A compound contains 31.91% potassium, 28.93% chlorine and the rest oxygen. What is the chemical formula of the compound?
[K = 39, Cl = 35.5, O = 16]
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(D)
KClO3
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The formula CH\(_2\)O for ethanoic acid is regarded as its
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(C)
Empirical formula
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A little quantity of trichloromethane (b.pt 60\(^0\)C) was added to a large quantity of ethanol (b.pt 78\(^0\)C). The most probable boiling point of the resultant mixture is from
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(C)
82 oC – 84 oC
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The chromatography separation of ink is based on the ability of the components to
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(D)
Move at different speeds in the column
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In the reaction E+F ↔ G+H, the backward reaction is favoured if the concentration of
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(C)
E is reduced
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What amount of mercury would be liberated if the same quantity of electricity that liberates 0.65g of zinc is applied?
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(A)
2.01g
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Which of the following equations show that a reaction is in equilibrium?
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(D)
ΔG = O
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PCl5(g) ↔ PCl3(g) + Cl2(g)
In the reaction above, a decrease in pressure will
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(B)
Increase the yield of PCl3
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When H\(_2\)S is passed into a solution of iron (III) chloride, the solution turns
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(A)
Pale green
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The Arrhenius equation expresses the relationship between the speed of a reaction and its
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(D)
Activation energy
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When dissolved in water, NaOH flakes show
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(B)
An exothermic change
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Cu\(_2\)S(s) + O\(_2\)(g) → 2CU(s) + SO\(_2\)(g)
What is the change in the oxidation number of copper in the reaction above?
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(A)
+1 to 0
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The product of the electrolysis of dilute sodium hydroxide using platinum electrodes are
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(A)
Hydrogen and oxygen gases
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The solubility of a salt of molar mass 101g at 20oC is 0.34 mol dm-3. If 3.40g of the salt is dissolved completely in 250cm3 of water in a beaker, the resulting solution is
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(C)
Unsaturated
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Tetraoxosulphate (VI) acid burns the skin by
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(D)
Dehydration
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When a salt loses its water of crystallization to the atmosphere on exposure, the process is said to be
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(A)
Efflorescence
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Three drops of a 1.0 mol dm-3 solution of NaOH are added to 20 cm3 of a solution of pH 8.4. The pH of the resulting solution will?
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(C)
Greater than 8.4
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25cm\(^3\) of a 0.2 mol dm\(^3\) solution of Na\(_2\)CO\(_3\) requires 20 cm\(^3\) of a solution of HCl for neutralization. The concentration of the HCl solution is
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(A)
0.5 mol dm3
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The substance least considered as a source of environmental pollution is
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(C)
Silicate minerals
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The furring of kettles is caused by the presence in the water of?
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(D)
Calcium trioxocarbonate (IV)
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The property which makes alcohol soluble in water is the
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(B)
hydrogen bonding
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Steam changes the colour of anhydrous cobalt (II) chloride from
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(A)
blue to pink
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The gas that gives brown colouration in brown ring test is
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(A)
NO
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Ethanol can easily be produced by
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(A)
fermentation of starch
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Which of the following gives a precipitate when treated with NaOH solution?
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(A)
AlCl3
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An example of element that can catenate is
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(D)
carbon
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The reaction of an alkene with hydrogen in the presence of catalyst is
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(D)
an addition reaction
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The number of isomers formed by C\(_6\)H\(_{14}\) is
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(B)
5
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Which of these pairs are synthetic and natural macromolecules respectively?
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(C)
Nylon and creatine, polyethylene and haemoglobin
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Ordinary glass is manufactured from silica, CaCO3 and
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(A)
Na2CO3
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A red precipitate of copper (I) carbide is formed when ammonium solution of copper (I) chloride is introduced into
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(C)
HC≡CH
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The boiling of fat and aqueous caustic soda is referred to as
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(D)
saponification
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The most important use of hydrogen is in the
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(A)
manufacture of ammonia
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which of the following polymers is suitable for packaging and electrical insulation?
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(D)
polystyrene
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Hydrogen is readily released when dilute hydrochloric acid reacts with
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(B)
Na
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The intermediate product formed when ethanol is progressively oxidized to ethanoic acid with potassium heptaoxodichromate (IV) is
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(B)
ethanal
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A rock sample was added to cold dilute HNO3. The gas evolved was passed into a solution of acidified K2Cr2O7 and the solution turned green. The sample contains
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(C)
SO32-
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Which of the following statement is true of a proton?
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(A)
The mass of a proton is 1840 times the mass of electron
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Which of the following chloride would exhibit the least ionic character?
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(D)
AlCl3
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A fixed mass of gas has a volume of 92\(cm^3\) at 3ºC. What will be its volume at 18ºC if the pressure remains constant?
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(D)
97.0cm3
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The processes which return carbon (IV) oxide to the atmosphere include
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(A)
respiration, decay and combustion
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The postulate of Dalton's atomic theory which still holds is that
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(A)
atoms can neither be created nor destroyed
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\(^{14}\) \(_6\)C → X + β
X in the equation above represents
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(C)
147N
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If 0.75 mole of cyclopropane and 0.66 mole of oxygen are mixed in vessel with a total pressure of 0.7 atmosphere, what is the partial pressure of oxygen in the mixture
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(D)
0.33 atmosphere
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In the diagram above, the curve that represents the production of oxgyen gas from the decomposition of KCIO3 in the presence of MnO2 catalyst is
