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Previous year questions with solutions · 2024 – 2026

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Ques. 1JEE Main 2026, 4 April (Evening Shift)

Among Fe3+, Pb2+, Cu2+ and Mn2+, identify the one that gets precipitated out while passing H2S in presence of NH4OH as group reagent. The highest possible oxidation state of the corresponding metal is

  1. +3
  2. +4
  3. +2
  4. +7
Ques. 2JEE Main 2026, 2 April (Morning Shift)

A salt with few drops of conc. HCl gives apple green colour in flame test. The group precipitate of the salt is dissolved in acetic acid and treated with K2CrO4 to give yellow precipitate. When the sodium carbonate extract of the salt solution is heated with conc. HNO3 and ammonium molybdate, it resulted a canary yellow precipitate. The cation and anion present in the salt are respectively,

  1. Ca2+ and SO42-
  2. Ba2+ and PO43-
  3. Mn2+ and PO43-
  4. Ba2+ and SO42-
Ques. 3JEE Main 2026, 24 January (Morning Shift)

Consider three metal chlorides x, y and z, where x is water soluble at room temperature, y is sparingly soluble in water at room temperature and z is soluble in hot water. x, y and z are respectively

  1. AgCl, Hg2Cl2 and PbCl2
  2. CuCl2, AgCl and PbCl2
  3. AlCl3, PbCl2 and BaCl2
  4. MgCl2, AgCl and AlCl3
Ques. 4JEE Main 2026, 24 January (Evening Shift)

In the Group analysis of cations, Ba2+ & Ca2+ are precipitated respectively as

  1. sulphide & sulphide
  2. hydroxide & carbonate
  3. chromate & sulphide
  4. carbonate & carbonate
Ques. 5JEE Main 2026, 21 January (Morning Shift)

Consider the following reactions. (Hot solution)PbCl2 + K2CrO4 A + 2KCl A + NaOH B + Na2CrO4 PbSO4 + 4CH3COONH4 (NH4)2SO4 + X In the above reactions, A, B and X are respectively.

  1. Na2[Pb(OH)2], PbCrO4 and [Pb(NH3)4]SO4
  2. Na2[Pb(OH)2], PbCrO4 and (NH4)2[Pb(CH3COO)4]
  3. PbCrO4, Na2[Pb(OH)4] and (NH4)2[Pb(CH3COO)4]
  4. PbCrO4, Na2[Pb(OH)4] and [Pb(NH3)4]SO4
Ques. 6JEE Main 2025, 7 April (Morning Shift)

When a salt is treated with sodium hydroxide solution it gives gas X. On passing gas X through reagent Y a brown coloured precipitate is formed. X and Y respectively, are

  1. X = NH3 and Y = HgO
  2. X = NH4Cl and Y = KOH
  3. X = NH3 and Y = K2HgI4 + KOH
  4. X = HCl and Y = NH4Cl
Ques. 7JEE Main 2025, 2 April (Morning Shift)

Choose the correct tests with respective observations. Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

  1. A, D and E only
  2. A, B and C only
  3. B, D and E only
  4. C, D and E only
Ques. 8JEE Main 2025, 28 January (Morning Shift)

The metal ion whose electronic configuration is not affected by the nature of the ligand and which gives a violet colour in non-luminous flame under hot condition in borax bead test is

  1. Cr3+
  2. Ti3+
  3. Ni2+
  4. Mn2+
Ques. 9JEE Main 2025, 28 January (Evening Shift)

Identify the inorganic sulphides that are yellow in colour : Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

  1. (D) and (E) only
  2. (A) and (B) only
  3. (A), (D) and (E) only
  4. (A) and (C) only
Ques. 10JEE Main 2025, 24 January (Evening Shift)

Find the compound 'A' from the following reaction sequences. A aqua-regiaB [(2) AcOH](1) KNO2, NH4OH yellow ppt

  1. NiS
  2. MnS
  3. ZnS
  4. CoS
Ques. 11JEE Main 2025, 23 January (Evening Shift)

Identify A, B and C in the given below reaction sequence [figure]

  1. PbCl2, PbSO4, PbCrO4
  2. PbS, PbSO4, Pb(CH3COO)2
  3. PbS, PbSO4, PbCrO4
  4. PbCl2, Pb(SO4)2, PbCrO4
Ques. 12JEE Main 2024, 4 April (Morning Shift)

In the precipitation of the iron group (III) in qualitative analysis, ammonium chloride is added before adding ammonium hydroxide to :

  1. decrease concentration of -OH ions
  2. increase concentration of Cl- ions
  3. prevent interference by phosphate ions
  4. increase concentration of NH4+ ions
Ques. 13JEE Main 2024, 1 February (Evening Shift)

Given below are two statements : In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

  1. Statement I is false but Statement II is true
  2. Both Statement I and Statement II are true
  3. Statement I is true but Statement II is false
  4. Both Statement I and Statement II are false
Ques. 14JEE Main 2024, 31 January (Morning Shift)

The compound that is white in color is

  1. ammonium sulphide
  2. ammonium arsenomolybdate
  3. lead iodide
  4. lead sulphate
Ques. 15JEE Main 2024, 29 January (Evening Shift)

On passing a gas, 'X', through Nessler's reagent, a brown precipitate is obtained. The gas 'X' is

  1. Cl2
  2. CO2
  3. NH3
  4. H2S
Ques. 16JEE Main 2024, 29 January (Evening Shift)

A reagent which gives brilliant red precipitate with Nickel ions in basic medium is

  1. dimethyl glyoxime
  2. sodium nitroprusside
  3. meta-dinitrobenzene
  4. neutral FeCl3
Ques. 17JEE Main 2024, 27 January (Morning Shift)

Yellow compound of lead chromate gets dissolved on treatment with hot NaOH solution. The product of lead formed is a :

  1. Tetraanionic complex with coordination number six
  2. Neutral complex with coordination number four
  3. Dianionic complex with coordination number six
  4. Dianionic complex with coordination number four