CHEMISTRY XII 16.

Cresol has
ALCOHOL, PHENOL & ETHER NAME: _____ (a)Alcoholic – OH(b)Phenolic – OH(c)– COOH(d)– CHO
17. Primary and secondary alcohols on action of reduced copper
1. Chloroethane reacts with X to form diethyl ether. What is X? give
a) NaOH b) H2SO4 c) C2H5ONa d) Na2S2O3 (a)Aldehydes and ketones respectively
2. Bakelite is formed when phenol react with which of the (b)Ketones and aldehydes respectively
following reactant? (c)Only aldehydes
a) Formaldehyde b) Hydrogen (d)Only ketones
c) Nitric acid d) Sulphuric acid 18. Which of the following is more acidic alcohol?
3. Reaction of aqueous sodium hydroxide on chlorobenzene a) Phenol b) Cyclohexanol c) Methanol d) Ethanol
gives which of the following products? 19. Which of following alcohols would be most soluble in water?
a) o-chlorophenol b) m-chlorophenol a) Propanol b) Hexanol c) Pentanol d) Butanol
c) phenol d) no reaction 20. Which one is the correct order of reactivity of different types
4. The reaction given below is known as by which o the of alcohol towards hydrogen halide?
following reaction? a) 1° alcohol > 2° alcohol > 3° alcohol
C2H5ONa+IC2H5 → C2H5OC2H5 + NaI b) 2° alcohol > 1° alcohol > 3° alcohol
a) Kolbe’s synthesis b) Wurtz’s synthesis c) 3° alcohol > 1° alcohol > 2° alcohol
c) Williamson’s synthesis d) Grignard’s synthesis d) 3° alcohol > 2° alcohol > 1° alcohol
5. Ethers may be used as solvents because they react only with 21. The reaction of carboxylic acids with alcohols catalysed by
which of the following reactants? conc. H2SO4 is called ____
a) Acids b) Bases a) Dehydration b) Saponification
c) Oxidizing agent d) Reducing agents c) Esterification d) Neutralization
6. An ether is more volatile than an alcohol having the same 22. Secondary alcohols on catalytic dehydrogenation by Cu-Ni
molecular formula. What is the reason for this difference? couple gives _____
a) dipolar character of ethers a) Ketone b) Aldehyde c) Carboxylic acid d) Amine
b) alcohols having resonance structures 23. What is the IUPAC name for the following structure?
c) inter-molecular hydrogen bonding in ethers CH3CH(CH3)CH2CH(OH)CH3
d) inter-molecular hydrogen bonding in alcohols (a)4-methyl-2-pentanol (b) 2-methyl-2-hexanol
7. Ether is more volatile than alcohol having the same molecular (c) 2-methyl-4-pentanol (d)2-methyl-3-pentanol
formula. This is due to 24. Which one of the following compound is obtained by the
(a) alcohols having resonance structures oxidation of secondary alcohols by [O]?
(b) intermolecular hydrogen bonding in ethers a) Ketone b) Aldehyde c) Ether d) Amine
(c) intermolecular hydrogen bonding in alcohols 25. Which one of the following compound is obtained by the
(d) the dipolar character of ethers oxidation of primary alcohol with nascent oxygen?
8. Glucose is converted into ethanol by the enzyme present a) Alkanal b) Alkanone c) Ether d) Amine
in yeast: 26. Which of the following is a secondary alcohol?
A) Urease B) Invertase C) Sucrase D) Zymase (a) 3-ethyl-2-methyl-1-pentanol
9. Which one of the following is NOT able to denature the (b) 3-ethyl-2-methyl-2-heptanol
ethanol? (c) 3-methyl-2-hexanol (d) 1-hexanol (e) Both b and c
A) Methanol B) Lactic acid C) Pyridine D) Acetone 27. Rectified spirit is
10. Which bond will break when electrophile attacks an alcohol? (a) 100% Ethanol (b) 90% Ethanol
A) O - H.C) Both A and B.B) C - O.D) None of these (c) 100% Methanol (d) 95% Ethanol
11. The products of the fermentation of a sugar are ethanol 28. Which of the following compounds will not be easily oxidized?
and (a) Primary alcohol (b) Secondary alcohol
A) Water. B) Oxygen. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Sulfur dioxide. (c) Tertiary alcohol (d) Aldehyde
12. Aldehydes can be synthesized by the oxidation of 29. Ethyl bromide reacts with sodium methoxide to form
A) Primary alcohols. B) Secondary alcohols. (a) Diethyl ether (b) Ethyl methyl ether
C) Organic acids. D) Inorganic acids. (c) Dimethyl ether (d) n-Propyl alcohol
13. Which alcohol can form a ketone? 30. Ethers are:
A. Primary Alcohol B. Secondary Alcohol (a) Lewis acids (b) Neutral (c) Lewis bases
C. Tertiary Alcohol D. Methanol (d) Cannot be predicted
14. An ester is prepared by the reaction of:
A. Two alcohols B. Carboxylic acid and alcohol SAHIR HEMNANI
C. Ketone and alcohol D. Aldehyde and alcohol
E. All of the above
15. Which of the following is dihydric alcohol?
(a)Glycerol(b)Ethylene glycol(c)Catechol(d)Resorcinol