JAMB - Chemistry (1998)

  • 1
    The addition of water to calcium oxide leads to?
    პასუხი
    (B)
    a chemical change
  • 2
    A mixture of iron and sulphur can be separated by dissolving the mixture in?
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    (D)
    benzene
  • 3
    A given amount of gas occupies 10.0 dm3 at 4atm and 273°C. The number of moles of the gas present is?
    (Molar volume of a gas at s.t.p. = 22.4 dm3)
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    (A)
    0.89 mol
  • 4
    8.0 g of an element X react with an excess of copper (ll) tetraoxosulphate (lV) solution to deposit 21.3 g of copper. The correct equation for the reaction is?

    (Cu = 64).
    პასუხი
    (A)
    X(s) + CuSO4(aq) → Cu(s) + XSO4(aq)
  • 5
    C3H8(g) + 502(g) → 4H2O + 3CO2(g). Form the equation above the volume of oxygen at s.t.p. required to burn 50cm3 of propane is?
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    (A)
    250 cm3
  • 6
    30cm3 of hydrogen was collected over water at 27°C and 780 mm Hg. If the vapour pressure of water at the temperature of the experiment was 10 mm Hg, calculate the volume of the gas at 760 mm Hg and 7°C?
    პასუხი
    (C)
    28.4 cm3
  • 7
    If sulphur (IV) oxide and methane are released simultaneously at the opposite ends of a narrow tube, the rates of diffusion Rso2 and Rch4 will be in the ratio?

    (S = 32, O = 16, C = 12, H = 1)
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    (C)
    1:2
  • 8
    A solid begins to melt when?
    პასუხი
    (D)
    energy of vibration of particles of the solid equals the intermolecular forces
  • 9
    Which of the following electron configurations indicates an atom with the highest ionization energy?
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    (A)
    2,8,7
  • 10
    The line observed in the sample hydrogen spectrum are due to emission of?
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    (C)
    energy by electron transition
  • 11
    The property used in obtaining oxygen and nitrogen industrially from air is the?
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    (A)
    boiling point
  • 12
    Potassium tetraoxomanganate (VII) is often added to impure water to?
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    (C)
    destroy bacteria and algae
  • 13
    The soil around a battery manufacturing factory is likely to contain a high concentration of?
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    (B)
    Pb2+ salts
  • 14
    Excess phosphorus was burnt in a gas jar and the residual gas passed successively over concentrated KOH solution and concentration H2SO4 before being collected in a flask. The gases collected are?
    პასუხი
    (B)
    nitrogen and the rare gases
  • 15
    If an element X of an atomic number Z and mass number Y is irradiated by an intense concentration of neutrons, the relevant nuclear equation is?
    პასუხი
    (B)
    yzX + 10n → y + 1zX
  • 16
    90.0g of MgCI2 was placed in 50.0cm3 of water to give a saturated solubility of the salt is 8.0 mol dm3 at the same temperature, what is the mass of the salt left undissolved at the given temperature?

    (Mg = 24, Cl = 35.5)
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    (A)
    52.0g
  • 17
    Soap lather is an example of a colloid in which a?
    პასუხი
    (C)
    gas is dispersed in liquid
  • 18
    The pH of a solution obtained by mixing 100cm3 of a 0.2M solution of NaOH is?
    პასუხი
    (D)
    12.7
  • 19
    Mg2+(aq) + 2e->(aq) → Mg(s)(volts) = 2.370

    Zn2+(aq) + 2e->(aq) → Zn(s)(volts) = -0.763

    Cds2+(aq) + 2e->(aq) → Cd(s)(volts) = 0.403

    Cu2+(aq) + 2e->(aq) → Cu(s)(volts) = 0.340

    In the electrochemical series above, the strongest reducing agents is?
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    (D)
    Mg(s)
  • 20
    2Cl2(g) + 2H2O(g) 4HCl(g) + O2(g)
    ∆H° = +115KJ mol-1. In the above equilibrium reaction, a decrease in temperature will?
    პასუხი
    (A)
    favour the reverse reaction
  • 21
    2X(g) + Y(g) → Z(g): In the equation above, The rate of formation of Z is found to be independent of the concentration of Y and to quadruple when the concentration of X is doubled. The correct equation for the reaction is?
    პასუხი
    (D)
    R = K (X) 2(Y)°
  • 22
    A gas that turns a filter paper previously soaked in lead ethanoate solution black is?
    პასუხი
    (B)
    hydrogen sulphide
  • 23
    3CuO(s) + 2NH3(g) → 3Cu(s) + 3H2O(I) N2(g) (i).

    2NH3(g) + 3Cl2(g) → 6HCl(g) + N2(g) (ii).

    4NH3(g) + 3O2(g) → 6H2O(I) + 2N2(g) (iii).

    The reactions represented by the equations above demonstrate the?
    პასუხი
    (C)
    reducing properties of ammonia
  • 24
    A solution containing chloride ions gives white precipitate with silver trioxonitrate(V) Solution. The precipitate will be insoluble in dilute?
    პასუხი
    (A)
    HNO 3 but soluble in ammonia solution
  • 25
    The oxide that remains unchanged when heated in hydrogen is?
    პასუხი
    (D)
    ZnO
  • 26
    Which of the following is observed when a solution of iron (III) chloride is mixed with a solution of sodium hydroxide?
    პასუხი
    (D)
    A brown precipitate is formed
  • 27
    The metal that will react with water only in the form of steam to librate hydrogen gas is?
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    (C)
    iron
  • 28
    A common characteristic shared by iron and aluminium is that both?
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    (A)
    are extracted by reduction methods
  • 29
    Alloys are often used in preference to pure metals because?
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    (C)
    metallic properties are improve in alloys
  • 30
    One mole of hydrocarbon contains 6g of hydrogen. If the molecular weight is 54, the hydrocarbon is an?
    პასუხი
    (D)
    alkyne
  • 31
    On cracking medicinal paraffin, a gas is evolved which gives a pop sound with a lighted splinter and an oily liquid which decolourizes bromine solution is also obtained. The products of the cracking are ?
    პასუხი
    (C)
    hydrogen gas and alkene
  • 32
    How many structural isomers can be drawn for the non-cyclic alkanol with molecular formula C 4H10O?
    პასუხი
    (D)
    4
  • 33
    An example of aromatic compound is?
    პასუხი
    (C)
    C6H5OH
  • 34
    Terylene is synthesized from ethane- 1, 2-diol and benzene - 1, 4-dicarboxylic acid by?
    პასუხი
    (B)
    condensation reaction
  • 35
    Which of the following is true concerning the properties of benzene and hexane?
    პასუხი
    (A)
    Both undergo substitution reaction