Home ยป Past Questions ยป Chemistry ยป Jamb ยป 2020
1

To obtain pure carbon(ii)oxide from its mixture with carbon(iv)oxide, the mixture should be?

  • A. Passed over heated copper(ii)oxide
  • B. Bubbled through water
  • C. Bubbled through conc H\(_2\)SO\(_4\)
  • D. Bubbled through conc NAOH
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2

The most important element on the earth’s crust is?

  • A. Nitrogen
  • B. Hydrogen
  • C. Oxygen
  • D. Fluorine
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3

Aluminum hydroxide is used in the dyeing industry as a?

  • A. Dye
  • B. Dispersant
  • C. Salt
  • D. Mordant
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4

An electron can be added to a halogen atom to form a halide ion with?

  • A. 8 valence electrons
  • B. 7 valence electrons
  • C. 2 valence electrons
  • D. 3 valence electrons
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5

When a solid substance disappears completely as a gas on heating, the substance is said to have undergone?

  • A. Sublimation
  • B. Crystallization
  • C. Distillation
  • D. Evaporation
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6

When cathode rays are deflected onto the electrode of an electrometer, the instrument becomes?

  • A. Bipolar
  • B. Negatively charged
  • C. Positively charged
  • D. Neutral
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7

The general formula for the Alkanals is?

  • A. R\(_2\)CO
  • B. RCHO
  • C. ROH
  • D. RCOOR
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8

Proteins in acid solution undergo?

  • A. Substitution
  • B. Fermentation
  • C. Hydrolysis
  • D. Polymerisation
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9

What mass of water is produced when 8.0g of hydrogen reacts with excess oxygen?

  • A. 8.0g
  • B. 16.0g
  • C. 36.0g
  • D. 72.0g
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10

The chlorinated alkane often used industrially to remove grease is?

  • A. Tetrachloromethane
  • B. Chloromethane
  • C. Trichloromethane
  • D. Dichloromethane
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11

The substance often used for vulcanization of rubber is?

  • A. Chlorine
  • B. Hydrogen peroxide
  • C. Sulphur
  • D. Tetraoxosulphate(vi) acid
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12

An organic compound that does not undergo a reaction with both hydrogen cyanide and hydroxylamine can be?

  • A. Alkene
  • B. Alkanal
  • C. Alkanone
  • D. Alkanoic Acid
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13

Which of the following types of bonding does not involve the formation of new substances?

  • A. Metallic
  • B. Covalent
  • C. Co-ordinate
  • D. Electrovalent
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14

What quantity of electricity will liberate 0.125 mole of oxygen molecules during the electrolysis of dilute sodium chloride solution?

  • A. 24,125 C
  • B. 48,250 C
  • C. 72,375 C
  • D. 96,500 C
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15

A gaseous metallic chloride MCl consists of 20.22% of M by mass. The formula of the chloride is?

[ M = 27, Cl = 35.5]

  • A. MCl
  • B. MCl\(_2\)
  • C. MCl\(_3\)
  • D. M\(_2\)Cl\(_6\)
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16

32g of anhydrous copper(ii)tetraoxosulphate(vi) dissolved in 1dm\(^3\) of water generated 13.0kj of heat. The heat solution is?

  • A. 26.0kj/mol
  • B. 65.0kj/mol
  • C. 130.0kj/mol
  • D. 260.0kj/mol
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17

Helium is used in observation of ballons because it is?

  • A. Light and combustible
  • B. light and non-combustible
  • C. heavy and combustible
  • D. heavy and non-combustible
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18

Deliquescent substances are also?

  • A. efflorescent
  • B. anhydrous
  • C. hygroscopic
  • D. insoluble
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19

Chromatography is used to separate components of mixture which differ in their rates of ?

  • A. diffusion
  • B. migration
  • C. reaction
  • D. sedimentation
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20

A few drop of conc HCL are added to about 10cm\(^3\) of a solution of PH 3.4. The PH of the resulting mixture is?

  • A. less than 3.4
  • B. greater than 3.4
  • C. unaltered
  • D. the same as that of the pure water
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21

The shape of ammonia molecule is?

  • A. Trigonal planar
  • B. Octahedral
  • C. Square planar
  • D. Tetrahedral
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