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CHEMISTRY
Paper 3
(Practical)
Time- 2 Hours
PREDICTION EXAMINATION 2 FOR KCSE 2021/2022
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
 Write your name and index number in the spaces provided.
 Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided.
 Answer ALL the questions in the spaces provided in the question paper. You are NOT allowed to
start working with the apparatus for the first 15 minutes of the 2¼ hours allowed for this paper.
This time is to enable you to read the question paper and make sure you have all the chemicals
and apparatus required.
 ALL working MUST be clearly shown where necessary
 Mathematical tables and electronic calculators may be used.

For Examiners use only.

Question Maximum Score Candidates Score
1 14

2 14

3 12

TOTAL 40

This paper consists of 8 printed pages. Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all the pages are printed as indicates and no
questions are missing.
1. You are provided with:
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  Solution S, made by dissolving 4.9g of FeSO4 (NH4)2SO4.6H2O in 250.0cm3 of
solution.
 Solution R, a solution of Potassium Manganate(VII), KMnO4 containing 0.002 moles in
100cm3 of solution.
You are required to determine the mole ratio of R to S and write a balanced ionic equation
for the reaction that occur.
Procedure
Fill the burette with solution R. Pipette 25.0cm3 of solution S into a clean 250ml conical flask. Add
about 5cm3 of 2M Sulphuric (VI) acid and titrate with solution R from the burette till the
permanent pink colour appears. Repeat the procedure two more times and record your results in
the table below.

Table I
I II III
Final burette reading (cm3)
Initial burette reading (cm3)
Titre (cm3)
(4mks)
(a) Calculate the:
(i) Average of solution R used (1mk)

(ii) Concentration of R in moles per litre. (2mks)

(iii) Number of moles of R used. (1mk)

(iv) Concentration of S in moles per litre. (2mks)

 (v) Number of moles of S in 25.0 cm3 (1mk)

(b) Determine the mole ratio of R to S (1mk)

Write a balanced ionic equation for the reaction between solution R and solution S in the presence
of 2M Sulphuric (VI) acid (K=19,Mn=55, O=16, Fe=56, S=32, N=14,H=1) (2mks)

2. You are provided with:

 Magnesium ribbon labeled
 2.0M Sulphuric(IV) acid, solution.
 You are required to determine the rate of reaction between Magnesium and
Sulphuric(IV) acid at different concentrations.
Procedure
Place six test tubes on a test-tube rack and label them 1,2,3,4,5 and 6. Using a 10cm3 measuring
cylinder, measure out volumes of 2.0M Sulphuric (VI) acid, solution N as shown in the table II
below and pour them into the corresponding test tubes. Wash the measuring cylinder and use it
to measure the volumes of distilled water as indicated in the table II and pour into
corresponding test-tubes.

Cut out six pieces each of 1cm length of Magnesium ribbon. Transfer all of the solution in the
test-tube 1 into a clean 100ml beaker. Place one piece of Magnesium into the beaker and start a
stop watch immediately. Swirl the beaker continuously ensuring that magnesium is always
inside the solution. Record in the table II the time taken for Magnesium ribbon to disappear.
Wash the beaker each time and repeat the procedure for each of the solutions in the test-tubes
2,3,4,5 and 6
Table II
 Test-tube number 1 2 3 4 5 6
Volume of solution N. (cm3) 10 9 8 7 6 5
Volume of distilled water (cm3) 0 1 2 3 4 5
Time taken (sec)
Rate of reaction, 1/time
Number of moles of N used
(7mks)
(i) Plot a graph of rate of reaction, 1/time (Y-axis) against the volume of N used.
(3mks)

(ii) Using the graph, determine the time that would be taken for a 1cm length of magnesium
ribbon to disappear if the number of moles of N used was 0.015
(2mks)
State and explain the shape of your graph. (2mks)
3. You are provided with solid M. carry out the tests below. Write your observations and
inferences in the spaces provide.

(a) Place about half of solid M in a clean dry test-tube. Heat the solid gently and strongly. Test
any gases produced with both blue and red litmus papers.
Observations Inference

(1mk) (1mk)

(b) Put the remaining of solid M in a test-tube. Add about 5cm3 of distilled water and shake the
mixture well. (retain the mixture for use in test (c)

Observations Inference

(1mk) (1mk)

(c) (i) To about 2cm3 of the mixture in a test-tube add aqueous Ammonia dropwise until in
excess.
Observations Inference

(1mk) (1mk)

(ii) To about 1cm3 of the mixture in a test-tube add about 1cm3 of Hydrogen peroxide
followed by aqueous Ammonia dropwise until in excess.
 Observations Inference

(1 ½ mks) (1mk)

(iii) To about 1cm3 of the mixture in a test-tube, add three drops of Barium Nitrate solution.
Observations Inference

(1mk) (1 ½ mks)
(iv) To a mixture obtained in (iii) above, add about 4cm3 of 2M aqueous Hydrochloric acid
(c)
Observations Inference

( ½ mk) ( ½ mk)