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Question 1
jamb 2020

To obtain pure carbon(ii)oxide from its mixture with carbon(iv)oxide, the mixture should be?

APassed over heated copper(ii)oxide
BBubbled through water
CBubbled through conc H\(_2\)SO\(_4\)
DBubbled through conc NAOH
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Question 2
jamb 2020

The most important element on the earth's crust is?

ANitrogen
BHydrogen
COxygen
DFluorine
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Question 3
jamb 2020

Aluminum hydroxide is used in the dyeing industry as a?

ADye
BDispersant
CSalt
DMordant
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Question 4
jamb 2020

An electron can be added to a halogen atom to form a halide ion with?

A8 valence electrons
B7 valence electrons
C2 valence electrons
D3 valence electrons
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Question 5
jamb 2020

When a solid substance disappears completely as a gas on heating, the substance is said to have undergone?

ASublimation
BCrystallization
CDistillation
DEvaporation
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Question 6
jamb 2020

When cathode rays are deflected onto the electrode of an electrometer, the instrument becomes?

ABipolar
BNegatively charged
CPositively charged
DNeutral
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Question 7
jamb 2020

The general formula for the Alkanals is?

AR\(_2\)CO
BRCHO
CROH
DRCOOR
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Question 8
jamb 2020

Proteins in acid solution undergo?

ASubstitution
BFermentation
CHydrolysis
DPolymerisation
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Question 9
jamb 2020

What mass of water is produced when 8.0g of hydrogen reacts with excess oxygen?

A8.0g
B16.0g
C36.0g
D72.0g
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Question 10
jamb 2020

The chlorinated alkane often used industrially to remove grease is?

ATetrachloromethane
BChloromethane
CTrichloromethane
DDichloromethane
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Question 11
jamb 2020

The substance often used for vulcanization of rubber is?

AChlorine
BHydrogen peroxide
CSulphur
DTetraoxosulphate(vi) acid
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Question 12
jamb 2020

An organic compound that does not undergo a reaction with both hydrogen cyanide and hydroxylamine can be?

AAlkene
BAlkanal
CAlkanone
DAlkanoic Acid
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Question 13
jamb 2020

Which of the following types of bonding does not involve the formation of new substances?

AMetallic
BCovalent
CCo-ordinate
DElectrovalent
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Question 14
jamb 2020

What quantity of electricity will liberate 0.125 mole of oxygen molecules during the electrolysis of dilute sodium chloride solution?

A24,125 C
B48,250 C
C72,375 C
D96,500 C
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Question 15
jamb 2020

A gaseous metallic chloride MCl consists of 20.22% of M by mass. The formula of the chloride is?

[ M = 27, Cl = 35.5]

AMCl
BMCl\(_2\)
CMCl\(_3\)
DM\(_2\)Cl\(_6\)
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Question 16
jamb 2020

32g of anhydrous copper(ii)tetraoxosulphate(vi) dissolved in 1dm\(^3\) of water generated 13.0kj of heat. The heat solution is?

A26.0kj/mol
B65.0kj/mol
C130.0kj/mol
D260.0kj/mol
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Question 17
jamb 2020

Helium is used in observation of ballons because it is?

ALight and combustible
Blight and non-combustible
Cheavy and combustible
Dheavy and non-combustible
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Question 18
jamb 2020

Deliquescent substances are also?

Aefflorescent
Banhydrous
Chygroscopic
Dinsoluble
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Question 19
jamb 2020

Chromatography is used to separate components of mixture which differ in their rates of ?

Adiffusion
Bmigration
Creaction
Dsedimentation
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Question 20
jamb 2020

A few drop of conc HCL are added to about 10cm\(^3\) of a solution of PH 3.4. The PH of the resulting mixture is?

Aless than 3.4
Bgreater than 3.4
Cunaltered
Dthe same as that of the pure water
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