ICSE 10th Chemistry Sample Paper 14 Page 1

Sample Paper 14
ICSE Class X 2024-25
Chemistry
Science Paper - 2
Time: 2 Hours Max. Marks: 80
General Instructions:
1. Answer to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
2. You will not be allowed to write during first 15 minutes.
3. This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
4. The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.
5. Section A is compulsory. Attempt any four questions from Section B.

SECTION - A
(Attempt all questions from this Section.)

QUESTION 1.
Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options.
(Do not copy the questions, write the correct answer only.)

(i) Identify the weak electrolyte from the following:

(a) Sodium chloride solution (b) Dilute hydrochloric acid
(c) Dilute sulphuric acid (d) Aqueous acetic acid.

(ii) The gas liberated when sodium sulphites reacts with dilute sulphuric acid:
(a) Carbon dioxide (b) Hydrogen
(c) Sulphur dioxide (d) Hydrogen sulphide

(iii) On moving from left to right across a period of the periodic table, the electron affinity of the elements in
groups 1 to 7 :
(a) Goes up and then down (b) Decreases and then increases
(c) Decreases (d) Increases

(iv) Which gas is evolved when HNO 3 react with sodium bicarbonate?
(a) CO 2 (b) SO 2
(c) H 2 (d) H 2 S

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(v) If an electron .......... energy it jumps to lower energy level from high energy level.
(a) Lose (b) Gain
(c) Equal (d) Not of the above

(vi) The gas law which relates the volume of a gas to the number of molecules of the gas is :
(a) Avogadro’s Law (b) Gay Lussac’s Law
(c) Boyle’s Law (d) Charle’s Law

(vii) Sodium hydroxide turns phenolphthalein solution.

(a) Orange (b) Yellow
(c) Colourless (d) Pink

(viii) Assertion (A) : Sodium hydroxide turns phenolphthalein solution pink.

Reason (R) : In an alkaline solution, phenolphthalein produces a pink hue as an indication of the reaction’s
endpoint when it interacts with the base’s hydroxide ions.
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion
(A).
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion
(A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.

(ix) The non-metallic character of the elements down the group

(a) Remains the same (b) Increases
(c) Decreases (d) Depends on the period

(x) Diammonium hydrogen phosphate, (NH4)2 HPO4, is a widely used fertilizer. Which of the following substance
could be added to this compound to produce a mixture that provides the three principle elements needed
for plant growth?
(a) Magnesium nitrate (b) Ammonium sulphate
(c) Ammonium phosphate (d) Potassium chloride

(xi) The amount of energy released when one or more electron is added to the neutral atom.
(a) Ionisation energy (b) Electron affinity
(c) Electro-negativity (d) Atomicity

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(xii) When dilute sulphuric acid reacts with iron sulphide, the gas evolved is
(a) Hydrogen sulphide (b) Sulphur dioxide
(c) Sulphur trioxide (d) Vapour of sulphuric acid

(xiii) Which of the following hydroxide is soluble in excess of NaOH?

(a) Cr(OH)3 (b) Zn(OH)2
(c) Ca(OH)2 (d) Fe(OH)3

(xiv) Ammonium nitrate is used ______.

(a) in lining vessels 0(b) as a smelling salt
(c) in textile industry (d) in preparing explosives

(xv) Assertion (A): The element with the electronic configuration 2, 8, 18, 3 belongs to the 13th group of the
Modern Periodic Table.
Reason (R): Elements in the 13th group of the Modern Periodic Table have three electrons in their outermost
shell.
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion
(A).
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion
(A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.

QUESTION 2.

(i) Write equation for the following :

(a) Burning of ammonia in oxygen.
(b) How soluble is ammonia in water ?
(c) Give two evidences to show that the solution of ammonia in water contains hydroxide ions.
(d) Name a simple method that you would employ to prepare ammonium salts in your laboratory.

(ii) Match the column I with column II :

Column-I Column-II
(i) Sulphur dioxide (a) Sulphuric acid
(ii) Oil of vitriol (b) Burning sulphur smell
(iii) Oleum (c) Rotten egg smell
(iv) Sulphur trioxide (d) Pyrosulphuric acid
(v) Hydrogen sulphide (e) Anhydride of sulphuric acid.

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(iii) Complete the following by choosing the correct answers from the bracket:
(a) Metals have low ______ (ionization energy/kinetic energy) and non-metals have high ______
(electron affinity/electron Probability).
(b) Metals are good ______ (oxidizing agents/reducing agents) because they are electron ______
(acceptors/donors).
(c) Ammonium chloride is a soluble salt prepared by ______ (precipitation/neutralisation).
(d) Ethanoic acid reacts with ethanol in presence of concentrated H2SO4, so as to form a compound and
water. The chemical reaction which takes place is called ______.(dehydration/hydrogenation/
esterification).
(e) The major cause of periodicity is the recurrence of similar ______ (electronic configuration/electric
configuration).

(iv) Identify the following:

(a) Gas obtained by dehydration of Ethanol.
(b) A dilute mineral acid which forms a white precipitate when treated with barium chloride solution.
(c) The noble gas with duplet arrangement of electrons.
(d) The non-metallic element present in third period other than sulphur and oxygen.
(e) The gas evolved on reaction of aluminium with boiling concentrated caustic alkali solution.

(v) (a) Give balanced equations for the laboratory preparations of the following organic compounds:
(1) A saturated hydrocarbon from iodomethane.
(2) An unsaturated hydrocarbon from an alcohol.
(3) An unsaturated hydrocarbon from calcium carbide.
(b) Give the structural formulae for the following:
(1) An isomer of n-butane.
(2) 2-propanol.

SECTION - B
(Attempt any four questions.)

QUESTION 3.

(i) (a) Draw the structural formulae of the two isomers of Butane. Give the correct IUPAC name of each
isomer.
(b) State one use of acetylene.

(ii) Write the equation for the following reactions:

(a) Dilute Sulphuric acid and Barium chloride
(b) Dilute Sulphuric acid and Sodium sulphide

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(iii) Two columns A and B are given.

Column A Column B
1. Sodium chloride Covalent bond
2. Ammonium ion Ionic bond
3. Carbon tetrachloride. Covalent and Coordinate bond
Answer as follows :
(a) Correct item from B matching sodium chloride.
(b) Correct item from B matching ammonium ion.
(c) Correct item from B matching carbon tetrachloride.

(iv) A student is using an apparatus in the laboratory to prepare nitric acid and is asked to identify the
substances involved, as well as to understand the reactions that occur during and after the preparation. The
following questions relate to this setup:

(a) Name A (a liquid), B (a solid) and C (a liquid). (Do not give the formulae)
(b) Write an equation to show how nitric acid undergoes decomposition.
(c) Write the equation for the reaction in which copper is oxidized by concentrated nitric acid.

QUESTION 4.

(i) (a) Name the solution used to react with Bauxite as a first step in obtaining pure aluminium oxide, in the
Baeyer’s process.
(b) Write the equation for the reaction where the aluminum oxide for the electrolytic extraction of aluminum
is obtained by heating aluminum hydroxide.

(ii) Find the empirical formula and the molecular formula of an organic compound from the data given below :
C = 75.92%, H = 6.32% and N = 17.76%
The vapour density of the compound is 39.5.
[C = 12, H = 1, N = 14]

(iii) Give reasons for the following :

(a) Though ammonium nitrite readily gives nitrogen on heating, a mixture of ammonium chloride and
sodium nitrite in water is heated to prepare nitrogen in laboratory.
(b) Ammonia cannot be collected over water.

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(iv) The following questions are related to the laboratory preparation of hydrochloride acid.
(a) Name the reactants used.
(b) Give suitable reason for choosing these reactants.
(c) Write balanced chemical equation for the reaction taking place below 200°C.

QUESTION 5.

(i) A student is conducting a set of experiments in the laboratory to observe the behavior of ammonia under
different conditions. Based on the experimental setup, the student is required to make observations for the
following cases:
(a) When ammonia gas is burnt in an atmosphere of oxygen in the absence of a catalyst, what observation
is made?
(b) What happens when a glass rod dipped in ammonium hydroxide is brought near the mouth of a
concentrated hydrochloric acid bottle?

(ii) Find the odd one out and explain your choice (note: valency is not a criterion)
(a) Al(OH)3, Pb(OH)2, Mg(OH)2, Zn(OH)2
(b) Formic acid, Nitric acid, Acetic acid, Propanoic acid.

(iii) X[2, 6] and Y[2, 8, 8, 1] are two elements.

Using this information complete the following.
(a) ______ is the metallic element.
(b) ______ is a reducing agent.

(c) When element X is strongly heated in element Y then compound ______ is formed.

(iv) Give the structural formula of the following:

(a) ethanol.
(b) 1-propanal.
(c) ethanoic acid.
(d) 1, 2, dichloroethane.

QUESTION 6.

(i) What is the mass in grams of

(a) 0.5 mole of Nitric acid?
(b) 3 moles of Sodium hydroxide?

(ii) (a) Two solutions X and Y have pH values of 3 and 9 respectively. Which one of these two will give a pink
colour with phenolphthalein indicator ?
(b) The pH value of pure water is 7. Compare the pH values of sulphur dioxide solution and ammonia
solution with that of pure water.

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(iii) (a) Write two applications of electrolysis in which the anode diminishes in mass.
(b) If the compound formed between X [a metal with a valency of 2] and Y [a non-metal with a valency
of 3] is melted and an electric current is passed through the molten compound, the element X will be
obtained at the ______and Y at the ______ of the electrolyte cell. [Provide the missing
words]
(c) What kind of particles will be found in a liquid compound which is non-electrolyte ?

(iv) Give reasons for the following :

(a) Electrolysis of molten lead bromide is considered a reaction in which oxidation and reduction i.e., a
redox reaction occurs.
(b) The blue colour of aqueous copper sulphate fades when it is electrolysed using platinum electrodes.
(c) Lead bromide undergoes electrolytic dissociation in the molten state but is a non-electrolyte in the solid
state.

QUESTION 7.

(i) Draw the relevant structural formula of :

(a) ethane, (b) marsh gas, (c) ethene

(ii) Answer the following questions relating to salts and their preparation:
(a) What is a salt?
(b) What kind of salt is prepared by precipitation?
(c) Name a salt prepared by direct combination. Write the equation for the reaction that takes place while
preparing the salt you have named.

(iii) A student is studying the periodic table and analyzing the properties of elements in one short period. The
student is asked to answer the following questions based on the arrangement of elements in this period:
The elements of one short period of the table are given below in order from left to right :
Li Be B C O F Ne
(a) To which period do these elements belong?
(b) One element of this period is missing. Which is the missing element and where should it be placed ?
(c) Which one of the elements in this period shows the property of catenation ?
(d) Place the three elements Fluorine, Beryllium and Nitrogen in the order of increasing electro-negativity.

QUESTION 8.

(i) Give a chemical test to distinguish between the following pair of compounds : Calcium nitrate solution and
zinc nitrate solution.

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(ii) How many covalent bonds are present in

(a) ammonia molecule and
(b) Methane molecule ?

(iii) A, B, C and D summarize the properties of Sulphuric acid depending on whether it is dilute or concentrated.
Choose the property (A, B, C or D) depending on which is relevant to each of the preparations (a) to (c).
(A) Dilute acid (typical acid property)
(B) Non-volatile acid
(C) Oxidizing agent
(D) Dehydrating agent.
(a) Preparation of Hydrogen chloride
(b) Preparation of Ethane from Ethanol
(c) Preparation of Copper sulphate from Copper oxide.

(iv) Choose the substance given in A, B, C with its properties given in 1 to 3.

A. Sulphur B. Hydrogen sulphite C. Graphite
(1) A non-metal which is a good conductor of electricity.
(2) A non-metal which reacts with concentrated nitric acid to form its own and as one of the product.
(3) Mono basic acid having molecular mass of 36.5 u.

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