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JEE Main · Chemistry · General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements

Iron Extraction Chemistry

JEE Main asked Iron Extraction Chemistry 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, all in 2020. It belongs to Metallurgical Extraction, in General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements (Chemistry). In 2020 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
2
in 2 shifts
Years
1 of 8
First asked
2020
the only year
Pattern
Gone quiet
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

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

00.10.20’170.17’200’210’220’230’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 2 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 0 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
  • 20220 of 24
  • 20210 of 24
  • 20202 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: recall.

  • Uses of a form of iron
  • Reactions in blast furnace

Difficulty

Easy 2Medium 0Hard 0

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.

  1. 2 Sep 2020, Shift 2 · Q33Cast iron is used for the manufacture of :EasySingle correct
  2. 8 Jan 2020, Shift 2 · Q33Among the reactions (a) - (d), the reaction(s) that does/do not occur in the blast furnace during the extraction of iron is/are : (a)…EasySingle correct

Shifts: 8 Jan 2020, Shift 2, 2 Sep 2020, Shift 2.

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Other ideas in Metallurgical Extraction

Metallurgical Extraction has 21 ideas JEE Main has asked; 10 of them came up in more than one question. The 12 most asked are below.

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