JAMB Past Questions and Answers - Page 1656

8,276.

Apartheid in South Africa was a system that institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination. What year did it officially begin?

A.

1948

B.

1956

C.

1971

D.

1963

Correct answer is A

Apartheid officially began in South Africa in 1948. It was a system of institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination that lasted until the early 1990s. The National Party, which came to power in 1948, formalized and expanded segregationist laws into the apartheid system.

8,277.

An experiment produces a gaseous mixtures of carbon (IV) oxide and carbon (II) oxide. In order to obtain pure carbon (II) oxide, the gas mixture should be?

A.

passed over heated copper (II) oxide

B.

bubbled through concentrated tetraoxosulphate (IV) acid

C.

bubbled through sodium hydroxide solution

D.

bubbled through water

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

8,278.

Which of these salts will produce its metal, oxygen and nitrogen (IV) oxide on heating?

A.

Silver and trioxonitrate (V)

B.

Sodium trioxonitrate (V)

C.

Calcium trioxonitrate (V)

D.

Lithium trioxonitrate (V)

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

8,279.

The Kanem-Borno Empire prospered due to its control over

A.

Ivory trade

B.

Salt trade

C.

Gold trade

D.

Copper trade

Correct answer is B

The Kanem-Borno Empire prospered due to its control over the salt trade. The empire was strategically located on trans-Saharan trade routes, and it capitalized on this by controlling the trade of salt, a valuable commodity at the time.

8,280.

Which of these gases can be dried with concentrated H2SO4?

A.

HBr

B.

H2S

C.

NH3

D.

SO2

Correct answer is D

In the preparation of \(SO_{2}\), we have the resultant reaction from heating the mixture of \(Na_{2}SO_{3}\) and \(HCl\) as:

\(Na_{2}SO_{{3}{(aq)}} + 2HCl_{(aq)} \to 2NaCl_{(aq)} + H_{2}O_{(l)} + SO_{{2}{(g)}}\)

Passing the gas evolved through conc. \(H_{2}SO_{4}\), we collect \(SO_{2}\) by DOWNWARD DELIVERY, leaving \(NaCl\) in the flask.