Question Bank No: 1

1C6H6+CH3CH=CH2X the product 'X' in the above reaction is

 a)Styrene
 b)Cumene
 c)Nesitylene
 d)None of these

2. For preparing an alkane, a concentrated aqueous solution of sodium of potassium salt of a saturated carboxylic acid is subjected to

 a)Hydrolysis
 b)Oxidation
 c)Hydrogenation
 d)Electrolysis

3. Propene when heated with chlorine at about 800 K forms

 a)ClCH2CH=CH2
 b)CH3CHClCH2Cl
 c)CH2ClCHClCH2Cl
 d)All of these

4. The catalyst used in friedel Craft's reaction is

 a)Aluminium chloride
 b)Anhydrous aluminium chloride
 c)Ferric chloride
 d)Copper

5. Which of the following substances gives an explosive substance when treated with ammonical AgNO3solution?

 a)Ethane
 b)Acetylene
 c)Ethylene
 d)Propane

6. Which of the following compound has lowest boiling point?

 a)CH3CH2CH2CH2CH3
 b)CH3CH=CHCH2CH3
 c)CH3CH=CHCH=CH2
 d)CH3CH2CH2CH3

7. Indicate the expected structure of the organic product when ethylmagnesium bromide is treated with heavy water (D2O).

 a)C2H5C2H5
 b)C2H5OD
 c)C2H6
 d)C2H5D

8. When HCl is passed through propene in the presence of benzoyl peroxide,it gives

 a)N-Propyl chloride
 b)iso-Propyl chloride
 c)Allyl chloride
 d)No reaction

9. The olefin which on oxonolysis gives CH3CH2CHOandCH3CHO is

 a)1-Butene
 b)2-Butene
 c)1-Pentene
 d)2-Pentene

10. Alkanes mainly show reactions having

 a)Free radical elimination
 b)Ionic elimination
 c)Ionic substitution
 d)Free radical substitution

11. Ozonolysis of p-xylene gives

 a)Glyoxal
 b)Methyl glyoxal
 c)Both of these
 d)None of these

12. Ozonolysis of acetylene gives

 a)Oxalic acid
 b)ethylene glycol
 c)Glyoxal
 d)CH3CHO

13. Propene + HBr gives

 a)1,3-Dibromopropane
 b)2-Bromopropane
 c)1-Bromopropane
 d)1,2-Dibromopropane

14. The highest boiling point is expected for

 a)n-Butane
 b)Iso-octane
 c)n-Octane
 d)2,2,3,3,-tetramethylbutane

15. Which of the following is non-aromatic

 a)Benzene
 b)Cyclooctatetraenyl dication
 c)Tropylium cation
 d)Cyclopentadienyl anion

16. An organic compound on treatment withBr2 inCCl4 gives a bromoderivative of alkene.The compound will be

 a)CH3CH=CH2
 b)CH3CH=CHCH3
 c)HC CH
 d)H2C=CH2

17. The reaction of toluene with chloride in presence of FeCl3gives prodpminantly

 a)Benzoyl chlorine
 b)m-chloro toluene
 c)Benzyl chlorine
 d)A mixture of o and p-chlorotoluene

18. Propyne when treated withH2SO4 in the presence of HgSO4gives

 a)Acetone
 b)Acetaldehyde
 c)Propionaldehyde
 d)Propanoic acid

19. Onmixing a certain alkane with chloride and irradiating it with ultraviolet light,it forms only one mononchloroalkane.This alkane could be

 a)neopentane
 b)propane
 c)pentane
 d)isoopentane

20. The Markovnikov's rule is best applicable to the reaction between

 a)C2H4+HCl
 b)C3H6+Br2
 c)C3H6+HBr
 d)C3H8+Cl2

21. Which among the following will give a precipitate with ammonical silver nitrate?

 a)2-Butene
 b)2-Butyne
 c)Chlorobenzene
 d)3-Methyl-1-butyne

22. How many sigma and pi bonds are present in toluene?

 a)3π + 8σ
 b)3π + 6σ
 c)3π + 15σ
 d)6π + 3σ

23. An alkene having the molecular formula C9H18 on ozonolysis gives 2,2-dimethyl propanal and 2-butanaone. The alkene is

 a)2,2,4 - trimethyl -3-hexene
 b)2,2,6 - trimethyl -3-hexene
 c)2,3,4 - trimethyl -2-hexene
 d)2,2,4 - trimethyl -2-hexene

24. The simplest acyclic alkane containing a chiral atom has a vapour density of

 a)50
 b)45
 c)90
 d)100

25. Which of the following is dehydrohalogenated readily at the highest rate?

 a)hydrocarbon-q14a
 b)hydrocarbon-q14b
 c)hydrocarbon-q14c
 d)hydrocarbon-q14d

26. Consider the following carbocations
a) Cl3C+ b)Cl2CH+ c)ClCH2+ d)CH3+
The stability sequence follows the order

 a)d<a<b<c
 b)a<b<c<d<
 c)d<a<c<b
 d)d<b<a<c

27. Relative stabilities of various alkenes represented as R2C=CR2R2C=CHR,RCH=CHR(trans) RCH =CHR(cis) are in the increasing order of

 a)R2C=CR2,CR2,R2C=CHR,RCH=CHR(trans) RCH =CHR(cis)
 b)R2C=CR2,R2C=CHR,RCH=CHR(cis) RCH =CHR(trans)
 c)RCH =CHR(trans),RCH =CHR(cis),R2C=CR2,R2C=CHR
 d)R2C=CR2,R2C=CHR,RCH=CHR(trans) RCH =CHR(cis)

28. Consider the parallel reaction in the electrophilic addition of HBr to propene via the altermative pathways shown below
hydrocarbon-q11
Identity the wrong statement with reference to the above

 a)Path 2 has predominance of a) over b)
 b)Path 1 is in accordence with anti -Markownikoff 's rule
 c)Path 2 follows Markownikoff 's rule
 d)Both the paths afford 50% yield of a) and b)

29. Glycerine contains

 a)10carbon
 b)20carbon
 c)30carbon
 d)Both 10 and 20carbon

30. Propyne when passed through, a hot iron tube at 4000C produces

 a)Benzene
 b)Methylbenzene
 c)Dimethylbenzene
 d)Trimethylbenzene

31. Photochemical chlorination of alkane is initiated by a process of

 a)Pyrolysis
 b)Substitution
 c)cracking
 d)Homolysis

32. Orbital interaction between the signs bonds of a substituent group and a neighbouring pi orbital is known as

 a)Hyperconjugation
 b)Inductive effect
 c)Steric effect
 d)Dipole-dipole interactions

33. What happens when a mixture of acetylene and hydrogen is passed over heated.Lindlar's catalyst?

 a)Ethylene and water are formed
 b)Ethane and water are formed
 c)Ethylene is formed
 d)Acetylene and Ethane are formed

34. The reaction C12H26C6H12+C6H14 represents

 a)Substitution
 b)Synthesis
 c)Cracking
 d)Polymerization

35. Hydrolysis of the ozonide of 1-butene gives

 a)Ethylene only
 b)Acetaidehyde and Formaldehyde
 c)Propionaidehyde and Formaidehyde
 d)Acetaidehyde only

36. The chemical added to leaded petrol to prevent the deposition of lead in the combustion chamber is

 a)isooctane
 b)Ethylenedibromide
 c)Tetraethyl lead
 d)Meracptun

37. In electrophilic substitution reactions nitrobenzene is

 a)meta-directing
 b)ortho-directing
 c)para-directing
 d)not reactive and does not undergo any substitution

38. Name the alkene with the molecular formula C10H20

 a)Dodecene
 b)Undecene
 c)Decene
 d)Heptene

39. The most stable carbanion among the following is

 a)reactiomec-q6a
 b)reactiomec-q6b
 c)reactiomec-q6c
 d)reactiomec-q6d

40. Which of the species represents the electrophile in aromatic nitration ?

 a)NO2
 b)NO2+
 c)NO2
 d)NO3

41. Heterolytic fission of a covalent bond in organic molecules gives

 a)Free radicals
 b)Cations and anions
 c)Only cations
 d)Only anions

42. The reaction, CH2=CHCH3 + HBr CH3CHBr- CH3is

 a)Nucleophilic addition
 b)Electrophilic substitution
 c)Electrophilic addition
 d)Free radical addition

43. Which of the following is an electrophilic reagent?

 a)RO
 b)BF3
 c)NH3
 d)ROH

44. Pick out the most stable carbonium ion:

 a)C6H5CC6H5|+C6H5
 b)CH3CCH3|+CH3
 c)CH3CH+CH3
 d)CH3CH2C+H2

45. Heterolysis of carbon-chlorine bond produces

 a)two free radicals
 b)two carbonium ions
 c)two carbanions
 d)one cation and one anion

46. Heterolytic cleavage of a covalent bond gives only

 a)cationic species
 b)anionic species
 c)both the above
 d)free radicals