Inductive Effect - PP 2

GOC – Inductive Effect – Practice Problems – 2
Class : XIIth
Subjective Type
Question 1
Arrange the following compounds in increasing order of their basic strength –
Single Option Correct Type

Q1.
What is the correct increasing order of extent of deprotonation of the following acids in its aqueous
solution?
a) (CH3)2CHCOOH b) CH3CH2COOH c) Cl2CHCH2COOH d) CH3CCl2COOH
1) a < b < c < d 2) d < c < a < b 3) b < a < c < d 4) a < d < c < b
Q2.
Which of the following has the largest acid dissociation constant (Ka)?
1) CH3 – CH3 2) H2C=CH2 3) H – C≡C – H 4) CH3 – CH2 – OH
Q3.
The acidic strength of substituted carboxylic acid is known to depend on nature and position of
substituents. In the following examples, an attempt has been made to arrange the acids in
decreasing order of acidic strength. Which one of the series is incorrect?
1) CH3CH2CHClCOOH > CH3CHClCH2COOH > CH3CH2CH2COOH > CH3CH(CH3)CH2COOH
2) O2NCH2COOH > OHCH2COOH > CH3COOH > CH3CH2COOH
3) Cl3CCOOH > FCH2COOH > Cl2CHCOOH > CH2BrCOOH
4) CH3COOH > CH3CH2COOH > (CH3)2CHCOOH > (CH3)3CCOOH
Q4.
The inductive effects of the group –CH3, –COO-, –Br, –NH3+ respectively are –
1) +I, -I, +I, +I 2) +I, +I, -I, -I 3) -I, -I, +I, +I 4) -I, +I, -I, +I
Q5.
What is the increasing order of basic strength of the following compounds in aqueous solution?
1) I < II < III < IV 2) I < II < IV < III 3) III < I < II < IV 4) III < I < IV < II
Q6.
On the basis of the fact that NaNH2 can deprotonate acetylene but not ethylene, order the four
acids in increasing order of acidic strength –
I) H – C≡C – H II) CH2=CH2 III) CH3 – CH3 IV) NH3
1) IV < III < II < I 2) III < II < IV < I 3) I < IV < II < III 4) III < IV < II < I
Q7.
Amongst the following acids, which has the lowest pKa value?
1) (CH3)2CHCOOH 2) CH3CH2COOH 3) CH3COOH 4) HCOOH
Q8.
Which is the strongest base that can exist in water?
1) NH 2 2) CH 3CH 2 3) NH3 4) OH 
Q9.
Considering the following values of pKa, which reaction will not proceed significantly in the right
direction?
NH3 = 35; H2O = 16; CH3COOH = 5; NH 4 = 10; C6H5OH = 10
1) CH 3COOH + NH 3  CH3COO  + NH 4
2) NH 3 + OH   NH 2 + H 2O
3) CH3COOH + OH   CH 3COO  + H 2O
4) C6 H 5OH + NH 3  C6 H5O  + NH 4
Q10.
Which is the correct statement concerning the following equilibrium?
1) Equilibrium favours I and II

2) I and II are conjugate acid-base pair
3) I is 5 times more acidic than II
4) II is the strongest base present in the system
Multiple Option Correct Type

Q1.
Consider the following acids. Which is/are weaker acid than at least other two of them?
Q2.
Which of the following statement(s) regarding inductive effect is/are true?
1) It operates through sigma bonds
2) It is a permanent effect
3) -I effect produced by two chlorine atoms is greater than the same produced by one fluorine
but from the same position
4) It has stronger effect than hyperconjugation effect
Q3.
Consider the following neutralisation reaction –
CH 3CHFCOONa + CH 3CH 2COOH  CH 3CHFCOOH + CH 3CH 2COOH
The correct statement(s) regarding this neutralisation is/are –
1) The equilibrium lies predominantly to the left
2) Equilibrium constant (Keq) is less than 1
3) It is a spontaneous neutralisation reaction
4) If equal moles of reactants are mixed to form the solution, the major ion present in solution
is CH3CH2COO- and Na+
Q4.
Consider the following amines –
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding their basicity?

1) In aqueous solution, the increasing basicity is I < II < III
2) In gas phase, the basic strength follows the order I < II < III
3) The pKb values of these amines in gas phase is in the order III < II < I
4) In aqueous solution, II evolves maximum heat on the basis of per mole when neutralised by
adding excess of HCl
Answer Key
Subjective Type
Question 1:
1) c > d > a b 2) a < c < b < d 3) a > b > c > d
Single Option Correct Type

1) 1 2) 4 3) 2 4) 2
5) 3 6) 2 7) 4 8) 4
9) 2 10) 1
Multiple Option Correct Type
1) 1,4 2) 1,2,3 3) 1,2 4) 2,3,4

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GOC – Inductive Effect – Practice Problems – 2

Single Option Correct Type

1) Equilibrium favours I and II

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Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding their basicity?

Single Option Correct Type

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