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Direct Nitration of Aniline

JEE Main asked Direct Nitration of Aniline 4 times in 4 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2021 and 2022. It belongs to Amines (Chemistry). The longest wait between two years asking it was 1 year. In 2021 and 2022 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
4
in 4 shifts
Years
2 of 8
First asked
2021
last in 2022
Pattern
Occasional
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2021 and 2022. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Chemistry questions.

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Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 2 in 24 shifts · 2022: 2 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 0 in 18 shifts · 2025: 0 in 8 shifts · 2026: 0 in 9 shifts.

Shift by shift

Each square is one analysed shift, in date order. Open a filled one for that paper.

  • 20260 of 9
  • 20250 of 8
  • 20240 of 18
  • 20230 of 12
  • 20222 of 24
  • 20212 of 24
  • 20200 of 12
  • 20170 of 1

Asked in that shift More than once Not asked

How JEE Main framed it

Other is the usual form. Skill tested: conceptual.

  • Assertion-reason on nitration of aniline
  • Products of nitration of aniline

Difficulty

Easy 0Medium 4Hard 0

Every question was multiple choice.

Every question

All 4 questions

From the official JEE Main shift papers, newest first. Open one for the full question, the options and the official answer.

  1. 28 Jun 2022, Shift 2 · Q77With respect to the following reaction, consider the given statements : [reaction: aniline (benzene ring with NH2\mathrm{NH_2})…MediumOtherHas a figure
  2. 28 Jul 2022, Shift 2 · Q45Given below are two statements : one is labelled as **Assertion A** and the other is labelled as **Reason R** **Assertion A** : Aniline on…MediumAssertion–reason
  3. 25 Feb 2021, Shift 2 · Q47[figure: benzene ring with NH2\mathrm{NH_2} →288 KHNO3, H2SO4\xrightarrow[288\ \mathrm{K}]{\mathrm{HNO_3,\ H_2SO_4}} (A) + (B) + (C)] Correct statement…MediumOtherHas a figure
  4. 24 Feb 2021, Shift 1 · Q46In the following reaction the reason why meta-nitro product also formed is :MediumDiagram basedHas a figure

Shifts: 24 Feb 2021, Shift 1, 25 Feb 2021, Shift 2, 28 Jun 2022, Shift 2, 28 Jul 2022, Shift 2.

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