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 231: 30 cm³ of 0.1 M Al (NO₃)₃ SOLUTION IS RECTED WITH 100cm³ of 0.15M of NaOH solution. Which reactant is in excess, and by now much ? Options:
  A) NaOH solution by 70 cm³
  B) NaOH solution, by 60 cm³
  C) NaOH solution by 40 cm³
  D) Al(NO₃)₃ solution by 20 cm³
  E) Al(NO₃)₃ solution by 10 cm³
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 232: Which of the following will have its mass increased when heated in air? Options:
  A) Helium
  B) Magnesium
  C) Copper pyrites
  D) Glass
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 233:

  Two equal bulbs, one containing ammonia and the other nitrogen are opened mouth-to-mouth to each other at room temperature. The entropy in the mixture of gases is likely to

  Options:
  A) remain unchanged
  B) increase
  C) decrease
  D) change
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 234:

  

  The IUPAC name for

  Options:
  A) 1-methlpentane
  B) 3-methylbutane
  C) 2-methylbutane
  D) 1-dimethylpropane
  E) 2-methylpentane
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 235:

  If one of the following oxides is heated with hydrogen or carbon using a bunsen burner. it is not reduced to the metal, Which one is it?

  Options:
  A) lead oxide
  B) Magnesium oxide
  C) Copper oxide
  D) Tin oxide
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 236: In the extraction of sodium from fused sodium chloride, the anode is made of platinum because Options:
  A) sodium is formed at the anode
  B) chlorine is formed at the anode
  C) sodium does not react with platinum
  D) chlorine does not react with platinum
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 237: In the extraction of iron, which of the following reactions does NOT take place in the blast furnace? Options:
  A) CO₂ + C → 2CO
  B) 2Fe₂O₃ + 3C → 4Fe + 3CO₂
  C) Fe₂O₃ + 3C → 2Fe + 3CO₂
  D) CaCO₃ → CaO + CO₂
  E) CaO + SiO₂ → CaSiO₃
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 238:

  Na${}_2$CO${}_3$ + 2HCl $\to$ 2NaCl + H${}_2$O + CO${}_2$

  The indicator most suitable for this reaction should have a pH equal to

  Options:
  A) 5
  B) 7
  C) 3
  D) 9
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 239: When hydrogen sulphide and sulphur dioxide are each passed in turn into a solution of potassium dichromate? Options:
  A) both gases change the colour of the solution from yellow to colourless
  B) both gases causes sulphur to be deposited
  C) only hydrogen sulphide decolourizes the solution
  D) only sulphur dioxide deposits sulphur
  E) only hydrogen sulphide deposits sulphur
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 240: What happens when the nitrates of potassium, calcium, zinc and copper are separately heated? Options:
  A) All the nitrate will decompose to their respective metals
  B) The nitrates of calcium and potassium will decomposes to their nitrites
  C) Only copper nitrate decomposes to the metal
  D) Only the nitrates of zinc and copper will decompose to their oxides
  E) The nitrates of calcium, zinc and copper decompose to their oxides
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  The correct answer is E .