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Topic Organic Chemistry
Asked 4 times across 2 UPSC exams over 7 years (2018–2025), peaking in 2025.
Key insights
- Most tested in CAPF — 3 of 4 PYQs
- Most asked in 2025
- Recurs across 2 years (2018–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CDS 2018 → CAPF 2025
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (4 of 4) are since 2016.
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CAPF2025
Which of the following statements relating to carbon and its compounds are correct?
- 1-Propyne has three double bonds
- The boiling point of acetic acid is higher than methane
- Ethanol reacts with sodium metal and produces hydrogen gas
- Esters give effervescence on reaction with sodium bicarbonate. Select the answer
using the code given below.
- A 1 and 3
- B 2 and 3 only
- C 1 and 2
- D 2, 3 and 4
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
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CAPF2025
Which of the following reagents can cause oxidation of an alcohol?
- Hot concentrated H2SO4
- Alkaline KMnO4
- Acidified K2Cr2O7
- Acidified KMnO4 Select the answer
using the code given below.
- A 1, 2 and 3
- B 1, 3 and 4
- C 2 and 3 only
- D 4 only
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
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CAPF2025
Which one among the following statements is not correct?
- A The reaction of methane and chlorine in sunlight produces hydrogen gas.
- B Palladium catalyzes the addition of hydrogen gas on an alkene.
- C Ethanol burns in oxygen to give carbon dioxide, water and releases heat and light.
- D Unsaturated hydrocarbons burn with a sooty flame.
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
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