1. Caesium is a metal that is more reactive than aluminium.

Which reaction would produce

caesium?
a. electrolysing aqueous caesium chloride
b. electrolysing molten caesium chloride
c. heating caesium carbonate
d. heating caesium oxide with carbon
2. Which of the following processes does not result in the formation of both carbon dioxide and
water?
a. addition of a dilute acid to a carbonate
b. burning ethanol
c. burning methane
d. heating crystals of hydrated sodium carbonate
3. Which element is always present with iron in mild steel?
a. aluminium
b. carbon
c. chromium
d. nickel
4. Hydrogen gas will reduce
a. calcium oxide
b. silver oxide
c. magnesium oxide
d. potassium oxide
5. Which oxide can be reduced to the metal using carbon
a. calcium oxide
b. magnesium oxide
c. sodium oxide
d. zinc oxide
6. Which substance removes impurities from iron ore in the blast furnace?
a. carbon
b. limestone
c. sand
d. slag
2+

2+

7. An excess of iron filings is added to a solution containing a mixture of the ions Mg , Ca ,

2+

Cu and Ag . Which 2 metals will be displaced from this solution?

a. calcium and copper

b. calcium and magnesium
c. copper and silver
d. magnesium and silver
8. What reacts with hydrochloric acid to give hydrogen?
a. ammonia
b. iron
c. silver
d. sodium hydroxide
9. Why does the color of aqueous potassium bromide change when chlorine gas is bubbled into
it?
a. a compound is formed between chlorine and bromine
b. a solution of potassium chloride is formed
c. the chlorine oxidises bromide ions to bromine
d. the potassium bromide is reduced
10. Which carbonate decomposes on heating to give a black solid and a colourless gas?
a. calcium carbonate
b. copper(II) carbonate
c. sodium carbonate
d. zinc carbonate
11. Which substance is not an essential raw material in the extraction of iron in a blast furnace?
a. air
b. coke
c. limestone
d. sand
12. Which element reacts with oxygen to form a compound that is a gas at room temperature?
a. magnesium
b. hydrogen
c. copper
d. carbon
13. Caesium is a metal that is more reactive than aluminium. Which reaction would produce
caesium?
a. electrolysing aqueous caesium chloride
b. electrolysing molten caesium chloride

c. heating caesium carbonate

d. heating caesium oxide with carbon
14. What is a disadvantage of recycling metals?
a. collection and transportation costs money
b. metal ores are a finite resource
c. most metals corrode slowly in the environment
d. scrap metal melts when heated
15. Which of the following processes does not result in the formation of both carbon dioxide and
water?
a. addition of a dilute acid to a carbonate
b. burning ethanol
c. burning methane
d. heating crystals of hydrated sodium carbonate
16. Hydrogen gas will reduce
a. calcium oxide
b. silver oxide
c. magnesium oxide
d. potassium oxide
17. Which element is always present with iron in mild steel?
a. aluminium
b carbon
c. chromium
d. nickel
18. Which oxide can be reduced to the metal using carbon?
a. calcium oxide
b. magnesium oxide
c. sodium oxide
d. zinc oxide
19. Which substance removes impurities from iron ore in the blast furnace?
a. carbon
b. limestone
c. sand
d. slag

20. What reacts with hydrochloric acid to give hydrogen?

a. ammonia
b. iron
c. silver
d. sodium hydroxide
21. Which carbonate decomposes on heating to give a black solid and a colorless gas?
a. calcium carbonate
b. copper(II) carbonate
c. sodium carbonate
d. zinc carbonate
22. Which substance is not an essential raw material in the extraction of iron in a blast furnace?
a. air
b. coke
c. limestone
d. sand
23. Which element reacts with oxygen to form a compound that is a gas at room temperature?
a. magnesium
b. hydrogen
c. copper
d. carbon
24. A sample of air is slowly passed through aqueous sodium hydroxide and then over heated
copper. Which gases are removed by this process?
a. carbon dioxide and water vapour
b. carbon dioxide and oxygen
c. nitrogen and oxygen
d. nitrogen and water vapour
25. When heated, solid X gives off a gas which turns limewater milky. The residue reacts with
dilute acid and also with aqueous alkali. What is X?
a. copper(II) carbonate
b. magnesium carbonate
c. sodium carbonate
d. zinc carbonate
26. An element is burned in an excess of oxygen. Which statement about the oxide formed is
always correct?

a. it is a crystalline solid
b. it is greater in mass than the element
c. it is soluble in water
d. it is white in color
27. Which substance can be reduced by carbon?
a. aluminium oxide
b. calcium carbonate
c. iron(III) oxide
d. magnesium oxide
28. Which of the following is a typical property of transition metals?
a. they form colored compounds
b. they have low densities
c. they have low melting points
d. they react with cold water to give hydrogen
29. What happens when zinc is placed in aqueous copper(II) sulphate?
a. copper atoms are oxidised
b. zinc atoms are oxidised
c. copper ions are oxidised
d. zinc ions are oxidised
30. Which substance does not need air as a raw material for its manufacture?
a. ammonia
b. iron
c. sodium
d. sulphuric acid
31. Which of the following is not a use of silicon or its compounds?
a. making fire-resistant plastics
b. making glass
c. making polishes
d. making smokeless fuel
32. Compound X reacts with some metals to liberate hydrogen and is used to make fertilisers. It
gives a white precipitate when added to aqueous barium nitrate. What is X?
a. ammonium sulphate
b. hydrochloric acid
c. potassium nitrate

d. sulphuric acid
33. Which industrial process uses iron as a catalyst?
a. making ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen
b. making ethanol from ethene and steam
c. making steel
d. making sulphur trioxide from sulphur dioxide and oxygen
34. Which pair of elements will combine to form an ionic compound?
a. carbon and chlorine
b. fluorine and sodium
c. hydrogen and oxygen
d. oxygen and carbon
35. How does the mass of a sample of copper(II) oxide change when it is heated in hydrogen and
in oxygen?

a
b
c
d

mass after heating in

hydrogen
decreases
decreases
unchanged
unchanged

mass after heating in

oxygen
decreases
unchanged
decreases
unchanged

36. Sodium is a metal. Using only this information, what can be deduced about sodium?
a. it has a low melting point
b. it is a conductor of electricity
c. it is less dense than water
d. it is very reactive
37. Which substance reacts with water to form a soluble compound and an insoluble gas?
a. ammonium sulfate
b. caesium
c. calcium carbonate
copper
38. Which compound does not give off a gas when heated?
a. hydrated copper(II) sulfate
b. hydrate sodium carbonate
c. magnesium carbonate

d. sodium carbonate
39. Which metal should be used in the sacrificial protection of the hull of a boat made from iron?
a. calcium
b. copper
c. lead
d. zinc
40. A coil of clean copper wire is suspended in a beaker of aqueous silver nitrate. Crystals of
silver are deposited on the copper wire. Which statement is not correct?
a. the copper is oxidised
b. the solution turns blue
c. the total mass of the crystals of silver increases gradually
d. the total number of positive ions in the solution is unchanged
41. In the manufacture of iron by the blast furnace, which are the main gases that escape from the
top of the blast furnace?
a. carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, hydrogen
b. nitrogen, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide
c. nitrogen, oxygen, steam
d. oxygen, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide
42. When heated, solid X gives off a gas. When this gas is bubbled through limewater, a white
precipitate is formed. The residue after heating solid X reacts with dilute acid and also with
aqueous alkali. What is X?
a. copper(II) carbonate
b. magnesium carbonate
c. sodium carbonate
d. zinc carbonate
43. The information below concerns 3 elements X, Y, and Z.
X: Its oxide is decomposed by heat to the element.
Y: Its carbonate is not decomposed by heat.
Z: Its oxide is not decomposed by heat but its carbonate decomposes.
In order of decreasing reactivity, the 3 elements should be arranged as:
a. Y Z X
b. X Y Z
c. Y X Z
d. X Z Y

Answers
1. b
2. d
3. b
4. b
5. d
6. b
7. c
8. b
9. c
10. b
11. d
12. d
13. b
14. a
15. d
16. b
17. b
18. d
19. b
20. b
21. b
22. d
23. d
24. b
25. d
26. b
27. c
28. a
29. b
30. c (sodium is obtained through electrolysis)
31. d
32. d
33. a
34. b
35. b
36. b
37. b
38. c

39. d
40. b
41. b
42. d
43. a