1. An element with mass number 133 and 7.

Chlorine consisting of two isotopes of mass

atomic number 55 has numbers 35 and 37 in the ratio 3 : 1 has an
A. 55 electrons and 78 neutrons atomic mass of 35.5. Calculate the relative
B. 78 electrons and 78 neutrons abundance of the isotope of mass number
C. 78 electrons and 55 neutrons 37.
D. 55 electrons and 55 neutrons A. 75
B. 25
C. 20
2. Which of the following pairs of species D. 60
contains the same number of electrons?
[6C, 8O, 10Ne, 11Na, 12Mg, 13Al, 17Cl]
A. Cl- and Ne 8. How many electrons are in the L shell of
B. Na+ and Mg 3115P ?

C. C and O2- A. 8
D. Mg2+ and Al3+ B. 2
C. 5
D. 18
3. An element X has electronic configuration
1s22s22p63s23p64s2. To which group of the
periodic table does X belong? 9. 300 cm3 of a gas has a pressure of 800mm
A. II Hg. If the pressure is reduced to 650mm Hg,
B. III find its volume.
C. IV A. 1733.36 cm3
D. I B. 369.23 cm3
C. 243.75 cm3
D. 738.46 cm3
4. How many electrons are in the ion F-? [199F]
A. 9
B. 8 10. The volume of a given gas is V cm3 at P
C. 10 mmHg. What is the new volume of the gas
D. 19 if the pressure is reduced to half at
constant temperature?
A. 2V cm3
5. An oxide XO2 has a vapour density of 32. B. V/2cm3
What is the atomic mass of X [O = 16] C. 4V cm3
A. 20 D. V cm3
B. 12
C. 32
D. 14 11. The relative atomic mass of naturally
occurring lithium consisting of 90% 73Li and
10% 63Li is
6. A compound contains 31.91% potassium, A. 6.8
28.93% chlorine and the rest oxygen. What B. 6.2
is the chemical formula of the compound? C. 7.1
[K = 39, Cl = 35.5, O = 16] D. 6.9
A. KClO4
B. KClO2
C. KClO
D. KClO3
12. An isotope has an atomic number of 15 17. An organic compound contains 60%
and a mass number of 31. The number of carbon, 13.3% hydrogen and 26.7%
protons it contains is oxygen. Calculate the empirical formula.
A. 31 [C = 12, H = 1, O = 16]
B. 46 A. C3H8O
C. 15 B. C4H9O
D. 16 C. C5H12O
D. C6H13O2

2H2(g) + O2(g) → 2H2O(g)

18. 200cm3 of a gas at 25 °C exerts a pressure
13. In the reaction above, what volume of
of 700 mmHg. Calculate its pressure if its
hydrogen would be left over when 300cm3
volume increases to 350cm3 at 75°C.
of oxygen and 1000 cm3 of hydrogen are
A. 342.53 mmHg
exploded in a sealed tube?
B. 1430.54 mmHg
A. 700cm3
C. 467.11mmHg
B. 600cm3
D. 400.00 mmHg
C. 200cm3
D. 400cm3

19. A gas X diffuses twice as fast as gas Y. If the

relative molecular mass of X is 32, calculate
14. The electronic configuration of Mg2+ is
the relative molecular mass of Y.
A. 1s22s22p4
A. 128
B. 1S22S22p6
B. 8
C. 1s22s22p63s23p2
C. 16
D. 1s22s22p63s2
D. 64

15. A compound contains 40.0% C, 6.7% H and

20. An element X has electron configuration
53.3% O. If the molecular mass of the
1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p5. Which of the following
compound is 180, its molecular formula is
statements is correct about the element?
A. C3H6O3
A. It has a completely filled p-orbital.
B. CH2O
B. It has 5 electrons in its outermost shell.
C. C6H12O6
C. It belongs to group II on the periodic table.
D. C6H6O3
D. It is a halogen.

16. The rate of diffusion of gas Y is twice that of

21. A silicon-containing ore has 92% 28Si, 5% 29Si
Z. if the relative molecular mass of Y is 64
and 3% 30Si. Calculate the relative atomic
and the two gases diffuse under the same
mass of the silicon.
conditions, find the relative molecular mass
A. 29.00
of Z.
B. 28.00
A. 16
C. 14.00
B. 32
D. 28.11
C. 8
D. 256
22. 1050cm3 of helium gas was produced at - C. 3p and 3d electrons only
33OC and 700 mmHg. What volume would D. 3s and 3p electrons only
the gas occupy at 230OC and 750mmHg?
A. 1208.67cm3
B. 912.16cm3 28. What is the atomic number of an element
C. 1387.50cm3 whose cation Y+ has the electronic
D. 794.59cm3 configuration 1s22s22p6?
A. 11
B. 12
23. Calculate the molecular formula of a C. 9
compound with empirical formular CH2O D. 10
and relative molecular mass 120. [C = 12,
O = 16, H = 1]
A. C2H4O2 29. Which of the following elements has the
B. C3H6O3 electronic configuration: 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p1?
C. C8H16O8 [11Na, 13Al, 14N, 16S]
D. C4H8O4 A. N
B. Al
C. S
24. The shell of an atom that will D. Na
accommodate a maximum number of 18
electrons is the
A. K 30. How many protons does 4020Ca contain?
B. L A. 20
C. M B. 60
D. N C. 30
D. 40

25. An organic compound of relative

molecular mass 136.0, on analysis was 31. If 100 atoms of element X contains 70
found to contain 52.0% carbon, 13.3% atoms of 9X and 30 atoms of 11X, calculate
hydrogen and 34.7% oxygen. What is its the relative atomic mass of X.
molecular? [C = 12, H = 1, O = 16] A. 11.6
A. C8H24O4 B. 9.6
B. C6H18O3 C. 20.0
C. C4H12O2 D. 10.6
D. C2H6O

32. How many orbitals are associated with the

26. Find the number of neutrons in an atom p-sub energy level
represented by 4521X. A. 5
A. 21 B. 2
B. 66 C. 6
C. 45 D. 3
D. 24

33. Which of the following ions is isoelectronic

27. The valence electrons in a chloride ion are with neon? [3Li, 9F, 10Ne, 17Cl, 19K]
[17Cl] A. K+
A. 2p electrons only B. Cl-
B. 3p electrons only
C. Li+ 39. Which of the following gases are arranged
D. F- in increasing order of diffusion rate?

[H = 1.0, C = 12, N = 14, O = 16, S = 32]

34. Which of the following electronic A. NH3, NO2, N2, CO2

configurations correctly represents an B. SO2, O2, NH3, H2
element in period 3 of the periodic table? C. CO2, N2O, O2, SO2
A. 1s2 2s2 2p6 D. H2S, NH2, O2, SO2
B. 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s1
C. 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p4
D. 1s2 2s2 2p3 40. An atom W has 17 electrons and 18
neutrons. Which of the following
representations of the atom is correct?
35. The equation P = K/V illustrates A. 3517W
A. Boyle's law B. 1817W
B. Dalton's law C. 1718W
C. Gay lussac's law D. 3518W
D. Dalton's law

41. Which of the following relationship

36. The initial volume of a gas at 300k was correctly expresses the Boyle's as?
220cm3 . Determine its temperature if the A. P ∝1/V at constant T
volume became 250cm3 . B. V ∝ T at constant P
A. 264K C. P ∝ V at constant T
B. 183K D. V ∝ 1/T at constant P
C. 341K
D. 300K
42. A metallic ion Z2+ with an inert gas structure
contains 18 electrons. How many protons
37. Which of the following gases has the lowest are contained in this ion?
rate of diffusion under the same condition? A. 20
B. 2
[H = 1.00, He = 4.00, O = 16.0; Cl = 35.5]
C. 16
A. Cl2 D. 18
B. He
C. O2
D. H2 43. The general gas equation was derived
from
A. Dalton's atomic theory
38. The gas law which describes the B. Boyle's and Charles' laws
relationship between volume and C. Boyle's and Gay Lussac's laws
temperature is D. Boyle's and Graham's laws
A. Graham's law
B. Boyle's law
C. Dalton's law
D. Charles's law