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THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
MOSHI DISTRIC COUNCIL
FORM TWO PRE-NATIONAL ASSESSMENT – 2024
CHEMISTRY.
TIME: 2:30 Hours AUGUST 2024
INSTRUCTIONS
1. This paper consist of sections A, B and C with total of ten (10) questions.
2. Answer ALL questions in all sections
3. All writing must be in blue or black ink except diagrams which must be in pencil.
4. Cellular phones and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the assessment room
5. Write your assessment number at the top right corner of every page.
6. The following atomic masses may be used:
H=1, O=16, S=32, Na= 23, C=12, N=14, K= 39, Cl=35.5, Ca=40, Pb= 207

SECTION A: (15 Marks)

1. For each of the items (i-x) choose the correct answer from the giver alternative and write its letter
beside the item number in the box provided.
i. A certain liquid dissolves copper (II) sulphate crystals to form a blue solution. This liquid is
likely to be;
A. Hydrochloric acid
B. Liquefied oxygen
C. Water
D. Nitric acid
ii. Milk is a mixture of water and fats. This types of mixture is called;
A. Suspension
B. Emulsion
C. Solution
D. Precipitation
iii. If the results you obtain from experiment do not support your hypothesis.
A. Change your experiment
B. Leave out the results
C. Give ideas for further testing to find a solution
D. Identify new problem
iv. Petrol is a good source of energy when used as fuel, but not recommended to be used in
schools laboratories. Why is that so?
A. Because petrol is too expensive now days
B. Because petrol is difficult to control the fire the fire resulted from burning petrol
C. Because petrol is not available everywhere especially in rural rural areas
D. Because petrol is highly flammable and catch fire easily
v. The net charge inside the nucleus is of an atom is contributed by
A. Protons
B. Neutrons

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C. Electrons
D. All nucleons
vi. Which of the following is not a man-made product of applying chemistry?
A. Fertilizer
B. Milk
C. Sugar
D. Vaccines
vii. How does the covalent bond form?
A. By combining opposite charged atoms
B. By loss of electrons between ions
C. By sharing of valence electrons
D. By force of attraction of atoms

viii. A form two student were given a task of preparing hydrogen gas in the laboratory, which
complete set of apparatus will they use?
A. Thistle funnel, flat-bottomed flask, pipette, water trough, beehive stand and gas stand
B. Thistle funnel, flat-bottomed flask, delivery tube, water trough, beehive stand and burette.
C. Thistle funnel, flat-bottomed flask, delivery tube, water trough, beehive stand and gas jar
D. Thistle funnel, flat-bottomed flask, delivery tube, measuring cylinder, beehive stand and gas
jar
ix. If X and Y are isotopes of same elements, the X and Y have the same………………………
A. Mass number
B. Atomic number
C. Atomic weight
D. Number of neutrons
x. Form two student discover that it is impossible to light fire in a vacuum due to absence of
certain gas. What comment can you give to the student?
A. Nitrogen is missing
B. Oxygen is missing
C. Carbon dioxide is missing
D. Hydrogen is missing
ITEM i. ii. iii iv. v. vi. vii. viii. ix. x.
NO.
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2. Match the item in List A with a correct response in List B by writing the letter of the correct
response below the corresponding item number in the table provided
List A List B
i. An element with atomic number 2 A. Groups
ii. The type of bond which occurs between B. Group I
non-metals C. Ionic bonding
iii. Elements in periodic table found in group D. Metals
IV to VII E. Noble gases
iv. Vertical columns of the periodic table F. Non-metals
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v. Elements which react vigorously with G. Covalent bonding
water H. Halogens

ITEM NO. i. ii. iii. iv. v.

ANSWER
3. (a) A laboratory technician instructed form two students to dissolve sodium chloride in distilled
water. Give two reasons, state whether a mixture or a compound was formed in the process.
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(b) Which method can be useful in separating each of the following components from their
mixtures?
i. Oil from mixture of oil and water.
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ii. Ethanol from a mixture of water and ethanol
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iii. Nail from a mixture of nail and flower.
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iv. Salt from sea water.
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v. Pure water from muddy water
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4. (a) A chemist heated a mixture of ammonium chloride and sand in a test tube. After 5 minutes
only sand remained in the test tube. Explain the observation that made by a chemist.
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(b) A gardener become sick and decide to rush to hospital. After checkup, a doctor prescribe
medicines and instruct the gardener to shake the medicine well before use. What does the
instruction imply on the type of the mixture? Give reasons to support your answer.
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(c) Differentiate mixture from compound by giving five points
S/N Mixture Compound

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5. Answer the following questions with reference to the first 20 elements of the periodic table.
(a) Give the chemical symbol of the following having:
(i) The smallest atomic size.
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(ii) The largest atomic size.
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(b) (i) Metals having 3 shells of electrons each.
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(ii) Metals having 1 electron in the valence shell
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(iii) Noble gases.
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6. (a) Give the IUPAC names of the following radicals:
(i) ClO3-
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(ii) PO43-
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(b) Calculate the oxidation state of the underlined element in each of the following compounds:
(i) NH4Cl
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7. (a) Identify type of bond found in the following compounds:
(i) Magnesium oxide
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(ii) Table salt
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(iii) Drinking water
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(iv) Ammonia
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(v) Calcium chloride
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(b) Consider the following molecule of a certain compound then answer the question that follow:

(i) What is the name of molecule?

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(ii) What is the molecular formula of the compound?
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(iii) What type of bond holds the molecule?
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(iv) Give other two compounds with the same type of bond identified in (b)(iii)
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8. (a) Differentiate molecular formula from empirical formula.
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(b) A pure oxide of lead (Pb) contains 13.4% of oxygen. Calculate the empirical formula of the
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9. (a) Write chemical formula of the two compounds from which oxygen gas can be prepared by
decomposition
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(b) What are the three physical properties of oxygen gas?
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(c) Why is it important to have abundant oxygen gas on the Earth? Give five reasons
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SECTION C (15 MARKS)

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10. An experiment was conducted to find out the relationship between solubility of common salt
(sodium chloride) in water against temperature. The results were recorded as shown in the
following table:
Mass of the salt (g) 10 30 50 65 87 113
Mass of water (g) 100 100 100 100 100 100
temperature 0 20 30 40 50 60
With reference to experiment:
(a) Provide the statement of the problem.
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(b) Give the hypothesis.
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(c) Identify:
(i) The dependent variable
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(ii) The independent variable
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(d) Present the data collected in a tabular form.

(e) Make an interpretation of the data given

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(f) Make an inference and conclusion.
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