Chemistry Past Questions And Answers
Which of the following represents the kind of bonding present in ammonium chloride?
- A) ionic only
- B) covalent only
- C) ionic and dative covalent
- D) dative covalent
The pH of 0.50 mol dm-3 solutions of HCI, H2SO4and CH3COOH were measured. which of the following statements about the values obtained is correct?
- A. the pH value was equal to 5 in each case
- B. the pH values of the HCI and H2SO4 solutions were equal
- C. their pH values added uo to 14
- D. the pH value of the CH3COOH was the highest.
Which of the following compounds is a secondary alkanol?
- A. Ethanol
- B. 2-methylbutan-2-ol
- C. 3-methylpentan-2-ol
- D. Propan-1-ol
Which of the following compounds is unsaturated?
- A. 2-methylbutane
- B. Chloromethane
- C. Methylbenzene
- D. 1,2-dibromoethane
Clothes should be properly rinsed with water after bleaching because?
- A. the bleach decolourizes the cothes
- B. chlorine reacts with fabrics during bleaching
- C. the clothes are sterilized during bleaching
- D. hydrogen chloride solution is produced during bleaching
When naphthalene on heating changes from solid state directly to the gaseous state, it undergoes
- A) sublimation
- B) evaporation
- C) combustion
- D) decomposition
Which of the following factors will affect the rate of the reaction represented by the following equation? 2HCl(aq) + CaCO3(s) → CaCl2(aq) + H2O(1) + CO2(g) I. Pressure II.Concentration III. Nature of reactants IV. Temperature
- A. I and II only
- B. II, III and IV only
- C. I, II and III only
- D. I, II. III and IV
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
- A) Ca2+
- B. Na+
- C. Zn2+
- D. K+
The d-block elements are paramagnetic because they
- A. contain paired electrons which are repelled by magnetic field
- B. contain unpaired electrons in the partially filled 3d-orbital
- C. contain paired electrons which are repelled by magnetic field force
- D. have delocalized valence electrons
When protein is heated to a high temperature it undergoes
- A. condensation
- B. denaturation
- C. hydrolysis
- D. polymerization

