📚 CBSE Grade-10 Study Guide Open in the Study Guide single page app →
HomeScience

Science — CBSE Class 10 board question

Q1. [1]
The warning sign shown in the given figure must invariably be displayed/pasted on the containers which contain hydroxide of :
  1. (A) Aluminium
  2. (B) Calcium
  3. (C) Sodium
  4. (D) Magnesium
Previously asked in CBSE board exam
2025 31/2/1 Q2
Generated by claude-sonnet-4-6 · 2026-06-15 06:43 · grounding rag
Model Answer

(C) Sodium

The corrosive warning sign is displayed on containers of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) pellets, as it is a strongly corrosive alkali.

Source: Chapter 2, Section 2.2.1 (Fig. 2.5)

Explanation

The textbook explicitly mentions the corrosive warning sign (Fig. 2.5) in the context of concentrated sulphuric acid and sodium hydroxide pellets. Among the four options, only sodium hydroxide (NaOH) is referenced with this warning sign. Ca(OH)₂, Mg(OH)₂, and Al(OH)₃ are either insoluble, weak, or amphoteric — not strongly corrosive alkalis that require this label.

If a question refers to an image, map, graph or diagram that is not shown here, open the Study Guide single page app, go to Library and find the actual CBSE question paper. The original papers are also available on the CBSE website: cbse.gov.in.
Previous-year CBSE Grade 10 board exam questions, organised by subject and chapter, each with a model answer — free to read and print.