REDEEMER'S SECONDARY SCHOOL, EMURE-ILE OWO.

MID TERM BREAK ASSIGNMENT

SUBJECT: CHEMISTRY CLASS: SS 2 INSTRUCTION: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS.

1.Which property decides the order of the elements in the Periodic Table?
a. masses of their atoms b. number of electrons in the outer shell
c. number of neutrons in the nucleus d. number of protons in the nucleus
2. The element with a proton number 12 has similar chemical properties to the element
with the proton number a. 2 b. 11 c. 13 d. 20
3. An element with atomic number 20 is placed in which period of the periodic
table? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
4. Which statement about a new element, which has seven outer electrons in its atoms, is
correct?
a. it is monatomic b. it forms a covalent compound with hydrogen
c. it forms a positive ion d. it forms covalent compounds with Group I elements
5. Which list contains 3 elements that all exist as diatomic molecules at room
temperature?
a. hydrogen, fluorine, neon b. nitrogen, chlorine, neon c nitrogen, oxygen,
fluorine
d. oxygen, chlorine, helium
6. Which statement shows that iron is a transition metal? a. Iron(II) sulphate crystals
are green
b. Iron(III) oxide is basic c. Iron rusts in moist air
d. Iron reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid
7. A metal X forms oxides with the formulae XO and X2O3 ,Where is X in the Periodic
Table?
a. Group II b. Group III c. second Period d. transition elements
8. Which of the following is a property of aqueous potassium iodide?
a. it does not conduct electricity b. it is decolorised by chlorine
c. it reacts with aqueous bromine to form iodine d. it reacts with aqueous lead(II) nitrate
to form a white precipitate
9. Hydrogen can be placed along with group 7 elements because it
(i) can aquire noble gas configuration by gaining one electron.
(ii) exhibits oxidation state of+ 1.
(iii) has one electron in the outermost shell.
(iv) can exhibit oxidation state of -1.
(a) (ii) and (iii) (b) (i) and (iv) (c) (i) (d) (iii).
10. . A solid substances with high melting and boiling points is likely to be a/an
A. covalent compound B. dative covalent compound C. electrovalent compound
D. non-metal
11.Alkali metals a. forms covalent bonding with the halogens
b.have their melting point decrease down the group c.forms hydroxides when reacted
with water
d.have their reactivities decrease down the group
12. The periodic table is an arrangement of elements in order of their
a. mass numbers b .relative molecular masses c. atomic numbers d. isotopic
masses
e. molecular masses.
13. Which statement about groups in the Periodic Table is correct?
a. All groups contain both metals and non-metals. b. Atoms of elements in the same
group have the same total number of electrons. c. In Group I, reactivity decreases with
increasing proton number.
d. In Group VII, the melting point of the elements increases with proton number.
14. . Which of the following sets of elements have the same similar electronic
configuration? (i) H, He, Be (ii) Li, Be, B (iii) He, Ne, Ar (iv)
Li, Na, K
(a) (iii) (b) (iii), (iv) (c) (iv) (d) (ii), (iii)
15.Calcium and magnesium belong to the same group in the periodic table because
Both A. are metals B. form colourless salts C. have the same number of valence
electrons
D. form cation
16. Which of the following elements is a d-block element? A. calcium b. iron C. lithium
D. silicon
17. Which statement is most likely to be true about the elements in Group I of the
Periodic Table?
a. They occur uncombined in nature. b. They are equally reactive chemically.
c. They form chlorides of similr fornulae.
d. They become less metallic as the proton number increases.
18. Astatine (At) is in Group VII of the Periodic Table. Which of the following is a
property of astatine? a. It forms a basic oxide. b. It is a good conductor of electricity.
c. It is displaced by chlorine from aqueous potassium astatide.
d. It displaces iodine from aqueous potassium iodide.
19. Which statement about a new element, which has seven outermost electrons in its
atoms, is correct?
a. It is monatomic. b. It forms a covalent compound with hydrogen.
c. It forms a positive ion. d. It forms covalent compounds with Group I elements.
20. Fluorine is the first element in Group VII of the Periodic Table. Which statement will
not be true of fluorine? a. Fluorine exists in diatomic molecules. b. Fluorine forms
negative ions.
c. Fluorine is less reactive than chlorine. d. Silver fluoride will be sensitive to light.
21. If X is a group III element. Its oxide would be represented as A. X3O2 B. X3O C.
X2O3 D. XO3
22. Transition metals are:
(a) found between groups 2 and 3 (b) all solids (c) metals and semi-metals (d) found
between groups 1 and 3.
23. The mode of conduction of electricity by metals differs from that of aqueous
solutions because
a.metals are reducing agents and aqueous solutions are not
b.metals are good conductors and aqueous solutions are not
c.metals ionize readily and aqueous solutions do not
d. mobile electrons carry electricity in metals and mobile ions in aqueous solutions
24. Keeping in view, the periodic law and periodic table, suggest which of the
following elements should have maximum electronegative character?
(a) Oxygen (b) Nitrogen (c) Fluorine (d) Astatine.
25.Based on the the position of the elements in the electrochemical series,hydrogen
(H+) will be discharged before a.Au + b.Hg + c.Hg + d.Al 3+ e.Cu 2+
26.The chemical reactions which takes place at the anode in electrolysis is a .
Oxidation b.hydrolysis c.dissociation d.reduction e.ionization
27.Oxidation is a process involving a.gain of electrons b.loss of electrons
c.gain of hydrogen d.loss of oxygen e.ion exchange.
28.Consider the reaction, Zn(s) +CuSO4 (aq)  ZnSO4 (aq) +Cu(s)
Which of the following statements is true about the reaction? A.it is not a redox
reaction b.Zinc has been reduced c.Copper is obtained in the product by
reduction d.CuSO4 is the reducing agent e.Cu2+ acted as an oxidizing agent.
29.The electrolytes used in car battery is
a.ammonium chloride b.dilute tetraoxosulphate (vi)acid c.dilute trioxonitrate(v) acid
d.ethanoic acid
30.Consider the reaction represented by the following equation:2H2S +SO2  2H2O +3S
SO2 is acting as the a. dehydrating agent b. reducing agent c. precipitating agent
d. oxidizing agent
31. Consider the reaction represented by the following equation:
5Fe 2+ +MnO4 - +8H +  5Fe 3+ +Mn 2+ +4H2O (a) Fe2+ (b) MnO4- (c) H+ (d)H2O
Which of the species is reduced?a.Fe 2+ b. MnO 4 - c.H + d.H2O
32.Bismuth is in group 5A of the periodic table.Its chemistry will resemble that of
a.Aluminium b.Oxygen c.Phosphorus d.Iodine
33.In which of the following is the oxidation number of chlorine zero?
a. CCl 4 b.Cl2O C. Cl2 d. NaCl
34.What is the change in the oxidation number of Mn in the following equation?
MnO 4 - (aq) + 8H + (aq) +5e - -------Mn 2+ (aq) +2H 2 O (l)
a.+8 to+2 b.+7 to+2 c.- 4 to+2 d.- 1 to+2
35.CuSO4 solution is electrolysed using carbon electrodes ,which of the following
are produced at the anode and cathode respectively?
a.copper and oxygen b. oxygen and copper c. Hydrogen and copper d. Copper and
Hydrogen
36.Calculate the quantity of electricity required to deposit 64.0g of copper from
molten CuCl2 ?{Cu=64,F=96500c} a.6.18x106 c b.3.09x106c c.1.93x105c
d.9.65x104c
37.The ions in a solution that conduct electricity are a.electrodes b.electrolytes
c.non-electrolytes d.electrode potentials
38.What is the quantity of electricity produced when a current of 0.5A is passed for
5hours 45minutes?(F=96500c). a.0.11F b.0.22F c.0.12F d.1.1F
39 . Which one of the following is usually described as a reducing agent?
a. carbon monoxide b. concentrated sulphuric acid c. copper(II) oxide d. Sodium oxide
40.An oxidisng agent was observed to turn from orange to green. It is most likely to be:
a. acidified potassium manganate (VII) b. acidified potassium dichromate (VI)
c. maganese (IV) oxide d. iron (III) chloride
41. When iron (III) sulphate is reduced to iron (II) sulphate, the colour of the solution
turns from
a. brown to yellow b. green to yellow c. red to colourless d. brown to green
42. Cu+ ions may be formed when
a. Cu2+ ions are oxidised by sulphur dioxide b. Cu2+ ions are reduced by copper
c. Cu is oxidised by nitric acid d. Zinc is placed in copper sulphate solution
43. H2S(g) + Cl2(g) → 2HCL(g) + S(s) The reaction is interpreted as
A. H2S is getting oxidized and Cl2 is getting reduced
B. H2S is getting reduced and Cl2 is getting oxidized C. Only H2S is oxidized D. Both
H2S and Cl2 are reduced”
Among the elements B, Al, C and Si
44 . Which has the highest first ionization energy?
45. Which has the most negative electron gain energy?
46. Which has the largest atomic radius?
47. Which has the most metallic character?
48.The most electropositive element in second period is ……
49. whereas the most electronegative element is …….
50. The ionization energy of nitrogen is …… than that of oxygen.