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JEE Main · Chemistry · The p-Block Elements

Group 16 Hydrides Trends

JEE Main asked Group 16 Hydrides Trends 4 times in 4 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2021, 2022, 2024 and 2025. It belongs to Group 15 & 16, in The p-Block Elements (Chemistry). The longest wait between two years asking it was 2 years.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
4
in 4 shifts
Years
4 of 8
First asked
2021
last in 2025
Pattern
Comes in cycles
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2021, 2022, 2024 and 2025. 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: 1 in 24 shifts · 2022: 1 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 1 in 18 shifts · 2025: 1 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
  • 20251 of 8
  • 20241 of 18
  • 20230 of 12
  • 20221 of 24
  • 20211 of 24
  • 20200 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.

  • Nature of oxide and hydride of element
  • Choose correct statements on group 16

Difficulty

Easy 2Medium 2Hard 0

Every question was multiple choice.

Every question

All 4 questions

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

  1. 2 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q59The nature of oxide (TeO2\mathrm{TeO_2}) and hydride (TeH2\mathrm{TeH_2}) formed by Te, respectively are :MediumSingle correct
  2. 31 Jan 2024, Shift 2 · Q68Choose the correct statements from the following A. All group 16 elements form oxides of general formula EO2\mathrm{EO_2} and…MediumOther
  3. 26 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q70The correct order of melting points of hydrides of group 16 elements is :EasySingle correct
  4. 3 Aug 2021, Shift 1 · Q37Select from the following, the correct order of reducing propertyEasySingle correct

Shifts: 3 Aug 2021, Shift 1, 26 Jun 2022, Shift 1, 31 Jan 2024, Shift 2, 2 Apr 2025, Shift 2.

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.

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