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NAME ___________________________________________ FORM _________

ST MARY’S GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL
2021 MALAWI SCHOOL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION MOCK
EXAMINATION

August CHEMISTRY Time allowed: 2hrs

PAPER I

(100 Marks)

Instructions:
Question Tick if Do not write in
Number answered these columns
1. This paper contains 9 pages. Please 1-5
check.
2. Before beginning write your name at the 6
top of the question paper and on all other
sheets.
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3. This paper contains Sections A and B.
Answer all questions in all sections.
Some can be answered quickly, but 8
others require considerable thought and
may take longer. 9
4. Write your answers on the questions
paper in the spaces provided. The 10
maximum number of marks for each
answer is indicated against each question
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5. In the table provided on this page, tick
against the question numbers you have
answered 12

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SECTION A (70 Marks)

1. a. Define the term ‘chromatography’.

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b. Give two properties which can be used to identify purity of a substance.
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c. Study the experimental set up shown below and answer the questions that
follows

i. Name gas X
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ii. Explain how this gas is tested
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iii. Mention the name of the resulting solution.
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2. The equation for the reaction between ethanol and Oxygen is as follows
𝐶2 𝐻5 𝑂𝐻𝑙 + 𝑂2 (𝑔) 𝐶𝑂2 (𝑔) + 𝐻2 𝑜∆𝐻 − 1371kg

a. Balance the equation

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 b. What does H =-1371Kj/mol mean?
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c. Is the reaction exothermic or endothermic? Give a reason.
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d. Draw a well labeled energy level diagram for the reaction.

(3marks)
e. Explain why is bond breaking is associated with endothermic and bond
making is exothermic.
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3. Table below shows the first 20 elements of the periodic table.

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 a. Write down the formula of a charged atom of lithium.
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b. List down two element’s that would form inert gas configuration by losing
two electrons.
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c. State any two elements that would not react with other element’s
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d. Give a reason for your answer in 3c above.
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e. Draw the atomic structure of phosphorus

(3marks)
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13𝑋 .
4. A certain element is represented as
a. Write down the electron configuration of this element
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b. Determine the period and group to which element x belongs.
Period:_________________________________________________________
Group:__________________________________________________(2marks)
c. Identify element X in the periodic table
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5. Carbon (C)atoms react with fluorine (f) atoms to form a compound
a. Write a chemical formula representing a molecule of this compound
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b. i. What type of chemical bonds are involved in this compounds?
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 c. Draw a dot and cross diagram of the compound formed in (b) above

(3marks)

6. The diagrams below show the types of Sulphur. Use term to answer the questions
that follow.

a. Identify the types of Sulphur

A_______________________________________________________(1mark)
B_______________________________________________________(1mark)
b. Which of the types is allowed to cool to a temperature above 960C and why?
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c. State any three physical properties of ammonium gas.
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 d. Calculate the percentage of nitrogen in ammonium nitrate. (RAM: N =14,
H=1 and O =16)

(4marks)

7. a. Define the term ‘titration’

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b. Determine the volume of 0.1M sodium hydroxide needed to neutralize 20cm3

of 0.2M hydrochloric acid.

(3marks)
c. When 12.3 ag of copper carbonate was heated in a crucible, 7.0g of copper (II)
oxide was produced. Calculates the percentage yield of copper II oxide (RAM= C
=12, O=16, CU=63.5)

(4marks)
8. The molecular formulas of organic compound R, S and T are C2 H5 OH, C6, H12
and CH3 COOH respectively

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a. Draw the structure of compound T

(1mark)

b. Classify the compounds as soluble or insoluble in water:

i. Soluble:_____________________________________________________
ii. Insoluble:___________________________________________(3marks)
c. Which of the compounds would undergo addition reaction with chlorine gas?
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d. Give a reason for the answer in 8a (iii)

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e. Write down a balanced equation for the reaction between R and T.

(3marks)
9. a.Explain any two difference between thermosetting and thermoplastic polymers.
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b. State three ways of measuring rate of reaction
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 SECTION B (30 Marks)
Answer all the questions in the spaces provided
10.a. Define the term ‘oxidation’ in terms of electrons.
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b. Balance the following equation:
3+
𝐴𝑙(𝑠) + 𝐴𝑔+ (𝑎𝑞) 𝐴𝑙(𝑎𝑞) + 𝐴𝑔 (𝑠)

(6marks

c.Find (c) the oxidation number of cl atom in 𝑐𝑙𝑜3−

(3marks)

11.a. Explain the difference between hand water and soft water
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 b. With the aid of a well labeled diagram explain how water hardness can be
removed by ion exchange method.

(8marks)
12.a. Write an ionic equation for the reaction of sodium carbonate (NaC𝑂3 ) and
barium chloride (𝐵𝑎𝑐𝑙2 ) solutions

(3marks)

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b. Explain four effects of poor waste disposal to the environment.
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