Pure Chemistry MCQ Revision

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O Levels Pure Chemistry MCQ practice

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Category: Combined chemical calculations

Which statement is correct?

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Category: Combined Organic Chemistry

Which of the following statements about a homologous series is correct?

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Category: Combined Particulate Nature of Matter

A student investigated the diffusion of ammonia gas, NH3, and hydrogen chloride gas, HCl. Two sets of apparatus were set up as shown below at room temperature and pressure.

The damp red litmus paper in apparatus 1 changed colour after 30 seconds. How long does it take for the damp blue litmus paper to change colour in apparatus 2?

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Category: Pure Chemical Energetics

The energy level diagram of a reaction is shown below.

Which arrow represents the overall enthalpy change of the reverse reaction?

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Category: combined Chemical Bonding and Structure

Which statement explains why sodium chloride, NaCl, has a lower melting point than magnesium oxide, MgO?

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Category: Combined Acid-Base Chemistry

50.0 cm3 of 0.10 mol/dm3 silver nitrate, AgNO3, is added to 150.0 cm3 of 0.05 mol/dm3 of sodium iodide, NaI, in a beaker.

After the reaction, solid silver iodide is present in the beaker. What else is present in the mixture?

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Category: Combined chemical calculations

Water is formed when oxygen combines with hydrogen. What mass of oxygen combines with 6 g of hydrogen?

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Category: Combined chemical calculations

When a 10 cm3 sample of a gaseous hydrocarbon was completely burnt in 35 cm3 of oxygen, the total volume of the products formed was 50 cm3.

Which equation represents the combustion of the hydrocarbon?

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Category: Combined Organic Chemistry

How many of the following processes will lead to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions?

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Category: Combined Patterns in the Periodic Table

Elements X and Y combine to form an ionic compound. Atoms of X have more protons than atoms of Y.

Atoms of Y have more valence electrons than atoms of X. Which statement is correct?

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Category: Combined Experimental Chemistry

A paper chromatography experiment was carried out to determine the inks present in a mixture, and the results shown below were obtained.

Which statement about the results is incorrect?

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Category: Pure Redox Chemistry

During an electrolysis experiment, the same amount of charge deposited 32.5 g of zinc and 10.2 g of vanadium.

What was the charge on the vanadium ion?

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Category: Combined Qualitative Analysis

The flowchart shows some reactions of a compound T.

What could compound T be?

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Category: combined Chemical Bonding and Structure

Heavy water is made up of 2 deuterium( Hydrogen atoms with mass number 2)  atoms and 1 oxygen atom.

Which properties are true about heavy water?

1 Its boiling point is higher than 100 °C.

2. It reacts with sodium to form sodium hydroxide and hydrogen gas.

3 It can act as a solvent for sodium chloride.

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Category: Combined Redox Chemistry

A warship had its hull plated in copper to protect its wooden hull from rotting. However, after 2 years at sea, it was found that the iron parts of the warship in contact with the copper plates were more corroded than normal. What is the best explanation for this observation?

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Category: combined Chemical Bonding and Structure

The structure of brass is shown below.

What is the purpose of adding zinc to copper?

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Category: Pure Organic Chemistry

The structure of a compound associated with the smell of raspberries is shown below.

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Category: combined Chemical Bonding and Structure

An unknown substance X starts melting at –180 °C and finishes melting at –160 °C. What is substance X likely to be?

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Category: Combined Organic Chemistry

In which chemical reaction does the named product have a higher relative molecular mass than the reactant?

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Category: Combined chemical calculations

Calcium nitrate crystals contain water of crystallisation. Its formula may be written as Ca(NO3)2●nH2O.

When a 7.00 g sample of hydrated calcium nitrate is heated to remove all water, 4.90 g of anhydrous calcium nitrate remains after heating.

What is the value of n?

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Category: Combined Acid-Base Chemistry

In which equation does the metal oxide act as an acidic oxide?

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Category: Pure Acid-Base Chemistry

A student has five reagents.

• dilute hydrochloric acid

• dilute sulfuric acid

• dilute nitric acid

• solid calcium carbonate

• solid copper(II) carbonate

How many soluble salts can be prepared?

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Category: Combined Organic Chemistry

When crude oil is fractionally distilled, which list best describes the mixture of compounds collected at the bottom of the fractionating column?

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Category: Combined Rate of Reactions

Which of these Group 1 elements reacts most violently with water?

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Category: Combined Organic Chemistry

The following chemicals are available in the laboratory.

  1. aqueous bromine
  2. Universal Indicator solution
  3. magnesium powder
  4. sodium carbonate

Which of these chemicals can be used to distinguish between propene and propanoic acid?

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Category: Combined Patterns in the Periodic Table

Which element does not form a stable ion with the same electronic configuration as neon?

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Category: Combined Redox Chemistry

Which equations below represent redox reactions?

1. H+ + OH− → H2O

2. MnO4− + 8H+ + 5e− → Mn2+ + 4H2O

3. Cl2 + 2Br −→ Br2 + 2Cl −

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Category: Pure Redox Chemistry

Which statement about the electrolysis of molten magnesium chloride is incorrect?

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Category: Combined chemical calculations

Which compound has the lowest percentage by mass of nitrogen?

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Category: combined Chemical Bonding and Structure

An element T forms an ion, T2+, which has an electronic arrangement 2.8.8.

Which statement(s) concerning T is/are correct?

I T is an alkali metal.

II T forms a basic oxide with oxygen.

III T is in Period 4 of the Periodic Table.

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Category: Combined Chemical Energetics

A reaction takes place in two stages in the presence of a catalyst:

Which ion is the catalyst in the reaction?

 

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Category: Pure Acid-Base Chemistry

Which three salts are all prepared by titration?

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Category: Combined Patterns in the Periodic Table

A solution of a lithium halide and a halogen are mixed. A reaction occurs and the mixture darkens in colour.

What are the reactants?

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Category: Combined chemical calculations

An impure sample of calcium carbonate with a mass of 1.70 g was reacted with excess hydrochloric acid and 360 cm3 of carbon dioxide was collected at room temperature and pressure. What is the percentage purity of the calcium carbonate?

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Category: Combined Qualitative Analysis

An unknown solid Q has the following properties.

•When aqueous sodium hydroxide is added until in excess to the solution, no visible reaction is observed.

• When dilute acid is added to Q, effervescence of a colourless gas is observed.

• Q dissolves in water to form a colourless solution.

• Q is stable to heat.

What is Q likely to be?

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Category: Combined Experimental Chemistry

Oxygen was prepared and collected using the apparatus as shown in the diagram below.

The first tube of gas collected was discarded as it was contaminated. Which contaminant was in the gas?

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Category: Combined Acid-Base Chemistry

When excess aluminium oxide, Al2O3 was added to a portion of dilute sodium hydroxide. Which of the following correctly describes the pH change and the explanation?

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Category: Combined Qualitative Analysis

Which one of the following could be used to distinguish aqueous solutions of sodium chloride and sodium iodide?

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Category: Combined Particulate Nature of Matter

Which of the following statements about isotopes is correct?

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Category: Combined Experimental Chemistry

The diagram shows the apparatus used to separate hexane (boiling point, 70 oC) and heptane (boiling point, 98 oC).

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