Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles & Techniques

1. The first organic compound synthesised in the laboratory was

(A) acetic acid (B) acetylene (C) methane (D) urea

2. The homologous pair among the following is

(A) CH3−OH and H3C−O−CH3 (B) CH3−OH and CH3−SH
(C) H3C−O−CH3 and CH3−CH2−OH (D) CH3−OH and CH3−CH2−OH

3. Methoxyethene belong to the family of

(A) an aldehyde (B) a ketone (C) an unsaturated ether (D) an ester

4. Among the following, the compound that is not carbocylic is

(A) cyclopentane (B) cyclohexene (C) thiophene (D) benzene

5. Among the following compounds, a non-benzenoid aromatic compound is

(A) tropolone (B) benzaldehyde (C) aniline (D) benzoic acid
H
H C N
6. The number of sigma () and pi() bonds in
H H
C N

(A) 7 and 14 (B) 14 and 7 (C) 7 and 7 (D) 14 and 14

7. The number of primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary carbon in the following molecule

respectively are
(A) 1, 2, 3, and 2 (B) 2, 4, 2, and 1 (C) 3, 4, 1, and 1 (D) 1, 1, 3 and 4

8. The IUPAC name of isopentyl group is

(A) 2-methylbutyl (B) 3-methylbutyl (C) 1, 1-dimethylethyl (D) 3, 3-dimethylpropyl

9. The IUPAC name of the following compound is

(A) 3-ethyl-2-methylheptane (B) 5-isopropyloctane

(C) 2-methyl-3-propylheptane (D) 4-(1-methylethyl)octane

10. The structure representing 2, 2, 3-trimethylhexane is

(A) CH3C(CH3)2CH2CH2CH(CH3)2 (B) CH3CH(CH3)CH2CH(CH3)CH2CH3
(C) CH3C(CH3)2CH(CH3)CH2CH2CH3 (D) CH3C(CH3)2C(CH3)2CH3

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11. The IUPAC name of CH3–CH2–CH(CH3)–CH2–CH(C2H5)–CH2–CH3 is

(A) 3-Methyl-5-ethylheptane (B) 3-Ethyl-5-methylheptane
(C) 3,5-diethylhexane (D) 3-Methyl-5-ethylhexane

12. The IUPAC name of CH3OC2H5 is

(A) methyl ethyl ether (B) ethyl methyl ether (C) methoxyethane (D) ethoxymethane
C3H7 C3H7
13. The IUPAC name of the compound C C is
CH3 CH3

(A) 4,5-dimethyloct-4-ene (B) 2,3-dipropylbut-2-ene

(C) 4-methyl-5-propylhex-4-ene (D) 2,3-dipropyl-2,3-dimethylethene

14. The IUPAC name of neohexyl alcohol is

(A) 1,1-dimethylbutan-1-ol (B) 3,3-dimethylbutan-1-ol
(C) 3,3-dimethylbutan-2-ol (D) 2,2-dimethylbutan-1-ol
OH
15. The IUPAC name of the compound is
CH3

(A) 4-methylcyclopent-1-en-2-ol (B) 5-methylcyclopent-2-en-l-ol

(C) 2-methylcyclopent-4-en-l-ol (D) 3-methylcyclopent-1-en-2-ol

16. The isomerism shown by the compounds CH3CCl2CH3 and CH3CHClCH2Cl is

(A) chain (B) functional (C) geometrical (D) position

17. The number of electrons possessed by the central ‘C’ atom of an alkyl free radical is
(A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 7 (D) 10

18. Carbanion is isostructural with

(A) free radical (B) carbonium ion (C) ammonia (D) carbene

19. Among the following an isomer of ethanol is

(A) methanol (B) acetone (C) diethylether (D) dimethyl ether

20. But-2-yne and buta-1,3-diene are

(A) chain isomers (B) position isomers
(C) functional isomers (D) tautomers

21. The compound of molecular formula C4H10O exhibits

(A) metamerism (B) functional isomerism
(C) position isomerism (D) all of (A), (B) and (C)

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22. In the carbanion, CH3C  C the orbital containing lone pair is

(A) sp3 (B) sp2 (C) sp (D) 2p

23. A nucleophilic reagent must necessarily have

(A) an overall positive charge (B) an overall negative charge
(C) an unpaired electron (D) a lone pair of electrons

24. Homolytic fission of C −C bond in ethane gives an intermediate in which the hybridisation of carbon is
(A) sp3 (B) sp2 (C) sp (D) sp3d

25. Inductive effect involves

(A) displacement of  electrons (B) delocalisation of  electrons
(C) delocalisation of  electrons (D) displacement of  electrons

26. Aniline is insoluble in water and possesses a vapour pressure of 10 − 15 mm of Hg at 373 K. It is

purified by
(A) sublimation (B) crystallization (C) steam distillation (D) simple distillation

27. Steam distillation is based on the fact that vaporization of organic liquids takes place at
(A) lower temperature than its boiling point
(B) higher temperature than its boiling point
(C) its boiling point
(D) water and organic liquid both undergo distillation

28. Duma’s method involves the determination of percentage of nitrogen in the organic compound in the
form of
(A) NH3 (B) N2 (C) NaCN (D) (NH4)2SO4

29. The percentage of S in an organic compound whose 0.32 g produces 0.233 g of BaSO4 is
(A) 1.0 (B) 10.0 (C) 23.5 (D) 32.1

30. 0.10 g of an organic compound containing phosphorus gave 0.222 g of Mg2P2O7. The percentage of P in
the compound is
(A) 62 (B) 6.2 (C) 31 (D) 13

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