C mixtures are not matter

D compounds are elements

04 Science

Why does a compound have a formula but an ordinary mixture may not?

A compounds are always visible crystals

B a compound has definite composition

C mixtures have no substances in them

D formulas are only for liquids

05 Science

Robert Boyle is linked with early chemistry ideas about elements.

A True

B False

06 Science

Lemon water with sugar is a:

A single atom

B element

C compound

D mixture

07 Science

When iron rusts, a:

A physical mixture only forms

B new compound forms

C no change occurs

D element becomes a mixture directly

08 Science

The composition of a mixture is:

A fixed in every case

B impossible to change

C variable

D chemically permanent

09 Science

Which of these keeps its own properties in a mixture?

A only metals

B no component

C each component

D only water

10 Science

Why can a mixture often be separated physically?

A it loses all component properties

B its components are not chemically bonded into a new substance

C it has only one kind of atom

D it has fixed ratio like a compound

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