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

Metallic and Non-Metallic Character Trends

JEE Main asked Metallic and Non-Metallic Character Trends 4 times in 4 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2021, 2022 and 2023. It belongs to Periodic Trends, in Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties (Chemistry). The longest wait between two years asking it was 1 year. In 2021 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
4
in 4 shifts
Years
3 of 8
First asked
2021
last in 2023
Pattern
Comes in cycles
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Chemistry questions.

00.050.10’170’200.07’210.03’220.07’230’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 2 in 24 shifts · 2022: 1 in 24 shifts · 2023: 1 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
  • 20231 of 12
  • 20221 of 24
  • 20212 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.

  • Classify elements as metal or metalloid
  • Order of metallic character

Difficulty

Easy 3Medium 1Hard 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. 10 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q64The correct order of metallic character is =EasySingle correct
  2. 28 Jul 2022, Shift 2 · Q32The correct decreasing order for metallic character isEasySingle correct
  3. 16 Mar 2021, Shift 2 · Q33The characteristics of elements X, Y and Z with atomic numbers, respectively, 33, 53 and 83 are :MediumSingle correct
  4. 31 Aug 2021, Shift 1 · Q35Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A) : Metallic…EasyAssertion–reason

Shifts: 16 Mar 2021, Shift 2, 31 Aug 2021, Shift 1, 28 Jul 2022, Shift 2, 10 Apr 2023, Shift 2.

Same topic

Other ideas in Periodic Trends

Periodic Trends has 25 ideas JEE Main has asked; 17 of them came up in more than one question. The 12 most asked are below.

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