Soaps and Cosmetics

Which of these chemicals is used to dissolve the soap to make a transparent soap?

• Ethanoic acid

• Ethanol

• Benzene

• Propylene

Soaps are potassium or sodium salts of a carboxylic acid having a long

_______Chain attached to it.

• Aromatic

• Aliphatic

• Alkyl

• Amino

• Oil

• Lipids

• Water

• Fats

Detergents are the potassium or sodium salts of a long ________

Chain ending with a sulphonate group

• Aromatic

• Aliphatic

• Alkyl

• Amino

Which of pH buffer is one of the ingredients in shampoo?

• Citric acid

• Malic acid

• Tartaric acid

• Oxalic acid

Dandruff is not just dry flakes,but

• Disease

• Deficiency

• Infection

• All of the above

Skin bleaching agents work by reducing a pigment called

in the skin.

• Keratin

• Melanin

• Carotene

• Chlorophyll

Which among the following is a common salt in detergents?

• Sulphate

• Nitrate

• Sulphonate

• Carbonate

Which of the following is the product of saponification process?

• Ethanoic acid

• Ethanol

• Butanaldehyde

• Glycerol

Which of these chemical is used to form soft soaps containing potassium salts?

• KOH

• KMnO₄

• K₂Cr₂O₇

• K₂SO₄