Learn

Saturday, 31 October

JEE Main · Chemistry · Biomolecules

Maltose Structure and Linkage

JEE Main asked Maltose Structure and Linkage 4 times in 4 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2020, 2021 and 2022. It belongs to Carbohydrates, in Biomolecules (Chemistry). The longest wait between two years asking it was 1 year. In 2020 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
4
in 4 shifts
Years
3 of 8
First asked
2020
last in 2022
Pattern
Comes in cycles
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2020, 2021 and 2022. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Chemistry questions.

00.10.20’170.17’200.03’210.03’220’230’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 2 in 12 shifts · 2021: 1 in 24 shifts · 2022: 1 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
  • 20221 of 24
  • 20211 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.

  • Statement i/ii on maltose structure
  • Glycosidic linkage identification in maltose structure

Difficulty

Easy 2Medium 2Hard 0

Every question was multiple choice.

Every question

All 4 questions

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

  1. 27 Jun 2022, Shift 2 · Q78Given below are two statements. Statement I: Maltose has two α\alpha-D-glucose units linked at C1\mathrm{C_1} and C4\mathrm{C_4} and is a…EasyTwo statements
  2. 25 Feb 2021, Shift 2 · Q49Which of the following is correct structure of α\alpha-anomer of maltose ?MediumDiagram basedHas a figure
  3. 4 Sep 2020, Shift 1 · Q42What are the functional groups present in the structure of maltose ?MediumSingle correct
  4. 8 Jan 2020, Shift 2 · Q39Two monomers in maltose are :EasySingle correct

Shifts: 8 Jan 2020, Shift 2, 4 Sep 2020, Shift 1, 25 Feb 2021, Shift 2, 27 Jun 2022, Shift 2.

Same topic

Other ideas in Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates has 25 ideas JEE Main has asked; 13 of them came up in more than one question. The 12 most asked are below.

Topic analysisChapter analysisStudy this chapterAll repeated ideas