Chemistry
GATE CY year:2017 PYQs
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Questions 41–50 of 65. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.
Question 41
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For the following three alkenes, 1, 2 and 3, the rates of hydrogenation using Wilkinson’s catalyst at 25 °C vary in the order

1: cyclohexene; 2: alkene with CH₃ and C₂H₅ substituents on one alkene carbon and H on the other; 3: methyl-substituted cyclohexene
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undergoes
decay to
of its initial amount in 15 days. The time required for its decay to
of its initial amount is ______ days (up to two decimal places).Log in to check the answer
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The metal ion and the macrocyclic skeleton present in the green pigment of plants, respectively, are
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The spinel structure of
has cubic close packed arrangement of oxide ions. The fractions of the octahedral and tetrahedral sites occupied by cations, respectively, areYour answerChoose one option.
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The diffusion limiting current (
) at a dropping mercury electrode for an aqueous Mg(II) solution of concentration ‘c’ (mol L
) is 300 μA. If ‘c’ is increased by 0.1 mol L
,
increases to 900 μA. The value of ‘c’ (in mol L
) is ______ (up to two decimal places).Log in to check the answer
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The major product formed in the following reaction is

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The product formed in the following photochemical reaction is

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Among the following decahydroquinoline toluenesulfonates (Ts), the one that yields 9-methylamino-E-non-5-enal as a major product upon aqueous solvolysis is
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The product obtained in the following solvolysis reaction is

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The spectroscopic data for an organic compound with molecular formula C₁₀H₁₂O₂ are given below. IR band around 1750 cm⁻¹, ¹H NMR δ 7.3 (m, 5H), 5.85 (q, 1H, J = 7.2 Hz), 2.05 (s, 3H), 1.5 (d, 3H, J = 7.2 Hz) ppm. The compound is
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