QUESTION BANK

CLASS: XII, CHEMISTRY

UNIT 4: HALOALKNAES & HALOARENES

TRUE FALSE
NATURE OF C–X BOND, SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS
(DIRECTIVE INFLUENCE OF HALOGEN IN MONOSUBSTITUTED COMPOUNDS ONLY)
Sl.No. Write true or false against the following statements True/False
1. The objects which are nonsuperimposable on their mirror image are said to be True/False
chiral.
2. The carbon halogen bond length increases from C----F to C----I True/False
3. Grignards reagents are formed when alkyl halides are treated with Magnesium True/False
in dry ether.
4. Product of Wurtz reaction contains double the number of carbon atoms that are True/False
present in the reactant molecule.
5. Methyl Chloride is more reactive towards SN² reaction True/False
6. 2-Chloro Butane is not optically active substance True/False
7. Grignard reagent can be formed in the absence of dry ether. True/False
8. Vinyl Chloride have not sp² hybridization. True/False

9. Ethylene chloride and erhylidene chloride are produced same product on True/False
Treatment with alcoholic KOH.
10. - True/False
CN is an ambident nucleophile.
11. H2SO4 is a strong oxidizing agent which oxidizes iodide ions into iodine True/False
12. Aqueous solution of Grignard reagent is stable. True/False
13. The reactivity order of alkyl halides towards SN2 is determined according to True/False
the stability order of carbocations formed as intermediates.
14. The boiling points of isomers C4H9Br decrease with increase in branching. True/False
15. When ethyl chloride is reacted with AgCN, propane nitrile is obtained as major True/False
product.
16. Nitrite group (O=N-O─) is an example of ambident nucleophile. True/False
17. In the transition state of SN2 mechanism, the carbon atom is simultaneously True/False
bondedto incoming nucleophile and the outgoing leaving group that is
unstable.
18. The rate of SN2 reaction dependsonly on the concentration of alkyl halide and True/False
not on the concentration ofincoming nucleophile.
19 H2NCH(CH3)COOH (alanine amino acid) is an example of chiral molecule. True/False
20 Anti-markovnikov’s rule is applicable to all the hydrogen halides. True/False
21 In SN2 pathway , inversion of configuration takes place. True/False
22 Wurtz reaction is only useful for the preparation of symmetrical alkanes True/False
23 An optically active alkyl halide on nucleophilic substitution reaction always True/False
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24 Grignard reagent should be kept away from moisture. True/False
25 Elimination of alkyl halide reaction results in less substituted alkene. True/False
26 Addition of Br2 to but-1-ene gives two optical isomers. True/False
27 SN2 reactions occur in two step True/False
28 The nucleophilic substitution of vinyl chloride is difficult than ethyl chloride. True/False

29 Treatment of chloroethane with a saturated solution of AgCN give ethyl True/False

isocyanide as the major product.
30 2-Bromobutane on reaction with sodium ethoxide in ethanol gives 1-butane as True/False
the major product.
31 Alkyl Iodide can be prepared by treating alkyl chloride/bromide with NaI in True/False
acetone.
32 Good yields of R—I may be obtained by heating R-OH with sodium or True/False
potassium iodide in 95% phosphoric acid.
33 In the abbreviation SN2, 2 indicates the number of steps of the reaction. True/False
34 SN1 reactions go through the formation of carbanion intermediate. True/False
35 Following compound will show optical isomerism. True/False

36 Grignard reagents react with water to give hydrocarbons. True/False

37 Alkyl halides are less reactive than aryl halides towards nucleophilic True/False
substitution reaction.
38 Aqueous solution of Grignard reagent is stable. True/False
39 2-Bromobutane is the optically active bromoalkane. True/False

TRUE FALSEANSWER
NATURE OF C–X BOND, SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS (DIRECTIVE INFLUENCE OF
HALOGEN IN MONOSUBSTITUTED COMPOUNDS ONLY)

1.T 2.T 3.T 4.T 5.T 6.F 7.F 8.F 9.T 10.T
11.T 12.F 13.F 14.T 15.F 16.T 17.T 18.F 19.T 20.F
21.T 22.T 23.T 24.T 25.F 26.T 27.F 28.T 29.T 30.F
31.T 32.F 33.F 34.F 35.F 36.T 37.F 38.F 39.T

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The questions submitted by the PGTs (Chemistry) of KVs of Bhubaneswar, Guwahati, Kolkata,
Ranchi, Silchar and Tinsukia Regions.
Vetted by:
Mr. Alok Kumar Pandey, PGT (Chemistry), KV Paradip Port, Bhubaneswar Region.
Email: chemalok1734@gmail.com Ph No. 93865975535

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 QUESTION BANK
CLASS: XII, CHEMISTRY
UNIT 4: HALOALKNAES & HALOARENES
TRUE FALSE QUESTIONS
IUPAC NAME, NATURE OF C-X BOND AND REACTIVITY TOWARD
NUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTION REACTION
Sl.No. Question
1 Aryl flourides can be prepared by Sandmeyer reaction.
2 Electron releasing groups in aryl halides increases the reactivity towards nucleophilic
substitution.
3 Aryl halides are more reactive than alkyl halides towards nucleophilic substitution
reaction.
4 Out of chlorobenzene and cyclohexyl chloride, cyclohexyl chloride has higher dipole
moment.
5 Chlorobenzene gives a white precipitate with alcoholic silver nitrate.
6 Out of chlorobenzene and cyclohexyl chloride, cyclohexyl chloride undergoes
reaction faster than chlorobenzene.
7 When Chlorobenzene is subjected to hydrolysis, reaction is very slow even at room
temperature and at normal conditions.
8 Aryl halides undergo nucleophilic substitution reactions with ease.
9 Nitro group, being an electron withdrawing group decreases the electron density over the
benzene ring.
10 Aryl iodides can be prepared by reaction of arenes with iodine in the presence of an
oxidising agent.
11 Aryl halides are less reactive towards nucleophilic substitution reaction as compared to
alkyl halides
12 Dipole moment of bromobenzene is lower than that of cyclohexylbromide.
13 It is difficult to replace chlorine by –OH in chlorobenzene in comparision to that of
chloroalkane.
14 Haloarenes are less reactive toward electrophilic substitution reaction than benzene.

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 Answers of MCQ, Assertion-Reason and True-False

1.T 2.F 3.F 4.T 5.T 6.T 7.T 8.F 9.T 10.T
11.T 12.T 13.T 14.T

The questions submitted by the PGTs (Chemistry) of KVs of Bhubaneswar, Guwahati,

Kolkata, Ranchi, Silchar and Tinsukia Regions.
Vetted by:
Mr Alok Kumar Pandey, PGT (Chemistry), KV Paradip Port, Bhubaneswar Region.
Email: chemalok1734@gmail.com Ph No. 93865975535

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 QUESTION BANK
CLASS: XII, CHEMISTRY
UNIT 4: HALOALKNAES & HALOARENES
TRUE FALSE QUESTION
ELECTROPHILIC SUBSTITUTION REACTION AND THEIR TYPES
Sl.No. Question
1 Aryl flourides can be prepared by Sandmeyer reaction. True/False
2 Bromine atom attached to benzene ring directs the next electrophilic True/False
substitution towards ortho and para positions, and deactivates the ring.
3 Cl or Br on benzene show both the effects i.e. +I and +R. True/False
4 The -I effect is weaker than +R when Chlorine is attached with True/False
Benzene.
5 Out of chlorobenzene and cyclohexyl chloride, cyclohexyl chloride has True/False
higher dipole moment.
6 Chlorobenzene gives a white precipitate with alcoholic silver nitrate. True/False
7 Attack of Nucleophile is more difficult on Chlorobenzene as compared True/False
to Electrophilic.
8 When benzene is alkylated with propyl halide through Friedel Craft True/False
alkylation the product forms is Propylbenzene.
9 In Haloarenes, the lone pairs on halogen atom are in conjugation with True/False
π electrons of the ring.
10 Nitro group in Chlorobenzene is meta directing and it prevails as True/False
compared to Halogen attached to benzene ring
11 In haloarenes due to Halo group electron density at o and p position is True/False
less than meta.
12 In Friedel Craft alkylation the electrophile formed is . True/False
13 In Chlorobenzene reactivity is controlled by stronger inductive effect True/False
and orientation is controlled by resonance effect.
14 The formation of biphenyl with Haloarenes in the presence of Na in dry True/False
ether is known as Fittig reaction.
15 The C-Cl bond length in chlorobenzene is longer than that in CH3-Cl. True/False
16 In monohaloarenes, electrophilic substitution occurs at ortho and para True/False
positions.
17 Nitration of chlorobenzene leads to the formation of m- True/False
nitrochlorobenzene.
18 C-X bond of haloarenes acquires a double bond characters during resonance. True/False
19 Side chain halogenation on aryl halides takes place in presence of sunlight. True/False
20 Halogen atom attached to benzene ring activates it towards m- nucleophilic True/False
substitutions.

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21 Halogen atom being slightly deactivating is m- directing towards True/False
electrophilic substitution reaction
22 The electrophilic substitution reactions in haloarenes occur slowly and True/False
require more drastic conditions as compared to those in benzene
23 The presence of electron donating groups in the ring enhances True/False
electrophilic substitution

ANSWER
1.T 2.T 3.F 4.F 5.T 6.F 7.T 8.T 9.T 10.T
11.F 12.F 13.T 14.T 15.F 16.T 17.F 18.T 19.T 20.F
21.F 22.F 23.T

The questions submitted by the PGTs (Chemistry) of KVs of Bhubaneswar, Guwahati,

Kolkata, Ranchi, Silchar and Tinsukia Regions.
Vetted by: BHUBANESWAR REGION

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