Chemistry Past Questions And Answers
How many pi (π) bonds are there in an alkene with six carbon atoms?
- A. 4
- B. 6
- C. 5
- D. 3
Group O of elements are unreactive because
- A. their outmost shells contain equal number of electrons
- B. their highest occupied enegy level is full
- C. they are monatomic gases
- D. they are non-metals
The molar enthalpy change accompanying the removal of an electron from a gas phase atom or ion in its ground state is called?
- A. Electron gain enthalpy
- B. Ionization enthalpy
- C. Enthalpy change
- D. Enthalpic gas removal
How many molecules of oxygen would occupy a volume of 2.24 cm3 at s.t.p? [Molar volume at s.t.p = 22,400 cm3, Avogadro's number = 6.02 x 1023]
- A. 3.01 x 1020
- B. 3.01 x 1027
- C. 6.02 x 1019
- D. 6.02 x 1027
Which of the substance lettered P to V in the equation below would be left on the filter paper if the reaction mixture were filtered? P (aq) + Q(aq) → V(s) + R(aq) + T(g)
- A. P
- B. Q
- C. V
- D. T
Which of the following equations represents the reaction of chlorine with hot concentrated sodium hydroxide solution?
- A. 2KOH + CI2 ---------->KClO + KCI+H2O
- 4KOH + 2Cl2 ----------->4KCl +2H2O + O2
- C. 6KOH + 3Cl2 ---------> KClO3 + 5KCl + 3H2O
- D. 2KOH + CI --------> 2KCI + H2O
The empirical formula of a compound containing 0.067mol Cu and 0.066mol O is [Cu = 63.5, O = 16]
- A. Cu2O
- B. CuO
- C. CuO2
- D. CuO4
Soaps and detergents have the same basic characteristics except that the carboxyl group of the fatty acid in detergent is replaced by:
- A) alcohol
- B) sulphate or a sulphonate group
- C) ester
- D) acids
Which of the following properties of atoms generally increases down a group in the periodic table?
- A. Electron affinity
- B. Electronegativity
- C. Ionic radius
- D. lonization energy
0.79g of a gas as s.t.p occupied a volume of 250cm3. What is the relative molecular mass of the gas? [G.M.V. at s.t.p = 22.4dm3]
- A) 17
- B) 32
- C) 64
- D) 71

