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 21: An acid is said to be weak if? Options:
  A) its ions are so completely dissociated that they easily drift apart
  B) the acid is not corrosive
  C) the acid has low specific gravity
  D) its ions move very slowly when in solution
  E) its ions are incompletely dissociated
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 22: Helium is often used in observation balloons because it is? Options:
  A) light and combustible
  B) light and non-combustible
  C) heavy and combustible
  D) heavy and non-combustible
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 23: Calculate the mass of copper deposited when a current of 0.5 ampere was passed through a solution of copper(II) chloride for 45 minutes in an electrolytic cell. [Cu = 64, F = 96500Cmol^-1] Options:
  A) 0.300g
  B) 0.250g
  C) 0.2242g
  D) 0.448g
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 24: Which of the following compounds will burn with a brick-red colour in a non-luminous Bunsen flame? Options:
  A) LiCI
  B) NaCl
  C) CaCl₂
  D) MgCl₂
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 25: The principle of column chromatography is based on the ability of the constituents to Options:
  A) move at different speeds in the column
  B) dissolve in each other in the column
  C) react with the solvent in the column
  D) react with each other in the column
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 26:

  What is the empirical formula of a compound containing 40.00% carbon, 6.67% hydrogen, and 53.33% oxygen by mass?

  Options:
  A) C${}_4$H${}_8$O${}_4$
  B) CH${}_2$O
  C) C${}_2$H${}_4$O${}_2$
  D) C${}_3$H${}_6$O${}_3$
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 27: On exposure to the atmosphere, a hydrated salt loses its water of crystallization to become anhydrous. This phenomenon is referred to as Options:
  A) efflorescence
  B) diliquescence
  C) hygroscopy
  D) hydrolysis
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 28:

  Which of the following is an example of a chemical change?

  Options:
  A) dissolution of salt in water
  B) rusting of iron
  C) melting of ice
  D) separating a mixture by distillation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 29: 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 30:

  

  The above graph shows a typical heating curve from the solid phase through the liquid phase to the gaseous phase of a substance. Which part of the curve shows solid and liquid in equilibrium?

  Options:
  A) T
  B) U
  C) X
  D) Y
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  The correct answer is A .