Chapter 4 Carbon and its Compounds

NCERT Class 10th

Science SOLUTIONS

Subject
Question

Give a test that can be used to differentiate between saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons

Updated on November 10, 2025 | By Learnzy Admin | 👁️ Views: 12 students

Solution
✔ Verified

The bromine water test is used to differentiate them.
When bromine water is added to an unsaturated hydrocarbon, its orange colour disappears.
In contrast, saturated hydrocarbons do not decolourise bromine water.

Was this solution helpful? 2
Click here to download practice questions on Carbon and its Compounds

More Questions on Carbon and its Compounds

Question 1

What will be the formula and electron dot structure of cyclopentane?


View solution
Question 2

What are the two properties of carbon which lead to the huge number of carbon compounds we see around us?


View solution
Question 3

A mixture of oxygen and ethyne is burnt for welding. Can you tell why a mixture of ethyne and air is not used?


View solution
Question 4

Why is the conversion of ethanol to ethanoic acid an oxidation reaction?


View solution
Question 5

What are oxidising agents?


View solution
Question 6

How would you distinguish experimentally between an alcohol and a carboxylic acid?


View solution
Question 7

People use a variety of methods to wash clothes. Usually after adding the soap, they ‘beat’ the clothes on a stone, or beat it with a paddle, scrub with a brush or the mixture is agitated in a washing machine. Why is agitation necessary to get clean clothes?


View solution
Question 8

Would you be able to check if water is hard by using a detergent?


View solution
Question 9

Explain the mechanism of the cleaning action of soaps.


View solution
Question 10

Which of the following hydrocarbons undergo addition reactions: C₂H₆, C₃H₈, C₃H₆, C₂H₂, and CH₄?


View solution
Question 11

What is hydrogenation? What is its industrial application?


View solution
Question 12

What change will you observe if you test soap with litmus paper (red and blue)?


View solution
Question 13

Explain the formation of scum when hard water is treated with soap.


View solution
Question 14

Why are carbon and its compounds used as fuels for most applications?


View solution
Question 15

Why does micelle formation take place when soap is added to water? Will a micelle be formed in other solvents such as ethanol also?


View solution
Question 16

How can ethanol and ethanoic acid be differentiated on the basis of their physical and chemical properties?


View solution
Question 17

What is an homologous series? Explain with an example.


View solution
Question 18

Explain the nature of the covalent bond using the bond formation in CH₃Cl.


View solution
Question 19

While cooking, if the bottom of the vessel is getting blackened on the outside, it means that


View solution
Question 20

Butanone is a four-carbon compound with the functional group


View solution
Question 21

Ethane, with the molecular formula C2H6 has


View solution