Chemistry Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

Chemistry is the study of the substances that make up matter. It looks at their properties, how they react with each other, and how these reactions can create new substances.

• Question 1:

  

  The functional groups present in the compound above are

  Options:
  A) Alkene and halo-group
  B) Hydroxyl and chloro-group
  C) Alkene and chloro-group
  D) Hydroxyl and halo-group
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2: 60cm³ of hydrogen are sparked with 20cm³ of oxygen at 100^oC and 1 atmosphere . The total volume of the residual gases in Options:
  A) 60 cm³
  B) 10 cm³
  C) 40 cm³
  D) 30 cm³
  E) 70 cm³
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3: Which of the following gases has a characteristic pungent smell, turns red litmus paper blue and forms dense white fumes with hydrogen chloride gas? Options:
  A) N₂
  B) N₂O
  C) CI₂
  D) NH₃
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 4:

  How many moles of limestone will be required to produce 5.6g of CaO?

  [Ca = 40, C = 12, O= 16]

  Options:
  A) 0.20 mol
  B) 0.10 mol
  C) 1.12 mol
  D) 0.56 mol
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 5:

  200cm³ each of 0.1M solutions of lead (II) trioxonitrate (V) and hydrochloric acid were mixed. Assuming that lead (II) chloride is completely insoluble, calculate the mass of lead (II) chloride that will be precipitated.

  [Pb = 207, Cl= 35.5, N = 14, O = 16]

  Options:
  A) 2.78g
  B) 5.56g
  C) 8.34g
  D) 11.12g
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 6: Cast iron is used in making Options:
  A) Chains and agricultural implements
  B) Iron sheets and retort stand
  C) Nails and iron rods
  D) Stoves and cookers
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 7:

  The pollutant usually presents in a city which generates its electricity from coal?

  Options:
  A) fog
  B) carbon(ii)oxide
  C) smog
  D) sulphur(iv)oxide
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 8: CaO_s + H₂O_(l) → Ca(OH)_2(s) ΔH -65 kj. The process represented by the above equation is known as? Options:
  A) dissolution
  B) slaking
  C) liming
  D) mortaring
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 9: The iron (III) oxide impurity in bauxite can be removed by? Options:
  A) Fractional crystallization in acid solution
  B) dissolution in sodium hydroxide and filtration
  C) extraction with concentrated ammonia and reprecipitation
  D) electroysis of molten mixture
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 10: The boiling point of water, ethanol, toluene and butan-2-ol are 373.0k, 351.3k, 383.6k and 372.5k respectively. Which liquid has the highest vapour pressure at 323.0k? Options:
  A) water
  B) toluene
  C) ethanol
  D) butan-2-ol
  E) none
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  The correct answer is C .