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Which of the following statements about ideal gases is/are correct?

I. The cohesive forces between their particles are negligible

ll. The have no definite volume but occupy the volume of their containers

III. They are not compressible

IV. Their particles collide with loss of energy

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What type of reaction is involved when wood shavings produce a brown gas with concentrated HNO3?

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Which of the following contains co-ordinate covalent bond?

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One mole of a compound M(HCO3)2 has a mass of 162g. Calculate the relative atomic mass of M. [H = 1, C =12, O = 16]

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What does ∆H represent in the following equation ? Cl(g) + e- → CI- (g); ∆H = - 363 kJ mol-1

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An exothermic reaction is one which involves

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Which of the following lowers the activation energy of a chemical reaction?

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Given that the order of reactivity of four metals is P>Q>R>S, which of the following reactions is feasible?

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What is oxidized in the reaction represented by the following equation? 3CU + 8HNO3 → 3Cu(NO3)2 + 2NO + 4H2O

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What is the shape of a molecule of CCI4?

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Helium is preferred to hydrogen in filling balloons because hydrogen

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Dehydration of ethanol produces

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The spontaneity of a chemical reaction is determined by the change in the

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Consider the following equation: Ag+ (aq) + CI-(aq) → Ag+CI- (s) ; ∆H = _65.7 kJmol-1. From the equation, it can be deduced that

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A concentrated solution containing H+, Cu2+,OH- and CI- was electrolysed using platiunm electrodes which of the ions will be discharged at the cathods?

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Equal volumes of CO2 cnd CO at s.t.p have the same

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A finely divided from of a metal burns more readily in air than the rod from because the rod has

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Gas molecules are said to be perfectly elastic because

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P Total = F1 + P2 + P 3 + .........Pn' where P Total is the pressure of a mixture of gasses. The equation above is an expression of

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Two radioactive elements Q and S have half-life periods of 10 hours and 20 hours respectively. Therefore

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In the Periodic Table, the elements that loss electrons most readily belong to

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Pipe-borne water is usually chlorinated in order to

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Metals are said to be malleable because they

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What will be the effect of increase in pressure on the following system at equilibrium? 2NH2(g) N2(g) + 3H2(g)

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What is the effect of using vanadium (V) oxide as catalyst in the reaction represented by the following equation? 2SO2 + O2 ⇌ 2SO3; ∆H = - xKJmol-1

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The presence of unpaired electrons in an atom of a transition metal gives rise to

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Pauli Exclusion Principle is related to

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A mixture of calcium chloride and calcium trioxocarbonate (IV) in water can be separated by

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The crystal layers in graphite are held together by

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When alkanols react with sodium, the ga evolved is

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The atoms of four elements are represented as 20Q, 16R, 10S and 8T Which of the elements would be unreactive?

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Exhaust fumes discharged from a smoky vehicle gradually become invisible as a result of

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Which of the following movements can be described as random motion?

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Rusting of iron is an example of

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Which of the following properties increases down a group in the Periodic Table?

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Which of the following compounds dissolves in water to form a solution with pH below 7?

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What volume of hydrogen is produced at s.t.p. When 2.60 g of zinc reacts with excess HCI according to the following equation? Zn(s) + 2HCI(aq) → ZnCI 2(aq) + H2(g) [Zn = 65; 1 mole of a gas occupies 22.4dm3 at s.t.p]

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0.10 mol dm-3 NaCI conducts electricity better than 0.10 mol dm-3 CH3COOH because the solution of NaCI

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What is the value of x in the following equation? Cr2O72- + 14H+ + xe- → 2Cr3+ + 7H2O

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What is the function of sulphur (IV) oxide in the reaction represented by the following equation? SO 2(aq) + 2H2S(g) → 3S (s) + 2H 2O (l)

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Which of the following features of a human skeleton can be determined by carbon-dating?

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Which of the following increases as boiling water changes to steam?

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Which of the following will displace copper from a solution of copper (ll) salt?

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Elements which belong to the same group in the Periodic Table are characterized by

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Which of the following is not correct about oxidation number convention? The oxidation number of a/an

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

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Consider the reaction represented by the following equation: H2(g) + 12(g) → 2HI(g). The number of effective collisions of molecules of the reactants decreases as

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Which of the orbitals 4s, 4p, 4d and 4f has the lowest energy?

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Chlorine atom forms CI by

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Chemical equilibrium is attained when

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What mass of copper would be deposited by a current of 1. 0 ampere passing for 965 seconds through copper (ll) tetraoxosulphate (IV) solution? [Cu = 63.5; 1F = 96500C]

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Which of the following compounds dissolves in water to give an alkaline solution?

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Which of the following methods is suitable for the preparation of an insoluble salt?

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The liquid product of the destructive distillation of coal is

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30cm3 pf hydrogen at s.t.p combine with 20cm3 of oxygen to form steam according to the following equation 2H2(g) + O2(g) → 2H2O(g). Calculate the total volume of the gaseous mixture at the end of the reaction

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Which of the following substances decomposes when an electric current is passed through it?

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It can be concluded that gastric juice

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Which of the following would dissolve in warm dilute H2SO4 without effervescence, to give a blue solution?

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Which of the following occurs when a solution of CuSO4 is electrolysed using copper electrodes?

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Elactrostatic force of attraction between sodium ion and halide ion is greatest in

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Aluminium is extracted from

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If an element with high electron affinity combines with another element with low ionization energy the bond formed will be mainly

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Electrovalent compounds are characterized by

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A sheet of paper is placed in the path of a beam from a radioactive source. The emissions that pass through the paper consist of

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A radioactive solid is best stored

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The type of chemical bond that exists between potassium and oxygen in potassium oxide is

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What is responsible for metallic bonding?

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Which of the following pairs of reagents recat to produce hydrogen?

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If the solubility of KHCO3 is 0.40 mole dm-3

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Calcium atom ionizes by

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How many electrons are removed from Cr2- when it is oxidized to CrO42-?

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Which of the following can undergo both addition reactions and substitution reactions?

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A reaction is represented by the equation below. A2(g) + B2(g) 2AB(g); ∆H = +X kJmol-1 Which of the following statements about the system is correct?

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The gas evolved when dilute tetraoxosulphate (VI) acid reacts with sodium hydrogen trioxocarbonate (IV) is

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Which of the following procedures is suitable for identifying the food colouring added to a pastry sample?

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What is the oxidation number of nitrogen in AI(NO3)3?

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Which of the following will produce oxygen and hydrogen during its electrolysis using platinum electrode?

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The property of calcium chloride which makes it useful as a drying agent is that it is

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Substances which absorb water from the atmosphere without dissolving in it are said to be

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Petrol consists mainly of

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