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JEE Main · Chemistry · Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers

Phenol Bromination Solvent Effect

JEE Main asked Phenol Bromination Solvent Effect 3 times in 3 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2021, 2022 and 2024. It belongs to Alcohols and Phenols, in Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers (Chemistry). The longest wait between two years asking it was 2 years.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
3
in 3 shifts
Years
3 of 8
First asked
2021
last in 2024
Pattern
Comes in cycles
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2021, 2022 and 2024. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Chemistry questions.

00.050.10’170’200.03’210.03’220’230.05’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 1 in 24 shifts · 2022: 1 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
  • 20221 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: conceptual.

  • Count correct conditions for a reaction
  • Bromination of phenol statement pair

Difficulty

Easy 2Medium 1Hard 0

Every question was multiple choice.

Every question

All 3 questions

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

  1. 5 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q77Given below are two statement : Statements I : Bromination of phenol in solvent with low polarity such as CHCl3\mathrm{CHCl_3} or…EasyTwo statements
  2. 26 Jul 2022, Shift 1 · Q72The difference in the reaction of phenol with bromine in chloroform and bromine in water medium is due to :EasySingle correct
  3. 25 Jul 2021, Shift 1 · Q45[figure: phenol converted to 4-bromophenol (Major Product)] The given reaction can occur in the presence of : (a) Bromine water (b)…MediumSingle correctHas a figure

Shifts: 25 Jul 2021, Shift 1, 26 Jul 2022, Shift 1, 5 Apr 2024, Shift 1.

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