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 251: The reaction of halogens in the presence of sunlight is an example of Options:
  A) oxidation reaction
  B) addition reaction
  C) hydrogenation reaction
  D) substitution reaction
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 252:

  PCl_5(g) ↔ PCl_3(g) + Cl_2(g)

  In the reaction above, a decrease in pressure will

  Options:
  A) Decelerate the reaction
  B) Increase the yield of PCl₃
  C) Increase the yield of PCl₅
  D) Accelerate the reaction
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 253: The salt that reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid to produce a pungent smelling gas which decolourizes acidified purple potassium tetraoxomanganate (VII) solution is Options:
  A) Na₂SO₄
  B) Na₂SO₃
  C) Na₂S
  D) Na₂CO₃
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 254:

  A blue litmus paper turns red when dipped into a solution. What does this indicate about the solution?

  Options:
  A) The solution is basic
  B) The solution is neutral
  C) The solution is acidic
  D) The litmus paper is faulty
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 255: A solution which on treatment with hydrochloric acid produces a colourless, odourless gas which turns lime water milky is most likely to be a Options:
  A) trioxonitrate (V)
  B) chloride
  C) trioxocarbonate (IV)
  D) hydroxide
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 256:

  When anhydrous cobalt chloride paper is exposed to water, what color change is observed?

  Options:
  A) From pink to blue
  B) From white to blue
  C) From blue to white
  D) From blue to pink
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 257: Certain useful waxes are composed mainly of Options:
  A) amino acids
  B) glycerols
  C) alkanols
  D) alkanoates
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 258:

  2-methylprop-1-ene is a structuralisomer of?

  Options:
  A) But-1-yne
  B) 2-methyl But-1-ene
  C) 3-methyl prop-1-yne
  D) But-2-ene
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 259: In a neutralization reaction involving HCI and NaOH using litmus as indicator, the colour at the end point is Options:
  A) Blue
  B) Red
  C) Orange
  D) Purple
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 260:

  The following non-metal form acidic oxides with oxygen except?

  Options:
  A) phosphorus
  B) sulphur
  C) carbon
  D) chlorine
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  The correct answer is C .