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This illustrate the law of chemical proportions law of multiple proportions law of conservation of mass law of definite proportions 2 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME The following uses radioactive isotopes except for dating elements tracing reaction paths determining equilibrium positions sterilization of medical equipment 3 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME In the Periodic Table, the elements that lose electrons most readily belong to group IIIA group VIIA group IA group IIA 4 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME The IUPAC names for the compounds CH3COOH and CH2 = CH2 are respectively; acetic acid and ethene ethanoic acid and ethene methanoic acid and ethylene acetic acid and ethane 5 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME What weight of sodium hydroxide is required to make 500cm3 of 0.2M solution? 4g 20g 40g 10g 6 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME Cotton is almost pure cellulose protein animal fibre starch 7 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME The percentage of water of crystallization in ZnSO4. 7H2O is 55% 33% 87% 44% 8 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME The following are uses of sulphur except vulcanization of rubber coating of steel to prevent rusting manufacture of tetraoxosulphate (VI) acid manufacture of dyes 9 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME The oxidation number of chlorine is +1in ZnCl2 KClO3 Cl2O7 NaClO 10 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME Which of the following properties increases down a group in the Periodic Table electronegativity atomic radius ionization energy electron affinity 11 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME 0.0075 mole of calcium trioxocarbonate (iv) is added to 0.015 mole of a solution of HCl. The volume of gas evolved at S.T.P is 224cm3 112cm3 100cm3 168cm3 12 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME Lucas reagent is used to test for alkanoic acids amines alkanes alkanols 13 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME A current of 4.0 amperes was passed through copper (II) tetraoxosulphate (IV) solution for one hour using copper electrodes. What was the mass of copper deposited? (Cu =64, IF = 96500C) 3.2g 4.8g 96 6.4g 14 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME A gaseous mixture of 80.0g of oxygen and 56.0g of nitrogen has a total pressure of 1.8atm. The partial pressure of oxygen in the mixture is 1.0atm 0.8atm 1.4atm 1.2atm 15 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME Copper metal dissolves in concentrated trioxonitrate (v) acid with the resultant evolution of NO2 CO2 SO2 CO 16 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME Catalytic hydrogenation of benzene produces benzene cyclohexane margarine an aromatic hydrogenation 17 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME The following are uses of sulphur except manufacture of tetraoxosulphate (VI) acid manufacture of dyes coating of steel to prevent rusting vulcanization of rubber 18 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME Equilibrium is sad to be attained in a reversible reaction when the rate of forward and backward reactions are equal there is no further change in temperature all the reactants have been used up all the products have been formed 19 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME Which quantum number divides shells into orbitals? Principal magnetic spin azimuthally 20 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME A mixture of sugar and sulphur can be separated by dissolution in water, filtration and evaporation evaporation, dissolution in water and filtration filtration, evaporation and dissolution in water dissolution in water, evaporation and filtration 21 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME Given that the molecular mass of iron is 56 and that of oxygen is 16, how many moles of iron (III) oxide will be contained in 1kg of the compound? 25moles 6.25moles 12.5moles 0.625moles 22 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME The greenhouse effect is a climatic condition associated with the presence of excess CO2 NO NH3 H2S 23 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME The movement of liquid molecules from the surface of the liquid to the gaseous phase above it is known as Zig Zag Motion liquefaction evaporation Brownian motion 24 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME The carbon atoms on ethane are Sp2 hybridised SP2d hybridized SP3 hybridised SP hybridized 25 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME Which of the following is an acidic salt? NaHSO4 CH3CO2Na Na2S Na2SO4 26 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME An amphoteric oxide is an amorphorous oxide of a non-metal Oxide that is insoluble in water Oxide that behaves as a base as well as an acid amorphorous oxide of a metal 27 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME 3.0g of a mixture of potassium carbonate and potassium chloride were dissolved in a 250cm3 standard flask.25cm3 of this solution required 40.00cm3 of 0.01M HCl for neutralization. What is the percentage by weight of k2CO3 in the mixture? (k = 39, O = 16, C = 12) 92 82 72 89 28 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME The greenhouse effect is a climatic condition associated with the presence of excess CO2 NO H2S NH3 29 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME The weakest attractive force that can be observed between two molecules is covalent ionic coordinates van der waals forces 30 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME At 25oC and 1atm, a gas occupies a volume of 1.50dm3. What volume will it occupy at 100 oC and 1atm? 18.80dm3 6.00dm3 60.0dm3 1.88dm3 31 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME Calcium atom ionizes by losing two electrons sharing two electrons gaining two proton gaining two electrons 32 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME Alkanals can be differentiated from alkanones by reaction with sodium hydrogen sulphite hydrogen cyanide Tollen’s reagent 2, 4 – dinitrophenylhydrazine 33 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME Pauli exclusion principle is related to electronegativity values of elements quantum numbers of electrons collision theory of reactions rate reversibility of equilibrium reactions 34 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME Which of the following is needed to produce a slag during the extraction of iron in the blast furnace? sulphur carbon cryolite limestone 35 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME Which of the following substances increases in mass when heated in air? magnessium ribon iodine crystals sodium chloride copper (ii)oxide 36 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME Element P, Q, R and S have 6, 11, 15 and 16 electrons respectively, therefore, P will form an ionic bond with R Q will form a covalent bond with S R will form an electrovalent bond with S Q will form an electrovalent bond with S 37 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME Which of the following types of reactions takes place between C2H4 and the halogens? Oxidation Substitution polymerization Addition 38 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME Palm wine turns sour with time because the CO2 formed during the fermentation process has a sour taste microbiological activity results in the production of organic acids within it. it is commonly adulterated by the tappers and sellers the sugar content is converted into alcohol 39 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME Organic molecules that have the suffix-ene are unsaturated hydrocarbons that have double bond a single bond a triple bond an ionic bond 40 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME The molecular formula of a common organic laboratory anesthetic is CCl4 CHI3 CHF3 CHCl3 41 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME Which of the following is not a member of the homologous series of the paraffins? C3H8 C5H12 C15H32 C24H48 42 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME Esterification of propane 1, 2, 3-triol and unsaturated higher carboxylic acids will produce methyl propanoate alkanols soap fats 43 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME The major source of oxides of nitrogen is from the burning of chlorofluorocarbons wood coal fuel 44 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME The metal extracted from cassiterite is calcium tin sodium copper 45 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME Which of the following gases can be collected by the method of downward delivery? oxygen ammonia chlorine hydrogen 46 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME 0.499g of CuSO4.XH2O when heated to constant weight gave a residue of 0.346g. What is the value of X? 5.0 3.0 4.0 2.0 47 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME The principal constituents of natural gas is methane butane ethane propane 48 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME When a solution of silver (I) nitrate is saturated with hydrogen sulphide, a black precipitate forms which is H2S PbS HNO3 Ag2S 49 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME Organic Chemistry is the branch of Chemistry that deals with ------- and ------ Carbon & Hydrogen Hydrogen & oxygen Carbon & Carbon Carbon & Sulphur 50 / 50 Category: CHEMISTRY POST UTME Which of the following halogens is the most reactive? F2 I2 Cl2 Br2 Your score is 0% Restart quiz