Ch.34 POC - Carboxylic Acids - Spot Exercise

IIT JEE Preparation Material


1. What is Tollen's reagent?
2. Does acetic acid give Tollen's reagent test?
3. What is distinguishing product in the reaction of formic acid with Tollen's reagent?
4. How do you distinguish formic acid and acetic acid using Mercuric chloride?
5. What is the molecular formula of acetone?
6. What is iodoform?
7. How do you distinguish acetic acid and aceton with the use of iodine?
8. How do you use sodium bicarbonate to distinguish acetic acid and acetone?
9. What is the effect of alcohol on blue litmus?
10. What is the effect of acetic acid on sodium bicarbonate?


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http://iit-jee-chemistry.blogspot.com/2008/02/ch34-practical-organic-chemistry.html

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http://www.chemhelper.com/introtest.html

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Websites for practice sets - Organic Chemistry

http://www.jce.divched.org/JCEDLib/QBank/collection/ConcepTests/topicsorg.html

http://pages.towson.edu/ladon/orgrxs/reactsum.htm

http://www.chemistry.ohio-state.edu/organic/flashcards/

IIT JEE 2008 Sample MCQs

1. Borax is :
(a) Sodium metaborate
(b) Sodium orthoborate
(c) Sodium tetraborate
(d) Sodium tetraborate decahydrate


2. The two compounds sulphato penta-ammine cobalt(III) bromide and sulphato penta-ammine cobalt(III) chloride are examples for:
(a) Linkage isomerism
(b) Ionisation isomerism
(c) Co-ordination isomerism
(d) No isomerism.

3. An alkene in reaction with hot acidified KMnO4 gives succinic acid. The alkene is
(a) 1-butene
(b) 2-butene
(c) 2-methylbutene
(d) cyclobutene

Application Questions Ch. 2 Gaseous, Liquid, and Solid States

1. to which of the following is Dalton's law of partial pressures not applicable?

a) H2 and He
b) NH3 and HCL
c) N2 and H2
d) N2 and O2

2. In silica (SiO2) each silicon atom is bonded to

a) two oxygen atoms
b) four oxygen atoms
c) one silicon and four oxygen atoms
d) octahedrally to six oxygen atoms

Application Questions Ch. 3 Atomic Structure

1. The quantum numbers of last electron in an atom are 4,0,0,1/2. the atomic number of the element would be:

a) 21
b) 20
c) 19,20,29,30
d) 19,20

Application Questions Ch. 4 Periodic Table

1. Which of the following pairs of elements have almost similar atomic radii?

a) Zr, Hf
b) Mo, W
c) Co, Ni
d) all of these