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MHT-CET Basic Principles of Organic Chemistry — practice questions

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Organic compounds are broadly classified on the basis of carbon skeleton and which other feature?Read the answer and worked solution →Acyclic compounds are also called which type of compounds?Read the answer and worked solution →A ring made only of carbon atoms is found in which kind of compound?Read the answer and worked solution →Atoms in organic molecules other than carbon and hydrogen are called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is an example of an alicyclic compound?Read the answer and worked solution →Which term names the part of a molecule that undergoes change in a reaction?Read the answer and worked solution →Successive members of a homologous series differ by which unit?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is the second higher homologue of ethane, C2H6?Read the answer and worked solution →In neo-pentane, C(CH3)4, the central carbon is of which type?Read the answer and worked solution →How many primary carbons does 2-methylpropane have?Read the answer and worked solution →In the condensed formula CH3(CH2)2CH3, which compound is shown?Read the answer and worked solution →The condensed formula of ethane is written as which of these?Read the answer and worked solution →In a bond line formula, what does each end of a zig-zag line stand for?Read the answer and worked solution →In a bond line formula, an intersection of lines represents what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which projection formula is commonly used in carbohydrate chemistry?Read the answer and worked solution →In the ball and stick model, what does a stick represent?Read the answer and worked solution →In what year was IUPAC founded?Read the answer and worked solution →An IUPAC name is built from parent hydrocarbon, branches and what else?Read the answer and worked solution →Names of compounds that arose from history and long usage are called what?Read the answer and worked solution →When compounds share a molecular formula but differ in structure, they are called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Dimethyl ether and ethyl alcohol show which isomerism?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the molecular formula shared by ethoxyethane and methoxypropane?Read the answer and worked solution →Keto-enol interconversion is a common form of which phenomenon?Read the answer and worked solution →Which species usually shifts from one atom to another in tautomerism?Read the answer and worked solution →In an organic reaction, the reactant that supplies carbon to the new bond is the what?Read the answer and worked solution →Unstable species formed during a multi-step reaction are called what?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the sequence of individual electron-movement steps in a reaction called?Read the answer and worked solution →In homolytic cleavage of a covalent bond, what happens to the shared electrons?Read the answer and worked solution →A species with a single unpaired electron is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Homolytic fission is favoured by which condition?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Organic compounds are broadly classified on the basis of carbon skeleton and which other feature?

  1. Colour of compound
  2. Boiling point range
  3. Molar mass value
  4. Functional group
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Correct answer: D. Functional group

The two classification schemes are the carbon skeleton and the functional group present.

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Acyclic compounds are also called which type of compounds?

  1. Aromatic
  2. Heterocyclic
  3. Alicyclic
  4. Aliphatic
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Correct answer: D. Aliphatic

Open chain compounds with straight or branched carbon chains are known as aliphatic compounds.

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A ring made only of carbon atoms is found in which kind of compound?

  1. Open chain
  2. Heterocyclic
  3. Homocyclic
  4. Acyclic
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Correct answer: C. Homocyclic

Compounds whose ring contains only carbon atoms are homocyclic, also called carbocyclic.

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