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Mendeleev was ………… chemist.
a) Italian                              

b) Russian
c) English                              

d) none of these

b

The development of periodic table started in
a) 1800 

b)  1976

c) 1874

d) 1864

a

Initially elements were divided in… classes.
a) three 

b)  two   

c) four   

d) six

b

Explanation:Initially elements were divided in two classes metals & non metals.



Elements were divided into ……….
a) metals                              

b) non metals 
c) a & b both                       

d) metalloid

c

In ……….. J.W.Dobereiner classified chemically similar elements in groups of three.
a) 1827 

b) 1917 

c) 1817

d) 1927

c

Explanation:Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner was a German chemist who is best known for work that foreshadowed the periodic law for the chemical elements, and for inventing the first lighter, which was known as the Döbereiner's lamp. He became a professor of chemistry and pharmacy at the University of Jena.


….……classified elements into triads.
a) Mendeleev                      

b) J.W.Dobereiner
c) Lavoisier                                          

d) Newlands

b