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1 During the fusion of organic compound with sodium metal, nitrogen present in the organic compound
is converted into 27-03-2021
(1) (2) (3) (4)

Key:3
Hint:

2 Which of the following compounds will give blood red colour while doing the Lassaigne’stest ?
1) 2) 3) 4)

Key:3
Hint:

Sol:
Contains both N and S

3 Which statement is false?

(1) Kjeldahl method is used for estimation of nitrogen
(2) Carius tube is used for estimation of sulphur
(3) Carius tube is used for estimation of Nitrogen
(4) Carbon is estimated using Liebig’s method

Key:3
Hint:

Sol: Lassaigne’s test is used for the estimation of nitrogen

4 Lassaigne extract is acidified with acetic acid and lead acetate is added to it. Formation of black
precipitate shows the presence of :
1) C (carbon) 2) N (nitrogen) 3) S (sulphur) 4) I (iodine)
Key: 3
Hint:
(NCERT-12.9)

5 An organic compound is heated with Na2O2 . Now fused mixture is boiled with conc. HNO3 and
ammonium molybdate. On cooling we get yellow colour or ppt. It indicates the presence of :
1) N (nitrogen) 2) S (sulphur) 3) P (phosphorus) 4) I (iodine)
Key: 3
 Hint: ‘P’ compound
(NCERT-12.9)

(Yellow ppt)

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71. Which of the following compound(s) will not give test of nitrogen in the Lassaigne’s method?
(01.02.2021)

H 2 N  NH 2 H 2 N  CH 2  NH 2 CH 3  NH 2
1) 2) 3) 4)
Key: 1
Hint: does not contain carbon to produce NaCN. (NCERT-12.9)

7 On complete combustion 0.246 g of an organic compound gave 0.198 g of CO2 and 0.1014 g of
H 2O . Determine the percentage composition of C and H in the compound.
1) 29.15 C, 5.48 H 2) 21.95 C, 4.58 H 3) 51.29 C, 8.54 H 4) 21.95 C, 4.85 H
Key: 2
Hint:
(NCERT-12.10)

8 In Carius method, 0.15 g of an organic compound gave 0.12 g of AgBr (molar mass = 188g). The
percentage of Br is :
1) 3.44% 2) 34.04% 3) 44.03% 4)40.34%
Key: 2
Hint:
(NCERT-12.10)

9 Which of the following compounds will give blood red colour while doing the Lassaigne’stest ?
1) 2) 3) 4)

Key:3
Hint:

Sol:
Contains both N and S

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10 Which statement is false?
(1) Kjeldahl method is used forestimation of nitrogen
(2) Carius tube is used for estimation of sulphur
(3) Carius tube is used for estimation of Nitrogen
(4) Carbon is estimated using Liebig’s method

Key:3
Hint:

Sol: Lassaigne’s test is used for the estimation of nitrogen

11 Chromatographic technique is used for the separation of

1) Camphor 2) Alcohol and water 3) Acetone and Methanol 4) Plant pigments
Key : 4
Hint : Chromatographic technique is used for the separation of plant pigments

12 Layer test is used to identify Br– and I– by using

1) F2 2) Cl2 3) SO2 4) All of these
Key : 2
Hint : Cl2

13 0.5g of an organic compound containing nitrogen on Kjeldahl’s method required 29 ml of

N/5 H2SO4 for complete neutralisation of ammonia. The percentage of nitrogen in the
compound is
1) 34.34 2) 16.24 3) 21.64 4) 14.84
Key : 2
Hint : :Percentage of

14 Principle of crystallization method depends on

(1) Solubility difference (2) Boiling point difference
(3) Refractive index difference (4) Difference in vapour pressure

Key:1
Hint:

Sol: Two solids having different solubilities in a given solvent can be separated by using
crystallization.

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15 Chloroform and aniline can be purified by
(1) Sublimation (2) Crystallization (3) Distillation (4)
Chromatographic

Key:3
Hint:

Sol: Two liquids having difference in boiling point can be separated by distillation.

16 The process of differential extraction is based upon

(1) Different solubilities (2) Different molecular masses
(3) Different boiling points (4) Different freezing point

Key:1
Hint:

Sol: When a substance has different solubilities in different solvents, it can be separated
by differential extraction.

17 The Na metal used in "Lassaigne's test" is due to

(1) Formation of ionic compound (2) Its compounds are soluble in H2O
(3) Na is reactive metal (4) All of these

Key:4
Hint:

Sol: Sodium metal is used in Lassaigne test because it is a very reactive metal which reacts
with many elements to form ionic compound which are water soluble.

18 Which of the following compound will give blood red colour while doing the Lassaigne’s
test for Nitrogen and Sulphur?
1) 2) 3) 4)

Key:2

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 Hint:

Sol: Formation of blood red colour in Lassaigne test is due to formation of Fe(SCN)3which
indicates thepresence of both N and S.

19 The violet-red colour in the Lassaigne’s test of sulphur is due to formation of

1) 2) 3) 4) None of these

Key:3
Hint:

Sol: Violet red color in Lassaigne's test of sulphar is due to the formation of
sodiamthionitroprusside

20 In Duma’s method for determining the nitrogen content of an organic compound, the
nitrogen content is determined in the form of
(1) Gaseous NH3 (2) NaCN (3) Gaseous N2 (4)
(NH4)2SO4

Key:3
Hint:

Sol: In Duma's method nitrogen is set free as nitrogen gas; compound having nitrogen +
CuO N2. The volume of N2 is measured and from that percentage of N is
estimated.

21 If 0.2 g of an organic compound on complete combustion produces 0.18 g of water then

percent mass of hydrogen in it is
(1) 5 (2) 10 (3) 1 (4) 20

Key:2
Hint:

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 Sol: % of H

= 10%

22 A mixture of camphor and benzoic acid can be separated by

1)Sublimation 2) Extraction with a solvent
3) Chemical method 4) Fractional crystallization

Key:3
Hint:

Sol: Aqueous solution of NaHCO3 can be used to separate benzoic acid from its mixture
with camphor. Benzoic acid form water soluble sodium salt

23 A mixture of 𝑜-nitrophenol and 𝑝-nitrophenol can be best separated by

1)Fractional crystallization 2)Sublimation
3) Chemical separation 4) Steam distillation

Key:4
Hint:

Sol: In mixture of 𝑜-nitrophenol, 𝑝-nitrophenol, 𝑜-nitrophenol is steam volatile due to

intra molecular hydrogen bonding whereas 𝑝-nitrophenol is less volatile due to inter
molecular hydrogen bonding.

24 A liquid decomposes at its normal boiling point. It can be purified by

1) Sublimation 2) Steam distillation
3) Vacuum distillation 4) Fractional distillation

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 Key:3
Hint:

Sol: A liquid, which decomposes at its normal boiling point can be purified by vacuum
distillation. As its boiling point will be reduced

25 Lassaigne’s test for the detection of nitrogen fails in

1) H2N − CO – NHNH2. HCl
2) NH2 – NH2. HCl
3) NH2 − CO – NH2
4) C6H5 − NH – NH2. HCl

Key:2
Hint:

Sol: Lassaigne’s test is given by those nitrogenous compounds in which carbon is also
present along with nitrogen.
In NH2. NH2. HCl, carbon is absent, so it does not given Lassaigne’s test.

26 In Lassaigne’s test, a blue colour is obtained if the organic compound contains nitrogen. The
blue colour is due to
1) K4[Fe(CN)6] 2) Fe4 [Fe(CN)6]3 3) Na3[Fe(CN)6] 4)
Cu2[Fe(CN)6]

Key:2
Hint:

Sol: In the Lassaigne’s test, a blue colour is obtained if the organic compound contains
nitrogen. The blue colour is due to ferri-ferro cyanide 𝑖. 𝑒., Fe4[Fe(CN)6]3.

27 During the fusion of an organic compound with sodium metal, nitrogen of the compound is
converted into
1) NaNO2 2) NaNH2 3) NaCN 4) NaNC

Key:3

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 Hint:

Sol: When organic compound is fused with sodium metal, nitrogen of the compound is
converted into sodium cyanide as Na + C + N → NaCN

28 1.2g of organic compound of Kjeldahlization liberates ammonia which consumes

30 𝑐𝑚3 of 1N HCl. The percentage of nitrogen in the organic compound is
1) 30 2) 35 3) 46.67 4) 20.8

Key:2
Hint:

Sol: Percentage of N in an organic

29 In Kjeldahl’s method, the nitrogen present in the organic compound is quantitatively

estimated as
1) Gaseous ammonia 2) Ammonium sulphate
3) Ammonium phosphate 4) Ammonia

Key:4
Hint:

Sol: In Kjeldahl’s method, the nitrogen is quantitatively converted into ammonia by

heating with NaOH (𝑁𝐻4)4 + 𝐶𝑂2 + 𝐻2𝑂 (from organic compoun4)
(𝑁𝐻4)2𝑆𝑂4 + 2𝑁𝑎𝑂𝐻 → 𝑁𝑎2𝑆𝑂4 + 2𝑁𝐻3 + 2𝐻2𝑂

30 In which of the following nitrogen in organic compound is converted to N2

1) Liebig’s test 2) Duma’s test 3) Kjeldahl test 4) Beilstein’s
test

Key:2
Hint:

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 Sol: Nitrogen in the organic compound is converted to N2 gas in Dumas method

31 Liebig’s test is used to estimate

1) H only 2) C and H Both 3) C only 4) N only

Key:2
Hint:

Sol: Liebig’s method is used to estimate carbon and hydrogen.

32 0.765g of an acid gives 0.535g of CO2 and 0.138 g of H2O. Then, the ratio of the percentage of
carbon and hydrogen is
1) 19:2 2) 18:11 3) 20:17 4) 1:7

Key:1
Hint:

Sol:

33 An organic compound having molecular mass 60 is found to contain C=20%, H=6.67%

andN=46.67% while rest is oxygen. On heating it gives NH3 along with a solid
residue. The solid residue gives violet colour with alkaline copper sulphate solution.
The compound is
1) CH3CH 2CONH2 2) (NH2)2CO 3) CH3CONH2 4) CH3NCO

Key:2
Hint:

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 Sol:

Empirical formula= 𝐶𝐻4𝑁2𝑂

Empirical formula weight
= 12 + (4 × 1) + (2 × 14) + 16 = 60 ∴𝑛 = mol. formula weight emp. formula weight = 60
60 = 1
∴ Molecular formula=𝐶𝐻4𝑁2𝑂
Given compound gives biuret test.Thus, given compound is urea (𝑁𝐻2)2𝐶𝑂.

34 Anthracene is purified by
1) Filtration 2) Distillation 3) Crystallization 4)
Sublimation

Key:4
Hint:

Sol: Anthracene is a sublimable solid

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84. Na2S + Na2[Fe(CN)5NO] → Purple colour. It is due to
1) Na4[Fe(CN)3NOS] 2) Na3[Fe(CN)5NOS]
3) Na4[Fe(CN)5NO] 4) Na4[Fe(CN)5NOS]

Key:4
Hint:

Sol: Na2S + Na2[Fe(CN)5NO] ⟶ Na4[Fe(CN)5NOS]

Sodium nitroprusside sodium thio nitro Solution colure) prusside (purple

36 Separation of organic compounds by column chromatographyis based on

1)Selective absorption 2) Selective adsorption
3)Colours 4) Solubilities

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 Key:2
Hint:

Sol: The principle is adsorption

37
In Kjeldahl’s method of estimation of nitrogen, CuSO4 acts as
1) Oxidising agent 2) Reducing agent 3) Catalytic agent 4) Hydrolysis
agent

Key:3
Hint:

Sol: Kejldahl’s method is used for the estimation of nitrogen. The organic compound is
heated with conc. H2SO4 in presence of K2SO4 (used to elevate boiling point of H2SO4)
and CuSO4 (used as catalyst) to convert all the nitrogen into (𝑁𝐻4)2𝑆𝑂4.

38 In paper chromatography
1) The moving phaseis liquid and stationary phase is a solid
2)The movingphase is a solid and stationary phase is a liquid
3)Both the phases are liquids
4)Both the phases are solids
Key:3
Hint:

Sol: Water trapped in the filter paper is the stationary phase and the solvent is the mobile
phase

39 29.5 mg of organic compound containing nitrogen was digested according to Kjeldahl’s

method and the evolved ammonia was absorbed in 20mL of 0.1 M HCl solution. The
excess of the acid required 15mL of 0.1M NaOH solution for complete neutralisation.
The percentage of nitrogen in the compound is
1) 59.0 2) 47.4 3) 23.7 4) 29.5

Key:3
Hint:

Sol: Weight of organic compound =29.5mg

𝑁𝐻3 + 𝐻𝐶𝑙⟶𝑁𝑎4𝐶𝑙
+𝑁𝑎𝑂𝐻⟶𝑁𝑎𝐶𝑙 + 𝐻2𝑂
(remaining)15 × 0.1 𝑀
=1.5 mmol
Total millimole of HCl=2
Millimole used by 𝑁𝐻3 = 2 − 1.5 = 0.5

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 Weight of 𝑁𝐻3=0.5 ×17mg=8.5mg

40 In Kjeldahl’s method, ammonia from 5g of food neutralizes 30 𝑐𝑚3 of 0.1 N acid. The
percentage of nitrogen in the food is
1) 0.84 2) 8.4 3) 16.8 4) 1.68

Key:1
Hint:

Sol: From Kjeldahl’s method, Percentage of nitrogen

An organic compound on heating with CuO produces CO2 but no water. The organic
41 compound may be
1) Carbon tetrachloride 2) Chloroform
3) Methane 4) Ethyl iodide

Key:1
Hint:

Sol: Since, the compound on heating with CuO produced𝐶𝑂2, it contains carbon. Again, it
does not produce water, hence it does not contain hydrogen. So, the organic
compound is carbontetrachloride (𝐶𝐶𝑙4).

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