The product formed in aldol condensation is                                                                 

1. a beta-hydroxy acid

2. a beta-hydroxy aldehyde or a beta-hydroxy ketone

3. an alpha-hydroxy aldehyde or ketone

4. an alpha, beta unsaturated ester

Consider the following reaction,

Phenol$\stackrel{\mathrm{Zn}-\mathrm{dust}}{\to }$X$\underset{\mathrm{Anhy}.{\mathrm{AlCl}}_3}{\overset{{\mathrm{CH}}_3\mathrm{Cl}}{\to }}$Y$\stackrel{\mathrm{Alk}.{\mathrm{KMnO}}_4}{\to }$Z 

The product Z is                            

1. toluene

2. benzaldehyde

3. benzoic acid

4. benzene

Reduction of aldehydes and ketones into hydrocarbons using zinc amalgam and conc. HCl is called    

1. Clemmenson reduction

2. Cope reduction

3. Dow reduction

4. Wolff-Kishner reduction

Aldol condensation will not take place in

1. HCHO 

2. ${\mathrm{CH}}_3\mathrm{CHO}$

3. ${\mathrm{CH}}_3{\mathrm{COCH}}_3$

4. ${\mathrm{CH}}_3{\mathrm{CH}}_2\mathrm{CHO}$

The -OH group of an alcohol or the -COOH group of a carboxylic acid can be replaced by -Cl using     

1. phosphorus pentachloride

2. hypochlorous acid

3. chlorine

4. hydrochloric acid

What ester produces a white crystalline acid when boiled with KOH, cooled, and acidified with conc. HCl?

1. Methyl acetate 

2. Ethyl acetate

3. Ethyl formate 

4. Ethyl benzoate

The compound formed when malonic acid heated with urea, is                  

1. cinnamic acid

2. butyric acid

3. barbituric acid

4. crotonic acid

What compound results from the catalytic dehydrogenation of a primary alcohol?

1. Aldehyde 

2. Ketone 

3. Alkene

4. Acid 

HCHO and HCOOH are distinguished by treating with:

1. Tollens reagent

2. NaHCO₃

3. Fehling's Solution

4. Benedict Solution

The correct acidity order of the following is:

1. (III)>(IV)>(II)>(I)                       

2. (IV)>(III)>(I)>(II)

3. (III)>(II)>(I)>(IV)                       

4. (II)>(III)>(IV)>(I)