Paper Chromatography MCQ with answers can help students evaluate their knowledge of concepts in paper chromatography. Answers are also given to help you remember. Try our MCQ on paper chromatography to see if you can get all the answers right for the questions below.
Paper chromatography is a type of liquid chromatography based on partition or adsorption chromatography.
MCQ on Paper Chromatography
1. Chromatography can be used to
Form mixtures
Change mixture compositions
Separate mixtures into pure substances
None of above
2. Chromatography is a term that refers to the
Concentration of chromium in a substance
Mass of chromium
Testing of additives
Testing of the alkalinity or acidity
3. The amino acid locating agent is
Diazo reagent
Ninhydrin spray
Amphoteric oxides
Neutral oxides
4. Paper Chromatography is a physical method that is used to separate
Simple mixtures
Complex mixtures
Viscous mixtures
Metals
5. What is the principle of the paper chromatography?
Partition
Adsorption
A and B
None of the above
6. Which of the following is used as a spraying reagent in paper chromatography?
Conc. HCl
NaCl solution
Ninhydrin solution
CuSO4 solution
7. Which force is at work in Paper Chromatography?
Hydrogen bonding
London force
Electric static force
All of the above
8. In descending paper chromatography, which force is responsible for component separation?
Partition
Adsorption
Gravity
All of the above
9. In paper Chromatography, which of the following is not a development technique?
Two dimensional
Ascending
Descending
HPLC
10. Is it possible to use a mix of paper chromatography and electrophoresis?
Partition chromatography
Electrical mobility of the ionic species
Both (a) and (b)
None of these
11. Rf value is__________
Distance travelled by the compound at it’s point of maximum.
Distance travelled by the standard.
Solvent travelled
None of the above
12. In paper chromatography, what kind of filter paper is most commonly used?
Butter paper
Sample paper
Whatman filter paper
Filter paper
13. The pattern on the paper in Paper chromatography is called
Chroming
Chroma
Chromatograph
Chromatogram
14. Which paper chromatography mobile phase move horizontally?
Ascending paper chromatography
Descending paper chromatography
Radial paper chromatography
Ascending descending chromatography
15. Which factor is not affect in stationary phases in paper chromatography ?