MCQs Elements Created in Laboratories (Synthetic Elements) – Everyday Science GK MCQs 93 min Score: 0 Attempted: 0/93 Subscribe 1. Which of the following is considered the first synthetic element discovered? (A) Plutonium (B) Americium (C) Technetium (D) Neptunium 2. What is the atomic number of Plutonium? (A) 93 (B) 95 (C) 94 (D) 96 3. Americium is commonly used in which everyday device? (A) Nuclear reactor (B) X-ray machines (C) Smoke detectors (D) Thermometers 4. Which of the following synthetic elements is used as fuel in nuclear reactors and weapons? (A) Neptunium (B) Americium (C) Plutonium (D) Uranium 5. What is the atomic number of Plutonium? (A) 94 (B) 93 (C) 95 (D) 96 6. Plutonium is primarily used as: (A) A fertilizer (B) A fuel in nuclear reactors (C) A food preservative (D) A laboratory solvent 7. Which isotope of Plutonium is widely used in nuclear weapons? (A) Pu-238 (B) Pu-239 (C) Pu-240 (D) Pu-242 8. What is the atomic number of Americium? (A) 94 (B) 96 (C) 95 (D) 97 9. Americium is commonly used in: (A) Mobile phones (B) Refrigerators (C) Batteries (D) Smoke detectors 10. Americium belongs to which group of elements? (A) Transition metals (B) Alkali metals (C) Halogens (D) Actinides 11. What is the atomic number of Curium? (A) 95 (B) 96 (C) 97 (D) 98 12. Curium belongs to which series of elements? (A) Lanthanides (B) Alkali metals (C) Halogens (D) Actinides 13. Curium was named after: (A) Marie and Pierre Curie (B) Isaac Newton (C) Albert Einstein (D) Niels Bohr 14. What is the atomic number of Berkelium? (A) 97 (B) 96 (C) 98 (D) 99 15. Berkelium was first synthesized at: (A) Harvard University (B) University of California, Berkeley (C) Oxford University (D) Cambridge University 16. Berkelium is named after: (A) A scientist (B) A country (C) A planet (D) A city 17. What is the atomic number of Californium? (A) 97 (B) 99 (C) 98 (D) 100 18. Californium is named after: (A) A scientist (B) A country (C) The state of California (D) A laboratory 19. Which property makes Californium useful in industry and medicine? (A) Electrical conductivity (B) High transparency (C) Magnetic strength (D) Strong neutron emission 20. What is the atomic number of Einsteinium? (A) 98 (B) 99 (C) 100 (D) 101 21. Einsteinium belongs to which series of elements? (A) Lanthanides (B) Actinides (C) Alkali metals (D) Halogens 22. Einsteinium is named after: (A) Isaac Newton (B) Albert Einstein (C) Marie Curie (D) Enrico Fermi 23. What is the atomic number of Fermium? (A) 100 (B) 99 (C) 101 (D) 102 24. Fermium was named after which scientist? (A) Albert Einstein (B) Niels Bohr (C) Ernest Rutherford (D) Enrico Fermi 25. Fermium was first identified during the study of: (A) Atomic bomb explosion debris (B) Chemical reactions (C) Solar radiation (D) Volcanic ash 26. Fermium belongs to which group of the periodic table? (A) Transition metals (B) Actinides (C) Noble gases (D) Halogens 27. What is the atomic number of Mendelevium? (A) 100 (B) 102 (C) 101 (D) 103 28. Mendelevium is named after which scientist? (A) Albert Einstein (B) Dmitri Mendeleev (C) Enrico Fermi (D) Ernest Rutherford 29. Mendelevium belongs to which series of elements? (A) Lanthanides (B) Actinides (C) Halogens (D) Noble gases 30. Mendelevium is produced artificially in: (A) Nature (B) Oceans (C) Nuclear reactors (D) Laboratories using particle accelerators 31. What is the atomic number of Nobelium? (A) 101 (B) 104 (C) 103 (D) 102 32. Nobelium is named after: (A) Marie Curie (B) Niels Bohr (C) Isaac Newton (D) Alfred Nobel 33. Nobelium belongs to which group of elements? (A) Transition metals (B) Alkali metals (C) Actinides (D) Halogens 34. What is the atomic number of Lawrencium? (A) 102 (B) 105 (C) 104 (D) 103 35. Lawrencium is named after: (A) Ernest Lawrence (B) Lawrence Bragg (C) H. G. Wells (D) James Chadwick 36. Lawrencium belongs to which series? (A) Lanthanides (B) Metalloids (C) Actinides (D) Noble gases 37. Lawrencium was discovered using: (A) Natural decay (B) Chemical reactions (C) Solar radiation (D) Particle accelerators 38. Lawrencium is primarily used in: (A) Scientific research (B) Energy production (C) Electronics (D) Medicine 39. What is the atomic number of Rutherfordium? (A) 103 (B) 105 (C) 104 (D) 106 40. Rutherfordium is named after: (A) Albert Einstein (B) J. J. Thomson (C) Ernest Rutherford (D) Max Planck 41. Rutherfordium belongs to which category of elements? (A) Actinides (B) Lanthanides (C) Transition metals (D) Alkali metals 42. Rutherfordium is classified as: (A) Synthetic radioactive element (B) Stable element (C) Naturally occurring (D) Noble gas 43. What is the atomic number of Dubnium? (A) 104 (B) 107 (C) 106 (D) 105 44. Dubnium is named after which city? (A) Durham, USA (B) Dublin, Ireland (C) Dubai, UAE (D) Dubna, Russia 45. Dubnium belongs to which group of the periodic table? (A) Actinides (B) Lanthanides (C) Alkali metals (D) Transition metals 46. What is the atomic number of Seaborgium? (A) 106 (B) 105 (C) 107 (D) 108 47. Seaborgium is named after which scientist? (A) Enrico Fermi (B) Albert Einstein (C) Glenn T. Seaborg (D) Ernest Rutherford 48. Seaborgium belongs to which group of elements? (A) Transition metals (B) Alkali metals (C) Actinides (D) Noble gases 49. What is the atomic number of Bohrium? (A) 107 (B) 106 (C) 108 (D) 109 50. Bohrium is named after which scientist? (A) Dmitri Mendeleev (B) Albert Einstein (C) Marie Curie (D) Niels Bohr 51. Bohrium belongs to which category? (A) Actinides (B) Transition metals (C) Lanthanides (D) Halogens 52. Bohrium is mainly produced in: (A) Earth’s crust (B) Oceans (C) Volcanoes (D) Laboratories using particle accelerators 53. What is the atomic number of Hassium? (A) 107 (B) 110 (C) 109 (D) 108 54. Hassium is named after: (A) A scientist (B) The German state of Hesse (C) A laboratory (D) A city 55. Hassium belongs to which group of elements? (A) Actinides (B) Lanthanides (C) Transition metals (D) Alkali metals 56. Hassium is classified as: (A) Synthetic radioactive element (B) Naturally occurring element (C) Stable metal (D) Non-metal 57. What is the atomic number of Meitnerium? (A) 108 (B) 110 (C) 109 (D) 111 58. Meitnerium is named after which scientist? (A) Marie Curie (B) Albert Einstein (C) Lise Meitner (D) Enrico Fermi 59. Meitnerium belongs to which group of the periodic table? (A) Actinides (B) Lanthanides (C) Halogens (D) Transition metals 60. Meitnerium is primarily produced in: (A) Nature (B) Earth’s crust (C) Oceans (D) Nuclear reactors and laboratories 61. The main use of Meitnerium is: (A) Jewelry (B) Industrial applications (C) Scientific research (D) Medicine 62. What is the atomic number of Darmstadtium? (A) 109 (B) 111 (C) 110 (D) 112 63. Darmstadtium is named after: (A) A scientist (B) A mountain (C) A laboratory (D) A German city 64. Darmstadtium belongs to which category of elements? (A) Noble gases (B) Lanthanides (C) Actinides (D) Transition metals 65. Darmstadtium is classified as: (A) Naturally occurring (B) Synthetic radioactive element (C) Stable metal (D) Non-metal 66. What is the atomic number of Roentgenium? (A) 110 (B) 113 (C) 112 (D) 111 67. Roentgenium is named after: (A) Albert Einstein (B) Wilhelm Roentgen (C) Marie Curie (D) Niels Bohr 68. Roentgenium belongs to which group of elements? (A) Actinides (B) Transition metals (C) Lanthanides (D) Halogens 69. Roentgenium is mainly produced in: (A) Oceans (B) Laboratories using particle accelerators (C) Volcanoes (D) Earth’s crust 70. What is the atomic number of Copernicium? (A) 111 (B) 113 (C) 112 (D) 114 71. Copernicium is named after: (A) Galileo Galilei (B) Isaac Newton (C) Johannes Kepler (D) Nicolaus Copernicus 72. Copernicium belongs to which category? (A) Transition metals (B) Lanthanides (C) Actinides (D) Noble gases 73. What is the atomic number of Copernicium? (A) 111 (B) 114 (C) 113 (D) 112 74. Copernicium is named after: (A) Nicolaus Copernicus (B) Galileo Galilei (C) Isaac Newton (D) Johannes Kepler 75. Copernicium is primarily used for: (A) Industrial production (B) Medicine (C) Scientific research (D) Jewelry 76. What is the atomic number of Nihonium? (A) 112 (B) 114 (C) 113 (D) 115 77. Nihonium is named after: (A) The scientist Niels Bohr (B) Japan (Nihon in Japanese) (C) The city of Nihon (D) A laboratory 78. Nihonium is classified as a: (A) Non-metal (B) Naturally occurring element (C) Stable metal (D) Synthetic radioactive element 79. What is the atomic number of Flerovium? (A) 113 (B) 114 (C) 115 (D) 116 80. Flerovium is named after: (A) A country (B) A scientist (C) A city (D) The Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions 81. Flerovium is mainly used in: (A) Jewelry (B) Nuclear power (C) Scientific research (D) Medicine 82. What is the atomic number of Moscovium? (A) 114 (B) 115 (C) 116 (D) 117 83. Moscovium is named after: (A) A laboratory (B) A scientist (C) Moscow, Russia (D) A city in the USA 84. Moscovium is classified as a: (A) Naturally occurring element (B) Synthetic radioactive element (C) Stable metal (D) Non-metal 85. What is the atomic number of Livermorium? (A) 116 (B) 115 (C) 117 (D) 118 86. Livermorium is named after: (A) A city in Japan (B) A scientist (C) A laboratory in Russia (D) Livermore, California, USA 87. The main use of Livermorium is: (A) Electronics (B) Medicine (C) Industrial applications (D) Scientific research 88. What is the atomic number of Tennessine? (A) 116 (B) 117 (C) 118 (D) 119 89. Tennessine is named after: (A) A scientist (B) The state of Tennessee, USA (C) A laboratory (D) A city in Russia 90. Tennessine is classified as a: (A) Naturally occurring element (B) Halogen gas (C) Stable metal (D) Synthetic radioactive element 91. What is the atomic number of Oganesson? (A) 117 (B) 118 (C) 119 (D) 120 92. Oganesson is named after: (A) A laboratory (B) Yuri Oganessian, a Russian physicist (C) A city (D) A country 93. Oganesson is classified as a: (A) Stable noble gas (B) Naturally occurring element (C) Synthetic radioactive element (D) Alkali metal