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JEE Main · Chemistry · The p-Block Elements

Sulfur Allotropes

JEE Main asked Sulfur Allotropes 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, all in 2021. It belongs to Group 15 & 16, in The p-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

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

  • Statements on sulphur allotropes
  • Count allotropes with given property

Difficulty

Easy 1Medium 1Hard 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. 25 Feb 2021, Shift 2 · Q37Given below are two statements : Statement I : α\alpha and β\beta forms of sulphur can change reversibly between themselves with slow…EasyTwo statements
  2. 24 Feb 2021, Shift 2 · Q58Among the following allotropic forms of sulphur, the number of allotropic forms, which will show paramagnetism is __________. (A)…MediumNumerical value

Shifts: 24 Feb 2021, Shift 2, 25 Feb 2021, Shift 2.

Same topic

Other ideas in Group 15 & 16

Group 15 & 16 has 15 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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