Chemistry JAMB, WAEC, NECO AND NABTEB Official Past Questions

673

If 6.5g of magnesium ribbon reacts completely with Hydrochloric acid, how many grams of hydrogen gas would be liberated?

Mg(s) + 2 HCl(aq) –> MgCl 2(aq) + H 2(g)

[ H = 1.0, Mg = 24.0 ]

  • A. 0.54g
  • B. 0.70g
  • C. 1.08g
  • D. 1.40g
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674

The bleaching action of chlorine is through the process?

  • A. Hydration
  • B. Hydrolysis
  • C. Reduction
  • D. Oxidation
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675

which of the following elements has the highest ionization energy?

  • A. Calcium
  • B. Chlorine
  • C. Flourine
  • D. Magnesium
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676

Which of the following metals reacts slowly with cold water?

  • A. Iron
  • B. Silver
  • C. Calcium
  • D. Pottassium
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677

A solid with higher melting and boiling points is likely to be?

  • A. Covalent compound
  • B. A Dative compound
  • C. An Electrovalent compound
  • D. A Non-metal
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678

The periodic table is an arrangement of elements according to their? 

  • A. Oxidation number
  • B. Atomic number
  • C. Mass number
  • D. Nunber of neutrons
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679

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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680

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

  • A. Nitrogen
  • B. Hydrogen
  • C. Oxygen
  • D. Fluorine
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681

Aluminum hydroxide is used in the dyeing industry as a?

  • A. Dye
  • B. Dispersant
  • C. Salt
  • D. Mordant
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682

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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683

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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684

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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685

The general formula for the Alkanals is?

  • A. R\(_2\)CO
  • B. RCHO
  • C. ROH
  • D. RCOOR
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686

Proteins in acid solution undergo?

  • A. Substitution
  • B. Fermentation
  • C. Hydrolysis
  • D. Polymerisation
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687

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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688

The chlorinated alkane often used industrially to remove grease is?

  • A. Tetrachloromethane
  • B. Chloromethane
  • C. Trichloromethane
  • D. Dichloromethane
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689

The substance often used for vulcanization of rubber is?

  • A. Chlorine
  • B. Hydrogen peroxide
  • C. Sulphur
  • D. Tetraoxosulphate(vi) acid
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690

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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691

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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692

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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693

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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