Chemistry in Everyday Life Questions with Solutions

This topic covers chemistry in daily life: fuels and their calorific values, fertilisers, cement and glass, medicines such as antibiotics and analgesics, food preservatives and additives, cleaning agents, fire extinguishers, and the chemistry of the environment. Questions usually ask about the main component of a fuel (LPG is mainly butane and propane, and CNG is mainly methane), which gas is used in fire extinguishers (carbon dioxide), and what a medicine or chemical is used for. Read the explanation for each question carefully, since one fact is often tested in several ways. Practise the chemistry in everyday life questions below, written in the style of the general awareness sections of exams such as SSC, banking, railways, CUET GAT, MAH CET and CLAT. Each question comes with a detailed explanation that adds related facts, so every question helps you revise more than one point.