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JEE Main · Chemistry · Hydrocarbons

Ranking Activating Groups

JEE Main asked Ranking Activating Groups 6 times in 6 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2022, 2023 and 2024. It belongs to Aromatic Hydrocarbons, in Hydrocarbons (Chemistry). The longest wait between two years asking it was 1 year. In 2023 and 2024 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
6
in 6 shifts
Years
3 of 8
First asked
2022
last in 2024
Pattern
Comes in cycles
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2022, 2023 and 2024. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Chemistry questions.

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Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 1 in 24 shifts · 2023: 2 in 12 shifts · 2024: 3 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
  • 20243 of 18
  • 20232 of 12
  • 20221 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

Diagram based is the usual form. Skill tested: conceptual.

  • Order/ranking of reactivity toward electrophile
  • Order of reactivity towards electrophilic substitution

Difficulty

Easy 3Medium 2Hard 1

Every question was multiple choice.

Every question

All 6 questions

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

  1. 31 Jan 2024, Shift 2 · Q73The correct order of reactivity in electrophilic substitution reaction of the following compounds is :EasyDiagram basedHas a figure
  2. 1 Feb 2024, Shift 1 · Q78Which of the following compound will most easily be attacked by an electrophile ?EasyDiagram basedHas a figure
  3. 6 Apr 2024, Shift 2 · Q74Four aromatic compounds are shown: (I) toluene (benzene ring with CH3\mathrm{CH_3}), (II) benzene, (III) anisole (benzene ring with…EasyDiagram basedHas a figure
  4. 15 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q73Decreasing order of reactivity towards electrophilic substitution for the following compounds is : (a) toluene (benzene bearing…MediumOtherHas a figure
  5. 11 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q73Arrange the following compounds in increasing order of rate of aromatic electrophilic substitution reaction (a) 1-tetralol: tetralin with…HardDiagram basedHas a figure
  6. 28 Jul 2022, Shift 2 · Q43Arrange the following in increasing order of reactivity towards nitration A. p-xylene B. bromobenzene C. mesitylene D. nitrobenzene E.…MediumSingle correct

Shifts: 28 Jul 2022, Shift 2, 11 Apr 2023, Shift 1, 15 Apr 2023, Shift 1, 31 Jan 2024, Shift 2, 1 Feb 2024, Shift 1, 6 Apr 2024, Shift 2.

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