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 491: The solubility curve shows the variation of solute concentration with Options:
  A) volume
  B) temperature
  C) vapour
  D) pressure
  E) weight
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 492: How many electrons are in the L shell of ³¹₁₅P? Options:
  A) 5
  B) 8
  C) 18
  D) 2
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 493: In the laboratory preparation of chlorine from concentrated hydrochloric acid in the presence of potassuim tetraoxomanganate(VII) the produced is dried by passing it through Options:
  A) Concentrated tetraoxosulphate (VI) acid
  B) Anhydrous calcium chloride
  C) Calcium oxide
  D) Sodium hydroxide
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 494:

  A compound contains 40.0% carbon 6.7% hydrogen and 53.3% oxygen. If the molar mass of the compound is 180, find the molecular formula.

  [H = 1, C = 12, O = 16]

  Options:
  A) CH₂O
  B) C₃H₆O₃
  C) C₆H₁₂O₆
  D) C₆H₁₂O₃
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 495: Rare gases are suitable because they Options:
  A) are monoatomic
  B) form ions easily
  C) have duplet or octet electronic configuration in the outermost shells in their atoms
  D) are volatile gases
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 496: Which of the following compounds is the best possible anti-knock agent for petrol? Options:
  A) (CH₃)₂CH - CH(CH₃)CH₂CH₃
  B) CH₃CH₂(CH₃)CHCH₂CH₂CH₃
  C) CH₃CH₂(CH₃)CHCH₂CH₂CH₃
  D) (CH₃)₃C - CH₂CH₂CH₃
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 497:

  Chlorine, consisting of two isotopes of mass numbers 35 and 37, has an atomic mass of 35.5.

  The relative abundance of the isotope of mass number 37 is?

  Options:
  A) 20
  B) 25
  C) 50
  D) 75
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 498: To obtain pure carbon (II) oxide from its mixture with carbon (IV) oxide, the mixture should be Options:
  A) passed over heated copper (II) oxide
  B) bubbled through water
  C) bubbled through concentrated tetroxosulphate (VI) acid
  D) bubbled through sodium hydroxide
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 499: Which of the following represents ethyl ethanonate? Options:
  A) CH₃CH₂CO₂CH₃
  B) (CH₃CO₂)₂O
  C) CH₃CH₂CO₂CH₂CH₃
  D) CH₃CO₂CH₂CH₃
  E) CH₃CH₂COCH₂CH₃
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 500:

  A solution contains 20g of solute in 180g of solvent. If the solvent is water, what is the concentration of the solution in terms of mass by mass percentage

  Options:
  A) 11.%
  B) 22.2%
  C) 10%
  D) 20%
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  The correct answer is C .