Organic Chemistry: Study of Carbon-Containing Compounds

In this quiz, you will find questions related to the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and preparation of carbon-containing compounds/organic compounds.

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What is the other name for acyclic compounds?

Aliphatic Aromatic Heterocyclic Alicyclic

The successive members of a homologous series differ by an unit of which of the following?

–CH3 CH3CH3 –CH2 –CH2CH3

Tropolone is a benzenoid compound.

True False

Which of these is not an aliphatic compound?

Acetic acid Acetaldehyde Ethane Tetrahydrofuran

Pick out the option that is not a functional group from the following.

Hydroxyl group Benzene group Aldehyde group Carboxylic acid group

Find the incorrect statement for a nucleophile

A nucleophile is a Lewis acid Nucleophiles do not seek electron Ammonia is a nucleophile Nucleophiles attack low electron density sites

Which among the following is the most deactivating meta-directing group in aromatic substitution reaction?

-COOH -SO3H -NO2 -CN

Ammonia evolved from 0.75 g of the soil sample in the Kjeldahl’s method for nitrogen estimation, neutralises 10 ml of 1M H2SO4. Find the percentage of nitrogen present in the soil

35.33 37.33 43.33 45.33

The correct order of increasing nucleophilicity is

Cl– < Br– < I– Br– < Cl– < I– I– < Br– < Cl– I– < Cl– < Br–

Insulin contains 3.4% sulphur. The minimum molecular weight of insulin is

350 470 560 940

Which one is strongest acid among following options?

CH2FCOOH CH2ClCOOH CHCl2COOH CHF2COOH

An organic compound which produces a bluish green coloured flame on heating in presence of copper is

Chlorobenzene Benzaldehyde Aniline Benzoic acid

Which of the following cannot be represented by resonance structures?

Dimethyl ether Nitrate anion Carboxylate anion Toluene

The displacement of electrons in a multiple bond in the presence of attacking reagent is called