Element 10: Neon (Ne) / āĻŽā§ŒāϞ ā§§ā§Ļ: āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ (Ne) – Used in advertising lights, lasers.


Basic Information / āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϤāĻĨā§āϝ



  • Name: Neon / āύāĻžāĻŽ: āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ

  • Symbol: Ne / āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ: Ne

  • Atomic Number: 10 / āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§ąāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ā§§ā§Ļ

  • Nature: Noble Gas / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ: āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧ āϗ⧇āĻ›


Neon belongs to Group 18 (Noble gases). :



āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ **āĻ—ā§‹āϟ ā§§ā§Ž (āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧ āϗ⧇āĻ›)**āϤ āĻĒ⧰⧇āĨ¤


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



  • Protons: 10 / āĻĒā§ā§°ā§‹āϟāύ: ā§§ā§Ļ

  • Electrons: 10 / āχāϞ⧇āĻ•ā§āĻŸā§ā§°āύ: ā§§ā§Ļ

  • Neutrons: 10 (usually) / āύāĻŋāωāĻŸā§ā§°āύ: ā§§ā§Ļ (āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāϤ⧇)


Electronic configuration: 2, 8 : āχāϞ⧇āĻ•ā§āĻŸā§ā§°āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϏ: 2, 8


Properties / āϗ⧁āĻŖāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš



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

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

  • Glows in electricity / āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Ž āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇ āωāĻœā§āĻŦāϞ⧇

  • Inert (noble gas) / āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧ āϗ⧇āĻ›


Uses / āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§°



  • Neon signs / āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ āϚāĻžāχāύāϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ

  • Advertising lights / āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻĒāύ āφāϞ⧋āϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ

  • Lighting / āφāϞ⧋āĻ• āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ


Importance / āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ



  • Used for bright glowing lights

  • Important in advertising industry

  • Safe gas due to low reactivity


Why Neon Glows ? / āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ āωāĻœā§āĻŦāϞ⧇ ?



  • When electricity passes through neon gas, it emits light. : āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Ž āĻĒāĻžā§° āĻš’āϞ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ⧇ āφāϞ⧋ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻ—āϤ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤

  • It gives reddish-orange glow. : āχ āϞāĻžāϞ-āĻ•āĻŽāϞāĻž ā§°āϙ⧰ āφāϞ⧋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤


Fact /  āϤāĻĨā§āϝ : Neon lights glow reddish-orange in color. : āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ āϞāĻžāχāϟ āϞāĻžāϞ-āĻ•āĻŽāϞāĻž ā§°āϙ⧇⧰⧇ āωāĻœā§āĻŦāϞ⧇āĨ¤


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Neon (Ne) – PYQ MCQs


Q1. Neon belongs to which group of the periodic table ? : āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ†ā§ąā§°ā§āϤ āϏāĻžā§°āϪ⧀⧰ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āĻ—ā§‹āϟāϤ āĻĒ⧰⧇ ?
(a) Group 16 (b) Group 17 (c) Group 18 (d) Group 1


Ans: (c) Group 18
Explanation: Neon is a noble gas placed in Group 18. : āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ āĻāϟāĻž āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧ āϗ⧇āĻ›, āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—ā§‹āϟ ā§§ā§ŽāϤ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤


Q2. Atomic number of neon is: āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ⧰ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§ąāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āĻŋ ?
(a) 8 (b) 9 (c) 10 (d) 11


Ans: (c) 10
Explanation: Atomic number = number of protons = 10. : āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§ąāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž = āĻĒā§ā§°ā§‹āϟāύ⧰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž = ā§§ā§ĻāĨ¤


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


Ans: (c) Noble gas
Explanation: Neon is an inert noble gas. : āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧ āϗ⧇āĻ›āĨ¤


Q4. Neon is: āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ -
(a) Colored gas (b) Colorless gas (c) Solid (d) Liquid


Ans: (b) Colorless gas
Explanation: Neon has no color in normal conditions. : āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ ā§°āĻ‚ āύāĻžāĻĨāĻ•āĻž āϗ⧇āĻ›āĨ¤


Q5. Neon does not react easily because: : āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ āϏāĻšāĻœā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āύāϕ⧰⧇ āĻ•āĻžā§°āĻŖ -
(a) It is heavy (b) It has complete shell (c) It is metal (d) It is liquid


Ans: (b) It has complete shell
Explanation: Neon has a full outer shell, making it stable. : āχāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϝāĻŋāĻ• āĻ–ā§‹āϞ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ, āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āύāϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q6. Neon is mainly used in: āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§āϝāϤ āĻ•’āϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
(a) Fuel (b) Neon signs (c) Food (d) Cement


Ans: (b) Neon signs
Explanation: Neon is used in glowing sign boards. : āϚāĻžāχāύ āĻŦā§‹ā§°ā§āĻĄāϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Q7. Neon glows when: āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ āϕ⧇āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āωāĻœā§āĻŦāϞ⧇ ?
(a) Heated (b) Pressed (c) Electricity passes (d) Cooled


Ans: (c) Electricity passes
Explanation: Electric current makes neon emit light. : āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Ž āĻĒāĻžā§° āĻš’āϞ⧇ āωāĻœā§āĻŦāϞ⧇āĨ¤


Q8. Number of electrons in neon atom is: āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ āĻĒā§°āĻŽāĻžāϪ⧁āϤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āχāϞ⧇āĻ•ā§āĻŸā§ā§°āύ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ ?
(a) 8 (b) 9 (c) 10 (d) 11


Ans: (c) 10
Explanation: Electrons = atomic number = 10. : āχāϞ⧇āĻ•ā§āĻŸā§ā§°āύ = ā§§ā§ĻāĨ¤


Q9. Neon light color is: āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ āϞāĻžāχāϟ⧰ ā§°āĻ‚ āĻ•āĻŋ ?
(a) Blue (b) Green (c) Red-orange (d) Yellow


Ans: (c) Red-orange