WAEC - Chemistry (1992)

  • 1
    When steam is passed over white-hot coke, the products are
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    (B)
    carbon (II) oxide and hydrogen
  • 2
    The maximum number of electrons that can accommodated in the shell having the principal quantum number 3 is
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    (D)
    18
  • 3
    Methanol is obtained from wood by
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    (E)
    destructive distillation
  • 4
    Study carefully the reaction represented by the equation below. 2H2O 2(l) → O 2(g) + 2H2O(l). Which of the following will not reaction increase the reaction rate?
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    (D)
    Adding water to the reactant
  • 5
    Which of the following processes is a physical reaction?
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    (C)
    Allotropic change
  • 6
    If the volume of a given mass of gas at 298 K and pressure of 205.2 x 10\(^3\) Nm\(^{-2}\) is 2.12dm\(^3\), what is volume of the gas at s.t.p? (Standard pressure = 101.3 x 10\(^3\) Nm\(^{-2}\), Standard temperature = 273K)
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    (D)
    3.93dm3
  • 7
    The following acids are monobasic except
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    (C)
    ethanedioic acid
  • 8
    The reactions ethyne are mainly
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    (B)
    addition reactions
  • 9
    When air is passed through potash and then pyrogallol, the components are noble gases,
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    (C)
    nitrogen and water vapour
  • 10
    The halide used widely in photography is
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    (C)
    silver bromide
  • 11
    The scum formed when soap is mixed with hard water could be
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    (A)
    calcium trioxocarbonate (IV)
  • 12
    What is the quantity of electricity produced when a current of 0.5A is passed for 5 hours 45 mins? (1F = 96500C)
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    (A)
    0. 11F
  • 13
    ''The rate a reaction is proportional to the number of effective collisions occurring per second between the reactants''. This statement is associated with the
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    (D)
    collision theory
  • 14
    What is the following compounds will not decompose when heated strongly ?
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    (B)
    K2CO3
  • 15
    What is the change in the oxidation number of phosphorus in the the reaction represented by the following equation? 4P (s) + 5O(2)(g) → 2P2O5(g)
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    (B)
    0 to 5
  • 16
    When iron rusts, it undergoes
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    (D)
    redox reaction
  • 17
    Consider the compounds represented by the following general formula: X2SO4 Y2(SO4)3, 24H2OX and Y could respectively be
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    (A)
    K and AI
  • 18
    Which of the following involves the decomposition enzymic action?
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    (B)
    Fermentation
  • 19
    The following salts are readily soluble in water except
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    (D)
    CuCO3
  • 20
    When sucrose is warmed with Fehling's solution
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    (D)
    there is no precipitate
  • 21
    Which of the following gases will have the highest rate of diffusion under the same conditions? (H = 1, C =12, O = 16, S = 32, CI = 35.5)
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    (A)
    O2
  • 22
    The formula (CH3),3 COH is that of a
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    (C)
    tertiary alkanol
  • 23
    What is the number of oxygen atoms in 32g of the gas? (O = 16, L = 6.0 X 10\(^{23}\) mol\(^{-1}\))
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    (B)
    6.0 X 1023
  • 24
    Which of the following compounds is not correct about the reaction of sodium material for the manufacture of plastics?
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    (B)
    Ethane
  • 25
    The energy required to remove the most loosely bound electron from an atom in the gaseous state is known as the
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    (B)
    ionization energy
  • 26
    Vulcanization of rubber
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    (D)
    hardnes the rubber through cross-linkage
  • 27
    If a reaction is said to be exothermic, which of the following statements is a correct deduction from the information?
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    (A)
    the reaction vessel gets hotter as the reaction proceeds
  • 28
    If a reaction is said to be exothermic, which of the following statements is a correct deduction from the information?
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    (A)
    the reaction vessel gets hotter as the reaction proceeds
  • 29
    Which of the following statement is not correct about esterification?
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    (C)
    it is similar to hydrolysis
  • 30
    Which of the following statements is not correct? The 4s orbital
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    (B)
    is of higher energy than the 3d orbital
  • 31
    Which of the following pH values is likely to be that of a slightly alkaline solution?
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    (D)
    8
  • 32
    Which of the following minerals contains flurine as one of its constituent elements?
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    (A)
    Cryolite
  • 33
    The product of the reaction between propanoic acid and ethanol is
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    (E)
    ethylpropanoate
  • 34
    Which of the following groups contains entirely linear molecules?
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    (D)
    CO2H2N2
  • 35
    What is the value of n in the following equation? XO-4 +8H + + ne- → X2 + + 4H2O
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    (D)
    5