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1. Synthetic polymer among the following is

1) Wool 2) Cellulose 3) Nucleic acid 4) PVC
2. Condensation polymer among the following is
1)Urea formaldehyde resin 2) Poly vinyl pyrrolidone 3) Neoprene 4) Teflon
3. Thermoplastic polymer among the following is
1) Bakelite 2) Urea Formaldehyde resin 3) Polysiloxanes 4) P V C
4. Among the following which one has ester linkage
1) Nylon - 6 2) Bakelite 3) Dacron 4) Urea fomaldehyde resin
5. Important initiator used for cationic polymerization is
1) Bronsted - lowry base 2) Lewis base
3) Nucleophile 4) Lewis acid in the presence of small amount of water
6. A typical initiator used in anionic polymerization is
1) BF3 2) H2SO4 3) SnCl4 4) KNH2
7. Which one of the following is not a copolymer
1) Terylene 2) SBR 3) BuNa-N 4) PMMA
8. Which one of the following is formed by heating hexamethylene diamine and adipic acid ?
1) Bakelite 2) Terylene 3) Teflon 4) Nylon-6,6
9. Assertion (A) : Natural rubber gives 2- methyl -1,3 - butadiene when it is heated to high temperature in the
absence of air.
Reason (R) : Natural rubber is polyisoprene
The correct nswer is
1) Both A and R are true and R explains A
2) Both A and R are true and R does not explain A
3) A is true, R is false 4) A is false, R is true
10. Dacron is a polymer of
1) Ethylene glycol +maleic anhydride 2) Ethylene glycol + Terephthalic acid
3) Glycerol + Phthalic anhydride 4) Ethylene glycol + vinyl acetate
11. orlon is a polymer of
1) Styrene 2) Acrylo nitrile 3) vinyl chloride 4) C2F4
12. Wrong statement about latex is
1) Dispresed phase is hydrocarbon droplets and dispersed medium is water
2) It is an emulsion
3) Dispersed phase particles have positive charge
4) Rubber in the latex can be coagulated by HCOOH
13. Neoprene is
1) Addition homopolymer 2) Addition copolymer

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14. The increasing order of inter molecular forces in the following polymers is
1) Nylon – 6,6 > Polythene >Buna – S 2) Buna – S < Polythene < Nylon – 6,6
3) Polythene < Buna – S < Nylon – 6,6 4) Nylon – 6,6 < Buna – S < Polythene
15. Which of the following monomers on polymerization gives the polymer neoprene
1) H2C = CCl- CH = CH2 2) H2C = CHCl
3) Cl2C = CCl2 4) F2C = CF2
16. Wrong statement about Nylon – 6 is
1) It is also called Perlon L 2) Its monomer is caprolactum
3) It has high electrical resistivity and resistance to abrasion
4) It’s structure is ( NH  (CH 2 ) 4  CO )n
17. Match the following
List - I(Polymer) List - II ( Monomers)
A) Buna - S 1) Isoprene
B) Bakelite 2) Propylene
C) Nylon - 6 3) Butadiene and styrene
D) Natural rubber 4) Phenol and formaldehyde
5) Caprolactum
A B C D A B C D
1) 3 4 2 1 2) 3 4 5 1
3) 4 3 5 1 4) 3 4 1 5
18. During the polymerization of ethylene hybridization of ‘C’ changes from ––– to –––
1) SP2,SP 2) SP3,SP2 3) SP, SP2 4)SP2, SP3
19. A polymer commonly used for making nonstick cook ware is
1) Teflon 2) BUNA-S 3) PVC 4) PHBV
20. Which of the following is false about Natural rubber
1) It is cis polyisoprene
2) 5% sulphur added to it makes it hard enough to be used as automobile tyres
3) Vuclanistation is carried out at 1273 K
4) Latex is an O/W emulsion
21. The Synthetic polymer which resembles natural rubber is
1) Neoprene 2) Isoprene 3) Glyptal 4) Nylon
22. The catalyst used in the manufacture of SBR is
1) Pt 2) Ni 3) Coke 4) Na

23. The number - average molecular weight  Mn  of a polymer sample in which 30% molecules have a
molecular mass of 20,000 ; 40% have 30,000 ;and rest have 60,000 is
1) 36105 2) 36103 3) 43103 4) 43105
24. For most of the synthetic polymers
1) M w  M n 2) M n  M w 3) M n  M w 4) M n  2 M w
25. PDI for natural polymer is generally close to
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26. The mass average molecular mass and number average molecualr mass of a polymer are 40,000 and
30,000 respectively. The poly dispersity index of polymer will be
1) <1 2) >1 3) 1 4) 0
27. Among the following polyamide copolymer is (are)
a) Nylon – 2 – Nylon –6 b) Nylon –6, 6 c) PET d) Bu Na – S
The correct answer is
1) Only a 2) Only a and b 3) Only a, b and c 4) a, b, c and d
28. Ester linkage is present in
1)Nylon –6 2) Nylon –6, 6 3) Nylon – 2 – Nylon –6 4) PHBV
29. Vulcanisation process carried out by
1) Carbon 2) Sulphur 3) Phosphorous 4) Nitrogen
30. Which of the following is not a polymer
1) Silk 2) DNA 3) DDT 4) Glycogen
31. Which one of the following is not a biodegradable polymer
1) Dextron 2) Dextrose 3) Nylon –2 –Nylon –6 4) PHBV
32. Set - I Set - II
A. Bakelite a. Fibres
B. Neoprene b. Thermoplastic
C. Nylon 6, 6 c. Elastomers
D. PVC d. Thermosetting
The correct match is
1. a - A, b - B, c - C, d – D 2. a - C, b - D, c - B, d - A
3. a - B, b - C, c - D, d - C 4. a - D, b - B, c - C, d - A

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33. C  (CH 2 )5  N  is the basic unit in which of the following polymer ?
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1) Nylon -6, 6 2) Bakelite 3) Terylene 4) Nylon-6

1) 4 2) 1 3) 4 4) 3 5) 4 6) 4 7) 4 8) 4 9) 1 10) 2
11) 2 12) 3 13) 1 14) 2 15) 1 16) 4 17) 2 18) 4 19) 1 20) 3
21) 1 22) 4 23) 2 24) 1 25) 2 26) 2 27) 2 28) 4 29) 2 30) 3
31) 2 32) 2 33) 4

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