JAMB - Chemistry (1998)

  • 1
    The addition of water to calcium oxide leads to?
    إجابة
    (B)
    a chemical change
  • 2
    A mixture of iron and sulphur can be separated by dissolving the mixture in?
    إجابة
    (D)
    benzene
  • 3
    A given amount of gas occupies 10.0 dm3 at 4atm and 273°C. The number of moles of the gas present is?
    (Molar volume of a gas at s.t.p. = 22.4 dm3)
    إجابة
    (A)
    0.89 mol
  • 4
    8.0 g of an element X react with an excess of copper (ll) tetraoxosulphate (lV) solution to deposit 21.3 g of copper. The correct equation for the reaction is?

    (Cu = 64).
    إجابة
    (A)
    X(s) + CuSO4(aq) → Cu(s) + XSO4(aq)
  • 5
    C3H8(g) + 502(g) → 4H2O + 3CO2(g). Form the equation above the volume of oxygen at s.t.p. required to burn 50cm3 of propane is?
    إجابة
    (A)
    250 cm3
  • 6
    30cm3 of hydrogen was collected over water at 27°C and 780 mm Hg. If the vapour pressure of water at the temperature of the experiment was 10 mm Hg, calculate the volume of the gas at 760 mm Hg and 7°C?
    إجابة
    (C)
    28.4 cm3
  • 7
    If sulphur (IV) oxide and methane are released simultaneously at the opposite ends of a narrow tube, the rates of diffusion Rso2 and Rch4 will be in the ratio?

    (S = 32, O = 16, C = 12, H = 1)
    إجابة
    (C)
    1:2
  • 8
    A solid begins to melt when?
    إجابة
    (D)
    energy of vibration of particles of the solid equals the intermolecular forces
  • 9
    Which of the following electron configurations indicates an atom with the highest ionization energy?
    إجابة
    (A)
    2,8,7
  • 10
    The line observed in the sample hydrogen spectrum are due to emission of?
    إجابة
    (C)
    energy by electron transition
  • 11
    The property used in obtaining oxygen and nitrogen industrially from air is the?
    إجابة
    (A)
    boiling point
  • 12
    Potassium tetraoxomanganate (VII) is often added to impure water to?
    إجابة
    (C)
    destroy bacteria and algae
  • 13
    The soil around a battery manufacturing factory is likely to contain a high concentration of?
    إجابة
    (B)
    Pb2+ salts
  • 14
    Excess phosphorus was burnt in a gas jar and the residual gas passed successively over concentrated KOH solution and concentration H2SO4 before being collected in a flask. The gases collected are?
    إجابة
    (B)
    nitrogen and the rare gases
  • 15
    If an element X of an atomic number Z and mass number Y is irradiated by an intense concentration of neutrons, the relevant nuclear equation is?
    إجابة
    (B)
    yzX + 10n → y + 1zX
  • 16
    90.0g of MgCI2 was placed in 50.0cm3 of water to give a saturated solubility of the salt is 8.0 mol dm3 at the same temperature, what is the mass of the salt left undissolved at the given temperature?

    (Mg = 24, Cl = 35.5)
    إجابة
    (A)
    52.0g
  • 17
    Soap lather is an example of a colloid in which a?
    إجابة
    (C)
    gas is dispersed in liquid
  • 18
    The pH of a solution obtained by mixing 100cm3 of a 0.2M solution of NaOH is?
    إجابة
    (D)
    12.7
  • 19
    Mg2+(aq) + 2e->(aq) → Mg(s)(volts) = 2.370

    Zn2+(aq) + 2e->(aq) → Zn(s)(volts) = -0.763

    Cds2+(aq) + 2e->(aq) → Cd(s)(volts) = 0.403

    Cu2+(aq) + 2e->(aq) → Cu(s)(volts) = 0.340

    In the electrochemical series above, the strongest reducing agents is?
    إجابة
    (D)
    Mg(s)
  • 20
    2Cl2(g) + 2H2O(g) 4HCl(g) + O2(g)
    ∆H° = +115KJ mol-1. In the above equilibrium reaction, a decrease in temperature will?
    إجابة
    (A)
    favour the reverse reaction
  • 21
    2X(g) + Y(g) → Z(g): In the equation above, The rate of formation of Z is found to be independent of the concentration of Y and to quadruple when the concentration of X is doubled. The correct equation for the reaction is?
    إجابة
    (D)
    R = K (X) 2(Y)°
  • 22
    A gas that turns a filter paper previously soaked in lead ethanoate solution black is?
    إجابة
    (B)
    hydrogen sulphide
  • 23
    3CuO(s) + 2NH3(g) → 3Cu(s) + 3H2O(I) N2(g) (i).

    2NH3(g) + 3Cl2(g) → 6HCl(g) + N2(g) (ii).

    4NH3(g) + 3O2(g) → 6H2O(I) + 2N2(g) (iii).

    The reactions represented by the equations above demonstrate the?
    إجابة
    (C)
    reducing properties of ammonia
  • 24
    A solution containing chloride ions gives white precipitate with silver trioxonitrate(V) Solution. The precipitate will be insoluble in dilute?
    إجابة
    (A)
    HNO 3 but soluble in ammonia solution
  • 25
    The oxide that remains unchanged when heated in hydrogen is?
    إجابة
    (D)
    ZnO
  • 26
    Which of the following is observed when a solution of iron (III) chloride is mixed with a solution of sodium hydroxide?
    إجابة
    (D)
    A brown precipitate is formed
  • 27
    The metal that will react with water only in the form of steam to librate hydrogen gas is?
    إجابة
    (C)
    iron
  • 28
    A common characteristic shared by iron and aluminium is that both?
    إجابة
    (A)
    are extracted by reduction methods
  • 29
    Alloys are often used in preference to pure metals because?
    إجابة
    (C)
    metallic properties are improve in alloys
  • 30
    One mole of hydrocarbon contains 6g of hydrogen. If the molecular weight is 54, the hydrocarbon is an?
    إجابة
    (D)
    alkyne
  • 31
    On cracking medicinal paraffin, a gas is evolved which gives a pop sound with a lighted splinter and an oily liquid which decolourizes bromine solution is also obtained. The products of the cracking are ?
    إجابة
    (C)
    hydrogen gas and alkene
  • 32
    How many structural isomers can be drawn for the non-cyclic alkanol with molecular formula C 4H10O?
    إجابة
    (D)
    4
  • 33
    An example of aromatic compound is?
    إجابة
    (C)
    C6H5OH
  • 34
    Terylene is synthesized from ethane- 1, 2-diol and benzene - 1, 4-dicarboxylic acid by?
    إجابة
    (B)
    condensation reaction
  • 35
    Which of the following is true concerning the properties of benzene and hexane?
    إجابة
    (A)
    Both undergo substitution reaction