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 461: What is the consequences of increasing pressure on the equilibrium reaction ZnO_(s) + H_2(g) Zn_(s) + H₂O_(I)? Options:
  A) The equilibrium is driven to the left
  B) The equilibrium is driven to the right
  C) There is no effect
  D) More ZnO is produced
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 462:

  The products of the thermal decomposition of ammonium trioxonitrate(v) are?

  Options:
  A) Nitrogen (I) Oxide and Water
  B) Ammonia and Oxide
  C) Nitrogen and Water
  D) Nitrogen (IV) Oxide and Water
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 463:

  If one mole of aluminium contains 6 x 10²³ atoms of aluminium, how many atoms are contained in 0.9g of aluminium?

  (Al = 27)

  Options:
  A) 1.0 x 10²¹
  B) 6.6 x 10²¹
  C) 2.0 x 10²²
  D) 1.0 x 10²²
  E) 5.4 x 10²³
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 464: A gas exerts pressure on its container because Options:
  A) some of its molecules are moving faster than others
  B) of the collision of the molecules with each other
  C) of the mass of the molecules of gas
  D) the molecules of a gas colide with the walls of the container
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 465:

  Consider the equation below:

  Cr${}_2$O${}_7^{2-}$ + 6Fe${}^{2+}$ + 14H${}^{+}$ $\to$ 2Cr${}^{3+}$ + 6Fe${}^{3+}$ + 7H${}_2$O.

  The oxidation number of chromium changes from

  Options:
  A) +5 to +3
  B) +6 to +3
  C) -2 to +3
  D) +7 to +3
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 466: If 48,000 coulombs of electricity are required to discharge 0.5 mole of sodium from a molten sodium chloride mass, then the number of coulombs required to discharge 2 moles of lead from molten lead (ll) chloride is? Options:
  A) 48,000
  B) 96,000
  C) 192,000
  D) 384,000
  E) 576,000
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 467: Ethanol reacts with concentrated tetraoxosulphate (V) acid at a temperature above 170 ^oC to form Options:
  A) ethanone
  B) ethene
  C) ethyne
  D) ethanal
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 468:

  56.00cm³ of a gas at S.T.P. weighed 0.11g. What is the vapour density of the gas?

  [Molar volume of a gas at S.T.P = 22.4dm³]

  Options:
  A) 11.00
  B) 22.00
  C) 33.00
  D) 44.00
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 469: Which of the following ion’s requires the quantity of electricity for discharge at an electrode Options:
  A) 2.0 mole of Q3⁺
  B) 2.5 mole of R2⁺
  C) 3.0 mole of T^-
  D) 4.0 mole of Y^-
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 470:

  4g each of aluminium foil and aluminium powder were introduced respectively into flasks P and Q.

  Flask P was treated with warm bench sodium hydroxide and all the aluminium dissolved in one hour. Flask Q was treated with cold sodium hydroxide and all the aluminium dissolved in 10 minutes. What was responsible for Q reacting faster than P?

  Options:
  A) There were more aluminium atoms in Q than P
  B) The heat given off in retarded the reaction
  C) Q generated more pressure than P during the reaction
  D) P generated more pressure than Q
  E) Q has a greater surface area for the reaction than P
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  The correct answer is E .