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Chemistry Past Questions and Answers

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Question 201:
Kerosene is commonly used to remove the red colour stain of palm oil from cloth because it ____________
  • A Help to spread the oil over a larger surface area
  • B Reacts with the oil surface to form an odourless compound
  • C Makes the oil to evaporate easily by dissolving it
  • D Helps to dilute the oil and reduce its colour
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Question 202:
The gas that is the most dangerous pollutant to human is ____________
  • A Sulphur (IV) oxide
  • B Carbon (IV) oxide
  • C Nitrogen (II) oxide
  • D Hydrogen sulphide
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Question 203:
How many moles of limestone will be required to produce 5.6kg of CaO? <br/>[Ca = 4, C = 12, 0 = 16]
  • A 0.20mol.
  • B 0.10mol.
  • C 1.12mol.
  • D 0.56mol.
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Question 204:
When air which contains the gases: oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, water vapour and the rare gases, is passed through alkaline pyrogallot and then over quicklime, the only gases left are:
  • A Nitrogen and carbondioxide
  • B The rare gases
  • C Nitrogen and oxygen
  • D Nitrogen and the rare gases
  • E Nitrogen, carbondioxide and the rare gases.
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Question 205:
When large hydrocarbon molecules are heated at high temperature in the presence of a catalyst to give smaller molecules, the process is known as ____________
  • A Disintegration
  • B Polymerization
  • C Cracking
  • D Degradation
  • E Distillation
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