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Methanol is now prepared from:

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  1. water gas

  2. sugar through fermentation

  3. wood

  4. both $A$ and $B$

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
On an industrial scale, methanol is predominantly produced from natural gas by reforming the gas with steam and then converting and distilling the resulting synthesized gas mixture to create pure methanol. The result is a clear, liquid, organic chemical that is water-soluble and readily biodegradable.
Some methanol can be produced during fermentation, but this is not derived from the ethanol or by carbohydrate oxidation. It is produced in small amounts, either by non-enzymatic reactions or through the reduction of formaldehyde.

What is the common name of methyl alcohol?

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  1. Wine

  2. Wood spirit

  3. Dilute acid

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 Methanol acquired the name wood spirit because it was once produced chiefly by the destructive distillation of wood.

Which among the following reactions does not give methyl alcohol?

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  1. The reaction of ethylene with ${H} _{2}{SO} _{4}$ at ${80}^{o}C$

  2. The reaction of water gas with hydrogen at high temperature

  3. Alkaline hydrolysis of methyl bromide

  4. Both $A$ and $B$

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The reaction of ethylene with ${H} _{2}{SO} _{4}$ at ${80}^{o}C$ gives ethyl hydrogensulphate.
$CH _2=CH _2+H _2SO _4 \rightarrow CH _3CH _2OSO _2OH$
Water gas (carbon monoxide and hydrogen) at high temperature gives methanol.
$CO + 2H _2 \rightarrow CH _3OH$.
Alkaline hydrolysis of methyl bromide gives methanol 
$CH _3Br + H _2O \rightarrow CH _3OH + HBr$

Methanol can be prepared when :

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  1. iodomethane is heated with moist silver oxide

  2. iodomethane react with sodium in the presence of ether

  3. both A and B

  4. none of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Moist Silver oxide 
$Ag _2O + H _2O \rightarrow 2AgOH$
$CH _3-I + AgOH \rightarrow CH _3-OH + AgI$
Therefore, methanol can be prepared when iodomethane is heated with moist silver oxide. 

There are two samples $A$ and $B$. $A$ is Methanol and $B$ is Ethanol. Both are heated both at the same rate in closed container separately. Which one is correct about the above test?

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  1. At $60^0$C, container $A$ and $B$ both have liquids in them

  2. At $80^0$C, container $A$ and $B$ both have vapours in them

  3. At $70^0$C, container $B$ has liquid and $A$ has vapours

  4. All the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Methanol has a boiling point of $64.7^0$C whereas ethanol has a boiling point of $78.24^0$C. So, all the statements are correct.

Identify the correct set representing properties of Methanol.

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  1. Colourless, volatile, poisonous, miscible

  2. Colourless, volatile, non-poisonous, miscible

  3. Colourless, volatile, poisonous, immiscible

  4. Colourless, non-volatile, poisonous, miscible

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

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

Destructive distillation of wood in the laboratory will result in the formation of :

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  1. Ethanol

  2. Methane

  3. Methanol

  4. Butane

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Methanol acquired the name "wood spirit" because it was once produced chiefly as a byproduct of the destructive distillation of wood.

Methanol is never stored in aluminium vessel because:

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  1. it reacts with aluminium forming toxic gas

  2. it results in explosion

  3. it corrodes the the metal by destroying its oxide layer

  4. aluminium reduces methanol to methane

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Aluminum and its alloys resist most alcohols, however, some alcohols like methanol can be very corrosive when  extremely dry, especially at elevated temperatures.

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.