Year : 
1994
Title : 
Chemistry
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

31 - 36 of 36 Questions

# Question Ans
31.

Which of the following is likely to have the highest degree of hardness?

A. Carbonated water

B. Distilled water

C. Acidified water

D. Rain water

E. Lime water

A

32.

Study the reaction represented by the equation: Alkanol + Alkanoic acid conc. H2SO4 Alkanoate + water. The type of process involved in the reverse reaction is

A. Neutralization

B. dehydration

C. hydrolysis

D. decomposition

E. hydrogenation

C

33.

Destructive distillation of coal means

A. heating coal in plentiful supply of air

B. burning coal in air to produce water and carbon (IV) oxide

C. heating coal in the absence of air

D. heating coal in limited supply of air

E. separating coal into various allotropes of carbon

C

34.

When magnesium ribbon burns in air, the products are

A. magnesium nitride and magnesium oxide

B. magnesium nitride and carbon (ll) oxide

C. magnesium oxide and steam

D. magnesium nitride and soot

E. magnesium oxide and carbon (ll) oxide

C

35.

The following compounds contain the same type of bonds except

A. sodium chloride

B. hydrogen chloride

C. magnesium chloride

D. potassium chloride

E. lithium chloride

B

36.

What is the molar mass of an alkyne with the formula Cx H 14? (H = 1, C = 12)

A. 86g

B. 92g

C. 98g

D. 110g

E. 112g

D

31.

Which of the following is likely to have the highest degree of hardness?

A. Carbonated water

B. Distilled water

C. Acidified water

D. Rain water

E. Lime water

A

32.

Study the reaction represented by the equation: Alkanol + Alkanoic acid conc. H2SO4 Alkanoate + water. The type of process involved in the reverse reaction is

A. Neutralization

B. dehydration

C. hydrolysis

D. decomposition

E. hydrogenation

C

33.

Destructive distillation of coal means

A. heating coal in plentiful supply of air

B. burning coal in air to produce water and carbon (IV) oxide

C. heating coal in the absence of air

D. heating coal in limited supply of air

E. separating coal into various allotropes of carbon

C

34.

When magnesium ribbon burns in air, the products are

A. magnesium nitride and magnesium oxide

B. magnesium nitride and carbon (ll) oxide

C. magnesium oxide and steam

D. magnesium nitride and soot

E. magnesium oxide and carbon (ll) oxide

C

35.

The following compounds contain the same type of bonds except

A. sodium chloride

B. hydrogen chloride

C. magnesium chloride

D. potassium chloride

E. lithium chloride

B

36.

What is the molar mass of an alkyne with the formula Cx H 14? (H = 1, C = 12)

A. 86g

B. 92g

C. 98g

D. 110g

E. 112g

D