Chemistry JAMB, WAEC, NECO AND NABTEB Official Past Questions

3508

The oxide that remains unchanged when heated in hydrogen is?

  • A. CuO
  • B. Fe2O3
  • C. PbO2
  • D. ZnO
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3509

A solution containing chloride ions gives white precipitate with silver trioxonitrate(V) Solution. The precipitate will be insoluble in dilute?

  • A. HNO 3 but soluble in ammonia solution
  • B. HNO3 and ammonia solution
  • C. HCl but soluble in ammonia solution
  • D. HCl and in ammonia solution
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3510

3CuO(s) + 2NH3(g) → 3Cu(s) + 3H2O(I) N2(g) (i).

2NH3(g) + 3Cl2(g) → 6HCl(g) + N2(g) (ii).

4NH3(g) + 3O2(g) → 6H2O(I) + 2N2(g) (iii).

The reactions represented by the equations above demonstrate the?

  • A. basic properties of ammonia
  • B. acidic properties of ammonia
  • C. reducing properties of ammonia
  • D. oxidizing properties of ammonia
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3511

A gas that turns a filter paper previously soaked in lead ethanoate solution black is?

  • A. hyrogen chloride
  • B. hydrogen sulphide
  • C. sulphur (IV) oxide
  • D. sulphur (VI) oxide
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3512

2X(g) + Y(g) → Z(g): In the equation above, The rate of formation of Z is found to be independent of the concentration of Y and to quadruple when the concentration of X is doubled. The correct equation for the reaction is?

  • A. R = k (X)(Y)
  • B. R = K (X) ° (Y)
  • C. R = K (X) ° (Y) 2
  • D. R = K (X) 2(Y)°
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3513

2Cl2(g) + 2H2O(g) 4HCl(g) + O2(g)
∆H° = +115KJ mol-1. In the above equilibrium reaction, a decrease in temperature will?

  • A. favour the reverse reaction
  • B. favour the forward reaction
  • C. have no effect on the equilibrium state
  • D. double the rate of the reverse raection
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3514

Mg2+(aq) + 2e>(aq) → Mg(s)(volts) = 2.370

Zn2+(aq) + 2e>(aq) → Zn(s)(volts) = -0.763

Cds2+(aq) + 2e>(aq) → Cd(s)(volts) = 0.403

Cu2+(aq) + 2e>(aq) → Cu(s)(volts) = 0.340

In the electrochemical series above, the strongest reducing agents is?

  • A. Cu (s)
  • B. Cd(s)
  • C. Znsub>(s)
  • D. Mg(s)
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3515

The pH of a solution obtained by mixing 100cm3 of a 0.2M solution of NaOH is?

  • A. 1.3
  • B. 7.0
  • C. 9.7
  • D. 12.7
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3516

Soap lather is an example of a colloid in which a?

  • A. liquid is dispersed in gas
  • B. solid is dispersed in liquid
  • C. gas is dispersed in liquid
  • D. liquid is despersed in liquid
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3517

90.0g of MgCI2 was placed in 50.0cm3 of water to give a saturated solubility of the salt is 8.0 mol dm3 at the same temperature, what is the mass of the salt left undissolved at the given temperature?

(Mg = 24, Cl = 35.5)

  • A. 52.0g
  • B. 58.5g
  • C. 85.5g
  • D. 88.5g
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3518

If an element X of an atomic number Z and mass number Y is irradiated by an intense concentration of neutrons, the relevant nuclear equation is?

  • A. yzX + 10n → y - 1z + 1X
  • B. yzX + 10n → y + 1zX
  • C. yzX + 10n → yz + 1X
  • D. yzX + 10n → y + 1z - 1X
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3519

Excess phosphorus was burnt in a gas jar and the residual gas passed successively over concentrated KOH solution and concentration H2SO4 before being collected in a flask. The gases collected are?

  • A. carbon (IV) oxide, nitrogen and the rare gases
  • B. nitrogen and the rare gases
  • C. carbon (IV) oxide, nitrogen (IV) oxide and the rare gases
  • D. carbon (IV) oxide
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3520

The soil around a battery manufacturing factory is likely to contain a high concentration of?

  • A. Ca2+ salts
  • B. Pb2+ salts
  • C. Mg2+ salts
  • D. Al3+ salts
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3521

Potassium tetraoxomanganate (VII) is often added to impure water to?

  • A. reduce organic impurities
  • B. reduce inorganic impurities
  • C. destroy bacteria and algae
  • D. remove permanent hardness
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3522

The property used in obtaining oxygen and nitrogen industrially from air is the?

  • A. boiling point
  • B. density
  • C. rate of diffusion
  • D. solubility
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3523

The line observed in the sample hydrogen spectrum are due to emission of?

  • A. electrons from the atoms
  • B. energy by proton transition
  • C. energy by electron transition
  • D. neutron from the atom
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3524

Which of the following electron configurations indicates an atom with the highest ionization energy?

  • A. 2,8,7
  • B. 2,8,8,1
  • C. 2,8,8,2
  • D. 2,8,8,7
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3525

A solid begins to melt when?

  • A. constituent particles acquires a greater kinetic energy
  • B. energy of vibration of particles of the solid is less than the intermolecular forces
  • C. constituent particles acquires energy above the average kinetic energy
  • D. energy of vibration of particles of the solid equals the intermolecular forces
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3526

If sulphur (IV) oxide and methane are released simultaneously at the opposite ends of a narrow tube, the rates of diffusion Rso2 and Rch4 will be in the ratio?

(S = 32, O = 16, C = 12, H = 1)

  • A. 4:1
  • B. 2:1
  • C. 1:2
  • D. 1:4
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3527

30cm3 of hydrogen was collected over water at 27°C and 780 mm Hg. If the vapour pressure of water at the temperature of the experiment was 10 mm Hg, calculate the volume of the gas at 760 mm Hg and 7°C?

  • A. 40.0 cm3
  • B. 35.7 cm3
  • C. 28.4 cm3
  • D. 25.2 cm3
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3528

C3H8(g) + 502(g) → 4H2O + 3CO2(g). Form the equation above the volume of oxygen at s.t.p. required to burn 50cm3 of propane is?

  • A. 250 cm3
  • B. 150 cm3
  • C. 100 cm 3
  • D. 50 cm3
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