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JEE Main · Chemistry · Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques

Nomenclature of Cyanides and Isocyanides

JEE Main asked Nomenclature of Cyanides and Isocyanides once in the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, on 30 Jan 2024, Shift 2. It belongs to IUPAC Nomenclature, in Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques (Chemistry).

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
1
in 1 shift
Years
1 of 8
First asked
2024
the only year
Pattern
New since 2024
asked once so far

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2024. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Chemistry questions.

00.050.10’170’200’210’220’230.05’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 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.

  • 20260 of 9
  • 20250 of 8
  • 20241 of 18
  • 20230 of 12
  • 20220 of 24
  • 20210 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: application.

  • Iupac name of polyfunctional compound

Difficulty

Easy 1Medium 0Hard 0

The question was multiple choice.

Every question

The question

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

  1. 30 Jan 2024, Shift 2 · Q74IUPAC name of following compound is : CH3−CH−CH2−CN\mathrm{CH_3-CH-CH_2-CN} with NH2\mathrm{NH_2} on the CH carbonEasySingle correctHas a figure

Shift: 30 Jan 2024, Shift 2.

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IUPAC Nomenclature has 12 ideas JEE Main has asked; 5 of them came up in more than one question.

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