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 1211: Which of the following substances is not a salt? Options:
  A) Aluminium oxide
  B) Sodium hydrogentrioxosulphate (V)
  C) Sodium trioxocarbonate (V)
  D) Zinc chloride
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1212:

  The refreshing and characteristic taste of soda water and other soft drinks is as a result of the presence of

  Options:
  A) carbon(IV)oxide
  B) carbon(ll)oxide
  C) soda
  D) glucose
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1213: Calcium hydroxide and ammonium chloride when heated together will give an important product. This compound may be obtained dry by Options:
  A) dissolving it in water, recrystallizing it and then drying in the oven
  B) passing it through a concentrated aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide
  C) passing it through calcium oxide
  D) passing it through concentrated sulphuric acid
  E) passing it through anhydrous calcium choride
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1214: The property which makes alcohol soluble in water is the Options:
  A) boiling point
  B) hydrogen bonding
  C) ionic character
  D) covalent nature
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1215: Which of the following noble gases is commonly found in the atmosphere? Options:
  A) Xenon
  B) Neon
  C) Helium
  D) Argon
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1216: The most suitable metal that can be used as lightning conductor is Options:
  A) silver
  B) copper
  C) iron
  D) aluminium
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1217:

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

  II. Secondary alkanols

  III. Tertiary alkanols

  Options:
  A) I, II and III
  B) I and II only
  C) III only
  D) I only
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1218:

  Potassium trioxochlorate (V)has a solubility of 1.5 mol dm ^-3 at 45 ^oC.On cooling this solution to a temperature of 20 ^oC, the solubility was found to be 0.5 mol dm ^-3. What mass of KCIO ₃ was crystalized out?

  [K = 39, Cl = 35.5 O =16].

  Options:
  A) 1.00g
  B) 10.00g
  C) 12.25g
  D) 122.50g
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1219: A metal is extracted from its ore by the electrolysis of its molten chloride and it displaces lead from lead (ll) trioxonitrate (V) solution. The metal is Options:
  A) copper
  B) aluminium
  C) zinc
  D) sodium
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1220:

  

  Use the graph above to answer this question. The structure of cis-2-butene is

  Options:
  A) A
  B) B
  C) C
  D) D
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  The correct answer is B .