Element 7: Nitrogen (N) / āĻŽā§āϞ ā§: āύāĻžāĻāĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āύ (N) â Used in fertilizers, explosives, food preservation.
Basic Information / āĻŽā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ
- Name: Nitrogen / āύāĻžāĻŽ: āύāĻžāĻāĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āύ
- Symbol: N / āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āύ: N
- Atomic Number: 7 / āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§ąāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž: ā§
- Nature: Non-metal (Gas) / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻā§āϤāĻŋ: āĻ āϧāĻžāϤ⧠(āĻā§āĻ)
Nitrogen makes up about 78% of air. : āύāĻžāĻāĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āύ⧠āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ ā§ā§Ž% āĻ āĻāĻļ āĻĻāĻāϞ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Structure of Atom / āĻĒā§°āĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§ā§° āĻāĻ āύ
- Protons: 7 / āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻāύ: ā§
- Electrons: 7 / āĻāϞā§āĻā§āĻā§ā§°āύ: ā§
- Neutrons: 7 (usually) / āύāĻŋāĻāĻā§ā§°āύ: ā§ (āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāϤā§)
Electronic configuration: 2, 5 : āĻāϞā§āĻā§āĻā§ā§°āύ āĻŦāĻŋāύā§āϝāĻžāϏ: 2, 5
Properties / āĻā§āĻŖāϏāĻŽā§āĻš
- Colorless gas / ā§°āĻ āύāĻžāĻĨāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻ
- Does not react easily / āϏāĻšāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āύāĻā§°ā§
- Exists as Nâ molecule / Nâ āĻ āĻŖā§ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§
- Important for life / āĻā§ā§ąāύ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ
Occurrence / āĻ’āϤ āĻĒā§ā§ąāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ
- Air (78%) / āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āϤ (ā§ā§Ž%)
- Soil / āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāϤ (āύāĻžāĻāĻā§ā§°ā§āĻ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§)
Uses / āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§°
- Fertilizers / āϏāĻžā§° āϤā§āϝāĻŧāĻžā§°āϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ
- Liquid nitrogen (cooling) / āĻ āĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻž āĻā§°āĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ
- Chemical industries / ā§°āĻžāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻĻā§āϝā§āĻāϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ
Importance / āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦ
- Major part of air / āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ā§° āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝ āĻ āĻāĻļ
- Needed for plant growth / āĻāĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻĻ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§āĻāύā§āϝāĻŧ
- Helps in protein formation / āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻāĻŋāύ āϤā§āϝāĻŧāĻžā§°āϤ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°ā§
Why Nitrogen is Important ? / āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āύāĻžāĻāĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āύ āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ ?
- Used in fertilizers to grow plants. : āϏāĻžā§°āϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
- Essential for proteins in living organisms. : āĻā§ā§ąāĻāĻāϤāϤ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻāĻŋāύ āĻāĻ āύāϤ āĻ āϤā§āϝāύā§āϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§āĻāύā§āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Fact / āϤāĻĨā§āϝ : Nitrogen is essential for making proteins. : āύāĻžāĻāĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āύ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻāĻŋāύ āϤā§āϝāĻŧāĻžā§°ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ āϤā§āϝāύā§āϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§āĻāύā§āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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Nitrogen (N) – PYQ MCQs
Q1. Nitrogen belongs to which group of the periodic table ? : āύāĻžāĻāĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āύ āĻā§ąā§°ā§āϤ āϏāĻžā§°āĻŖā§ā§° āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻā§āĻāϤ āĻĒā§°ā§ ?
(a) Group 14 (b) Group 15 (c) Group 16 (d) Group 17
Ans: (b) Group 15
Explanation: Nitrogen is placed in Group 15. : āύāĻžāĻāĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āύ āĻā§āĻ ā§§ā§ĢāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Q2. Atomic number of nitrogen is: āύāĻžāĻāĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āύ⧰ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§ąāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻāĻŋ ?
(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 9
Ans: (b) 7
Explanation: Atomic number = number of protons = 7. : āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§ąāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž = āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻāύ⧰ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž = ā§āĨ¤
Q3. Nitrogen is classified as: āύāĻžāĻāĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āύāĻ āĻā§āύā§āĻā§ āĻļā§ā§°ā§āĻŖā§āĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
(a) Metal (b) Non-metal (c) Metalloid (d) Noble gas
Ans: (b) Non-metal
Explanation: Nitrogen is a non-metal gas. : āύāĻžāĻāĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻž āĻ
āϧāĻžāϤ⧠āĻā§āĻāĨ¤
Q4. Nitrogen makes up about ____ of air. : āύāĻžāĻāĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āύ āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ ____ āĻ
āĻāĻļāĨ¤
(a) 21% (b) 50% (c) 78% (d) 100%
Ans: (c) 78%
Explanation: Nitrogen forms about 78% of air. : āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ ā§ā§Ž% āύāĻžāĻāĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
Q5. Nitrogen exists as: : āύāĻžāĻāĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āύ āĻā§āύā§āĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ ?
(a) N (b) Nâ (c) Nâ (d) NOâ
Ans: (b) Nâ
Explanation: Nitrogen is a diatomic molecule. : āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻĒā§°āĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§ā§°ā§ āĻāĻ āĻŋāϤ (Nâ)āĨ¤
Q6. Nitrogen is mainly used in: : āύāĻžāĻāĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āύ āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝāϤ āĻ’āϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ?
(a) Fuel (b) Fertilizers (c) Glass (d) Plastic
Ans: (b) Fertilizers
Explanation: Nitrogen is used in fertilizers for plant growth. : āϏāĻžā§°āϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Q7. Nitrogen is important for: āύāĻžāĻāĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āύ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ ?
(a) Painting (b) Plant growth (c) Metal making (d) Glass
Ans: (b) Plant growth
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