CBSE 10 | Chapterwise 20 PYQS- Least to the Most

SUBJECT: Chemistry
CLASS: X

CHAPTER: Carbon and Its compounds

No. of PYQs:20
Sl No QUESTIONS MARK

1 Why are detergents preferred over soaps for washing clothes in

hard water? Explain. [CBSE 2015,2014]

2 Why is hydrogenation? What is its industrial application?

[CBSE 2015,2014]

3 Why do covalent compounds have low melting and boiling

points? [CBSE 2020,2021]

4 Explain the reasons why carbon can neither form C4+ cation nor
C4- anion but forms covalent compounds which are bad
conductors of electricity and have low melting and boiling
points. [CBSE 2017,2021]

5 List in tabular form how covalent compounds differ from ionic

compounds. [CBSE 2016,2017]

6 List four characteristics of homologous series. [CBSE

2019,2014]

7 A compound X on heating with excess of cone. H2SO4 at 443 K

gives an unsaturated compound Y. X also reacts with sodium
metal to evolve a colorless gas Z. Identify X, Y and Z. Write the
equations of the chemical reaction of formation of Y and also
write the role of conc. sulphuric acid in the reaction. [CBSE
2016,2018]

8 What happens when ethyl alcohol and acetic acid react with
each other in the presence of cone. H2SO4? [CBSE 2015,2013,]

9 Select alkenes and alkynes from the following: C2H4 , C3H4 ,

C2H2 , C4H8 [CBSE 2015,2014]

10 Write the number of covalent bonds in the molecule of ethane

[CBSE 2015,2016]

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 11 What will you observe on adding a 5% alkaline KMnO4 solution
drop by drop to some warm ethanol taken in a test tube? Write
the name of the compound formed during the above chemical
reaction.. [CBSE 2013,2020]

12 What will you observe on adding a 5% alkaline KMnO4 solution

drop by drop to some warm ethanol taken in a test tube? Write
the name of the compound formed during the above chemical
reaction. [CBSE 2013,2020]

13 Give reason for the formation of scum when soaps are used
with hard water. [CBSE 2016, CBSE 2013]

14 Write the chemical equation to show what happen when

methane is treated with chlorine in the presence of sunlight ?
[CBSE 2015,2014,]

15 Complete the following chemical equations :

(i) CH3COOC2H5 + NaOH →
(ii) CH3COOH + NaOH → [CBSE 2017,2013]

16. Write one chemical equation to represent each of the following

types of reactions of organic substances:
(i) Esterification
(ii) Saponification [CBSE 2017,2023]

17 What happens when ethanol is burnt in air? [CBSE 2015,2017]

18 Write the molecular formula of benzene and draw its structure.

[CBSE 2017,2021,2023]

19 Write the molecular formula of ethene and draw its electron dot
structure: Ethene. [CBSE 2015,2021,2109]

20 What is meant by a homologous series of carbon compounds?

Write the general formula of (i) alkenes, and (ii) alkynes.
[CBSE 2015,2014,2016,2019]

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