NASIHA ACADEMY EDUCATIONAL SERVICES

FIRST TERM EXAMINATION 2023/2024

SUBJECT: CHEMISTRY
CLASS: SSS 2
Instruction: Answer all questions
1. When coal is heated to a very high temperature in the absence of air,
it decomposes to give ______ main product (a) five (b) four (c) three
(d) two
2. ________ is the non – volatile residue left behind after the
destructive distillation of coal (a) coke (b) coal (c) metal (d) non –
metal
3. ________ is used in the synthesis of useful chemicals such as
disinfectants for killing insect, microorganisms and explosive for
blasting rocks (a) coal tar (b) coal (c) coke (d) peat
4. _______ is used in the preparation of ammonium tetraoxoculphate
(vi) which is used as a fertilizer (a) ammoniacal liquour (b) ammonia
(c) ammonium liquor
5. _______ is a mixture of carbon (ii) oxide and nitrogen (a) mixture
(b) producer gas (c) water gas (d) carbon
6. _______ is prepared by passing air over redhot coke in a furnace
(a) producer gas (b) water gas (c) carbon (ii) oxide (d) carbon
(iv) oxide
7. The production of producer gas is an _______ while that of water
gases is _______ (a) exothermic rxn and endothermic (b) water gas
and producer gas (c) mixture and compound (d) metal and non –
metal
8. ________ are organic compounds composed only of two elements
(a) carbon (b) hydrocarbon (c) element (d) compound
9. Aromatic hydrocarbon are all _______ compound (a) cyclic (b) acyclic
(c) aliphatic (d) alkane
10. _________ is a dark, viscous, liquid found in huge underground
deposits in many parts of the world. (a) crude oil (b) petrol
(c) kerosene (d) diesel
11. _________ is the process of further treatment of crude oil fractions
in which bigger hydrocarbon fractions are broken down into smaller
 hydrocarbon fractions (a) reforming (b) alkane (c) cracking (d)
alkyne
12. The two types of cracking are _______ and _______ (a) thermal
cracking and catalytic cracking (b) density and weight (c) thermal
and fractions (d) alkane and hydroxyl
13. _________ is the making of structural changes to hydrocarbon to
improve its antiknock properties (a) cracking (b) catalytic
(c) reforming (d) hydrocarbons
14. Petroleum product that is used in making candles is (a) Asphalt
(b) Bitumen (c) Paraffin wax (d) Petroleum either
15. Fractional distillation involves the following processes (a) boiling
(b) boiling and condensation (c) boiling evaporation and
condensation (d) condensation and collection
16. Hydrocarbons are organic compounds that contain (a) carbon and
oxygen (b) carbon and hydrogen (c) carbon and sulphur (d) carbon,
hydrogen and oxygen
17. The alkyl group is represented by the general formal (a) CnH 2n
(b) CnH2n + 1 (c) CnH2n + 2 (d) CnH2n – 2
18.
H CH3 H H H H

H C C C C C C H

H CH3 H H H H
The IUPAC nomenclature of the compound above is (a) 2 – dimethyl
hexane (b) 2 – ethyl lexane (c) 2,2 – dimthyl hexane (d) 5,5 –
dimethyl hexane

19. The organic compound with the following structure represents

CH3

CH3 C OH

H
(a) Primary Alkanol (b) Secondary Alkanol (c) Teritary Alkanol
(d) Analkanol
 20. _______ are substances that are manufactured from the products of
petroleum (a) petrochemicals (b) kerosene (c) coal (d) coke
THEORY
Answer four (4) questions
1a. Write briefly on the following
i. Cracking
ii. Reforming
iii. Octane number
iv. Alkanols
v. Petrochemicals
2. Write the structural formula of
i. Ethan – 2 – 01
ii. Methanol
iii. Ethanol
iv. 2 – methyl e than – 2 – 01
3a. What are Hydrocarbons?
b. Give two (2) main classification of hydrocarbons
c. Give three (3) examples of Acyclic
4a. Name four products of the fractional distillation of petroleum and
their uses
b. Distinguish between cracking and reforming. Of what importance are
the two processes in the petroleum industry
5a. Define the term an oxide?
b. List five (5) physical properties of carbon (iv) oxide