Chemistry JAMB, WAEC, NECO AND NABTEB Official Past Questions

1744

A small quantity of solid ammonium chloride (NH4Cl) heated gently in a test tube, the solid gradually disappear produce two gases. Later, a white cloudy deposit was absence on the cooler part of the test tube. The ammonium chloride is to have undergo

  • A. distillation
  • B. sublimation
  • C. precipitation
  • D. evaporation
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1745

The acid in electrolysis of water is dilute

  • A. HNO3
  • B. CH3COOH
  • C. H2SO4
  • D. HCl
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1746

Vulcanization involve the removal of

  • A. monometer
  • B. the single bond
  • C. the double bond
  • D. a polymer
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1747

The gas that is most useful in protecting humans against solar marathon is

  • A. chlorine
  • B. ozone
  • C. carbon IV oxide
  • D. hydrogen sulphide
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1748

In the industrial production of H2 from water gas the CO2 produced along with the H2 is removed by

  • A. washing under pressure
  • B. drying over phosphorus (V) oxide
  • C. passing the mixture to the limewater
  • D. using ammonical copper (I) chlorine
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1749

Iron is often galvanized in order to

  • A. Make it more malleable
  • B. Remove the impurities unit
  • C. Protect it against corrosion
  • D. Render it passive
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1750

Which of these require crystallization most?

  • A. Drug making
  • B. Cement making
  • C. Paint making
  • D. Perfume making
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1751

The filter in the cigarette reduce the nicotine construct by

  • A. burning
  • B. adsorption
  • C. evaporation
  • D. absorption
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1752

One of the methods used for combating air pollution is

  • A. burning of solid waste
  • B. provision of sanitary land fills
  • C. legislation against some industrial practices
  • D. scavenging of refuse dumps
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1753

Iron is often galvanized in order to

  • A. make it more malleable
  • B. remove the impurities in it
  • C. protect it against corrosion
  • D. render it passive
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1754

The energy value of petrol can be determined by a

  • A. bomb calorimeter
  • B. catalytic cracker
  • C. fractionating column
  • D. thermometer
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1755

The reaction of sucrose with dilute HCI produces

  • A. an alkanoate
  • B. glucose and fructose
  • C. a black mass of carbon
  • D. a polysaccharide
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1756

A suitable reagent for distinguishing between ethanoic acid ethanol is

  • A. bromine water
  • B. Fehling's solution
  • C. sodium hydrogentrioxocarbonate (IV)
  • D. ammoniacal silver trioxonitrate (V)
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1757

Which of the following types of alkanols undergo oxidation to produce alkanoic acids? 1. Primary alkanols 11. Secondary alkanols 111. Tertiary alkanols

  • A. 1,11 and 111
  • B. l and ll only
  • C. ll only
  • D. l only
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1758

Which of the following statements about soapless detergents is correct? They

  • A. lather readily with hard water
  • B. increase the surface tension of water
  • C. cause hydrolysis of salts in water
  • D. from a curdy precipitate with soft water
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1759

The reaction between ethene and chlorine to form 1, 2-dichloroethane is

  • A. oxidation
  • B. polymerization
  • C. addition
  • D. substitution
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1760

The following compounds are hydrocarbons except

  • A. methylpropanoate
  • B. 2-methylbutane
  • C. benzene
  • D. cyclohexane
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1761

When alkynes are hydrogenated completely they produce compounds with the general molecular formula

  • A. CnHn
  • B. CnH2n
  • C. CnH2n+2
  • D. CnH2n-2
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1762

Which of the following compounds can be represented by the molecular formula C2H6O?

  • A. Propanal
  • B. Ethanol
  • C. Methanoic acid
  • D. Glucose
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1763

Which of the following processes takes place during the production of margarine from vegetable oils?

  • A. Esterification
  • B. Hydrolysis
  • C. Hydrogenation
  • D. Saponification
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1764

When concentrated sodium chloride solution is electrolysed using inert electrodes, the products are

  • A. oxygen and hydrogen
  • B. hydrogen and chlorine
  • C. sodium and oxygen
  • D. sodium and chlorine
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