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 2001:

  2-methylprop-1-ene is an isomer of

  Options:
  A) 3-methyl but-1-ene
  B) 2-methyl but-1-ene
  C) but-2-ene
  D) pent-2-ene
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2002: In the laboratory preparation of ethyl ethanoate, the water present in the mixture is removed using a solution of Options:
  A) an hydrous CaCl₄
  B) concentrated NaCO₄
  C) dilute NaOH
  D) concentrated H₄SO₄
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2003: Which of the following statement is true of a proton? Options:
  A) The mass of a proton is 1840 times the mass of electron
  B) the total mass of the protons in a particular nucleus is always half the nuclear size
  C) The mass of a proton is one - twelfth the molar mass of carbon
  D) The mass of a proton is 1.0008g
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2004: Two organic compounds K and L were treated with a few drops of Fehling's solutions respectively . K formed a brick-red precipitate while L, remains unaffected. The compound K is an Options:
  A) alkanol
  B) alkane
  C) alkanal
  D) alkanone
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2005:

  

  The IUPAC name for

  Options:
  A) 1-methlpentane
  B) 3-methylbutane
  C) 2-methylbutane
  D) 1-dimethylpropane
  E) 2-methylpentane
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2006: An element, Z froms an anion whose formula is [Z(CN)₆]^y. If Z has an oxidation number of +2, what is the value of y? Options:
  A) - 2
  B) - 3
  C) - 4
  D) - 5
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2007: Which of the following is a deliquescent compound? Options:
  A) Na₂CO₃
  B) CaCl₂
  C) CuO
  D) Na₂CO₃.10H₂O
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2008: The nitrogen gas obtained by burning an excess of phosphorus in air has a density higher than the nitrogen from nitrogen compounds because the nitrogen from air is contaminated with? Options:
  A) some unburnt phosporus
  B) P₂O₅ vapour
  C) some oxygen
  D) rare gases
  E) carbondioxide
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2009: A common characteristic shared by iron and aluminium is that both? Options:
  A) are extracted by reduction methods
  B) form only basic oxides
  C) show oxidation states of +2 and +3
  D) form soluble hydroxides
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2010: Which of the following is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the molecules of a substance? Options:
  A) Volume
  B) Mass
  C) Pressure
  D) Temperature
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  The correct answer is D .