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 1711:

  Chlorine, consisting of two isotopes of mass numbers 35 and 37, has an atomic mass of 35.5.

  The relative abundance of the isotope of mass number 37 is?

  Options:
  A) 20
  B) 25
  C) 50
  D) 75
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1712: The weakest attractive force that can be observed between two molecules is Options:
  A) ionic
  B) covalent
  C) coordinate covalent
  D) van der Waals
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1713:

  16.55g of lead (ll) trioxonitrate (V) was dissolved in 100g of distilled water at 20^oC, calculate the solubility of the solute in moldm-³

  [Pb = 207, N = 14, O = 16]

  Options:
  A) 0.05 g
  B) 2.00 g
  C) 1.00 g
  D) none of the above
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1714: 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 1715: The pollutant that contributes to the depletion of the ozone layer is Options:
  A) CFCs
  B) NO₂
  C) SO₂
  D) CO
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1716: When heat is absorbed during a chemical reaction, the reaction is said to be Options:
  A) thermodynamic
  B) exothermic
  C) isothermal
  D) endothermic
  E) thermostatic
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1717:

  If the heat of combustion of hydrogen is -285.8kJ,

  What is the heat of formation of water?

  Options:
  A) +571.6 kJ
  B) -571.6 kJ
  C) -285.8 kJ
  D) +285.8 kJ
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1718: When stem is passed over red hot carbon the substances produced are Options:
  A) hydrogen and trioxocarbonate (IV) acid
  B) hydrogen, oxygen and carbon (IV) oxide
  C) hydrogen and carbon (ii) oxide
  D) hydrogen and carbon (IV) oxide
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1719: Which one of these compounds will NOT give an oxygen gas on heating? Options:
  A) Manganese dioxide
  B) Hydrogen peroxide
  C) Zinc nitrate
  D) Sodium nitrate
  E) Ammonium nitrate
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1720: An aqueous solution of an inorganic salt gave white precipitate (i) soluble in excess aqueous NaOH (ii) insoluble in excess aqueous NH₃ (iii) with dilute HCl. The cation present in the inorganic salt is? Options:
  A) Na₄⁺
  B) Ca⁺⁺
  C) Zn⁺⁺
  D) Al⁺⁺⁺
  E) Pb₊₊
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  The correct answer is E .