What is the product P ?

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• Both (a) and (b)

In the eclipsed conformation of ethane, the dihedral angle between the hydrogen atoms of adjacent methyl groups is :

• 60°

• 120°

• 0°

• 180°

The major product of the addition of water molecule to propyne in the presence of mercuric sulphate and dilute sulphuric acid is :

• ethanal

• 2-propanol

• propane

• propanone

Which of the following statements is not an essential feature of an optically active molecule ?

• It will rotate the plane of polarised light

• It will have a non-superimposable mirror image

• It will have no element of symmetry

• It will have an asymmetric carbon atom

The reagent which could distinguish between 1-hexyne and 1-hexene is :

• Ag$({\mathrm{NH}}_3{)}_2^{+}$

• KMnO₄

• Br₂ in CCl₄

• H₂SO₄

Choose the correct reagent required to carry out the transformation :

• Zn + conc. HCl

• conc. H₂SO₄

• Li then H₂O

• H₂/Pt

The heat liberated when 1.89 g of benzoic acid is burnt in a bomb calorimeter at 25°C and it increases the temperature of 18.94 kg of water by 0.632°C. If the specific heat of water at 25°C is 0.998 cal/g-deg, the value of the heat of combustion of benzoic acid is

• 881.1 kcal

• 771.2 kcal

• 981.1 kcal

• 871.2 kcal

Which of the following alkenes will give same product by any method out of hydration, hydroboration-oxidation and oxymercuration-demercuration? 

• CH₃CH=CH₂

• CH₃CH=CHCH₃

• CH₃CH(CH₃)CH=CH₂

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The compound formed by the ozonolysis of acetylene :

• glycol

• acetic acid

• ethylene ozonide

• glyoxal

The compound which have conjugate double bond :

• butyne

• butylene

• isobutylene

• butadiene