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CSIR NET Chemistry Orientation Quiz

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following obeys 18-electron rule?

a)

Fe(CO)₅

b)

Ni(CO)₄

c)

Cr(CO)₆

d)

All of the above

2.

Which lanthanide ion shows maximum paramagnetism?

a)

Ce³⁺

b)

Gd³⁺

c)

Eu²⁺

d)

Yb³⁺

3.

Bioorthogonal chemistry refers to chemical reactions that:

a)

Occur only at high temperatures

b)

Occur in water-insoluble environments

c)

Occur inside living systems without disrupting native biochemical processes

d)

Are used only in industrial synthesis

4.

The Woodward-Fieser rules are applied to predict:

a)

IR absorption maxima

b)

UV-visible λ_max

c)

Mass fragmentation pattern

d)

NMR splitting

5.

"Click chemistry" is a term coined by:

a)

K. Barry Sharpless

b)

Frances Arnold

c)

Carolyn Bertozzi

d)

Jean-Marie Lehn

6.

Debye-Hückel limiting law is applicable to:

a)

Strong electrolytes at high concentration

b)

Weak electrolytes at low concentration

c)

Strong electrolytes at infinite dilution

d)

None of the above

7.

Which of the following is used as an internal standard in NMR?

a)

TFA

b)

DMSO

c)

TMS

d)

CDCl₃

8.

Which metal ion is present in vitamin B12?

a)

Fe

b)

Co

c)

Zn

d)

Cu

9.

Which award is considered India's highest scientific honor and sometimes a stepping stone to Nobel?

a)

Bharat Ratna

b)

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize

c)

Infosys Prize

d)

INSA Fellowship

10.

In aldol condensation, the enolate ion acts as a:

a)

Nucleophile

b)

Electrophile

c)

Base

d)

Leaving group

11.

The van't Hoff factor 'i' becomes greater than 1 in case of:

a)

Non-electrolytes

b)

Strong electrolytes

c)

Weak electrolytes

d)

Covalent solutes

12.

A higher λ_max in UV-Vis spectroscopy generally indicates:

a)

Greater energy gap

b)

Lower energy gap

c)

Less conjugation

d)

Saturated compound

13.

Who won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery and development of quantum dots?

a)

Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, Barry Sharpless

b)

Carolyn Bertozzi, David MacMillan, Benjamin List

c)

Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus, Alexei Ekimov

d)

Emmanuelle Charpentier, Jennifer Doudna, Reinhard Genzel

14.

Why does an E2 reaction require a periplanar geometry?

a)

For stabilization of the carbocation

b)

For orbital overlap between β-H and leaving group

c)

To allow carbene intermediate

d)

To stabilize the conjugate base

15.

In IR spectroscopy, the C≡C stretching frequency appears around:

a)

1700 cm⁻¹

b)

2200 cm⁻¹

c)

3300 cm⁻¹

d)

1450 cm⁻¹

16.

In ¹H NMR spectroscopy, deshielding causes:

a)

Upfield shift

b)

Downfield shift

c)

No change

d)

Decrease in coupling constant

17.

The invention of the pH scale is credited to:

a)

Arrhenius

b)

Niels Bohr

c)

S.P.L. Sørensen

d)

Linus Pauling

18.

Who coined the term "organic chemistry"?

a)

Friedrich Wöhler

b)

Justus von Liebig

c)

Berzelius

d)

Kekulé

19.

The first synthesis of urea from ammonium cyanate was done by:

a)

Berzelius

b)

Wöhler

c)

Kekulé

d)

Pasteur

20.

The discovery of X-rays was made by:

a)

Roentgen

b)

Curie

c)

Becquerel

d)

Rutherford

21.

If two compounds have the same molecular formula but different refractive indices and boiling points, they are:

a)

Isomers

b)

Resonance structures

c)

Conformers

d)

Tautomers

22.

In a UV spectrum, a bathochromic shift indicates:

a)

Shorter λmax

b)

Greater energy gap

c)

Longer λmax due to conjugation

d)

Molecule is unstable

23.

Which will undergo faster hydrolysis in aqueous medium?

a)

CH₃COCl

b)

CH₃CONH₂

c)

CH₃COOCH₃

d)

CH₃COOH

24.

Which intermediate is formed in the Beckmann rearrangement?

a)

Carbocation

b)

Nitrenium ion

c)

Oxime

d)

Rearranged amide

25.

The reaction of phenol with chloroform and NaOH gives:

a)

Anisole

b)

Salicylaldehyde

c)

Chlorobenzene

d)

Benzaldehyde

26.

Which named reaction gives nitriles from primary amides?

a)

Hofmann

b)

Beckmann

c)

Schmidt

d)

Lossen

27.

Which of the following is least basic?

a)

CH₃NH₂

b)

NH₃

c)

Aniline

d)

Guanidine

28.

The Curtius rearrangement involves which intermediate?

a)

Carbocation

b)

Carbanion

c)

Isocyanate

d)

Carbene

29.

In the Perkin reaction, the product formed is a:

a)

Hydrocarbon

b)

Aromatic ketone

c)

α,β-unsaturated acid

d)

Diol

30.

The Corey-Chaykovsky reaction is used to synthesize:

a)

Ketones

b)

Epoxides

c)

Carboxylic acids

d)

Ethers