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School of Health Sciences
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1. Which of the following is the simplest member of organic compounds?
a) Formic acid b) Formaldehyde c) Methane d) Methanol
2. Hydrocarbons are organic compounds with element __________
a) Both hydrogen and carbon b) Carbon c) Hydrogen d) Oxygen
3. Which of the following bond is made up of a large number of organic compounds?
a) Metallic bond b) Dipolar bond c) Ionic bond d) Covalent bond
4. Which of the following is a classification of Organic compounds?
a) alicyclic compounds and acyclic compounds b) Cyclic compounds and alicyclic
compounds c) Open chain compounds and acyclic compounds d) Open chain compounds
and linear chain compounds
5. Which of the following is not a class of organic compounds?
a) Amides b) Electro compounds c) Nitro compound d) Carbonyl compound
6. Organic compounds can be classified even based upon the function groups. Which of the
following is not a functional group?
a) Isocyano b) Carbonyl c) Isocyanide d) Carboxyl
7. Which of the following does not come under the organic addition reaction?
a) Halogenation b) Hydrohalogenation c) Hydration d) Dehydration
8. Which of the following statement is not true about ethers?
a) Lower ethers also act as anaesthetics b) Simple ethers (such as diethyl ether) are
tasteless c) The lower ethers are highly volatile and flammable d) Ethers are not organic
solvents
9. An organic compound A reacts with sodium metal and forms B. On heating with conc.
H2SO4, A gives diethyl ether. What are A and B?
a) C4H9OH and C4H9ONa b) CH3OH and CH3ONa c) C2H5OH and C2H5ONa d) C3H7OH and
CH3ONa
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10. Which of the following is the major organic product obtained from the following reaction?
a) b) c)
d)
11. Which of the following is true about transesterification?
a) exchanging the organic alkyl group of alcohol with the organic group alkyl of an ester
b) exchanging the organic alkyl group of an ester with the organic group alkyl of an ether
c) exchanging the organic alkyl group of an ester with the organic group alkyl of an alcohol
d) exchanging the organic alkyl group of an ester with the organic group alkyl of an alkane
12. Which of the following is the general formula of Diazonium salt?
a) RN2+HSO–2 b) RN2+X– c) RN+ d) RXI
13. Which of the following is the major organic product obtained from the following reaction?
a) 3,5-dimethyl-3-heptanol b) 3,5-dimethyl-4-heptanol c) 4,7-dimethyl-4-heptanol
d) 2,4-dimethyl-4-heptanol
14. Which of the following will be the product ‘a’ in the given reation?
a) Chlorobenzene b) Benzene c) Benzene diazonium chloride d) Enolate form
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School of Health Sciences
15. Which of the following is the major organic product obtained from the following reaction?
a) b) c)
d)
16. Which of the following compound is yielded from the reduction of nitroalkanes?
a) Amine b) Acid c) Diazo compounds d) Alcohol
17. Which of the following organic compound is formed when aniline reacts with
acetaldehyde?
a) Diazonium salt b) Immine c) Schiff’s base d) Carbylamine
18. Which of the following is neither an acid nor base?
a) KCl b) CH3OH c) HCl d) CH3COOH
19. Which of the following compound is used to depress the Central nervous system?
a) Iodoform b) DDT c) Freon d) Chloroform
20. What is the hybridization of oxygen in water?
a) sp b) sp2 c) sp3 d) sp3d
Bonus question: Which one has both sigma and pi bonds?
a) H2S b) NO2 ) HClO d) NaCN
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