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JEE Main · Chemistry · Chemistry in Everyday Life

Antihistamine Receptor Specificity

JEE Main asked Antihistamine Receptor Specificity 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2020 and 2022. It belongs to Chemistry in Everyday Life (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
2020
last in 2022
Pattern
Occasional
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2020 and 2022. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Chemistry questions.

00.050.10’170.08’200’210.03’220’230’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 1 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 1 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 0 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
  • 20240 of 18
  • 20230 of 12
  • 20221 of 24
  • 20210 of 24
  • 20201 of 12
  • 20170 of 1

Asked in that shift More than once Not asked

How JEE Main framed it

Single correct is the usual form. Skill tested: recall.

  • Chemical stimulating pepsin secretion
  • Mechanism of action of a drug

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. 26 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q79A chemical which stimulates the secretion of pepsin is :EasySingle correct
  2. 4 Sep 2020, Shift 2 · Q43The mechanism of action of “Terfenadine” (Seldane) is :EasySingle correct

Shifts: 4 Sep 2020, Shift 2, 26 Jun 2022, Shift 1.

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