Air Pollution Jamb Chemistry Past Questions

Question 1

A substance that is used as a ripening agent for fruits is

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  • A. ethene
  • B. propane
  • C. methane
  • D. butane
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Question 2

When a solid substance disappears completely as a gas on heating, the substance is said to have undergone?

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  • A. Sublimation
  • B. Crystallization
  • C. Distillation
  • D. Evaporation
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Question 3

A colored gas that is known to be poisonous and can readily damage the mucous lining of the lungs is?

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  • A. hydrogen sulphide
  • B. carbon(ii)oxide
  • C. chlorine
  • D. sulphur(iv)oxide
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Question 4

A gas that turns a filter paper previously soaked in lead ethanoate solution black is?

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  • A. hyrogen chloride
  • B. hydrogen sulphide
  • C. sulphur (IV) oxide
  • D. sulphur (VI) oxide
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Question 5

When glowing splint is inserted into the mouth of a jar containing a gas, the splint is extinguished. The gas gives a white precipitate when passing into barium hydroxide. The gas is?

jamb 1981

  • A. methane
  • B. hydrogen chloride
  • C. hydrogen
  • D. nitrogen
  • E. carbondioxide
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