Chemistry Past Questions And Answers
The products of the electrolysis of dilute sodium chlorid solution with platinum electrodes are
- A. hydrogen and oxygen
- B. oxygen and chlorine
- C. chlorine and water
- D. sodium amalgam and chlorine
Ethyne undergoes the following reactions except
- A. polymerisation
- B. addition
- C. substitution
- D. esterification
Consider the reaction represented by the equation. 2NaHCO3(s) → 2Na2CO3(S) + CO 2(g) + H2O(g) what volume of carbon (IV)oxide at s.t.p is evolved when 0. 5 moles of NaHCO3 is heated? [Molar volume = 22.4 dm3 at s.t. p]
- A. 1.12dm3
- B. 2.24dm3
- C. 5.6dm3
- D. 56.0dm3
Which of the following species does not contain a co-ordinate bond?
- A. AI2CI6
- B. CCI4
- C. H3O+
- D. NH+4
0.92g of ethanol raised the temperature of 100g of water from 298K to 312.3K when burned completely. What is the heat of combustion of ethanol? [C = 12; H = 1; O = 16; specific heat capacity of water = 4.2Jg?1 k?1]
- A) +300KJ mol?1
- B) +3000KJ mol?1
- C) -300KJ mol?1
- D) -3000KJ mol?1
Which of the following is a characteristic property of acids?
- A. Turn litmus paper blue
- B. Bitter taste
- C. pH value above 7
- D. React with metals to produce hydrogen gas
When a current I was passed through an electrolyte solution for 40 minutes, a mass X g of a univalent metal was deposited at the cathode. What mass of the metal will be deposited when a current 2I is passed through the solution for 10 minutes?
- A. X/4 g
- B. X/2 g
- C. 2X g
- D. 4X g
Which of the following is NOT true of metals?
- A. They are good conductors of electricity
- B. They ionize by electron loss
- C. Their oxides are acidic
- D. They have high melting points
(a)(i) Define heat of neutralization
(ii) Give the reason why copper (II) chloride can be prepared by neutralization, unlike lead (II) chloride.
(b)(i) Describe in outline, the manufacture of trioxonitrate (V) acid by the catalytic oxidation of ammonia, giving equations where appropriate.
(ii) What are the products obtained when sodium tioxonitrate (V) is heated strongly?
(c) When powdered magnesium is heated to redness in a stream of nitrogen, magnesium nitride (Mg\(_3\)N\(_2\)) is formed.
(i) Write an equation for the reaction
(ii) Hence, calculate the amount (in mole) of magnesium nitride that can be obtained from 3.0g of magnesium [Mg = 24].
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1998 THEORYIn which of the following is the entropy change positive?
- A) Reaction between an acid and a base
- B) Addition of concentrated acid to water
- C) Dissolution of sodium metal in water
- D) Thermal dissociation of ammonium chloride

