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Aldehyde Ketone And Carboxylic Acid NEET MCQ (Carboxylic Acids Chemical Reactions)
1. Which of the following is the stronger acid?
a) Acetic acid
b) Propanoic acid
c) Isobutyric acid
d) 2,2-Dimethylpropanoic acid
Answer: a
2. Which of the following is the strongest acid?
a) CH3COOH
b) CH2ClCOOH
c) CHCl2COOH
d) CCl3COOH
Answer: d
3. Which of the following has the highest pKa value?
a) Bromoacetic acid
b) Chloroacetic acid
c) Fluoroacetic acid
d) Iodoacetic acid
Answer: d
4. Which of the following will have the highest acidic strength?
a) Butanoic acid
b) 2-Chlorobutanoic acid
c) 3-Chlorobutanoic acid
d) 4-Chlorobutanoic acid
Answer: b
5. What is the correct order of acidity of the following?
a) Acetic acid > Acrylic acid > Propiolic acid
b) Acetic acid > Propiolic acid > Acrylic acid
c) Propiolic acid > Acrylic acid > Acetic acid
d) Acrylic acid > Propiolic acid > Acetic acid
Answer: c
6. What is the correct order of pKa values of the following acids?
a) Benzoic acid > m-Nitrobenzoic acid > p-Nitrobenzoic acid
b) Benzoic acid > p-Nitrobenzoic acid > m-Nitrobenzoic acid
c) p-Nitrobenzoic acid > m-Nitrobenzoic acid > Benzoic acid
d) m-Nitrobenzoic acid > p-Nitrobenzoic acid > Benzoic acid
Answer: a
7. Which of the following is the most acidic?
a) Benzoic acid
b) o-Toluic acid
c) m-Toluic acid
d) p-Toluic acid
Answer: b
8. Which of the following has a higher acidic character than benzoic acid?
a) Acetic acid
b) p-Methoxybenzoic acid
c) p-Bromobenzoic acid
d) p-Aminobenzoic acid
Answer: c
9. The reaction of carboxylic acids with NaHCO3 produces ______ which helps it to differentiate it from phenols.
a) H2O
b) CO
c) CO2
d) NaCl
Answer: c
10. The pKa value is equivalent to ________
a) logKa
b) -logKa
c) logKeq
d) -logKeq
Answer: b
11. If the pKa value of acetic acid is 4.76, predict the pKa value of HCl.
a) -7
b) 4.2
c) 7
d) 10
Answer: a
12. How many molecules of acetic acid react with H2SO4 on heating to give one molecule of acetic anhydride?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
Answer: b
13. Esterification of carboxylic acids is a/an __________ reaction.
a) irreversible
b) nucleophilic addition
c) electrophilic substitution
d) nucleophilic substitution
Answer: d
14. Benzoic acid reacts with phosphorus pentaoxide in the presence of heat to give ________
a) C6H5OC6H5
b) C6H5COC6H5
c) C6H5COOC6H5
d) C6H5COOCOC6H5
Answer: d
15. Which of the following is the most suitable catalyst for the esterification of acetic acid with ethanol?
a) P2O5
b) HCl gas
c) KMnO4-KOH
d) Pyridine
Answer: b
16. Which of the following is used to shift the esterification reaction of carboxylic acids towards the right?
a) Using excess of carboxylic acid
b) Using excess of acid catalyst
c) Removal of water by distillation
d) Removal of ester by distillation
Answer: c
17. Which of the following carboxylic acids is most reactive towards esterification with given alcohol?
a) HCOOH
b) CH3COOH
c) (CH3)2CHCOOH
d) (CH3)3CCOOH
Answer: a
18. Which is the most preferred reagent in the product of acetyl chloride from acetic acid?
a) Cl2
b) PCl3
c) PCl5
d) SOCl2
Answer: d
19. Benzoic acid reacts with phosphorus pentachloride to give ________
a) chlorobenzene
b) benzyl chloride
c) benzoyl chloride
d) chlorobenzoic acid
Answer: c
20. Other than ethanoyl chloride, what are the by-products formed when ethanoic acid reacts with PCl3?
a) H3PO3
b) H3PO3 and HCl
c) H3PO2 and HCl
d) POCl3 and HCl
Answer: a
21. Ammonium acetate on removal of ______ forms acetamide.
a) H2
b) NH3
c) OH–
d) H2O
Answer: d
22. Benzoic acid reacts with ______ to give ammonium benzoate salt, which on further dehydration gives benzamide.
a) N2
b) NH3
c) NH4OH
d) HNO3
Answer: b
23. The conversion of phthalamide to phthalimide is brought about by the loss of ______ molecule.
a) one H2O
b) two H2O
c) one NH3
d) two NH3
Answer: c
24. Which of the following reagents does not reduce the CO group of carboxylic acids to CH2 groups to form alcohols?
a) LiAlH4-ether
b) B2H6-THF
c) H2-CuCr2O4
d) NaBH4
Answer: d
25. Soda lime consists of NaOH and CaO respectively, in the ratio of _______
a) 1:2
b) 2:1
c) 1:3
d) 3:1
Answer: d
26. Sodium acetate on heating with NaOH and CaO (3:1 mixture) gives _______
a) methane
b) ethane
c) methanol
d) ethanal
Answer: a
27. Which of the following acids on Kolbe’s electrolysis gives ethane?
a) HCOOK
b) HCOONa
c) CH3COOK
d) CH3CH2COONa
Answer: c
28. What is formed when benzoic acid undergoes nitration in the presence of conc. HNO3 and conc. H2SO4?
a) o-Nitrobenzoic acid
b) m-Nitrobenzoic acid
c) p-Nitrobenzoic acid
d) 3,5-Dinitrobenzoic acid
Answer: b