9.

Which of the following is the correct formula of

1. Which of the following techniques may be used ammonium carbonate?
to separate a mixture of plant pigments into their (a) NH4CO3
individual components? (b) NH4(CO3)2
(a) fractional distillation (c) (NH4)2CO3
(b) solvent extraction (d) (NH4)2(CO3)2
(c) paper chromatography
(d) centrifugation 10. What substance, when added to pure water,
significantly increases the water’s conductivity?
2. The atomic number of element P is 13. In which (a) graphite
group of the periodic table should element P be (b) iron (II) hydroxide
placed? (c) copper (II) hydroxide
(a) 5 (d) sodium chloride
(b) 4
(c) 3 11. Covalent compounds can be formed between:
(d) 2 (a) a metal and nonmetal
(b) a positive and a negative ion
3. Which of these elements has 7 electrons in its (c) two identical nonmetal atoms, excluding the
outer shell? noble gases
(a) hydrogen (d) two identical nonmetal atoms, including the
(b) oxygen noble gases.
(c) nitrogen
(d) chlorine Items 14—15 refer to the following types of
substances.
4. The quantity of ‘1 mole of an element’ refers to (A) salt
the mass of: (B) base
(a) The element which combines completely (C) alkali
with 12g of carbon-12 (D) acid
(b) The element which contains 6.0 x 1023 atoms
(c) The element which occupies 24.0 dm3 at s.t.p In answering items 14—15, a particular choice from
(d) 1 atom of the element. above may be used more than once, once or not at all.
Which of these substances:
Items 6—8 refer to the following method of preparing
a sample of sodium chloride. 12. Is the oxide of a metal?
Three grams of sodium hydrogen carbonate are added
to 100 cm3 of 0.2 mol dm3 hydrochloric acid. When 13. Supplies protons as the only positive ions in
effervescence ceases, the mixture is filtered and the aqueous solutions?
filtrate heated until a saturated solution is obtained.
The saturated solution is left to crystallize. 14. A substance that has high melting point is
insoluble in water and does not conduct
5. The number of moles of hydrochloric acid electricity in the solid or liquid state, has
participating in this reaction is: (a) a metallic structure
(a) 0.2 x 100 (b) an ionic structure
0.2 (c) a giant covalent structure
(b) 100 x
1000 (d) a simple molecular structure.
0.2
(c) 1000 x 15. When X and Y are stirred together in a beaker
100
and the mixture is filtered, X and Y are both
100
(d) present in the filtrate. Which of the following
0.2 could describe the mixture formed by X and Y?
I solution
6. The effervescence is caused by the evolution of II colloid
(a) oxygen III suspension
(b) carbon dioxide (a) I only
(c) hydrogen (b) II only
(d) hydrogen chloride. (c) I and II only
(d) II and III only
7. Isotopes of an element contain, 16. From which of the following can a solid be
I the same number of protons obtained by the process of sedimentation?
II the same number of neutrons (a) gels
III different number of electrons (b) emulsions
IV the same number of protons as electrons (c) foams
(a) I and III only (d) suspensions
(b) I and IV only
(c) II and III only 17. At approximately what temperature is the
(d) II and IV only solubility of hydrated copper (II) sulphate and
sodium chloride the same?
8. Which of the following processes suggests that (a) 25 0C
matter is made up of minute particles? (b) 35 0C
(a) diffusion (c) 45 0C
(b) capillarity (d) 55 0C
(c) evaporation
(d) distillation
18. Which of the following salts is an acid salt? 27. Which of the following elements can form ions of
(a) NaHSO4 variable charges?
(b) Na2SO4 (a) sodium
(c) Na3PO4 (b) chlorine
(d) Na2CO3 (c) iron
(d) calcium
Items 19—20 refer to the following acids.
(A) sulphuric acid 28. The ionic equation for the reaction between an
(B) hydrochloric acid acid and a carbonate may be represented as:
(C) nitric acid (a) H+(aq) + CO32—(aq) HCO33—(aq)
(D) ethanoic acid (b) 2H+(aq) + CO32—(aq) H2CO3(aq)
(c) 2H+(aq) + CO32—(aq) CO2(g) + H2O(l)
Which acid (d) H+(aq) + CO32—(aq) CO2(g) + H2O(l)

19. Has a basicity of 2? 29. Which of the following are solids at room
temperature with the highest melting point?
20. Is weakly ionized in aqueous solutions? (a) iodine
(b) diamond
21. Which of the following would allow the passage (c) sodium
of an electric current through it? (d) sulphur
(a) solid potassium bromide
(b) pure water 30. An atom has 17 protons, 20 electrons and 17
(c) propane electrons. Its mass number is
(d) aqueous sodium chloride solution (a) 17
(b) 20
22. Which of the following substances forms dense (c) 34
fumes with ammonia gas? (d) 37
(a) hydrogen
(b) hydrogen chloride 31. In the formation of sodium oxide, there is
(c) nitrogen dioxide electron transfer. How many electrons are
(d) oxygen transferred?
(a) one
23. Which of the following may be true of metals? (b) two
I. they form solid chlorides (c) three
II. they generally form basic oxide (d) four
III. they conduct electricity only when
molten 32. 6 x 1023 particles WOULD NOT be found in
(a) III only (a) 4 g of helium
(b) I and II only (b) 32 g of oxygen gas
(c) II and III only (c) 14 g of nitrogen gas
(d) I, II and III only (d) 2 g of hydrogen gas

24. Which of the following gases will diffuse the 33. Which of the following is NOT TRUE of 1 mole
fastest? of carbon dioxide?
(a) bromine (a) it can diffuse faster than a mole of chlorine
(b) nitrogen gas
(c) oxygen (b) it occupies a volume of 24 dm 3 at room
(d) chlorine temperature
(c) it has the same number of molecules as 127 g
of iodine
25. Chlorine has two different isotopes. The (d) it has particles that moves randomly and
percentage of each isotope in a sample is as in the continuously
following table. What is its relative atomic mass?
Isotope Percentage 34. Which of the following statements are true of
occurence bases?
35
Cl 75 % (a) all metallic oxides are bases
37
Cl 25 % (b) all bases react with acids to produce water
(c) all bases dissolve in water to produce
(a) 35 hydroxide ions
(b) 37 (d) all bases react with ammonium salts to
(c) 35.5 produce ammonia.
(d) 36.5
35. When potassium hydroxide was added to a
26. Atoms are neutral because number of substance V and warmed, a pungent gas which
(a) protons equals number of neutrons turns moist red litmus blue was evolved.
(b) protons equals number of electrons Substance V must be a/an
(c) neutrons is greater than number of protons (a) nitrate
(d) neutrons is greater than number of electrons (b) ammonia
(c) polyamide
(d) ammonium salt
36. Which of the following statements is not true of
sodium chloride?
(a) it has a very high melting point
(b) it is a white crystal at room temperature
(c) it conducts heat very slowly in solid states
(d) it can only conduct electricity in aqueous
state.
45. There are several apparatus that can be used to
37. A student was asked to separate a mixture of
water and ethanol. He decided to separate them
by distillation. This is possible because
(a) ethanol can burn but water cannot
(b) both ethanol and water are solvents
(c) ethanol forms a solution with water
(d) ethanol has a lower boiling point than water.
44. Ammonium sulphate can be used to produce
ammonia by
(a) adding water to it
(b) heating it with calcium oxide
(c) heating it at high temperatures
(d) reacting it with concentrated sulphuric acid
measure the volumes of liquids. Which of the
following apparatus can be used to measure a
liquid of approximately 53.5 cm3?
(a) pipette
(b) burette
(c) measuring flask
(d) measuring cylinder

38. Substance P has low melting point and cannot 46. The atom of element V has 15 electrons. Which
conduct in any state. Substance P could be of the following is true of this element?
(a) zinc (a) it is a metal
(b) iron (b) it has two isotopes
(c) graphite (c) it forms negative ions
(d) chlorine (d) it only reacts with non metals

39. A new element W was discovered with similar

properties to magnesium. However it has four
electron shells than magnesium. Which of the
following is true of the element?
I. it forms oxide of the form WO
II. it is more reactive than magnesium
III. it has a higher boiling point than magnesium
IV. its oxide dissolves to give an alkaline
solution.

(a) I and II only

(b) I and III only
(c) I, II and IV only
(d) I, III and IV only

40. Which of two substances would be most suitable

to prepare crystals of copper sulphate?
(a) copper and sulphuric acid
(b) copper and sulphur
(c) copper carbonate and sulphuric acid
(d) barium sulphate and copper chloride

41. Some oxides behave both as an acidic oxide and a

basic oxide. An example of such an oxide is
(a) calcium oxide
(b) sodium oxide
(c) aluminum oxide
(d) nitrogen monoxide

42. The following reaction can be used to prepare

silver chloride.
AgNO3(aq) + NaCl(aq) AgCl(s) + NaNO3(aq)
Which of the following techniques can be used to
separate the silver chloride from the other
compounds?
(a) filtration
(b) distillation
(c) crystallization
(d) chromatography

43. Graphite is able to conduct electricity because it

has
(a) mobile ions
(b) free electrons between layers of carbon
(c) layers of carbon can slide over each other
(d) layers of carbon atoms strongly bonded to
each other
 Item 60 refers to the following graph which shows
the changes in temperature with time, for a substance
(e) Ammonium sulphate can be used to produce heated until no further physical changes take place.
ammonia by
(a) adding water to it
(b) heating it with calcium oxide
(c) heating it at high temperatures
(d) reacting it with concentrated sulphuric acid

47. There are several apparatus that can be used to

measure the volumes of liquids. Which of the
following apparatus can be used to measure a
liquid of approximately 53.5 cm3? 54. During which portion of the curve is the
(a) pipette substance a liquid only?
(b) burette (a) I
(c) measuring flask (b) II
(d) measuring cylinder (c) III
(d) IV
48. J is an element of atomic number 19 and K is an
element of atomic number 35. What compound is
formed when they react?
(a) an ionic compound of formula JK
(b) an ionic compound of formula J2K
(c) a covalent compound of formula JK
(d) a covalent compound of formula JK2

49. 4 g of copper sulphate is dissolved in 250 cm 3 of

water. What is the concentration in mol/dm 3 of
the solution? (Cu= 63.55, S=32, O=16)
(a) 0.1 mol/dm3
(b) 0.2 mol/dm3
(c) 0.01 mol/dm3
(d) 0.02 mol/dm3

Item 64 refers to the following diagram which

represents the structure of Atom X.

50. If Atom X forms an ion, the charge on the ion

would MOST likely be
(a) 5+
(b) 5—
(c) 3+
(d) 3—

51. Acid salts are which

(a) can be made by precipitation
(b) releases hydrogen ions in water
(c) forms acids when dissolved in water
(d) can react with acids to give salt and water.

52. Which of the following salts needs to be prepared

by titration?
(a) copper nitrate
(b) zinc carbonate
(c) silver sulphate
(d) sodium chloride

53. Which of the following statements are not true

of weak acids?
(a) they neutralize sodium hydroxide
(b) they release carbon dioxide from carbonates
(c) they are solutions with mobile ions and
molecules
(d) they have less hydrogen ions than hydroxide
ions.