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Calcium reacts with……liberating hydrogen gas.
a) base                                                  

b) salts
c) acids                                 

d) water

c

Calcium reacts with……forming their respective halides.
a) water                                

b) halogen
c) acid                                                   

d) hydrogen

b

Which of the following is/are the uses of magnesium?
a) light alloy
b) photographic flashlight powder
c) deoxidant                                        

d) all of these

d

Which of the following is/are the uses of calcium?
a) deoxidant in steel casting                             
b) extraction of uranium
c) decreases acidity of soil

d) all of these

d

Which of the following is/are soft metals?
a) alkali metals   

b) alkaline earth metal
c) transition metals                             
d) both a and b

d

Which of the following is/are hard metals?
a) alkali metals   

b) alkaline earth metal
c) transition metals           

d) both a and b

c