JEE Main · Chemistry · Biomolecules
Non-Reducing Nature of Sucrose
JEE Main asked Non-Reducing Nature of Sucrose 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2021 and 2024. It belongs to Carbohydrates, in Biomolecules (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
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How JEE Main framed it
Single correct is the usual form. Skill tested: recall.
- Identify example of non-reducing sugar
- Identify non-reducing sugar
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.
- 30 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q78Sugar which does not give reddish brown precipitate with Fehling's reagent, is :EasySingle correct
- 18 Mar 2021, Shift 1 · Q49A non-reducing sugar "A" hydrolyses to give two reducing mono saccharides. Sugar A is :EasySingle correct
Shifts: 18 Mar 2021, Shift 1, 30 Jan 2024, Shift 1.
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