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 341:

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

  Options:
  A) phosphorus
  B) sulphur
  C) carbon
  D) chlorine
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is C .
• Question 342:

  Which of the following can be obtained by fractional distillation? 

  Options:
  A) Nitrogen from liquid air
  B) Sodium Chloride from sea water
  C) Iodine from solution of Iodine in carbon tetrachloride
  D) Sulphur from the solution of sulphur in carbon disulphide
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is A .
• Question 343: The polymer used in making car rear lights is Options:
  A) perspex
  B) bakeelite
  C) polystyrene
  D) polyacrylonitrile
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is A .
• Question 344:

  What is the PH of 0.00 1 moldm${}^3$ solution of the sodium hydroxide

  Options:
  A) 14
  B) 13
  C) 12
  D) 11
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is D .
• Question 345:

  Which of the following changes is physical?

  Options:
  A) Adding iron filing to aerated water
  B) Adding sodium metal to water
  C) Cooling a solution of Iron (II) sulphate to obtain the hydrated salt
  D) Cooling water to obtain ice
  E) Burning the domestic gas (Utilgas) for cooking
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is D .
• Question 346:

  What volume of oxygen will remain after reacting 8cm of hydrogen gas with 20cm of oxygen gas

  Options:
  A) 10cm${}^3$
  B) 12cm${}^3$
  C) 14cm${}^3$
  D) 16cm${}^3$
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is D .
• Question 347:

  An organic compound X has the following properties:
  I. It is not miscible with water.
  ll. It has boiling point of 77^oC.
  lll. It has a sweet odour.
  IV. lt is insoluble in sodium hydrogen carbonate solution.
  V lt does not decolourize bromine water.
  X is therefore

  Options:
  A) methane
  B) ethanoic acid
  C) ethene
  D) ethyl ethanoate
  E) carbon tetrachloride
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is D .
• Question 348: 25cm³ of a mixture of nobel gases was obtained from air after the removal of other constituents. What was the original volume of air Options:
  A) 2,500 cm³
  B) 1250 cm³
  C) 125 cm³
  D) 80 cm³
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is A .
• Question 349: If the rate of diffusion of oxygen gas is taken as 1, what will be rated of diffusion of methane whose relative molar mass is 16? Options:
  A) 2.0
  B) 1.8
  C) 1.4
  D) 1.0
  E) 0.5
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is C .
• Question 350:

  In troposphere, the two types of pollutants are?

  Options:
  A) Gaseous and particulate pollutants
  B) Carbon and metallic pollutants
  C) Natural and man-made pollutants
  D) Sulphuric and nitrogenous pollutants
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is A .