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JAMB Chemistry questions: Non-metals and their compounds

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  1. Question 1· Non-metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Silicon is used mainly in

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  2. Question 2· Non-metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Chlorine gas is identified by its:

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  3. Question 3· Non-metals and their compounds· JAMB

    The allotropes of carbon include:

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  4. Question 4· Non-metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Ammonia gas is collected by upward delivery because it is

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  5. Question 5· Non-metals and their compounds· JAMB

    The two crystalline allotropes of sulphur are

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  6. Question 6· Non-metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Which halogen is a liquid at room temperature?

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  7. Question 7· Non-metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Moist chlorine bleaches damp litmus paper because it

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  8. Question 8· Non-metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Ammonia gas can be identified because it

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  9. Question 9· Non-metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Ozone is an allotrope of

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  10. Question 10· Non-metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Hydrogen sulphide smells of

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  11. Question 11· Non-metals and their compounds· JAMB

    A solution gives a white precipitate with silver trioxonitrate(V) solution. It contains

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  12. Question 12· Non-metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Carbon(IV) oxide is prepared in the laboratory by the action of dilute hydrochloric acid on

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  13. Question 13· Non-metals and their compounds· JAMB

    A solution gives a white precipitate with barium chloride that does not dissolve in dilute hydrochloric acid. The solution contains

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  14. Question 14· Non-metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Ammonia gas and hydrogen chloride gas react to form white fumes of

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  15. Question 15· Non-metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Nitrogen(IV) oxide gas is

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  16. Question 16· Non-metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Sulphur(IV) oxide bleaches coloured substances mainly by

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  17. Question 17· Non-metals and their compounds· JAMB

    A gas that burns with a 'pop' when a lighted splint is applied is

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  18. Question 18· Non-metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Nitrogen is used in food packets because it

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  19. Question 19· Non-metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Large quantities of nitrogen are used in the manufacture of

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  20. Question 20· Non-metals and their compounds· JAMB

    White phosphorus is stored under water because it

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