Factors affecting equilibrium reaction include the following except

A. concentration
B. pressure for gaseous reactants
C. pressure for solid reactants
D. temperature
E. temperature and catalyst
Two boys balanced steady in a sea saw game is an example of
A. static equilibrium
B. dynamic equilibrium
C. homogenous equilibrium
D. mutual equilibrium
E. mechanical equilibrium
Catalysts are important in chemical industry in that
A. it affects the purity of the products
B. it affects the quantity of the products
C. it increases the time for reaching equilibrium
D. bond breaking is slowed down
E. it slows down a reaction
Combustion is a chemical reaction which is always accompanied by
A. heat
B. heat and energy
C. heat and light
D. heat and water
E. heat and power
Which of the following is not necessary for metallic corrosion?
A. Water
B. Oxygen
C. Heat
D. Sulphur (IV) oxide
E. Water and heat
The following are major gaseous pollutants except
A. carbon (II) oxide
B. sulphur (IV) oxide
C. carbon (IV) oxide
D. hydrogen peroxide
E. nitrogen(IV) oxide
The most abundant noble gas in nature is
A. Neon
 B. Argon
C. Helium
D. Radon
E. Krypton
Treated town water undergoes the following steps except
A. coagulation
B. precipitation
C. sedimentation
D. filtration
E. chlorination
Coffee stains are removed with
A. turpentine
B. ammonia
C. borax in water
D. petrol
E. ethanol
The following are characteristics of colloids except
A. tyndal effect in light
B. solid phase are removed by dialysis
C. colloidal particles are larger than that of suspensions
D. colloidal particles are separated using parchment membranes
E. colloidal solution is a false solution
A graph of solubility against temperature is called
A. sigmoid curve
B. supernant curve
C. solubility curve
D. solvent curve
E. dispersion curve
The following are examples of colloids except
A. smoke
B. foam
C. emulsion
D. sugar solution
E. sols
A saturated solution is a solution
A. in which the solute is in equilibrium with the solvent
B. in which the solute saturates the solution
C. the solvent can still accept more solute except when the temperature is lowered
D. whose solvent has low solubility at a given temperature
E. in which the solute particles are more than the solvent
On heating 25g of a saturated solution to dryness at 60⁰C, 4g of anhydrous salt was recovered.
Calculate the solubility in grams per 100g of solvent.
 A. 25 g/100
B. 19.05 g/100
C. 40 g/100
D. 38.1 g/100
E. 6.25 g/100
The solubility of alcohols in water is due to
A. their covalent nature
B. hydrogen bonding
C. their low boiling point
D. their low freezing point
E. their ionic character
A common solvent for sulphur is
A. water
B. carbon (IV) sulphide
C. alcohol
D. methanol
E. ethanoic acid
Minimum or critical amount of energy required before a chemical reaction could occur is called
A. reaction energy
B. effective collision
C. activation energy
D. activated complex
E. collision theory
Which of the following is the role of a catalyst in chemical reaction?
A. It increases the equilibrium constant of reaction
B. It brings about the energy barrier of reaction
C. It lowers the activation energy
D. It increases the activation energy
E. It changes the position of equilibrium of a reaction.
In the decomposition of CaCO3(s)-> CaO(s) + CO2(g). The reaction will attain dynamic equilibrium
only
A. when the reaction is in open system
B. when the reaction is heated thoroughly
C. when the reaction is in a closed system
D. when the reaction is catalyzed
E. when the reaction is cooled.
In the reaction, H2(g)+I2(g) <=>2HI(g) The effect of pressure on the system is
A. to make the reaction occur fast
B. to encourage forward reaction
C. to encourage backward reaction
D. to remove the energy barrier
E. pressure may not have any effect
Chemical equilibrium is attained when
A. all the reactants have been completely used up
B. reaction goes to completion
C. the concentrations of the reactants and product remain constant
D. the concentrations of the reactants and products are equal
E. pressure remains low
Which of the following conditions would lead to an increase in the rate of a reaction?
A. Increase in temperature and decrease in the surface area of reactants
B. Increase in both temperature and concentration of reactants
C. Decrease in temperature and increase in concentration of reactants
D. Decrease in temperature and increase in the surface area of reactants
E. Increase in the pressure of gaseous reactants and decrease in temperature
How many grams of NaOH would be needed to produce 100 cm3 of a 0.20 moldm˄-3 solution of
NaOH? ( Na = 23, O = 16, H=1)
A. 0.02
B. 0.40
C. 0.80
D. 20.0
E. 80.0
Which of the following salts is soluble?
A. CaCO3
B. ZnCO3
C. PbCO3
D. MgCO3
E. Na2CO3
What is the solubility of a salt X at 25 ⁰C if the saturated solution of the salt contains 0.20 g in
100 cm3 of solution? (BONUS)
A. 0.05 mol dm-3
B. 0.10 mol dm-3
C. 0.25 mol dm-3
D. 2.60 mol dm-3
E. 2.80 mol dm-3
When 250 cm3 of a saturated solution of CuSO4 at 30⁰C was evaporated to dryness, 5.0 g of the
salt was obtained. What is the solubility of the salt at 30⁰C? ( CuSO4 =160)
A. 0.031
B. 0.125
C. 0.640
D. 0.750
E. 1.560
Which of the following hydroxides is not readily soluble in water?
A. NH4OH
B. Ca(OH)2
 C. NaOH
D. KOH
E. NaOH and KOH
If 20 cm3 of sodium hydroxide was neutralized by 20 cm3 of 0.01 mol dm3 tetraoxosulphate (VI)
acid, what is the concentration of the sodium hydroxide solution?
A. 0.010
B. 0.020
C. 0.100
D. 0.150
E. 0.200
The industrial method of producing hydrogen from water gas is known as
A. Bosch process
B. Solvay process
C. Frasch process
D. Haber process
E. Contact process
Which of the following substances is produced industrially by the Haber process?
A. Hydrogen
B. Ammonia
C. Concentrated Tetraoxosulphate (VI) acis
D. Sodium chloride
E. Sodium trioxocarbonate(IV)
Which of the following arrangements shows increasing order of reactivity of the halogens?
A. F2 ˃ Cl2 ˃ Br2 ˃ I2
B. I2 < Br2 < Cl2 < F2
C. F2 < Cl2 < Br2 < I2
D. I2 ˃ Br2 ˃ Cl2 ˃ F2
E. Cl2 ˃ I2 ˃ Br2 ˃ F2
Chlorine, bromine and iodine belong to the same group and
A. are gaseous at room temperature
B. form white precipitate
C. react violently with hydrogen without heating
D. react with alkali
E. are solids at room temperature
Which of the following elements can conveniently be placed in two groups in the periodic table?
A. Carbon
B. Copper
C. Hydrogen
D. Oxygen
E. Chlorine
Which of the following halogens is/are liquid at room temperature?
A. Bromine
 B. Chlorine
C. Fluorine
D. Iodine
E. Chlorine and Bromine
When $\ce{NH4Cl}$ is dissolved in water, the container feels cold to touch. This implies
A. the process is exothermic
B. the process is endothermic
C. NH4Cl forms a saturated solution
D. NH4Cl is highly soluble in water
E. the reaction is a chemical change
Chemical reaction occurs when the colliding reactants have energy that is
A. less than the activation energy
B. greater than the activation energy
C. greater than the energy of the product
D. less than the energy of the effective collision
E. equal to the energy of the product
When a reaction is endothermic,
A. enthalpy change is negative
B. heat content of product is less than heat content of reactant
C. heat content of reactant is less than heat content of product
D. the reaction is non-spontaneous
E. enthalpy change is zero
The minimum amount of energy required for effective collisions between the reactant particles
is known as
A. activation energy
B. bond energy
C. lattice energy
D. potential energy
E. kinetic energy
The rate of the production of hydrogen in the reaction Zn(s)+2HCl(aq)->ZnCl2(aq)+H2(g) can be
increased by
A. using zinc powder instead of zinc granules
B. using dilute instead of concentrated hydrochloric acid
C. cooling the container in which the mixture is placed
D. using an alloy of zinc instead of pure zinc
E. increasing the pressure of the zinc solid
Hydrogen is used for the following except
A. manufacturing of ammonia
B. synthesis of hydrochloric acid
C. extinguishing fire
D. conversion of coal to petrol
E. production of margarine
The most abundant element on earth is
A. nitrogen
B. oxygen
C. carbon
D. helium
E. silicon
The following are acid anhydrides except
A. SO2
B. NO2
C. CO2
D. CO
E. SO3
Which of these oxides occurs in snow, dew, air and water when exposed to brilliant sunlight?
A. K2O
B. H2O2
C. Na2O2
D. Al2O3
E. Fe3O4
Which of these elements does not form an amphoteric oxide?
A. Mg
B. Pb
C. Sn
D. Al
E. Zn
Oxygen in air can be absorbed by passing it through
A. caustic soda
B. fused calcium chloride
C. alkaline pyrogallol
D. 95% ethanol
E. washing soda
Extraction of sulphur from the earth’s crust is done by the ----process.
A. Solvay
B. Frasch
C. Haber
D. Contact
E. Bosch
Sulphur (IV) oxide is used for these except
A. germicide and fumigant
B. as a refrigerant
C. preserving liquids like orange juice
D. being used for restoring ozone layer
E. being used as a bleaching agent for straw
Sulphur (IV) oxide bleaches by
A. oxidation
B. reduction
C. decomposition
D. carboxylation
E. hydrolysis
Sulphur reacts with soft rubber to harden it by
A. direct linkage
B. polymerization
C. cross linkage
D. smoking
E. substitution
Both hydrogen sulphide and sulphur (IV) oxide decolourize acidified potassium
tetraoxomanganate (VII), but in addition hydrogen sulphide produces
A. tetraoxosulphate (VI) acid
B. sulphur (IV) oxide
C. a precipitate of sulphur
D. hydrogen gas
E. a precipitate of manganese (IV) oxide
Which of the following gases is alkaline?
A. NO2
B. NH3
C. NO
D. N2O
E. N2O4
The catalyst used in the Haber process is
A. Nickel
B. Iron
C. Manganese (IV) oxide
D. Vanadium (V) oxide
E. Lead
Chlorine water is used as a bleaching agent because it is
A. an acidic solution
B. an alkaline solution
C. an oxidizing agent
D. a reducing agent
E. a halogen
Which of the following chlorides is insoluble in water?
A. AgCl
B. KCl
C. NH4Cl
D. ZnCl2
 E. CaCl2
Chlorine is prepared on a large scale by the
A. electrolysis of concentrated sodium chloride
B. action of manganese (IV) oxide on hot concentrated hydrochloric acid
C. action of concentrated tetraoxosulphate (VI) acid on sodium chloride
D. oxidation of concentrated hydrochloric acid with potassium tetraoxomanganate (VI)
E. action of manganese (IV) oxide on cold concentrated hydrochloric acid.
Which of these gases will bleach moist litmus paper?
A. CO2
B. SO2
C. HCl
D. O2
E. Cl2
Which of the following is used extensively in manufacturing photographic chemicals?
A. Aluminium chloride
B. Mercury (II) chloride
C. Silver chloride
D. Zinc chloride
E. Sodium chloride
Which of the following pairs of elements forms amphoteric oxide?
A. Be and Mg
B. K and Na
C. B and Al
D. Si and Pb
E. Ca and Li
Which of these metallic oxides is amphoteric?
A. Al2O3
B. Fe2O3
C. MgO
D. Na2O
E. CaO
Amphoteric oxides are oxides which
A. react with water to form acids
B. react with water to form alkali
C. show neither acid nor basic properties
D. react with both acids and alkali
E. react with oxygen to form water
Water from a river contaminated by alkali waste will have a pH of about
A. 1
B. 2
C. 5
D. 7
 E. 9
Which of the following pairs of halogens are gases at s.t.p?
A. Chlorine and bromine
B. Chlorine and fluorine
C. Fluorine and bromine
D. Iodine and bromine
E. Iodine and fluorine
The major constituent of air is
A. carbon (IV) oxide
B. hydrogen
C. nitrogen
D. noble gas
E. water vapour
A piece of damp blue litmus paper was dropped into a gas jar of an unknown gas. The litmus
paper turned pink and then bleached. The gas is
A. Chlorine
B. helium
C. hydrogen
D. nitrogen
E. oxygen
12 g of water is saturated by 15 g of potassium chloride at 20⁰C. Calculate the solubility of
potassium chloride at 20⁰C. ( K = 39, Cl = 35.5)
A. 3.5
B. 10.7
C. 16.8
D. 27.0
E. 74.5
A hydrocarbon X with a molar mass of 26 consists of 92.3% carbon. What is its molecular
formula? ( C = 12, H = 1)
A. C2H2
B. C3H3
C. C4H4
D. C5H5
E. C6H6
What volume of oxygen at s.t.p is required to burn completely 7.5 dm3 of methane according to
the following equation? CH4(g)+2O2(g)->CO2(g)+2H2O(g)
A. 3.75 dm3
B. 7.50 dm3
C. 15.0 dm3
D. 20.0 dm3
E. 30.0 dm3
When 350 cm$^{3}$ of a saturated solution of a salt Z was evaporated to dryness, it gives 55.5 g
of the salt. What is the solubility of the salt? ( Molar mass of Z = 101 gmol-1)
A. 12.56 mol dm-3
B. 6.28 mol dm-3
C. 3.14 mol dm-3
D. 1.57 mol dm-3
E. 0.55 mol dm-3
If the volume of a gas is 63.0 cm$^{3}$ at a temperature of 312K, what would be its
temperature when the volume is increased to 84.0 cm$^{3}$ at constant pressure?
A. 147⁰C
B. 145⁰C
C. 143⁰C
D. 141⁰C
E. 140⁰C
Dative bond is also known as
A. van der waals forces
B. ionic bond
C. hydrogen bond
D. covalent bond
E. coordinate covalent bond
Given that 4.0 moles of an ideal gas has a temperature of -24⁰C at 2 atm. Calculate the volume
in dm3 of the gas at that temperature. ( R = 0.082 atm dm3 K-1 mol-1)
A. 70.8
B. 61.8
C. 51.8
D. 41.8
E. 40.8
What is the oxidation number of manganese in MnO-4?
A. +7
B. +6
C. +5
D. +4
E. +2
How many moles of atoms are contained in 6.4 g of sulphur? ( S = 32)
A. 5.00
B. 2.00
C. 1.00
D. 0.32
E. 0.20
At 20⁰C, a sample of hydrogen gas occupies 105 cm3. Calculate the volume in cm3 at 100⁰C, if
the pressure remains constant.
A. 1040.0
 B. 525.0
C. 135.8
D. 133.7
E. 82.5
Sodium hydroxide solution was added to a solution of unknown salt X in a test tube, a blue
precipitate was observed. The cation in the unknown salt X is
A. Pb2+
B. Fe2+
C. Ca2+
D. Cu2+
E. NH4+
The following salts are insoluble in water except
A. magnesium hydroxide
B. magnesium trioxocarbonate (IV)
C. magnesium sulphide
D. magnesium trioxonitrate (V)
E. silver chloride
What is the mass of solute in 500 cm3 of 0.005 mol dm-3 H2SO4?
A. 4.900 g
B. 0.490 g
C. 0.049 g
D. 0.245 g
E. 0.0245g
A reaction is exothermic if the
A. reaction vessel feels cool during the reaction
B. enthalpy change is negative
C. bond forming energy exceeds bond breaking energy
D. heat of formation of reactants exceeds heat of formation of products
E. degree of disorderliness of reactants decreases.
What is the solubility of a salt if 0.4 g of it is obtained on evaporating 200 cm3 of its saturated
solution to dryness?
A. 0.08 gdm-3
B. 2.00 gdm-3
C. 4.00 gdm-3
D. 8.00 gdm-3
E. 80.00 gdm-3
Solubility curve can be applied in the determination of the
A. amount of crystals formed
B. amount of solvent that can be recovered
C. amount of solid drugs in a given solution
D. temperature of the solution
E. purity of a substance