1Chemistryiodoform test
Which of the following alcohol can give Iodoform reaction?
- A.Methanol
- B.1-Butanol
- C.1-Propanol
- D.Ethanol
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Alcohols & Phenols MCQs for MDCAT
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2Chemistryphenol acidity
Which of the following is correct regarding phenol
- A.Phenol and water are equally acidic
- B.Phenol is less acidic than carboxylic acid
- C.Phenol is less acidic than water
- D.Phenol is less acidic than ethanol
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3Chemistryphenol reactivity
Phenols are very reactive towards:
- A.Oxidizing agent
- B.Reducing agent
- C.Dehydrating agent
- D.Hygroscopic agent
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4Chemistryfunctional group
Both alcohols and phenols contain:
- A.– OH group
- B.– COOH group
- C.– CH2 group
- D.– CHO group
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5Chemistryacidity order
Select the correct order of relative acidic strength of phenol, alcohol, water, and carboxylic acid:
- A.Carboxylic acid ˃ water ˃ phenol ˃ alcohol
- B.Carboxylic acid ˃ phenol ˃ water ˃ alcohol
- C.Carboxylic acid ˃ alcohol ˃ phenol ˃ water
- D.Carboxylic acid ˃ water ˃ alcohol ˃ phenol
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6Chemistryoxidation of secondary alcohols
30 grams of 2-propanol were mixed with excess acidified K2Cr2O7 and boiled under reflux for 20 minutes. The organic product was then collected by distillation. The yield of product was 75.0%. What is the mass of product produced?
- A.1.74g
- B.21.75g
- C.2.74g
- D.29.9 g
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7Chemistrycommon names
What is the common name of 1,2,3-propanetriol?
- A.Butyl alcohol
- B.Glycol
- C.Glycerol
- D.Propyl alcohol
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How Alcohols & Phenols is examined
Alcohols & Phenols sits in the official PMDC Chemistry curriculum, the document that defines what can and cannot appear in the 2026 paper. Everything on this page is tagged against that curriculum rather than against a chapter list invented for a website, which is why a chapter here matches the chapter your textbook and your teacher use.
Chemistry carries 45 of the 180 questions in the real paper - 25% of your MDCAT score, and the MDCAT is half your merit aggregate. PMDC does not publish how those 45questions are split across chapters, so no honest page can tell you “expect four from Alcohols & Phenols”. What the archive can tell you is what actually appeared: 7 Alcohols & Phenols questions out of the 240 Chemistry questions digitised so far.
Work through them with the explanations rather than checking answer letters. The explanation says why the other three options are wrong, and distractors get reused across years far more reliably than whole questions do.
Frequently asked questions
How many Alcohols & Phenols MCQs are on this page?
7, drawn from 3 past papers - the 2023, 2024 papers. Every one is transcribed from the real paper rather than written to look like a past paper question, and each carries the correct answer with a written explanation. 0 of them are readable in full without an account.
Is Alcohols & Phenols in the MDCAT 2026 syllabus?
Yes. Alcohols & Phenols is a chapter of the official PMDC Chemistry curriculum, and PMDC has confirmed the 2026 syllabus is unchanged from the 2025 revision, so everything on this page is still examinable.
How many Alcohols & Phenols questions come up in the MDCAT?
PMDC does not publish a per-chapter breakdown, so nobody can tell you a reliable number - be careful with pages that do. What can be counted is the paper as a whole: Chemistry is 45 of the 180 questions, and 3% of the Chemistry questions in our archive so far have come from Alcohols & Phenols.
Do these Alcohols & Phenols MCQs come with explanations?
Yes, and they are written from scratch rather than copied. An answer letter tells you nothing about why the other three options are wrong, which is the part that transfers to the next question. The first 0 questions of every paper are free to read in full; the rest need a pass.