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 581: In the electrolysis of brine the anode is Options:
  A) platinum
  B) copper
  C) zinc
  D) carbon
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 582:

  Cr₂O₇ + 6Fe²⁺ + 14H⁺ → 2Cr3+ + 6Fe³⁺ + 7H₂O. In the above, the oxidation number of chromium changed from?

  Options:
  A) +7 to +3
  B) +6 to +3
  C) +5 to +3
  D) -2 to +3
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 583: What weight of sodium hydroxide is required to make 500 cm³ of 0.2 M solution?(Na = 23, O = 16, H = 1) Options:
  A) 40 g
  B) 20 g
  C) 10 g
  D) 4 g
  E) 2 g
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 584: The atomic radius of Li, Na and K are 1: 33A, 1. 54A and 1. 96A res pectively. Which of the following explaqins this gradation in atomic radius? Options:
  A) electropositivity decreases from Li to Na to K
  B) electronegativity decreases from Li to Na to K
  C) the number of the electron shells increases from Li to Na to K
  D) the elements are in the same period
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 585: A mixture contains 20cm³ of hydrogen, 35cm³ of oxygen, 15cm³ of carbon monoxide and 10cm³ of nitrogen at S.T.P. Which of the following gives the mole fraction of hydrogen in this mixture? Options:
  A) 0.02
  B) 0.16
  C) 0.20
  D) 0.25
  E) 20
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 586:

  Isotopes of an element have

  Options:
  A) The same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons.
  B) The same number of neutrons and electrons
  C) The same number of protons and neutrons
  D) The same number of protons and electrons
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 587:

  Which of the following represents the kind of bonding present in ammonium chloride?

  Options:
  A) ionic only
  B) covalent only
  C) ionic and dative covalent
  D) dative covalent
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 588: An organic compound containing 40.1% carbon and 6.6% hydrogen has an empirical formula of? Options:
  A) C₂H₄O₂
  B) C₂H₃O₂
  C) CH₂O
  D) CH₃O
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 589: A liquid begins to boil when? Options:
  A) its vapour pressure is equal to the vapour pressure of its solid at the given temperature
  B) molecules start escaping from its surface
  C) its vapour pressure equals the atmosphere pressure
  D) its volume is sightly increased
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 590: 25 cm³ of 0.02 M KOH neutralized 0.03 g of a monobasic organic acid having the general formula C_nH_{2n + 1} COOH. The molecular formula of the acid is?(C = 12, H = 1, O = 16) Options:
  A) HCOOH
  B) C₂H₅COOH
  C) CH₃COOH
  D) C₃H₇COOH
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  The correct answer is C .