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Question 951
jamb 1990

What is the IUPAC name for the hydrocarbon?

A2-ethyl-4-methylpent-2-ene
B3,5-dimethylhex-3-ene
C2,4-dimethylhex 3-ene
D2-methyl-4-ethylpent-3-ene
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Question 952
jamb 1990
Use the graph above to answer this question. The structure of cis-2-butene is
AA
BB
CC
DD
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Question 953
jamb 1990
Changes in the physical in the scheme above.The letter X,Y and Z respectively represent
Asublimation, condensation and freezing
Bsublimation, vapourization and solidification
Cfreezing, condensation and sublimation
Devaporation, liquefaction and solidification
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Question 954
jamb 1990
0.1 faraday of electricity deposited 2.95 g of nickel during electrolysis of an aqueous solution.
Calculate the number of moles of nickel that will be deposited by 0.4 faraday?

(Ni = 58.7)
A0.20
B0.30
C0.04
D5.87
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Question 955
jamb 1990
If 10.8 g of silver is deposited in a silver coulometer volume of oxygen liberated is?
A0.56 dm3
B5.60 dm3
C11.20 dm3
D22.40 dm3
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Question 956
jamb 1990

What volume of 11.0 M hydrochloric acid must be dilute to obtain 1 dm3 of 0.05 M acid?

A0.05 dm3
B0.10 dm3
C0.55 dm3
D11.0 dm3
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Question 957
jamb 1990
What is the concentration of H+ ions in moles per dm3 of a sodium of pH 4.398?
A4.0 χ 10-5
B0.4 χ 10-5
C4.0 χ 10-3
D0.4 χ 10-3
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Question 958
jamb 1990
2.0g of a monobasic acid was made up to 250 cm3 with distilled water. 25.00 cm3 of this solution required 20.00cm3 of 0.1 M NaOH solution for complete neutralization. The molar mass of the acid is?
A200 g
B160 g
C100 g
D50 g
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Question 959
jamb 1990

Na2C2O4 + CaCl2 → CaC2O4 + 2NaCl. Given a solution of 1.9g of sodium oxalate in 50g of water at room temperature, calculate the minimum volume of 0.1 M calcium oxalate using the above equation?

A1.40 χ 102 dm3
B14.0 χ 102 cm3
C1.40 χ 10-2 dm-2
D14.0 χ 10-2 cm3
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Question 960
jamb 1990
Smoke consist of?
Asolid particles dispersed in liquid
Bsolid or liquid particles dispersed in gas
Cgas or liquid particles dispersed inliquid
Dliquid particles dispersed inliquid
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Question 961
jamb 1990
The solubility in moles per dm3 of 20g of CuSO4 dissolve in 100 of water at 180°C is?

(Cu = 63.5, S = 32, O = 16)
A0.13
B0.25
C1.25
D2.00
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Question 962
jamb 1990

A blue solid, T, which weighed 5.0g was placed on a table. After 8 hours, the resulting pink solid was found to weigh 5.5g. It can be inferred that substance T?

Ais deliquescent
Bis hygroscopic
Chas some molecules of water of crystallization
Dis efflorescent
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Question 963
jamb 1990
10.0 dm3 of air containing H2S as an impurity was passed through a solution of Pb(NO3)2 until all the H2S had reacted. The precipitate of PbS was found to weigh 5.02 g. According to the equation:

Pb(NO3)2 + H2S → PbS + 2HNO3 the percentage by volume of hydrogen sulphide in the air is?



(Pb = 207, S = 32, GMV at s.t.p = 22.4dm3)
A50.2
B47.0
C4.70
D0.47
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Question 964
jamb 1990
Chlorine, consisting of two isotopes of mass numbers 35 and 37, has an atomic mass of 35.5.
The relative abundance of the isotope of mass number 37 is?
A20
B25
C50
D75
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Question 965
jamb 1990

X(g) → X\(^-\)(g). The type of energy involved in the above transformation is?

Aionization energy
Bsublimation energy
Clattice energy
Delectron affinity
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Question 966
jamb 1990
Which of the following terms indicates the number of bonds that can be formed by an atom?
AOxidation number
BValence
CAtomic number
DElectronegativity
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Question 967
jamb 1990
.....................P....Q.....R......S
Proton..............13....16....17.....19
Electron............13....16....17.....19
Neutron.............14....16....35.....20

Which of the four atoms P,q,R and in S in the above data can be described by the following properties relative atomic mass is greater than 30 but less than 40; it has an odd atomic number and forms a unipositive ion in solution?
AP
BQ
CR
DS
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Question 968
jamb 1990
A basic postulate of the kinetic theory of gases is that the molecules of a gas move in straight lines between collisions. This implies that?
Acollisions are perfectly elastic
Bforces of repulsion exist
Cforces of repulsion are in equilibrium
Dcollision are inelastic
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Question 969
jamb 1990

Equal volumes of CO,SO2, NO2 and H2S were released into a room at the same point and time. Which of the following gives the order of diffusion of the gases to the opposite corner of the room?
(S = 32, C = 12, O = 16, N = 14, H = 1)

ACO, SO2,NO2,H2S
BSO2,NO2,H2S,CO
CCO,H2S,SO2,NO2
DCO,H2S,NO2,SO2
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Question 970
jamb 1990
The volume occupies by 1.58g of a gas at s.t.p is 500cm3. What is the relative molecular mass of the gas?

(G.M.V at s.t.p = 22.40dm3)
A28
B32
C44
D71
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