Chemistry · Practical Organic Chemistry
JEE Main 2026 — 8 April, Evening Shift — Question 53
Given below are two statements :
Statement I: Vapours of the liquid with higher boiling point condense before vapours of the liquid with lower boiling points in fractional distillation.
Statement II : The vapours rising up in the fractionating column become richer in high boiling component of the mixture.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the option given below :
- Option A:
Both Statement I and Statement II are true
- Option B:
Both Statement I and Statement II are false
- Option C:Correct
Statement I is true but Statement II are false
- Option D:
Statement I is false but Statement II are true
Answer: C
Step-by-step solution
Statement I : True Statement II : False Reason - As vapours rise, they become richer in the lower-boiling component, not high-boiling component.
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- Exam
- JEE Main 2026
- Subject
- Chemistry
- Chapter
- Practical Organic Chemistry
- Topic
- Distillation and chromatography