Year : 
2003
Title : 
Chemistry
Exam : 
NECO - BECE

Paper 1 | Objectives

31 - 38 of 38 Questions

# Question Ans
31.

Which metal is extracted from bauxite?

A. aluminium

B. calcium

C. copper

D. magnesium

E. tin

A

32.

Which separation technique is routinely applied in the petroleum industry?

A. chromatography

B. distillation

C. evaporation

D. fractional crystallization

E. fractional distillation

E

33.

Small amounts of compounds of transition metals are sometimes added to glass during manufacture in order to make the glass

A. acquire certain colours

B. easier to melt

C. easier to mould

D. little brittle

E. more transparent

A

34.

The pH of water is 7.

What is the pH of orange juice?

A. 7

B. above 10

C. below 2

D. between 5.5 and 6.5

E. between 7.5 and 8.5

D

35.

Chlorine displaces bromine from aqueous potassium bromide because

A. bromine is a liquid at room temperature

B. bromine is weakly acidic.

C. bromine has a greater atomic radius than chlorine

D. chlorine is a stronger oxidising agent than bromine.

E. the density of chlorine is less than the density of bromine.

D

36.

What is the change in the oxidation number of phosphorus in the following reaction?

4P(s) + 5O2(ag) → 2P2O5(s)

A. 0 to 2

B. 0 to 5

C. 4 to 2

D. 4 to 5

E. 4 to 10

B

37.

In the reaction 2H2S(g) + SO2(g) → 2H2SO(I)+3S(s)SO2is acting as _agent

A. a bleaching

B. a dehydrating

C. an oxidizing

D. a precipitating

E. a reducing

C

38.

What is the number of moles of NaHCO3in 250cm3 of its solution if the solution contains 8.4 g of NaHCO3 in 1 dm3 of the solution. [Na = 23, 0 = 16, C = 12, H = 1)

A. 1

B. 0.25

C. 0.05

D. 0.025

E. 0.01

D

31.

Which metal is extracted from bauxite?

A. aluminium

B. calcium

C. copper

D. magnesium

E. tin

A

32.

Which separation technique is routinely applied in the petroleum industry?

A. chromatography

B. distillation

C. evaporation

D. fractional crystallization

E. fractional distillation

E

33.

Small amounts of compounds of transition metals are sometimes added to glass during manufacture in order to make the glass

A. acquire certain colours

B. easier to melt

C. easier to mould

D. little brittle

E. more transparent

A

34.

The pH of water is 7.

What is the pH of orange juice?

A. 7

B. above 10

C. below 2

D. between 5.5 and 6.5

E. between 7.5 and 8.5

D

35.

Chlorine displaces bromine from aqueous potassium bromide because

A. bromine is a liquid at room temperature

B. bromine is weakly acidic.

C. bromine has a greater atomic radius than chlorine

D. chlorine is a stronger oxidising agent than bromine.

E. the density of chlorine is less than the density of bromine.

D

36.

What is the change in the oxidation number of phosphorus in the following reaction?

4P(s) + 5O2(ag) → 2P2O5(s)

A. 0 to 2

B. 0 to 5

C. 4 to 2

D. 4 to 5

E. 4 to 10

B

37.

In the reaction 2H2S(g) + SO2(g) → 2H2SO(I)+3S(s)SO2is acting as _agent

A. a bleaching

B. a dehydrating

C. an oxidizing

D. a precipitating

E. a reducing

C

38.

What is the number of moles of NaHCO3in 250cm3 of its solution if the solution contains 8.4 g of NaHCO3 in 1 dm3 of the solution. [Na = 23, 0 = 16, C = 12, H = 1)

A. 1

B. 0.25

C. 0.05

D. 0.025

E. 0.01

D