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Chemistry Past Questions and Answers

Jamb Chemistry Questions

Question 41:
When hydrogen sulphide and sulphur dioxide are each passed in turn into a solution of potassium dichromate?
  • A Both gases change the colour of the solution from yellow to colourless
  • B Both gases causes sulphur to be deposited
  • C Only hydrogen sulphide decolourizes the solution
  • D Only sulphur dioxide deposits sulphur
  • E Only hydrogen sulphide deposits sulphur
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Question 42:
Which one of the following metals is not normally extracted by chemical reduction because of its position in the electrochemical series?
  • A Copper
  • B Iron
  • C Lead
  • D Potassium
  • E Zinc
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Question 43:
If one mole of aluminium contains 6 x 1023 atoms of aluminium, how many atoms are contained in 0.9g of aluminium?
(Al = 27)
  • A 1.0 x 1021
  • B 6.6 x 1021
  • C 2.0 x 1022
  • D 1.0 x 1022
  • E 5.4 x 1023
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Question 44:
4g each of aluminium foil and aluminium powder were introduced respectively into flasks P and Q.
Flask P was treated with warm bench sodium hydroxide and all the aluminium dissolved in one hour. Flask Q was treated with cold sodium hydroxide and all the aluminium dissolved in 10 minutes. What was responsible for Q reacting faster than P?
  • A There were more aluminium atoms in Q than P
  • B The heat given off in retarded the reaction
  • C Q generated more pressure than P during the reaction
  • D P generated more pressure than Q
  • E Q has a greater surface area for the reaction than P
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Question 45:
What happens when the nitrates of potassium, calcium, zinc and copper are separately heated?
  • A All the nitrate will decompose to their respective metals
  • B The nitrates of calcium and potassium will decomposes to their nitrites
  • C Only copper nitrate decomposes to the metal
  • D Only the nitrates of zinc and copper will decompose to their oxides
  • E The nitrates of calcium, zinc and copper decompose to their oxides
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