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CHEMISTRY 0620/01
Paper 1 Multiple Choice October/November 2008
45 Minutes
Additional Materials: Multiple Choice Answer Sheet
Soft clean eraser
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There are forty questions on this paper. Answer all questions. For each question there are four possible
answers A, B, C and D.
Choose the one you consider correct and record your choice in soft pencil on the separate Answer Sheet.
Each correct answer will score one mark. A mark will not be deducted for a wrong answer.
Any rough working should be done in this booklet.
A copy of the Periodic Table is printed on page 16.
You may use a calculator.
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A ethanol
B methane
C salt
D sugar
2 An experiment is carried out to separate a mixture of two dyes. A line is drawn on a piece of
chromatography paper and a spot of the dye mixture placed on it. The paper is dipped into a
solvent and left for several minutes.
paper beaker
spot of
solvent
mixture
line level
of dyes
solvent
It is possible to obtain a solution that contains Ba2+(aq) but no I–(aq) by adding ……1…… until no
more ……2…… precipitate forms.
1 2
1
shake with
water solution
X+Y of X
2
shake with
ethanol solution
X+Y of Y
1 2
A
B
C
D
W X
Y Z
A W 2,8,1
B X 2,4
C Y 2,8,2
D Z 2,8
RaAr RbBr
A
B
C
D
A 1 0 1
B 3 4 3
C 6 6 6
D 11 12 10
F H
x y z
A 2 2 2
B 2 2 4
C 2 4 4
D 4 4 2
A B
carbon rods
cable: plastic
steel bitumen
aluminium
heat
C D
13 Metal X is low in the reactivity series and it is liberated by electrolysis of its bromide.
1 2
A lead in solution
B lead molten
C sodium in solution
D sodium molten
copper hydrogen
A anode anode
B anode cathode
C cathode anode
D cathode cathode
Which temperature change occurs when 5 g of X are dissolved in 500 cm3 of water?
A a decrease of 20 °C
B a decrease of 5 °C
C an increase of 20 °C
D an increase of 5 °C
1 2
18 The diagram shows the change from a salt to its hydrated form.
X
anhydrous salt hydrated salt
Y
X Y
A + heat + water
B + heat – water
C + water + heat
D + water – heat
2H2O2 → 2H2O + O2
A an acid.
B a base.
C a catalyst.
D a drying agent.
What happens?
A decreases yes
B decreases no
C increases yes
D increases no
experiment 1 experiment 2
aqueous aqueous
ammonium chloride ammonium chloride
+ +
aqueous dilute
sodium hydroxide sulphuric acid
heat heat
experiment 1 experiment 2
A
B
C
D
24 Which properties of the element titanium, Ti, can be predicted from its position in the Periodic
Table?
A
B
C
D
A even reacts
B even no reaction
C odd reacts
D odd no reaction
A Sr2+ B Sr + C Sr – D Sr 2–
27 Nichrome is an alloy of the two transition elements nickel and chromium. The alloy is used as the
heating coil in electric fires and electric toasters.
A
B
C
D
A The carbon makes the alloy a better conductor of electricity than iron.
B The carbon makes the alloy harder than the iron.
C The carbon makes the alloy softer than the iron.
D The carbon stops the iron rusting.
29 A new isotope of a divalent metal is discovered. Some students are asked to predict its
properties.
number of electrons
student bonding in the oxide
in outer shell
A 2 covalent
B 2 ionic
C 6 covalent
D 6 ionic
experiment 1 experiment 2
metal oxide
+
carbon
dilute
heat
sulphuric acid
hydrogen
evolved
metal
limewater
goes cloudy
experiment 1 experiment 2
A
B
C
D
31 Which reaction is not a step in the production of iron from hematite in the Blast Furnace?
A B C D
33 Some pollutant gases are present in the atmosphere because of the combustion of fossil fuels.
CO NO2 SO2
A
B
C
D
A argon
B carbon dioxide
C nitrogen
D oxygen
Which tube had the highest water level after one month?
A B C D
iron iron
nitrogen hydrogen oxygen
air
trough
water
36 An excess of fertiliser on a field can be dissolved by rain water and washed into streams and
rivers. Fertiliser can then find its way into water supplies.
Which process at the water works, if any, would remove this fertiliser?
filtration chlorination
A no no
B no yes
C yes no
D yes yes
37 When added in turn to four solutions, aqueous sodium carbonate gives the following results.
solution result
A
B
C
D
A …..ane
B …..ene
C …..ol
D …..oic acid
A carbon dioxide.
B ethene.
C methane.
D oxygen.
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DATA SHEET
The Periodic Table of the Elements
Group
I II III IV V VI VII 0
1 4
H He
Hydrogen Helium
1 2
7 9 11 12 14 16 19 20
Li Be B C N O F Ne
Lithium Beryllium Boron Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen Fluorine Neon
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
23 24 27 28 31 32 35.5 40
Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar
Sodium Magnesium Aluminium Silicon Phosphorus Sulphur Chlorine Argon
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
39 40 45 48 51 52 55 56 59 59 64 65 70 73 75 79 80 84
K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr
Potassium Calcium Scandium Titanium Vanadium Chromium Manganese Iron Cobalt Nickel Copper Zinc Gallium Germanium Arsenic Selenium Bromine Krypton
85 88 89 91 93 96 101 103 106 108 112 115 119 122 128 127 131
Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe
Rubidium Strontium Yttrium Zirconium Niobium Molybdenum Technetium Ruthenium Rhodium Palladium Silver Cadmium Indium Tin Antimony Tellurium Iodine Xenon
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37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54
133 137 139 178 181 184 186 190 192 195 197 201 204 207 209
Cs Ba La Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn
Caesium Barium Lanthanum Hafnium Tantalum Tungsten Rhenium Osmium Iridium Platinum Gold Mercury Thallium Lead Bismuth Polonium Astatine Radon
55 56 57 * 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86
226 227
Fr Ra Ac
Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is itself a department of the University of Cambridge.
Francium Radium Actinium
87 88 89
140 141 144 150 152 157 159 162 165 167 169 173 175
*58-71 Lanthanoid series
Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
90-103 Actinoid series Cerium Praseodymium Neodymium Promethium Samarium Europium Gadolinium Terbium Dysprosium Holmium Erbium Thulium Ytterbium Lutetium
58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
a a = relative atomic mass 232 238
Key X X = atomic symbol Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr
Thorium Protactinium Uranium Neptunium Plutonium Americium Curium Berkelium Californium Einsteinium Fermium Mendelevium Nobelium Lawrencium
b b = proton (atomic) number 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103
The volume of one mole of any gas is 24 dm3 at room temperature and pressure (r.t.p.).
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