Chemistry JAMB, WAEC, NECO AND NABTEB Official Past Questions

1723

Which of these radioactive elements is commonly used as a nuclear fuel

  • A. uranium
  • B. palladium
  • C. actium
  • D. thorium
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1724

A major source of oxide of nitrogen is from the burning of

  • A. coal
  • B. wood
  • C. fuel
  • D. chlorofluorocarbons
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1725

Rare gases are stable because they

  • A. are monoatomic
  • B. form ions easily
  • C. have duplet or octet electronic configuration in the outermost shells in their atoms
  • D. are volatile gases
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1726

Which of the following types of alkanols undergo oxidation to produce alkanoic acids.

I. Primary alkanols
II. Secondary alkanols
III. Tertiary alkanols

  • A. I, II and III
  • B. I and II only
  • C. III only
  • D. I only
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1727

Hydrogen can be displaced from a hot alkaline solution by

  • A. Fe
  • B. Cu
  • C. Ca
  • D. Sn
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1728

Which of the following ions  requires the largest quantity of electricity for discharge at an electrode?

  • A. 2.0 mole of Q3+
  • B. 2.5 mole of R2+
  • C. 3.0 mole of T-
  • D. 4.0 mole of Y-
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1729

A fixed mass of gas occupies 92cm3 at 3°C. What will be its volume at 18C if the pressure remains constant?

  • A. 15.3cm3
  • B. 87.3cm3
  • C. 2.0cm3
  • D. 97.0cm3
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1730

P1V1 = P2V2 supports ?

  • A. Charles’s law
  • B. Boyles’s law
  • C. Graham’s law
  • D. Avogadro’s law
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1731

Tartaric acid is used industrially to

  • A. make baking powder
  • B. make fruit juice
  • C. remove rust
  • D. dry substance
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1732

A liquid that will dissolve fat is

  • A. hydrochloric acid
  • B. calcium hydrochloride
  • C. kerosene
  • D. water
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1733

In the production of soap, concentrated sodium chloride solution is added to

  • A. increase the solubility of soap
  • B. decrease the solubility of the soap
  • C. saponify the soap
  • D. emulsify the soap
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1734

Which of the following metals burns with brick red

  • A. Pb
  • B. Ca
  • C. Na
  • D. Mg
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1735

The above orbital diagram shown the electronic configuration of

  • A. chlorine
  • B. nitrogen
  • C. calcium
  • D. neon
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1736

A suitable reagent for distinguish between ethanoic and ethanol is

  • A. bromine water
  • B. Fehling’s solution
  • C. sodium hydrogen trioxocarbonate (iv)
  • D. Ammoniacal silver trioxonitrate(V)
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1737

Flow of current in electrolytes is due to the movement of

  • A. electrons
  • B. Holes and electron
  • C. Ions
  • D. Charges
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1738

Cathode rays cause an object placed behind a perforated anode to cast a shadow on the screen. This observation shows that the rays

  • A. are positively charged
  • B. are negatively charged
  • C. Have mass
  • D. travel in straight lines
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1739

An elements used in production of matches is

  • A. nitrogen
  • B. aluminum
  • C. copper
  • D. sulphur
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1740

The weakest attractive force that can be observed between two molecules is

  • A. ionic
  • B. covalent
  • C. co-ordinate covalent
  • D. vander Waals
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1741

Which of the noble gases has the greatest ionization energy

  • A. He
  • B. Xe
  • C. Ar
  • D. Rr
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1742

Atomicity of ozone is

  • A. 1
  • B. 2
  • C. 3
  • D. 4
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1743

When salt loses its water of crystallization to the atmosphere on exposure, the process is said to be

  • A. efflorescence
  • B. déliquescence
  • C. effervescence
  • D. fluorescence
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