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 81: The formula for ethyl butanoate is Options:
  A) C₃H₇COOC₂H₅
  B) C₂H₅COOC₃H₇
  C) C₄H₉COOC₂H₅
  D) C₂H₅COOC₄H₉
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 82:

  What technique is suitable for separating a binary solution of potassium chloride and potassium trioxochlorate (V)?

  Options:
  A) Fractional crystallization
  B) Fractional distillation
  C) Filtration
  D) Evaporation
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 83: In an electrochemical cell, polarization is caused by Options:
  A) Oxygen
  B) Hydrogen
  C) Tetraoxosulphate(IV) acid
  D) Chlorine
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 84: Stainless steel is an alloy of Options:
  A) carbon, iron and lead
  B) carbon, iron and chromium
  C) carbon, iron and copper
  D) carbon, iron and silver
  E) carbon and iron only
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 85:

  Calculate the volume in cm³ of oxygen evolved at s.t.p when a current of 5A is passed through acidified water for 193s?

  [F = 96500 C mol¹. Molar volume of a gas at s.t.p = 22.4dm³]

  Options:
  A) 0.056dm³
  B) 0.224dm³
  C) 224.000dm³
  D) 56.000dm³
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 86: Kerosine is commonly used to remove the red colour stain of palm oil from cloths because it Options:
  A) helps to spread the oil over a larger surface area
  B) react with the oil to form an odourless compound
  C) makes the oil evaporate easily by dissolving it
  D) helps to dilute the oil and reduce its colour
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 87: Which of the following methods can be used to obtain pure water from a mixture of sand, water and methanoic acid? Options:
  A) netralization with NaOHfoolowed by filtration
  B) neutralization with NaOH followed by distillation
  C) fractional distillation
  D) filtration followed by distillation
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 88: A hydrocarbon has an empirical formula CH and a vapour density of 39. Determine its molecular formula.[C = 12, H = 1] Options:
  A) C₂H₆
  B) C₃H₈
  C) C₃H₄
  D) C₆H₆
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 89: The rate of diffusion of a gas Y is twice that of Z If the relative molecular mass of Y is 64 and the two gases diffuse under the same conditions, find the relative molecular mass of Z Options:
  A) 32
  B) 4
  C) 8
  D) 16
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 90:

  

  The compound above exhibits

  Options:
  A) Geometric isomerism
  B) Positional isomerism
  C) Structural isomerism
  D) Optical isomerism
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  The correct answer is D .