CHEMISTRY 2022 UTME PAST QUESTION

1. Which of the following substances is used for road surfacing?

A. Bitumen
B. Coal tar
C. Kerosene
D. Diesel

2. CH2 BrCHClCH2CH2CH2Br

The name of the compound above is

A. 1, dibromo 2chloropentane
B. 1,1dibromo 2 chloropentene
C. 1,1dibromo 4chloropentene
D. 1-bromo-4-chloropentene

3. The process that convert ethanol to ethanoic acid is

A. Halogenation
B. Combustion
C. Oxidation
D. reduction

4. In electroplating steel with chromium the cathode

A. Chromium
B. Steel
C. iron
D. Copper

5. When monoclinic sulphur is cooled below its transitionTemperature what happen

A. It freezes
B. It crumbles
C. It changes to rhombic sulphur
D. It evaporate

6. The bond that exists in oxonium ions are

A. Covalent and dative
B. Covalent and ionic
C. Dative and ionic
D. Metallic and dative

7. The property of butane and propane that makes them suitable for cooking is

A. Diffusion
B. Solubility
C. Boiling point
D. Color

8. The structure of diamond is

A. Cubic
B. Hexagonal
C. Tetrahedral
D. Trigonal

9. Which of the following are secondary air pollutants?

A. Ozone and SO2
B. Ozone and CO2
C. Ozone and NO2
D. NO and SO2

10. During the preparation of ethane, it is passed through which of the following to remove impurities?

A. NaHCO3
B. NaOH
C. K2CO3
D. Water

11. The technique commonly used in the purification of solids is

A. Chromatography
B. Decantation
C. Crystallization
D. Centrifugation

12. The presence of impurity in a substance will cause the melting point to

A. Reduce
B. Increase
C. Be stable
D. Be zero

13. Which of these is used in the manufacture of cosmetics?

A. Toluene
B. Phenol
C. Ethene
D. Ethane

14. Which of these metals will liberate hydrogen from steam?

A. Copper
B. Iron
C. Mercury
D. Gold

15. The electronic configuration of Na+ is

A. 1s22s 2p63s1
B. 1s22s22p6
C. 1s22s22p63s2
D. Done

16. If 50cm3 of hydrogen is sparked with 75cm3 of oxygen: 2H2 + O2 → 2H2O, the volume of the unreacted oxygen is

A. 50cm3
B. 25cm3
C. 30cm3
D. 100cm3

17. An example of homogenous mixture is

A. Colloids
B. Sols
C. Emulsion
D. Solution

18. Fine the empirical formula of a compound 69% carbon 15.3% hydrogen and 30.7 % oxygen. [C=12, H=1, O=16].

A. C3H8O
B. C3H8O2
C. C3H8O3
D. C3H8O4

19. Which of the following techniques would be used in a food industry?

A. Distillation
B. Chromatography
C. Filtration
D. Fractional distillation

20. H+ OH¬- → H2O; this type of reaction is

A. Crystallization
B. Precipitation
C. Neutralization
D. Double decomposition

21. When methane is burnt in excess air, it gives

A. CO
B. CO2
C. O2
D. CO2 & H2O

22. Which of the following process will result in a chemical change?

A. Addition of salt of water
B. Evaporation of water
C. Copper (II) oxide mixed with tetraoxosulphate (VI) acid
D. Melting of candle

23. Which of the following methods is used to obtain alkanol from alkene?

A. Dehydration
B. Hydrolysis
C. Hydration
D. Fermentation

24. What is the anode in the extraction of aluminum and what reaction takes place at the anode?

A. Iron, reduction
B. Graphite, oxidation
C. Graphite, reduction
D. Iron, oxidation

25. All these are natural air pollutant except

A. CO
B. NO
C. O2
D. SO2

26. Which if the following is not a support for particulate nature of matter?

A. Diffusion
B. Osmosis
C. Dilution
D. Crystallization

27. What element is common t permalloy, steel and Alnico?

A. Carbon
B. Iron
C. Silicon
D. Aluminum

28. The method of preparing a salt depends on it’s

A. Color
B. Density
C. Solubility
D. None

29. The bonds in naphthalene molecules are

A. Ironic
B. Metallic
C. Dative
D. Van der Waals

30. Addition of charcoal in the filter bed for water purification is to

A. Prevent goiter
B. Prevent tooth decay
C. Kill germs
D. Remove odour

31. How many isomers does C2H4Br2 have?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 5 C
D. 4

32. What volume of water will be added to 10dm3 of 2moldm-3 to obtain 0.5moldm-3 solution?

A. 30dm3
B. 40dm3
C. 10dm3
D. 20dm3

33. What bond is present in hydrated copper (II) ions?

A. Electrovalent
B. Dative
C. Covalent
D. Metallic

34. One mole of sucrose C12H22O11 dehydrated will give how many mole of carbon?

A. 11
B. 12
C. 3
D. 6

35. The haloalkane for the preparation of fungicide is?

A. Triiodomethane
B. Tribromomethane
C. Trichlotomethane
D. Trifluoromethene

36. Which of the following is common to all metals?

A. Melting point
B. Hardness
C. Conductivity
D. Ductility

37. X2(g) → 2Y + Z(g),▲H = -ve

What condition would favor the production of X?

A. Increases temperature and increase pressure
B. Decreases temperature and decrease pressure
C. Increase temperature and decrease pressure
D. Decrease temperature and increase pressure

38. Which of the following gas will burn with a blue color?

A. SO2
B. H2S
C. HCl
D. NO2

39. Silicon (IV) oxide after melting at about 1500 oC forms what when cooled?

A. Flint glass
B. Colored glass
C. Quartz glass
D. Heat resistant

40. Which of the following pairs are oxidizing agents?

A. Chlorine and bromine
B. Chlorine and hydrogen
C. Hydrogen and oxygen
D. Iron and sulphur (IV) oxide