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JEE Main · Chemistry · Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

Annulene Planarity and Aromaticity

JEE Main asked Annulene Planarity and Aromaticity 3 times in 3 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2022 and 2024. It belongs to Aromatic Hydrocarbons, in Haloalkanes and Haloarenes (Chemistry). The longest wait between two years asking it was 2 years. In 2022 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
3
in 3 shifts
Years
2 of 8
First asked
2022
last in 2024
Pattern
Occasional
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2022 and 2024. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Chemistry questions.

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Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 2 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 1 in 18 shifts · 2025: 0 in 8 shifts · 2026: 0 in 9 shifts.

Shift by shift

Each square is one analysed shift, in date order. Open a filled one for that paper.

  • 20260 of 9
  • 20250 of 8
  • 20241 of 18
  • 20230 of 12
  • 20222 of 24
  • 20210 of 24
  • 20200 of 12
  • 20170 of 1

Asked in that shift More than once Not asked

How JEE Main framed it

Assertion–reason is the usual form. Skill tested: conceptual.

  • Identify aromatic compounds among structures
  • Assertion-reason on aromaticity of annulenes

Difficulty

Easy 0Medium 3Hard 0

Every question was multiple choice.

Every question

All 3 questions

From the official JEE Main shift papers, newest first. Open one for the full question, the options and the official answer.

  1. 8 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q76Which of the following are aromatic? A. [figure: fused bicyclic ring system, two six-membered rings] B. [figure: benzene ring with a vinyl…MediumOtherHas a figure
  2. 27 Jul 2022, Shift 1 · Q74Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and, the other is labelled as Reason R. Assertion A: [6] Annulene, [8]…MediumAssertion–reasonHas a figure
  3. 26 Jul 2022, Shift 1 · Q73Which of the following compounds is not aromatic ?MediumDiagram basedHas a figure

Shifts: 26 Jul 2022, Shift 1, 27 Jul 2022, Shift 1, 8 Apr 2024, Shift 1.

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