Organic Chemistry MCQs : Carbon and its Compounds : āĻœā§ˆā§ą ā§°āϏāĻžā§Ÿāύ MCQs: āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§āĻŦāύ āφ⧰⧁ āĻ‡ā§ŸāĻžā§° āϝ⧌āĻ—āϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš


1. Which of the following organic compounds will give a positive Tollens’ test ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϤāϞ⧰ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āĻœā§ˆā§ą āϝ⧌āϗ⧇ Tollens’ test āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦ ?
A) Ethanol B) Ethanal C) Propanone D) Ethanoic acid
Ans: B (Ethanal)


Explanation: Tollens’ test is given by aldehydes → silver mirror forms. : Tollens’ test āĻ•ā§‡ā§ąāϞ aldehyde-āϤ āĻšā§Ÿ → ⧰⧌āĻĒā§āϝ āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϝāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤


2. The soap molecule has two ends. Which end is hydrophilic (water loving) ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϚāĻžāĻŦā§‹āύ āĻ…āϪ⧁āϤ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀āϤ āφāĻ•ā§ƒāĻˇā§āϟ (hydrophilic )?
A) Hydrocarbon end B) Carboxylate end C) Both D) None
Ans: B) Carboxylate end
Explanation: –COOâģ is polar and mixes with water.: –COOâģ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀⧰ āϞāĻ—āϤ āĻŽāĻŋāĻšāϞāĻŋ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


3. Grignard reagent reacts with which compound to form an alkane ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: Grignard reagent āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āϏ⧈āϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋ⧟āĻž āϕ⧰āĻŋ alkane āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āϕ⧰⧇ ?


A) Aldehyde B) Ketone C) Carboxylic acid D) Alcohol


Ans: C) Carboxylic acid


ExplanationGrignard reagents (RMgX) are strong bases and react with compounds having acidic hydrogen.



  • Carboxylic acids (–COOH) have strongly acidic hydrogen.

  • Reaction gives alkane (RH):


RMgX + R – COOH RH (alkane) + R – COO - MgX


This reaction is very fast and completely destroys the Grignard reagent.


āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Grignard reagent (RMgX) āĻāϟāĻž āĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§° (base)āĨ¤ āχ acidic hydrogen āĻĨāĻ•āĻž āϝ⧌āĻ—ā§° āϏ⧈āϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋ⧟āĻž āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤



  • Carboxylic acid (–COOH)-āϤ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ acidic hydrogen āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇

  • āĻ‡ā§ŸāĻžā§° āϏ⧈āϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋ⧟āĻžāϤ alkane āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻšā§Ÿ


RMgX + R – COOH RH (alkane) + R – COO - MgX


āĻāχ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋ⧟āĻž āĻ…āϤāĻŋ āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤ āφ⧰⧁ Grignard reagent āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ āύāĻˇā§āϟ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


4. Which of the following is a saturated hydrocarbon ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϤāϞ⧰ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ saturated hydrocarbon ?
A) Ethyne B) Ethene C) Methane D) Benzene
Ans: C) Methane 
Explanation: Only single bonds present. : āĻ•ā§‡ā§ąāϞ āĻāĻ•āĻ• āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāύ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤


5. What is the general formula of an alkyne ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: Alkyne-ā§° āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§° āĻ•āĻŋ ?
A) CnH₂n+2 B) CnH₂n C) CnH₂n-2 D) CnH₂n+2
Ans: C) CnH₂n-2
Explanation: Due to triple bond, hydrogen decreases. : āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŋāϗ⧁āĻŖ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāύ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ hydrogen āĻ•āĻŽ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤


6. Which is used to convert vegetable oil into ghee ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āωāĻĻā§āĻ­āĻŋāĻĻ āϤ⧇āϞāĻ• ghee-āϞ⧈ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŦā§°ā§āϤāύ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧈ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšā§Ÿ ?
A) Hydrogenation B) Esterification C) Saponification D) Oxidation
Ans: A) Hydrogenation
Explanation: Hydrogen adds → oil becomes saturated. : Hydrogen āϝ⧋āĻ— āϕ⧰āĻŋ āϤ⧇āϞ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


7. Which of the following is an addition polymer ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϤāϞ⧰ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ addition polymer ?
A) Nylon-6,6 B) Bakelite C) PVC D) Teflon
Ans: C) PVC
Explanation: PVC forms by addition polymerization. : PVC addition polymerization-ā§° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžā§°āĻž āϤ⧈⧟āĻžā§° āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


8. Aldehydes can be oxidised to form: āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: Aldehyde āĻ…āĻ•ā§āϏāĻŋāĻĄāĻžāχāϜ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻšā§Ÿ ?
A) Ketones B) Alcohols C) Carboxylic acids D) Ethers
Ans: C) Carboxylic acids
Explanation: Aldehyde → Carboxylic acid. : Aldehyde → Carboxylic acid āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


9. Which gas is produced when acid reacts with carbonate ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: Acid āφ⧰⧁ carbonate āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋ⧟āĻžāϤ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āϗ⧇āĻ› āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻšā§Ÿ ?
A) CO B) CO₂ C) H₂ D) CH₄
Ans: B) CO₂
Explanation: CO₂ gas evolves. : CO₂ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


10. Which compound shows chain isomerism ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϤāϞ⧰ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āϝ⧌āϗ⧇ chain isomerism āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§ā§ąāĻžā§Ÿ ?
A) C₂H₆ B) C₃H₈ C) C₄H₁₀ D) CH₄
Ans: C) C₄H₁₀
Explanation: Butane has different chain structures. : C₄H₁₀-ā§° āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤


11. Which has the highest melting point ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϤāϞ⧰ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ā§° melting point āĻ¸ā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ• ?
A) Methane B) Ethanol C) Ethanoic acid D) Propanal
Ans: C) Ethanoic acid
Explanation: Strong hydrogen bonding. : āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ hydrogen bonding āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤


12. Which is used in dry cleaning of clothes ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻ•āĻžāĻĒā§‹ā§°ā§° dry cleaning-āϤ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšā§Ÿ ?
A) Soap B) Detergent C) Benzene D) Ethanal
Ans: C) Benzene
Explanation: Benzene dissolves grease. : Benzene-āĻ grease āĻ—āϞāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤


13. Which of the following is biodegradable ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϤāϞ⧰ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ biodegradable ?
A) Detergent B) Plastic C) Soap D) Synthetic fibre
Ans: C) Soap
Explanation: Soap decomposes naturally. : Soap āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ āĻ­āĻžāĻ™āĻŋ āϝāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤


14. Carboxylic acids have which functional group ?āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: Carboxylic acid-āϤ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ functional group āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ ?


A) Hydroxyl Group  B) Carbonyl Group  C) Carboxyl Group  D) Ether Group


Ans: C) Carboxyl Group


Explanation: Carboxylic acids contain the carboxyl functional group (–COOH).



  • It is made of two parts together: i. Carbonyl group (C=O)    ii.  Hydroxyl group (–OH)
    Because both are present together, it is called the carboxyl group.


āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Carboxylic acid-āϤ carboxyl group (–COOH) āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤



  • āĻāχāĻŸā§‹ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļā§° āϏāĻŽāĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ: i. Carbonyl group (C=O)  , ii. Hydroxyl group (–OH)
    āĻāχāĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋ carboxyl group āĻ—āĻ āύ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


15. Which compound does NOT undergo addition reaction ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϤāϞ⧰ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ addition reaction āύāϕ⧰⧇ ?
A) Benzene B) Ethene C) Propene D) Butadiene
Ans: A
Explanation: Benzene is stable → substitution reaction. : Benzene-āĻ substitution āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


16. Functional group present in esters: āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: Ester-āϤ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ functional group āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ ?
A) - COOH  B) - OH C) - COOR D) - CHO
Ans: C) - COOR
Explanation: Esters contain –COOR.: Ester-āϤ –COOR āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤


17. Which is a primary alcohol ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϤāϞ⧰ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ primary alcohol ?
A) Isopropyl alcohol B) Tertiary butyl alcohol C) Ethyl alcohol D) Isobutyl alcohol
Ans: C) Ethyl alcohol
Explanation: –OH on first carbon. –OH āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ carbon-āϤ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤


18. When methane burns in air, it produces: āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: Methane āĻœā§āĻŦāϞāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻšā§Ÿ?
A) CO + H₂O   B) CO₂ + H₂   C) CO₂ + H₂O   D) C + H₂O
Ans: C) CO₂ + H₂O
Explanation: Complete combustion gives CO₂ + H₂O. : āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻœā§āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϞ⧇ CO₂ āφ⧰⧁ H₂O āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


19. Which of the following is a natural polymer ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϤāϞ⧰ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ natural polymer ?
A) Nylon B) Bakelite C) Cellulose D) PVC
Ans: C) Cellulose
Explanation: Found in plants. : āωāĻĻā§āĻ­āĻŋāĻĻāϤ āĻĒā§‹ā§ąāĻž āϝāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤


20. Soap micelle is formed in: āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: Soap micelle āĻ•’āϤ āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻšā§Ÿ ?
A) Hard water B) Soft water C) Boiling water D) Distilled water
Ans: B) Soft water
Explanation: Hard water prevents micelle formation. : Hard water-āϤ micelle āύāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤