Home
Class 12
CHEMISTRY
Which of the following objects is chiral...

Which of the following objects is chiral?

A

Fork

B

Spoon

C

Hammer

D

Ear

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

The correct Answer is:
D
A chiral object is one whose mirror image is not superposable as it it lacks a plane or centre of symmetry. On the other hand, an chiral object has a superposable mirror image. Ear is chiral as it does not possess a plane of symmetry or a cnetre of symmetry.
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • STEREOCHEMISTRY

    R SHARMA|Exercise Follow-up Test 2|1 Videos

  • STEREOCHEMISTRY

    R SHARMA|Exercise Follow-up Test 3|1 Videos

  • STEREOCHEMISTRY

    R SHARMA|Exercise Follow-up Test 1|1 Videos

  • SOLUTIONS

    R SHARMA|Exercise ARCHIVES|42 Videos

  • SURFACE CHEMISTRY

    R SHARMA|Exercise Archives|18 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

Which of the following object is chiral?

ignoring specific marking ,which of the following objects are chiral? (I) a shoe (II) a book (III) a pencil (IV) a pair of shoes (consider the pair as one object are chiral (I) a shoe (II) a book (II) a pencil (IV) a pair of shoes (consider the pair as one object ) (V) a pair of scissors

Which of the following molecules is chiral?

Which of the following letter is chiral ?

Molecules whose mirror image is non-superimposable over them are known as chiral. Which of the following molecules is chiral in nature?

R SHARMA-STEREOCHEMISTRY-Follow-up Test
  1. A carbon atom is chiral when

    Text Solution

    |

  2. Which of the following atoms can be a chiral center in a given molecul...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. Which of the following objects is chiral?

    Text Solution

    |

  4. Which of the following compounds possesses a stereocenter?

    Text Solution

    |

  5. The number of chiral centres present in 3,4-dichloropentan-2-ol is

    Text Solution

    |

  6. Consider a hypothetical planar molecule with the formula A(2)B(2)X(whe...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. Which of the following can not be a chiral center?

    Text Solution

    |

  8. Which of the following pairs of compounds are enantiomers?

    Text Solution

    |

  9. Enantiomers have identical

    Text Solution

    |

  10. Which of the following statements in not correct?

    Text Solution

    |

  11. Enantiomerism is shown by

    Text Solution

    |

  12. Which of the following capital letters is achiral?

    Text Solution

    |

  13. Which of the following is a racemic mixture?

    Text Solution

    |

  14. The process of conversion of an optically pure enantiomer into an opti...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. The process of separating a racemic mixture into optically pure (+) an...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. Enantiomers can be separated by means of

    Text Solution

    |

  17. Dextrororatory bytan-2-ol has a specific rotation [alpha](D)^(25) =+13...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. Dextrororatory alpha-pinene has a specific rotation [alpha](D)^(20) =+...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. The specific rotation of a pure enantiomers is +12^(@). What will be i...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. According to CIP sequence rule, the correct arrangement in order of de...

    Text Solution

    |