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 761: What is the partial pressure of hydrogen gas collected over water at standard atmospheric pressure and 25^oC if the saturation vapour pressure of water at saturation vapour pressure of water is 23 mm Hg at that temperature? Options:
  A) 737 mm Hg
  B) 763 mm Hg
  C) 777 mm Hg
  D) 783 mm Hg
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 762: A gas X diffuses twice as fast as gas Y. if the relative molecular mass of X is 32, calculate the relative molecular mass of Y. Options:
  A) 128
  B) 8
  C) 16
  D) 64
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 763:

  Which of the following best represent solid gas mixture?

  Options:
  A) milk
  B) kerosene
  C) soil
  D) smoke
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 764:

  To what temperature must a gas at 273k be heated in order to double both its volume and pressure?

  Options:
  A) 298K
  B) 546K
  C) 819K
  D) 1092K
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 765:

  An isotope has an atomic number of 15 and a mass number of 31. The number of protons it contains is

  Options:
  A) 16
  B) 15
  C) 46
  D) 31
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 766: One of the following techniques can be used to show that chlorophyll pigment is a mixture of chemical compounds and not a single coloured compound Options:
  A) cystallization
  B) hydrolysis
  C) sublimation
  D) filtration
  E) chromatography
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 767: 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 768: A metal M displaces zinc from zinc chloride solution. This shows that Options:
  A) M is more electronegative than zinc
  B) Zinc is above hydrogen in the series
  C) M is more electropositive than zinc
  D) Electrons flow from zinc to M
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 769: An anhydride is Options:
  A) a compound wich has no water of crystallization
  B) an oxide whose solution in water has a PH greater than 7
  C) an oxide whose solution in water has a PH less than 7
  D) an oxide that has hydrogen atoms
  E) an amphoteric oxide
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 770: An example of an acidic oxide is Options:
  A) NO
  B) CO
  C) SO₂
  D) CuO
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  The correct answer is C .