WAEC - Chemistry (1991)

  • 1
    The metal extracted from cassiterite is
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    (C)
    tin
  • 2
    In which of the following is the oxidation number of nitrogen zero?
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    (E)
    N2
  • 3
    The separation of a mixture of calcium trioxocarbonate (lV) and sodium trioxocarbonate (IV) is most easily carried out by using the differences in their
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    (D)
    solubility
  • 4
    When air is passed through a heated tube containing finely divided copper, the component that is absorbed in the process is
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    (C)
    oxygen
  • 5
    What is the amount (in mole) of sodium trioxocarbonate (IV) in 5.3 g of the compound? (Na2CO3 = 106)
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    (A)
    0.05
  • 6
    Which of the processes represented by the following equations has the greatest positive entropy change?
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    (A)
    C6H3(l) → C6H 6 (g)
  • 7
    Which of the following elements can from more than one acidic oxide?
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    (B)
    Sulphur
  • 8
    CH2 = CH2 + H2SO4 → CH3 - CH2 -OSO3H. The reaction illustrated by the equation above is an example of
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    (D)
    addition
  • 9
    Brass is an alloy of copper and
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    (C)
    zinc
  • 10
    Which of the following formula is that of a dicarboxylic acid?
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    (D)
    CH2(COOH)2
  • 11
    The products of the electrolysis of dilute sodium chlorid solution with platinum electrodes are
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    (A)
    hydrogen and oxygen
  • 12
    Which of the following modes of motion is exhibited by the particles of a solid?
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    (D)
    Vibrational motion only
  • 13
    Which of the following statements is not correct? Group 7 elements
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    (D)
    have relatively low ionization potentials
  • 14
    In which of the following are the substances arranged in their correct order of increasing melting point?
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    (C)
    Sulphur, sodium chloride, diamond
  • 15
    A compound which liberates carbon (IV) oxide from a hydrogentrioxocarbonate (lV) could have the molecular formula
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    (C)
    HCOOH
  • 16
    CH4(g) + 2O2(g) → 2H2O(l) + CO2(g) ∆H = 890KJ mo-1 ∆H in the reaction represented by the equation above is the enthalpy of
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    (B)
    combustion
  • 17
    Consider the reaction represented by the equation below: H2(g) + 12(s) ⇌ 2HI(g) ∆H negative. Which of the following takes place when the temperature of the reaction vessel is decreased?
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    (E)
    the yield of hydrogen iodide increases
  • 18
    2NaNO3 → 2NaNO2 + O2. From the equation above, what is the volume of oxygen produced at s.t.p. when 8.5g of 2NaNO3 is heated until no further gas is evolved? (2NaNO3 = 85, molar volume of gases at s.t.p. = 22.4dm3)
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    (A)
    1.12dm3
  • 19
    Esterification of propane 1,2,3-triol and unsaturated higher carboxylic acids will produce
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    (C)
    methly-propanoate
  • 20
    The ratio of reactants to products is 1: 3: 2 in the reaction represented by the equation below: N2,/SUB> (g) → 2NH3(g) which of the following law is demonstrated by this?
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    (C)
    Gay Lussac's law
  • 21
    In the redox reaction represented by the following equation: Cu2+aq + Zn(s) → Cu(s) + Zn2+
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    (B)
    copper (ll) ions are reduced to copper atoms
  • 22
    When starch undergoes complete enzyme-catalyzed hydrolysis, the resulting product is
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    (A)
    glucose
  • 23
    Which of the reactions represented by the following equations will take place at room temperature?
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    (D)
    2Na + 2H2O → 2NaOH + H2
  • 24
    Which of the following is not a direct petroleum product?
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    (D)
    Vaseline
  • 25
    How many principal electronic shells has an atom whose electronic configuration is shown below? 1s22s22p63s1
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    (C)
    3
  • 26
    Which of the following properties is not characteristic of electrovalent compounds?
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    (C)
    high vapour pressures
  • 27
    Compounds that have the same molecular formula but different structures are said to be
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    (D)
    isomeric
  • 28
    In which of the following crystals are the particles held by van der Waal's forces only?
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    (D)
    Iodine
  • 29
    A current of 4.0 amperes was passed through copper (ll) tetraoxosulphate (IV) solution for one hour using copper electrodes. What was the mass of copper deposited? (Cu = 64, 1F = 96500 C)
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    (B)
    4.8g
  • 30
    When a crystal was added to its solution, it did not dissolve and the solution remained unchanged, showing that the solution was
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    (E)
    saturated