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Chemistry Deyi 4EChemPrelim2009P1
Chemistry Deyi 4EChemPrelim2009P1
Name :
27 August 2009
1015 – 1115h
1 hour
Additional Material : OTAS
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There are forty questions on this paper. Answer all questions. For each question there are four
possible answers A, B, C and D.
Choose the one you consider correct and record your choice in pencil on the separate answer sheet.
Each correct answer will score one mark. A mark will not be deducted for a wrong answer.
Any rough working should be done on the question paper.
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Answer ALL questions in the OTAS provided.
distilled water
After several days, the liquid in the jar had the same blue colour throughout. Which statement
explains this change?
2 The table below shows the melting and boiling points of four pure substances.
A Substance E
B Substance F
C Substance G
D All of the above.
3 Which property of an ester can be used to check its purity before it is used as a food
flavouring?
A Boiling point
B Colour
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C Smell
D Solubility in water
4 Ammonia and hydrogen chloride cannot be collected by the displacement of water. They are
collected by the methods shown below.
What deductions can be made about the properties of the two gases?
5 A gaseous mixture of ammonia, oxygen, sulfur dioxide and chlorine was passed through the
apparatus shown in the diagram below. Only one gas collected in the gas jar.
mixture of
gas
gases
water
acidified
potassium iodide aqueous sodium hydroxide
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6 Some brown powder was dissolved in a test tube using distilled water. The solution formed
was filtered, leaving a black residue on the filter paper. After evaporating the filtrate, orange
crystals were formed. This analysis suggests that
A nucleon number.
B number of electrons.
C number of protons.
D oxidation number.
When the two elements combine together to form a compound, the mass of one mole of this
compound would be
A 15 g.
B 42 g.
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C 50 g.
D 88 g.
10 Which statement explains why graphite is a good conductor of electricity but diamond is not?
What is the total number of electrons involved in the formation of covalent bonds
surrounding all the oxygen atoms?
A 10
B 12
C 20
D 24
A C2H4O2
B CH2O
C CH4O
D CHO
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A 25 cm3
B 100 cm3
C 250 cm3
D 1000 cm3
15 The following list consists of 1.0 mol / dm3 solutions of four substances:
NH3 (aq), HCl (aq), NaOH (aq), CH3COOH (aq), NaCl (aq)
A NaOH (aq), NH3 (aq), NaCl (aq), CH3COOH (aq), HCl (aq)
B NH3 (aq), HCl (aq), NaOH (aq), CH3COOH (aq), NaCl (aq)
C CH3COOH (aq), HCl (aq), NaCl (aq), NaOH (aq), NH3 (aq)
D NaCl (aq), NH3 (aq), NaOH (aq), CH3COOH (aq), HCl (aq)
16 Which of the following equations suggests that the underlined oxide has amphoteric
properties?
17 In the following are listed four salts and the suggested methods for preparing them. Which of
the following is an incorrect method?
18 Q is an oxidising agent. It is added to each of the four reagents shown below. Which of the
following colour changes is correct?
19 Which compound, when added to aqueous iron(II) sulfate, takes part in a redox reaction?
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D Cu2+ (aq) + Zn (aq) → Cu (s) + Zn2+ (aq)
21 In which pair is the underlined element in the same oxidation state in both compounds?
22 Two pieces of aluminium foil are used for the following experiments:
Experiment 1 Experiment 2
Procedure Dip the aluminium foil Dip the aluminium foil into some
into copper(II) sulfate concentrated hydrochloric acid and
solution. then dip into copper(II) sulfate
solution
Observation No visible change A pink coating forms quickly on the
foil.
23 Which one of the following statements about the extraction of iron in the blast furnace is not
true?
24 In which of the following cells will the electrons flow in the clockwise direction?
A B C D
Distilled water Dilute sulfuric acid Distilled water Dilute sulfuric acid
25 When the element, P, from Period III and Group V in the Periodic Table combines with
oxygen, the compound formed is likely to
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27 The energy diagram represents the reaction occurring with and without a catalyst.
28 In the graph, curve Y represents the results of reacting 1.0 g of magnesium granules with an
excess of acid at 40oC.
Total volume of
gas /cm3 (at
r.t.p.)
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29 Strong hydrogen bonds are initially formed between glucose molecules and water molecules
when water is stirred with glucose. But as more water is added, these hydrogen bonds are
broken.
Which graph best represents the observed temperature changes?
A B
C D
30 In Haber Process for manufacturing of ammonia, what are the usual operating conditions?
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32 Which of the following human activities does not cause global warming?
Fraction Use
A Bitumen Fuel in car
B Petrol (gasoline) Aircraft fuel
C Paraffin (kerosene) For surfacing roads
D Lubricating fraction For making waxes and polishes
A I, II, III
B I, III, IV
C II, III, IV
D All of the above.
Similarity Difference
A Chemical Properties Molecular formulae
B Molecular formulae Structure
C Physical Properties Chemical Properties
D Structure Molecular formulae
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A It decolourizes bromine.
B Its empirical formula is CHO.
C It polymerizes with the elimination of water molecules.
D Its aqueous solution liberates carbon dioxide from potassium carbonate.
air lock
fermenting liquid
The air lock is used to stop substance P from getting into the jar and to let substance Q out.
What are the substances P and Q?
Substance P Substance Q
A carbon dioxide oxygen
B oxygen carbon dioxide
C ethanol carbon dioxide
D oxygen ethanol
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38 An organic compound reacted with sodium hydroxide to produce C2H5CO2Na. Which of the
following is the compound?
A Ethanol
B Ethanoic acid
C Propanol
D Propanoic acid
39 Nylon and Terylene are both synthetic fibres. Which type of reaction is used to produce both
polymers?
A Addition
B Condensation
C Fermentation
D Hydration
40 Which of the following does not change in the polymerisation of ethene to form
poly(ethene)?
A Boiling point
B Density
C Relative molecular mass
D Molecular formula
DATA SHEET
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The Periodic Table of the Elements
Group
I II III IV V VI VII 0
1 4
H He
Hydrogen Helium
1 2
7 9 11 12 14 16 19 20
Li Be B C N O F Ne
Lithium Beryllium Boron Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen Fluorine Neon
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
23 24 27 28 31 32 35.5 40
Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar
Sodium Magnesium Aluminium Silicon Phosphorus Sulfur Chlorine Argon
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
39 40 45 48 51 52 55 56 59 59 64 65 70 73 75 79 80 84
K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr
Potassium Calcium Scandium Titanium Vanadium Chromium Manganese Iron Cobalt Nickel Copper Zinc Gallium Germanium Arsenic Selenium Bromine Krypton
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19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
85 88 89 91 93 96 101 103 106 108 112 115 119 122 128 127 131
Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe
Rubidium Strontium Yttrium Zirconium Niobium Molybdenum Technetium Ruthenium Rhodium Palladium Silver Cadmium Indium Tin Antimony Tellurium Iodine Xenon
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54
133 137 139 178 181 184 186 190 192 195 197 201 204 207 209
Cs Ba La Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn
Caesium Barium Lanthanium Hafnium Tantalum Tungsten Rhenium Osmium Iridium Platinum Gold Mercury Thallium Lead Bismuth Polonium Astatine Radon
55 56 57 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86
226 227
Fr Ra Ac
Francium Radium Actinium
87 88 89 +
140 141 144 150 152 157 159 162 165 167 169 173 175
*58-71 Lanthanoid series Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
+90-103 Actinoid series Cerium Praseodymium Neodymium Promethium Samarium Europium Gadolinium Terbium Dysprosium Holmium Erbium Thulium Ytterbium Lutetium
58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
a a = relative atomic mass 232 238
Key X
X = atomic symbol
b = proton (atomic) number Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr
Thorium Protactinium Uranium Plutonium Americium Curium Berkelium Californium Einsteinium Fermium Mendelevium Nobelium Lawrencium
b 90 91 92
Neptunium
94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103
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The volume of one mole of any gas is 24 dm3 at room temperature and pressure (r.t.p.).