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JEE Main · Chemistry · Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers

Phenol Nitration Reagent Effects

JEE Main asked Phenol Nitration Reagent Effects 4 times in 4 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2022 and 2024. It belongs to Alcohols and Phenols, in Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers (Chemistry). The longest wait between two years asking it was 2 years. In 2022 and 2024 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
4
in 4 shifts
Years
2 of 8
First asked
2022
last in 2024
Pattern
Occasional
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2022 and 2024. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Chemistry questions.

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Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 2 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 2 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
  • 20242 of 18
  • 20230 of 12
  • 20222 of 24
  • 20210 of 24
  • 20200 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: multi-step.

  • Statement pair on picric acid preparation
  • Oxygen count in sulfonation nitration products

Difficulty

Easy 1Medium 2Hard 1

2 of the 4 questions had a numerical answer.

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. 6 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q77Given below are two statements : Statement I : Picric acid is 2,4,6 - trinitrotoluene. Statement II : Phenol - 2,4 - disulphonic acid is…EasyTwo statements
  2. 5 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q89Consider the given chemical reaction sequence : phenol →Conc. H2SO4\xrightarrow{\text{Conc. } \mathrm{H_2SO_4}} Product A…MediumNumerical valueHas a figure
  3. 26 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q89Compound 'P' on nitration with dil. HNO3\mathrm{HNO_3} yields two isomers (A) and (B). These isomers can be separated by steam distillation.…HardNumerical value
  4. 25 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q71Phenol on reaction with dilute nitric acid, gives two products. Which method will be most efficient for large scale separation ?MediumSingle correct

Shifts: 25 Jun 2022, Shift 1, 26 Jun 2022, Shift 1, 5 Apr 2024, Shift 1, 6 Apr 2024, Shift 1.

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