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JEE Main · Chemistry · The s-Block Elements

Limitations of the Solvay Process

JEE Main asked Limitations of the Solvay Process 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, all in 2021. It belongs to The s-Block Elements (Chemistry). In 2021 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
2021
the only year
Pattern
Gone quiet
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

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

00.050.10’170’200.07’210’220’230’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 2 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
  • 20212 of 24
  • 20200 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.

  • By-product of industrial process
  • Reagents in solvay process steps

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. 17 Mar 2021, Shift 2 · Q37One of the by-products formed during the recovery of NH3\mathrm{NH_3} from Solvay process is :EasySingle correct
  2. 26 Feb 2021, Shift 1 · Q36Find A, B and C in the following reactions : NH3+A+CO2→(NH4)2CO3\mathrm{NH_3 + A + CO_2 \rightarrow (NH_4)_2CO_3}…EasySingle correct

Shifts: 26 Feb 2021, Shift 1, 17 Mar 2021, Shift 2.

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Other ideas in s-Block Elements

s-Block Elements has 27 ideas JEE Main has asked; 20 of them came up in more than one question. The 12 most asked are below.

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