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JEE Main · Chemistry · Equilibrium

Le Chatelier's Principle

JEE Main asked Le Chatelier's Principle 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2020 and 2023. It belongs to Chemical Equilibrium, in Equilibrium (Chemistry). The longest wait between two years asking it was 3 years.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
2
in 2 shifts
Years
2 of 8
First asked
2020
last in 2023
Pattern
Occasional
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

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

00.050.10’170.08’200’210’220.07’230’240’250’26

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: 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
  • 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

Numerical value is the usual form. Skill tested: application.

  • New equilibrium concentration after adding reactant
  • Shift of equilibrium on change of temperature and inert gas

Difficulty

Easy 0Medium 2Hard 0

1 of the 2 questions had a numerical answer.

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. 6 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q85The equilibrium composition for the reaction PCl3+Cl2⇌PCl5\mathrm{PCl_3 + Cl_2 \rightleftharpoons PCl_5} at 298 K is given below:…MediumNumerical value
  2. 5 Sep 2020, Shift 1 · Q43Consider the following reaction : N2O4(g)⇌2NO2(g)\mathrm{N_2O_4(g) \rightleftharpoons 2NO_2(g)} ; ΔH0=+58\Delta \mathrm{H}^{0} = +58 kJ For each of the…MediumOther

Shifts: 5 Sep 2020, Shift 1, 6 Apr 2023, Shift 2.

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