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 421: The reaction between ethanoic acid and sodium hydroxide is an example of Options:
  A) esterification
  B) neutralization
  C) hydroxylation
  D) hydrolysis
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 422:

  The ratio of the initial to the final pressure of a given mass of gas is 1:1.5. Calculate the final volume of the gas if the initial volume was 300cm${}^3$ at the same temperature.

  Options:
  A) 120cm${}^3$
  B) 200cm${}^3$
  C) 450cm${}^3$
  D) 750cm${}^3$
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 423: Which of the following compounds is the best possible anti-knock agent for petrol? Options:
  A) (CH₃)₂CH - CH(CH₃)CH₂CH₃
  B) CH₃CH₂(CH₃)CHCH₂CH₂CH₃
  C) CH₃CH₂(CH₃)CHCH₂CH₂CH₃
  D) (CH₃)₃C - CH₂CH₂CH₃
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 424:

  What is the chemical structure of soap and detergent molecules?

  Options:
  A) Hydrophilic head and hydrophobic tail
  B) Hydrophilic head and hydrophilic tail
  C) Hydrophobic head and hydrophobic tail
  D) Hydrophilic tail and hydrophobic head
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 425: In which of the following are water molecules in the most disorderly arrangement? Options:
  A) Ice at -10°C
  B) Ice at 0°C
  C) Water at 100°C
  D) Steam at 100°C
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 426:

  Which of the following factors will speed up the rate of evolution of carbon (iv) oxide in the reaction below?

  2HCl + CaCO${}_3$ → CaCl${}_2$ + H${}_2$O + CO${}_2$

  Options:
  A) Increasing the concentration of the acid
  B) Increasing the surface area of CaCO${}_3$
  C) A and B
  D) Reducing the concentration of the acid
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 427:

  Potassium trioxochlorate (V)has a solubility of 1.5 mol dm ^-3 at 45 ^oC.On cooling this solution to a temperature of 20 ^oC, the solubility was found to be 0.5 mol dm ^-3. What mass of KCIO ₃ was crystalized out?

  [K = 39, Cl = 35.5 O =16].

  Options:
  A) 1.00g
  B) 10.00g
  C) 12.25g
  D) 122.50g
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 428:

  How many grams of hydrogen gas will be liberated when 6g of magnesium ribbon dissolves in 500cm³ of 6M HCl?
  (Mg = 24, H = 1, Cl = 35.5)

  Options:
  A) 1.2 g
  B) 0.7 g
  C) 0.5 g
  D) 0.3 g
  E) 0.12 g
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 429:

  Beryllium and Aluminium have similar properties because they

  Options:
  A) are both metals
  B) belong to the same group
  C) belong to the same period
  D) are positioned diagonally to each other
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 430: An experiment produces a gaseous mixtures of carbon (IV) oxide and carbon (II) oxide. In order to obtain pure carbon (II) oxide, the gas mixture should be? Options:
  A) passed over heated copper (II) oxide
  B) bubbled through concentrated tetraoxosulphate (IV) acid
  C) bubbled through sodium hydroxide solution
  D) bubbled through water
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  The correct answer is C .