JAMB - Chemistry (2018)

  • 1

    A given amount of gas occupies 10.0dm\(^3\) at 4 atm and 273°C. The number of moles of the gas present is?

    [Molar volume of gas at s.t.p = 22.4 dm\(^3\)]

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    (A)
    0.89 mol
  • 2
    According to Charles' law, the volume of a gas becomes zero at
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    (C)
    -273°C
  • 3
    A substance that is used as a ripening agent for fruits is
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    (A)
    ethene
  • 4
    The Sulphide which is insoluble in dilute hydrochloric acid is
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    (B)
    CuS
  • 5
    What is the PH of 0.00 1 moldm\(^3\) solution of the sodium hydroxide
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    (D)
    11
  • 6
    The type of bonding in [Cu(NH\(_3\))\(^4\)]\(^{2+}\) is 
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    (A)
    coordinate
  • 7
    Which of the following is an example of a chemical change?
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    (B)
    rusting of iron
  • 8
    To what temperature must a gas at 273k be heated in order to double both its volume and pressure?
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    (D)
    1092K
  • 9
    According to the Kinetic Theory an increase in temperature causes the kinetic energy of particles to
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    (B)
    increase
  • 10
    An element used in the production of matches is
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    (D)
    sulphur
  • 11
    Which of the following gases may not be dried with concentrated sulphuric acid?
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    (B)
    NH\(_3\)
  • 12
    The Consecutive members of an alkane homologous series differ by
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    (B)
    CH\(_2\)
  • 13
    A correct electrochemical series can be obtained from Na, Ca, Al, Mg, Zn, Fe, Pb, H, Cu, Hg, Ag, Au by interchanging
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    (A)
    Al and Mg
  • 14
    A basic postulate of the kinetic theory of gases is that the molecules of a gas move in straight lines between collisions. This implies that
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    (A)
    collisions are perfectly elastic
  • 15
    On which of the following is the solubility of a gaseous substance dependent? 
    I. Nature of solvent 
    II. Nature of solute 
    III. Temperature 
    IV. Pressure
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    (D)
    III and IV only
  • 16
    Which of the following statements is correct about the periodic table?
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    (B)
    The valence electrons of the elements in the same period increase progressively across the period
  • 17
    The periodic classification is an arrangement of the elements
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    (D)
    atomic numbers
  • 18
    If 1 litre of 2.2M sulphuric acid is poured into a bucket containing 10 litres of water and the resulting solution mixed thoroughly, the resulting sulphuric acid concentration will be
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    (C)
    0.2M
  • 19

    In the shown experiment (Fig. 1) the litmus paper will initially

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    (D)
    turn blue
  • 20
    The boiling of fat and aqueous caustic soda is referred to as
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    (D)
    saponification
  • 21
    Which of the following pairs of substances will react further with oxygen to form a higher oxide?
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    (D)
    SO\(_2\) and NO
  • 22
    In the preparation of oxygen by heating KCIO\(_3\) , in the presence of MnO\(_2\) only moderate heat is needed because the catalyst acts by \(_2\)
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    (C)
    increasing the rate of the reaction
  • 23
    Methanoic acid mixes with water in all proportions and has about the same boiling point as water. Which of the following methods would you adopt to obtain pure water from a mixture of Sand, water and methanoic acid?
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    (A)
    Extractive distillation
  • 24
    A quantity of electricity liberates 3.6g of Silver from its salt. What mass of aluminium Will be liberated from its salt by the same quantity of electricity? [Al = 27, Ag = 108].
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    (D)
    0.3g
  • 25
    Suitable reagents for the laboratory preparation of nitrogen are
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    (A)
    sodium dioxonitrate(III) and ammonium chloride
  • 26
    The number of electrons in the valence shell of an element of atomic number 14 is?
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    (D)
    4
  • 27
    What volume of oxygen will remain after reacting 8cm\(^3\) of hydrogen gas with 20cm\(^3\) of oxygen gas?
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    (D)
    16cm\(^3\)
  • 28
    If one of the following oxides is heated with hydrogen or carbon using a bunsen burner. it is not reduced to the metal, Which one is it?
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    (B)
    Magnesium oxide
  • 29

    The lUPAC name for

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    (C)
    2-methylbutane
  • 30
    An aqueous solution of a metal salt, M. gives a white precipitate with NaOH which dissolves in excess NaOH. With aqueous ammonia, the solution of M also gives a white precipitate which dissolves in excess ammonia Therefore the cation in M is
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    (A)
    Zn
  • 31
    What is the concentration of a solution containing 2g of NaOH in 100cm3 of solution? [Na = 23, O =16, H = 1]
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    (B)
    0.50 moldm\(^{-3}\)
  • 32
    How many atoms are present in 6.0g of magnesium? [Mg = 24, N.A = 6.02 x 10 \(^{23}\)mol]
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    (C)
    1.51 x 10\(^{23}\)
  • 33
    The radio isotope used in industrial radiography for the rapid checking of faults in welds and casting is?
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    (C)
    cobalt-60
  • 34
    Beryllium and Aluminium have similar properties because they
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    (D)
    are positioned diagonally to each other
  • 35
    mE + nF -----> pG + qH 
    In the equation shown, the equilibrium constant is given by?
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    (C)
    \(\frac{[G]^p[H]^q}{[E]^m[F]^n}\)
  • 36
    (I). 3CuO(s) + 2NH3(g) -----> 3Cu(s) + 3H2O(l) + N2(g) 
    (II). 2NH3(g) + 3Cl2(g) -----> 6HCl(g) + N2(g) 
    (III). 4NH3(g) + 3O2(g) -----> 6H2O(l) + N2(g) 
    The reactions represented by the equations above demonstrate the
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    (C)
    reducing properties of ammonia
  • 37
    The salt that reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid to produce a pungent smelling gas which decolourizes acidified purple potassium tetraoxomanganate (VII) solution is
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    (B)
    Na\(_2\)SO\(_3\)
  • 38
    The refreshing and characteristic taste of soda water and other soft drinks is as a result of the presence of
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    (A)
    carbon(IV)oxide
  • 39
    Which of the following are mixtures? 
    I. Petroleum 
    II. Rubber latex 
    III. Vulcanizer's solution 
    IV. Carbon sulphide
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    (A)
    I, II and III
  • 40
    A balanced chemical equation obeys the law of
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    (A)
    conservation of mass
  • 41
    When air which contains the gases Oxygen, nitrogen, carbondioxide, water vapour and the rare gases, is passed through alkaline pyrogallol and then over quicklime, the only gases left are;
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    (D)
    nitrogen and the rare gases
  • 42
    In the laboratory preparation of oxygen, the gas cannot be collected by downward displacement of air because
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    (B)
    the density of air is nearly the same as that of oxygen
  • 43
    2KClO\(_3\)(s) → 2KCl(s) + 3O\(_2\)(g)
    The importance of the catalyst in the reaction above is that
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    (D)
    the reaction takes place more rapidly at a lower temperature
  • 44
    Which of the following is used to power steam engines?
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    (B)
    coal
  • 45
    In the reaction between sodium hydroxide and sulphuric acid solutions, what volume of 0.5 molar sodium hydroxide would exactly neutralise 10cm3 of 1.25 molar sulphuric acid?
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    (D)
    50cm\(^3\)
  • 46
    To what volume must 300cm\(^3\) of 0.60M sodium hydroxide solution be diluted to give a 0.40M solution?
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    (A)
    450cm\(^3\)
  • 47
    Diamond is a bad conductor of electricity because its bonding electrons are used in
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    (B)
    covalent bond formation
  • 48
    The reaction between an organic acid and an alcohol in the presence of an acid catalyst is known as;
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    (C)
    esterification
  • 49
    The constituent common to duralumin and alnico is
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    (C)
    Al
  • 50
    The solubility of the solids that dissolves in a given solvent with the liberation of heat will
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    (B)
    decrease with an increase in temperature
  • 51
    What mass of Cu would be produced by the cathodic reduction of Cu\(^{2+}\)  when 1.60A of current passes through a solution of CuSO\(_4\) for 1 hour. (F=96500Cmol\(^{-1}\) , Cu=64)
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    (C)
    1.91g
  • 52
    Calculate the pH of 0.05 moldm\(^{-3}\) H\(_2\)SO\(_4\)
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    (C)
    1.00
  • 53
    The choice of method for extracting a metal from its ores depends on the
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    (B)
    position of the metal in the electrochemical series
  • 54
    Which of the following produces relatively few ions in solution?
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    (D)
    AI(OH)\(_3\)
  • 55

    The figure above shows the electrolysis of molten sodium chloride. Z is the

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    (A)
    anode where the Cl\(^-\) ions are oxidized
  • 56
    The knowledge of half-life can be used to
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    (B)
    Detect an element
  • 57
    An element X forms the following compounds with chlorine; XCl\(_4\), XCl\(_3\), XCl\(_2\). This illustrates the
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    (A)
    law of multiple proportions
  • 58
    The hydrogen ion concentration of a sample of orange juice is 2.0 X 10\(^{-11}\)moldm\(^{-3}\). What is its p\(^{OH}\)? [log102 = 0.3010]
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    (A)
    3.30
  • 59
    2SO\(_2\) \(_{(g) }\)+ O\(_2\) \(_{(g) }\) ↔ 2SO\(_3\)\(_{(g) }\) ΔH = -395.7kJmol\(^{-1}\)
    In the equation, an increase in temperature will shift the equilibrium position to the
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    (A)
    left and equilibrium constant decreases
  • 60
    The end products of burning a candle in the atmosphere are water and 
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    (C)
    carbon (IV) oxide
  • 61
    The collision theory explains reaction rates in terms of
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    (B)
    frequency of collision of the reactants
  • 62
    The presence of ammonia gas in a desiccator can exclusively be removed by
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    (D)
    concentrated tetraoxosulphate (VI) acid
  • 63
    Aluminium does not react with either dilute or concentrated trioxonitrate (V) acid because
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    (D)
    an insoluble oxide is formed on its surface which renders it passive
  • 64
    Which of these sources of water may likely contain the least concentration of Ca\(^{2+}\) and Mg\(^{2+}\)?
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    (C)
    Tap water
  • 65
    The conductivity of an acid solution depends on the
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    (A)
    amount of ions present and their mobilities
  • 66
    Which of the following metals cannot replace hydrogen from water or steam?
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    (D)
    Copper
  • 67
    Elements P, Q, R, S have 6, 11, 15, 17 electrons respectively, therefore,
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    (D)
    Q will form an electrovalent bond with S
  • 68
    During the electrolysis of copper II sulphate between platinum electrodes, if litmus solution is added to the anode compartment
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    (D)
    the litmus turns red and oxygen is evolved
  • 69
    The derivative of benzene that can be used in making explosives is
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    (D)
    toluene
  • 70
    In electrovalency, the oxidation number of the participating metal is always
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    (B)
    increasing
  • 71
    The ionic radii of metals are usually
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    (D)
    less than their atomic radii
  • 72
    Calculate the percentage composition of oxygen in calcium trioxocarbonate(IV) [Ca=40, C=12, O=16]
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    (B)
    48
  • 73
    Which of these alloys contains copper?
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    (D)
    bronze
  • 74
    If the molecular mass of tetraoxosulphate (VI) acid is 98, calculate its vapour density.
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    (B)
    49
  • 75
    Sieving is a technique used to separate mixtures containing solid particles of
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    (C)
    different sizes
  • 76
    3H\(_{2(g)}\)+ N\(_{2(g)}\)⇔ 2NH\(_{3(g)}\) ; H= -ve
    In the reaction above, lowering of temperature will
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    (C)
    favour the forward reaction
  • 77
    The situation obtained when a perfect gas expands into a vacuum is
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    (D)
    ΔH is zero and T Δ S is positive
  • 78
    The general formula of alkanones is
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    (B)
    R\(_2\)CO
  • 79
    The alkanoic acid found in human sweat is
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    (B)
    CH\(_3\)—CH\(_2\)—COOH
  • 80
    The elements in the periodic table are listed in order of increasing
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    (A)
    relative atomic number
  • 81
    H\(_2\) S\(_{(g)}\) + Cl\(_{2(g)}\) → 2HCl\(_{(g)}\) + S\(_{(g)}\) In the reaction above, the substance that is reduced is
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    (D)
    Cl\(_2\)
  • 82
    Which of the compounds is composed of Al, Si, O and H?
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    (C)
    Clay
  • 83
    When large hydrocarbon molecules are heated at high temperature in the presence of a catalyst to give smaller molecules, the process is known as
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    (C)
    cracking
  • 84
    In the removal of water hardness, permutit is regenerated with a strong solution of
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    (D)
    NaCl
  • 85
    A sample of hard water contains some calcium sulphate and calcium hydrogen carbonate. The total hardness may therefore be removed by
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    (D)
    adding sodium carbonate