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JEE Main · Chemistry · Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers

Hydrogen Bonding Trends in Alcohols

JEE Main asked Hydrogen Bonding Trends in Alcohols 5 times in 4 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2020, 2023 and 2024. It belongs to Alcohols and Phenols, in Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers (Chemistry). The longest wait between two years asking it was 3 years. In 2024 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
5
in 4 shifts
Years
3 of 8
First asked
2020
last in 2024
Pattern
Comes in cycles
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2020, 2023 and 2024. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Chemistry questions.

00.10.20’170.08’200’210’220.07’230.14’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 1 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 0 in 24 shifts · 2023: 1 in 12 shifts · 2024: 3 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
  • 202422 of 18
  • 20231 of 12
  • 20220 of 24
  • 20210 of 24
  • 20201 of 12
  • 20170 of 1

Asked in that shift More than once Not asked

How JEE Main framed it

Single correct is the usual form. Skill tested: conceptual.

  • Identify intramolecular hydrogen bonding
  • Highest boiling point by hydrogen bonding

Difficulty

Easy 5Medium 0Hard 0

Every question was multiple choice.

Every question

All 5 questions

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

  1. 1 Feb 2024, Shift 2 · Q63Select the compound from the following that will show intramolecular hydrogen bonding.EasySingle correctHas a figure
  2. 1 Feb 2024, Shift 2 · Q79Which among the followng has highest boiling point ?EasySingle correct
  3. 5 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q75For the Compounds : (A) H3C−CH2−O−CH2−CH2−CH3\mathrm{H_3C-CH_2-O-CH_2-CH_2-CH_3} (B) H3C−CH2−CH2−CH2−CH3\mathrm{H_3C-CH_2-CH_2-CH_2-CH_3} (C)…EasyOther
  4. 8 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q75Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. Assertion A: Butan −1−-1- ol has…EasyAssertion–reason
  5. 8 Jan 2020, Shift 2 · Q44Among the compounds A and B with molecular formula C9H18O3\mathrm{C_9H_{18}O_3}, A is having higher boiling point the B. The possible…EasyDiagram basedHas a figure

Shifts: 8 Jan 2020, Shift 2, 8 Apr 2023, Shift 1, 1 Feb 2024, Shift 2, 5 Apr 2024, Shift 1.

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