(c) Red phosphorous (c) Gasoline (d) Heavy oil

130. Heating of alkanes with fuming sulphuric acid or oleum at 141.. The marsh gas detector used by miners works on the
high temperature, which forms sulphonic acid, is called principle of [AMU 1984]
[MB CE'f 1999) (a) Difference in the rates of diffusion of gases
(a) Nitration (b) Halogenation (b) Avogadro's hypothesis
(c) Sulphonation (d) 0)1.idation (c) Gay-Lussac's law of gaseous volumes
131. Propane is obtained from propene by which method ? (d) Berzelius hypothesis
[CPMT 1997; CBSE PMT 2001; 142. Methane can be prepared by [DCE 2001]
A.FMC 2001; MB CET 2001] (a) Wurtz's reaction (b) Decarboxylation
(a) Catalyst hydrogenatiom (b) Wurtz reaction (c) Hydrogenation reaction (d) All of these
(c) Dehydrogena tio n (d) Frankland reaction 143. The most strained cycloalkane is [DT-JEE 1981)
132. B.P. of branched chain al:kanes as compared to straight (a) Cyclopropane (b) Cyclobutane
chain alkanes a re [MP PMT 1987; AllMS 1999] (c) Cyclopentane (d) Cyclohexane
(a) Lower 144. Which does not react with chlorine in dark[Pb. PMT 2000]
(b) Equal (a) C2 H4 (b) C2 f/ 2
(c) Higher
(c) CH 4 (d) CH 3 CHO
(d) Independent of the chain
1.33. Daily use candles (paraffin wax) contain [CPMT 1996) 145. Main constituent of marsh gas is
[DT-.JEE 1980; l\fP PMT 1994; AFMC 1997 J
(a) Higher saturated hydrocarbon
(a) C 1 H 1 (b) CH 4
(b) Lower saturated hydrocarbon
(c) Higher unsaturated hydrocarbon (c) I:/ 2 S (d) CO
(d) Lower unsaturated hydrocarbon 146. Which of the following method can be used for the
preparation of methane
134. The reaction CH• + C/ 2 . . 111"' >CH 3 C/ + HCI is an
(a) Wurtz reaction (b) Kolbe's reaction
example of [ CBSE PMT 1999. 20 02) (c) Reduction of alkyl halide (d)Hydrogenation of alken
(n) Addition reactions (b) Substitution reaction 147. Which hydrocarbon will be most stable
(c) Elimination reaction (d) Rearrangement reaction [ &-IP PET 2000, 03)
135. Normal butane convert into isobutane by [RP:MT 2002] (a) Methane (b) Ethane
(a) l.iAIH, (b) A/C/3 (c) Propane (d) Butane
C-H bond length is greatest in
(c) NaBH 4 (d) Zn/ H C/
[[IT-JEE 1989 ; MNR 1990; AMU 2002)
1.36. Alcoholic solution of KOH is used for (a) C2 H 2 (b) C 2 H 4
[CPMT 1982, 86; OT-JEE 1990)
(c) C 2 H 6
(a) Dehydratio n (b) Dehydrogenation
(c) Dehydrohalogenation (d) Dehalogenation 149. Which one of the following compounds does not form an
ozonide [EAMCET 1997)
1.37. Alumininm <'.arbide on reacting with water gives
(a) Ethene (b) Propyne
[NCF.RT 1981; MP PET1985]
(c) Propene (d) Propane
(a) Methane (b) Ethane
150. \\lhich type of hybridisation occurs in ethylene
(c) Ethene (d) Ethyne [CBSE PMT 1.991; Bihar MEE 1996; JIPMER 19971
1.38 . Maximum carbon-carbon bond distance is found in (a) sp (b) sp 2
[MP PMT 198 7: JJT-JEE 1981; Bihar M EE 1995 )
(a) Etbyne (b) .E thene (c) sp 3 (d) sp 3 d
(c) Ethane (d) Benzene 15 1. Silver acetylide when heated with HCI gives
1.39. Which of the following reaction is expected to readily give (a) C 1 H 1 (b) H 1
a hydrocarbon product in good yields [CBSE PMT 1997) (d) None of these
(a) RCOOK o.iwuaa Eltttmli» > 152. Wben sodium reacts with ethyl iodide, which of the
following hydrocarbons is,produced
(b) RCOOAg ~ [NCERT1984; BHU1982]
(c) CH 3 - CH 3
a, (a) Methane (b) Ethane
lw (c) Butane (d) Ethene
(d) (CH 3}z CC/ _ C
c.,2..
H,o
,o,
;;""'1- 153. Solid methane is [DPMT l 983; CBSE PMT l 989]
(a) Molecular solid (b) Jonie solid
140. Out of the following fractions of petroleum, the one (c) Covalent solid (d) Not possible
having the lowest boiling point is or Which of the 15 4 . The shape of ethane is [Bihar CEE 1995)
following is obtained at lowest temperature by fractional (a) Triangular (b) Tetrahedral
distillation of petroleum [MP PMT 1993; MP PET 1996) (c) Linear (d) None of these
(a) Kerosene (b) Diesel oil
155. CH 3 Mgl will give methane with [Roorlree 1995] (d) None of these
(a) C2 H 5 0H (b) CH 3 -CH 2 -NH 2 169. The complete combustion of CH• gives [B HU 2004)
(c) CH 3 - CO - CH 3 (d) All of these (a) CO+ H 1 (b) CO+N2
156. Propane-1-ol can be prepared from propene by its (c) C0 2 +H 2 0 (d) CO+N 1 0
reaction with [MP PMT 2003)
170. Which of tJ1e following has highest knocking
(a) CH 3 COOH (b) f/ 3 803
l UPSEAT2004]
(c) 8 2 H 6 1 Na OH . H 2 0 2 (d) H 2 S04 / H 2 0 (a) Olefins
157. The process in which higher hydrocarbons a re broken (b) Branched chain olefins
down into lowc.r hydrocarbons by controlled pyrolysis, is (c) Straight chain olefins
called (d) Aromatic hydrocarbons
[MP PMT 2002) 17 1 . Which one of the following compounds gives methane on
(a) Hydrolysis (b) Cracking treatment with water (Kerul u PMT 2004; MH CET 20041
(c) Oxidation (d) Reduction (a) A/4 C3 (b) CnC2
158. Successive a lkanes differ by [MP PMT2002)
(a) )CHi (c) VC (d) SiC
(e) s.c
(c) - CH 3
172. Pick out the alkane which differs from the other members
159. General fommla of alkane is of the group. [KCIIT 2004]
[EAMCET 1979; l\lanipal MEE 1995)
(a) 2,2-dimethyl propane
(a) CnH2n+? (b) c.H-- 1 (b) Pentane
(c) C,. H 2n (d) c.H- 1 (c) 2-methyl butane
160. Methane and ethane both can be prepared in one step by (d) 2,2-dimethyl butane
which of the following compound [BHU 2004] 173. 2-Methylbutane on reacting with bromine in the presence
(a) C2 H4 (b) CH 3 0 of sunlight gives mainly [AlEEE 2005)
(a) 1-bromo-2-methylbutane
(d) CH 3 CH 2 0H (b) 2-bromo-2-methylbutane
161. Photochemical ch lorination of alkane is initiated by a (c) 2-bromo-3- methylbutane
process of [Keral n PMT 20041 (d) 1-bromo-3-methylbutane
(a) Pyrolysis (b) Substitution 174 . Of the five isomeric hexanes, the isomer which can give
(c) Cracking (d) Peroxidation two mo11ocl1lorinatcd compounds is IAIEEE 2005)
(e) Homolysis (a) n-hexane
162. A petroleum fraction having boiling range 70-200°C and (b) 2, 3-<limethylbutane
containing 6-10 carbon atoms per molecule is called (c) 2, 2-dimethylbutane
[UPSEAT 200,d (d) 2-methylpentane
(a) Natural gas (b) Gas oil 175 . The product obtained on reaction of C2 H,CI with
(c) Gasoline (d) Kerosene hydrogen over palladium carbon is [AFMC 2005)
163. Prod ucer gas is a mixture of (a) C3 H 1 (b) C4 H 10
[Pb. CET 2002; UPSEAT 2004)
(a) CO and Ni (b) CO 2 and H 2 W ~~ 00 ~~
(c) N 2 and 0 2 (d) CH• and Ni
The highest boiling point is expected for [DEC. 2003) Alkene
(a) n - butane
(b) iso-octane 1, Addition of bromine to 1 1 3-butadiene gives
(c) n - octane
fC PMT 1987, 93]
(d) 2,2,3,3-tetramethyl butane
(a) 1, 2 addition product only
165. Which of the following is a good conductor of heal of
electricity [Pb. CET 2003]
(b) 1, 4 addition product only
(a) Diamond (b) Graphite (c) Both L, 2 and 1, 4 addition products
(c) Anthracite (d) Charcoal (d) No reaction
166. Which one of the following has lhe minimum boiling 2. When ethylene bromide is treated with 211. we gel
point IRPMT1997]
[AJEEE 2004]
(a) Alkane (b) Alkene
(a) 1-Butene (b) 1-Butyne
(c) Alleyne (d) All
(c) n-Butane (d) lsobutane
Octane number can be changed by [AFMC 2004) 3. EtJ1ene when treated \\~th Br1 in the presence of CCI 4
(a) lsomerisation (b) Alk-ylation which compound is formed
(c) Cyclisation (d) All of these [RPMT 1997; DCE 2001; KCET (Med.) 1999]
168. Gasoline has composition [AFMC 2004] (a) 1, 2-dibromoethane
W ~-~ 00 ~-~ (b) 1-bromo-2-cbloroethane
(c) Both (a) and (b)