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 1151: 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 1152: Group VII elements are Options:
  A) monoatmic
  B) good oxidizing agents
  C) highly electropositive
  D) electron donors
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1153: C_xH_Y + 4O₂ → 3CO₂ + 2H₂O. The hydrocarbon, C_xH_Y, in the reaction above is? Options:
  A) propane
  B) propene
  C) propyne
  D) propanone
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1154:

  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 1155: According to Charle's law, the volume of a gas becomes zero at Options:
  A) −100°c
  B) −273°c
  C) −373°c
  D) 0°c
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1156: The scale of a chemical balance is made of iron plate and coated with copper electrolytically because Options:
  A) iron is less susceptible to corrosion than copper
  B) copper is twice as less susceptitible to corrosion as iron
  C) copper is less susceptible to corrosion than iron
  D) copper and iron are equally susceptible to corrosion
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1157: Sulphur (IV) oxide bleaches by Options:
  A) Reduction
  B) Oxidation
  C) Hydration
  D) Adsorption
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1158: A few drops of concentrated HNO₃ is added to an unknown solution and boiled for a while. If this produces a brown solution, the cation presents is likely to be Options:
  A) Pb²⁺
  B) Cu²⁺
  C) Fe³⁺
  D) Fe²⁺
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1159:

  2SO_2(g) + O_2(g) $⟺$2SO_3(g)

  $△H=-395.7kJmo{l}^{-1}$

  In the reaction above, the concentration of 2SO_3(g) can be in creased by

  Options:
  A) decreasing the pressure
  B) decreasing the temperature
  C) the addition of catalyst
  D) increasing the temperature
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1160: The number of atoms in one mole of a substance is equal to? Options:
  A) the atomic number
  B) the avogadro number
  C) the gas constant
  D) the number of neutrons
  E) the number of electrons
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  The correct answer is B .