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CENTRAL WEST EDUCATION DIVISION
2025 MALAWI SCHOOL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION MOCK EXAMINATION
CHEMISTRY
Subject Number: M038/I
PAPER I
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Section A (70 marks)
1. a. Electroplating is the process of coating a metal on another metal using
electricity. (1 mark)
b. All carbonates are insoluble in water (1) except ammonium/sodium
/Potassium carbonates (1)
c. Mass of MgSO4.5H2O = 24 + 32 + (4 × 16) + (10 ×1) + (5 × 16)
= 24 + 32 + 64 + 10 + 80
= 210 g (1)
Mass of 5H2O = 5(2 + 16)
= 90
% of water = × 100% (1)
= × 100%
= 42.86% (1)
2. used to make sulphuric acid, matches, explosive or gunpowder, plaster of
Paris, to make rubber tough(1)
(any two for 2 marks)
b. steel
c. It is the hardest material(1) hence does not wear out easily(1)
d. (i) hydrogen bonding(1) because hydrogen is bonded to a high
electronegative atom (1)
3. (a)
(4 x 414) + (244) 3(414) + 326 + 431
1656 KJ/mol + 244 KJ/mol 1242 KJ/mol + 326 KJ/mol + 431
1900KJ/mol (1 mark) 1999KJ/mol (1 mark)
Bond breaking bond breaking
Enthalpy change = 1900 KJ/mol – 1999 KJ/mol
= - 99 KJ/mol (1 mark)
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b. Incineration (1) burning wastes to ashes.
Solid wastes are subject to combustion (1)
Sanitary land fills (1) wastes are deposited into pits in a land set
aside (1)
c. Polythene, PVC (polyvinlychloride), nylon, Terylene (any two)(2)
4. a. In aqueous form they release ions (1) which are able to move and
conduct electricity. (1)
b. (i) measuring the volume of carbon dioxide produced per
unit time (1)
(ii) concentration of sugar is high (1) at the beginning of the
reaction which increases the rate at which atoms collide(1)
5. a. - reacts with alkanols to form alkanoates(1)
- reacts with bases to form salts(1)
- reacts with metals to form salts and hydrogen gas
(any two)
b. (1)
250 ml x 0.1M = 2M x
(1)
= 12 ml (1)
6. a. biodegradable wastes are wastes that can be decomposed into
harmless substances by action of living things(1)
b. different wastes require different treatment(1) since they affect the
environment in different way (1)
c. carbon dioxide accumulates in upper atmosphere(1) since plants
that absorb carbon dioxide are destroyed (1)
d. Allotropes are substances that exist in two or more forms in the
same physical state.
7. a. (i) C2H4 + H2O ⟶ C2H5OH (1)
(ii) hydration(1)
(iii) it is a catalyst to speed up the rate of reaction (1)
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b.
Element % mass/RAM divide by ratio mole ratio
C 64.9/12 = 5.41 5.41/1.35 4
H 13.5/1 = 13.5 13.5/1.35 10
O 21.6/16 = 1.35 1.35/1.35 1
(1) (1) (1)
the empical formula is C4H10O (1)
8. a. C + 2H2O ⟶ CO2 + 2H2
correct products(1)
correct reactants(1)
correct balancing(1)
b. 12 g C 4 g of H (1)
30 g of C (1)
= 10 g of hydrogen (1)
9. a. T alkene (1)
U: alkanone (1)
b. S and V (1)
c. - Put 3 drops of sodium hydroxide solution into two different test
tubes (1)
- Add 2 drops of phenolphthalein indicator (1)
- Pour 2 ml of test solutions in the test tubes and observe colour
changes. (1)
- Pink colour remains in U and V turns colourless. (1)
10. a. - provide guidelines of maximum allowable emissions into air(1)
- enact regulations through taxation(1)
- provide best available technics to reduce emissions in industries
- suggest mitigagation measures
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b. it covers the surface of water(1) which prevents entry of air(1)
thereby suffocating aquatic animals(1)
c. (i) galvanisation(1)
(ii) zinc is more reactive than steel(1) and lose electrons in
preference to iron(1) hence iron does not get oxidised(1)
SECTION B (30 marks)
11. a. - put the solution under test into a test tube(1)
- add iron(II) sulphate solution(1)
- then add concentrated sulphuric acid solution(1)
- if a brown ring forms at the boundary between iron(II) sulphate and
sulphuric acid(1) then the solution contains nitrate ions(1)
b. - ethanol(1) undergoes oxidation by oxidant such as potassium
permanganate(1) to form ethanal and water i.e
CH3CH2OH + (O) ⟶ CH3CHO + H2O
(1)
- the ethanal is oxidised further(1) to form ethanoic acid
CH3CHO + (O) ⟶ CH3COOH
(1)
12. a. - branching increases distance between adjacent molecules(1)
- this reduces Van der Waal’s forces(1)
- as a result less energy(1) is required to overcome the reduced forces
(1) hence melting points decrease(1)
b. ammonia reacts with phosphoric acid as follows(1)
NH3 + H3PO4 ⟶ (NH4)3PO4
(1 mark each species)
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13. - set apparatus as below using the solvent used in the standard
chromatogram(1)
Correct diagram (1)
Any pair of correct labels 1 mark each
- the solvent moves upwards by capillary action (1)
- upon reaching the ink spot, it dissolves it and move upwards with
it(1)
- measure the distances moved by the solvent and distance moved
by the ink(1)
- calculate the relative flow value using;
Rf = (1)
- compare the calculated Rf value with standard Rf value(1)
- if the calculated Rf value matches with the standard Rf value, then
the sample of the black ink is pure(1)
- if the Rf values do not match, then the ink is not pure(1)
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