1.

Ethylene is a member of .......series (a) Alkyne (b) Olefin (c) Paraffin (d) Amine

[BHU 1979]

2.

General formula of alkenes is

(a)

[CPMT 1975, MNR 1987; NCERT 1987; MP PMT 1994] (b)

Cn H 2n

Cn H2n 2

(c)

C n H 2n 2

(d)

C n H 2n 1
[CPMT 1981]

3.

When petroleum is heated the vapours contain mainly (a) Kerosene (b) Petroleum ether (c) Diesel (d) Machine oil

4.

Which is represented by the formula C n H 2n 2 (a) Alkane (b) Alkyne (c) Alkene

[CPMT 1975, 76; EAMCET 1979; MP PET 2003]

(d) None of the above

[MP PMT 1989; BHU 1996]

5.

In alkanes, the bond angle is (a) 109.5 (b) 109 (c) 120

(d) 180

6.

Main constituent of marsh gas is (a) C2 H 2 (b) CH 4 (c)

H 2S

(d) CO

7.

The shapes of methane, ethene and ethyne molecules are, respectively (a) Tetrahedral, planar and linear (c) Pyramidal, planar and linear (b) Tetrahedral, linear and planar (d) Tetrahedral, pyramidal and planar

8.

How many primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary carbons are present in the following hydrocarbon

CH 3 CH (CH 3 ) C(CH 3 )2 CH 2 CH (CH 3 ) CH 2 CH 3

Primary (a) (b) (c) (d) 9. 6 2 2 2 Secondary 2 6 4 2 Tertiary 2 3 3 4 Quaternary 1 0 2 3
[JIPMER 2000]

In the case homologous series of alkanes, which one of the following statements is incorrect (a) The members of the series are isomers of each other (b) The members of the series have similar chemical properties (c) The members of the series have the general formula Cn H 2n 2 , where n is an integer

(d) The difference between any two successive members of the series corresponds to 14 unit of relative atomic mass

10. Which one is the wrong statement? (A) saturated hydrocarbons are called alkenes (B) open chain compounds are called aliphatic (C) unsaturated hydrocarbons contain double or triple bond (bonds) between carbon atoms (D) aromatic compounds posses a characteristic aroma

11. Which is the correct statement? 1

(A) the prefix are written before the name of the compound (B) the suffix are written after the name of the compound (C) the IUPAC name of a compound is always written as one word (D) all the above are correct 12. Which of the following statement is wrong? (A) the IUPAC name of alkenes ends with suffix ene (B) the IUPAC name of alkynes ends with suffix yne (C) the substituents gets lower number in comparison to functional group (D) the IUPAC name of acid amides is alkanamide 13 The correct decreasing order of preference of functional groups during the IUPAC nomenclature of poly functional compounds is (A) COOH, CHO, OH, NH2 (C) COOH, OH, NH2, CHO (B) NH2, OH, CHO, COOH (D) COOH, NH2, CHO, OH

14. In which of the following compounds the carbon atom chain has been correctly numbered 7 3 2 1 6 5 4 (A)

H3C

CH

CH

CH C2 H 5

CH 2 CH3 CH3

CH 2

CH3

1
(B)

H3C

2 CH 2

3 C 4 H2 C

5
(C)

H3C

4 CH 2

3 CH H2 C

CH 5 CH3 2 C

1 CH CH3

CH 2

CH 3

(D)

H3C 5

C CH 4 3 CH 3

CH 2

CHO 1

15. IUPAC name of CH3 CHO is: (A) Acetaldehyde (C) Methyl aldehyde (B) Ethanal (D) Formalin