2021 WAEC (WASSCE) Chemistry Past Questions
Browse the 2021 WAEC (WASSCE) Chemistry past questions with answers and step-by-step explanations. Chemistry covers physical, inorganic and organic chemistry across three sub-papers. The highest-yield revision is past questions: examiners reuse the same reaction patterns and the same common compounds year after year. Use the year archive below to time yourself the way the actual exam does — most candidates need to work questions across multiple years before the patterns become obvious.
Sample WAEC (WASSCE) Chemistry questions
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- Q12025MEDIUMEnglish
Mary made a clean breast of everything. This means that Mary
- A.won everyone over✓ Correct
- B.told the whole truth
- C.did everything effficiently
- D.changed the way things were done
- Q22011MEDIUMEnglish
In question numbered 91 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap.
- A.pitches
- B.kinds
- C.fields✓ Correct
- D.parks
- Q32021MEDIUMGovernment
Highlight five (5) positive impacts of British and French colonial administration in West Africa.
- Q42025MEDIUMMathematics
Find the median of the following set of scores: 65, 72, 55, 48, 78
- A.55
- B.60
- C.63.5
- D.65✓ Correct
- E.72
- Q52018MEDIUMEconomics
which of the following activities will not lead to economic growth?
- A.massive importation of capital goods
- B.intensive capital formation locally
- C.use of modern technology✓ Correct
- D.massive importation of consumer goods
- Q62016MEDIUMBiology
Which of the following parts of the ear does NOT contain endolymph?
- A.Semi-circular canals
- B.Utriculus
- C.Tympanum
- D.Sacculus✓ Correct
- Q72025MEDIUMEnglish
choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences: You can apply if you agree_______their terms.
- A.upon
- B.to✓ Correct
- C.about
- D.in
- Q82025MEDIUMEnglish
From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the one that best completes the sentence. As the opposing parties would not agree, the peace meeting....in confusion.
- A.broke out
- B.broke through
- C.broke off
- D.broke up✓ Correct
- Q92020MEDIUMBiology
Measurements of height and weight of students in a class show
- A.discontinuous variation
- B.continuous variation✓ Correct
- C.shortness is more prevalent
- D.fatness is less prevalent
- Q102025MEDIUMChemistry
Which of the following equations represents a substitution reaction?
- A.C 2H10(g) + CI 2(g) → C4H9 CI(g) + HCI(g)
- B.C 2H4(g) + HCI (g) → C 2H5 CI(l)✓ Correct
- C.C2H2(g) + 2H 2(g) → C 2H6(g)
- D.C 3H4(g) + 402(g) → 3CO2(g) + 2H 2O(g)
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