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JEE Main Chemistry · Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques

IUPAC Nomenclature in JEE Main

IUPAC Nomenclature (Chemistry, Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques) came 13 times in 13 of the 42 JEE Main shifts Lumi analysed, across 7 distinct ideas. 9 of them came in 2024–26; it was last asked in 2026.

Questions
13
in 13 shifts
Ideas asked
7
2 asked more than once
Numerical answer
0
0% of its questions
Pattern
Asked most years
last asked 2026
Questions each year
0240’172’200’211’221’234’244’251’26

In the shifts Lumi analysed for each year.

Difficulty and format
Easy 9Medium 4Hard 0

Format

  • Single correct7 Q
  • Diagram based3 Q
  • Two statements2 Q
  • Match the list1 Q
Ideas inside the topic
7 ideas
Where it sits

Part of Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques, which had 91 questions in all. IUPAC Nomenclature accounts for 14% 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 13 IUPAC Nomenclature questions

Newest first, each with its options and official answer.

  1. 2 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q65In IUPAC nomenclature, the correct order of decreasing priority of functional group is :EasySingle correct
  2. 3 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q66What is the correct IUPAC name of [structure] ?EasyDiagram basedHas a figure
  3. 4 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q64The IUPAC name of the following compound is : HC≡C−CH2−CH(OH)−CH2−CH=CH2\mathrm{HC\equiv C-CH_2-CH(OH)-CH_2-CH=CH_2}MediumSingle correct
  4. 7 Apr 2025, Shift 1 · Q65Which of the following is the correct IUPAC name of given organic compound (X)?EasySingle correctHas a figure
  5. 8 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q63What is the correct IUPAC name of [structure: cyclopentene ring with an ethyl group on one ring carbon and an OH group on another] ?MediumSingle correctHas a figure
  6. 8 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q74Given below are two statements: Statement I: [figure: Compound A, a benzene ring bearing Cl, and two NO2\mathrm{NO_2} groups] IUPAC name of…EasyTwo statementsHas a figure
  7. 30 Jan 2024, Shift 2 · Q74IUPAC name of following compound is : CH3−CH−CH2−CN\mathrm{CH_3-CH-CH_2-CN} with NH2\mathrm{NH_2} on the CH carbonEasySingle correctHas a figure
  8. 31 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q75Given below are two statements: Statement I: IUPAC name of HO−CH2−(CH2)3−CH2−COCH3\mathrm{HO-CH_2-(CH_2)_3-CH_2-COCH_3} is 7-hydroxyheptan-2-one. Statement II:…EasyTwo statements
  9. 31 Jan 2024, Shift 2 · Q74Identify structure of 2,3-dibromo-1-phenylpentane.EasyDiagram basedHas a figure
  10. 8 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q72The correct IUPAC nomenclature for the following compound is: [structure: CH3−CO−CH2−CH2−CH(COOH)−CH3\mathrm{CH_3{-}CO{-}CH_2{-}CH_2{-}CH(COOH){-}CH_3}]EasySingle correctHas a figure
  11. 28 Jul 2022, Shift 1 · Q72Match List - I with List - II. List - I | List - II (A) [figure: five-membered saturated ring containing one O atom…MediumMatch the listHas a figure
  12. 2 Sep 2020, Shift 1 · Q39The IUPAC name for the following compound is :EasyDiagram basedHas a figure
  13. 6 Sep 2020, Shift 2 · Q31The IUPAC name of the following compound is :MediumSingle correctHas a figure