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A positive carbylamine test is given by:

A
N,N-Dimethyl aniline
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B
2,4-Dimethyl aniline
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N-Methyl-o-methyl aniline
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D
p-Methyl benzylamine
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Solution

The correct options are
B 2,4-Dimethyl aniline
D p-Methyl benzylamine
Two things you need to know/do here.
1) Carbylamine test is given by primary amines.
2) Figure out which ones of the options are actually primary amines.
Remember, if there is a prefix 'N' before the name of an amine, it is clearly not a primary amine, you know this from the structure of amines.
Therefore, 2,4-dimethyl aniline and p-methyl benzylamine will give positive carbylamine test. Their structures are given below:


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