Year : 
2013
Title : 
Chemistry
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

21 - 30 of 47 Questions

# Question Ans
21.

The percentage by mass of calcium in Ca(OCI)2 is [Ca = 40.0; CI = 35.5; O = 16.0]

A. 28.0%

B. 31.6%

C. 43.8%

D. 44.5%

A

22.

The gas law which describes the relationship between volume and temperature is

A. Boyle's law

B. Charles' law

C. Dalton's law

D. Graham's law

B

23.

Which of the following phenomenna lead to decrease in volume of a liquid in an open container?

A. Brownian motion

B. Diffusion

C. Evaporation

D. Sublimation

C

24.

The pressure exerted by a gas is a function of the

A. total volume of the gas

B. speed of the gaseous molecules

C. mass of each gaseous molecule

D. frequency of collision between gaseous molecules

D

25.

Which of the following gases are arranged in increasing order of diffusion rate? [H = 1 .0; C = 12; N = 14; O = 16; S = 32]

A. SO 2 O2, NH3 H2

B. H2S,NH2,O2,SO2

C. CO2,N2O,O2,SO2

D. NH3,NO2,N2,CO2

A

26.

Which of the following variables is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the molecule of a gas?

A. Density

B. Pressure

C. Temperature

D. Volume

C

27.

When heat is absorbed during a chemical reaction, the reaction is said to be

A. adiabatic

B. endothermic

C. exothermic

D. isothermal

B

28.

The aqueous solution which has pH > 7 is

A. FeCI3(aq)

B. CuSO4(aq)

C. KNO3(aq)

D. Na2CO3(aq)

D

29.

Which of the following acids would readily react with CaCO3 to liberate CO2?

A. CH3COOH

B. H2SO4

C. H2SO3

D. HNO3

Detailed Solution

H2SO4(aq)+CaCO3(aq)→CaSO4(aq)+CO2(g)+H2O(l)
30.

Which of the following compounds crystallizes without water of crystallization?

A. MgSO4

B. Na2CO3

C. NaCI

D. FeSO4

C

21.

The percentage by mass of calcium in Ca(OCI)2 is [Ca = 40.0; CI = 35.5; O = 16.0]

A. 28.0%

B. 31.6%

C. 43.8%

D. 44.5%

A

22.

The gas law which describes the relationship between volume and temperature is

A. Boyle's law

B. Charles' law

C. Dalton's law

D. Graham's law

B

23.

Which of the following phenomenna lead to decrease in volume of a liquid in an open container?

A. Brownian motion

B. Diffusion

C. Evaporation

D. Sublimation

C

24.

The pressure exerted by a gas is a function of the

A. total volume of the gas

B. speed of the gaseous molecules

C. mass of each gaseous molecule

D. frequency of collision between gaseous molecules

D

25.

Which of the following gases are arranged in increasing order of diffusion rate? [H = 1 .0; C = 12; N = 14; O = 16; S = 32]

A. SO 2 O2, NH3 H2

B. H2S,NH2,O2,SO2

C. CO2,N2O,O2,SO2

D. NH3,NO2,N2,CO2

A

26.

Which of the following variables is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the molecule of a gas?

A. Density

B. Pressure

C. Temperature

D. Volume

C

27.

When heat is absorbed during a chemical reaction, the reaction is said to be

A. adiabatic

B. endothermic

C. exothermic

D. isothermal

B

28.

The aqueous solution which has pH > 7 is

A. FeCI3(aq)

B. CuSO4(aq)

C. KNO3(aq)

D. Na2CO3(aq)

D

29.

Which of the following acids would readily react with CaCO3 to liberate CO2?

A. CH3COOH

B. H2SO4

C. H2SO3

D. HNO3

Detailed Solution

H2SO4(aq)+CaCO3(aq)→CaSO4(aq)+CO2(g)+H2O(l)
30.

Which of the following compounds crystallizes without water of crystallization?

A. MgSO4

B. Na2CO3

C. NaCI

D. FeSO4

C