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JEE Main · Chemistry · Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers

Phenol Acidity

JEE Main asked Phenol Acidity 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2023 and 2024. It belongs to Organic Acidity and Basicity, in Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers (Chemistry). The longest wait between two years asking it was 1 year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
2
in 2 shifts
Years
2 of 8
First asked
2023
last in 2024
Pattern
Occasional
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2023 and 2024. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Chemistry questions.

00.050.10’170’200’210’220.07’230.05’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 0 in 24 shifts · 2023: 1 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
  • 20231 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

Other is the usual form. Skill tested: conceptual.

  • Order/ranking of acidity of hydroxy compounds
  • Order of acidity of hydroxyl compounds

Difficulty

Easy 0Medium 2Hard 0

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. 27 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q75The ascending order of acidity of −-OH group in the following compounds is : (A) Bu−-OH (B) [p-nitrophenol: O2N\mathrm{O_2N} at para…MediumSingle correctHas a figure
  2. 10 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q76The correct order for acidity of the following hydroxyl compound is : A. CH3OH\mathrm{CH_3OH} B. (CH3)3COH\mathrm{(CH_3)_3COH} C. phenol…MediumOtherHas a figure

Shifts: 10 Apr 2023, Shift 2, 27 Jan 2024, Shift 1.

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