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 1521: The leachate of a certain ash is used in local soap because it contain Options:
  A) sodium chloride and potassium hydroxide
  B) sodium hydroxide
  C) potassium hydroxide
  D) soluble carbonates and hydrogen carbonate
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1522:

  

  The function of the copper (ll)tetraoxosulphate (IV) in dilute H₂SO₄ in the figure above is to

  Options:
  A) dry the gas
  B) absorb phosphine impurity
  C) absorb ethene impurity
  D) from an acetylide with ethyne
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1523:

  

  In the shown experiment (Fig. 1) the litmus paper will initially

  Options:
  A) be bleached
  B) turn green
  C) turn red
  D) turn blue
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1524:

  

  Use the above graph above to answer this question . CH₃-C = CH $\frac{Na}{liqN{H}_3}$> P, Compound P, in the above reaction, is

  Options:
  A) A
  B) B
  C) C
  D) D
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1525:

  Neutrons were discovered by?

  Options:
  A) James Chadwick
  B) Ernest Rutherford
  C) J.J Thompson
  D) John Dalton
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1526:

  The densities of two gases, X and Y, are 0.5 g dm^-3 and 2.0 dm^-3 respectively.

  What is the rate of diffusion of X relative to Y?

  Options:
  A) 0.1
  B) 0.5
  C) 2.0
  D) 4.0
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1527:

  A chemical widely used as a fertilizer is?

  Options:
  A) galena
  B) bauxite
  C) emerald
  D) nitrochalk
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1528:

  C₂H₅ - C = CH₂

  CH₃The correct name of the compound with the above structural formula is

  Options:
  A) 2-methylbut -1-ene
  B) 2-methylbut -2-ene
  C) 2-methylbutane
  D) 2-ethylprop-1 -ene
  E) 2-ethylprop-2-ene
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1529: 2.0g of a monobasic acid was made up to 250 cm³ with distilled water. 25.00 cm³ of this solution required 20.00cm³ of 0.1 M NaOH solution for complete neutralization. The molar mass of the acid is? Options:
  A) 200 g
  B) 160 g
  C) 100 g
  D) 50 g
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1530:

  Who proposed the planetary model of the atom with electrons orbiting the nucleus?

  Options:
  A) Erwin Schrödinger
  B) Ernest Rutherford
  C) Niels Bohr
  D) J.J. Thomson
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  The correct answer is C .