Chemistry Past Questions And Answers

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821

A dwarf plant can be stimulated to grow to normal height by the application of

  • A. thyroxin
  • B. gibberellin
  • C. insulin
  • D. kinin
View Discussion (0)JAMB 1991
822

PH of a 0.0001M acid is

  • A) 1
  • B) 2
  • C) 3
  • D) 4
View Discussion (0)POST UTME UNICAL
823

Which of the following best represent solid gas mixture?

  • A. milk
  • B. kerosene
  • C. soil
  • D. smoke
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2022
824

The air pollutant unknown in nature is

  • A. NO
  • B. CO
  • C. HCHO
  • D. DDT
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2000
825

A Zinc half-cell is connected to an iron half-cell through a salt bridge and both are also connected through a copper wire. At which electrode is reduction taking place and which electrode is positively charged?

  • A) Zinc, zinc
  • B) Iron, iron
  • C) Zinc, Iron
  • D) Iron, Zinc
View Discussion (0)POST UTME OAU
826

In the graph above, the activation energy of the catalyzed reaction is

  • A) 100KJ
  • B) 300KJ
  • C) 250KJ
  • D) 200KJ
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2013
827

Which of these pairs are synthetic and natural macromolecules respectively?

  • A. Haemoglobin and nylon, creatine and polyethylene
  • B. Nylon and polyethlene, creatine and Haemoglobin
  • C. Nylon and creatine, polyethylene and haemoglobin
  • D. Creatine and Polyethylene, nylon and haemoglobin
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2002
828

The saponification of an alkanoate to produce soap and alkanol involves

  • A) dehydration
  • B) esterification
  • C) hydrolysis
  • D) oxidation
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2012
829

The Arrhenius equation expresses the relationship between the speed of a reaction and its

  • A. Molecular collision
  • B. Heat of reaction
  • C. Catalyst
  • D. Activation energy
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2002
830

(a) (i) What is diffusion?

(ii) State Charles' law:

(iii) Sketch a graph to illustrate Charles' law.

(iv) A given mass of a gas occupied 150 cm3 at 27 °C and a pressure of 1.013 x 105 Nm\(^{-2}\). Calculate the temperature at which its volume will be doubled at the same pressure.

(v) Arrange the three states of matter in order of increasing: (i) kinetic energy; (ii) forces of cohesion.

(b) (i) State Le Chatelier's principle. (ii) A metal M forms two oxides containing 11.1% and 20.0% of oxygen. Show that these figures agree with the law of multiple proportion.

(c) The table below shows the physical properties of substances A, B and C.

Substance

Melting point/°CBoiling point/°C

Solubility in water at 25°C

A30117Insolube
B31160Insoluble
C12001200Insoluble

(i) If A and B are miscible when melted and B and C react when heated, describe how a mixture of A, B, and C could be separated.

(ii) When 25.25g of the mixture A, B and C was separated, 7.52 g of A and 8.48 g of B were recovered. Assuming i there was no loss of components during separation, calculate the percentage by mass of C in the mixture

View Discussion (0)WAEC 2012 THEORY