Year : 
1979
Title : 
Chemistry
Exam : 
JAMB Exam

Paper 1 | Objectives

41 - 49 of 49 Questions

# Question Ans
41.

One of the following techniques can be used to show that chlorophyll pigment is a mixture of chemical compounds and not a single coloured compound

A. cystallization

B. hydrolysis

C. sublimation

D. filtration

E. chromatography

E

42.

A gas occupies 30.0 dm3 at S.T.P. What volume would it occupy at 91oC and 380 mm Hg?

A. 0dm3

B. 40.0dm3

C. 0dm3

D. 0dm3

E. 0dm3

D

43.

When excess ethanol is heated to 145 oC in the presence of concentrated sulphuric acid, the product is

A. diethyl ether

B. ethyne

C. diethyl sulphate

D. acetone

E. ethanoic acid

A

44.

Which of the following raw materials would be required from the smelting of iron ore in a blast furnace?

A. CaCO 3

B. Zn(NO3)2

C. CuSO4

D. AICI3

E. CaSO4

A

45.

A piece of metal (M) is dissolved in nitric acid and the resulting solution is treated with a small quantity of sodium hydroxide to produce a white precipitate (B) which redissolves on the addition of excess alkali. The precipitate (B)when ignited in a crucible produces the oxide of the metal(m). The METAL M is

A. Zn

B. Cu

C. Al

D. Au

E. Ca

A

46.

Pick out the correct statement

A. Zin heated to redness reacts with steam to give oxygen and zinc oxide

B. Zinc heated to redness reacts with steam to give oxygen and hydrogen

C. Zinc does not react with hot or cold water

D. Zinc reacts with hot water to form zinc oxide and hydrogen

E. Zinc reacts very easily with cold water to give zinc oxide and hydrogen

D

47.

Consider the following exothermic reaction 2SO2(g) + O2(g) = 2SO3 (g) . If the temperature of the reaction is reduced from 800oC to 500oC, and no other change takes place, then

A. the reaction rate increases

B. concentration of SO3 decreases

C. concentration of SO3 increases

D. SO2 gas becomes unreactive

E. O2 gas becomes unreactive

C

48.

The IUPAC name for

A. 2-methylbut-3-ene

B. 2-methylbut-4-ene

C. 3-methylbut-2-ene

D. 3-methylbut-1-ene

E. 3-methylpent-1-ene

D

49.

Which of the structural formal above is ethanoic acid is

A. A

B. B

C. C

D. D

E. E

Detailed Solution

Ethanoic acid is C2H5OH
41.

One of the following techniques can be used to show that chlorophyll pigment is a mixture of chemical compounds and not a single coloured compound

A. cystallization

B. hydrolysis

C. sublimation

D. filtration

E. chromatography

E

42.

A gas occupies 30.0 dm3 at S.T.P. What volume would it occupy at 91oC and 380 mm Hg?

A. 0dm3

B. 40.0dm3

C. 0dm3

D. 0dm3

E. 0dm3

D

43.

When excess ethanol is heated to 145 oC in the presence of concentrated sulphuric acid, the product is

A. diethyl ether

B. ethyne

C. diethyl sulphate

D. acetone

E. ethanoic acid

A

44.

Which of the following raw materials would be required from the smelting of iron ore in a blast furnace?

A. CaCO 3

B. Zn(NO3)2

C. CuSO4

D. AICI3

E. CaSO4

A

45.

A piece of metal (M) is dissolved in nitric acid and the resulting solution is treated with a small quantity of sodium hydroxide to produce a white precipitate (B) which redissolves on the addition of excess alkali. The precipitate (B)when ignited in a crucible produces the oxide of the metal(m). The METAL M is

A. Zn

B. Cu

C. Al

D. Au

E. Ca

A

46.

Pick out the correct statement

A. Zin heated to redness reacts with steam to give oxygen and zinc oxide

B. Zinc heated to redness reacts with steam to give oxygen and hydrogen

C. Zinc does not react with hot or cold water

D. Zinc reacts with hot water to form zinc oxide and hydrogen

E. Zinc reacts very easily with cold water to give zinc oxide and hydrogen

D

47.

Consider the following exothermic reaction 2SO2(g) + O2(g) = 2SO3 (g) . If the temperature of the reaction is reduced from 800oC to 500oC, and no other change takes place, then

A. the reaction rate increases

B. concentration of SO3 decreases

C. concentration of SO3 increases

D. SO2 gas becomes unreactive

E. O2 gas becomes unreactive

C

48.

The IUPAC name for

A. 2-methylbut-3-ene

B. 2-methylbut-4-ene

C. 3-methylbut-2-ene

D. 3-methylbut-1-ene

E. 3-methylpent-1-ene

D

49.

Which of the structural formal above is ethanoic acid is

A. A

B. B

C. C

D. D

E. E

Detailed Solution

Ethanoic acid is C2H5OH