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JAMB and WAEC Chemistry questions: Non-metals and their compounds

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  1. Question 21· Non-metals and their compounds· JAMB

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

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  2. Question 22· 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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  3. Question 23· Non-metals and their compounds· WAEC

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

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  4. Question 24· Non-metals and their compounds· WAEC

    Ammonia is collected by upward delivery because it is

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  5. Question 25· 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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  6. Question 26· 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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  7. Question 27· Non-metals and their compounds· WAEC

    Ammonia gas is collected by

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  8. Question 28· Non-metals and their compounds· JAMB

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

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  9. Question 29· Non-metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Nitrogen(IV) oxide gas is

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  10. Question 30· Non-metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Sulphur(IV) oxide bleaches coloured substances mainly by

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  11. Question 31· Non-metals and their compounds· JAMB

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

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  12. Question 32· Non-metals and their compounds· WAEC

    Chlorine bleaches damp litmus paper because it forms

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  13. Question 33· Non-metals and their compounds· WAEC

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

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  14. Question 34· Non-metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Nitrogen is used in food packets because it

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  15. Question 35· Non-metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Large quantities of nitrogen are used in the manufacture of

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  16. Question 36· 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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  17. Question 37· Non-metals and their compounds· WAEC

    Allotropes of carbon include

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  18. Question 38· Non-metals and their compounds· JAMB

    White phosphorus is stored under water because it

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  19. Question 39· Non-metals and their compounds· WAEC

    The gas that turns lime water milky is

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  20. Question 40· Non-metals and their compounds· JAMB

    Oxygen is prepared in the laboratory by heating potassium trioxochlorate(V) with manganese(IV) oxide. The manganese(IV) oxide acts as

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