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JEE Main · Chemistry · Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties

Anomalous Properties of Fluorine

JEE Main asked Anomalous Properties of Fluorine 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2022 and 2024. It belongs to Group 17 & 18, in Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties (Chemistry). The longest wait between two years asking it was 2 years.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
2
in 2 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.

00.050.10’170’200’210.03’220’230.05’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 1 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
  • 20221 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 element lacking variable oxidation state
  • Assertion-reason on halogen oxoacids

Difficulty

Easy 2Medium 0Hard 0

Every question was multiple choice.

Every question

All 2 questions

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

  1. 27 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q65Element not showing variable oxidation state is :EasySingle correct
  2. 27 Jun 2022, Shift 2 · Q67Given below are two statements: one is labelled as **Assertion A** and the other is labelled as **Reason R**. **Assertion A:** Flourine…EasyAssertion–reason

Shifts: 27 Jun 2022, Shift 2, 27 Jan 2024, Shift 1.

Same topic

Other ideas in Group 17 & 18

Group 17 & 18 has 17 ideas JEE Main has asked; 6 of them came up in more than one question. The 12 most asked are below.

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