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1. Propane can be best prepare by the reaction:
Et2O HO
(A) CH3 CH2I  CH3I  Na   (B) CH3 CH2 COONa  CH3 COONa  2
Electrolysis


(C) CH3CH2Br  CH3 2 CuLi 

Et2O
 (D) CH3 CH2CH2COONa 
NaOH
CaO, 


2. The reactivity of alkyl halides for Wurtz reaction is:

(A) 10  20  30 (B) 30  20  10 (C) 20  30  10 (D) 10  30  20

3. Which of the following reactions has zero activation energy?


 h 
(A) CH4  C  CH3  HC (B) C  C   2C
(C) CH3  CH3 CH3  CH3 (D) CH3  C  C  CH3  C  C 

4. Which statement is incorrect about free radical halogenation of alkanes?

(A) The number of product molecules formed by one photon is very high
(B) If O2 is added, initially the rate of reaction decreases, then it increases
(C) Inhibitors combine with free radical and terminate the chain reaction
(D) Presence of Ph C O O C Ph inhibit the free radical reaction.

O O

5. 
Br2 / h
 Products?

How many mono brominated products will be obtained by above reaction?

(A) 6 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 3

6. How many alkane of molecular weight 100 are chiral?

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

7. Ph  CH  CH2  CH3 

C 2
h
 Pr oducts 
Fractional
Distillation
 Fraction,
|
CH3
No. of products and no. of fractions are respectively:
(A) 6, 5 (B) 6, 4 (C) 5, 4 (D) 6, 3

CH
H2, Pd Products of the above reaction will be
8.
CH3
(A) Racemic mixture (B) Diastereomers (C) meso (D) Structural isomer

D
NH 2 - NH2
9. Product;
H2 O 2
D

D
H
(A) (B)
D
H
D
H
(C) (D) Both (b) and (c)
H
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H2 ( 1 Mole)
10. Product :


(A) (B)

(C) (D) None of these

11. On heating CH3COONa with soda lime the gas evolved will be
(A) C 2 H 2 (B) CH 4 (C) C 2 H 6 (D) C 2 H 4 .

12. Which of the following will have least hindered rotation about carbon-carbon bond ?
(A) Ethane (B) Ethylene (C) Acetylene (D) hexa chloro ethane.

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13. A sample of 1.79 mg of a compound of molar mass 90 g mol when treated with CH3Mgl releases 1.34 ml
of a gas at STP. The number of active hydrogen in the molecule is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

14. What is the chief product obtained when n-butane is treated with bromine in the presence of light at 130°C ?
CH3

(A) H3C Br (B) H3C

Br
H3C CH3
Br
H3C C CH2 Br
(C) (D)
CH3 CH3

15. The treatment of C2 H5 Mgl with water produces

(A) Methane (B) Ethane (C) Ethanal (D) Ethanol.

16. Br
When isobutene is brominated, the percentage of would be
H3C CH3
CH3
(A) 0% (B) 83% (C) 10% (D) 100%

17. Which of the following is used for aromatization of n-hexane?

(A) AlCl3 (B) Na in liquid NH3
(C) Cr2O3/Al2O3 with heat (D) Wilkinson’s catalyst

18. Which of the following reactants suitable for preparation of CH 4 and ethane by using one step only
(A) CH 2  CH 2 (B) CH 3OH (C) CH 3  Br (D) CH 3  CH 2  OH

19. Which among the following alkanes cannot be prepared by reduction of alkyne:
A) Methane B) Isobutane C) Neopentane D) Ethane

20. By which of the following reagent butanoic acid can be converted into butane:
A) HI/P/ B) NaOH/CaO C) CH3MgBr D) All of these

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21. Which among the following compounds will give Wurtz reaction:
A) CH2 = CH - Br B) C6H5 - Br C) CH2 = CH - CH2 - Br D) None of these

22. Which among the following methods give pure alkane from alkyl halides:
A) Wurtz reaction B) Corey-House synthesis
C) Frankland reaction D) All of these

23. Which among the following is main source to get methane?

A) Wurtz reaction B) Reduction of CH2Cl2
C) Liquification of natural gas D) Kolbe electrolysis

24. What is the chief product when n-butane is treated with bromine in the presence of light at 130oC?
CH 3  CH 2  CH  Br
A) CH 3  CH 2  CH 2  CH 2  Br B) |
CH 3
CH 3
CH 3  CH  CH 2  Br |
C) | D) CH 3  C  CH 2 Br
CH 3 |
CH 3

25. The highest boiling point is expected for

A) iso-Octane B) n-Octane C) 2,2,3,3-Trimethylbutane D) n-butane

26. The major product formed by mono bromination of Methylcyclopentane is

CH 3
|
27. CH 3  CH KMnO
 4  A
|
CH 3
CH 3
CH 3 CH 3 |
A) | (B) | (C) CH 3  C  OH (D) CH 3 COCH3
CH 3  CH  COOH CH 3  C  CH 2 |
CH 3

28. A mixture of ethyl iodide and n-propyl iodide is subjected to Wurtz reaction. The hydrocarbon which will not be
formed is
A) Butane B) Propane C) Pentane D) Hexane

29. Which of the following can be used for the preparation of propane ?
1.B2H 6 1. Mg/ ether
A) CH3CH = CH2   B) CH3CH2CH2Cl 
2. CH3COOH 2. H2O
HI /  / 1500 C NaOH /( CuO)
C) CH3CH2CH2I   
 D) CH3CH2CH2COONa    


30. Which of the following reactions can be used to prepare methane ?

A) Clemmensen B) Wurtz reaction
C) Catalytic hydrogenation of methyl iodide
D) Reduction of methyl iodide by using a zinc-copper couple

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31. Which of the following compounds cannot be prepared by the Wurtz reaction ?

32. Which of the following react with Cl 2 and Br2 at room temperature and in the absence of diffused sunlight to
produce dihalogen derivatives ?
A) Cyclopropane B) Cyclobutane C) Cyclopentane D) Cyclohexane

33. Which of the reactions take place via free radicals as intermediates ?
Peroxides
A) CH3CH = CH2 + HBr   
4 CCl
B) CH3CH = CH2 + Br2 
Diffused
C) CH3CH2CH3 + Br2    
Sun light
D) CH3CH = CH2 + HBr

34. Starting from which of the following compounds methane as well as ethane can be prepared in separate single
steps ?
A) Methyl bromide B) Sodium acetate
C) Ethyl bromide D) Ethyl magnesium bromide

35. Which of the following molecules of alkane will give only one mono halogenated product on reaction with
halogen in presence of sunlight?
(A) H2C  CH3 (B) H3C  CH2  CH3

(C) H3C4 C (D) CH 2

36. Which of the following methods yield saturated hydrocarbon/?

R  CH  CH2  
BH3
(A) CH COOH (B) R  CH  CH2 
CH2N2


3

COOH
(C) Br Br 
Na / ether
 (D) NaOH CaO
 


37. Which of the following alkanes cannot be synthesized by the Wurtz reaction in good yield?

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

38. Which of the following reactions produce the same product?

(A) Mg/ether Na/ether (B) NaOH Electrolysis

COOH
COOH
Mg/ether CH 3Br Red P HI
(C) (D)
Br HOOC

39. Which is/are true statements/reactions?

(A) Al4C3 + H2O  CH4 (B) CaC2 + H2O  C2H2
(C) Mg2C3 + H2O  CH3C CH (D) Holme signal uses mixture of Ca3P2 and CaC2

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40.
O 

This change can be carried out using:
(A) NH2NH2, glycol/OH– (B) Zn-Hg / conc. HCl (C) P/HI (D) NH3/LiAlH4

41. CH4 gas is also called/content of:

(A) CNG (B) Marsh gas (C) water gas (D) producer gas

PASSAGE – 1 (Q.No: 42 to 46)

Our understanding of multi step reaction is incomplete; we cannot realistically predict rates unless we know which step
is rate-determining. One experimental method for finding the rate-determining step is using isotope effects, which are
changes in reaction rates resulting from using different isotopes. The isotope most commonly used is deuterium (D),
the isotope of hydrogen with mass number 2, which has a proton and a neutron in its nucleus. Although the chemistry
of deuterium is nearly identical with that of hydrogen, bonds to deuterium are slightly stronger than bonds to hydrogen,
and the activation energy for abstraction of a deuterium atom is slightly higher than for a hydrogen atom.
42. Select correct statement(s)
If all hydrogen atoms in methane are replaced by deuterium atoms
A) rate of chlorination is decreased B) rate of chlorination is increased
C) activation energy of formation of free radical is decreased
D) activation energy of formation of free radical is increased

43. What is the product of the following reaction of single halogenation CH 2 D2  Cl2 

A) CHClD2 B) CH 2 DCl C) both (A) and (B) D) None of these

44. Consider following reaction:

Cl2
CH 3  CD2  CH 3 
ha
Most stable intermediate of this reaction is:
A) CH 3CD2 CH 2 B) CH C DCH C) CH 3CDCH 3 D) CH 3CDCH 2 Cl
3 | 2
Cl

45. Rate of halogenation of an alkane is in order:

A) F2  Cl2  Br2  I 2 B) Cl2  F2  Br2  I 2 C) I 2  F2  Cl2  Br2 D)

I 2  Br2  Cl2  F2

46. Consider the following reaction:

Select correct statement(s)

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A) A and B are formed in equal amounts
B) intermediate from which B is formed first changes to more stable 20 free radical by migration of D  and
then Cl2 reacts
C) only A is formed D) Only B is formed

PASSAGE – 2 (Q.No: 47 to 50)

Chlorination of methane involves three steps: chain-initiating, chain-propagating and chain-terminating.
Cl2 
Heat or light
2Cl Chain initiating

CH 4  Cl 
 CH 3  HCl
Chain propagating
CH 3  Cl 2 
 CH 3 Cl  Cl
When oxygen is passed through the reaction mixture, chlorination of methane slows down temporarily
47. Chain-propagating steps
(A) consume reactive species and form another reactive species
(B) do not produce reactive species
(C) absorb energy and produce reactive species
(D) are not always the part of chain-reaction mechanism

48. Chain-terminating step may involve the formation of

(A) Chlorine (B) Methyl chloride (C) Ethane (D) All the three

49. Although chlorination of methane is an exothermic, the reaction requires high temperature because
(A) Activation energy is low (B) heat of reaction is negative
(C) Chain-initiating step is endothermic (D) Chain-terminating step is endothermic

50. Temporary slow down of chlorination of methane in presence of oxygen in due to the formation of
(A) CH3OO which is highly unstable and decomposes easily
(B) CH3OO which is less reactive than CH3
(C) ClO which is highly reactive
(D) a diradical ClO

KEY
1. C 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. D
6. D 7. A 8. B 9. C 10. B
11. B 12. D 13. C 14. B 15. B
16. D 17. C 18. C 19. A 20. A
21. C 22. B 23. C 24. B 25. B
26. D 27. C 28. A 29. A,B,C,D 30. C,D
31. B, C 32. A, B 33. A, B 34. A, D 35. A,C,D
36. A,B,C,D 37. A, C, D 38. A,B,C,D 39. A, B, C, D 40. A, B, C
41. A, B 42. B, D 43. A 44. C 45. D
46. A 47. A 48. D 49. C 50. B

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