JAMB - Chemistry (2021)

  • 1
    Give the common name for the following compound (CH\(_{3}\))\(_{2}\) CH CH\(_{2}\) -Br
    إجابة
    (A)
    Isobutyl bromide
  • 2
    The enzyme that converts glucose to ethyl alcohol is?
    إجابة
    (B)
    zymase
  • 3
    The scientist who stated that matter can be converted into energy is? 
    إجابة
    (D)
    Einstein
  • 4
    What is the IUPAC name for the following compound? HC\(\equiv\)CCH\(_{3}\)
    إجابة
    (B)
    Methyl acetylene
  • 5
    What is the chemical name for the compound CuCO\(_{3}\)?
    إجابة
    (B)
    Copper (ii) carbonate
  • 6
    A 'breath test' used by traffic police to check drunken driving uses?
    إجابة
    (D)
    Potassium dichromatic-sulphuric acid
  • 7
    Which one of the following is not a mixture?
    إجابة
    (B)
    Mercury
  • 8
    Which of the following is a non-metal that remains liquid at room temperature?
    إجابة
    (C)
    Bromine
  • 9

    Which of the following are chemical changes? 

    I. cooking of food
    II. digestion of food
    III. freezing of water
    IV. water is heated up

    إجابة
    (A)
    I and II
  • 10
    The atomic weight of nitrogen is?
    إجابة
    (C)
    14
  • 11
    The gas which causes global warming is?
    إجابة
    (B)
    CO\(_{2}\)
  • 12
    Oxygen is absent in?
    إجابة
    (A)
    Kerosene
  • 13
    A sample of any of the following substances disappears after some time when exposed to air like camphor, naphthalene, or dry ice. This phenomenon is called?
    إجابة
    (A)
    Sublimation
  • 14
    The maximum electron in N shell is?
    إجابة
    (D)
    32
  • 15
    Neutrons were discovered by?
    إجابة
    (A)
    James Chadwick
  • 16

    Which of the following is a form of calcium carbonate?

    I. limestone
    II. marble
    III. chalk
    Iv. egg-shells

    إجابة
    (D)
    I, II, III, and IV
  • 17
    Soaps clean surfaces on the principle based on?
    إجابة
    (D)
    surface tension
  • 18
    The reactivity of fluorine is due to?
    إجابة
    (A)
    its high electro negativity
  • 19
    The mass number of a nucleus is?
    إجابة
    (B)
    The sum of the number of protons and neutrons present in the nucleus
  • 20
    The mass of one Avogadro number of helium atoms is?
    إجابة
    (B)
    4.00gram
  • 21
    220g of carbon dioxide contains ----- moles
    إجابة
    (A)
    5
  • 22
    The inherited traits of an organism are controlled by?
    إجابة
    (C)
    DNA molecules
  • 23
    The most abundant rare gas in the atmosphere is?
    إجابة
    (C)
    Ar
  • 24
    The heat required to raise the temperature of the body by 1k is called?
    إجابة
    (B)
    Thermal capacity
  • 25
    The nucleus of a hydrogen  atom consist of a?
    إجابة
    (A)
    1 proton only
  • 26
    The metal used to recover copper from a solution of copper sulphate is?
    إجابة
    (D)
    Fe
  • 27
    The nucleus of an atom consists of?
    إجابة
    (C)
    Protons and neutrons
  • 28
    A solution contains 20g of solute in 180g of solvent. If the solvent is water, what is the concentration of the solution in terms of mass by mass percentage
    إجابة
    (C)
    10%
  • 29
    The only metal that is anti-bacterial is?
    إجابة
    (D)
    Copper
  • 30
    An element having the atomic number 17 will resemble which of the following elements having atomic number as given below?
    إجابة
    (B)
    35
  • 31
    A chemical process in which there is a gain of electrons is known as?
    إجابة
    (B)
    Reduction
  • 32
    The reactions involving simultaneous oxidation and reduction?
    إجابة
    (D)
    Redox reactions
  • 33
    A binary compound of oxygen with another element is referred to as?
    إجابة
    (A)
    Oxide
  • 34
    The process or act of extracting a metal from its ore and refining it is called?
    إجابة
    (C)
    Mettallurgy
  • 35
    The compounds made up of only carbon and hydrogen are called?
    إجابة
    (B)
    Hydrocarbons