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This section includes 155 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Chemistry knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
1. |
The general formula for the alkynes is |
A. | CNH2N+2 |
B. | CNH2N |
C. | CNH2N-2 |
D. | CNH2N+1 |
Answer» D. CNH2N+1 | |
2. |
The general formula for the alkanes is |
A. | CNH2N |
B. | CNH2N+1 |
C. | CNH2N-2 |
D. | CNH2N+2 |
Answer» E. | |
3. |
How can you determine if a reaction is endothermic? |
A. | The temperature of the system decreases. |
B. | The temperature of the system increases. |
C. | The temperature of the system remains constant. |
D. | The temperature of the system fluctuates |
Answer» B. The temperature of the system increases. | |
4. |
One of the raw materials used in preparing ethyne (C2H2) contains a number of impurities. Two of these impurities are |
A. | calcium carbonate and calcium phosphide |
B. | copper sulfate and calcium phosphide |
C. | calcium sulfide and calcium phosphide |
D. | calcium sulfide and hydrochloric acid |
Answer» D. calcium sulfide and hydrochloric acid | |
5. |
What is the main component of natural gas? |
A. | Methane |
B. | Ethane |
C. | Ethene |
D. | Propane |
Answer» B. Ethane | |
6. |
In a laboratory experiment, students tested the solubility of different solutes in methylbenzene. They made a table as shown. However, two of these results are incorrect. Select the two incorrect results from the list below |
A. | Cooking oil and water |
B. | Cyclohexane and iodine |
C. | Salt water and octane |
D. | Salt water and cyclohexane |
Answer» D. Salt water and cyclohexane | |
7. |
Ethyl halides are reduced by_________ hydrogen. |
A. | ordinaiy |
B. | none of above |
C. | nascent |
D. | nil |
Answer» B. none of above | |
8. |
Ethane is _________ in water. |
A. | soluble |
B. | insoluble |
C. | solvent |
D. | none of above |
Answer» C. solvent | |
9. |
Iodine gives _______product with acetylene. |
A. | tetra-iodo |
B. | dia-aiodo |
C. | none of above |
D. | di-iodo |
Answer» E. | |
10. |
The number of electron in M-shell of an element having atomic number 24 is |
A. | 11 |
B. | 12 |
C. | 13 |
D. | 10 |
Answer» D. 10 | |
11. |
Methane is oxidized to _________ at 400c° and 200 atm. in presence of Cu |
A. | none of above |
B. | nil |
C. | methanal |
D. | methanol |
Answer» E. | |
12. |
Alkanes ______________ chemically with electrophiles and nucleophiles. |
A. | do not react |
B. | react |
C. | nil |
D. | none of above |
Answer» B. react | |
13. |
The reaction of alkanes with chlorine is _________ than with bromine. |
A. | none of above |
B. | lower |
C. | faster |
D. | between |
Answer» D. between | |
14. |
A source of light is passed through isolated chlorophyll solution.When source is removed, which light is emitted by solution? |
A. | Red- Orange |
B. | Green |
C. | No light is emitted |
D. | Same as source of light |
Answer» C. No light is emitted | |
15. |
On heating a liquid at its dynamic equilibrium the concentration of molecules in vapour state as well as in liquid state |
A. | Remains constant |
B. | Neither increase nor decreases |
C. | Increase |
D. | Decreases |
Answer» B. Neither increase nor decreases | |
16. |
Acetylenic __________ hydrogen atoms are in nature. |
A. | acidic |
B. | solvent |
C. | basic |
D. | none of above |
Answer» B. solvent | |
17. |
The acylation of benzene is called__________ reaction. |
A. | wurtz |
B. | ke Wa |
C. | none of above |
D. | Friedel and craft |
Answer» E. | |
18. |
The _________ directing groups |
A. | none of above |
B. | para |
C. | meta |
D. | ortho |
Answer» C. meta | |
19. |
Benzene was discovered by |
A. | We ke |
B. | none of above |
C. | Faraday |
D. | ke We |
Answer» D. ke We | |
20. |
________is used as a synthetic fibre. |
A. | nil |
B. | vinyl acetate |
C. | acrylonitrile |
D. | none of above |
Answer» D. none of above | |
21. |
Benzene _________ oxidized by kMnO4 or K2Cr2O7 |
A. | is |
B. | are not |
C. | none of above |
D. | is not |
Answer» E. | |
22. |
Alkenes__________the colour of basic solution of KMnO |
A. | charge |
B. | discharge |
C. | none of above |
D. | nil |
Answer» E. | |
23. |
Ethylene is a ________ molecule. |
A. | nil |
B. | polar |
C. | none of above |
D. | nonpolar |
Answer» E. | |
24. |
__________group acts as a negative group in Ho x molecules. |
A. | none of above |
B. | halogen |
C. | nil |
D. | hydroxyl |
Answer» E. | |
25. |
Alkanes are __________ in water. |
A. | none of above |
B. | soluble |
C. | insoluble |
D. | solvent |
Answer» D. solvent | |
26. |
Which branched chain isomer of the hydrocarbon with molecular mass 72u gives only one isomer of mono substituted alkyl halide? |
A. | Isohexane |
B. | Neopentane |
C. | Neohexane |
D. | Tertiary butyl chloride |
Answer» C. Neohexane | |
27. |
Benzene is ____________ in alcohol (or in soluble). |
A. | insoluble |
B. | soluble |
C. | none of above |
D. | solute |
Answer» B. soluble | |
28. |
Ozonolysis of an organic compound 'A' produces acetone and propionaldehyde in equimolar mixture. Identify 'A' from the following compounds |
A. | 2 - Methyl - 2 - pentene |
B. | 2 - Methyl - 1 - pentene |
C. | 1 - Pentene |
D. | 2 - Pentene |
Answer» B. 2 - Methyl - 1 - pentene | |
29. |
The angle strain in cyclobutane is |
A. | 24°44? |
B. | 29°16? |
C. | 19°22? |
D. | 9°44? |
Answer» E. | |
30. |
A dibromo derivative of an alkane reacts with sodium metal to form an alicyclic hydrocarbon. The derivative is ______. |
A. | 2, 2-dibromobutane |
B. | 1, 4-dibromobutane |
C. | 1, 1-dibromopropane |
D. | 1, 2-dibromoethane |
Answer» C. 1, 1-dibromopropane | |
31. |
Ethyl benzene CANNOT be prepared by ______. |
A. | Wurtz-Fittig reaction |
B. | Clemmensen reduction |
C. | Wurtz reaction |
D. | Friedel-Crafts reaction |
Answer» D. Friedel-Crafts reaction | |
32. |
The synthesis of 3-octyne is achieved by adding a bromoalkane into a mixture of sodium amide and an alkyne. The bromoalkane and alkyne respectively are |
A. | BrCH2CH2CH2CH3 and CH2CH2C ? CH |
B. | BrCH2CH 2CH2CH2CH3 and CH3CH2C ? CH |
C. | BrCH2CH2CH2CH2CH3 and CH2C ? CH |
D. | BrCH2CH2CH3 and CH3CH2CH2C ? CH |
Answer» B. BrCH2CH 2CH2CH2CH3 and CH3CH2C ? CH | |
33. |
Which one of these is NOT TRUE for benzene? |
A. | There are three carbon-carbon single bonds and three carbon-carbon double bonds |
B. | Heat of hydrogenation of benzene is less than the theoretical value |
C. | The bond angle between carbon-carbon bonds is 120° |
D. | It forms only one type of monosubstituted product |
Answer» B. Heat of hydrogenation of benzene is less than the theoretical value | |
34. |
Among the following compounds the one that is most reactive towards electrophilic nitration is |
A. | Toluene |
B. | Benzene |
C. | Benzoic Acid |
D. | Nitrobenzene |
Answer» B. Benzene | |
35. |
One mole of a symmetrical alkene on ozonolysis gives two moles of an aldehyde having a molecular mass of 44 u. The alkene is |
A. | Propene |
B. | 1-butene |
C. | Ethane |
D. | 2-butene |
Answer» C. Ethane | |
36. |
Ozonolysis of an organic compound gives formaldehyde as one of the products. This confirms the presence of |
A. | Two ethylenic double bonds |
B. | A vinyl group |
C. | An acetylenic triple bond |
D. | An isopropyl group |
Answer» C. An acetylenic triple bond | |
37. |
__________ carbide reacts with water to give methane |
A. | Calcium |
B. | Aluminium |
C. | none of above |
D. | 1 and 2 |
Answer» C. none of above | |
38. |
Ethene is slightly_________ in taste. |
A. | sweet |
B. | none of above |
C. | bitter |
D. | tasteless |
Answer» B. none of above | |
39. |
Methane is the ______ component of natural gas: |
A. | between |
B. | major |
C. | minor |
D. | none of'above |
Answer» C. minor | |
40. |
The carbon, carbon bond lengths in benzene are A° |
A. | 1.54 |
B. | 1.397 |
C. | 1.34 |
D. | none of above |
Answer» C. 1.34 | |
41. |
The hydrocarbons which contain at least_________benzene ring in their molecules are, called aromatic hydrocarbon. |
A. | 2 |
B. | 3 |
C. | 1 |
D. | none of above |
Answer» D. none of above | |
42. |
Calcium carbide reacts with water to produce |
A. | none of above |
B. | nil |
C. | acetylene |
D. | ethane |
Answer» D. ethane | |
43. |
The old name of alkenes was |
A. | nil |
B. | olefin |
C. | paraffins |
D. | none of above |
Answer» C. paraffins | |
44. |
The hydrocarbon in which all the four valencies of carbon atoms are fully utilized are called________ |
A. | alkanes |
B. | alkynes |
C. | alkenes |
D. | none of above |
Answer» B. alkynes | |
45. |
Chlorination of alkanes is an example of________ reaction. |
A. | none of above |
B. | elimination |
C. | redical |
D. | free redical |
Answer» E. | |
46. |
Removal of __ from a molecule is called dehydration. |
A. | none of above |
B. | Acid |
C. | base |
D. | Water |
Answer» E. | |
47. |
Which one of these is not a source of methane gas? |
A. | Burning coal |
B. | Refuse dumps |
C. | Anaerobic decomposition of animal waste |
D. | Ruminating animals such as cattle, sheep and pigs |
Answer» B. Refuse dumps | |
48. |
The formula that shows how atoms are arranged in a molecule is called the |
A. | actual formula |
B. | structural formula |
C. | empirical formula |
D. | molecular formula |
Answer» C. empirical formula | |
49. |
n-Proply bromide on treatment with ethanolic KOH is |
A. | Propane |
B. | Propene |
C. | Propyne |
D. | Propanal |
Answer» C. Propyne | |
50. |
Acetylene is prepared by the action of water on |
A. | Al4C3 |
B. | Silicon carbide |
C. | CaC2 |
D. | All of these |
Answer» D. All of these | |