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 601: H ₂O _(g) + C _(s) → H_2(g) + CO_(g)The oxidizing agent in the reaction above is Options:
  A) CO_(g)
  B) C_(s)
  C) H₂O_(g)
  D) H_(2)(g)
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 602: What volume of CO₂ at s.t.p would be obtained by reacting trioxocarbonate (IV) with excess acid?(G.M.V at s.t.p = 22.4 dm³) Options:
  A) 2.240 cm ³
  B) 22.40 cm ³
  C) 224.0 cm ³
  D) 2240 cm ³
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 603:

  An organic functional group which can likely decolorize ammoniacal silver nitrate is?

  Options:
  A) alkene
  B) alkane
  C) alkyne
  D) alkanol
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 604: Which of the following properties is NOT peculiar to matter? Options:
  A) kinetic energy of particles increase from solid to gas
  B) Random motion of particles increases from liquid to gas
  C) Orderliness of particles increases from gas to liquid
  D) Random motion of particles increases from gas to solid
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 605: CHCl₃ + Cl₂ → HCl + CCl₄. The reaction above is an example of? Options:
  A) an addition reaction
  B) a substitution reaction
  C) a chlorination reaction
  D) a condensation reaction
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 606: In which of the following reactions can the oxidation number of the nitrogen be said to have increased? Options:
  A) 2NO_(g) + O_2(g) → 2NO_2(g)
  B) NO_(g) + Cl_2(g) → NOCl_2(l)
  C) FeSO_4(aq) + NO_(g) → Fe(NO)SO_4(s)
  D) NO_(g) + Br_2(l) → NOBr_2(l)
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 607: Which of the following are produced when ammonium trioxonitrate (V) crystals are cautiously heated in a hard glass round bottomed flask? Options:
  A) N₂O and steam
  B) NO₂ and ammonia
  C) N₂O₂ and NO₂
  D) NO and NO₂
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 608: How many grams of HBr would exactly be required to react with 2 g of propyne? (C =12, H=1, Br = 80) Options:
  A) 4. 1 g
  B) 6. 1 g
  C) 8. 1g
  D) 16.2g
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 609: The reaction between an organic acid and an alcohol in the presence of an acid catalyst is known as; Options:
  A) saponification
  B) dehydration
  C) esterification
  D) hydrolysis
  E) hydration
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 610: The atomic number of an element whose cation, X²⁺, has the ground state electronic configuration 1s²2s²2p⁶3s²2p⁶ is? Options:
  A) 16
  B) 18
  C) 20
  D) 22
  E) 24
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  The correct answer is C .