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Q1. [1]
The reaction of calcium with cold water is :
  1. (A) Less violent, but the heat evolved is sufficient for the hydrogen to catch fire.
  2. (B) Very violent and exothermic and hydrogen catches fire.
  3. (C) Exothermic, but the heat evolved is not sufficient for the hydrogen to catch fire.
  4. (D) Slow and endothermic.
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Model Answer

(C) Exothermic, but the heat evolved is not sufficient for the hydrogen to catch fire.

Explanation

Calcium reacts with cold water more vigorously than magnesium but less violently than sodium/potassium. The reaction is exothermic and produces hydrogen gas, but the heat released is not enough to ignite the hydrogen. (Sodium/potassium reactions are so violent that hydrogen catches fire.) This is a standard reactivity series application tested in CBSE MCQs.

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