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WAEC Chemistry questions: Non-metals and their compounds

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

    Which of these gases can be collected over water?

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

    Moist chlorine bleaches litmus paper because it forms

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

    Carbon(IV) oxide is used in fire extinguishers because it

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

    A gas that turns moist red litmus blue is

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

    Which of these non-metals is a liquid at room temperature?

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

    Which gas forms dense white fumes when it meets hydrogen chloride gas?

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

    Sulphur(IV) oxide bleaches coloured materials by

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

    Which allotrope of carbon conducts electricity?

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

    Diamond and graphite are

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

    The brown ring test is used to identify

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

    The gas that burns with a blue flame and is very poisonous is

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

    Ammonia is collected by upward delivery because it is

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

    A gas given off by a fermenting palm-wine jar turns lime water milky. The gas is

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

    Ammonia gas is collected by

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

    Chlorine bleaches damp litmus paper because it forms

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

    Moist chlorine bleaches litmus paper because it reacts with water to form

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

    Concentrated tetraoxosulphate(VI) acid turns sugar into a black mass because it acts as a

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

    Allotropes of carbon include

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

    The gas that turns lime water milky is

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

    Carbon dioxide turns lime water milky due to the formation of

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