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CHEMISTRY
Paper 1
2019
1 ½ hours

Uganda Certificate of Education

CHEMISTRY

Paper 1

1 hour 30 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
This paper consists of 50 objective – questions.
Attempt all questions.
You are required to write the correct answer A, B, C or D on the answer page
inserted within the question paper.
Do not use pencil.
Molar gas volume at s.t.p = 22.4 dm3 or 22,400cm3.
Molar gas volume at room temperature = 24.0dm3 or 24000cm3.
C =12, H = 1, Cu = 63.5, S = 32, O = 16.

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1. Which one of the following does not sublime on heating?
A. Iodine C. Ammonium chloride
B. Sodium chloride D. Iron (III) chloride
2. Which one of the following gases extinguishes a burning splint?
A. Carbon dioxide C. Oxygen
B. Hydrogen D. Ammonia
3. Which one of the following carbonates is soluble in water?
A. CuCO3 C. MgCO3
B. CaCO3 D. (NH4)2CO3
4. Which one of the following substances is used as a catalyst in the preparation of
hydrogen gas?
A. Nickel
B. Iron
C. Copper (II) Sulphate solution
D. Vanadium (V) oxide
5. Which one of the following is the process by which the property of rubber is improved
by heating rubber with sulphur?
A. Polymerization C. Vulcanization
B. Fermentation D. Saponification
6. Which one of the following substances when heated will produce nitrogen dioxide gas?
A. Zn(N03)2 C. NaNO3
B. KNO3 D. NH4NO3
7. Which one of the following is the most efficient method of separating a mixture of Lead
(II) Sulphate and Lead (II) nitrate?
A. Decantation C. Sublimation
B. Filtration D. Crystallization
8. Which of the following is a process by which starch is formed from glucose molecules?
A. Neutralization C. Hydrolysis
B. Decomposition D. Polymerization
9. Potassium aluminum sulphate is used in the purification of water for
A. Removing coloring matter.
B. Killing harmful bacterial
C. Removing suspended matter
D. Softening water.
10. Which of the following gases is dried using calcium oxide?

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 A. NH3 C. CO2
B. O2 D. NO2
11. Which one of the gases is removed by copper during preparation of nitrogen from
air?
A. Carbon dioxide C. Oxygen
B. Rare gases D. Water vapor
12. Which one of the following is not decomposed when an electric current is passed
through it?
A. Dilute sulphuric acid
B. Molten candle wax
C. Aqueous sodium chloride
D. Molten Lead (II) bromide
13. The atomic number of an element X is 16. which one of the following is the number
of electrons in the outermost energy level of the particle X2-
A. 16 C. 14
B. 17 D. 18
14. Which one of the following is a weak electrolyte?
A. Ethanoic acid
B. Sodium hydroxide solution
C. Sulphuric acid
D. Nitric acid
15. Which one of the following is used to test for water?
A. Lime water
B. Anhydrous Copper (II) Sulphate
C. Sodium chloride
D. Litmus paper
16. Which of the following is a mixed oxide?
A. PbO C. Fe3O4
B. SO2 D. Al2O3
17. Which one of the following does not change in mass when heated?

A. Na2CO3 C. CuCO3
B. MgCO3 D. CaCO3
18. Which one of the following is not used to test for alkenes?
A. Bromine water Turn Over
B. Calcium hydroxide solution
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C. Acidified potassium permanganate solution
D. Acidified potassium dichromate solution
19. Which one of the following is the percentage of water of crystallization in hydrated
Magnesium sulphate, MgSO4.7H2O?
(Mg = 24, S = 32, H = 1, O = 16)
A. 10.33% C. 71.55%
B. 51.22% D. 55.21%
20. Which one of the following gases is evolved when carbon is reacted with
concentrated sulphuric acid?
A. Sulphur trioxide C. Carbon monoxide
B. Hydrogen sulphide D. Sulphur dioxide
21. Which one of the following causes hardness that cannot be removed by boiling?
A. Zn(HCO3)2 C. Mg(NO3)2
B. ZnSO4 D. CaSO4
22. Which of the following will react with Lead (II) nitrate to form a white precipitate
that dissolves on warming?
A. SO42- C. Cl-
B. CO32- D. I-
23. Which one of the following substances will dissolve in water to form a solution
whose pH is less than 7.
A. NH4Cl C. Na2CO3
B. NH4OH D. K2S04
24. Which one of the following salts is prepared by precipitation?
A. NaCl C. AgCl
B. BaCl2 D. CaCl2
25. Which one of the following oxides dissolves in both sodium hydroxide solution and
hydrochloric acid?

A. FeO C. MgO
B. ZnO D. CuO
26. Which one of the following oxides contains the highest percentage of oxygen?
(Fe = 56, S = 32, Mg = 24, O = 16)
A. FeO C. MgO
B. SO2 D. H2O2
27. Calcium carbonate decomposes according to the equation when heated.
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 CaCO3(s) CaO(s) + CO2(g)
The mass of Calcium oxide produced when 5g Calcium carbonate is heated is
(Ca = 40, C = 12, O = 16)

A. C. x 100
56 C. 100 x 5
5 56

B. 56 x 5 D. 100 x 5 x 56
100
28. Solder is an alloy of

A. Carbon and Iron C. Lead and Tin

B. Copper and Zinc D. Lead and Copper
29. The atomic number of an atom is 13. What is the valency of this atom?
A. 3 C. 2
B. 5 D. 1
30. Which one of the following is the empirical formula of a hydrocarbon containing
80% carbon? (C = 12, H = 1)
A. CH3 C. CH
B. CH2 D. C2H6
31. Which one of the following substances is formed during electrolysis of concentrated
sodium chloride using carbon cathode?
A. Sodium C. Hydrogen
B. Oxygen D. Sodium hydroxide
32. Iron metal reacts with steam according to the equation.
3Fe (s) + 4H2O (g) Fe3O4(s) + 4H2 (g)
The volume of hydrogen produced at room temperature when 3g of Iron reacted with
steam is (Fe = 56, 1 mole of a gas occupies 24dm3 at room temperature)

A. 24 x 4 C. 24 x 4 x 3 Turn Over
168 x 3 168

B. 168 x 4 D.
24 x 4 x 3 x 168
24 x 3

33. The number of moles of hydrogen atoms present in 20cm3 of 0.5M sulphuric acid is
A. 0.01 B. 0.02
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C. 0.1 D. 0.2
34. Which one of the following is observed when carbon monoxide is passed over heated
Lead (II) oxide?
A. A brown solid C. A black solid
B. A grey solid D. A yellow solid
35. Ethanol burns in air according to the equation.
C2H5OH (l) + 3O2(g) 2CO2(g) + 3H2O(l) DH= -1367 KJmol-1
The heat evolved when 10g of ethanol is burnt is
A. 297 KJmol-1 C. 1367 KJmol-1
B. 13.67 KJmol-1 D. 0.297 KJmol-1
36. An atom of an element Y has electronic configuration of 2 : 3. What is the formula of
its sulphate?
A. Y3SO4 C. Y2(SO4)3
B. Y3(S04)2 D. YSO4
37. When 14.4 of hydrated sodium carbonate, Na2CO3.nH2O was heated strongly, the
mass of the residue was 5.4g. What is the value of n?
(Na = 23, C = 12, O = 16, H = 1)
A. 10 C. 5
B. 09 D. 11
38. 22.5g of a hydrocarbon W occupies 16.8dm3 at s.t.p. calculate the molar mass of W.
(1 mole of a gas occupies 22.4dm3 at s.t.p)
A. 30 C. 20
B. 50 D. 31
39. Which one of the following reactions will take place?
A. Zn (s) + MgO (s) ZnO (s) +Mg (s)
B. Zn (s) + Al2O3 (s) 3ZnO (s) + 2Al (s)
C. ZnO (s) + Cu (s) Zn (s) + CuO (s)
D. ZnO (s) + Cu (s) Zn (s) + CuO (s)
40. One advantage of hard water is that
A. it does not contain bacteria
B. if forms lather more readly with soap
C. it forms soluble boilers which prevent boilers from leaking
D. it contains calcium compounds which help to form healthy bones.

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 Each of the questions 41 to 45 consists of an assertion (statement) on the left hand
side and a reason on the right hand side.
Select:
A. If both the assertion and the reason are true statements and the reason is a
correct explanation of the assertion.
B. Both the assertion and the reason are true statements but the reason is not a
correct explanation of assertion.
C. If the assertion is true but the reason is not a correct statement.
D. If the assertion is not correct but the reason is a correct statement.
INSTRUCTIONS SUMMARIZED
Assertion Reason
A True True (Reason is a correct explanation)
B True True (Reason is not a correct explanation)
C True Incorrect
D Incorrect Correct
41. Graphite because Graphite has
conducts electricity mobile electrons

42. Ammonia gas diffuses because Ammonia is an

faster than carbon dioxide alkaline gas

43. A mixture of Ethanol Ethanol and water

and water is separated because have different boiling
by a separating funnel points.

44. Ethene undergoes

polymerization because Ethene is
When potassium anPotassium
alkene carbonate
45. reaction because
carbonate is heated, it is stable to heat Turn Over
does not decompose

In each of the questions 46 — 50 one or more of the given answers may be correct.
Indicate the correct answers if

A. 1,2, 3 only are correct C. 2, 4 only are correct

B. 1, 3 only are correct D. 4 only is correct

INSTRUCTIONS SUMMARIZED
A B C D
1, 2, 3 1, 3 2, 4 4
only correct only correct only correct only correct
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46. Which of the following anions when in solution will react with Lead (II) nitrate
solution to form a yellow precipitate?

1. Co2-3 3. Cl-
2. SO42- 4. I-
47. Which of the following are natural polymers?
1. Starch 3. Cellulose
2. Proteins 4. Polyethene
48. Which of the following substance is/are formed when silver nitrate is heated
strongly?
1. Silver metal 3. Nitrogen dioxide
2. Silver oxide 4. Silver dioxide
49. Which of the following is / are insoluble salts?
1. MgSO4 3. Na2SO4
2. BaSO4 4. . PbSO4
50. Which of the following are isotopes?
1. 37 3. 35
17 X 17 Z
2. 39 4. 40
19Y 20W
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