The presence of an impurity in substance will cause the melting point to
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(B)
reduce
2
What volume of carbon (ll) oxide is produced by reacting excess carbon with 10 dm3 of oxygen?
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(B)
20 dm 3
3
The radioisotope used in industrial radiography for the rapid checking of faults in welds and casting is
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(C)
cobalt-60
4
The shape of the carbon (lV) oxide molecule is
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(B)
linear
5
Which of the following molecules is held together by hydrogen bond?
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(D)
HF
6
The bond formed between two elements with electron configurations 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 and 1s2 2s2 2p4 is
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(D)
ionic
7
The constituent of air that acts as a diluent is
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(A)
nitrogen
8
Steam changes the colour of anhydrous cobalt (ll) chloride from
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(C)
blue to pink
9
An example of a hygroscopic substance is
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(A)
CuO (S).
10
The solvent used for removing grease stain is
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(B)
ammonia solution
11
In a water body, too much sewage leads to
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(C)
an increase in the bacterial population which reduces the level of oxygen in the water
12
10.0 dm3 of water was added to 2.0 mol dm-3 of 2.5dm3 solution of HCl. What is the concentration of the final solution in mol dm-3?
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(A)
0.4
13
Three drops of a 1.0 mol dm-3 solution of HCl was added to 20 cm3 of a solution of pH6.4. The pH of the resulting solution will be
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(B)
less than 6.4
14
Which of the following substances is not a salt?
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(A)
Aluminium oxide
15
An insoluble salt can be prepared by
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(B)
double decomposition
16
2H2O (l) + 2F2(g) → 4HF(aq) + O2(g).
In the reaction above, the substance that is being reduced is
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(C)
F2(g)
17
In an electrochemical cell, polarization is caused by
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(D)
hydrogen
18
In an endothermic reaction, if there is a loss in entropy the reaction will
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(C)
not be spontaneous
19
the minimum amount of energy required for a reaction to take place is
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(C)
activation energy
20
Which of the following compounds is a neutral oxide?
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(D)
Carbon (ll) oxide
21
In the laboratory preparation of ammonia, the flask is placed in a slanting position so as to
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(A)
prevent condensed water from breaking the reaction flask
22
Which of the gases is employed as an anaesthesia?
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(A)
N 2O
23
Sulphur (IV)oxide is a strong reducing agent in the presence of water due to the formation of
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(D)
trioxosulphate (IV) salt
24
A metal that forms soluble trioxosulphate (IV) ion is
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(B)
potassium
25
Copper is displaced from the solution of its salts by most metals because it
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(B)
is at the bottom of the activity series
26
The coloured nature of transition metal ions are associated with their partially filled
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(D)
d-orbital
27
Aluminium containers are frequently used to transport trioxonitrate (V) acid because aluminium
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(C)
does not react with the acid
28
2- methylpropan-2-ol is an example of a
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(B)
tertiary alkanol
29
The reaction between ammonia and ethyl ethanoate produces
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(D)
ethanol and ethanamide
30
The decarboxylation of ethanoic acid will produce carbon (IV)oxide and
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(A)
methane
31
A primary amide is generally represented by the formula
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(B)
RCONH 2
32
Which of the following fraction is used as raw material for the cracking process?
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(D)
diesel oils
33
An organic compound contains 60% carbon, 13.3% hydrogen and 26.7% oxygen. Calculate the empirical formula rn(C=12,H =1, O=16)
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(B)
C 3H 8O
34
From the diagram above, an ideal gas is represented by
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(A)
Z
35
In the graph above, the activation energy of the catalyzed reaction is
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(A)
100KJ
36
Choose the correct option from the graph above . 3Fe(S) + 4H2O(g) ⇌ Fe3O4(s) + 4H2(g). The equilibrium constant, K, of the reaction above is represented as
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(C)
C
37
The IUPAC nomenclature for the compound above is
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(A)
4-methylpent-1-ene
38
Use the above option to answer this question. The dehydration of ammonium salt of alkanoic acids produces a compound with the general formula
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(B)
B
39
Use the following option above to answer this question. Which of the following compounds in solution will turn red litmus paper blue?
