{"id":677065,"date":"2023-09-02T20:09:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T14:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infinitylearn.com\/surge\/question\/is-it-true-that-non-metals-are-dull-and-soft-in-nature\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T13:04:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T07:34:05","slug":"is-it-true-that-non-metals-are-dull-and-soft-in-nature","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/infinitylearn.com\/surge\/question\/science\/is-it-true-that-non-metals-are-dull-and-soft-in-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it true that non-metals are dull and soft in nature?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"template":"","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Is it true that non-metals are dull and soft in nature?","custom_permalink":"question\/science\/is-it-true-that-non-metals-are-dull-and-soft-in-nature\/"},"categories":[],"acf":{"question":"<p style=\"margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:115%; font-size:12pt\"><span>Is it true that non-metals are dull and soft in nature?<\/span><\/p><br><pstyle=\"margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt\"><spanstyle=\"font-family:'timesnewroman';color:#202124;-aw-import:ignore\"><p><\/p><pstyle=\"margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt\"><spanstyle=\"font-family:'timesnewroman';color:#202124;-aw-import:ignore\"><p><\/p><\/spanstyle=\"font-family:'timesnewroman';color:#202124;-aw-import:ignore\"><\/pstyle=\"margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt\"><\/spanstyle=\"font-family:'timesnewroman';color:#202124;-aw-import:ignore\"><\/pstyle=\"margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt\">","options":[{"option":"<span>True<\/span>","correct":true},{"option":"<span>False<\/span><span>&nbsp;<\/span>","correct":false}],"solution":"<span>The above statement is true.<\/span><br><span>Non-metals are dull and soft. Non-metals are found to be dull in colour, and they do not shine like metals. Non-metals are soft solids that are also non-lustrous; on beating, they will get shattered. For example, Sulphur (S). 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