NECO SSCE - Chemistry - 2009

Which of these compounds has the greatest ionic character?

A colourless gas with characteristics odour which dissolves in water to form an alkaline solution is

X = - log₁₀ H⁺]

What does X stand for in the expression above?

Which of the following is NOT a fraction of petroleum?

Two elements X and Y with electronic configurations 2,8,2 and 2,8,7 respectively, are likely to combine by _________bonding

Which of the following is a solid at room temperature?

A neon atom is chemically nonreactive because

The following compounds decolorize acidified potassium tetraoxomanganate (VII) solution EXCEPT

What volume of carbon (IV) oxide in dm ³ is produced at s.t.p. when 2.50g of CaCO₃ reacts with excess acid according to the following equation? CaCO₃(s) + 2HCI(aq) → CaCl₂(aq) + H₂O(1) + CO₂(g)

[CaCO₂ 100; molar volume of a gas at s.t.p. = 22.4dm ³]

What mass of copper in gram would be deposited by a current of 1.00ampere passing for 965 seconds through copper(II) tertraoxosulphate (VI) solution? [Cu 63.5; If = 96500c]

The relationship between equilibrium constant and free energy change is represented as

Which of the following gases is absorbed from the air dun photosynthesis?

Atomic size decreases

The empirical formula of a hydrocarbon containing 0.12 mole of carbon 0.3 mole of hydrogen is

The following are ores of metals EXCEPT

Which of the following salt solutions will have a pH greater than 7?

The furring of kettles and boilers are caused by

In the electrolysis of dilute tetraoxosulphate (VI) acid using platinum electrodes, the products obtained at the anode are cathode respectively are

When air is passed through alkaline pyrogallol and then lime water, the gases left are

Compound with the general formula CnH\(_{2n+2}\) belong to the_______ group

The Ideal Gas Law is expressed mathematically as

Which of the following statements is NOT correct of group VII elements? They

Ptotal = P1 + P2 + P3 +…………. Pn, is an expression of law

How many atoms of chlorine are required to saturate the double bonds of a compound containing a triene?

Brain tumors can be located by using an isotope of

Which of the following metals is NOT extracted by electrolysis?

The rate of a reaction usually increases with increase in the concentration of reactants because the

A salt which loses its mass when exposed to air is

The scientist who discovered the zig-zag movement of gas molecules is

If the volume of a gas at 35°C is 60cm³, what would be its volume in cm³ at 273k?

The following equations represent redox reactions EXCEPT

The process involved in the decomposition of sugar by an enzyme is called

Sulphur has an oxidation number of +4 in

Which of the following non-metals reacts most readily with metals?

C\(_6\)H\(_{12}\)O\(_6\)

What is the molar mass of the compound above?

[ H=1, C=12, O=16 }

Which of the following equations is NOT balanced?

The green house effect is a climatic condition associated with the presence of excess

How many zones are present in a luminous Bunsen burner flame?

What kind of bond exist between carbon and oxygen in C0₃ ^2-?

\( ^{235}_{92}U + ^1_0n → ^{145}_{56}Ba + ^{88}_{36}Kr + 3^1_0n + Energy \)

The equation above represent a/an

All the following belong to the same family EXCEPT

Which of the following gases will bleach moist litmus paper?

The percentage composition of a hydrocarbon is 79.2 carbon 20.8 hydrogen. Calculate its empirical formula [H = 1, C = 12]

Non-polar molecules are held together by

During the extraction of iron in the blast furnance, slag is produced using

The reaction of an alkanol with alkanioc acid is known as

Which of the following compounds will undergo thermal dissociation?