The influence of various alkaline earth metal oxides (CaO, SrO and BaO) on the acid-base properties of TiO 2 and the dispersion behaviour of V 2 O 5 over MO-TiO 2 (M = Ca, Sr and Ba) have been investigated systematically. The MO-TiO 2 binary oxides (1:1 molar ratio) were synthesized by adopting a co-precipitation method from the corresponding chloride precursors by in situ hydrolysis with urea and calcined at various temperatures from 723 to 1073 K. A nominal 10 wt.% V 2 O 5 was deposited over the calcined (773 K) MO-TiO 2 supports by a wet impregnation method. The synthesized catalysts were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy (RS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), thermogravimetry-differential thermal analysis (TG-DTA) and BET surface area techniques. The MO-TiO 2 composite oxides exhibited reasonably high-specific surface area and high-thermal stability retaining titania-anatase phase up to 1073 K treatment temperature. The impregnated V 2 O 5 over MO-TiO 2 binary oxides remained in a highly dispersed form. A preferential interaction between the basic MO and the dispersed V 2 O 5 lead to the formation of MVO 3 at higher calcination temperatures. The surface acid-base properties of the prepared samples were examined for the conversion of cyclohexanol to cyclohexanone/cyclohexene under normal atmospheric pressure. All the investigated samples were found to exhibit interesting catalytic properties.