May 2023 · Paper 2A
Pre-2025 SyllabusDownload the official question paper from the MATSEC website, attempt it first, then use this page to check your working.
This paper included a Section B choice element — answer any 2 of 4 questions worth 20 marks each. The current syllabus (2025+) no longer includes this.
Section A
Transition metals — Fe & Cu · Balancing equations
Q2 — Not included
This question tested content outside the current SEC 06 syllabus and has been intentionally excluded.
Q2 — Not included (outside current syllabus)
Atomic structure & Periodic Table · Group 1 — Alkali metals · Group 7 — Halogens
Separation techniques
Limestone & building materials
Organic Chemistry · Petroleum & fractional distillation · Alkenes & alkynes · Alkanes
Organic Chemistry · Polymers
Net ionic equations · Balancing equations
Equilibrium
Rates of reaction
Section B
Answer any TWO of the following four questions
Answer any TWO of the following four questions
Energetics
Covalent bonding · Ionic bonding
Qualitative Analysis
Organic Chemistry · Acid rain · Alkanes · Air pollution