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Chemistry - Carboxylic Acid Derivatives

Practise 16 AIIMS previous year questions on Carboxylic Acid Derivatives, compiled from papers spanning 2001 to 2019. Each question is pulled directly from the actual exam paper it appeared in, so you're practising in the exact style and difficulty AIIMS tests.

Carboxylic Acid Derivatives has been asked in 12 of the 19 years of AIIMS papers analysed (2001–2019), with 16 questions in all. 19% of them were easy, 50% moderate and 31% tough. Most of its questions came from 2019, with 2 questions that year. In the last three years (2017–2019) it had 4 questions across 5 papers, about 0.8 per paper.

The chapter's 5 topics are not weighted equally: Preparation and Properties of Acid Derivatives (5 questions, 31%), Reactions Involving Acid Group (4 questions, 25%), and Preparation and Properties of Carboxylic Acids (4 questions, 25%) have been asked the most. Preparation and Properties of Acid Derivatives has produced the most tough questions (3).

  1. 1Assertion : Anhydrides are more reactive than esters for nucleophilic substitution reaction. Reason : is better leaving group than .26 May, 2019Preparation and Properties of Acid Derivatives
  2. 2Assertion : but not can be halogenated in presence of red and . Reason : Both formic acid and are highly soluble in water.25 May, 2019Reactions Involving Acid Group
  3. 3What are the suitable reagents for the following conversion?27 May, 2018Preparation and Properties of Carboxylic Acids
  4. 4Consider the following set of reactions : The structure of would be2017Preparation and Properties of Acid Derivatives
  5. 5Benzoic acid is treated with lithium aluminium hydride. The compound obtained is2015Preparation and Properties of Acid Derivatives
  6. 6Assertion: Formic acid reduces mercuric chloride to mercurous chloride on heating, while acetic acid does not. Reason : Formic acid is a str2015Abnormal Behaviour of Formic Acid
  7. 7Assertion: does not give reaction. Reason: does not have -hydrogen atom.2014Reactions Involving Acid Group
  8. 8; Product is2013Preparation and Properties of Acid Derivatives
  9. 9In a set of reactions, acetic acid yielded a product . The structure of would be2012Preparation and Properties of Acid Derivatives
  10. 10Maximum decarboxylation occurs in2011Reactions Involving Acid Group
  11. 11Preview not available - open to view this question.2010Preparation and Properties of Esters
  12. 12Preview not available - open to view this question.2009Preparation and Properties of Carboxylic Acids
  13. 13Assertion : Esters which contain -hydrogens undergo Claisen condensation. Reason : reduction of esters gives acids.2009Preparation and Properties of Esters
  14. 14Preview not available - open to view this question.2004Preparation and Properties of Carboxylic Acids
  15. 15In the following reaction order, is2001Reactions Involving Acid Group
  16. 16Strongest acid among the following is2001Preparation and Properties of Carboxylic Acids

Frequently Asked Questions

1.How many questions are available for Carboxylic Acid Derivatives?

This chapter includes 16 questions compiled from AIIMS papers spanning 2001 to 2019.

2.Are these questions only from AIIMS, or from other exams too?

These are AIIMS questions specifically for the Carboxylic Acid Derivatives chapter. Questions from other exams like NEET or JIPMER are organised separately under their respective exam sections.

3.Is Carboxylic Acid Derivatives an important chapter for AIIMS Chemistry?

Carboxylic Acid Derivatives has appeared in 12 of the 19 years of AIIMS papers covered here, with 16 questions across 13 papers - about one per paper it appears in.

4.What is the difficulty level of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives questions in AIIMS?

Of the 16 questions analysed for this chapter, 19% are easy, 50% moderate and 31% tough. 2019 had the most, with 2 questions.

5.Which topics in Carboxylic Acid Derivatives should I focus on?

These topics have carried the most weightage in Carboxylic Acid Derivatives:

  • Preparation and Properties of Acid Derivatives - 5 questions (31%)
  • Reactions Involving Acid Group - 4 questions (25%)
  • Preparation and Properties of Carboxylic Acids - 4 questions (25%)
  • Preparation and Properties of Acid Derivatives has produced the most tough questions (3).
6.Is Carboxylic Acid Derivatives's weightage in AIIMS going up or down?

Across all 13 papers analysed, Carboxylic Acid Derivatives has averaged about 1.2 questions per paper. In the last three years (2017–2019), that average has fallen, at about 0.8 questions per paper. Use the year-wise numbers on this page for the exact trend before you decide how much time to give it.