JAMB - Chemistry (2008)

  • 1
    Chlorophyll obtained from green leaves of plant can be shown to be composed of more than one coloured component by the technique of
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    (C)
    chromatography
  • 2
    In countries where the temperature falls below 273K, salt is always sprinkled on the icy road in order to
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    (A)
    lower the melting point of the ice
  • 3
    2Na(s) + 2H2O(l) → 2NaOH(aq) + H2(g)
    From the equation above, calculate the mass of sodium hydroxide produced by 2.3g of sodium.
    [H = 1, O = 16, Na = 23]
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    4.00g
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    16.8 g of sodium hydrogen trioxocarbonate (IV) is completely decomposed by heat. Calculate the volume of carbon(IV) oxide given off at s.t.p
    [Na 23, C = 12, O = 16, H = 1, Molar volume of a gas at s.t.p = 22.4 dm3]
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    2.24 dm3
  • 5
    300 cm3 of gas has a pressure of 800 mmHg. If the pressure is reduced to 650 mmHg, find its volume
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    (B)
    369.23 cm3
  • 6
    Diffusion is slowest in solid particles than in particles of liquid and gases because
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    (B)
    solid particles have less kinetic energy than the particles of liqiud and gases
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    The experiment that showed that atoms have tiny positively charged nucleus was first carried out by
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    (B)
    Rutherford
  • 8
    The atom of an element X is represented as \(_z^yX\). The basic chemical properties of X depends on the value of
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    (B)
    Z
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    The diagram above represent the electron sub-level for

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    (C)
    oxygen
  • 10
    In the periodic table, the electrical and thermal conductivities are properties of elements that
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    (A)
    decrease across the period and increase down the group
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    \( _{11} ^{11}Na + _0^1n → _{11}^{24}Na \)
    The reaction above is an example of
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    (C)
    artificial transmutation
  • 12
    Air boiled out of water as steam is richer in
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    (B)
    carbon (IV) oxide and oxygen
  • 13
    In the course of purifying water for town supply the water is passed through large settlings tanks, containing sodium aluminate (III) to remove?
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    (C)
    fine particles
  • 14
    When a few drops of water is added to a blue anhydrous cobalt (II) chloride, the colour changes to
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    (B)
    pink
  • 15
    The vulcanizer's solution is prepared by dissolving rubber in
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    (C)
    benzene
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    117.0g of sodium chloride was dissolved in 1.0dm3 of distilled water at 25°C. Determine the solubility in mol dm-3 of sodium chloride at that temperature
    [Na = 23, Cl = 35.5]
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    (B)
    2.0
  • 17
    The uncovered raw food that is sold along major roads is likely to contain some amounts of
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    (A)
    Pb
  • 18
    What is the pH of 0.001 mol dm-3 solution of sodium hydroxide
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    (D)
    11
  • 19
    The basicity of CH3COOH is
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    (A)
    1
  • 20
    0.05 mol dm-3 HCl is neutralized by 25 cm3 NaOH. If the volume of acid used is 32.00cm3, what is the concentration of the base
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    (D)
    0.064 mol dm-3
  • 21
    Insoluble salts can be prepared by?
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    (D)
    mixing two soluble compounds containing the metallic radical and the acidic radical
  • 22
    The oxidation state of carbon in HCOOH is
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    (B)
    +2
  • 23
    What is the IUPAC nomenclature of the compound NaCIO?
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    (A)
    sodium oxochlorate (I)
  • 24
    In recharging a lead-acid accumulator, the reaction at the cathode can be represented as
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    (B)
    Pb2+(aq) + 2e- →Pb(s)
  • 25
    If a given quantity of electricity liberates 0.65g of Zn2+, what amount of Hg2+ would be liberated by the same quantity of current?
    [Zn = 65, Hg = 201]
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    (B)
    2.01g
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    \(NH_{3(g)} + HCl_{(g)} → NH_4Cl_{(s)}\)
    The entropy change in the system above is
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    (C)
    negative
  • 27
    Which of the following reaction is endothermic?
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    (C)
    C(s) + H2O(g) → CO(g) + H2(g)
  • 28
    A catalyst speeds up the rate of chemical reaction by
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    (C)
    lowering the activation energy of the reaction
  • 29
    The rate of a reaction usually decreases with a decrease in the concentration of reactants because
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    (D)
    reactants collision decrease
  • 30
    The substance that is used in the steel industry for the removal of carbon, sulphur and phosphorus impurities from pig iron is
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    (A)
    oxygen
  • 31
    Which of the following compounds of trioxonitrate (V) will decompose to give dinitrogen (i) oxide and water when heated?
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    (D)
    NH4NO3
  • 32
    When a solution of ammonium trioxocarbonate (IV) is added to a solution of an unknown salt, a white precipitate which is soluble in dilute hydrochloric acid but insoluble in ethanoic acid is formed. This indicates the presence of
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    (A)
    Ca2+
  • 33
    Leads is used for making bullets and lead shots because of its
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    (C)
    high density
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    which of the following gives a precipitate when treated with NaOH solution?
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    (A)
    AlCl3
  • 35
    The most common ores of iron include
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    (C)
    magnetite, haematite and limonite
  • 36
    The type of isomerism shown by cis- and trans- isomers is
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    (D)
    geometrical isomerism
  • 37
    If the silver mirror test is positive, it indicates the presence of an
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    (D)
    alkanal
  • 38
    If glucose is heated with concentration tetraoxosulphate (VI) acid, it will be dehydrated to
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    (A)
    carbon
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    The IUPAC nomenclature for the structure above is

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    (C)
    2, 3 - dichloro - 4, 4 - dimethyl hex - 2- ene
  • 40
    A hydrocarbon X with a molar mass of 26 consists of 92.3% carbon. What is its molecular formular?
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    (A)
    C2H2
  • 41
    A red precipitate of copper (I) carbide is formed when ammonium solution of copper (I) chloride is introduced into
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    (B)
    CH3 CH2 - C ≡ CH
  • 42
    Reduction of nitroalkanes, nitrites and amides is a route for the preparation of
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    (A)
    amines
  • 43
    Reduction of alkanones with LialH4 produces
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    (B)
    secondary alkanols
  • 44
    The product obtained when a mixture of benzene vapour and hydrogen are passed over nickel catalyst at 180ºC is
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    (A)
    cyclohexane
  • 45
    Polyvinyl chloride is used in the production of
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    (C)
    pipes