
SECTION A (20 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section.
1. For each of the items (i) - (x), choose the correct answer among the given alternatives and write
its letter beside the item number in the answer booklet provided.
(i) Which of the following sets of elements is arranged in order of increasing
electronegativity?
A Chlorine, fluorine, nitrogen, oxygen, carbon
B Fluorine, chlorine, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon
C Carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, chlorine, fluorine
D Nitrogen, oxygen, carbon, fluorine, chlorine
E Fluorine, nitrogen, oxygen, chlorine, carbon.
(ii) Which type of a fire is associated with electrical equipment.
A Class E B Class C C Class F
D Class B E Class A.
(iii) Which of the following is the electronic configuration of an element Y found in period 3
and group II of the periodic table?
A 2:8 B 2:8:2 C 2:6
D 2:8:8:2 E 2:8:4
(iv) Technicians prefer to use blue flame in welding because
A it is bright and non-sooty
B it is light and non-sooty.
C it is very hot and large.
D it is very hot and non-sooty.
E it is not expensive.
(v) WHich method could be used to separate the products in the following equation?
Pb(NO
3
)
2(aq)
+ 2KI
(aq)
→ PbI
2(S)
+ 2KNO
3(aq)
.
colourless colourless yellow colourless
A Chromatography B Crystallisation C Distillation
D Filtration E Condensation.
(vi) The metal nitrate which will NOT give a metal oxide on heating is
A calcium nitrate B silver nitrate C lead nitrate
D copper nitrate E zinc nitrate.
(vii)
Which of the following compounds does NOT belong to the alkane homologous series?
A C
2
H
4
B CH
4
C C
4
H
10
D C
3
H
8
E C
5
H
12
.
(viii) Which of the following is NOT among the composition of air?
A Noble gases B Carbon dioxide C Nitrogen
D Hydrogen E Water vapour.