GOOD SAMARITAN PUBLIC SCHOOL

(Affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi)

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CLASS: XII CAT-7 MARKS: 20

SUB: CHEMISTRY DATE: 13/05/2024

I. Multiple-choice questions 5×1 =5

1. Acid catalyzed hydration of alkenes except ethene leads to the formation of
(a) primary alcohol
(b) secondary or tertiary alcohol
(c) mixture of primary and secondary alcohols
(d) mixture of secondary and tertiary alcohols
2. Sodium salt of benzene sulphonic acid on fusion with caustic soda gives
(a) Benzene (b) Phenol (c) Thiophenol (d) Benzoic acid
3. By which of the following methods alcohol can be prepared in excellent yield?
(a) From alkenes (b) By hydroboration-oxidation
(c) From carbonyl compounds (d) From Grignard reagent
4. The intramolecular hydrogen bonding is present in:

(a) (b) (c) (d)

5. Propene, CH3−CH=CH2 can be converted to 1-propanol by oxidation. Which set of reagents
among the following is ideal to effect the conversion
(a) Alkaline KMnO4 (b) B2H6 and alkaline H2O2
(c) O3/Zn dust (d)) OsO4/CH4,Cl2
II. Very short answer questions 2×2 =4
6. a. Give the IUPAC name of the following compound : (Delhi 2009) (1M)

b. Write the structure of a compound whose IUPAC name is 1-phenylpropan-2-ol. (1M)

7. The C-O bond is much shorter in phenol than in ethanol. Give reason. (2M)
III. Short answer questions 3×2 =6
8. complete the following reaction equations (3M)

How are the following conversions carried out? (3M)

(i) Propene to propan-2-ol (ii) Ethylmagnesium chloride to propan-1-ol
IV. Long answer questions 1×5 =5
a. Explain the following behaviours : (2M)
(i) Alcohols are more soluble in water than the hydrocarbons of comparable molecular masses.
(ii) Ortho-nitrophenol is more acidic than ortho-methoxyphenol.
b. How would you obtain phenol from benzene? (2M)
c. Ortho nitrophenol has lower boiling point than p-nitrophenol. Why? (1M)