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Methanol is a:

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  1. yellow coloured liquid

  2. brown coloured liquid

  3. colourless liquid

  4. blue coloured liquid

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Methanol is a light, volatile, colorless, flammable liquid with a distinctive odor very similar to that of ethanol (drinking alcohol).

Which of the following does NOT involve application of Methanol?

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  1. As a solvent

  2. As an anti-freeze in pipelines

  3. In consumable liquor

  4. In Windshield washer fluid

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Methanol is toxic in nature and very unfit for drinking purposes.Its consumption can lead to early blindness and further causing death.

Methanol is called as Marine Methanol beacuse:

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  1. it is an essential compound for marine life

  2. it is mostly obtained from deep sea bed

  3. it is used as a marine fuel

  4. it serves as a signal indicator for big ships on burning

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Currently, methanol is being developed and utilized as a marine fuel. Interest in methanol as a ship fuel is growing in response to international regulatory changes and cost advantages relative to other fuels. Methanol is an alternative which is sulphur free, has low emissions; perhaps three to four times cheaper than marine distillate fuel; and has a higher score on the International Martine Organization (IMO) energy efficiency design index (EEDI)than LNG or diesel. Globally, Methanol is already in widespread production (~70 million tons per annum) for a multitude of chemical and energy applications, and is one of the world’s most widely shipped chemicals.

The other name for Syngas is:

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  1. Producer gas

  2. Water gas

  3. Tear gas

  4. Fuel gas

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Syngas is also called as water gas which is a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen.

Trivial name of methanol is _________ .

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  1. wood spirit

  2. methyl alcohol

  3. wood alcohol

  4. all of the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Methanol is known as methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, wood naphtha or wood spirit because it was once produced as a byproduct of the destructive distillation of wood.

From methyl alcohol we get:

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  1. bakelite, a hard plastic

  2. the rubber neoprene

  3. the plastic perspex

  4. sponge rubber

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Solution:- (A) bakelite, a hard plastic.

Explanation:-
Methyl alcohol on reaction with formaldehyde at room temperature and pressure gives bakelite.

The compound (s) used as an antifreeze in radiators of automobiles is/are?

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  1. methyl alcohol

  2. ethyl alcohol

  3. ethyl alcohol + water

  4. methyl alcohol + water

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Correct Option: C,D
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Anitfreeze agents work to prevent the vehicle from overheating in summers and freezing in winters. The anifreeze agents used are ;ethyl alcohol + water and methyl alcohol + water.

Identify the correct sequence of given steps for the conversion of calcium carbide to methyl alcohol.
(a) Reaction with aqueous $KOH$
(b) Hydrolysis
(c) Reaction with soda lime
(d) Reaction with $Ha{SO} _{4}/{H} _{2}{SO} _{4}$
(e) Reaction with $Hg{SO} _{4}$
(f) Reaction with $P{Cl} _{5}$

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  1. $b\ d\ e\ c\ f\ a$

  2. $b\ d\ c\ a\ f\ e$

  3. $b\ f\ d\ e\ a\ c$

  4. $d\ b\ c\ e\ f \ a$

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Steps for the conversion of calcium carbide to methyl alcohol:
(b) Hydrolysis
(d) Reaction with $Ha{SO} _{4}/{H} _{2}{SO} _{4}$
(e) Reaction with $Hg{SO} _{4}$
(c) Reaction with soda lime
(f) Reaction with $P{Cl} _{5}$
(a) Reaction with aqueous $KOH$
$CaC _2 + 2 H _2O\rightarrow C _2H _2 + Ca(OH) _2 \Rightarrow C _2H _2  + H _2SO _4/ HgSO _4 \rightarrow CH _3CHO
 \Rightarrow CH _3CHO + H _2SO _4\rightarrow CH _3COOH \Rightarrow CH _3COOH + NaOH + CaO \rightarrow CH _3COONa
 \Rightarrow CH _3COONa + PCl _5 \rightarrow CH _3Cl\Rightarrow CH _3Cl + KOH \rightarrow CH _3OH$

Reagent used for the industrial preparation of methanol from $CO$ and $H _2$ is:

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  1. mixture of $ZnO+CuO$

  2. mixture of $CuO+Cr _2O _3$

  3. mixture of $Zn _O+CaO$

  4. mixture of $ZnO+Cr _2O _3$

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Correct Option: A

Under suitable condition temperature,pressure and catalyst,methanol can be obtain by:

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  1. partial oxidation of hydrocarbons

  2. reacting $H _2$ with $CO$

  3. reacting $H _2$ with $CO _2$

  4. All the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Partial oxidation of hydrocarbons produces methanol.

$CO + 2H _2O \longrightarrow CH _3OH$
$CO _2 + H _2O \longrightarrow CH _3OH + H _2O$
All the three processes produces mathanol.