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Practical Jamb Questions On Acid Base and Salts

This document contains a series of practical questions related to acids, bases, and salts, designed for JAMB examination preparation. It covers topics such as the properties of salts, reactions involving acids and bases, and the characteristics of various compounds. Each question is multiple-choice, providing options for answers that test the understanding of chemical concepts.

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Practical Jamb Questions On Acid Base and Salts

This document contains a series of practical questions related to acids, bases, and salts, designed for JAMB examination preparation. It covers topics such as the properties of salts, reactions involving acids and bases, and the characteristics of various compounds. Each question is multiple-choice, providing options for answers that test the understanding of chemical concepts.

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PRACTICAL JAMB QUESTIONS ON ACID BASE AND SALTS

1. The salt formed from strong acid and a strong base is?

 A. complex

 B. neutral

 C. basic

 D. acidic

2. Three drops of a 1.0 mol dm-3 solution of NaOH are added to 20 cm3 of a solution of pH 8.4.
The pH of the resulting solution will?

 A. Close to that of pure water

 B. Unaltered

 C. Greater than 8.4

 D. Less than 8.4

3. Hydrogen can be displaced from a hot alkaline solution by?

 A. Fe B. Cu C. Ca D. Sn

4. Insoluble salts can be prepared by?

 A. titrating an alkali against an appropriate acid

 B. reacting an acid with trioxocarbonate (IV) salt

 C. directing combination of the elements which make up the salt

 D. mixing two soluble compounds containing the metallic radical and the acidic
radical

5. Which of the following salts is slightly soluble in water?

 A. AgCl B.. CaSO4 C. Na2CO3 D. PbCl2

6. Which of the following is a deliquescent compound?

 A. NaNO3

 .B CaCl2

 C. CuO

 D. Na2CO3.10H2O

7. Substance employed as drying agents are usually?

 A. amphoteric

 ,B. hygroscopic

 C. efflorescent

 D. Acidic
8. The salt formed from a reaction between citric acid and sodium hydroxide in solution will
be?

 A. Acidic B, basic C. complex D. Neutral

9. The colour of methyl orange in alkaline medium is?

 A, yellow B. pink C. orange D. Red

10. The colour of litmus in a neutral medium is

 A, purple B. pink C. yellow D. orange

11. Which of the following is a general method of preparing acids?

 A. Direct combination of constituent elements

 B. Reaction between a base and an amphoteric oxide

 C. Double decomposition involving a salt solution

 D. Reaction between an anhydride and water

 E. Dissolution of hydroxides followed by neutralization

12. Which of the following compounds reacts with sodium hydroxide to form a salt?

 A. CH 3CH 2COOH

 B. (CH3) 3COH

 C. CH3CH=CH 2

 D. C 6H 12O 6

13. A substance is said to be hygroscopic if it absorbs?

 A. water from the atmosphere to form a solution

 B. heat from the surrounding

 C. carbon (IV) oxide from the atmosphere

 D. moisture from the atmosphere without dissolving

14. Which of following acids forms normal salts only?

 A. Tetraoxosulphate (VI) acid

 B. Trioxosulphate (IV) acid

 C. Acetic acid

 D. Tetraoxophosphate (V) acid

15. The basic property of salts used as drying agents is by?

 A. efforescence

 B. high melting point

 C. hygroscopy
 D. low solubility

16. In the preparation of salts, the method employed will depend on the?

 A. composition

 B. dissociating ability

 C. stability to heat

 D. precipitating ability

17. Addition of sodium chloride to water to form a solution would lead to?

 A. increase in freezing point and increase the boiling point

 B. increase in freezing point and decrease the boiling point

 C. decrease in freezing point and decrease the boiling point

 D. decrease in freezing point and increase the boiling point

18. H+ + OH− → H2O

The equation above illustrates

 A. precipitation

 B. hydration

 C. hydrolysis

 D. Neutralization

19. Dissolving some pellets of NaOH in water would result in

A. a decrease in the free energy of the solution

B. a decrease in the entropy of the solution

С.

a lowering of the temperature of the solution

D:

an increase in the entropy of the solution.

20. Tartaric acid is used industrially to

A. make baking powder

B. make fruit juices

C. remove rust

D. dry substances.

Ben….

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