1.

Amongst the following, the most basic compound is

(A) Benzylamine (B) Aniline (C) Acetanilide (D) p-Nitroaniline

2. The order of basic strength among the following amines in benzene solution is
(A) CH3NH2 > (CH3)3N > (CH3)2NH (B) (CH3)3N > (CH3)2NH > CH3NH2
(C) CH3NH2 > (CH3)2NH > (CH3)3N (D) (CH3)3N > CH3NH2 > (CH3)2NH

3. Acetone oxime on reduction with Na/C2H5OH would give

(A) Isopropylamine (B) n-Propylamine (C) Ethylmethylamine (D) Diethylamine

4. A positive carbylamine test is given by :

(A) N,N–dimethylaniline (B) 2, 4-dimethylaniline
(C) N-methyl-o-methylaniline (D) N-methylaniline

5. Carbylamine test is used in the detection of :

(A) aliphatic 2º amine only (B) aromatic 1º amine only
(C) aliphatic 1º amine only (D) both aliphatic and aromatic 1º amines

6. A compound X on reaction with chloroform and NaOH gives a compound with a very unpleasant odour. X is
(A) C6H5CONH2 (B) C6H5NH2 (C) C6H5CH2NHCH3 (D) C6H5NHCH3

7. The Hinsberg's method is used for :

(A) preparation of primary amines (B) preparation of secondary amines
(C) preparation of tertiary amines (D) separation of amine mixtures

8. Which of the following amine does not react with Hinsberg's reagent ?
(A) CH3CH2NH2 (B) (CH3CH2)2NH (C) (CH3CH2)3N (D) All of these

9. Aromatic primary amines can be distinguished from aliphatic primary amines by

(A) Tollen's test (B) Action on red litmus paper
(C) Azo dye test (D) Action with dil. HCl

10. Primary amines can be distinguished from secondary amines by

(A) Gabriel-phthalimide reaction (B) Liebermann nitrosoamine reaction
(C) Hofmann bromamide reaction (D) All the three above

11. Which of the following reactions does not yield an amine ?

Na
(A) R–X + NH3  (B) R–CH=NOH + [H] 

C 2H5 OH

H 
4 LiAlH
(C) R–CN + H2O 
 (D) R–CONH2 + 4 [H]   

12. Action of NaNO2 + dil HCl on ArNH2 yield ArN2Cl. A similar reaction with cyclohexylamine will yield.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

13. Which of the following reagents can be used to prepare ethyl carbylamine from ethyl iodide ?
(A) HCN (B) KCN (C) AgCN (D) CuCN

14. Dehydration of primary amides with P2O5 gives

(A) Cyanides (B) Isocyanides (C) Amines (D) Nitro compounds.

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15. Which is not the property of ethanenitrile (CH3CN)
(A) Undergoes acidic hydrolysis to give carboxylicacid.
(B) Undergoes alkaline hydrolysis to give salt of carboxylic acid.
(C) It tautomerises to give methyl isocyanide.
(D) It gives ethyl amine with LiAlH4
16. Which of the following statement is not correct
(A) Alkyl isocyanides have bad odours while alkyl cyanides have pleasant odours
(B) Alkyl cyanides are not as poisonous as KCN
(C) Alkyl Cyanides have lower boiling points than the corresponding alkyl isocyanides
(D) Acetonitrile is soluble in water but methylcarbylamine is not.
17. Which of the following represents the poisonous gas which caused Bhopal tragedy in 1984 ?
(A) CH3–N=C=O (B) CH3–N=C=S (C) CH3–CH=N=S (D) CH3–O–N C

18. Identify the compound 'X' in the following reactions

2 Cl / NaOH
HNO3
CH3NO2 Excess
 X  
 CHCl
3

(A) ClCH2NO2 (B) Cl2CHNO2 (C) Cl3CNO2 (D) CH3Cl

19. Nitrobenzene combines with hydrogen in the presence of platinum to produce

(A) Toluene (B) Benzene (C) Aniline (D) Azobenzene
20. Activation of benzene ring in aniline can be decreased by treating with
(A) Acetone (B) Ethyl alcohol (C) Acetic acid (D) Acetyl chloride

HNO / H2SO 4 Sn / HCl

21.  3   Intermediate compound  
 Heat

(A) (B) (C) (D)

22. + CHCl3 + KOH ?

(A) Phenyl isocyanide (B) Benzyl amine (C) Benzyl chloride (D) None of these

23. Electrophilic substitution of with bromine water gives :

(A) 2,3,4-Tribromo aniline (B) 2, 4, 6-Tribromo aniline

(C) 4-Bromo aniline (D) 3-Bromo aniline

24. Aniline on treatement with nitrous acid (NaNO2 + HCl) at 0ºC forms :
(A) phenol (B) nitrobenzene
(C) nitrosobenzene (D) benzene diazonium chloride

25. Aniline reacts with which of these to form schiff base ?

(A) Acetic acid (B) Benzaldehyde (C) Acetone (D) NH3

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(pH  9 –11)
26. + Ph – N2      X, (major product) X will be :

(A) (B) (C) (D)

Ph 4~6
27. +   X (major product) X will be -

(A) (B) (C) (D)

28. Benzenediazonium chloride can be converted into benzene on treatement with

(A) H3PO3 (B) H3PO4 (C) H3PO2 (D) HPO3

NaNO HCl
2 2 H O
29. C6H5 NH2     X  Y, the product Y is :
O – 5C 
(A) Benzenediazonium chloride (B) Nitrobenzene
(C) Phenol (D) Cresol

30. CuCN
 product is
 

(A) (B) (C) (D)


31.  A is

In the above proess product A is

(A) Fluorobenzene (B) Benzene
(C) 1, 4-Difiluorobenzene (D) 1, 3-Difluorobenzene

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32. Diazonium salts + Cu2Cl2 + HCl  ,the reaction is known as

(A) Chlorination (B) Sandmeyer’s reaction

(C) Perkin reaction (D) Carbyl amine reaction

33. In the reaction, 

(A )
 (A) is :

(A) H3PO2 (B) Cu2Cl2 (C) HgSO4/H2SO4 (D) H+ / H2O

34. In the following reaction sequence, the compounds (X) and (Y) respectively are :

Excess Br
2 ( i) NaNO 2 / HCl
   
 (X)     (Y)
H2O ( ii) H3PO 2

(A) and (B) and

(C) and (D) and

35. The well known explosive TNT stands for

(A) 2, 3, 6-Trinitrotoluene (B) 3, 4, 5-Trinitrotoluene
(C) 2, 3, 5-Trinitrotoluene (D) 2, 4, 6-Trinitrotoluene

36. Nitration of benzene with a mixture of conc. HNO3 and conc. H2SO4 at 333 K (60ºC) gives :
(A) Nitrosobenzene (B) Nitrobenzene
(C) 1, 3-Dinitrobenzene (D) 1, 3, 5-Trinitrobenzene

37. Reduction of nitrobenzene with LiAlH4 gives :

(A) Nitrosobenzene (B) Aniline
(C) Azobenzene (D) Phenylhydroxylamine

conc . HNO
   3 (NH4 )2 S
 X 
38. C6H6 conc   Y
. H SO , 363 K
2 4

In the above reaction sequence, X and Y are respectively

(A) Nitrobenzene, aniline (B) m-Dinitrobenzene, m-Phenylenediamine
(C) m-Dinitrobenzene, m-Nitroaniline (D) m-Dinitrobenzene, p-Nitroaniline.

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39. Hydrazobenzene is formed when nitrobenzene is reduced with
(A) Zn / HCl (B) Zn / NaOH (C) Sn / HCl (D) Zn / NH4Cl

Conc .H SO
40.   2 
4
 A


Product ‘A’ in above reaction is

(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these

41. x X is


(A) Na2S (B) Sn/HCl (C) LiAIH4 (D) All of these

42. In the reaction, the product (C) is
NaNO  HCl CuCN 
H / H2O
C6H5NH2  2 
 (A)  
 (B)   (C)
0–5ºC KCN

(A) C6H5CH2NH2 (B) C6H5COOH (C) C6H5OH (D) none of these

43. An aromatic amine (X) was treated with alcoholic potash and another compound (Y) then foul smelling gas
C6H5NC is formed . The compound (Y) was formed by reacting compound (Z) with Cl2 in the presence of
slaked lime. The compound (Z) is :
(A) CHCl3 (B) CH3COCH3 (C) CH3OH (D) C6H5NH2
44. Aniline when acetylated, the product on nitration followed by alkaline hydrolysis gives :
(A) acetanilide (B) o-nitroacetanilide (C) p-nitroaniline (D) m-nitroaniline
45. p-Chloro aniline and anilinium hydrogen chloride can be distinguished by
(A) Sandmayer reaction (B) Carbyl amine reaction
(C) Hinsberg's reaction (D) AgNO3
46. Aniline in a set of reaction yield a product D. The structure of product C would be :

NaNO2 H , Ni HNO 2
  A   B 2
CuCN
 C  
 D
HCl

(A) C6H5CH2NH2 (B) C6H5NHCH2CH3 (C) C6H5NHOH (D) C6H5CH2OH

NaOH /  Sn / HCl
47.      'X', The product ‘X’ is

(A) (B) (C) (D)

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48._ The major product of the reaction between m-dinitrobenzene with NH4HS is :

(A) (B) (C) (D)

49. The product of the following reaction is :

H O ,  NaNO / HCl
2 KNO / Cu
3  
     2


(A) (B) (C) (D)

50. Nitration of aniline also give m-nitro aniline, in strong acidic medium because
(A) Amino group is meta directive.
(B) Inspite of substituents nitro group always goes to m-position.
(C) In strong acidic medium, nitration of aniline is a nucleophilic substitution reaction.
(D) In strong acidic medium aniline is present as anilinium ion.

51. Ph – NH2 A B C , C is :

(A) (B)

(C) (D) Ph – F

52. Aniline when diazotized in cold and then treated with dimethyl aniline gives a coloured product. Its structure
would be

(A) = (B)

(C) NHCH3 (D) CH3 N= N NH2

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53. In the diazotisation of aniline with sodium nitrite and hydrochloric acid, an excess of hydrochloric acid is
used primarily to
(A) suppress the concentration of free aniline available for coupling
(B) suppress hydrolysis of phenol
(C) insure a stoichiometric amount of nitrous acid
(D) neutralize the base liberated

54. An organic compound with M.F C3H5N on hydrolysis forms an acid which reduces Fehling's solution. The
compound can be
(A) Ethanenitrile (B) Ethyl carbylamine (C) Ethoxyethane (D) Propanenitrile

55. The red coloured compound formed during the victor meyer's test for ethyl alcohol is

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

56. Chlorobenzene can be prepared by reacting aniline with

(A) HCl
(B) Cu2Cl2
(C) chlorine in presence of anhydrous AlCl3
(D) nitrous acid followed by heating with Cu2Cl2

57. Which of the following gives primary amine on reduction

(A) (B) CH3–CH2–O–N=O (C) CH3CH2NC (D) None of these

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 KVPY PROBLEMS (PREVIOUS YEARS)
1. The main product III obtained in the following reaction sequence is - . [KVPY_2007_SX]
NH2 +
(CH3CO)2O H2O/H
I II III
Br2/CH3COOH
Me
NHCOCH3 NH2
NH2 NHCOCH3

(A) (B) (C) (D) Me

Me Br Me Br
Br Br
2. The major product obtained in the reaction of aniline with acetic anhydride is [KVPY_2013_SX]
NHCOCH3
NHCOCH3
(A) (B) H3C

O
NH2

(C) (D) H3C

O
3. The compound X (C7H9N) reacts with benzensulfonyl chloride to give Y (C13H13NO2S) which is insoluble in
alkali. The compound X is [KVPY_2013_SX]
NH2
NH CH3 NH2 NH2
CH3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
CH3 H3C
4. Aniline reacts with excess Br2/H2O to give the major product : [KVPY_2014_SX]
NH2 NH2 NH2
NH 2 Br
Br Br
Br Br
(A) (B) (C) (D)
Br Br Br
Br
Br Br Br
5. In the raction sequence

X and Y are,respectively [KVPY_2014_SX]

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

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6. The reagent(s) used for the conversion of benzene diazonium hydrogensulfate to benzene is/are
[KVPY 2016 SX] [1 Mark]
(A) H2O (B) H3PO2 + H2O (C) H2SO4 + H2O (D) CuCl/HCl

7. Among the -amino acids – threonine, tyrosine, methionine, arginine and tryptophan, those which contain
an aromatic group in their side chain are [KVPY 2017 SX] [1 Mark]

(A) threonine and arginine (B) tyrosine and tryptophan

(C) methionine and tyrosine (D) arginine and tryptophan

8. Among the following compounds, the one which does NOT produce nitrogen gas upon heating is
[KVPY 2017 SX] [1 Mark]
(A) (NH4)2Cr2O7 (B) NaN3 (C) NH4NO2 (D*) (NH4)2C2O4

EXERCISE

1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (B) 5. (D)

6. (B) 7. (D) 8. (C) 9. (C) 10. (B)
11. (C) 12. (D) 13. (C) 14. (A) 15. (C)
16. (C) 17. (A) 18. (C) 19. (C) 20. (D)
21. (A) 22. (A) 23. (B) 24. (D) 25. (B)
26. (A) 27. (B) 28. (C) 29. (C) 30. (B)
31. (A) 32. (B) 33. (A) 34. (B) 35. (D)
36. (B) 37. (C) 38. (C) 39. (B) 40. (B)
41. (A) 42. (B) 43. (B) 44. (C) 45. (D)
46. (A) 47. (B) 48._ (B) 49. (D) 50. (D)
51. (D) 52. (A) 53. (A) 54. (B) 55. (A)
56. (D) 57. (A)

KVPY PROBLEMS (PREVIOUS YEARS)

1. (D) 2. (A) 3. (A) 4. (A) 5. (A)

6. (B) 7. (B) 8. (D)

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3. Na / C H OH
2 5
 

8. 3º amine does not contain active H so reaction is not possible with Hinseberg's reagent.

H
11. R – C  N + H2O 
 R – COOH + NH3 (Hydrolysis reaction).

alcohol
13. C2H5I + AgCN 

O
||
P2O5
R – C – NH2 
14.  R – C  N


17. CH3–N=C=O Methyl isocyanate

HNO / H SO Sn / HCl
21.  3 
2

4
  
 Heat

26. Phenol prefer coupling in sligtly basic medium.

27. Aniline prefer coupling in slightly acidic medium .

37. Ph – NO2  Ph – N = N – Ph

conc . HNO 3 (NH ) S

38.   
C6H6 conc   4 
2

. H SO , 363 K
2 4

NaNO2  HCl CuCN  

H / H2O
42. C6H5NH2 0 
–5ºC
 C6H5 N2Cl  
 C H CN 
KCN 6 5  C6H5COOH

KOH
43. Ph – NH2  

CHCl3

Cl / CaOH
CH3 COCH3 2 
2
CH3 COO2 Ca  CHCl3

44. CH3COCl
Ph – NH2  HNO3 OH – / H O
 Ph – NHCOCH3     2


45. + AgNO3  + AgCl  (white ppt)

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 NaNO
2 H2
46.   CuCN 
 HNO
2
HCl  
 Ni 


NaOH /  Sn / HCl
47.     

48._ NH4HS is selective reducing agent.

H O  , NaNO / HCl
2  
 KNO / Cu
49. 3  
  2 

HNO2 HF
51. Ph – NH2   PhN2Cl  Ph – F
O ºC BF3 / 


54. CH3CH2 – N H O /H
2  CH3CH2 – NH2 + HCOOH

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