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JEE Main · Chemistry · The p-Block Elements

Nitrogen Oxides Structure

JEE Main asked Nitrogen Oxides Structure 5 times in 5 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2021, 2022 and 2023. It belongs to Group 15 & 16, in The p-Block Elements (Chemistry). The longest wait between two years asking it was 1 year. In 2022 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
5
in 5 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.

00.050.10’170’200.03’210.10’220.07’230’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 1 in 24 shifts · 2022: 3 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
  • 20223 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.

  • Match list on nitrogen oxides and bonds
  • Count paramagnetic oxides

Difficulty

Easy 2Medium 3Hard 0

1 of the 5 questions had a numerical answer.

Every question

All 5 questions

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

  1. 6 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q69Match List I with List II LIST I (Oxide) | LIST II (Type of bond) A. N2O4\mathrm{N_2O_4} | I. 1 N = O bond B. NO2\mathrm{NO_2} | II. 1 N – O…MediumMatch the list
  2. 28 Jun 2022, Shift 2 · Q70Among the given oxides of nitrogen ; N2O\mathrm{N_2O}, N2O3\mathrm{N_2O_3}, N2O4\mathrm{N_2O_4} and N2O5\mathrm{N_2O_5}, the number of…MediumSingle correct
  3. 26 Jun 2022, Shift 2 · Q67The oxide which contains an odd electron at the nitrogen atom isEasySingle correct
  4. 27 Jul 2022, Shift 1 · Q83Amongst the following, the number of oxide(s) which are paramagnetic in nature is Na2O,KO2,NO2,N2O,ClO2,NO,SO2,Cl2O\mathrm{Na_2O, KO_2, NO_2, N_2O, ClO_2, NO, SO_2, Cl_2O}MediumNumerical value
  5. 17 Mar 2021, Shift 2 · Q38The set that represents the pair of neutral oxides of nitrogen is :EasySingle correct

Shifts: 17 Mar 2021, Shift 2, 26 Jun 2022, Shift 2, 28 Jun 2022, Shift 2, 27 Jul 2022, Shift 1, 6 Apr 2023, Shift 1.

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