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Q: Acetic acid reacts with thionyl chloride. The product obtained is: (ETEA 2013)

A) CH3COCl + SO2 + HCl

B) CH3Cl + CH3COCl + SO2

C) CH3COCH3 + SO2

D) None

Q: What will be the product when PCl5 reacts with acetic acid? (ETEA 2013)

A) CH3Cl

B) CH3COCl

C) CH3COCl/2

D) CH3CH2COCl

Q: CH3COCl + 2NH3 → ? (ETEA 2013)

A) CH3COONH4

B) CH3CONH2

C) COCNH

D) CH3Cl

Q: Which one of the following is stronger acid? (ETEA 2013)

A) FCH2COOH

B) CH3COOH

C) ClCH2COOH

D) C6H5CH2COOH

Q: Acetic acid reacts with methyl alcohol in the presence of acid catalyst to give: (ETEA 2014)

A) Ethyl formate

B) Ethyl acetate

C) Methyl formate

D) Methyl acetate

Q: The characteristic reaction of carboxylic acid is: (ETEA 2014)

A) Electrophilic substitution

B) Nucleophilic substitution

C) Electrophilic addition

D) Nucleophilic addition

Q: Choose reactants whose reaction product is ester: (ETEA 2015)

A) CH3COOH and CH3OCH3

B) CH3COOH and C2H5OH

C) CH3COOH and CH3CHO

D) CH3COOH and CH3COCH3

Q: Which is the strongest acid? (ETEA 2015)

A) CH2COOH

B) CH2ClCOOH

C) CHCl2COOH

D) CCl3COOH

Q: Hydrolysis of ester in the presence of KOH is called: (ETEA 2015)

A) Esterification

B) Decarboxylation

C) Saponification

D) Neutralization

Q: Which is the strongest acid? (ETEA 2016)

A) CH3COOH

B) CH2ClCOOH

C) CHCl2COOH

D) CCl3COOH

Q: Carboxylic acid reacts with ammonia to form ammonium salts which on heating produces: (ETEA 2016)

A) CO2

B) Alkane

C) Ester

D) Acetamide

Q: Choose the true product of the following reaction: CH3C=N + 2H2O + HCl → (ETEA 2016)

A) CH3COOH + NH3

B) CH3COOH + NH4Cl

C) CH3COCl + NH3

D) CH3CONH2

Q: The reaction CaO + R-COONa + NaOH → RH + Na2CO3 is known as: (ETEA 2016)

A) Carboxylation

B) Decarboxylation

C) Neutralization

D) Reduction

Q: What is the name of the carboxylic acid HOOC-(CH2)3-COOH? (ETEA 2016)

A) Propane dioic acid

B) Pentane dioic acid

C) Pentane dicarboxylic acid

D) Propane dicarboxylic acid

Q: Carbonyl group of carboxylic acid do not exhibit the characteristic reaction of aldehyde and ketone due to: (ETEA 2016)

A) The C of carboxyl is less positive

B) The C of carboxyl is more positive

C) The C of ketone is less positive

D) Does not depend on C atom

Q: Which of the following reactants when react produce ester? (ETEA 2018)

A) CH3CH2OH and PCl5

B) CH3CH2COOH and CH3OH

C) C2H5OH and HCOOH

D) CH3COOH and CH3CHO

Q: Whenever nitrile group is hydrolyzed (dil HCl) with water it always produces: (ETEA 2018)

A) Alcohol

B) Carboxylic acid

C) Amines

D) Amides

Q: Which one of the following does not have a carboxylic acid group? (ETEA 2019)

A) Benzoic acid

B) Ethanoic acid

C) Picric acid

D) Adipic acid

Q: Acetamide on hydrolysis gives: (ETEA 2019)

A) Acetaldehyde

B) Acetic acid

C) Ethyl amine

D) Ethanol

Q: Hydrolysis of an ester in the presence of alkali is called: (ETEA 2019)

A) Esterification

B) Transesterification

C) Saponification

D) Decarboxylation