JAMB - Chemistry (2002)

  • 1
    A compound contains 31.91% potassium, 28.93% chlorine and the rest oxygen. What is the chemical formula of the compound?
    [K = 39, Cl = 35.5, O = 16]
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    (D)
    KClO3
  • 2
    The formula CH\(_2\)O for ethanoic acid is regarded as its
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    (C)
    Empirical formula
  • 3
    A little quantity of trichloromethane (b.pt 60\(^0\)C) was added to a large quantity of ethanol (b.pt 78\(^0\)C). The most probable boiling point of the resultant mixture is from
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    (C)
    82 oC – 84 oC
  • 4
    The chromatography separation of ink is based on the ability of the components to
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    (D)
    Move at different speeds in the column
  • 5
    In the reaction E+F ↔ G+H, the backward reaction is favoured if the concentration of
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    (C)
    E is reduced
  • 6
    What amount of mercury would be liberated if the same quantity of electricity that liberates 0.65g of zinc is applied?
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    (A)
    2.01g
  • 7
    Which of the following equations show that a reaction is in equilibrium?
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    (D)
    ΔG = O
  • 8
    PCl5(g) ↔ PCl3(g) + Cl2(g)
    In the reaction above, a decrease in pressure will
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    (B)
    Increase the yield of PCl3
  • 9
    When H\(_2\)S is passed into a solution of iron (III) chloride, the solution turns
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    (A)
    Pale green
  • 10
    The Arrhenius equation expresses the relationship between the speed of a reaction and its
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    (D)
    Activation energy
  • 11
    When dissolved in water, NaOH flakes show
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    (B)
    An exothermic change
  • 12
    Cu\(_2\)S(s) + O\(_2\)(g) → 2CU(s) + SO\(_2\)(g)
    What is the change in the oxidation number of copper in the reaction above?
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    (A)
    +1 to 0
  • 13
    The product of the electrolysis of dilute sodium hydroxide using platinum electrodes are
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    (A)
    Hydrogen and oxygen gases
  • 14
    The solubility of a salt of molar mass 101g at 20oC is 0.34 mol dm-3. If 3.40g of the salt is dissolved completely in 250cm3 of water in a beaker, the resulting solution is
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    (C)
    Unsaturated
  • 15
    Tetraoxosulphate (VI) acid burns the skin by
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    (D)
    Dehydration
  • 16
    When a salt loses its water of crystallization to the atmosphere on exposure, the process is said to be
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    (A)
    Efflorescence
  • 17
    Three drops of a 1.0 mol dm-3 solution of NaOH are added to 20 cm3 of a solution of pH 8.4. The pH of the resulting solution will?
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    (C)
    Greater than 8.4
  • 18
    25cm\(^3\) of a 0.2 mol dm\(^3\) solution of Na\(_2\)CO\(_3\) requires 20 cm\(^3\) of a solution of HCl for neutralization. The concentration of the HCl solution is
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    (A)
    0.5 mol dm3
  • 19
    The substance least considered as a source of environmental pollution is
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    (C)
    Silicate minerals
  • 20
    The furring of kettles is caused by the presence in the water of?
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    (D)
    Calcium trioxocarbonate (IV)
  • 21
    The property which makes alcohol soluble in water is the
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    (B)
    hydrogen bonding
  • 22
    Steam changes the colour of anhydrous cobalt (II) chloride from
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    (A)
    blue to pink
  • 23
    The gas that gives brown colouration in brown ring test is
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    (A)
    NO
  • 24
    Ethanol can easily be produced by
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    (A)
    fermentation of starch
  • 25
    Which of the following gives a precipitate when treated with NaOH solution?
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    (A)
    AlCl3
  • 26
    An example of element that can catenate is
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    (D)
    carbon
  • 27
    The reaction of an alkene with hydrogen in the presence of catalyst is
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    (D)
    an addition reaction
  • 28
    The number of isomers formed by C\(_6\)H\(_{14}\) is
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    (B)
    5
  • 29
    Which of these pairs are synthetic and natural macromolecules respectively?
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    (C)
    Nylon and creatine, polyethylene and haemoglobin
  • 30
    Ordinary glass is manufactured from silica, CaCO3 and
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    (A)
    Na2CO3
  • 31
    A red precipitate of copper (I) carbide is formed when ammonium solution of copper (I) chloride is introduced into
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    (C)
    HC≡CH
  • 32
    The boiling of fat and aqueous caustic soda is referred to as
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    (D)
    saponification
  • 33
    The most important use of hydrogen is in the
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    (A)
    manufacture of ammonia
  • 34
    which of the following polymers is suitable for packaging and electrical insulation?
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    (D)
    polystyrene
  • 35
    Hydrogen is readily released when dilute hydrochloric acid reacts with
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    (B)
    Na
  • 36
    The intermediate product formed when ethanol is progressively oxidized to ethanoic acid with potassium heptaoxodichromate (IV) is
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    (B)
    ethanal
  • 37
    A rock sample was added to cold dilute HNO3. The gas evolved was passed into a solution of acidified K2Cr2O7 and the solution turned green. The sample contains
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    (C)
    SO32-
  • 38
    Which of the following statement is true of a proton?
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    (A)
    The mass of a proton is 1840 times the mass of electron
  • 39
    Which of the following chloride would exhibit the least ionic character?
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    (D)
    AlCl3
  • 40
    A fixed mass of gas has a volume of 92\(cm^3\) at 3ºC. What will be its volume at 18ºC if the pressure remains constant?
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    (D)
    97.0cm3
  • 41
    The processes which return carbon (IV) oxide to the atmosphere include
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    (A)
    respiration, decay and combustion
  • 42
    The postulate of Dalton's atomic theory which still holds is that
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    (A)
    atoms can neither be created nor destroyed
  • 43
    \(^{14}\) \(_6\)C → X + β
    X in the equation above represents
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    (C)
    147N
  • 44
    If 0.75 mole of cyclopropane and 0.66 mole of oxygen are mixed in vessel with a total pressure of 0.7 atmosphere, what is the partial pressure of oxygen in the mixture
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    (D)
    0.33 atmosphere
  • 45

    In the diagram above, the curve that represents the production of oxgyen gas from the decomposition of KCIO3 in the presence of MnO2 catalyst is

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    (A)
    R