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UNIT EXAMINATION
27- 08 - 2023 CHEMISTRY 151
LT24B/TP/JM/H/151/(OFF) Aldehydes and Ketones
Time: 1 hr Mark : 100

Section - I: Straight Objective Type (4, -1)

1. When acetone is heated with hydroxylamine, the compound formed is
1) Cyanohydrin 2) Oxime 3) Semicarbazone 4) Hydrazone
2. A mixture of benzaldehyde and formaldehyde on heating with aq. NaOH solution gives:
1) Benzyl alcohol and methyl alcohol 2) Sodium benzoate and methyl alcohol
3) Benzyl alcohol and sodium benzoate 4) Benzyl alcohol and sodium formate
3. A substance containing three carbon atoms gives white crystalline precipitate with sodium bisulphate solution
but does not give red precipiate with Fehling solution. A on treatment with NH2 - NH2 / C2H5ONa will
yield:
1) Propene 2) Propane 3) Cyclopropane 4) Propionic acid
4. Which of the following reagents enables the purification of benzaldehydes?
1) HCN 2) CH3MgBr 3) NH2OH 4) NaHSO3

5. C6H6 + CO + HClAn .AlCl

3  X + HCl. Compound X is

1)C6H5 CH3 2) C6H5CH2Cl 3) C6H5CHO 4) C6H5COOH

6. In Stephen’s reduction, which of the following group is converted to -CHO group?
1) -CH2OH 2) -COCl 3) -CN 4) - NC
7. Clemmensen’s reduction will convert cyclohexanone into:
1) cyclohexane 2) cyclohexanol 3) n - hexane 4) benzene
8. Aldehydes react with alcohols in presence of dry HCl to form dialkoxy compounds called:
1) bisulphite addition compounds 2) Acetals
3) oximes 4) hydrazones
9. Aldehydes and Ketones have lower boiling points than the corresponding alcohols because
1) They have weaker dipole-dipole attraction
2) They have weak Van der Waals forces
3) They cannot form hydrogen bonds with each other
4) All of the above
10. Acetylchloride and benzene react in presence of anhydrous AlCl3 to give

1) C6 H 5  CO  Cl 2) C6 H 5  Cl

3) C6 H 5  CO  CH3 4) C6 H5  CH 3
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11. Which of the following is least reactive aldehyde

1) HCHO 2) CH3CHO 3) C6H5CHO 4) C2H5CHO
12. An organic compound of molecular formula C3H6O did not give a silver mirror with Tollen’s reagent but
give an oxime with hydroxylamine. It may be

1) CH 2  CH  CH 2  OH 2) CH3 COCH 3

3) CH3 CH 2 CHO 4) CH 2  CH  OCH 3

CHO

50% KOH
13. Predict the product in the given reaction: 

Cl

CH2OH CH2COOK CH2OH COOK

1) + 2) +
Cl Cl OH OH

CH2OH COOK CH2OH CH2COOK

3) + 4) +
Cl Cl Cl OH

14. The order of reactioity of CH3CHO, CH3COC2H5 and CH3COCH3 is

1) CH3 CHO  CH3 COCH 3  CH 3COC 2 H 5

2) C 2 H5 COCH 3  CH 3COCH 3  CH3 CHO

3) CH3 COCH 3  CH 3 CHO  C 2 H 5 COCH3

4) CH3 COCH3  C 2 H5 COCH 3  CH3 CHO

15. Predict the product b in the sequence of reaction

30% H2SO4 NaOH

CH CH a b
HgSO4

1) CH3COONa
2) CH3COOH
3) CH3CHO

4) CH3 CH CH2 CHO

OH
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16. How many structural isomeric carbonyl compounds are possible for a compound with MF C5H10O?
1) 4 2) 5 3) 7 4) 6
17. The catalyst used in Rosenmund’s reduction is
1) HgSO4 2) Pd/BaSO4
3) Anhydrous AlCl3 4) Anhydrous ZnCl2
18. Less reactivity of ketone towards nucleophilic additions is due to
1) +I effect decrease positive charge on carbonyl carbon atom
2) Steric effect of two bulky alkyl groups
3) sp2 hybridised carbon atom of carbonyl group
4) Both (1) and (2)
19. The most appropriate reagent to distinguish between acetaldehyde and formaldehyde is
1) Fehling’s solution
2) Tollen’s reagent
3) Schiff’s reagent
4) Iodine in presence of base
20. Identify A in the following reaction

i) dil. NaOH
O  ii ) 
A

1)
OH

2)
O

3)
OH

4)
O O
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Section II - Integer answer type (4,-1)

[For each question enter the correct integer value. Rounded off to the nearest integer if the
answer is decimal. Eg: If the answer is 25.67, rounded off to 26. If the answer is 9.35, rounded
off to 9. If the answer is 0.75, rounded off to 1. If the answer is 0.45, rounded off to 0.

21. Total No. of isomeric product obtained when a mixture of acetaldehyde and acetone is treated with
hydroxylamine

22. How many functional isomers of formula C3H6O?

23. The number of aldehydes of molecular formula C5 H10O is

24. How many of the following will give positive haloform reaction

O OH

CH3 CH2 C CH3 CH3 CH2 CH CH3

O
O O CH3
C
CH C CH3
CH3C CH2 C OEt
CH3

CH3 C

25. Number of aldols formed when a mixture of ethanal and propanal treated with dil.NaOH will be ..........
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UNIT EXAMINATION
27- 08 - 2023 CHEMISTRY 151
LT24B/TP/JM/H/151/(OFF) Aldehydes and Ketones

1. 2 C = O + H2NOH C = NOH

2. 4 Cross Cannizaro reacton gives benzyl alcohol and sodium formate

NaOH
C6 H5 CHO  HCHO   C6 H5CH2 OH  HCOONa

CH3 CH3
C 2H5ONa
NH 2  NH 2 C = NNH2 CH2
3. 2 A is acetone, CH3COCH3 
CH 3 CH3

4. 4 Carbonyl compound form crystalline addition product with NaHSO3, which on treatment with
dilute acid or alkali regenerates the carbonyl compound.
5. 3 Gattermann K och reaction; C6H6 + CO + HCl Anhy.AlCl
 3  C 6 H 5 CHO  HCl

6. 3 R  C  N SnCl
 2 / HCl
 RCH  NH H
2 O/ H
 RCHO  NH 3

7. 1

8. 2

9. 3

10. 3
11. 3 Benzaldehyde having resonance stabalisation
12. 2
13. 3
14. 1
30% H2SO4 NaOH CH3 CH CH2 CHO
CH CH CH3CHO
15. 4 HgSO4 Aldol condensation
OH
16. 3
17. 2
18. 4 +I and steric effect decreases reactivity of carbonyl group
19. 4 Haloform reaction
20. 2
21. 3
22. 7
23. 4
O O

24. 4 CH3C CH2 C OEt will not give positive haloform reaction due to presence of active
methylene group
25. 4