Aromatic Hydrocarbons

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Compound that has all C-C bonds of equal length

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Ethane

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Acetylene

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Benzene

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Ethene

Which statement is not correct?

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A compound with 2 pi electrons can

be aromatic

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In an aromatic hydrocarbon there

must be 4n+2 pi electrons

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Each carbon in ring should be sp2

hybridized

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An annulene with 10 pi electrons (10

is a Huckel number) is an aromatic
hydrocarbon

Which one of the following compounds has lowest heat of combustion

per mole?
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Ethene

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Acetylene

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Methane

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Ethane

Which of the following statements is not correct?

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A compound with greater stability has

lower heat of hydrogenation

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Benzene being aromatic reacts readily

with bromine water to form additional
product

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The actual electrophile in benzene

sulphonation is SO3

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A compound with greater stability has

lower heat of combustion

Which of the following species is not a nucleophile?

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CN-

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OH-

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Benzene

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None of these

Which of the following statements rules out the acccuracy of kekule

structure of benzene?
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All C-C bonds in benzene are of equal

length

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Benzene has lower heat of

hydrogenation

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Benzene on bromination gives only

one 1,2-dibromo benzene with no
other isomer

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All of the above

Which of the following compounds decolourize bromine water with

the evolution of a colorless pungent gas?
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HC_=CH

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H2C=CH2

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Benzene

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None of these

The resonance stabilization energy(in kcal/mol) of benzene is

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On chlorination benzene forms a single monochlorobenzene without

any isomer. It proves that
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Benzene sometimes behaves as non

aromatic

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Benzene is aromatic

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All C-C bonds in benzene are identical

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All C-H bonds in benzene are identical

Benzoyl chloride when treated with acid chloride yields

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Benzene

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Benzaldehyde

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Benzoic acid

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Toluene

Benzene when treated with a mixture of CO and HCl in presence of

anhydrous aluminium chloride gives
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Benzoyl chloride

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Tolyl chloride

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Benzaldehyde

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Benzoic acid

Structure of benzene is
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Hexagonal planar

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Trigonal planar

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Tetrahedral

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Hexagonal non planer

Toluene on oxidation in presence of alkaline KMnO4 produces

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Benzaldehyde

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Benzyl alcohol

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Benzoic acid

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Phenol

In benzene C-C bonds are

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Double covalent

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Single covalent

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3 single and 3 double

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Of the order 1.5

Pi electrons of benzene make it

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Electrophilic

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Alicyclic

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Hetrocyclic

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Nucleophilic

The unexpected lower heat of hydrogenation of benzene is due to

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Delocalization of electrons and lower

stability

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Delocalization of electrons

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Lower stability

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Its high electrophilicity

Friedel craft acylation reaction is not successful in one of the

following substrates, indicate that substrate.
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C6H5OH

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C6H6

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C6H5NO2

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C6H5CH3

Which of the following is not aromatic hydrocarbon?

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Benzene

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Naphthalene

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Toluene

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Cyclohexene

Introduction of a second methyl group in methyl benzene will give

how many isomeric dimethylbenzenes?
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C-C bond length in benzene is (in angstroms)

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When sodium benzoate is treated with soda lime (NaOH) benzene is

formed. What is the other product?
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Ca(OH)2

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Na2CO3

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NaHCO3

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CaCO3

Preparation of ethyl benzene by the reaction of bromobenzene,

ethylbromide and sodium is called
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Wurtz reaction

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Fittig reaction

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Wurtz fittig reaction

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None of these

Which of the following reaction is characteristic of benzene?

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Ozonolysis

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Oxidation

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Reduction

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Electrophilic substitution reaction

Which of the following is not an electrophilic substitution reaction of

benzene?
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Nitration

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Free radical chlorination of benzene

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Sulphonation

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Friedel-Craft alkylation

Which of the following is an ortho-para directing group?

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CH3-

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-C=_N

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-COOH

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NO2-

Which of the following is not an ortho-para directing group?

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-CHO

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-OCH3

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-NH2

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-OH

Which of the following is a meta--directing group?

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-N+R3

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-I

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-N(CH3)2

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-Br

The benzene molecule contains

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Two double bonds

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Delocalized pi electron charge

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One double bond

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Three double bonds

Aromatic hydrocarbons are derivatives of

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Which of the following acid can be used as catalyst in Friedel Craft's

reaction?
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AlCl3

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HNO3

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NaCl

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BeCl2

Benzene does not undergo

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Addition reactions

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Substitution reactions

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Oxidation reactions

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Elimination reactions

Among the following, the compound that can be most readily

sulphonated is
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Benzene

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Toluene

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Chlorobenzene

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Nitrobenzene

Which compound is most reactive one

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Ethyne

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Ethene

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Ethane

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Benzene

Aromatic compounds burn with sooty flame because

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They resist reaction with air

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They have high percentage of

hydrogen

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They have a ring structure

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They have high percentage of carbon

The conversion of n-hexane into benzene by heating in the presence

of Pt is called
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Dezlkylation

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Aromatization

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Isomerization

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Rearrangement

In the reaction: C6H6 + Cl2-------->C6H5Cl + HCl; benzene undergoes

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Nucleophilic addition

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Nucleophilic substitution

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Electrophilic substitution

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Electrophilic addition

Which property of benzene may be directly attributed to the stability

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Its enthalpy change of formation is

positive

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It does not conduct electricity

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It has a low boiling point

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It tends to undergo substitution rather

than addition reaction

Organic compound formed when methyl benzene is heated with

alkaline KMnO4 and the mixture is then acidified?

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Which one of the following statement about C-C bond in benzene is

true?
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It has greater bond energy than C=C

bond

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All bonds have same length

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It is shorter than C=_C bond

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It is weaker than C-C bond of alkanes

Which of the following group is meta directing?

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NO2

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OH

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CH3

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Cl

Which of the following group is ortho and para directing?

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NO2

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OH

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CHO

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COOH

Benzene is insoluble in
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Alcohol

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Ether

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Petrol

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Water

Identify the compound formed when ethylene combines with water in

the presence of 10% sulphuric acid and HgSO4 as catalyst.
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Methanol

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Glycol

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Ethanol

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Carbinol

With AlCl3 as catalyst, benzene reacts with alkyl and acyl chlorides
giving alkylated and acylated benzene respectively. This reaction is
known as
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Nitration

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Friedel craft reaction

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Aldol condensation

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Halogenation

Which one of the following belongs to meta directing group?

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Halogens

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Keto group

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Phenyl group

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Alkyl group

The formula C6H5 represents

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Benzyl group

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Vinyl group

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Phenyl group

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No such group exists

Benzene + Ozone----->Y. In this reaction Y is

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Benzene monoozonide

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Benzene triozonide

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Succinic acid

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Benzene diozonide

Which reaction sequence would be best to prepare 3-chloro-aniline

from benzene?
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Chlorination, nitration, reduction

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Nitration, reduction, chlorination

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Nitration, reduction, acylation,

chlorination, hydrolysis

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Nitration, chlorination, reduction

Benzene is obtained by fractional distillation of

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Anthracene oil

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Middle oil

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Light oil

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Heavy oil

Which of the following species participate in sulphonation of benzene

ring?
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HSO3-

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SO3

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SO2-

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H2SO4

Which of the following possesses highest melting point?

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O-dichlorobenzene

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Chlorobenzene

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P-dichlorobenzene

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M-dichlorobenzene

The treatment of benzene with isobutene in the presence of sulphuric

acid gives
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N-butyl benzene

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No reaction

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Ter-butyl benzene

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Isobutyl benzene

Octane number can be changed by

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Isomerisation

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Alkylation

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Cyclisation

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All of these

Benzene can be obtained by heating either benzoic acid with X or

phenol with Y. X and Y are respectively
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Soda lime and zinc dust

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Soda lime and copper

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Zinc dust and soda lime

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Zinc dust and sodium hydroxide

Which of the following is prepared by a substitution reaction of

benzene?
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Hexabromo cyclohexane

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Cyclohexane

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Acetophenone

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Glyoxal

The term aromatic was derived from

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Russian

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Latin

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English

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Greek word

Which of the following is not monocyclic aromatic compound?

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Benzoic acid

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Benzene sulphonic acid

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Benzaldehyde

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Biphenyl

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In which of the following rings are not fused together at ortho

positions?
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Naphthalene

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Diphenylmethane

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Phenanthrene

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Anthracene

Methyl benzene is also called

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Substituted phenyl groups are called

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Aryl groups

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Alkyl group

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Acyl group

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Phenyl groups

Benzene was discovered by Michael Faraday in

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The empirical formula of benzene is determined by

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U.V

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NMR spectra

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IR spectra

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Elemental analysis

C-C bond angles in benzene are

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All C-H bond lengths of benzene ring is (in angstroms)

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A six membered ring containing one double bond called

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Cyclohexene

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Cyclohexane

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Cyclohexadiene

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None

Hybridization of each carbon atom in benzene is

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Stability of aromatic compounds decrease with _____________ in the

number of its resonance structure.
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Decreasee

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Partially decreases

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Increase

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Remain constant

Benzene is not prepared from

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Bromo benzene

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Phenol

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Benzoic acid

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Acetylene

Benzene is obtained from benzene sulphonic acid by treating with

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H2O

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NaHCO3

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NaOH

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HCl

Which reaction is too vigorous to control?

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Bromination

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Chlorination

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Fluororination

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Iodination

Sulphuric acid generates nitonium ion by reactin with

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Nitrogen gas

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Potassium nitrate

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Nitrous acid

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Nitric acid

When benzene is burnt in free supply of air, it is completely oxidized

to
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CO

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CO2 + H2O

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H2CO3

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None

Benzene reacts with ozone to give

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Glycerin

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Maleic anhydride

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Benzoic acid

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Glyoxal

Allkyl benzenes are readily oxidized by acidified

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MnO4

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K2CO3

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KMnO4

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H2SO4

How many isomeric distributed products are obtained by the

introduction of second group in the ring?
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None

The electron releasing effect of methyl group is significant and it

makes ring a good
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Nucleophilic

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Nucleophobic

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Electrophilic

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Hydrophobic

Which of the following increase the chemical reactivity of benzene

ring?
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Halogens

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Meta directing group

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Ortho/para directing groups except

halogens

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All ortho/para directing groups

Which class of compounds is more reactive?

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Alkane

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Alkene

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Alkyne

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None

Benzene does not undergo polymerization and it is also resistant to

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Oxidation

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Ozonolysis

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Alkylation

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Reduction

Which of the following is m-xelene?

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1,2-dimethyl benzene

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1,3-dimethyl benzene

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1,4-dimethyl benzene

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1,5-dimethyl benzene

The nitration of benzene takes place when it is heated with a mixture

of conc.HNO3 and conc.H2SO4 at 50 C in ratio of
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1:1

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1:2

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2:1

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1:3

The three alternate single and double bonds in the benzene ring are
called
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Conjugate bonds

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Conjugate/resonating bonds

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None of these

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Resonating bonds

The difference between amount of heat actually released and that of

calculated is called
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Bonding energy

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Resonance energy

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Transition energy

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Activation energy

All are ortho & para directing except

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NR3

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NH2

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OH

Substitution of halogens in benzene ring require catalyst

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Which one does not decolourize KMnO4?

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Alkynes

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Alkenes

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Benzene

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All these

When alkyl is treated with chlorine in the presence oof sunlight

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1,4-dichloro product is formed

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1,3,5-trichloro product is formed

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Only alkyl group is substituted

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1,3-dichloro product is formed

Benzene is prepared from n-hexane in the presence of catalyst

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Cr2O3

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Al2O3

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SiO2

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All these

During nitration of benzene, the active nitrating agent is

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NO^-

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HNO3

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NO^+

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NO2^+

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