Chemistry Past Questions And Answers
Which of the following metals does not react with water to produce hydrogen?
- A. Copper
- B. Potassium
- C. Sodium
- D. Zinc
50cm3of hydrogen are sparked with 100cm3 of oxygen at 110°C and 1atm. If the whole reaction mixture passes through an alkaline solution of pyrogallol, the volume of the residual gas is
- A) 125cm3
- B) 100cm3
- C) 75cm3
- D) 50cm3
At 25°C and 1atm, a gas occupies a volume of
1.50dm3. What volume will it occupy at 100°C and 1atm?
- A)1.88dm3
- B)6.00dm3
- C)18.80dm3
- D)60.0dm3
Which separation technique is used to separate different pigments in a mixture based on their affinity for a stationary phase and a mobile phase?
- A. Chromatography
- B. Filtration
- C. Decantation
- D. Distillation
Alkanoic acids are weak acids and ionises in solution to give
- A)R\(^+\) + COOH
- B)RCOO\(^-\) + H\(^+\)
- C)RCOO\(^+\) + H\(^-\)
- D)RCO\(^+\) + OH\(^-\)
The reaction between ammonia and ethyl ethanoate produces
- A) propanol and ethanamide
- B) propanol and propanamide
- C) ethanol and propanamide
- D) ethanol and ethanamide
The bond angle in tetrahedral molecules such as tetrachloromethane is
- A. 180.0°
- B. 109.5°
- C. 105.5°
- D. 90.0°
The pressure of 100cm3 of oxygen at 35oC is 750mmHg. What will be the volume of gas if the pressure is reduced to 100mmHg without changing the temperature?
- A. 650 cm3
- B. 850 cm3
- C. 580 cm3
- D. 750 cm3
Which of the following hydrogen halides the highest entropy value?
- A. HF
- B. HCl
- C. HBr
- D. HI
Alkanals can be distinguished from alkanones by the reaction with
- A) sudan lll stain
- B) starch iodide paper
- C) lithium tetrahydrido aluminate (lll)
- D) fehling's solution

