ORGANIC HALO ALKANES AND HALO ARENES

Answer the following MCQ’S:- Marks : 30

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1. Which of the following halide is 2
(a)Isopropyl chloride (b)Isobutyl chloride
(c)n-propyl chloride (d)n-butyl chloride
2. Gem- dibromide is
(a) CH 3 CH(Br)OH(Br)CH 3 (b) CH3CBr2 CH 3
(c) CH 2 (Br)CH 2 CH 2 (d) CH 2 BrCH 2 Br
3. Benzene hexachloride is
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-hexachlorocyclohexane
(b) 1, 1, 1, 6, 6, 6-hexachlorocyclohexane
(c) 1, 6-phenyl-1, 6-chlorohexane
(d) 1, 1-phenyl-6, 6-chlorohexane
4. What is the main product of the reaction between 2-methyl propene with HBr
(a) 1-bromo butane (b) 1-bromo-2 methyl propane
(c) 2-bromo butane (d) 2-bromo-2 methyl propane


N  NBF4
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 A

5. In the above process product A is

(a) Fluorobenzene (b) Benzene
(c) 1, 4-difluorobenzene (d) 1, 3-difluorobenzene
6. When ethyl alcohol (C 2 H 5 OH) reacts with thionyl chloride, in the presence of pyridine, the product
obtained is
(a) CH 3 CH 2 Cl  HCl (b) C 2 H 5 Cl  HCl  SO 2
(c) CH 3 CH 2 Cl  H 2 O  SO 2 (d) CH 3 CH 2 Cl  HCl  SO 2
7. Which of the following organic compounds will give a mixture of 1-chlorobutane and 2-chlorobutane
on chlorination
CH 3  CH  CH  CH 2 H
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(a) CH 3 (b) HC  C  C  CH 2
CH 2  CH  CH  CH 2 (d) CH 2  CH  CH 2  CH 3
(c)
8. Decreasing order of reactivity of HX in the reaction ROH  HX  RX  H 2 O
(a) HI  HBr  HCl  HF (b) HBr  HCl  HI  HF
(c) HCl  HBr  HI  HF (d) HF  HBr  HCl  HI
C6 H 5 Cl prepared by aniline with
9.
(a) HCl (b) Cu 2 Cl 2
Cl 2 in presence of anhydrous AlCl3 (d) HNO 2 and then heated with Cu 2 Cl 2
(c)
10. Propene on treatment with HBr gives
(a) Isopropyl bromide (b) Propyl bromide
(c) 1, 2-dibromoethane (d) None of the above
11. Ethylene reacts with bromine to form
(a) Chloroethane (b) Ethylene dibromide
(c) Cyclohexane (d) 1-bromo propane
12. Reaction of ethyl chloride with sodium leads to
(a) Ethane (b) Propane (c) n-butane (d) n-pentane
13. Phosgene is the common name for
(a) CO 2 and PH 3 (b) Phosphoryl chloride
 (c) Carbonyl chloride (d) Carbon tetrachloride
14. Alkyl halides can be converted into Grignard reagents by
(a) Boiling them with Mg ribbon in alcoholic solution
(b) Warming them with magnesium powder in dry ether
(c) Refluxing them with MgCl 2 solution
Warming them with MgCl 2
(d)
15. Chlorobenzene is
(a) Less reactive than benzyl chloride
(b) More reactive than ethyl bromide
(c) Nearly as reactive as methyl chloride
(d) More reactive than isopropyl chloride
16. The reactivities of methyl chloride, propyl chloride and chlorobenzene are in the order
(a) Methyl chloride > propyl chloride > chlorobenzene
(b) Propyl chloride > methyl chloride > chlorobenzene
(c) Methyl chloride > chlorobenzene > propyl chloride
(d) Chlorobenzene > propyl chloride > methyl chloride
17. Reaction of t-butyl bromide with sodium methoxide produces]
(a)Isobutane (b)Isobutylene
(c)Sodium t-butoxide (d)t-butyl methyl ether

C6 H 5 CH 2 Cl  KCN(aq.)  X  Y Compounds X and Y are

18.
(a) C6 H 6  KCl (b) C6 H 5 CH 2 CN  KCl
(c) C6 H5 CH3  KCl (d) None of these
CH 3  CH 2  CH 2 Br  KOH (alc.)  Product Product in above reaction is
19.
(a) CH 3  CH  CH 2 (b) CH 3  CH 2  CH 3
(c) (a) and (b) both (d) None of these
20. Ethyl chloride on heating with silver cyanide forms a compound X. The functional isomer of X is
(c) H 3C  NH  CH 3 (d) C2 H 5 NH 2
C 2 H5 NC (b) C 2 H5 CN
(a)
21. Alkyl halides react with Mg in dry ether to form
(a) Magnesium halide (b) Grignard’s reagent
(c) Alkene (d) Alkyne
22. Aryl halide is less reactive than alkyl halide towards nucleophilic substitution because
(a) Less stable carbonium ion (b) Due to large C  Cl bond energy
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(c) Inductive effect (d) Resonance stabilization and sp - hybridisation of C attached to halide
23. Which of the following are correct statements about C 2 H5 Br
(a) It reacts with metallic Na to give ethane
(b) It gives nitroethane on heating with aqueous ethanolic solution of AgNO 2
C H OH
(c) It gives 2 5 on boiling with alcoholic potash
(d) It forms ethylacetate on heating with silver acetate
24. In alkyl halides, Alcoholic potash is used to bring about
(a) Dehydrogenation (b) Dehydration
(c) Dehydrohalogenation (d) Dehalogenation
25. Depletion of ozone layer is caused by
(a) Freon (b) Alkane (c) Gringard reagent (d) All of these
26. Which of the following is used in fire extinguishers
CH 4 (b) CHCl3 (c) CH 2 Cl2 (d) CCl4
(a)
27. Which of the following is known as freon which is used as a refrigerant
(a) CCl2 F2 (b) CHCl3 (c) CH 2 F2 (d) CF4
28. Iodoform can be used as
(a) Anaesthetic (b) Antiseptic (c) Analgesic (d) Antibiotic
29. The commercial uses of DDT and benzene hexachloride are
 (a) DDT is a herbicide, benzene hexachloride is a fungicide
(b) Both are insecticides
(c) Both are herbicides
(d) DDT is a fungicide and benzene hexachloride is a herbicide
30. The molecular formula of DDT has
(a) 5 chlorine atoms (b) 4 chlorine atoms
(c) 3 chlorine atoms (d) 2 chlorine atoms