Answer key – Carboxylic Acid – 18-6-24 Mercury chloride –

1 a 2 b 3 d 4 c 5 a
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6 b 7 a 8 d 9 a 10 d

11 c 12 b 13 c 14 d 15 c 25. (a) Activated charcoal adsorbed the impurity of

16 c 17 c acetic acid by which the concentration of acetic
acid solution decrease.
18. (a) Phenol is a weaker acid than carboxylic
acids. 26. (d) Intermolecular hydrogen bonding leads to
dimerisation of carboxylic acid in non-
aqueous solvents.
19. (a)       
27. (c)   

  
     

evolve with brisk effervescence.

 
28. (b) It is known as Schotten Baumann reaction.

20. (d)    
   
 

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29. (a) Due to –I effect of three F atom

O
is a strong acid.
COOH || CONH2
21. (a) +NH3 OH OCOCH3
COOH C COOH COOH COOH
||
30. (d) + (CH3CO)2O  +
22. (b)
Salicylic acid Acetic anhydride Aspirin or
Acetyl

      

 
 
    
  


      

23. (a)    

24. (d) Tollen’s reagent -

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Fehling solution –
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