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 221: The furring of kettles is caused by the presence in water of Options:
  A) calcium hydrogentrioxocarbonate (IV)
  B) calcium trioxocarbonate (IV)
  C) calcium tetraoxosulphate (VI)
  D) calcium hydroxide
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 222: Starch can be converted to ethyl alcohol by? Options:
  A) distillation
  B) fermentation
  C) isomerization
  D) cracking
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 223: How many unpaired electron are in the p-orbitals of a fluorine atom? Options:
  A) 3
  B) $0$
  C) 1
  D) 2
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 224: The radioisotope used in industrial radiography for the rapid checking of faults in welds and casting is Options:
  A) Phosphorus-32
  B) Cobalt-60
  C) Carbon-14
  D) Iodine-131
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 225: Commercial bleaching can be carried out using Options:
  A) sulphur (IV) oxide and ammonia
  B) hydrogen sulphide and chlorine
  C) chlorine and sulphur (IV) oxide
  D) ammonia and chlorine
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 226:

  When ammonia and hydrogen ion bond together to form ammonium ion, the bond formed is called

  Options:
  A) electrovalent bond
  B) co-ordinate bond
  C) ionic bond
  D) covalent bond
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 227: If an organic compound decolorizes bromine water then the compound is? Options:
  A) saturated
  B) supersaturated
  C) unsaturated
  D) a solid
  E) protonated
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 228:

  Soaps clean surfaces on the principlebased on?

  Options:
  A) viscosity
  B) floatation
  C) elasticity
  D) surface tension
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 229:

  Burning magnesium ribbon in air removes which of the following

  (i) oxygen (ii) nitrogen (iii) argon and (iv) carbon(iv)oxide?

  Options:
  A) i and iv only
  B) i, ii, iii and iv only
  C) i only
  D) i and ii only
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 230:

  2SO_2(g) + O_2(g) ↔ 2SO_3(g)

  ΔH = -189 kJ mol^-1

  The equilibrium constant for the reaction above is increased by

  Options:
  A) Increasing the temperature of the system
  B) Increase the pressure of the system
  C) The addition of a catalyst to the system
  D) Increasing the surface area of the vessel
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  The correct answer is B .