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Q. Methyl alcohol can be distinguished from ethyl alcohol using

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Solution:

$C_{2}H_{5}OH \xrightarrow[{\text{Iodoform test}}]{{NaOH/I_{2}} }CHI_{3}$ (yellow ppt)
$CH_{3}OH \xrightarrow{ NaOH/I_{2} }$ No ppt