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Short Questions:
1. What is meant by the term catenation? Give an example of a compound that displays
catenation.
2. How is coal formed?
3. What is the importance of natural gas?
4. Justify that organic compounds are used as food.
5. How are alkyl radicals formed? Explain with examples.

6. What is the difference between n-propyl and isopropyl radicals ? Explain with structure.
7. Explain different radicals of butane.
8. Define functional group with an example.
9. What is an ester group? Write down the formula of ethyl acetate.
10. Write down the dot and cross formulae of propane and n-butane?
11. Define structural formula. Draw the structural formulae of n-butane and isobutane.
12. Write classification of coal.
13. What are heterocyclic compounds? Give two examples.
14. Why are benzene and other homologous compounds of benzene called aromatic
compounds?

Extensive Questions:
1. (a) How is coal formed? What are the different types of coal?

(b) Write down the composition and uses of different types of coal.
2. (a) What is destructive distillation of coal?

(b) Name the different types of the products obtained by the destructive distillation of
coal.
3. Write a detailed note on functional groups of alkenes and alkynes. How are they identified
from other compounds?
4. Give some uses of organic compounds in our daily life.
5. Write down the characteristics of homologous series.
6. Why are organic compounds numerous?
7. What are amines? Explain the different types of amines giving an example of each type.
How primary amino group is identified?
8. Describe the functional group of an alcohol. How are alcoholic groups identified?
9. Differentiate between aldehydic and ketonic functional groups. How are both identified
from each other?
10. Encircle the functional groups in the following compounds. Also give the names of the
functional groups?

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