The IUPAC name of the compound C4H2 is

A) Buta-1,3-diyne
B) Buta-1,3-diene
C) Buta-1,2-diyne
D) Buta- 1,2-diene
ANSWER: A
Carl Wilhelm Scheele isolated acidic components from grapes by forming
precipitates with calcium or lead salts and called it …… acid
A) Tartaric
B) Citrus
C) Citric
D) Lemonic
ANSWER: A
Alkanes are generally prepared by -------------- reaction
A) Chemical
B) Citrus
C) Wurtz
D) Wohler
ANSWER: C
Methane is the first member of alkanes and is prepared by a reaction of sodium
acetate with sodium hydroxide in a reaction known as ---------------
A) Fusion
B) Combustion
C) Oxidation
D) Hydrogenation
ANSWER: A
Alkanes are non-polar and are generally soluble in non-polar solvents such as-----
--
A) Carbontetrachloride
B) Sodium hydroxide
C) Water
D) None of the above
ANSWER: A
The first four members of alkanes are --------------
A) Waxes
B) Liquids
C) Gases
D) Paraffin
ANSWER: C
An organic compound that has the general formula of CnH2n+2 is a
A) Alkyne
B) Alkane
C) Arene
D) Alkene
ANSWER: B
Inorganic ionic compounds are said to be
A) Hydrophobic
B) Lipophilic
C) Hydrophilic
D) None of the above
ANSWER: C
According to the extraction principle, which of these methods is NOT
appropriate?
A) Distillation
B) Sublimation
C) Solvent extraction
D) Evaporation
ANSWER: D
Which of the following properties will NOT affect the efficacy of the extraction
of natural products?
A) properties of the extraction solvent
B) temperature must be too high
C) solvent-to-solid ratio
D) particle size of the raw materials
ANSWER: B
In the selection of solvent for solvent extraction, which of the following is NOT
crucial?
A) Selectivity
B) Extraction duration
C) Cost effective
D) Solubility
ANSWER: B
The first member of the alkyne group is……….?
A) Methyne
B) Decyne
C) Ethyne
ANSWER: C
The increasing order of extractants used in solvent extraction is
A) ethyl acetate < ethanol < acetone < methanol
B) ethyl acetate < ethanol < acetone < methanol
C) ethyl acetate > acetone > ethanol > methanol
D) ethanol< ethyl acetate < acetone < methanol
ANSWER: C
The test that can be utilized to determine unsaturation in an organic compound is
A) Bromine test
B) Ester test
C) Acetyl chloride test
D) Sodium metal test
ANSWER: A
The alcoholic group in an organic compound can be detected by the following
tests with the exception of
A) Acetyl chloride test
B) Ester test
C) Baeyer’s test
D) Sodium metal test
ANSWER: C
Which of these tests cannot be used to detect phenolic group in an organic
compound?
A) Liebermann’s test
B) Litmus test
C) Ferric chloride test
D) Iodoform test
ANSWER: D
The 2,4-dinitrophenyl hydrazine test on an organic compound is used to detect the
presence of
A) Unsaturation
B) Carbonyl group
C) Phenolic group
D) Alcoholic group
ANSWER: B
Which test can be used to distinguish ketones from aldehydes?
A) Schiff’s test
B) Tollen’s test
C) m-dinitrobenzene test
D) Fehling’s test
ANSWER: C
Nonsuperimposable mirror images are ______ of one another.
A) Dextroisomers
B) Stereoisomers
C) Enantiomers
D) Levoisomers
ANSWER: C
A molecule having a carbon attached to two similar groups is known as ____
molecule.
A) Acyclic
B) Chiral
C) Cyclic
D) Achiral
ANSWER: D
Which of the following is NOT a chiral molecule?
A) CH3CHFCH2CH3
B) CH3CH(Br)CH3
C) CH3CF(Br)CH2CH3
D) CH3CH(Br)(CH2)2CH3
ANSWER: B
Which of the following chloroalkanes is an achiral molecule?
A) CH3CH(Cl)CH2CH3
B) CH3CF(Cl)CH2CH3
C) CH3CH(Cl)CH3
D) CH3CH(Cl)(CH2)2CH3
ANSWER: C
Ethane is a -----------
A) Colourless liquid
B) Colourless gas
C) Colourless Solid
D) Yellowish gas
ANSWER: B
The degree to which a substance rotates the plane of polarized light is called
A) Optical rotation
B) Optical reactivity
C) Optical configuration
D) Optical activity
ANSWER: D
A molecule that can be superimposed on its mirror image is called _____
molecule.
A) Chiral
B) Cyclic
C) Achiral
D) Acyclic
ANSWER: C
Isomers that have the same constitution but differ in the spatial arrangement of
their atoms are called
A) Dextroisomers
B) Levoisomers
C) Enantiomers
D) Stereoisomers
ANSWER: D
A molecule that cannot be superimposed on its mirror image is called _____
molecule.
A) Cyclic
B) Chiral
C) Acyclic
D) Achiral
ANSWER: B
The chemistry of molecules in three dimensions is known as
A) Organic chemistry
B) Stereochemistry
C) Isomeric chemistry
D) Inorganic chemistry
ANSWER: B
The rotation of the plane of polarized light in the anticlockwise sense is called
A) Racemicrotatory
B) Opticarotatory
C) Dextrorotatory
D) Levorotatory
ANSWER: D
A substance containing 50 and 50 % of enantiomers is said to be a
A) Racemic mixture
B) Chiral mixture
C) Stereo mixture
D) Enantio mixture
ANSWER: A
The dextrorotatory enantiomer of 2-pentanol is represented as
A) (±)-2-pentanol
B) (-)-2-pentanol
C) (+)-2-pentanol
D) l-2-pentanol
ANSWER: C
A substance containing 66 and 34 % of enantiomers is said to be a
A) Chiral mixture
B) Stereo mixture
C) Enantio mixture
D) Racemic mixture
ANSWER: A
Calculate the percentage optical purity of a substance containing 76 and 24 %
ofenantiomers.
A) 16%
B) 32%
C) 52%
D) 64%
ANSWER: C
The group of organic compounds that has the general formula of Cn H2n-2 is an
A) Alkyne
B) Alkane
C) Alkene
D) Alcohol
ANSWER: C
Stereoisomers that are not mirror images are classified as
A) Monostereomers
B) Tristereomers
C) Diastereomers
D) Tetrastereomers
ANSWER: C
A racemic mixture is said to be
A) Optically inactive
B) Electrically inactive
C) Optically active
D) Electrically active
ANSWER: A
A mixture of substance that contains equal quantities of enantiomers is called
A) Stereo mixture
B) Racemic mixture
C) Enantio mixture
D) Chiral mixture
ANSWER: B
A chiral substance that has one enantiomer in excess of the other, is said to be
A) Optically active
B) Optically inactive
C) Electrically active
D) Electrically inactive
ANSWER: A
_____ have equal and opposite optical rotation.
A) Stereoisomers
B) Enantiomers
C) Dextroisomers
D) Levoisomers
ANSWER: B
The chirality center in this molecule, CH3CF(Cl)CH2CH3, is
A) C-1
B) C-2
C) C-3
D) C-4
ANSWER: B
A carbon atom in a molecule that bears four different atoms or groups is called
____ center.
A) Cyclicity
B) Acyclicity
C) Achirality
D) Chirality
ANSWER: D
A molecule having a carbon attached to four different groups is known as ____
molecule.
A) Achiral
B) Acyclic
C) Chiral
D) Cyclic
ANSWER: C
The following tests are necessary for identifying the functional groups in organic
compounds with the exception of
A) Halogen group
B) Alcoholic group
C) Amino group
D) Carbonyl group
ANSWER: A
Which of the following is NOT an example of entrainers in azeotropic
distillation?
A) Benzene
B) Methanol
C) Isooctane
D) Diethyl ether
ANSWER: B
The difference between the tyrian purple and indigo is 2 ………. atoms.
A) Bromine
B) Chlorine
C) Fluorine
D) Iodine
ANSWER: A
The third component added to the mixture of compounds to be purified in
azeotropic distillation is called
A) Endemic
B) Entrainer
C) Entangler
D) Entrapper
ANSWER: B
Which of these purification methods is employed in sugarcane industry?
A) Sublimation
B) Fractional distillation
C) Azeotropic distillation
D) Distillation under reduced pressure
ANSWER: D
Which of these methods can be used to separate a mixture of two or more
miscible liquids?
A) Sublimation
B) Fractional distillation
C) Simple crystallization
D) Simple distillation
ANSWER: B
Which of the following compounds CANNOT be purified by sublimation?
A) Anthracene
B) Benzoic acid
C) Mixture of benzoic acid and Naphthalene
D) Camphor
ANSWER: C
Which of these chromatographic methods can be used to purify the components
isolated from natural products?
A) TLC
B) HPLC
C) PTLC
D) GCMS
ANSWER: C
The common extractants used in solvent extraction are arranged according to the
increase in their
A) Solubilities
B) Selectivity
C) Efficacies
D) Polarities
ANSWER: D
Those components of extract that can easily be destroyed by heat, are regarded as
A) Thermostatic
B) Thermostable
C) Thermolabile
D) Thermodynamic
ANSWER: C
Which of these stages does NOT facilitate the extraction of natural products?
A) solvent penetrates into the solid matrix
B) solute is diffused into the solid matrix
C) solute dissolves in the solvent
D) extracted solutes are collected
ANSWER: C
Neutral organic compounds are said to be
A) Hydrophobic
B) Hydrophilic
C) Lipophobic
D) None of the above
ANSWER: A
The process of separating organic materials from inorganic ionic or organic ionic
compounds in an aqueous solution is called
A) Extraction
B) Isolation
C) Purification
D) Distillation
ANSWER: B
Tomato stem and Belladona plant contain a deadly poison known as ……?
A) Morphine
B) Phosphine
C) Atropine
D) Tropine
ANSWER: C
The group of aromatic organic compounds that has the general formula of Cn H2n
is a
A) Alkyne
B) Alkane
C) Cycloalkane
D) Alcohol
ANSWER: C
The IUPAC name of this compound CH3CH2CH(CH2CH3)CH2(CH3)C=CH2 is
A) 4-ethyl-2-methylhex-1-ene
B) 2-methyl-4-ethylhex-1-ene
C) 4-ethyl-5-methylhex-6-ene
D) 5-ethyl-4-methylhex-6-ene
ANSWER: A
The IUPAC name of this compound CH3CH2CH=C(CH3)CH2F is
A) 1-fluoro-2-methylpent-2-ene
B) 5-fluoro-4-methylpent-3-ene
C) 5-fluoro-2-methylpent-2-ene
D) 1-fluoro-2-methylpent-3-ene
ANSWER: A
The IUPAC name of this compound CH3CH2CH2C(C2H5)2CH(CH3)CH3 is
A) 4,4-diethyl-5-methylhexane
B) 3,3-diethyl-2-methylhexane
C) 2,2-diethyl-5-methylhexane
D) 1,1-diethyl-2-methylhexane
ANSWER: B
The IUPAC name of this compound CH3CH=CHCH2(CH3)C=CH2 is
A) 5-methylhexa-3,5-diene
B) hexadiene
C) 5-hexa -1,4- diene
D) 2-methylhexa-1,4-diene
ANSWER: D
The IUPAC name of this compound CH3CH(CH3)C≡CCH2C≡CH is
A) 6-methylhepta-1,4-diyne
B) 2-methylhepta-3,6-diyne
C) 6-methylheptyne
D) heptadiyne
ANSWER: A
The end product of this reaction CH2= CH2 + Br2 → CH2BrCH2Br is named --
?
A) Diethylbromine
B) Dibromoethane
C) 2,4-dibromoethane
D) 1,2-Dibromoethane
ANSWER: D
Morphine an analgesic (pain killer) discovered by a Greek god called------------
A) Morphy
B) Amorpheus
C) Morpheus
D) None of the above
ANSWER: C
The organic compound responsible for the spicy taste of ginger is called
A) Zingiberene
B) Ginger Spice
C) Zingiginger
D) Spicy ginger
ANSWER: A
The first member of the alkene group is……….?
A) Methene
B) Ethene
C) Ethyne
D) Ethane
ANSWER: B
Friedrich Wohler synthesized an organic compound known as …….. from
ammonium cyanate an inorganic compound
A) Urine
B) Uric acid
C) Urea
D) None of the above
ANSWER: C
 What type of reaction of alkane does this equation: C3H8 + 5O2 → 3CO2 +
4H2O + Heat represent?
A) Oxidation
B) Carbonation
C) Combustion
D) Reduction
ANSWER: C
Berzillus, a Swedish chemist proposed that a ------- force was responsible for the
formation of organic compounds
A) Vita
B) Vital
C) Vittal
D) All the above
ANSWER: B
……..alcohol has been produced by fermentation of grains and fruits, and
consumed for thousands of years in various forms.
A) Ethyl
B) Methyl
C) Propyl
D) All the above
ANSWER: A

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