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Carbon and Its Compounds

Test your knowledge of carbon compounds including hydrocarbons, homologous series, isomers, and properties of organic compounds.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is not applicable to carbon compounds?

  1. They have low melting and boiling points.
  2. They are ionic in nature.
  3. They form homologous series.
  4. They are generally soluble in organic solvents.
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Two neighbours of homologous series differ by

  1. –CH
  2. –CH2
  3. –CH3
  4. –CH4
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The property of catenation is more marked in the case of

  1. silicon
  2. hydrogen
  3. oxygen
  4. carbon
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an unsaturated hydrocarbon?

  1. Acetylene
  2. Butane
  3. Propane
  4. Decane
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The property of catenation is more marked in the case of

  1. silicon
  2. hydrogen
  3. oxygen
  4. carbon
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

General formula of alkyne is

  1. CnH2n+2
  2. CnH2n
  3. CnH2n-2
  4. CnHn
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not an aliphatic hhydrocarbon?

  1. Ethene
  2. Ethane
  3. Propyne
  4. benzene
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which in NOT correct for isomers of a compountd?

  1. They differ in physical properties
  2. They differ in chemical properties
  3. They have same molecular formula
  4. They have same structural formula
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who prepared urea the first time by heating ammonium cynate?

  1. Wholer
  2. Lavosier
  3. Fuller
  4. Haber
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Major constituent of LPG is ____.

  1. Ethene
  2. Butane
  3. Propane
  4. Pentane
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following properties is not true regarding organic compounds.

  1. They are generally covalent compounds.
  2. Show isomerism.
  3. Compounds have high melting and boiling points.
  4. Generally insoluble in water.
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The property of catenation is more marked in the case of

  1. silicon
  2. hydrogen
  3. oxygen
  4. carbon
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The open chain aliphatic hydrocarbon with molecular formula C9H16 is _________.

  1. an alkane
  2. an alkene
  3. an alkyne
  4. acyclic
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The double bond between the two carbon atoms in the C2H4 molecule indicates

  1. Two pairs of mobile electrons
  2. Two pairs of shared electrons
  3. Two pairs of unpaired electrons
  4. Two pairs of lone electrons
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Alkenes and alkynes are _________.

  1. saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons
  2. unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons
  3. unsaturated aromatic hydrocarbons
  4. cyclic hydrocarbons
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