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Chemistry Past Questions and Answers

Chemistry Questions

Question 791:
Palm wine turns sour with time because?
  • A The sugar content is converted into alcohol
  • B The carbon (IV) oxide formed during the fermentation process has a sour taste
  • C It is commonly adulterated by the tappers and sellers
  • D Microbial activity results in the production of orgain acids within it
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Question 792:
Catalytic hydrogenation of benzene produces?
  • A An aromatic hydrocarbon
  • B Margarine
  • C Cyclohexane
  • D D.D.T
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Question 793:
Which of the following represents saponification?
  • A Reaction of carboxylic acids with sodium hydroxide
  • B Reaction of alkanoates with acid
  • C Reaction of alkanoates with alcohols
  • D Reaction of alkanoates with sodium hydroxide
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Question 794:
The confirmatory test for alkanoic acids in organic qualitative analysis is the?
  • A Turning of wet blue litmus paper red
  • B Reaction with alkanols to form esters
  • C Reaction with sodium hydroxide to form salt and water
  • D Reaction with aqueous Na<sub style='font-size: smaller;'>2</sub>COsp<sub style='font-size: smaller;'>3</sub> to liberate a gas which turns lime water milky
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Question 795:
A gas that will turn orange potassium heptaoxodichromate (lV) solution to clear green is?
  • A Sulphur (ii) oxide
  • B Hydrogen sulphide
  • C Sulphide (lV) oxide
  • D Hydrogen chloride
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