Chemistry Past Questions And Answers
A dwarf plant can be stimulated to grow to normal height by the application of
- A. thyroxin
- B. gibberellin
- C. insulin
- D. kinin
PH of a 0.0001M acid is
- A) 1
- B) 2
- C) 3
- D) 4
Which of the following best represent solid gas mixture?
- A. milk
- B. kerosene
- C. soil
- D. smoke
The air pollutant unknown in nature is
- A. NO
- B. CO
- C. HCHO
- D. DDT
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
In the graph above, the activation energy of the catalyzed reaction is
- A) 100KJ
- B) 300KJ
- C) 250KJ
- D) 200KJ
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
The saponification of an alkanoate to produce soap and alkanol involves
- A) dehydration
- B) esterification
- C) hydrolysis
- D) oxidation
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
(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/°C | Boiling point/°C | Solubility in water at 25°C |
| A | 30 | 117 | Insolube |
| B | 31 | 160 | Insoluble |
| C | 1200 | 1200 | Insoluble |
(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
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