JEE Main · Chemistry · Class 12
Chemical Kinetics: JEE Main previous year questions
115 questions in 106 of the 108 JEE Main shifts Lumi analysed, asked in 8 of 8 years. Here is what this chapter tests and how.
- Questions
- 115
- in 106 of 108 shifts · 8 of 8 years
- Average a shift
- 1.0
- of 25 Chemistry · 1.2 since 2024 +0.3
- Typical range
- 0.8–1.3
- questions a shift; fewest 0.8, most 1.4
- Weighted estimate
- 1.2
- model, recent years count more · about 4.7 marks
- Typical range (fact)
- Average a shift (fact)
- Weighted estimate (model)
Questions are counted per shift, out of the 25 each subject has, in the shifts Lumi analysed; papers that offered 30 a subject (2017, 2021–2024) are scaled to 25. Typical range: the middle six of the eight years (2017, 2020–2026), leaving out the single highest and lowest year. The average and the range are historical fact. The weighted estimate is a model: each year's share, with recent years counting more (half-life three years), and chapters NTA dropped from the syllabus set near zero. It is a guide to effort, not a forecast of the paper.
What to do
How to spend time on Chemical Kinetics
Priority
One of the 6 Chemistry chapters that took Chemistry from half to 80% of its questions in the 108 shifts analysed. How bands are set
- Past questions
- 115in 106 of 108 shifts
- Study plan gives it
- 19 hover 12 months; 14 h over 6
Ideas asked most often
- First Order Integrated Rate Law13×
- Initial Rates Method9×
- Two-Point Arrhenius Equation7×
- Rate and Stoichiometry7×
- Activation Energy Calculation7×
101 of the 156 ideas in Lumi’s map of this chapter have not been asked or touched in the shifts analysed. Of its idea-tagged questions from 2024 on, 40% tested an idea not asked in an earlier year, so learn the whole chapter, not just the list above.
- Simulation: One reaction, three rates?
- Simulation: Can you find a rate law from initial rates alone?
- Simulation: Which plot turns the data into a straight line?
- Simulation: How does a reactant run out: steadily or by halves?
- Simulation: Do half-lives shrink, stay or grow?
- Simulation: Why does a little heat speed a reaction so much?
Within each subject, chapters in NTA's 2026 syllabus are ranked by their average questions a shift over all 8 years analysed (history, not the model). Going down that list, the chapters that together held the first half of the subject's questions are Must do; the next ones, up to 80%, are Should do; the rest are Lower priority.
Key findings
Chemical Kinetics at a glance
- 01
60%
of its 42 questions from 2024 on that Lumi matched to an idea tested one JEE Main had asked in an earlier year; 100% came from a topic asked in an earlier year.
- 02
65%
of the 156 ideas in Lumi's map of the chapter have not been asked or touched on in the shifts analysed.
- 03
70%
of its questions asked for a numerical answer, 2.4 times the Chemistry average.
- 04
3%
of its questions were rated hard, against 6% across all Chemistry questions in the same shifts.
Questions a shift, year by year
Out of the 25 Chemistry questions in a shift. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift.
Raw count: 2017: 1 in 1 shift · 2020: 11 in 12 shifts · 2021: 25 in 24 shifts · 2022: 25 in 24 shifts · 2023: 11 in 12 shifts · 2024: 19 in 18 shifts · 2025: 11 in 8 shifts · 2026: 12 in 9 shifts.
Kind of question
SHARE OF QUESTIONS- Numerical answer70%
- Calculation10%
- Conceptual7%
- Diagram based6%
- Multi-step4%
- Recall, single correct1%
- Two statements1%
- Data or graph1%
Most common asks: time for fractional completion first order (6); time for concentration ratio of two first-order decays (2); order from half-lives at two concentrations (2).
Profile
This chapter in numbers
Where it ranks, how steady it is, and what it costs to study.
- Rank, all JEE chapters
- #27
- of 70 by weighted estimate
- Rank in Chemistry
- #13
- of 21 chapters
- Share of Chemistry
- 3.9%
- of its questions, all shifts analysed
- Busiest year
- 2025
- 1.4 questions a shift
- Year to year
- Steady
- varies by about 0.2 questions a shift
- Long-run direction
- +0.05
- questions a shift, per year
- Easy questions
- 37%
- 3% rated hard
- Numerical answer
- 70%
- 2.4× the Chemistry rate
- With a figure
- 21%
- graph, diagram or structure
- Study time
- 19 h
- 14 h on a 6-month plan
- Marks per study hour
- 0.25
- #19 of 70 chapters
- Foundation for others
- 42%
- of its ideas are used in other chapters
Difficulty, year by year
Each question rated easy, medium or hard. Each bar is that year’s split, so years compare directly; the number is the questions in that year’s analysed shifts (1 to 24 shifts a year).
- 20171
- 202011
- 202125
- 202225
- 202311
- 202419
- 202511
- 202612
- Easy
- Medium
- Hard
What it asks you to do
SHARE OF QUESTIONS- Calculation59%
- Data or graph15%
- Multi-step13%
- Conceptual10%
- Diagram reading2%
- Recall1%
- Application1%
Coverage
How much of the chapter JEE Main has used
We split the chapter into 156 ideas. In the 108 shifts analysed, JEE Main built a question around 38 of them. Most of the chapter has never been the main idea of a question, so past questions alone leave most of it out.
- Asked as the main idea
- 38
- Touched on in a question
- 17
- Never asked
- 101
Topics
What repeats, topic by topic
This chapter's questions per topic in each year's analysed shifts. The number is the count; the shade is scaled to one shift, so a year with more analysed shifts (1 to 24 a year) does not look darker. 1 questions had no close topic in Lumi's map and count for the chapter only.
- Integrated Rate Equations · Asked most years49210114868
- Arrhenius Equation · Asked most years3416784233
- Rate Laws · Asked most years293753821
- Chemical Equilibrium · Asked most years11
- d-Block Elements · Asked most years11
| Topic | 2017 | ’20 | 2021 | ’22 | 2023 | ’24 | 2025 | ’26 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Integrated Rate EquationsAsked most years | · | 2 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 49 |
| Arrhenius EquationAsked most years | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 34 |
| Rate LawsAsked most years | · | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 |
| Chemical EquilibriumAsked most years | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| d-Block ElementsAsked most years | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | 1 |
- Integrated Rate Equations
As a topic: 50 questions in 7 of 8 years, most often numerical value, 74% numerical answer. Recent asks: numerical: percentage remaining after half-lives; rate constant from total pressure data; numerical: time for fractional completion first order.
- Arrhenius Equation
As a topic: 35 questions in 8 of 8 years, most often numerical value, 71% numerical answer.
- Rate Laws
As a topic: 29 questions in 7 of 8 years, most often numerical value, 69% numerical answer.
- Chemical Equilibrium
As a topic: 48 questions in 7 of 8 years, most often numerical value, 50% numerical answer. Recent asks: equilibrium constant from combined reactions; numerical: partial pressure from coupled equilibria; numerical: partial pressure from Kc and inert gas.
Drill down
Topic, idea, question
Open a topic to see every idea JEE Main tested inside it, then open an idea to read the questions. Each row shows its 8 years.
15 ideas inside
- 28 Jul ’22 S1 · Q80Read the question
mediumOther
Squares are the 8 years with analysed shifts, 2017 to 2026. A number is the questions that year when there is more than one; the shade is scaled to one shift, so a year with more analysed shifts (1 to 24 a year) does not look darker. Share is of the level above.
Ideas
The exact ideas JEE Main has asked
Inside the topics, 39 different ideas were tested; 20 came more than once. These are the repeats, then the ideas new since 2024.
time for fractional completion first order
overall order from initial rate data
temperature from rate constants and ea
rate of formation from concentration change
rate ratio from activation energies
partial pressure from total pressure data
time for fractional completion first order
age from fractional radioactive content
activation energy from rate expression
graph interpretation of arrhenius plot
graph interpretation of reaction energy profile
change in activation energy from rate ratio
percentage remaining after half-lives
half-life from linear graph
order from half-lives at two concentrations
true statement selection on kinetics graph
time for zero order change from half-life
overall ea from composite rate constant
time for fractional completion first order
rate change on reducing vessel volume
expression for fraction decomposed
rate constant from total pressure data
count correct statements on reaction order
relation between completion time and half-life
rate constant expression from pressure data
graph interpretation of reaction kinetics
count correct statements on arrhenius equation
time for fractional completion first order
rate constant from pressure data
half-order in each reactant reduces to first order with equal start
Dots are the 8 years with analysed shifts, 2017 to 2026.
Every question
All 115 Chemical Kinetics questions
Newest first, shift by shift. The newest 40 show their opening words; older ones name the idea they tested. Each opens with its options and the official answer.
JEE Main 202612 questions
- 2 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q58 is the time required for the completion of the reaction while is the time required for of the…MediumSingle correct
- 2 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q74For reaction , rate constant at C If activation energy for the above…MediumNumerical value
- 2 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q57Consider the reaction , for which the rate constant at 30°C is molL. Which of the following…MediumSingle correct
- 4 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q57Consider the first order reaction . The fraction of molecules decomposed in the given first order…EasySingle correct
- 4 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q63Consider the given graph showing variation of reactant concentration with time. Three different reactions were started with identical…MediumSingle correctHas a figure
- 4 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q74For a first order reaction [table: t/min = 0, x, 20; [A]/M = 0.6500, 0.0650, 0.00065] ________ min.…MediumNumerical value
- 5 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q57First order gas phase reaction = initial pressure of gas A, = total pressure of the reaction…MediumSingle correct
- 5 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q75If the half life of a first order reaction is 6.93 minutes then the time required for completion of 99% of the reaction will be ________…EasyNumerical value
- 5 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q75For a reaction at T K, the half life () is plotted as a function of initial concentration of A…EasyNumerical valueHas a figure
- 6 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q74Sucrose hydrolyses in acidic medium into glucose and fructose by first order rate law with hour. The percentage of…EasyNumerical value
- 6 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q75Decomposition of a hydrocarbon follows the equation . The…EasyNumerical value
- 8 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q57Given below are two statements : and 1 cal = 4.2 J Statement I : When Ea = 12.6 kcal/mol, the…MediumTwo statementsHas a figure
JEE Main 202511 questions
- 2 Apr 2025, Shift 1 · Q72For the reaction A products. The concentration of A at 10 minutes is ___________ mol …MediumNumerical valueHas a figure
- 2 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q56Reactant A converts to product D through the given mechanism (with the net evolution of heat) : slow; ve…MediumDiagram basedHas a figure
- 2 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q71For the reaction the following graph was obtained. The time required (in seconds) for the concentration of A to reduce…MediumNumerical valueHas a figure
- 3 Apr 2025, Shift 1 · Q58In a reaction , initial concentrations of A and B are related as…MediumSingle correct
- 3 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q57Consider the following statements related to temperature dependence of rate constants. Identify the correct statements. A. The Arrhenius…MediumOther
- 4 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q54Half life of zero order reaction is 1 hour, when initial concentration of reactant is…EasySingle correct
- 4 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q55Consider the following plots of log of rate constant k (log k) vs for three different reactions. The correct order of…EasyDiagram basedHas a figure
- 7 Apr 2025, Shift 1 · Q56Reaction is a first order reaction. It was started with pure A t/min | Pressure of system at time…MediumOtherHas a figure
- 7 Apr 2025, Shift 1 · Q57A person's wound was exposed to some bacteria and then bacterial growth started to happen at the same place. The wound was later treated…MediumDiagram basedHas a figure
- 7 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q57 is a first order reaction. Time | | | | The reaction was started…MediumSingle correct
- 8 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q54In a first order decomposition reaction, the time taken for the decomposition of reactant to one fourth and one eighth of its initial…EasySingle correct
JEE Main 202419 questions
- 4 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q85Consider the following transformation involving first order elementary reaction in each step at constant temperature as shown below.…MediumNumerical value
- 4 Apr 2024, Shift 2 · Q85Consider the following reaction, the rate expression of which is given below rate = k …MediumNumerical value
- 5 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q85During Kinetic study of reaction , the following results were obtained : A…MediumNumerical valueHas a figure
- 5 Apr 2024, Shift 2 · Q85Consider the following single step reaction in gas phase at constant temperature. The…MediumNumerical value
- 6 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q85Time required for 99.9% completion of a first order reaction is __________ times the time required for completion of 90% reaction.(nearest…EasyNumerical value
- 6 Apr 2024, Shift 2 · Q85Consider the two different first order reactions given below (Reaction 1) (Reaction 2) The ratio…MediumNumerical value
- 8 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q69Iron (III) catalyses the reaction between iodide and persulphate ions, in which A. oxidises the iodide ion B.…MediumOther
- 8 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q85Consider the following reaction The time taken for A to become of its initial…MediumNumerical value
- 8 Apr 2024, Shift 2 · Q65For a reaction If the rate of formation of B is set to be zero then the concentration…EasySingle correct
- 9 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q86Given below are two statements : Statement I : The rate law for the reaction is rate…EasyNumerical valueHas a figure
- 9 Apr 2024, Shift 2 · Q85Consider the following first order gas phase reaction at constant temperature If the total…MediumNumerical value
- 1 Feb 2024, Shift 1 · Q86The ratio of in a piece of wood is part that of atmosphere. If half life of…EasyNumerical value
- 1 Feb 2024, Shift 2 · Q86The following data were obtained during the first order thermal decomposition of a gas A at constant volume :…MediumNumerical value
- 27 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q87Consider the following data for the given reaction | 1 | 2 | 3…EasyNumerical value
- 29 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q87For a reaction taking place in three steps at same temperature, overall rate constant . If , and …MediumNumerical value
- 30 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q87The rate of First order reaction is 0.04 mol L s at 10 minutes and 0.03 mol L s at 20 minutes after…MediumNumerical value
- 30 Jan 2024, Shift 2 · Q85 required for a reaction is produced by decomposition of in as by equation…EasyNumerical value
- 31 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q65Gas Kinetics with Complex Stoichiometry · Medium · Single correct
- 31 Jan 2024, Shift 2 · Q85First Order Fractional Life Relationships · Medium · Numerical value
JEE Main 202311 questions
- 6 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q63Reaction Energy Profiles · Medium · Diagram based · has a figure
- 8 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q87Activation Energy Calculation · Medium · Numerical value
- 8 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q63Reaction Energy Profiles · Easy · Diagram based · has a figure
- 10 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q87Parallel First-Order Effective Rate Constant · Medium · Numerical value
- 10 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q87Zero Order Half-Life · Medium · Numerical value
- 11 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q87Rate and Stoichiometry · Medium · Numerical value
- 11 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q63Initial Rates Method · Medium · Single correct · has a figure
- 12 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q86Rate Law from Rate-Determining Step · Medium · Numerical value
- 13 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q87First Order Half-Life · Easy · Numerical value
- 13 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q87Gas Kinetics with Complex Stoichiometry · Medium · Numerical value
- 15 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q85Catalyst Effect on Arrhenius Parameters · Hard · Numerical value
JEE Main 202225 questions
- 25 Jul 2022, Shift 1 · Q85Nth-Order Half-Life Proportionality · Easy · Numerical value
- 25 Jul 2022, Shift 2 · Q85First Order Half-Life · Medium · Numerical value · has a figure
- 26 Jul 2022, Shift 1 · Q88Nth-Order Half-Life Proportionality · Medium · Numerical value
- 26 Jul 2022, Shift 2 · Q64First Order Integrated Rate Law · Medium · Single correct
- 27 Jul 2022, Shift 1 · Q82Initial Rates Method · Easy · Numerical value
- 27 Jul 2022, Shift 2 · Q85First Order Half-Life · Easy · Numerical value
- 28 Jul 2022, Shift 1 · Q80Open the question · Medium · Other
- 28 Jul 2022, Shift 1 · Q86First-Order Kinetics · Easy · Numerical value
- 28 Jul 2022, Shift 2 · Q58Log Base 10 Arrhenius Plot Slope · Easy · Numerical value · has a figure
- 29 Jul 2022, Shift 1 · Q87Initial Rates Method · Medium · Numerical value · has a figure
- 29 Jul 2022, Shift 2 · Q85Concentration After N Half-Lives · Easy · Numerical value
- 30 Jul 2022, Shift 2 · Q56Nth-Order Half-Life Proportionality · Medium · Numerical value
- 24 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q85Activation Energy Calculation · Easy · Numerical value · has a figure
- 24 Jun 2022, Shift 2 · Q65First Order Fractional Completion Shortcuts · Easy · Single correct
- 25 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q88Rate and Stoichiometry · Easy · Numerical value
- 25 Jun 2022, Shift 2 · Q84Nth-Order Half-Life Proportionality · Easy · Numerical value
- 26 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q84First Order Half-Life · Hard · Numerical value
- 26 Jun 2022, Shift 2 · Q88Catalyst Effect on Arrhenius Parameters · Medium · Numerical value
- 27 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q86Activation Energy Calculation · Easy · Numerical value
- 27 Jun 2022, Shift 2 · Q88Activation Energy Calculation · Medium · Numerical value
- 28 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q88First Order Fractional Completion Shortcuts · Medium · Numerical value
- 28 Jun 2022, Shift 2 · Q85First Order Half-Life · Medium · Numerical value
- 29 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q85Two-Point Arrhenius Equation · Medium · Numerical value
- 29 Jun 2022, Shift 2 · Q85Activation Energy Calculation · Easy · Numerical value
- 30 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q84Arrhenius Exponential Form · Medium · Numerical value
JEE Main 202125 questions
- 3 Aug 2021, Shift 1 · Q57Initial Rates Method · Easy · Numerical value · has a figure
- 3 Aug 2021, Shift 2 · Q57First Order Integrated Rate Law · Medium · Numerical value
- 4 Aug 2021, Shift 1 · Q33Rate and Stoichiometry · Medium · Single correct
- 4 Aug 2021, Shift 2 · Q59Gas Kinetics with Complex Stoichiometry · Hard · Numerical value
- 26 Aug 2021, Shift 1 · Q56Initial Rates Method · Easy · Numerical value
- 26 Aug 2021, Shift 2 · Q57Equilibrium Constant from Rate Constants · Medium · Numerical value
- 27 Aug 2021, Shift 1 · Q56Rate and Stoichiometry · Easy · Numerical value
- 27 Aug 2021, Shift 2 · Q59Two-Point Arrhenius Equation · Medium · Numerical value
- 31 Aug 2021, Shift 1 · Q53Reaction Energy Profiles · Medium · Numerical value · has a figure
- 31 Aug 2021, Shift 1 · Q56First Order Integrated Rate Law · Easy · Numerical value
- 31 Aug 2021, Shift 2 · Q57Activation Energy Calculation · Easy · Numerical value
- 24 Feb 2021, Shift 1 · Q58First Order Fractional Completion Shortcuts · Medium · Numerical value
- 24 Feb 2021, Shift 2 · Q57First Order Integrated Rate Law · Medium · Numerical value
- 25 Feb 2021, Shift 1 · Q56Log Base 10 Arrhenius Plot Slope · Medium · Numerical value · has a figure
- 25 Feb 2021, Shift 2 · Q57Two-Point Arrhenius Equation · Medium · Numerical value
- 26 Feb 2021, Shift 1 · Q57Forward and Backward Activation Energy Relationship · Easy · Numerical value
- 26 Feb 2021, Shift 2 · Q58Arrhenius Exponential Form · Medium · Numerical value
- 22 Jul 2021, Shift 2 · Q57First Order Integrated Rate Law · Easy · Numerical value
- 25 Jul 2021, Shift 1 · Q31Kinetic Graphical Identification · Medium · Diagram based · has a figure
- 25 Jul 2021, Shift 2 · Q57Reaction Rate Definition · Easy · Numerical value
- 16 Mar 2021, Shift 2 · Q58First Order Integrated Rate Law · Medium · Numerical value
- 17 Mar 2021, Shift 1 · Q58First Order Integrated Rate Law · Easy · Numerical value
- 17 Mar 2021, Shift 2 · Q57Order vs Molecularity · Easy · Numerical value
- 18 Mar 2021, Shift 1 · Q57Initial Rates Method · Medium · Numerical value
- 18 Mar 2021, Shift 2 · Q57First Order Fractional Completion Shortcuts · Easy · Numerical value
JEE Main 202011 questions
- 8 Jan 2020, Shift 1 · Q27Catalyst Effect on Arrhenius Parameters · Medium · Single correct
- 8 Jan 2020, Shift 2 · Q27Log Base 10 Arrhenius Plot Slope · Medium · Diagram based · has a figure
- 9 Jan 2020, Shift 1 · Q29Catalyst Effect on Arrhenius Parameters · Medium · Single correct
- 9 Jan 2020, Shift 2 · Q48Two-Point Arrhenius Equation · Medium · Numerical value
- 2 Sep 2020, Shift 2 · Q26Initial Rates Method · Medium · Single correct · has a figure
- 3 Sep 2020, Shift 1 · Q26Order vs Molecularity · Easy · Single correct
- 3 Sep 2020, Shift 2 · Q29Rate and Stoichiometry · Easy · Single correct
- 4 Sep 2020, Shift 1 · Q48First Order Integrated Rate Law · Medium · Numerical value
- 4 Sep 2020, Shift 2 · Q48Boltzmann Factor as Active Fraction · Medium · Numerical value
- 5 Sep 2020, Shift 1 · Q44First Order Integrated Rate Law · Medium · Single correct
- 6 Sep 2020, Shift 2 · Q48Two-Point Arrhenius Equation · Medium · Numerical value
JEE Main 20171 question
Questions from the official JEE Main papers published by NTA. Chapter, topic and idea tags, counts and notes are Lumi’s. Pattern: Asked most years.