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What is the quantity of electricity produced when a current of 0.5A is passed for 5 hours 45 mins? (1F = 96500C)

  • A. 0. 11F
  • B. 0.12F
  • C. 0.22F
  • D. 1.1F
  • E. 2.2F
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44

The scum formed when soap is mixed with hard water could be

  • A. calcium trioxocarbonate (IV)
  • B. propane- 1, 2, 3 - triol
  • C. calcium hydrogentrioxocarbonate (IV)
  • D. magnesium tetraoxosulphate (IV)
  • E. calcium stearate
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45

The halide used widely in photography is

  • A. ammonium chloride
  • B. calcum chloride
  • C. silver bromide
  • D. sodium brmide
  • E. aluminium fluroide
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46

When air is passed through potash and then pyrogallol, the components are noble gases,

  • A. oxygen and carbon (IV) oxide
  • B. oxygen and nitrogen
  • C. nitrogen and water vapour
  • D. water vapour and carbon (IV) oxide
  • E. oxygen and water vapour
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47

The reactions ethyne are mainly

  • A. substitution reactions
  • B. addition reactions
  • C. addition polymerization
  • D. catalytic hydrogenation
  • E. catalytic halogenation
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48

The following acids are monobasic except

  • A. methanoic acid
  • B. dioxonitrate lll acid
  • C. ethanedioic acid
  • D. oxochlorate (l) acid
  • E. hydrobromic acid
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49

If the volume of a given mass of gas at 298 K and pressure of 205.2 x 10\(^3\) Nm\(^{-2}\) is 2.12dm\(^3\), what is volume of the gas at s.t.p? (Standard pressure = 101.3 x 10\(^3\) Nm\(^{-2}\), Standard temperature = 273K)

  • A. 39.3dm 3
  • B. 22.4dm3
  • C. 4.93dm3
  • D. 3.93dm3
  • E. 0.393dm3
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50

Which of the following processes is a physical reaction?

  • A. Electrolysis
  • B. Hydrolysis
  • C. Allotropic change
  • D. Neutralization
  • E. Corrosion
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51

Study carefully the reaction represented by the equation below. 2H2O 2(l) โ†’ O 2(g) + 2H2O(l). Which of the following will not reaction increase the reaction rate?

  • A. Heating the hydrogen peroxide
  • B. Adding a pinch of MnO2 to the reactant
  • C. increasing the concentration of the H2O2
  • D. Adding water to the reactant
  • E. Exposing the reactant to sunlight
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52

Methanol is obtained from wood by

  • A. esterification
  • B. bacterial decomposition
  • C. combustion
  • D. fractional distillation
  • E. destructive distillation
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53

The maximum number of electrons that can accommodated in the shell having the principal quantum number 3 is

  • A. 3
  • B. 9
  • C. 10
  • D. 18
  • E. 32
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54

When steam is passed over white-hot coke, the products are

  • A. carbon (IV) oxide and nitrogen
  • B. carbon (II) oxide and hydrogen
  • C. carbon (ll) oxide and nitrogen
  • D. carbon (lV) oxide and steam
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