Carboxylic Acids & Their Derivatives — JEE Main PYQs & Practice Questions

Carboxylic Acids & Their Derivatives is a Chemistry chapter in the JEE Main syllabus. This page brings together 23 previous-year and practice questions on Carboxylic Acids & Their Derivatives, organised into 4 topics: Preparation and Acidity, Reactions of Carboxylic Acids, Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky Reaction and Acid Derivatives. Most questions come with a step-by-step solution you can work through free in PrepWiser.

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Preparation and Acidity

• Two statements are given below : Statement I : The melting point of monocarboxylic acid…
• Which one of the following reactions will not yield propionic acid?
• The correct order of acidic strength of the major products formed in the given…
• The number of compound/s given below which contain/s -COOH group is __________. (Integer…
• The correct sequence of acidic strength of the following aliphatic acids in their…
• The descending order of acidity for the following carboxylic acid is- A. CH₃COOH B…
• Consider the following sequence of reactions to give the major product(X) P g of the…
• Consider the following reactions. From these reactions which reaction will give…
• The major products A and B in the following set of reactions are :

Reactions of Carboxylic Acids

• The major product formed in the following reaction is :
• Decarboxylation of all six possible forms of diaminobenzoic acids C₆H₃(NH₂)₂COOH yields…
• Given below are two statements : Statement I : The esterification of carboxylic acid…

Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky Reaction

• Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled…
• Complete the following reaction sequence and give the name of major product 'P '.

Acid Derivatives

• Maleic anhydride can prepared by :
• In the following reaction, 'A' is
• In the following sequence of reactions a compound A, (molecular formula C₆H₁₂O₂) with a…
• The product of reaction of acetic anhydride with ethanol is:
• A→((i)NaH)B→((i)EOH)C ' A ' shows positive Lassaign's test for N and its molar mass is…
• The correct order of their reactivity towards hydrolysis at room temperature is :
• Acid chlorides are more reactive than anhydrides towards nucleophiles.
• Consider the following molecules: The correct order of rate of hydrolysis is :
• Consider the following reaction. The major product(P) formed is:

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Frequently asked questions

How many Carboxylic Acids & Their Derivatives questions are there for JEE Main?

PrepWiser has 23 Carboxylic Acids & Their Derivatives questions for JEE Main, grouped into 4 topics such as Preparation and Acidity, Reactions of Carboxylic Acids and Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky Reaction.

Are these Carboxylic Acids & Their Derivatives questions from previous-year JEE Main papers?

Yes — most are genuine previous-year questions from past JEE Main papers, and the rest are practice questions written to match the JEE Main pattern and difficulty.

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