Chemistry

Chemical Reactions and Equations

674 Questions

Chemical reactions and equations form a foundational chemistry topic where students identify reaction products, balance chemical formulas, and classify reaction types. It covers critical mechanisms like Markovnikov's rule, precipitation, and endothermic or exothermic processes. These questions are highly common in general science sections of state and central government competitive exams.

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Chemical Reactions and Equations Questions

Multiple choice

Primary amine acts as

  1. electrophile

  2. Lewis base

  3. Lewis acid

  4. free radical

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Primary amines have a lone pair of electrons on the nitrogen atom, which they can donate to electron-deficient species (Lewis acids). This makes them Lewis bases. R-NH2 acts as a nucleophile in most reactions and can coordinate to metal ions or accept protons.

Multiple choice

Electrophile used in the nitration of Benzene is

  1. hydronium ion.

  2. sulphonic acid.

  3. nitronium ion.

  4. bromide ion.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Nitration of benzene requires the nitronium ion (NO2+) as the electrophile. This species is generated in situ by the reaction of concentrated nitric acid with concentrated sulfuric acid, which acts as a dehydrating agent. The nitronium ion attacks the electron-rich benzene ring in an electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is not a chemical reaction?

  1. Burning of paper

  2. Digestion of food

  3. Conversion of water into steam

  4. Burning of coal
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Conversion of water to steam (evaporation/boiling) is a physical change - only the state of matter changes from liquid to gas, not the chemical composition. The other options (burning paper, digestion, burning coal) all involve chemical reactions forming new substances.

Multiple choice

Which of the following compounds is used as a reagent in the Gabriel synthesis of amines?

  1. Potassium cyanide

  2. Potassium chloride

  3. Potassium cobaltinitrite

  4. Potassium dithionite
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Potassium phthalimide is a chemical compound of formula C8H4KNO2. If desired, it may be prepared by adding a hot solution of phthalimide to a solution of potassium hydroxide. This compound is a reagent used in the Gabriel synthesis of amines.

Multiple choice

Al4C3 reacts with water to form

  1. Al(OH)3+C2H6

  2. Al2O3+C2H6

  3. Al(OH)3+CH4

  4. Al2O3+CH4

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

 Al4C3  reacts with H2O to form aluminum hydroxide and methane.

Multiple choice

Carbowax is prepared by which of the following methods?

  1. When para-nitroso N-N dimethylaniline is decomposed by caustic soda.

  2. When dimethylene amine hydrochloride reacts with NaOH.

  3. When thermal decomposition of hexamethyl ammonium hydroxide takes place.

  4. When dimethyl amine reacts with nitrous acid.

  5. When the ethylene oxide is polymerised.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

This option is correct because when ethylene oxide are polymerised it gives polyethyleneglycol, which is known as carbowax.

Multiple choice

What is Skraup synthesis known for?

  1. Synthesis of quinoline

  2. Synthesis of quinaldine

  3. Synthesis of isoquinoline

  4. Synthesis of indole

  5. Both (2) and (3)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

This option is correct.