MCQs for Organic Sulphonic Acid

1) In Sulfonating, which acid group is used?

a) -OH
b) -SO-OH
c) -SO2-OH
d) -SO3-OH

Answer: c
Explanation: Sulfonating may be defined as any chemical process by which the sulfonic
acid group -SO2OH, or the corresponding salt or sulfonyl halide group (e.g., -SO2Cl), is
introduced into an organic compound.

2) Introduction of -SO2CL, which type of Sulfonation is it?

a) Sulfoxidation
b) Sulfochlorination
c) Sulfoalkylation
d) Sulfoacylation

Answer: b
Explanation: Introduction of -SO2Cl is known as Sulfochlorination, which is used for
Sulfonation.

3) Which of the following is not a Sulfonation method?

a) Sulfoalkylation
b) Sulfoacylation
c) Sulfoarylation
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: d
Explanation: For Sulfonation, numerous methods are used such as: sulfochlorination

4) Sulfation involves placement of which group on carbon atom?

a) -OSO2OH
b) -SO2-OH
c) -ClSO3H
d) -SO2Cl

Answer: a
Explanation: Sulfation involves placement of the -OSO2OH group on carbon, yielding an
acid sulphate (ROSO2OH), or of the -SO4– group between two carbons, forming the
sulphate ROSO2OR.
5) What is meant by Condensation procedure in Sulfonation?
a) Reaction of alkyl group
b) Reaction of Organic sulfonates
c) Reaction of Chlorinates
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: Condensation procedures refer to the reaction of organic sulfonate “building
blocks” (such as HOCH2CH2SO3Na) with other organic compounds (such as long-chain
acid chlorides) to form new sulfonates with altered properties, these methods include
sulfoalkylation

6) Sulfonating and sulphating agents can be divided into two parts.

a) True
b) False

Answer: a
Explanation: Sulfonating and sulphating agents are of two types-inorganic and organic.
The latter type is employed in the condensation procedures.

7) For what production are Sulfonates and Sulphates used?

a) Detergents
b) Emulsifying
c) De-emulsifying
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d
Explanation: The major quantity of sulfonates and sulfates is both marketed and used in
salt form, the category includes detergents, emulsifying, de emulsifying, penetrating,
wetting and solubilizing agents, lubricant additives, and rust inhibitors.

8) What does Polymeric sulfates include?

a) Solubilizing agents
b) Ion-exchange resins
c) Detergents
d) Wetting
 Answer: b
Explanation: Polymeric sulfonates include dispersing agents, elastomers, water-soluble
synthetic gums and thickening agents, and ion-exchange resins which function as strong
acids with complete water insolubility, an unusual combination of properties leading to
many important applications.

9) What is used for the preparation of Sulphonamides?

a) Alkyl sulfonate
b) Oxime
c) Aromatic sulfonate
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: c
Explanation: Aromatic sulfonyl chlorides-RSO2Cl-are useful for preparing sulfonamides
(including sulpha drugs, dyes, tanning agents, plasticizers, and the sweetening agent
saccharin) and sulfonate esters (insecticides).

10) On reaction with hydrogen peroxide thioethers gives

(a) Sulphones
(b) Sulphoxides
(c) Disulphides
(d) Sulphinic acid
Answer: b

11) 19. Thiols undergo desulphurization with Raney nickel gives

(a) Ethane
(b) Hydrogen peroxide
(c) Methane
(d) Thioethers
Answer: a

12) Thioethers are hydrolyzed with boiling sodium hydroxide into

(a) Mercatols
(b) Carboxylic acids
(c) Thioethers
(d) Alcohols
Answer: d

13) Thiols are produced by heating sulphur with..

 (a) Grignard’s reagent
(b) Millon reagent
(c) Tollen’s reagent
(d) Fehling solution
Answer: a

14) On reaction with aldehydes and ketons in the presence of HCl, thiols produce
(a) Sulphone
(b) Sulphinic acid
(c) Thioacetal
(d) Diethyl sulphoxide
Answer: c

15) Which compound will yield alcohol when hydrolyzed?

(a) Ethanamide
(b) Ethane sulphonic acid
(c) Ethylamine
(d) Diethyl sulphide
Answer: d

16) What is the main product obtained by the oxidation of thioethers with KMnO4
(a) Sulphide
(b) Sulphone
(c) Sulphoxide
(d) Thioacetals
Answer: b

17) Which of the following statement regarding organosulphur is false?

a. Thiols are more nucleophilic than alcohols.
b. Dialkyl sulphide can act as a nucleophile.
c. Thiols are more acidic than alcohols.
d. Thiols are good oxidizing agents.
Answer: d

MCQs for Carbohydrate

1) Which of the following Biomolecules simply refers to as “Staff of life”?
(a) Lipids
(b) Proteins
 (c) Vitamins
(d) Carbohydrates
Sol: (d) Carbohydrates.

2) Which of the following is the simplest form of carbohydrates?

(a) Carboxyl groups
(b) Aldehyde and Ketone groups
(c) Alcohol and Carboxyl groups
(d) Hydroxyl groups and Hydrogen groups
Sol: (b) Aldehyde and Ketone groups.

3) Which of the following monosaccharides is the majority found in the human body?
(a) D-type
(b) L-type
(c) LD-types
(d) None of the above
Sol: (a) D-type.

4) Which of the following is the most abundant biomolecule on the earth?

(a) Lipids
(b) Proteins
(c) Carbohydrates
(d) Nucleic acids.
Sol: (c) Carbohydrates.

5) Which of the following are the major functions of Carbohydrates?

(a) Storage
(b) Structural framework
(c) Transport Materials
(d) Both Storage and structural framework
Sol: (d) Both Storage and structural framework.

6) Which of the following is the general formula of Carbohydrates?

(a) (C4H2O)n
(b) (C6H2O)n
(c) (CH2O)n
(d) (C2H2O)n COOH
Sol: (c) (CH2O)n.
7) Which of the following is the smallest carbohydrate – triose?
(a) Ribose
(b) Glucose
(c) Glyceraldehyde
(d) Dihydroxyacetone
Sol: (c) Glyceraldehyde.

8) Which of the following is a reducing sugar?

(a) Dihydroxyacetone
(b) Erythrulose
(c) Glucose
(d) All of the above
Sol: (d) All of the above.

9) Which of the following is an example of Epimers?

(a) Glucose and Ribose
(b) Glucose and Galactose
(c) Galactose, Mannose and Glucose
(d) Glucose, Ribose and Mannose
Sol: (b) Glucose and Galactose

10) Which of the following has reducing properties?

(a) Mucic acid
(b) Glucaric acid
(c) Gluconic acid
(d) Glucuronic acid
Sol: (d) Glucuronic acid.

11) Molisch test is used for _________.

(a) Lipids
(b) Proteins
(c) Mucoproteins
(d) Flavoproteins
Sol: (c) Mucoproteins.

12) What is Turanose?

(a) 7-methyl sugar
(b) A deoxy sugars
 (c) Non reducing disaccharide
(d) Reducing disaccharides of glucose and fructose
Sol: (d) Reducing disaccharides of glucose and fructose

13) Which of the following does not have sulphuric acid groups?
(a) Heparin
(b) Kerato sulfate
(c) Hyaluronic acid
(d) Chondroitin sulfate
Sol: (c) Hyaluronic acid.

14) Digitonin is a _________.

(a) Lipid
(b) Protein
(c) Glycoside
(d) Alkaloid
Sol: (c) Glycoside.

15) Which of the following is the simplest carbohydrate?

(a) Gulose
(b) Glucose
(c) Dihydroxyacetone
(d) Glyceraldehyde
Sol: (d) Glyceraldehyde.

16) The complete name of this structure is

a) α-D-gulopyranose.
b) β-D-gulopyranose.
c) α-D-gulofuranose.
d) β-D-gulofuranose.
Sol: (b) β-D-gulopyranose
17) What characteristic is shared by D-gulose and D-glucose?
a) They both are non-reducing sugars.
 b) They both contain a glycosidic bond.
c) They both form pyranoses which are mirror images.
d) They both have two anomeric forms.
Sol: (d) They both have two anomeric forms.

18) When D-gulose is written in the open-chain form

a) four OH groups are on the right and one OH group is on the left.
b) three OH groups are on the right and one OH group is on the left.
c) three OH groups are on the right and two OH groups are on the left.
d) two OH groups are on the right and two OH groups are on the left.
Sol: (b) three OH groups are on the right and one OH group is on the left.

19) When D-gulose forms a ring structure,

a) a ketone and a hydroxyl group react to form a hemiketal.
b) the ring is unstable at neutral pH.
c) the ring contains four stereogenic centers.
d) an intramolecular reaction creates a glycosidic bond.
Sol: (b) the ring is unstable at neutral pH.

20) The anomeric forms of D-gulose

a) can mutarotate between two open-chain forms.
b) have different configurations around all the chiral carbons.
c) have different numbers of axial substituents.
d) will be present in equal amounts in an equilibrium solution of D-gulose.
Sol: (c) have different numbers of axial substituents.

21) When D-gulose is treated with Benedict’s reagent,

a) it will oxidized into an aldonic acid.
b) it will be reduced into an alditol.
c) it will be oxidized into an aldaric acid.
d) a new stereogenic center will be created.
Sol: (a) it will oxidized into an aldonic acid.

22) When comparing D-gulose and a D-ketohexose

a) both can interconvert between α and β forms.
b) both form ring structures that are planar.
 c) both form ring structures in which C-1 is anomeric.
d) both form ring structures with four OH groups directly attached to the
ring.
Sol: (a) both can interconvert between α and β forms.

23) If D-gulose is converted into a monosaccharide derivative,

a) it forms an amino sugar that has an overall negative charge.
b) it form a sugar phosphate that could have L-configuration.
c) it forms a glycoside that contains a carboxyl group.
d) it forms a deoxy sugar that could mutarotate.
Sol: (d) it forms a deoxy sugar that could mutarotate.