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Bhutan Higher Secondary Education Certificate Examination

December2014
Marking Scheme - Chemistry

General Instructions
1. The Marking Scheme provides general guidelines to reduce subjectivity in the marking. The answers given in the marking scheme are
suggested answers. The content is thus indicative. If a student has given any other answer, which is different from the one given in the
Marking Scheme, but conveys the meaning such answers should be given full weightage.
2. Evaluation is to be done as per instructions provided in the marking scheme. It should not be done according to one’s own interpretation
or any other consideration – Marking Scheme should be strictly adhered to and religiously followed.
3. If a question has parts, please award marks in the right hand side for each part. Marks awarded for different parts of the question should
then be totaled up and written in the left hand margin.
4. If a question does not have any parts, marks must be awarded in the left hand margin.
5. If a candidate has attempted an extra question, it will be cancelled. The extra question attempted will be in the last question in the
sequence of the answer script.
6. Some examinees may attempt the questions giving equally correct answers in a different way. If the examiners are convinced that the
response given by an examinee is genuinely correct, full weightage should be given.
7. If there are questions on distinction between two concepts, in such questions, sometimes some students give one aspect of the difference
correctly and the other is either wrong or not given at all, no marks should be given for such point.
8. There may be few higher level questions requiring the examinees to give new ideas of their own or give valid justifications and
judgments of their own. In such cases, marks should be awarded for their efforts though there may be several possible answers.
9. If the questions ask for two features/characteristics/point but an examinee writes more than two features/characteristics/points, say, five
of which first is correct, second is incorrect, the best two should be assessed and the remaining should be ignored.
10. It is expected that the Marking Scheme should be followed objectively to avoid over strict tendency in marking. For instance, if an
examinee scores 30 marks, his/her marks should not be inflated to 33 simply to pass him/her. Similarly, wherever an examinee writes
answer up to the mark, his/her marks should not be deducted unnecessarily.
11. Marks should be awarded keeping in view the total marks of that particular question and not the total marks of the question paper. For
example, if one mark is given to a 3 marks question even if nothing is correct then one mark constitutes 33% of the total marks ear-
marked for this answer. This must be avoided.
12. A full scale of marks 0-100 has to be used. Please do not hesitate to award full marks if the answer deserves it.
13. If the candidate fails in the subject by 1 to 3 marks, the marking may be reviewed.

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Q. No. Expected Answers Marks
1.(a) Each question is followed by four possible choices of answers. Choose the correct answer and write it in your [10]
answer booklet.
(i) A reaction is spontaneous at all temperatures, if ΔH is
A positive and ΔS is negative.
B positive and ΔS is positive.
C negative and ΔS is positive.
D negative and ΔS is negative.
C negative and ΔS is positive 1

(ii) According to Rault’s law, the relative lowering of vapour pressure for a solution is equal to
A moles of solute.
B moles of solvent.
C mole fraction of solute.
D mole fraction of solvent.
D mole fraction of solvent 1

(iii) The neutral ligand in  Cr NH3  4 Cl 2  NO 3 complex is

A Cr.
B Cl2.
C NH3.
D NO3. 1
C NH3
(iv) In the nuclear reaction 7 N14 + 2 He 4  Χ +1 H1 , the nucleus X is
A nitrogen of mass 16.
B nitrogen of mass 17.
C oxygen of mass 16.
D oxygen of mass 17.
D oxygen of mass 17
1
Vapour pressure

Q
P
(v) If E °
+ = +0.80V and E 2+ = °
-0.14V, the standard emf of cell is
Ag /Ag Sn /Sn

A 0.94V.
B -0.94V.
C 0.66V.
D -0.66V. 1
A 0.94V
O
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(vi) Wilkinson’s catalyst is used for Model answers and Marking scheme Page 3 of 3
N
A anti-knocking agent.
Temperature
B hydrogenation of alkenes.