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Chemistry Past Questions and Answers

Chemistry Questions

Question 2716:
Which of the following elements has a ground state electronic configuration with an incomplete penultimate shell?
  • A Iron
  • B Sodium
  • C Aluminium
  • D Calcium
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Question 2717:
The conclusion from Rutherford's alpha-scattering experiment is that
  • A Atoms are mostly empty space with a small nucleus
  • B Emissions from radioactive substances consist of three main components
  • C There is nuclear pull on orbital electrons
  • D Electrons are deflected by both magnetic and electric fields
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Question 2718:
An element Y has the electronic configuration 1s<sup style='font-size: smaller;'>2</sup>2s<sup style='font-size: smaller;'>2</sup>2p<sup style='font-size: smaller;'>6</sup>6<sup style='font-size: smaller;'>2</sup>3p<sub style='font-size: smaller;'>4</sub>. To what period does it belong in the periodic table?
  • A 3
  • B 4
  • C 5
  • D 6
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Question 2719:
If a metal R forms a compound with the formula R(NO<sub style='font-size: smaller;'>3</sub>)<sup style='font-size: smaller;'>2</sup> , the formula of its tetraoxosulphate (IV) is
  • A R(SO<sub style='font-size: smaller;'>4</sub>)<sub style='font-size: smaller;'>2</sub>
  • B RSO<sub style='font-size: smaller;'>4</sub>
  • C R<sub style='font-size: smaller;'>2</sub>SO<sub style='font-size: smaller;'>4</sub>
  • D R<sub style='font-size: smaller;'>2</sub>(SO<sub style='font-size: smaller;'>4</sub>)<sub style='font-size: smaller;'>3</sub>
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Question 2720:
Which of the following decreases when a given mass of gas is compressed to half its initial volume?
  • A Average intermolecular distance
  • B Frequency of collisions
  • C Number of molecules present
  • D Atomic radius of each particle
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