JEE Main Chemistry · Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers

Ethers in JEE Main

Name: Ethers: JEE Main previous year questions
Creator: Lumi

Ethers (Chemistry, Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers) came 5 times in 5 of the 42 JEE Main shifts Lumi analysed, across 5 distinct ideas. 4 of them came in 2024–26; it was last asked in 2026.

Questions: 5; in 5 shifts
Ideas asked: 5; 0 asked more than once
Numerical answer: 0; 0% of its questions
Pattern: Frequent; last asked 2026

Questions each year

In the shifts Lumi analysed for each year.

Difficulty and format

Easy 1Medium 2Hard 2

Format

Single correct2 Q
Diagram based2 Q
Two statements1 Q

Ideas inside the topic

5 ideas

Cleavage of Alkyl-Aryl Ethers1 Q
Cleavage of Benzyl Ethers1 Q
Temperature Dependence in Alcohol Dehydration1 Q
Excess Hot HI Cleavage1 Q
Williamson Synthesis Limits1 Q

Where it sits

Part of Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers, which had 34 questions in all. Ethers accounts for 15% of them. In Lumi's JEE taxonomy it belongs to Organic Chemistry.

Some questions sit in other chapters too: Haloalkanes and Haloarenes.

Every question

All 5 Ethers questions

Newest first, each with its options and official answer.

6 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q66Consider the following reaction. [figure: benzyl phenyl ether, $\mathrm{C_6H_5{-}O{-}CH_2{-}C_6H_5}$ ] $+$ HI $\rightarrow$ Product…EasyTwo statementsHas a figure
4 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q68A toxic compound "A" when reacted with NaCN in aqueous acidic medium yields an edible cooking component and food preservative "B". "B" is…HardSingle correct
8 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q67Which one of the following reactions will not lead to the desired ether formation in major proportion ? (iso-Bu ⇒ isobutyl, sec-Bu ⇒…MediumSingle correctHas a figure
29 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q77The major product (P) in the following reaction isMediumDiagram basedHas a figure
2 Sep 2020, Shift 1 · Q43The major aromatic product C in the following reaction sequence will be : 2-methyl-2H-chromene (benzene ring fused to a pyran ring with O,…HardDiagram basedHas a figure