Drill 1 ( 2018) 5.

Which of the following diagram show part of the mass spectrum

of the dichlorodifluoromethane, CF2Cl2.
Section A
A B
1. Sulphuric acid reacts with hydrogen iodides according to the
Abundance Abundance
equation :
H2SO4 (aq) + 6 HI (g) S(s) + 4 H2O (l) + 3 I2(s)
How many moles electrons involved in this redox reaction?
A 2 B 4 C 6 D 8
120 122 124 m/e 120 122 124 m/e

2. Compounds containing CN- are toxic, 50 mg of CN- being fatal to humans. C D

Which of the following containing free CN- ions. Abundance Abundance
I NH4CN II CH3CN D Fe(CN)6 4-
A I only B I and III only
C II and III onlt D I , II and III
120 122 124 m/e 120 122 124 m/e

3. The pKb of ammonia at 25oC is 4.8.

What is the pKa of the ammonium ion at this temperature.
[Kw = 1 x 10-14 mol2 dm-6 at 25oC]
6. The lattice energies of rubidium fluoride, RbF and caesium
A - 4.8 B 4.8
chloride, CsCl are - 760 kJ mol-1 and - 650 kJ mol-1 respectively.
C 9.2 D 11.2
What is the lattice energy ( kJ mol-1) expected for caseium , CsF?
A - 620 B - 720
C - 800 D - 900
4. Which of the following best describe the change in bond angle of
ammonia when ammonium ion is formed?
A increase in 2o B decrease in 2o
C increase by 4o D decrease by 4o
7. At certain temperature, a mixture of carbon dioxide and nitrogen 11. A fixed volume of a vessel containing mixture of gases. Which
monoxide in the molar ratio of 3 : 1 achieves equilibrium after 15% of the following will exert highest pressure at constant
of carbon dioxide reacts according to the equation temperature? [ Ar He = 4 ; C = 12.0 ;N= 14.0, O 16.0 , Cl = 35.5]
CO2 (g) + NO (g) CO (g) + NO2 (g) A 7 g of nitrogen , 22 g of carbon dioxide and 8 g of helium.
What is the equilibrium constant , Kc of this reaction? B 14 g of nitrogen and 4 g of helium.
A 0.14 B 0.07 C 28 g of nitrogen , 71 g of chlorine and 4 g of helium.
C 0.018 D 0.0104 D 16 g of oxygen, 71 g of chlorine and 28 g of nitrogen.

12. Given a system in equilibrium, an increase in the concentration

8. A balloon is placed inside a container. What happen to the of the products is always obtained with a rise of temperature
balloon when the pressure of the container is increased at when the reaction is
constant temperature? A endothermic B in gaseous state
A Gas molecules in the balloon move faster. C catalysed D first order reaction
B Gas in the balloon behaves more ideally.
C Gas molecules in the balloon collide more frequently.
D No change. 13. What is the oxidation number exhibits by the bromine in the
following species?
BrO3- HOBr Br2

A +6 +1 0
9. An ion X3+ has 24 protons. What is the valence electronic
configuration of X? B +5 -1 -1
A 3d3 B 3d1 4s2 C +5 +1 0
C 3d7 4s2 D 3d5 4s1
D +3 -1 0

10. Which one does not have the same shape with water molecule?
A NO2 B O3
C SiO2 D NH2-
 14. When excess of aqueous potassium iodide is added to aqueous Section B
mercury(II chloride, the following reactions occur:
16. Elements A and B form a compound with molecular formula AB3. A
HgCl2 (aq) + 2 KI (aq) HgI2 (s) + 2 KCl (aq)
sample of the compound was injected into a mass spectrometer and the
HgI2 (s) + 2 KI (aq) K2HgI4 (aq)
mass spectrum shown below was obtained.
Which of the following diagrams shows how the mass of the
precipitate (m) of HgI2 varies with the volume (v) of aqueous
potassium iodide added?
A B

C D
(i) A molecular ion AB3+ was formed in the mass spectrometer.
Suggest how AB3+ was formed.

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15. A reaction was carried out at four different temperatures. The (ii) Suggest species involved in the formation of peaks at m/e 19 ,31, 50
table shows the times taken for the reaction to complete. and 69.

Temperature / 20 30 40 50
oC

Time / s 60 30 14 5
The results show that:
A the activation energy decreases with increase in temperature. [4]
B the rate of reaction is directly proportional to the temperature.
C the reaction is exothermic process. (iii) Suggest what is compound AB3 .
D a small rise in temperature results in a large increase in reaction rate.
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17. (a) Draw the energy level diagrams of ground state, excited state and Boron trifluoride and ammonia form a 1 : 1 adduct.
hybridized state of the valence electrons of the carbon in CHCl3. (ii) Draw the structure of the adduct formed.

(iii) State the change in hybridization ( if any) of the B and N atoms as the
result of this reaction.

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(b) Carbon forms CO, CO2 and CO32-, arrange them according to descending
C—O bond length. .

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(c) (i) Give the Lewis structure of boron trifluoride and ammonia.

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18. Sulphur trioxide is used to manufacture sulphuric acid. Sulphur trioxide
can be prepare by Contact Process as in the equation below,

2 SO2 (g) + O2 (g) 2 SO3 (g)

(i) Draw the shape of SO2 and SO3 molecules.

(ii) Explain why SO2 molecule is polar but SO3 molecule is non-polar.
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At 1100K, Kp of the equilibrium above is 0.130 atm-1. Starting with SO2 and
O2 in the mole ratio of 2 : 1 respectively

(iii) Calculate the total pressure of the reaction mixture if the conversion
of SO2 (g) to SO3 (g) is 20%.
(iv) State , with explanation, the effect of reducing the volume of the
reaction vessel.

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19. The following data were collected for the reaction between hydrogen and
nitrogen monoxide, NO at 700oC.
2 H2 (g) + 2 NO (g) 2 H2O (g) + N2 (g)
Experiement [H2] ( M) [NO] (M) Initial rate ( M s-1)
1 0.010 0.025 2.4 x 10-6
2 0.0050 0.025 1.2 x 10-6
3 0.010 0.0125 0.60 x 10-6
(a) (i) Determine the rate equation of this reaction.
(ii) Determine the order of this reaction.
(iii) Calculate the rate constant of this reaction.
(iv) Propose a plausible mechanism that is consistent with the rate
equation obtained.
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(b) If the reaction is run at lower temperature, outline the effect of
temperature on the rate of reaction of the formation of nitrogen gas.
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