Element 7: Nitrogen (N) / āĻŽā§ŒāϞ ā§­: āύāĻžāχāĻŸā§ā§°ā§‹āĻœā§‡āύ (N) – Used in fertilizers, explosives, food preservation.


Basic Information / āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϤāĻĨā§āϝ



  • Name: Nitrogen / āύāĻžāĻŽ: āύāĻžāχāĻŸā§ā§°ā§‹āĻœā§‡āύ

  • Symbol: N / āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ: N

  • Atomic Number: 7 / āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§ąāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ā§­

  • Nature: Non-metal (Gas) / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ: āĻ…āϧāĻžāϤ⧁ (āϗ⧇āĻ›)


Nitrogen makes up about 78% of air. : āύāĻžāχāĻŸā§ā§°ā§‹āĻœā§‡āύ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ ā§­ā§Ž% āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻĻāĻ–āϞ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Structure of Atom / āĻĒā§°āĻŽāĻžāϪ⧁⧰ āĻ—āĻ āύ



  • Protons: 7 / āĻĒā§ā§°ā§‹āϟāύ: ā§­

  • Electrons: 7 / āχāϞ⧇āĻ•ā§āĻŸā§ā§°āύ: ā§­

  • Neutrons: 7 (usually) / āύāĻŋāωāĻŸā§ā§°āύ: ā§­ (āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāϤ⧇)


Electronic configuration: 2, 5 : āχāϞ⧇āĻ•ā§āĻŸā§ā§°āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϏ: 2, 5


Properties / āϗ⧁āĻŖāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš



  • Colorless gas / ā§°āĻ‚ āύāĻžāĻĨāĻ•āĻž āϗ⧇āĻ›

  • Does not react easily / āϏāĻšāĻœā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āύāϕ⧰⧇

  • Exists as N₂ molecule / N₂ āĻ…āϪ⧁ āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇

  • Important for life / āĻœā§€ā§ąāύ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ


Occurrence / āĻ•’āϤ āĻĒā§‹ā§ąāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ



  • Air (78%) / āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁āϤ (ā§­ā§Ž%)

  • Soil / āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϤ (āύāĻžāχāĻŸā§ā§°ā§‡āϟ āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇)


Uses / āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§°



  • Fertilizers / āϏāĻžā§° āϤ⧈āϝāĻŧāĻžā§°āϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ

  • Liquid nitrogen (cooling) / āĻ āĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻž āϕ⧰āĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ

  • Chemical industries / ā§°āĻžāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋāĻ• āωāĻĻā§āϝ⧋āĻ—āϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ


Importance / āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ



  • Major part of air / āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁⧰ āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ

  • Needed for plant growth / āωāĻĻā§āĻ­āĻŋāĻĻ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ

  • Helps in protein formation / āĻĒā§ā§°ā§‹āϟāĻŋāύ āϤ⧈āϝāĻŧāĻžā§°āϤ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰⧇


Why Nitrogen is Important ? / āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ āύāĻžāχāĻŸā§ā§°ā§‹āĻœā§‡āύ āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ ?



  • Used in fertilizers to grow plants. : āϏāĻžā§°āϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻŋ āĻ—āĻ› āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

  • Essential for proteins in living organisms. : āĻœā§€ā§ąāϜāĻ—āϤāϤ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§‹āϟāĻŋāύ āĻ—āĻ āύāϤ āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Fact / āϤāĻĨā§āϝ : Nitrogen is essential for making proteins. : āύāĻžāχāĻŸā§ā§°ā§‹āĻœā§‡āύ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§‹āϟāĻŋāύ āϤ⧈āϝāĻŧāĻžā§°ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧāĨ¤


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Nitrogen (N) – PYQ MCQs


Q1. Nitrogen belongs to which group of the periodic table ? : āύāĻžāχāĻŸā§ā§°ā§‹āĻœā§‡āύ āĻ†ā§ąā§°ā§āϤ āϏāĻžā§°āϪ⧀⧰ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āĻ—ā§‹āϟāϤ āĻĒ⧰⧇ ?
(a) Group 14 (b) Group 15 (c) Group 16 (d) Group 17


Ans: (b) Group 15
Explanation: Nitrogen is placed in Group 15. : āύāĻžāχāĻŸā§ā§°ā§‹āĻœā§‡āύ āĻ—ā§‹āϟ ā§§ā§ĢāϤ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤


Q2. Atomic number of nitrogen is: āύāĻžāχāĻŸā§ā§°ā§‹āĻœā§‡āύ⧰ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§ąāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āĻŋ ?
(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 9


Ans: (b) 7
Explanation: Atomic number = number of protons = 7. : āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§ąāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž = āĻĒā§ā§°ā§‹āϟāύ⧰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž = ā§­āĨ¤


Q3. Nitrogen is classified as: āύāĻžāχāĻŸā§ā§°ā§‹āĻœā§‡āύāĻ• āϕ⧇āύ⧇āĻ•ā§ˆ āĻļā§ā§°ā§‡āĻŖā§€āĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
(a) Metal (b) Non-metal (c) Metalloid (d) Noble gas


Ans: (b) Non-metal
Explanation: Nitrogen is a non-metal gas. : āύāĻžāχāĻŸā§ā§°ā§‹āĻœā§‡āύ āĻāϟāĻž āĻ…āϧāĻžāϤ⧁ āϗ⧇āĻ›āĨ¤


Q4. Nitrogen makes up about ____ of air. : āύāĻžāχāĻŸā§ā§°ā§‹āĻœā§‡āύ āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ ____ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĨ¤
(a) 21% (b) 50% (c) 78% (d) 100%


Ans: (c) 78%
Explanation: Nitrogen forms about 78% of air. : āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ ā§­ā§Ž% āύāĻžāχāĻŸā§ā§°ā§‹āĻœā§‡āύāĨ¤


Q5. Nitrogen exists as: : āύāĻžāχāĻŸā§ā§°ā§‹āĻœā§‡āύ āϕ⧇āύ⧇āĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ ?
(a) N (b) N₂ (c) N₃ (d) NO₂


Ans: (b) N₂
Explanation: Nitrogen is a diatomic molecule. : āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āĻĒā§°āĻŽāĻžāϪ⧁⧰⧇ āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ (N₂)āĨ¤


Q6. Nitrogen is mainly used in: : āύāĻžāχāĻŸā§ā§°ā§‹āĻœā§‡āύ āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§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: āύāĻžāχāĻŸā§ā§°ā§‹āĻœā§‡āύ āĻ•āĻŋāĻšā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ ?
(a) Painting (b) Plant growth (c) Metal making (d) Glass


Ans: (b) Plant growth

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