{"id":86438,"date":"2025-06-01T03:46:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T03:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=86438"},"modified":"2025-06-01T03:46:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T03:46:58","slug":"which-one-among-the-following-substances-is-a-compound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-one-among-the-following-substances-is-a-compound\/","title":{"rendered":"Which one among the following substances is a compound ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Which one among the following substances is a compound ?<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;Sugar&#8221; option2=&#8221;Air&#8221; option3=&#8221;Milk&#8221; option4=&#8221;Tea&#8221; correct=&#8221;option1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"psc-box-pyq-exam-year-detail\">\n<div class=\"pyq-exam\">\n<div class=\"psc-heading\">This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n<div class=\"psc-title line-ellipsis\">UPSC CDS-2 &#8211; 2023<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-cds-2-2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-cds-2-2023\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">A compound is a substance formed when two or more different elements are chemically bonded together in a fixed ratio. A mixture is a substance composed of two or more components physically mixed, where each component retains its individual properties and the composition can vary.<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">Sugar (commonly sucrose, C\u2081\u2082H\u2082\u2082O\u2081\u2081) is made up of Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen atoms chemically combined in a fixed ratio. Therefore, sugar is a compound. Air is a mixture of gases like nitrogen, oxygen, argon, carbon dioxide, etc. Milk is a complex mixture of water, fats, proteins, carbohydrates, minerals, etc. Tea is an aqueous mixture containing compounds extracted from tea leaves.<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">Elements are pure substances consisting only of atoms that all have the same number of protons in their atomic nuclei. Compounds can be broken down into simpler substances (elements) by chemical means, while mixtures can be separated into their components by physical means.<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which one among the following substances is a compound ? [amp_mcq option1=&#8221;Sugar&#8221; option2=&#8221;Air&#8221; option3=&#8221;Milk&#8221; option4=&#8221;Tea&#8221; correct=&#8221;option1&#8243;] This question was previously asked in UPSC CDS-2 &#8211; 2023 Download PDFAttempt Online A compound is a substance formed when two or more different elements are chemically bonded together in a fixed ratio. 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