Chemistry Past Questions And Answers
Consider the reaction below: Vegetable oil (frac{H2;NI catalyst}{High temperature}) product. The reaction is applied in the manufacture of
- A. drugs
- B. margarine
- C. paraffin wax
- D. soapy detergents
When chlorine is passed through a sample of water, the pH of the water sample would be
- A.< 7
- B. > 7
- C. = 7
- D. 0
When calcium oxide is heated with carbon, the oxide will
- A. be converted to carbide
- B. be converted to the trioxocarbonate (IV) salt
- C. decompose to the metal
- D. melt,producingg carbon (IV) oxide
What volume of oxygen will be left unreached when a mixture of 100cm3 of hydrogen and 200cm3 of oxygen are exploded in a eudiometer?
- A. 300cm3
- B. 200cm3
- C. 150cm3
- D. 50cm3
Which of the following is a physical change?
- A. The bubbling of chlorine into water
- B. The bubbling of chlorine into a jar contanining hydrogen
- C. The dissolution of sodium chloride in water
- D. The passing of steam over heated iron
What is the change in oxidation number of manganes in the reaction represented by the following equation? MnO-4(aq) + 8H+(aq) + 5e- → Mn2+(aq) + 4H2O(l)
- A. +3 to + 2
- B. + 4 to + 2
- C. + 5 to + 2
- D. + 7 to 2
Which of the following is used to hasten the ripening of fruit?
- A) Ethene
- B) Ethanol
- C) Ethyne
- D) Ethane
Lead and tin are the components of
- A. steel
- B. bronze
- C. brass
- D. soft solder
Which of the following methods can be used to seperate blood cells from plasma?
- A. Centrifugation
- B. Filtration
- C. Chromatography
- D. Distillation
A metallic oxide which reacts with both HCl and NaOH to give salt and water only can be classified as?
- A. an acidic oxide
- B. a basic oxide
- C. a neutral oxide
- D. an amphoteric oxide

