JEE Main Chemistry · Coordination Compounds

Coordination Nomenclature in JEE Main

Name: Coordination Nomenclature: JEE Main previous year questions
Creator: Lumi

Coordination Nomenclature (Chemistry, Coordination Compounds) came 4 times in 4 of the 42 JEE Main shifts Lumi analysed, across 2 distinct ideas. 2 of them came in 2024–26; it was last asked in 2024.

Questions: 4; in 4 shifts
Ideas asked: 2; 1 asked more than once
Numerical answer: 1; 25% of its questions
Pattern: Comes in cycles; last asked 2024

Questions each year

In the shifts Lumi analysed for each year.

Difficulty and format

Easy 2Medium 2Hard 0

Format

Single correct3 Q
Numerical value1 Q

Ideas inside the topic

2 ideas

Oxidation State Calculation3 Q
Complex Numerical Prefixes (Bis/Tris)1 Q

Where it sits

Part of Coordination Compounds, which had 80 questions in all. Coordination Nomenclature accounts for 5% of them. In Lumi's JEE taxonomy it belongs to Inorganic Chemistry.

Every question

All 4 Coordination Nomenclature questions

Newest first, each with its options and official answer.

6 Apr 2024, Shift 2 · Q70The correct IUPAC name of $[\mathrm{PtBr_2(PMe_3)_2}]$ is :EasySingle correct
8 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q70An octahedral complex with the formula $\mathrm{CoCl_3\cdot nNH_3}$ upon reaction with excess of $\mathrm{AgNO_3}$ solution gives 2 moles…MediumSingle correct
3 Aug 2021, Shift 2 · Q40The oxidation states of Fe in $\mathrm{[Fe(NCS)(NH_3)_5]SO_4}$ , $\mathrm{Na_3[Fe(S_2O_3)_3]}$ and $\mathrm{[Fe(CO)_5]}$ respectively areEasySingle correct
2 Sep 2020, Shift 1 · Q49The oxidation states of iron atoms in compounds (A), (B) and (C), respectively, are $x$ , $y$ and $z$ . The sum of $x$ , $y$ and $z$ is…MediumNumerical value