2024 WASSCE SUPER MOCK CHEMISTRY 1

CHEMISTRY
PAPER 1 1 hour
OBJECTIVE TEST
[50 marks]

Answer all questions.

Each question is followed by four options lettered A to D. Find the correct option for each question and shade
in pencil on your answer sheet, the answer space which bears the same as the option you have chosen. Give
only one answer to each question. An example is given below.
Which of the following elements reacts with water?
A. Carbon
B. Iodine
C. Sulphur
D. Sodium
The correct answer is Sodium, which is lettered D, and therefore answer space D would be shaded.
[A] [B] [C] [D]

Think carefully before you shade spaces; erase completely any answer(s) you wish to change.
Do all rough work on this question paper.
Now answer the following questions.

1. The highly energetic or unstable species that 4. Heat change measured at constant pressure is
exist briefly at the point of maximum termed as …………
potential energy is known as the a. molar enthalpy change
………………… b. standard enthalpy change
a. transition state c. enthalpy
b. product d. enthalpy change
c. activation energy 5. Breaking of crystals into gaseous ions during
d. enthalpy change the dissolution of ionic solids requires energy
2. Which of the following is an example of a input called……………….
closed system? a. hydration energy
a. burning of carbon in air b. ionization energy
b. boiling of water in a lagged container c. atomization energy
c. hot tea in a sealed thermos flask d. lattice energy
d. Mg reacting with an acid in an open 6. The energies of reactants and products in a
beaker reaction profile are 810 kJ and 400 kJ
3. Which of the following is not an example of respectively. If the activated complex has
an exothermic reaction? energy of 1050 kJ, calculate the activation
a. combustion energy of the reaction.
d. respiration a. 410 kJ
c. condensation of steam to water b. 240 kJ
d. thermal decomposition c. 160 kJ
d. 1210 kJ
7. The atomic masses for hydrogen and oxygen 13. What is the geometrical shape of the p-orbital
are 1.0 and 16.0 respectively. According to of the atom?
Graham’s law of diffusion, the relative rates a. dumb-bell
of diffusion of oxygen and hydrogen is …. b. oval
a. the speed of hydrogen is 4 times that c. spherical
of oxygen d. planar
b. the speed of oxygen is 4 times that of 14. In a particular chemical reaction it was
hydrogen observed that the rate is equal to the rate
c. oxygen and hydrogen have equal constant, k. what will be the unit for k?
speeds ……………………………
d. the speed of hydrogen is twice that of
a. moldm-3s-1
oxygen
b. mol-2dm6s-1
8. At 28°C and 740mmHg. 1.0 dm3 of an
c. s-1
unidentified gas has a mass of 5.16 g. What is
the molar mass of the gas? [ R = 0.0821 d. moldm-3
dm3. atm.mol-1K-1 ] 15. The unit of rate constant, k, for a fourth
a. 132 g/mol order reaction is…………....................
b. 84 g/mol a. mol-2dm6s-1
c. 130.9 g/mol b. mol-3dm6s-1
d. 100 g/mol c. mol-3dm9s-1
9. A mixture of oxygen and nitrogen contains d. mol-4dm9s-1
oxygen at a pressure of 117 mmHg and 16. The rate law for the decomposition of N2O5 is
nitrogen at a pressure of 645 mmHg. What is rate = k [N2O5]. If k = 1.0 × 10-5 s-1, what is
the pressure of the mixture? the reaction rate when the N2O5 concentration
a. 762 mmHg is 0.0010 mol L-1?
b. 75465 mmHg a. 1.0 x 10-9
c. 528 mmHg b. 1.0 x 10-6
d. 760mmHg c. 1.0 x 10-5
10. Which of the following gases is used in d. 1.0 x 10-
baking bread and also in the preparation of 17. A ……………….. increases the reaction rate
fizzy soft drinks? by providing an alternative pathway or
a. CO2(g) mechanism for the reaction to follow.
b. SO2(g)
a. inhibitor
c. CO(g)
b. catalyst
d. O2(g)
c. concentration
11. Which of the following gases forms white
d. effective collisions
fumes with conc. HCl(g)
18. The unit of equilibrium constant, kc, for this
a. chlorine
reaction: N2 + 3 H2 2 NH3 is ………
b. carbon dioxide -2 6
a. mol dm
c. ammonia
b. mol-1dm3
d. sulfur dioxide
c. moldm-3
12. Ammonia gas cannot be collected over water
d. moldm-3s-1
because …………
a. it is insoluble in water
b. it does not react with water
c. it is soluble in water
d. it is slightly soluble in water
Consider this equation: X+ X2+ + e- 26. Which of the following group of elements on
the periodic table has the largest atomic size?
19. The energy involved in the process a. 8
represented in the equation is b. 7
a. first ionization energy c. 1
b. second ionization energy d. 18
c. electronegativity
27. ………………………… is not an alkaline
d. electron affinity
earth metal
20. An oxide of nitrogen contains 63.6% of
a. Cs
nitrogen. What is the empirical formula of the
b. Mg
compound?
c. Ca
a. NO
d. Sr
b. NO2
c. N2O 28. Which of the following metals is liquid at
d. N2O3 room temperature?
21. If a hydrogen gas generator produces 2 x 1020
a. Lead.
molecules per second, how long will it take to b. Mercury.
produce one mole of the gas? [ Avogadro’s c. Silver.
number = 6.02 x 1023 ]
d. Nickel.
a. 3.01 x 103 sec
29. What is the order of reaction with respect to
b. 3.33 x 104
methanol? ………………
c. 3.33 x 10-4 sec
a. 1
d. 3.01 x 10-3
b. 2
22. What is the percentage of carbon in carbon (
c. 3
IV) oxide ? [ C = 12.0, 0 = 16.0 ]
a. 5.45 % d. 4
b. 60.50 % 30. What is the order of reaction with respect to
c. 27.27% ethyl acetate? …………………….
d. 10.90% a. 1
23. Which is the correct order of increasing b. 2
boiling point among the following molecules? c. 3
a. SiH4, CH4, NH3, H2O d. 0
b. CH4, SiH4, NH3, H2O 31. What is the overall order of the reaction?
c. CH4, SiH4, H2O, NH3 ............................................
d. H2O, NH3, SiH4, CH4 a. 1
24. Hydrogen bonding is present in the following b. 2
molecules except …… c. 3
a. proteins d. 0
b. carbohydrates 32. Two or three drops of methyl orange in an
c. alkanols acidic solution will develop a color change
d. hydrocarbons from colorless to ……………………
25. All the following are characteristic properties a. orange
of transition elements except b. pink
a. they form coloured compounds c. yellow
b. they have low melting point d. green
c. they form complex compounds
d. they exhibit variable oxidation states
33. Two or three drops of methyl orange in an 40. Scientists learn and study the world around
alkaline solution will develop a color change them by using:
from colorless to …………………… a. the Big Bang Theory
a. orange b. characteristics of life
b. pink c. scientific method
c. yellow d. technology
d. green 41. The first scientist to develop a model of the
34. Which of the following metals is very atom which he described as looking like “plum
reactive? pudding”
a. Li a. John Dalton
b. Mg b. James Chadwick
c. K c. J.J. Thompson
d. Ca d. Ernest Rutherford
35. Which of the following halogens is the least 42. The scientist whose alpha-particle scattering
reactive experiment led him to conclude that the
a. F nucleus of an atom contains a dense center of
b. Cl positive charge is?
c. Br a. John Dalton
d. I b. James Chadwick
36. Metallic strength is highest in ……………… c. J.J. Thompson
a. Al d. Ernest Rutherford
b. Na 43. The conjugate base of H3PO4 is …………
c. Ca a. H2PO4-
d. Cs b. PO4+
37. If the concentration of NaCl solution is c. HPO4-
0.0065% W/W NaCl. Express the d. H4PO4+
concentration as ppm of NaCl. 44. The hydrolysis of NH4Cl gives…..
a. 65 ppm a. an alkaline solution
b. 3.25 ppm b. a neutral solution
c. 165 ppm c. an amphoteric
d. 25 ppm d. an acidic solution
38. 30cm3 of a solution is to be diluted ten times. 45. In a volumetric analysis, 100 cm3 of 0.1 M of
Calculate the volume of distilled water to be an alkaline solution was neutralized by 200
needed. cm3 of 0.15 M of an acid. What is the ratio of
the number of moles of the alkali to the acid?
a. 300 cm3
a. 1:2
b. 70 cm3
b. 2:1
c. 270 cm3
c. 1:3
d. 150 cm3
d. 3:1
39. Calculate the volume of a 5M HCl solution
46. The pOH of a solution whose pH is 5 is ….....
needed to prepare 1 dm3 of amount
a. 9
concentration 0.5M. b. 7
a. 25 cm3 c. 5
b. 50 cm3 d. 2
c. 100 cm3
d. 200 cm3
47. Electrochemical cells are used to generate 49. The IUPAC name for the compound
…………… ClCH2CH2OH is ……………
a. alternating current a. 1- chloropropanol
b. direct current b. 2 – chloropropanol
c. low resistance c. 1 – chloroethanol
d. high potential difference d. 2 – chloroethanol
48. The electrolyte used in lead-acid accumulator 50. Which of the following can be a source of
is butanoic acid?
a. copper (II) tetraoxosulphate (IV) a. shea butter
solution b. milk fat
b. dilute hydrochloric acid c. palm oil
c. dilute tetraoxosulphate (VI) acid d. coconut oil
d. sodium hydroxide solution

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