SCHOLASTICA

(Mirpur Branch)

Mock 1
Academic Session: 2016-2017
Name: ______________________________ Full Marks: 40 Score: ________

Class: XI Section: Roll: _________

Subject: Chemistry Paper 1 Duration: 1 hour

Date: ____________ Teacher: G.M. Ali Kawsar Invigilators sign.: _____________

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write in soft pencil.

Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.

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.

Read the instructions on the Answer Sheet very carefully.

- 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.
 Section A

For each question there are four possible answers, A, B, C, and D. Choose the one you consider to
be correct.

1 Which solid-line curve most accurately represents the distribution of molecular energies in a gas
at 500 K if the dotted-line curve represents the corresponding distribution for the same gas at
300 K?

2 In which reaction does hydrogen behave as an oxidising agent?

A H2 + Cl 2 2HCl

B C2H4 + H2 C2H6

C N2 + 3H2 2NH3

D 2Na + H2 2NaH

3 Ethanol is increasingly being used as a fuel for cars.

1
The standard enthalpy change of formation of carbon dioxide is 393 kJ mol .
1
The standard enthalpy change of formation of water is 286 kJ mol .
1
The standard enthalpy change of formation of ethanol is 277 kJ mol .

What is the standard enthalpy change of combustion of ethanol?

1
A 1921 kJ mol
1
B 1367 kJ mol
1
C 956 kJ mol
D 1
402 kJ mol

4 Two glass vessels M and N are connected by a closed valve.

 M N

5
M contains helium at 20 C at a pressure of 1 10 Pa. N has been evacuated, and has three
times the volume of M. In an experiment, the valve is opened and the temperature of the whole
apparatus is raised to 100 C.

What is the final pressure in the system?

4
A 3.18 10 Pa
4
B 4.24 10 Pa
5
C 1.25 10 Pa
5
D 5.09 10 Pa

5 The table shows the physical properties of four substances.

Which substance could be hydrogen chloride?

electrical
electrical electrical conductivity
melting point conductivity conductivity
/ C of aqueous
of solid of liquid solution

A 119 poor poor insoluble

B 115 poor poor good
C 50 poor poor poor
D 993 poor good good

6 Aluminium carbide, Al 4C3, reacts readily with aqueous sodium hydroxide. The two products of the
reaction are NaAl O2 and a hydrocarbon. Water molecules are also involved as reactants.

What is the formula of the hydrocarbon?

A CH4 B C2H6 C C3H8 D C6H12

7 In an experiment to calculate the enthalpy change of combustion of a fuel, 1.5 g (0.0326 mol) of
the fuel was used to heat 200 g of water. The temperature of the water rose from 25 C to 55 C.
1 1
The specific heat capacity of water is 4.18 J g K .

There is significant heat loss in this experiment. Therefore, the experimental value for the
enthalpy change of combustion, Hc, of the fuel will be different from the theoretical value.

Using the information above, what is the experimental value for the enthalpy change of
combustion, Hc, of the fuel?
1
A 1410 kJ mol
1
B 769 kJ mol
1
C 30.7 kJ mol
1
D 16.7 kJ mol

8 The reaction pathway diagram below illustrates the energies of the reactants, the products and
the transition state of a reaction.

Which expression represents the activation energy of the forward reaction?

A E1 E2 B E2 E1 C E2 E3 D E3 E2

9 Methylpropan-1-ol and butan-1-ol are structural isomers. Methylpropan-1-ol has a lower boiling
point.

Which statement explains why the boiling point of methylpropan-1-ol is lower than that of
butan-1-ol?

A Methylpropan-1-ol cannot form hydrogen bonds.

B Methylpropan-1-ol has weaker covalent bonds than butan-1-ol.

C Methylpropan-1-ol has weaker van der Waals forces than butan-1-ol.

D Methylpropan-1-ol molecules have more surface area than butan-1-ol molecules.

10 Which row correctly describes the electrodes used in the electrolysis cell for the production of
aluminium?

anode cathode

A carbon carbon
B carbon steel
C steel carbon
D steel steel

11 For which equation is the enthalpy change correctly described as an enthalpy change of
formation?

A C(g) + O2(g) CO2(g)

1
B C(s) + O2(g) CO(g)
2

C 2N(g) + 4O(g) N2O4(g)

D 2NO(g) + O2(g) 2NO2(g)

12 Element X, in Period 3, has the following properties.

Its oxide has a giant structure.

It forms covalent bonds with chlorine.

Its oxide will neutralise HCl (aq).

What is element X?
A Mg B Al C Si D P

13 Which property is not associated with the element sodium?

A It can react with cold water to form hydrogen.

B It forms a basic oxide.

C It forms a neutral chloride.

D It is an oxidising agent.

14 Use of the Data Booklet is relevant to this question.

Sir Humphrey Davy discovered boron, calcium, magnesium and sodium.

Which of these elements has the second smallest atomic radius in its group and the third
lowest first ionisation energy in its period?

A boron

B calcium

C magnesium

D sodium
15 Use of the Data Booklet is relevant to this question.

3 3
A sample of potassium oxide, K2O, is dissolved in 250 cm of distilled water. 25.0 cm of this
3 3
solution is titrated against sulfuric acid of concentration 2.00 mol dm . 15.0 cm of this sulfuric
acid is needed for complete neutralisation.
3
Which mass of potassium oxide was originally dissolved in 250 cm of distilled water?

A 2.83 g B 28.3 g C 47.1 g D 56.6 g

16 Chlorine gas reacts with cold aqueous sodium hydroxide. It can also react with hot aqueous
sodium hydroxide.

What are the oxidation numbers of chlorine in the products of these reactions?

cold aqueous hot aqueous

sodium hydroxide sodium hydroxide

A 1, +1 1, +5

B 1, +1 +1, +6

1, +2 1, +5
C
1, +2 +1, +6

17 Under standard conditions, which statement is correct?

A Cl (aq) can oxidise Br2(aq).

B Cl (aq) can reduce Br2(aq).

C Cl 2(aq) can oxidise Br (aq).

D Cl 2(aq) can reduce Br (aq).

18 Use of the Data Booklet is relevant to this question.

A chemist took 2.00 dmof

3 nitrogen gas, measured under room conditions, and reacted it with a
large volume of hydrogen gas, in order to produce ammonia. Only 15.0% of the nitrogen gas
reacted to produce ammonia.

What mass of ammonia was formed?

A 0.213 g B 0.425 g C 1.42 g D 2.83 g

 19 Use of the Data Booklet is relevant to this question.

Which graph correctly shows relative electronegativity plotted against relative atomic radius for the
elements Na, Mg, Al and Si?

20 Many organic reactions need to be heated before reaction occurs, but some do not require
heating.

Which reaction occurs quickly at room temperature?

A C2H4 + Br2 C2H4Br2

B C2H4 + H2O CH3CH2OH

C CH3CH2OH C2H4 + H2O

D CH3CH2OH + HBr CH3CH2Br + H2O

21 Hydroxyethanal, HOCH2CHO, is heated under reflux with an excess of acidified potassium

dichromate(VI) until no further oxidation takes place.

What is the skeletal formula of the organic product?

22 An ester with an odour of banana has the following formula.

Which pair of reactants, under suitable conditions, will produce this ester?

23 The hydrolysis of 1-chloropropane to produce propan-1-ol is much slower than the corresponding
hydrolysis of 1-iodopropane.

Which statement explains this observation?

A Chlorine is more electronegative than iodine.

B The bond strength of the C I bond is less than that of the C Cl bond.

C The carbon atom in the C Cl bond is more + than that in the C I bond.

D The hydrolysis involves a nucleophilic addition reaction.

24 What is involved in the mechanism of the reaction between aqueous sodium hydroxide and
1-bromobutane?

A attack by a nucleophile on a carbon atom with a partial positive charge

B heterolytic bond fission and attack by a nucleophile on a carbocation

C homolytic bond fission and attack by an electrophile on a carbanion

D homolytic bond fission and attack by a nucleophile on a carbocation

25 Use of the Data Booklet is relevant to this question.

2.76 g of ethanol were mixed with an excess of aqueous acidified potassium dichromate(VI). The
reaction mixture was then boiled under reflux for one hour. The organic product was then
collected by distillation.

The yield of product was 75.0 %.

What mass of product was collected?

A 1.98 g B 2.07 g C 2.70 g D 4.80

 26 Energy is released in the human body by the oxidation of glucose in a complex sequence of
reactions. Part of this sequence is the Krebs cycle. One reaction in the Krebs cycle is the
conversion of fumaric acid into malic acid.

HO2CCH=CHCO2H HO2CCH(OH)CH2CO2H

fumaric acid malic acid

Which reagents could achieve this transformation in the laboratory?

A acidified KMnO4

B Br2(aq) followed by hot NaOH(aq)

C H2O with Pt catalyst

D steam with H2SO4

27 A reaction between chlorine and propane in ultraviolet light produces two isomeric
monochloropropanes, C3H7Cl, as products.

Which information about this reaction is correct?

expected ratio of
type of bond fission
in initiation step 1-chloropropane to

2-chloropropane produced

A heterolytic 1:1
B heterolytic 3:1
C homolytic
1:1

D homolytic 3:1

28 An unpleasant smelling chemical produced in the human armpit is 3-methylhex-2-enoic acid.

If this compound is reacted with a cold, dilute, acidified solution of potassium manganate(VII),
how many chiral centres will be produced?

A 0 B 1 C 2 D 3
29 Geraniol is a constituent of some perfumes.

Which statement about geraniol is not correct?

A Geraniol causes hot acidified potassium dichromate(VI) to change colour from orange to
green.

B Geraniol decolourises bromine water.

C There are three methyl groups and three methylene (CH2) groups in geraniol.

D There are two pairs of cis-trans isomers of geraniol.

30 Which pair of substances could react to give the ester CH3CH2CO2CH3?

A ethanol and ethanoic acid

B methanol and ethanoic acid

C methanol and propanoic acid

D propan-1-ol and methanoic acid

Section B

For each of the questions in this section, one or more of the three numbered statements 1 to 3 may
be correct.

Decide whether each of the statements is or is not correct (you may find it helpful to put a tick against
the statements that you consider to be correct).

The responses A to D should be selected on the basis of

A B C D

1, 2 and 3 1 and 2 2 and 3 1 only

are only are only are is
correct correct correct correct

No other combination of statements is used as a correct response.

31 The definitions of many chemical terms can be illustrated by chemical equations.

Which terms can be illustrated by an equation that shows the formation of a positive ion?

1 first ionisation energy

2 heterolytic fission

3 enthalpy change of atomisation

32 Why does aluminium chloride, Al2Cl6, sublime at the relatively low temperature of 180 C?

1 The intermolecular forces between the Al 2Cl 6 molecules are weak.

2 The co-ordinate bonds between aluminium and chlorine are weak.

3 The covalent bonds between aluminium and chlorine are weak.

33 The three statements that follow are all true.

Which of these can be explained, at least in part, by reference to hydrogen bonding?

1 At 0 C ice floats on water.

2 The boiling point of propan-2-ol is 82 C. The boiling point of propanone is 56 C.

3 At 20 C propanone and propanal mix completely.

34 A farmer spreads lime on land which has already been treated with an ammonium nitrate
fertiliser.

Which reactions will occur in the treated soil?

+ 2+
1 Ca(OH)2 + 2NH4 (aq) Ca (aq) + 2NH3 + 2H2O
+ 2+
2 Ca(OH)2 + 2H (aq) Ca (aq) + 2H2O

3 Ca(OH)2 + CO2 CaCO3 + H2O

35 Which of the halide ions, chloride, bromide or iodide, acts as a reducing agent when its sodium
salt reacts with concentrated sulfuric acid?

1 at least one of Cl , Br and I

2 at least two of Cl , Br and I

3 all three of Cl , Br and I

36 In a car engine, non-metallic element X forms a pollutant oxide Y.

Further oxidation of Y to Z occurs spontaneously in the atmosphere. In this further oxidation,

1 mol of Y reacts with 0.5 mol of gaseous oxygen.
Which statements about X, Y and Z are correct?
1 X forms a basic hydride.

2 Y is a diatomic molecule.

3 Z is a polar molecule.

37 Disaccharides, C12H22O11, are important in the human diet. For example, sucrose is found in
pastries and lactose occurs in milk products.

Both of these compounds can be hydrolysed.

sucrose + H2O CH2OH(CHOH)4CHO + CH2OH(CHOH)3COCH2OH

 glucose fructose

lactose + H2O CH2OH(CHOH)4CHO + CH2OH(CHOH)4CHO

glucose galactose

Which statements about these hydrolysis products are correct?

1 Glucose and fructose have structural isomers.

2 Glucose and galactose are optical isomers.

3 Glucose and galactose are ketones.

38 Glyceraldehyde, HOCH2CH(OH)CHO, is formed during photosynthesis, and contains a chiral

carbon atom.

Which reagents will react with glyceraldehyde to produce an organic product without a chiral
carbon atom?

1 warmed acidified K2Cr2O7

2 NaBH4
3 Tollens reagent

39 On acid hydrolysis, which compounds produce propanoic acid?

1 CH3CH2CO2CH3

2 CH3CH2CH2CN

3 CH3CH2CH2Cl

40 X is an organic compound. X gives a precipitate with aqueous silver nitrate. Some or all of this
precipitate remains undissolved when an excess of dilute aqueous ammonia is added.

What could be the identity of X?

1 2-chlorobutane

2 2-bromobutane

3 iodomethane
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