Chemistry Olympiad Sri Lanka

& All Island Chemistry Quiz

Preliminary Selection Test – 2018 – Model Paper
PAPER CODE: AXZ

Answer ALL questions Number of Pages 8 Time: 2 hours

Composition: 50 Multiple Choice Questions and 3 Structured Questions.

Section A: Multiple Choice Questions: Chose the best answer out of the five choices.
a. You must indicate all your answers in the separate answer sheet.
b. Select the best answer for each question and mark a cross using a carbon pen as shown below.

1. a. b. c. d. e.
c. Mark only one answer to each question. No credit will be given for multiple answers.
d. Clearly write your index number and paper code (3 letters) in the answer sheet.

Section B: Structured Questions

e. For part B use the given space to write the answers.

Gas Constant 8.314 J mol-1K-1 Avogadro Number 0 °C = 273.15 K

Or 0.0821 L atm mol-1 K-1 6.022 × 1023 mol-1 1 atm = 760 mm Hg

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 Part A

What is the geometry of the chlorate ion, ClO3– ?

(a) trigonal planar (b) trigonal pyramidal (c) T-shaped (d) Tetrahedral (e) Trigonal Bi-
pyramidal

A strip of iron foil has a uniform width of 1.00 cm and a uniform thickness of 10 mm. If the
density of silver is 2.70 kg/m3, how long a strip should be cut to obtain 1.00 g of the metal?
(a) 24.2 cm (b) 18.1 cm (c) 15.4 cm (d) 12.8 cm (e) 8.5 cm

You need to fertilize an area with the equivalent of 25.0 kg of nitrogen, N. How much urea,
CON2H4, should be used?.
(a) 60.2 kg (b) 53.6 kg (c) 50.3 kg (d) 32.2 kg (e) 10. 2 kg

A sealed vessel contains 0.200 mol of oxygen gas, 0.100 mol of nitrogen gas, and 0.200 mol
of argon gas. The total pressure of the gas mixture is 5.00 atm. The partial pressure of the
argon is;
(a) 0.200 atm (b) 0.500 atm (c) 1.00 atm (d) 2.00 atm (e) 2.5 atm

What is the most weakly bound diatomic molecule?

(a) Cl2 (b) O2 (c) F2 (d) He2 (e) Ar2

The hemoglobin from the red corpuscles of most mammals contains approximately 0.33%
iron by weight. If physical measurements indicate a molecular weight for hemoglobin of
68000 g/mol, how many iron atoms are there in each molecule of hemoglobin? (AW Fe= 56)
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4 (e) 8

The radioactive half-life for a given radioisotope is the time for half the radioactive nuclei in
any sample to undergo radioactive decay. The half-life of 55Cr is about 2.0 hours. The delivery
of a sample of this isotope from the reactor to a certain laboratory requires 12 hours. About
what mass of such material should be shipped in order that 1.0 mg of 55Cr is delivered to the
laboratory?
(a)130 mg (b) 64 mg (c) 32 mg (c) 16 (e) 11 mg

A 1.20 liter sample is drawn from a bottle labeled "80.0% by weight H2SO4, density 1.96
g/mL". What is the molarity of the sample? (Molar mass of H2SO4 is 98.0 g/mol)
(a) 16.0 (b) 18.2 (c) 20.2 (d) 25.6 (e) 30. 1

The temperature of a gas sample is increased from 50 °C to 100 °C. By what factor must the
pressure be changed if the volume is to be kept constant?
(a) 0.5 (b) 0.87 (c) 1.15 (d) 2.0 (e) 4.0

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 Which is the best explanation for the negative sign of ∆Sº in the following reaction?
CaSO4(s)  Ca2+(aq) + SO4 2– (aq) ∆Sº = –143 J mol–1 K –1

(a) There are more ways of arranging the Ca2+ and SO42– ions in aqueous solution than in the
crystal lattice.
(b) Solid CaSO4 is a network covalent solid, whereas it separates into ions in aqueous solution.
(c) Aqueous Ca2+ and SO42– ions are tightly solvated, decreasing the number of ways of
arranging water molecules when the solid dissolves.
(d) Calcium sulfate dissolves exothermically, leading to a net loss of entropy
(e) None of the above

What is the role of hydroxide ion in the reaction below?

(a) Lewis acid (b) Base (c) Nucleophile (d) Catalyst (e) Reducing agent

How many C-C sigma and C-C pi bonds are in the following molecule?

(a) three sigma bonds one pi bond

(b) three sigma bonds two pi bonds
(c) one sigma bond two pi bonds
(d) one sigma bond four pi bonds
(e) two sigma bonds one pi bond

Which contains sp-hybridized carbon atoms?

(a) Ethane, C2H6 (b) Ethene, C2H4 (c) Benzene, C6H6 (d) Ethyne, C2H2 (e) Methane CH4

Which of the following molecules has a dipole moment of zero?

(a) CO2 (b) SO2 (c) CHCl3 (d) HCN (e) CH2Cl2

Based on the below information, select the best method for separation of 4-
hydroxybenzaldehyde from benzoic acid from a mixture. Note that dichloromethane and water
are immiscible with each other.

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 Solubility in
Structure Dichlomethane Aqueous Sodium Saturated Sodium Aqueous
(CH2Cl2) hydroxide (NaOH) bicarbonate Hydrochloric
(NaHCO3) acid (HCl)

soluble soluble insoluble insoluble

Phenol

soluble soluble soluble insoluble

Carboxylic
acid

(a) Dissolve the mixture in dichloromethane followed by adding aqueous HCl and shanking
(b) Dissolve the mixture in dichloromethane followed by adding aqueous NaOH and shanking
(c) Dissolve the mixture in dichloromethane followed by adding saturated NaHCO3 and
shanking
(d) Dissolve the mixture in dichloromethane followed by adding water and shanking
(e) None of the above

The British thermal unit (Btu) is commonly used in engineering applications. A Btu is
defined as the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 lb of water by 1 °F.
There are __________ joules in one Btu. 1 lb = 453.59 g; °C = (5/9)(°F - 32°); specific heat
of H2O (l) = 4.184 J/g-K.
(a) 3415 (b) 60.29 (c) 1054 (d) 5.120 × 10-3 (e) additional information is needed to complete
the calculation.

Calculate the mole fraction of phosphoric acid (H3PO4) in a 25% (by mass) aqueous solution.
(Molar Mass of phosphoric acid is 97.99 g/mol)
(a) 0.058 (b) 0.072 (c) 2.5 (d) 1.0 (e) 4.1

Which of the following ions have the electron configuration 1S2 2S2 2P6?
O2- (b) Ca2+ (c) Sr2+ (d) Na+ (e) none

Most abundant element in the earth crust is

(a) Fe (b) Al (c) Si (d) O (f) S

A type of mineral sand not found in Sri Lanka

(a) Monazite (b) Thorianite (c) Ilmenite (d) Rutile (e) Leucoxene

Which of the mineral sand contain Titanium?

(a) Monazite (b) Thorianite (c) Ilmenite (d) Rutile (e) None of the above

What is the main element found in Quartz?

(a) Si (b) Fe (c) Ca (d) Al (e) C

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 In 1996 the Noble price for Chemistry was awarded to Harold Kroto, Robert Curl, and
Richard Smalley for the discovery of fullerenes. Number of carbon atoms found in a
fullerenes cannot be
(a) 48 (b) 60 (c) 70 (d) 80 (e) 120

Which of the following is not an allotrope of Carbon?

(a) Graphite (b) Diamond (c) Quarts (b) Fullerenes (e) Carbon Nanotubes

Based on the general trends in the periodic table which of the following statements are not
true.
(a) Atomic Radius of K is greater than Na
(b) Atomic Radius of P is greater than N
(c) Atomic Radius of Te is greater than Se
(d) Atomic Radius of As is greater than Se
(e) Atomic Radius of Sr is greater than Rb

Which of the following elements has the most metallic Character?

(a) Ba (b) Ca (c) K (d) Al (e) Mg

Select the symbols of the elements that respectively fits each of the following description.

I The alkali metal in the fourth period

II The halogen in the third period
III The rare earth with the lowest atomic mass
IV The metal in Group VIIB/7 and period 4
(a) K, Ar, Li, Fe
(b) K, Cl, Sc, Mn
(c) K, Cl, Ba, Mn
(d) Na, Cl, Ba, Mn
(e) K, Cl, Ba, Cu

A burning splint will burn more vigorously in pure oxygen than in air because

(a) oxygen is a reactant in combustion and concentration of oxygen is higher in pure

oxygen than is in air.
(b) oxygen is a catalyst for combustion.
(c) oxygen is a product of combustion.
(d) nitrogen is a product of combustion and the system reaches equilibrium at a lower
temperature.
(e) nitrogen is a reactant in combustion and its low concentration in pure oxygen catalyzes
the combustion.

Bleach is a chemical compound use to whiten cloths. Which of the following are not a
bleaching agent.
(a) Sodium hypochlorite (b) Calcium hyperchorite (c) Chlorine (d) Bromine (e) H2O2

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What is the pH value of 0.01 M NaOH solution?
(a) 2.0 (b) 4.0 (c) 8.0 (d) 12.0 (e) 13.0

Calculate the energy released by the reaction

4 Fe(s) + 3 O2(g) → 2 Fe2O3(s)
when a 55.8 g sample of iron reacts completely with 1.00 mole of oxygen. The enthalpy of
formation (ΔHf˚) of Fe2O3(s) is –826 kJ mol–1.
(a) 206 kJ/mol (b) 413 kJ/mol (c) 826 kJ/mol (d) 165 kJ/mol (e) none of the above

The specific heat capacities of three metals are given below.

Metal Fe Pb Zn
Specific heat J g–1°C–1 0.470 0.130 0.388

If 1.00 g of each metal is heated to 100 °C and added to 10.0 g of H2O at 25.0 °C, what is the
order of the temperatures of the final mixtures from the lowest to the highest?
(a) Fe < Zn < Pb
(b) Pb < Zn < Fe
(c) Zn < Pb < Fe
(d) Pb < Zn < Fe
(e) Fe < Pb < Zn

The enthalpy of formation, ΔHf˚, equals zero at 25 °C for which of the following in their
standard states?
(a) Elements (b) Gases (c) Compounds (d) Solids (e)None of the above

Vanillin, C8H8O3 (M = 152 g/mol), is the molecule responsible for the vanilla flavor in food.
How many oxygen atoms are present in a 45.0 mg sample of vanillin?
(a) 1.78 x 1020 (b) 5.35 x 1020 (c) 1.78 x 1023 (d) 5.35 x 1023 (e) 5.35 x 1024

Which one of the following cannot act as an oxidizing agent?

(a) S2- (b) SO32- (c) SO42- (d) S2O82- (e) S(s)

Which of these reactions has ΔS° > 0?

(a) S8(l) → S8(s, monoclinic)

(b) H2(g) + O2 2O2(aq)
(c) H2(g) + 2 Ag+(aq +
(aq) + 2 Ag(s)
(d) PCl5(g 3(g) + Cl2(g)
(e) None of the above

Electrolysis of 10.00 g of a binary metal chloride deposits 6.207 g of the pure metal. What is
the metal?
(a) Mg (Z= 12) (b) Cu (Z = 29) (c) Cd (Z = 48) (d) Ce (Z = 58) (e) Th (Z = 90)

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Permanganate ion oxidizes hydrogen peroxide in acidic solution according to the following
equation:
2 MnO4 – (aq) + 5 H2O2(aq) + 6 H+ (aq)  2 Mn2+(aq) + 5 O2(g) + 8 H2O(l)
If 35.0 mL of an acidic 0.150 M KMnO4 solution is required to consume all the H2O2 in 50.0
mL of a disinfectant solution, what is the concentration of H2O2 in the disinfectant?
(a) 0.0420 M (b) 0.105 M (c) 0.263 M (d) 0.368 M (e) 0.412 M

Which class of compounds consists exclusively of saturated hydrocarbon?

(a) alkanes (b) alkenes (c) alkynes (d) aromatics (e) all

Which compound has the largest lattice energy?

(a) NaF (b) CsI (c) MgO (d) CaS (e) NaCl

The geometry of the atoms in the species PCl4+ is best described as

(a) tetrahedral (b) see–saw (c) square (d) trigonal bipyramidal (e) Octahedral

What are the hybridizations of carbon 1 and carbon 2 in the hydrocarbon?

(a) sp3 , sp (b) sp3 , sp2 (c) sp2 , sp2 (d) sp, sp2 (e) sp, sp

What is the total number of valence electrons in the thiosulfate ion, S2O32– ?
(a) 24 (b) 26 (c) 28 (d) 30 (e) 32

Which type of radiation has the highest frequency?

(a) infrared (b) microwave (c) ultraviolet (d) X-ray (e) Radio wave

How many isomers exist for dibromobenzene (C6H4Br2)?

(a) one (b) two (c) three (d) four (e) five

In which pair of formulas are both species polar?

(a) CO2 and H2O (b) BF3 and PCl3 (c) SO2 and SCl2 (d) CS2 and NO2 (e) CH4 and H2O

Which must represent an atom in an excited state?

(a) 1s2 2s2 2p1 (b) 1s2 2s2 2p2 (c) 1s2 2s2 2p2 3s1 (d) 1s2 2s2 2p5 (e) 1s2 2s2 2p6

A sample of gas at 273 K has a pressure of P1 and a volume of V1. When the pressure is
changed to P2, what is the volume V2? (Assume the temperature remains constant.)

(a) P1P2/ V1 (b) P1V1/P2 (c) P2V1 /P1 (d) P2 P1/V1 (e) (P1+P2)/V2

A typical polyethylene bag from a grocery store weighs 12.4 g. How many molecules of
ethylene, C2H4, must be polymerized to make such a bag?
(a) 1.36 x 1024 (b) 6.02 x 1023 (c) 5.33 x 1023 (d) 2.67 x 1023 (e) 4.12 x 1024

How many resonance forms can be written for the nitrate ion, 𝑂3− ?

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 (e) more than 4

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 Part B

1. (a) Chain isomers are types of structural isomers which has the same molecular formula, but
different arrangements of the carbon 'skeleton'. These isomers arise because of the possibility of
branching in carbon chains.

Petane (C5H12) can have three chain isomers. Draw the structures of them.

(b) When two similar groups are attached to the two sp2 carbons on the same side, it is termed as
cis isomer and when it is attached to the opposite side it is called trans isomer.
There are three C4H8 structural isomers that are alkenes. Draw the structures of the cis and trans
isomers of C4H8.

2. A mixture contains a metal carbonate, MCO3 and its metal oxide, MO. When this mixture was
heated CO2 gas is released and covered completely to the metal oxide.

When 0.65 g of this sample was heated, it was found that 0.1517 L of CO2 gas was released at
25.0 0C and pressure 700.0 mm Hg.
(a) Determine the number of CO2 moles formed.
(b) 0.3891g of the product formed from resulting process (heating) was titrated with 0.500 M
HCl. Titrant volume was 38.60 mL. Determine the number of moles of MO in 0.3891 g.
(c) Identify the metal M.
(d) Determine the ratio of MCO3 and MO in the original sample.

3. The self-ionization of water is described according to the equilibrium shown below.

H2O (l) ⇋ H+(aq) + OH-(aq)

The equilibrium constant, Kw is 1.0 x 10-14 at 25 0C.
Equilibrium constant (K) and Gibbs free energy is related by the following equation.
Δ𝐺 = −𝑅𝑇 2.3 log 𝐾
Standard enthalpy of formation and standard entropy values are given in the Table below
Specie Δ𝐻𝑓0 (kJ/mol) 𝑆 0 (kJ/mol K)
H+ (aq) 0 0
OH- (aq) -230
H2O (l) -286 70
Calculate
b. Δ𝐻 0 for self ionization of water
c. Δ𝐺 0 for self ionization of water
d. Δ𝑆 0 for self ionization of water and explain the sign
e. Calculate 𝑆 0 for OH-(aq).

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Answers for Part A

1. (b) 2. (d)

3. (b) 4. (d)

5 (d) 6. (d)

7. (b) 8. (a)

9. (a) 10. (c)

11. (c) 12. (b)

13. (d) 14. (a)

15. (c) 16. (c)

17. (a) 18. (a)

19. (d) 20. (e)

21. (c) 22. (a)

23. (a) 24. (c)

25. (e) 26. (a)

27. (c) 28. (a)

29. (d) 30. (d)

31. (b) 32. (b)

33. (a) 34. (b)

35. (a) 36. (d)

37. (e) 38. (c)

39. (a) 40. (c)

41. (a) 42. (b)

43. (e) 44. (d)

45. (c) 46. (c)

47. (c) 48. (c)

49. (d) 50. (c)

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