PRACTICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

1. Sulphur present in an organic compound is detected by treating the ‘sodium extract’ with
(A) potassium ferricyanide (B) potassium ferrocyanide
(C) sodium nitroprusside (D) ammonium thiocyanate

2. Which of the following nitrogenous compounds does not give blue colour in the usual Lassaigne’s test
for the detection of nitrogen?
(A) Glycine (B) Urea
(C) Aniline (D) Hydrazine

3. For the detection of sulphur in an organic compound, sodium nitroprusside is added to the sodium
extract of the compound. If sulphur is present, an intense pink to purple colour is obtained due to the
formation of
(A) Fe(CN)2 (B) K3[Fe(CN)5NS]
(C) Na4[Fe(CN)5NOS] (D) Na4[Fe(CN)6]

4. Lassaigne’s test is performed to detect the presence of the elements N, S, X & P in an organic
compound. In this test the organic substance is at first fused with
(A) NaCl (B) metallic sodium
(C) metallic copper (D) NaOH

5. In Lassaigne’s test, the sulphur present in the organic compound, on fusion with sodium, is converted
into
(A) Na2S (B) C4H4S
(C) Na2S2O3 (D) CH3SH

6. Halogens present in organic compounds may be detected by heating the compound on a copper foil
in a bunsen nonluminous flame whereby it imparts green colour to the flame. This test is known as
(A) Marsh’s test (B) Lassaigne’s test
(C) Gutzeit test (D) Beilstein test

7. The sodium extract prepared from sulphanilic acid, contains SCN–. It gives blood-red colouration with
(A) FeCl3 (B) Na2CS3
(C) FeSO4 (D) a mixture of Na2S & CS2

8. When a nitrogenous organic compound is fussed with sodium, the nitrogen present in the compound
is converted into
(A) sodium nitrate (B) sodium nitrite
(C) sodamide (D) sodium cyanide

9. Benzoic acid can be separated from a mixture of phenol and benzoic acid by treatment with
(A) NaHCO3 solution (B) NaOH solution
(C) Na2S2O3 solution (D) FeCl3 solution

10. KOH can be used as drying agent for

(A) amines (B) acids
(C) phenols (D) esters

11. Silver salt method is used for the determination of molecular weight of
(A) organic bases (B) organic acids
(C) aliphatic amines (D) esters
12. The molecular weight of aniline is determined by
(A) converting it into its chloroplatinate salt and then setimating platinum obtained by ignition of the
salt
(B) converting it into its acetate
(C) making aniline into its tribromo derivative
(D) all of these
13. An organic compound has carbon and hydrogen percentages in the ratio 6 : 1 and carbon oxygen
percentages in the ratio 3 : 4. The compound has the empirical formula
(A) CH2O (B) CH4O
(C) C2H6O (D) CHO2

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14. 0.0833 mole of a carbohydrate of empirical formula CH2O contains 1.00 g of hydrogen. The molecular
formula of the carbohydrate is
(A) C5H10O5 (B) C3H4O3
(C) C12H22O11 (D) C6H12O6

15. Which of the following aliphatic aldehydes on heating with concentrated NaOH solution gives an
yellow resinous precipitate?
(A) CH3CHO (B) CCl3.CHO.H2O/CCl3CH(OH)2
(C) HCHO (D) All of these

16. Which of the following compounds will give chloroform on warming with NaOH solution?
(A) CCl3CH(OH)2 (B) HCHO
(C) CH3CONH2 (D) C6H5NHCOCH3

17. Which of the following organic compounds will not yield CO2 when treated with Na2CO3 solution?
(A) Benzoic acid (B) Phenol
(C) Sulphanilic acid (D) Orthonitrophenol

18. HCHO and CH3CHO can be distinguished from each other by the use of
(A) Fehling’s solution (B) ammoniacal silver nitrate solution
(C) evaporation by heating (D) alkaline KMnO4 solution

19. Orthonitrophenol can be separated from paranitrophenol by

(A) Chromatography (B) Solvent extraction
(C) Steam distillation (D) Sublimation

20. Aniline can be separated from phenol using

(A) NaHCO3 (B) dilute HCl
(C) NaCl (D) conc. HNO3

21. Acetaldehyde and acetone can be distinguished by

(A) iodine test (B) nitroprusside test
(C) Fehling’s solution test (D) NaHSO3 test

22. Which of the following compounds will not give iodoform test?
(A) CH3COCH3 (B) CH3CO.C6H5
(C) CH3CH2COCH2CH3 (D) CH3CH2OH

23. Methanol and ethanol can be distinguished by

(A) iodoform reaction (B) esterification
(C) oxidation with acidified K2Cr2O7 solution (D) acrolein test

24. Which of the following observations is correct and is useful in identifying carboxylic acids?
(A) Carboxylic acids liberate CO2 gas from NaHCO3 solution
(B) They produce fruity smell of esters when heated with alcohol in presence of concentrated H2SO4
(C) Acids liberate I2 from a mixture of KIO3 and KI
(D) All of these

25. Which of the following carboxylic acids will give “silver-mirror test”?
(A) CH3CO2H (B) H.CO2H
(C) (COOH)2 (D) CH3CO.CO2H

26. Which of the following compounds will give orange-yellow precipitate with 2, 4-dinitrophenylhydrazine
reagents?
(A) CH3CH2.CO2H (B) CH3COOC2H5
(C) CH3COCH3 (D) C6H5OH

27. Which of the following organic compounds will give foul odour of isocyanide on heating with
chloroform and alcoholic KOH?
(A) para-toluidine (B) Glycine
(C) Anthranilic acid (D) Sulphanilic acid

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28. An organic compound is treated with NaNO 2 and dilutes HCl at 0oC and then the resulting solution is
added to an alkaline solution of -naphthol whereby a brilliant red dye is produced. This observation
indicates that the compound possesses.
(A) –NO2 group (B) –CONH2 group
(C) aromatic –NH2 group (D) aliphatic –NH2 group

29. Which of the following aromatic amines will undergo Libermann’s reaction?
(A) C6H5NHCH3 (B) C6H5N(CH3)2
(C) (C2H5)3N (D) C5H5N

30. Nitrobenzene on heating with a mixture of conc. HNO3 and conc. H2SO4 at 100oC produces
(A) p-dinitrobenzene (B) m-dinitrobenzene
(C) o-dinitrobenzene (D) benzene sulphonic acid

31. In Lassaigne’s test, the organic compound is at first fused with sodium metal. The sodium metal is
used because
(A) the melting point of sodium is low so it is easily fused with organic substances
(B) sodium is very much effective to bring about destructive reductions of organic compounds forming
ionic salts NaCN, Na2S and NaX
(C) all sodium salts are soluble in water
(D) none of these

32. Which of the following reactions occur during the detection of nitrogen in organic substances by
Lassaigne’s test?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D) All of these

33. Which of the following compounds will respond to iodoform test?

(A) CH3CHOHCO2H (B) CH3CHOHCH3
(C) CH3COCO2H (D) None of these

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