JEE Main · Chemistry · The p-Block Elements
Inert Pair Effect and Oxidation State Stability
JEE Main asked Inert Pair Effect and Oxidation State Stability 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2023 and 2024. It belongs to Periodic Trends, in The p-Block Elements (Chemistry). The longest wait between two years asking it was 1 year.
Updated 2026-10-24
- Times asked
- 2
- in 2 shifts
- Years
- 2 of 8
- First asked
- 2023
- last in 2024
- Pattern
- Occasional
- across the analysed shifts
Questions on this idea a shift, by year
2017–2026. Asked in 2023 and 2024. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Chemistry questions.
Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 0 in 24 shifts · 2023: 1 in 12 shifts · 2024: 1 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.
How JEE Main framed it
Two statements is the usual form. Skill tested: conceptual.
- Group 13 plus one state stability
- Statement pair on covalency and oxides
Difficulty
Every question was multiple choice.
Every question
All 2 questions
From the official JEE Main shift papers, newest first. Open one for the full question, the options and the official answer.
- 5 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q67Given below are two statements : Statement I : In group 13, the stability of oxidation state increases down the group. Statement II :…EasyTwo statements
- 12 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q70Given below are two statements: Statement I : is more covalent than Statement II: The higher oxides of…MediumTwo statements
Shifts: 12 Apr 2023, Shift 1, 5 Apr 2024, Shift 1.
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