Jamb 1999 Chemistry Past Questions And Answers
A metal that can be extracted from cassitertite is
- A. cacium
- B. magnesium
- C. tin
- D. copper
Which of the following metals is passive to concentrated trioxonitrate (V) acid?
- A. Iron
- B. Tin
- C. Copper
- D. Zinc
Mg(s) + 2HCl(aq) → MgCl2(aq) + H2(g) From the equation above, the mass of magnesium required to react with 250cm3 of 0.5M HCl is [Mg = 24]
- A. 0.3g
- B. 1.5g
- C. 2.4g
- D. 3.0g
2-methylprop-1-ene is an isomer of
- A. but-2-ene
- B. pent-1-ene
- C. 2-methylbut-2-ene
- D. 2-methylbut-1-ene
56.00cm3 of a gas at S.T.P. weighed 0.11g. What is the vapour density of the gas? [Molar volume of a gas at S.T.P = 22.4dm3]
- A. 11.00
- B. 22.00
- C. 33.00
- D. 44.00
POlyvinyl chloride is used to produce
- A. bread
- B. pencils
- C. ink
- D. pipes
Chlorine, bromine and iodine resemble one another in that they
- A. dissolve in alkalis
- B. react violently with hydorgen without heating
- C. are liquids
- D. displace one another from solutiions of their salts
Given that electronegativity increases across a period and decreases down a group in the periodic table, in which of the following compounds will the molecules be held together by the strongest hydrogen bond?
- A. HF(g)
- B. NH3(g)
- C. CH4(g)
- D. HCl(g)
When excess ethanol is heated to 145oC in the presence of concentrated H2SO4, the product is
- A. ethyne
- B. diethyl sulphate
- C. diethyl ether
- D. acetone
What quantity of electricity will liberate 0.125 mole of oxygen molecules during the electrolysis of dilute sodium chloride solution? [ F = 96 5000 C mol-1 ]
- A. 24 125 coulombs
- B. 48 250 coulombs
- C. 72 375 coulombs
- D. 96 500 coulombs

