JAMB - Chemistry (1990)

  • 1
    Which of the following is a physical change?
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    The dissolution of sodium chloride in water
  • 2
    In a reaction: \(SnO_{2} + 2C → Sn + 2CO\) the mass of coke containing 80% carbon required to reduce 0.302 kg of pure tin oxide is?
    (Sn - 119, O - 16, C - 12).
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    0.06 kg
  • 3
    Cr2O7 + 6Fe2+ + 14H+ → 2Cr3+ +6Fe3+ + 7H2O. In the above , the oxidation number of chromium changed from?
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    +7 to +3
  • 4
    In the reaction 1O-3 + 5l- + 6H+ → 312 + 3H2O, the oxidizing agent is?
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    (C)
    1O-
  • 5
    Fe\(_2\)O\(_{3(s)}\) + 2Al\(_{(s)}\) → Al\(_2\)O\(_3\) + 2Fe\(_{(s)}\). If the heats of formation of Al\(_2\)O\(_3\) and Fe\(_2\)O\(_3\) are - 1670 kJmol\(^{-1}\) and - 822 kJmol\(^{-1}\) respectively, the enthalpy change in kJ for the reaction is ?
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    (C)
    -848
  • 6
    Iron galvanized with zinc is cathodically protected from corrosion. This is because?
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    zinc has a more positive oxidation potential than iron
  • 7
    Which of the following samples will react fastest with dilute trioxonitrate (V) acid?
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    5 g of powered CaCO3 AT 50°C
  • 8
    In the reaction:
    2Hl(g) ↔ H2(g) + l2(g)' ΔH = 10 kj;

    The concentration of iodine in the equilibrium mixture can be increased by?
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    (B)
    raising the temperature
  • 9
    Which of the following gases can be collected by the upward displacement of air?
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    (D)
    Cl 2
  • 10
    The brown fumes given off when trioxonitrate (V) acid is heated consist of ?
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    NO2 and O2
  • 11
    Which of the following tests will completely identify anyone of surphur (VI) oxide, hydrogen, carbon (IV) oxide and nitrogen (II) oxide?
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    (B)
    Pass each gas into lime water
  • 12
    In the Haber process for the manufacture of ammonia, the catalyst commonly used is finely divided ?
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    (C)
    iron
  • 13
    A metallic oxide which reacts with both HCl and NaOH to give salt and water only can be classified as?
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    (D)
    an amphoteric oxide
  • 14
    Which of the following metals will liberate hydrogen from steam or dilute acid?
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    (B)
    Iron
  • 15
    Coal fire should not be used in poorly ventilated rooms because ?
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    of the acumulation of CO which causes suffocation
  • 16
    The major component of the slag from the production of iron is?
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    calcium trioxosilicate (IV)
  • 17
    Sodium hydroxide should be stored in properly closed containers because it?
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    readily asborbs water vapour to air
  • 18
    To make coloured glasses, small quantities of oxides of metals which form coloured silicates are often added to the reaction mixture consisting of Na2CO3 and SiO2. Such a metals is a?.
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    (D)
    copper
  • 19
    Which of the following compounds gives a yellow residue when heated and also reacts with aqueous sodium hydroxide to give a white gelatinous precipitate soluble in excess sodium hydroxide solution?
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    (B)
    ZnCO3
  • 20
    A cycloalkane with the molecular formula C5H10 has ?
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    (C)
    three isomers
  • 21
    The label on a reagent bottle containing a clear organic liquid dropped off.The liquid was neutral to litmus and gave a colourless gas with metallic sodium. The liquid must be an?
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    (C)
    alkanol
  • 22
    Alkaonic acids have low volatility compared with alkanols because they?
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    form two hydrogen bonds while alkanols form one
  • 23
    The octane number of a fuel whose performance is the same as that of a mixture of 55 g of 2,2,4- trimethly pentane and 45 g of n-heptane is ?
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    55
  • 24
    Which of the following is formed when maltose reacts with concentrated tetraoxosulphate (VI) acid ?
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    (C)
    Charcoal
  • 25
    If a gas occupies a container of volume 146 cm3 at 18°C and 0.971 atm, its volume in cm3 at s.t.p is?
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    (A)
    133
  • 26
    The volume occupies by 1.58g of a gas at s.t.p is 500cm3. What is the relative molecular mass of the gas?

    (G.M.V at s.t.p = 22.40dm3)
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    (D)
    71
  • 27
    Equal volumes of CO,SO2, NO2 and H2S were released into a room at the same point and time. Which of the following gives the order of diffusion of the gases to the opposite corner of the room?
    (S = 32, C = 12, O = 16, N = 14, H = 1)
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    CO,H2S,NO2,SO2
  • 28
    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
  • 29
    .....................P....Q.....R......S
    Proton..............13....16....17.....19
    Electron............13....16....17.....19
    Neutron.............14....16....35.....20

    Which of the four atoms P,q,R and in S in the above data can be described by the following properties relative atomic mass is greater than 30 but less than 40; it has an odd atomic number and forms a unipositive ion in solution?
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    (D)
    S
  • 30
    Which of the following terms indicates the number of bonds that can be formed by an atom?
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    (B)
    Valence
  • 31
    X(g) → X\(^-\)(g). The type of energy involved in the above transformation is?
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    (D)
    electron affinity
  • 32
    Chlorine, consisting of two isotopes of mass numbers 35 and 37, has an atomic mass of 35.5.
    The relative abundance of the isotope of mass number 37 is?
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    (B)
    25
  • 33
    10.0 dm3 of air containing H2S as an impurity was passed through a solution of Pb(NO3)2 until all the H2S had reacted. The precipitate of PbS was found to weigh 5.02 g. According to the equation:

    Pb(NO3)2 + H2S → PbS + 2HNO3 the percentage by volume of hydrogen sulphide in the air is?



    (Pb = 207, S = 32, GMV at s.t.p = 22.4dm3)
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    4.70
  • 34
    A blue solid, T, which weighed 5.0g was placed on a table. After 8 hours, the resulting pink solid was found to weigh 5.5g. It can be inferred that substance T?
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    (B)
    is hygroscopic
  • 35
    The solubility in moles per dm3 of 20g of CuSO4 dissolve in 100 of water at 180°C is?

    (Cu = 63.5, S = 32, O = 16)
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    1.25
  • 36
    Smoke consist of?
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    (B)
    solid or liquid particles dispersed in gas
  • 37
    Na2C2O4 + CaCl2 → CaC2O4 + 2NaCl. Given a solution of 1.9g of sodium oxalate in 50g of water at room temperature, calculate the minimum volume of 0.1 M calcium oxalate using the above equation?
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    1.40 χ 102 dm3
  • 38
    2.0g of a monobasic acid was made up to 250 cm3 with distilled water. 25.00 cm3 of this solution required 20.00cm3 of 0.1 M NaOH solution for complete neutralization. The molar mass of the acid is?
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    100 g
  • 39
    What is the concentration of H+ ions in moles per dm3 of a sodium of pH 4.398?
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    (A)
    4.0 χ 10-5
  • 40
    What volume of 11.0 M hydrochloric acid must be dilute to obtain 1 dm3 of 0.05 M acid?
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    (A)
    0.05 dm3
  • 41
    If 10.8 g of silver is deposited in a silver coulometer volume of oxygen liberated is?
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    (A)
    0.56 dm3
  • 42
    0.1 faraday of electricity deposited 2.95 g of nickel during electrolysis of an aqueous solution.
    Calculate the number of moles of nickel that will be deposited by 0.4 faraday?

    (Ni = 58.7)
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    (A)
    0.20
  • 43
    Changes in the physical in the scheme above.The letter X,Y and Z respectively represent
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    (A)
    sublimation, condensation and freezing
  • 44
    Use the graph above to answer this question. The structure of cis-2-butene is
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    (B)
    B
  • 45

    What is the IUPAC name for the hydrocarbon?

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    2,4-dimethylhex 3-ene