JEE Main · Chemistry · The p-Block Elements
Anomalous Properties of Nitrogen
JEE Main asked Anomalous Properties of Nitrogen 3 times in 3 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2022, 2025 and 2026. It belongs to Group 15 & 16, in The p-Block Elements (Chemistry). The longest wait between two years asking it was 3 years.
Updated 2026-10-24
- Times asked
- 3
- in 3 shifts
- Years
- 3 of 8
- First asked
- 2022
- last in 2026
- Pattern
- Frequent
- across the analysed shifts
Questions on this idea a shift, by year
2017–2026. Asked in 2022, 2025 and 2026. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Chemistry questions.
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: 0 in 18 shifts · 2025: 1 in 8 shifts · 2026: 1 in 9 shifts.
Shift by shift
Each square is one analysed shift, in date order. Open a filled one for that paper.
How JEE Main framed it
Other is the usual form. Skill tested: conceptual.
- Count correct statements on nitrogen
- Statement i/ii on group 15 properties
Difficulty
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.
- 5 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q59Correct statements from the following are: A. Nitrogen in oxidation states from +1 to +4 disproportionates in acid medium. B. Nitrogen has…MediumOther
- 3 Apr 2025, Shift 1 · Q61Given below are two statements: Statement I : The N - N single bond is weaker and longer than that of P - P single bond. Statement II :…MediumTwo statements
- 24 Jun 2022, Shift 2 · Q70PCl is well known, but NCl is not. Because,EasySingle correct
Shifts: 24 Jun 2022, Shift 2, 3 Apr 2025, Shift 1, 5 Apr 2026, Shift 1.
Same topic
Other ideas in Group 15 & 16
Group 15 & 16 has 15 ideas JEE Main has asked; 10 of them came up in more than one question. The 12 most asked are below.
- Phosphorus Oxoacids9× · 2023
- Sulfur Oxoacids5× · 2024
- Nitrogen Oxides Structure5× · 2023
- Group 16 Hydrides Trends4× · 2025
- Preparation of Dinitrogen4× · 2022
- Group 15 Hydrides Trends3× · 2026
- Phosphorus Allotropes2× · 2022
- Preparation of Phosphine2× · 2022
- Sulfur Allotropes2× · 2021
- Brown Ring Test Complexonce · 2026
- Brown Ring Test for Nitratesonce · 2022
- Hydrolysis of Phosphorus Halidesonce · 2022