JEE Main · Chemistry · Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry
Indicator Selection for Titrations
JEE Main asked Indicator Selection for Titrations 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2021 and 2024. It belongs to pH and Buffers, in Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry (Chemistry). The longest wait between two years asking it was 3 years.
Updated 2026-10-24
- Times asked
- 2
- in 2 shifts
- Years
- 2 of 8
- First asked
- 2021
- last in 2024
- Pattern
- Occasional
- across the analysed shifts
Questions on this idea a shift, by year
2017–2026. Asked in 2021 and 2024. 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: 1 in 24 shifts · 2022: 0 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.
How JEE Main framed it
Two statements is the usual form. Skill tested: conceptual.
- Statement i/ii on acid-base titration
- Statement i/ii on acid-base titration indicators
Difficulty
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 Feb 2024, Shift 1 · Q80Given below are two statements : Statement (I) : Potassium hydrogen phthalate is a primary standard for standardisation of sodium…EasyTwo statements
- 26 Aug 2021, Shift 1 · Q50Given below are two statements : Statement I : In the titration between strong acid and weak base methyl orange is suitable as an…MediumTwo statements
Shifts: 26 Aug 2021, Shift 1, 1 Feb 2024, Shift 1.
Same topic
Other ideas in pH and Buffers
pH and Buffers has 22 ideas JEE Main has asked; 11 of them came up in more than one question. The 12 most asked are below.
- pH of Strong Acids and Bases7× · 2025
- Acidic Buffer pH Calculation4× · 2026
- pH of Weak Acids and Bases4× · 2026
- pH of Weak Acid-Weak Base Salts4× · 2024
- Basic Buffer pH Calculation3× · 2026
- pH at Titration Half-Equivalence Point2× · 2026
- pH of Polyprotic Acids2× · 2026
- pH of Strong Acid and Strong Base Mixtures2× · 2026
- Predicting Indicator Color2× · 2022
- Buffer Formation via Partial Neutralization2× · 2021
- pH Change on Adding Strong Acid/Base to Bufferonce · 2025
- Buffer Capacity and Rangeonce · 2024