Question

Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate word/words from those given in the brackets:

(iodoform, acetaldehyde, positive, greater, acidic, acetone, disaccharide, negative, increases, glucose, decreases, chloroform, polysaccharide, lactose, lesser, basic, cationic hydrolysis, anionic hydrolysis)

(i) Calcium acetate on heating gives ………. which gives ……… on heating with iodine and sodium hydroxide solution.

(ii) On dilution of a solution, its specific conductance ……….. while its equivalent conductance ……….

(iii) Sucrose is a ………… and yields upon hydrolysis, a mixture of ………. and fructose.

(iv) More ………. the standard reduction potential of a substance, the ……… is its ability to displace hydrogen from acids. 

(v) An aqueous solution of CH₃COONa is ………. due to …………

Answer 1

(i) acetone, iodoform

(ii) decreases, increases

(iii) disaccharide, glucose

(iv) negative, greater

(v) basic, anionic hydrolysis