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: The colour of litmus in an alkaline medium is Options:
  A) Red
  B) Yellow
  C) Pink
  D) Blue
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1212: Which of the following is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the molecules of a substance? Options:
  A) Volume
  B) Mass
  C) Pressure
  D) Temperature
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1213:

  A radioactive nucleus has a half-life of 20 years, starting with 100,000 particles, how many particles will be left exactly at the end of 40 years

  Options:
  A) 75,000 particles
  B) 35,000 particles
  C) 25,000 particles
  D) 50,000 particles
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1214: In the preparation of carbon monoxide by heating ethanedioic acid with concentrated sulphuric acid, the concentrated sulphuric acid act as? Options:
  A) an oxidizing agent
  B) a reducing agent
  C) a dehydrating agent
  D) a reaction medium
  E) a catalyst
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1215: When dissolved in water, NaOH flakes show Options:
  A) An endothermic change
  B) An exothermic change
  C) A slow reaction
  D) A rapid reaction
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1216: Which of the following samples will react fastest with dilute trioxonitrate (V) acid? Options:
  A) 5 g of lumps of CacO₃ at 25°C
  B) 5 g of powered CacO₃ at 25°
  C) 5 g of lumps of CaCO₃ at 50°C
  D) 5 g of powered CaCO₃ AT 50°C
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1217:

  Chlorine gas is commonly used in the production of which of the following industrial compounds?

  Options:
  A) Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
  B) Methane
  C) Ammonia
  D) Ethanol
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1218: In an electrochemical cell, polarization is caused by Options:
  A) Oxygen
  B) Hydrogen
  C) Tetraoxosulphate(IV) acid
  D) Chlorine
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1219:

  Elements P, Q, R, S have 6, 11, 15, 17 electrons respectively, therefore,

  Options:
  A) P will form an electrovalent bond with R
  B) Q will form a covalent bond with S
  C) R will form an electrovalent bond with S
  D) Q will form an electrovalent bond with S
  E) Q will form a covalent bond with R
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1220: Liquid X, reacts with sodium trioxocarbonate (IV) (Na₂CO₃) to give a gas which turns calcium chloride solution milky X is Options:
  A) Na₂SO₄(aq)
  B) Kl (aq)
  C) an alkali
  D) an acid
  E) a hydrocarbon
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  The correct answer is D .