Chemistry JAMB, WAEC, NECO AND NABTEB Official Past Questions

3781

Which of the following are mixtures?
i, Petroleum
ii, Rubber latex
iii. Vulcanizer’s solution
iv, Carbon (II)sulphide

  • A. i, ii and iii
  • B. i, ii and iv
  • C. i and ii only
  • D. i and iv
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3782

Which of the following can be obtained by fractional distillation?

  • A. Nitrogen from liquid air
  • B. Sodium chloride from sea water
  • C. Iodine from a solution of Iondine in carbon tetrachloride
  • D. Sulphur from a solution of sulphur incarbon disulphide
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3783

0.1 faraday of electricity deposited 2.95 g of nickel during electrolysis of an aqueous solution.
Calculate the number of moles of nickel that will be deposited by 0.4 faraday?

(Ni = 58.7)

  • A. 0.20
  • B. 0.30
  • C. 0.04
  • D. 5.87
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3784

If 10.8 g of silver is deposited in a silver coulometer volume of oxygen liberated is?

  • A. 0.56 dm3
  • B. 5.60 dm3
  • C. 11.20 dm3
  • D. 22.40 dm3
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3785

What volume of 11.0 M hydrochloric acid must be dilute to obtain 1 dm3 of 0.05 M acid?

  • A. 0.05 dm3
  • B. 0.10 dm3
  • C. 0.55 dm3
  • D. 11.0 dm3
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3786

What is the concentration of H+ ions in moles per dm3 of a sodium of pH 4.398?

  • A. 4.0 χ 10-5
  • B. 0.4 χ 10-5
  • C. 4.0 χ 10-3
  • D. 0.4 χ 10-3
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3787

2.0g of a monobasic acid was made up to 250 cm3 with distilled water. 25.00 cm3 of this solution required 20.00cm3 of 0.1 M NaOH solution for complete neutralization. The molar mass of the acid is?

  • A. 200 g
  • B. 160 g
  • C. 100 g
  • D. 50 g
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3788

Na2C2O4 + CaCl2 → CaC2O4 + 2NaCl. Given a solution of 1.9g of sodium oxalate in 50g of water at room temperature, calculate the minimum volume of 0.1 M calcium oxalate using the above equation?

  • A. 1.40 χ 102 dm3
  • B. 14.0 χ 102 cm3
  • C. 1.40 χ 10-2 dm-2
  • D. 14.0 χ 10-2 cm3
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3789

Smoke consist of?

  • A. solid particles dispersed in liquid
  • B. solid or liquid particles dispersed in gas
  • C. gas or liquid particles dispersed inliquid
  • D. liquid particles dispersed inliquid
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3790

The solubility in moles per dm3 of 20g of CuSO4 dissolve in 100 of water at 180°C is?

(Cu = 63.5, S = 32, O = 16)

  • A. 0.13
  • B. 0.25
  • C. 1.25
  • D. 2.00
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3791

A blue solid, T, which weighed 5.0g was placed on a table. After 8 hours, the resulting pink solid was found to weigh 5.5g. It can be inferred that substance T?

  • A. is deliquescent
  • B. is hydroscopic
  • C. has some molecules of water of crystallization
  • D. is efflorescent
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3792

10.0 dm3 of air containing H2S as an impurity was passed through a solution of Pb(NO3)2 until all the H2S had reacted. The precipitate of PbS was found to weigh 5.02 g. According to the equation:

Pb(NO3)2 + H2S → PbS + 2HNO3 the percentage by volume of hydrogen sulphide in the air is?

(Pb = 207, S = 32, GMV at s.t.p = 22.4dm3)

  • A. 50.2
  • B. 47.0
  • C. 4.70
  • D. 0.47
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3793

Chlorine, consisting of two isotopes of mass numbers 35 and 37, has an atomic mass of 35.5.
The relative abundance of the isotope of mass number 37 is?

  • A. 20
  • B. 25
  • C. 50
  • D. 75
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3794

X(g) → X\(^-\)(g). The type of energy involved in the above transformation is?

  • A. ionization energy
  • B. sublimation energy
  • C. lattice energy
  • D. electron affinity
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3795

Which of the following terms indicates the number of bonds that can be formed by an atom?

  • A. Oxidation number
  • B. Valence
  • C. Atomic number
  • D. Electronegativity
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3796

…………………P….Q…..R……S
Proton…………..13….16….17…..19
Electron…………13….16….17…..19
Neutron………….14….16….35…..20

Which of the four atoms P,q,R and in S in the above data can be described by the following properties relative atomic mass is greater than 30 but less than 40; it has an odd atomic number and forms a unipositive ion in solution?

  • A. P
  • B. Q
  • C. R
  • D. S
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3797

A basic postulate of the kinetic theory of gases is that the molecules of a gas move in straight lines between collisions. This implies that?

  • A. collisions are perfectly elastic
  • B. forces of repulsion exist
  • C. forces of repulsion are in equilibrium
  • D. collision are inelastic
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3798

Equal volumes of CO,SO2, NO2 and H2S were released into a room at the same point and time. Which of the following gives the order of diffusion of the gases to the opposite corner of the room?
(S = 32, C = 12, O = 16, N = 14, H = 1)

  • A. CO, SO2,NO2,H2S
  • B. SO2,NO2,H2S,CO
  • C. CO,H2S,SO2,NO2
  • D. CO,H2S,NO2,SO2
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3799

The volume occupies by 1.58g of a gas at s.t.p is 500cm3. What is the relative molecular mass of the gas?

(G.M.V at s.t.p = 22.40dm3)

  • A. 28
  • B. 32
  • C. 44
  • D. 71
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3800

If a gas occupies a container of volume 146 cm3 at 18°C and 0.971 atm, its volume in cm3 at s.t.p is?

  • A. 133
  • B. 146
  • C. 266
  • D. 292
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3801

Which of the following is formed when maltose reacts with concentrated tetraoxosulphate (VI) acid ?

  • A. Carbon (IV) oxide
  • B. Coal tar
  • C. Charcoal
  • D. Toxic fumes
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