Chapter # 9 Aromatic Hydrocarbons MCQs

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1.             The molecular formula of toluene is_______

                                             a) C7H7                         b) C7H8
                                            c) C8H8                         d) C8H7

2.             In benzene sulphonic acid, the sulphonic  group is attached with benzene ring 
through_____

                                            a) Hydrogen            b) Oxygen
                                            c) Sulpher               d) –OH

3.             Phenanthrene ________ benzene rings

                                             a) Two                     b) Three
                                            c) Four                   d) Five

4.             Aniline is a derivative of benzene which  contains______

a) Hydroxyl group b) Amino group
                                            c) Amido group       d) Imido group

5.             How many π electrons are there in benzene?

                                            a)  3                       b)  4
                                            c)  6                        d)  8

6.             The molecular formula of biphenyl methane  is____________

                                            a) C12H10                      b) C12H12
                                            c) C13H10                      d) C13H12

7.             When two or more different substituents are  attached with a benzene ring, the number 1  position in the ring is given to a high priority  group. Which one of the following groups has  highest priority?

                                             a) –NH2                                      b) –CHO
                                             c) –COOH               d) –CN

8.             When benzene is substituted by halogens  only, which one of the following halogens is  given the number one position in the ring while 
writing the name of compound?

                                            a) Bromine              b) Chlorine
                                            c) Flourine              d) Iodine

9.             Which one of the following is not a meta  directing group?

                                             a) –CN                    b) –OH
                                             c) –COOH               d) –CHO






10.          Which pair of groups contains both ortho &  para directors?

a.     –OH, –RCO     
b.    –NR3, –CN
c.     –OCH3, –CHO
d.    –N (CH3)2, –NH2

11.          Michael Faraday discovered benzene in the  gas which was produced by destructive  distillation of vegetable oil done in_________

a.     The presence of Oxygen
b.    The presence of Hydrogen
c.     The absence of Oxygen
d.    The presence of excessive Oxygen

12.          How many moles of H2 are added up when  benzene is heated with hydrogen in the  presence of platinum?

                                             a) Two                     b) Three
                                            c) Four                   d) Six

13.          In benzene the C-C bond length is larger than  the C-H bond length by a numerical value 
of____________

                                            a) 0.307Ao              b) 0.307 nm
                                            c) 0.337Ao              d) 0.307 nm

14.          The heat of hydrogenation of cyclohexene is 
_____________

a.     -219.5 KJ/ mole 
b.    219.5 calories/ mole
c.     -119 KJ/ mole
d.    -119 Cal/ mole

15.          The resonance energy of benzene is______

a.     150.5 KJ/ mole
b.    250.5 KJ/ mole
c.     150.5 KJ/ mole
d.    250.5 KJ/ mole

16.          The resonance between different structures is  represented by______

a. 
b. 
c. 
d.      ~


17.          What catalyst is employed when benzene is  prepared from acetylene at 70˚C?

a.     Zn amalgam
b.    AlCl3
c.     Organo-nickel
d.    Rancy Rickel



18.          Mixture of catalysts Cr2O3 + Al2O3 + SiO2 at  500˚C are used when benzene is prepared 
from____________

a.     Cycloalkene
b.    n-hexane
c.     Benzene sulphonic acid
d.    Sodium benzoate

19.          Which one of the following methods will not  give benzene?

a.     Heating so. Salt of Benzoic acid with soda lime
b.    Distillation phenol with Zn dust
c.     Chlorobenzene with NaOH at 360
                                             ˚C & 300atm.
d.    Hydrolysis of benzene sulphonic acid with super heated steam.

20.          What is the ratio of conc. HNO3 & conc.  H2SO4 when nitration of benzene is done at  50˚C?

                                            a) 1:1                      b) 2:1
                                            c) 1:2                      d) 2:3

21.          In Friedel Craft Alkylation, AlCl3 is used to  generate___________

a.     Strong nucleophile
b.    Weak nucleophile
c.     Strong electrophite
d.    Weak electrophite

22.          Acylation of benzene is the introduction of  ___________on benzene.

O
||
a.     R ─    C  ─ O ─
O
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b.    Cl  ─  C  ─
O
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c.     R ─   C ─
         O
                                                                ||
d.    H  ─   C  ─

23.          Acetophenone is a ______________

                                            a) Quinone              b) Ketone
                                            c) Aldehyde            d) Other

24.          Reacting bromine with benzene in the  presence of sunlight will result in__________

a.     The rupturing of Benzene mg
b.    Substitution reaction
c.     Addition reaction
d.    No-reaction


25.          Benzene does not undergo ___________

a.     Substitution reaction
b.    Addition reaction
c.     Polymerization reactions
d.    Oxidation reactions

26.          During sulphonation of benzene, H2SO4  generates____________ electrophile

                                            a) HSO4-                                    b) SO2
                                            c) NO2-                          d) NO2+

27.          Nitronium ion is_____________

                                             a) NO3                                         b) NO
                                            c) NO2-                          d) NO2+

28.          Which compound will readily undergo  sulphonation?

                                             a) Benzene              b) Nitro benzene
                                            c) Golvene              d) Chlorobenzene

29.          Benzene is heated in air with V2O5 at 450˚C it  undergo ___________

a.     Substitution reaction
b.    Addition reaction
c.     Elimination reaction
d.    Oxidation reaction

30.          Which one of the following statement is not  correct about benzene?

a.     On hydrogenation, 208 KJ/ mole is liberated
b.    C-H bond length in benzene is 1.09Ao
c.     Molecular mass of benzene is 78.108
d.    Resonance energy of benzene is 150.5 K Cal / mole

31.          The preparation of benzene from acethylene  can also be said as ________

                                            a) Oxidation            b) Polymerization
                                            c) Dehydration        d) Condensation

32.          What is required other then anhydrous AlCl3,  when toluene is prepared from Friedel craft  reaction?

                                             a) C6H6                                        b) C6H6 + CH3Cl
                                             c) C6H5C2H5                          d) C6H5 ─ CH2

33.          Replacement of hydrogen of benzene by alkyl 
group in pressure of alkyl halide & ferric 
chloride is known as____________

a.     Dow’s process
b.    Friedel & Craft acylation
c.     Friedel & Craft alkylation
d.    Clemenson reaction


34.          Which of the following radical is called benzyl  radical?

                                             a) C6H5─                  b) C6H5─CH=CH2
                                             c) C6H5─CH─           d) C6H5─CH2

35.          Which compound form benzoic acid on  oxidation with strong oxidizing agent?

                                             a) Toluene               b) Ethyle benzene
c) n-propyl bezene d) all

36.          Toluene can be converted to benzoic acid in  presence of _________

a.     Dil NaO4
b.    Mixture of HNO3 & H2SO4
c.     Zn dust
d.    Acidified KMnO4

37.          Which one of the following is benzal chloride?

a.     C6H5 CH2Cl
b.    C6H5 CHCl2
c.     C6H5─CH = CHCl
d.    None of the above

38.          What is the molecular formula of  Benzenetriozonide?

                                            a) C6H6O9                    b) C6H5O8
                                            c) C6H5O9                    d) C6H6O6

39.          The hydrolysis of Benzenetriozonide will yield  three moles of ________

                                            a) Glyoxine             b) Benzaldehyde
                                            c) Glycol                 d) Glyoxal

40.          Which of the following will undergo nitration more easily and readily?

                                     a) C6H6                                  b) C6H5CHCl2
                                     c) C6H5CCl3                                        d) C6H5CH3

41.          The reaction of toluene with chlorine in the presence of FeCl3 gives

a)     Benzyl chloride      
b)    Benzal chloride
c)     m – Chloro Toluene
d)    O/P Chloro Toluene

42.          Benzene is made of 

a)     6 Pi and 6 sigma bonds
b)    3 Pi and 3 sigma bonds
c)     3 Pi and 12 sigma bonds
d)    6 Pi and 3 sigma bonds





43.          Common reaction of Benzene and its derivatives are 

a)     Electrophilic addition 
b)    Electrophilic substitution
c)     Nucleophilic addition
d)    Nucleophilic substitution

44.          Benzene when treated with acetyl chloride in the presence of AlCl3 yields

                                     a) Acetyl Benzene         b) Benzyl Chloride
                                     c) Benzophenone          d) Acetophenone

45.          Passing vapors of Phenol over heated Zinc gives

                                     a) Benzene                   b) Acetic Acid
                                    c) Benzoic Acid             d) Benzaldehyde

46.          Which of the following is not an explosive?

                                    a) Picric Acid                 b) Trinitrobenzene
                                     c) Trinitro Toluene          d) Nitro benzene

47.          Toluene on reaction with acidic KMnO4 produces

                                    a) Phenol                      b) Benzoic acid
                                    c) Benzyl alcohol           d) Benzophenone

48.          The b.p of P – nitro phenol is higher than that of O – nitro phenol because

a)     Nitro group is O/P group
b)    Nitro group is electron donating group
c)     Bonding occurs in P – nitro phenol
d)    None of these

49.          Which of the following can be easily nitrated?

                                    a) Phenol                      b) Benzoic acid
                                    c) Nitro benzene            d) All of these

50.          Aspirin is obtained by reaction of sulphuric acid and 

                                    a) Phenol                       b) Benzene
                                    c) Acetyl chloride          d) None of these

51.          Sulphonation of benzoic acid gives

a)     O – benzene sulphonic acid
b)    P – benzene sulphonic acid
c)     m – benzene sulphonic acid
d)    O/P benzene sulphonic acid

52.          Benzene can be obtained by 

a)     Reaction of zinc and phenol
b)    Hydrolysis of benzene sulphonic acid
c)     Reduction of benzene chloride
d)    All of these


53.          o – xylene on oxidation yields

                                    a) Oxalic acid                b) o – Phthalic acid
                                     c) Toluene                    d) m – Phthalic acid

54.          The resonance energy of benzene is 

                                    a) 36 j/mol                    b) 36 cal/mol
                                    c) 36 Kcal/mol               d) none of these

55.          The catalyst used for halogenation of benzene is 

                                     a) Cu                            b) Ni
                                    c) FeCl3                                                  d) Zn

56.          Which one is nitronium ion?

                                a) NO31                       b) NO21
                                c) NH41                       d) None of these

57.          Which substituent group decrease the reactivity of benzene, because they

a)     Increase the electronic density of benzene ring
b)    Decrease the electronic density of benzene ring
c)     Decrease the stability of phenonium ion
d)    Both b & c

58.          Benzene on ozonolysis produces

                                    a) Benzoic acid             b) Cyclohexane
                                     c) Glyoxal (CHO2)2                 d) None of these

59.          Meta orienting groups decrease the reactivity of benzene because they

a)     Increase the electronic density of benzene
b)    Decrease the electronic density of benzene
c)     Decrease the stability of phenonium ion
d)    Both b & c

60.          Benzene was found by _______ in 1825 in the              gas produced by the destructive distillation of       vegetable oils. 

                                a) Hofmann                   b) Michael Faraday
                                c) Solvay                      d) None of these

61.          Replacement of hydrogen atom by – SO2OH is 
                                 called _______

                                a) Nitration                    b) Sulphonation 
                                c) Alkylation                  d) Hydrogenation 







62.          The Kekule structures of benzene are related   in which of the following way?

a)  They are eac equally correct as structure for                benzene. 
b) Benzene is sometimes one structures and       sometime the other. 
c)  The two structures are in a state of rapid          equilibrium. 
d) Neither of the two structures describes 
                                    benzene adequately 

63.          The conversion of toluene into benzoic acid 
                                can be achieved by 

a)  Br2, heat and light   
b) Cl2, FeCl3
c)  KMnO4, OH-, heat (then H3O+)
d) None of the above

64.          The conversion of ethyl benzene into 1 –         chloro – 1 – phenyl ethane can be achieved by 

                                a) Cl2, light                     b) Cl2, FeCl3
                                c) SOCl2                       d) None

65.          Benzene reacts with chlorine to give a              substance with formula C6H6Cl6. This reaction 
                                is brought about by 

                                a) An acid catalyst         b) Ultraviolet radiation 
                                c) Aluminum oxide         d) Iron fillings

66.          Which of the following will be least reactive to             ring bromination using bromine water?

                                 a) Toluene                     b) Nitrobenzene
                                 c) Chlorobenzene          d) Aniline

67.          Benzene and cyclohexene can be        distinguished by which of the following test?

                                 a) AgNo3 │C2H5OH        b) Ag(NH3)2OH
                                 c) Br2 │CCl4                  d) None 

68.          Which of the following test can be used to      distinguish C6H5CH2Br and C6H5CH3?

                                 a) Ag(NH3)2OH               b) Br2 │CCl4
                                 c) AgNO3 │C2H5OH        d) Hot KMnO4

 

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