Question

Noble gases are considered to be inert. Identify a pair of noble gases from the options given below.

• A. Helium and Hydrogen
• B. Neon and Argon
• C. Helium and Neon
• D. Nitrogen and Neon

Answer 1

Answer: (B), (C)

The correct options are
B

Neon and Argon

C

Helium and Neon

The term inert means that a substance is chemically non-reactive. Noble gases are unreactive in nature since they have completely filled shells. Helium, neon, argon, krypton, radon, etc,. are the noble gases that are present in the eighteenth group of the modern periodic table.