CHEMISTRY 1ST TERM EXAM

(50 marks)
Answer the following questions: ( 2+4+4=10 )
a) Calculate the percentage mass of water in washing soda crystals.
[ Na=23, C=12, H=1, O=16]
b) A hydrocarbon contains 17.2% of hydrogen. If its molecular weight is 58,
determine its molecular formula. [ C=12, H=1]
c) Give balanced equations:
1) A reaction showing aluminium as a powerful reducing agent.
2) Hydrogen chloride gas reacting with phosphorus pentoxide.
3) Laboratory preparation of ammonia gas.
4) Reaction of conc. sulphuric acid with cane sugar.
Answer the following questions: (2+2+4+2=10)
a) What do you observe when:
1) Dilute hydrochloric acid is added to sodium thiosulphate solution.
2) Warm water is added to magnesium nitride.
b) Draw the position isomers of butyne.
c) Draw the structural formula for each of the following:
1) Vinegar
2) 2-propanol
3) Dimethyl ether
4) Acetone
d) Give the constituents of the alloys:
1) Solder
2) Brass
Answer the following questions (2+2+2+3+1=10)
a) Give two advantages of inverted funnel arrangement in the preparation of
hydrochloric acid
b) Hydrogen chloride gas when dissolved in toluene does not turn blue litmus red.
Explain.
c) What can you infer from the fountain experiment carried out with ammonia gas?
d) Give all the three equations for the manufacturing of nitric acid along with the
necessary conditions.
e) Give one point of difference between calcination and roasting.
Choose the correct options (5*1=5)
a) The metal other than aluminium which has a strong affinity for oxygen is
1) Copper
2) Magnesium
3) Silver
b) The black solid that liberates chlorine when reacting with conc. HCl acid is:
1) Magnesium dioxide
2) Copper oxide
3) Lead sulphide
c) Each consecutive member of a homologous series differs by this group:
1) C2H2
2) CH3
3) CH2
d) A metallic sulphide ore of lead is:
1) Cinnabar
2) Galena
3) Bartye
e) The oxidised product formed when sulphur is heated with conc. H2SO4 acid
1) Sulphurous acid
2) Sulphur trioxide
3) Sulphur dioxide
Name the following: (no formula accepted) (1*5=5)
a) The olefin with two carbon atoms
b) An allotrope of a non-metal that allows electricity to pass through it
c) The chemical in which gold can be dissolved.
d) The catalyst used in contact process
e) The acid obtained when sulphur is boiled with conc. nitric acid.
Write the IUPAC names of the following compounds: (1*5=5)
a) CHCl2CHCl2
b) CH3CH(CH3)CH2CHO
c) CH3COOH
d) CH3CH2OCH3
e) Formic acid
Identify the gas in each case to which the following descriptions could
apply (1*5=5)
a) Reacts with hydrogen chloride to give a white solid.
b) Reacts with an amphoteric oxide on heating liberating nitrogen.
c) Reacts with iron to give ferrous chloride and a neutral gas.
d) Reacts with ammonia in presence of a catalyst to give nitric oxide and steam
e) The gas is evolved when zinc blende reacts with conc. sulphuric acid.