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JEE Main · Chemistry · Hydrogen

Redox Behavior of Hydrogen Peroxide

JEE Main asked Redox Behavior of Hydrogen Peroxide 4 times in 4 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2021 and 2022. It belongs to Hydrogen and Hydrides, in Hydrogen (Chemistry). The longest wait between two years asking it was 1 year. In 2021 and 2022 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
4
in 4 shifts
Years
2 of 8
First asked
2021
last in 2022
Pattern
Occasional
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2021 and 2022. 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: 2 in 24 shifts · 2022: 2 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 0 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
  • 20240 of 18
  • 20230 of 12
  • 20222 of 24
  • 20212 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.

  • Count correct statements on hydrogen peroxide
  • Reaction showing reducing action of reagent

Difficulty

Easy 2Medium 2Hard 0

1 of the 4 questions had a numerical answer.

Every question

All 4 questions

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

  1. 29 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q68Which one of the following reactions indicates the reducing ability of hydrogen peroxide in basic medium ?MediumSingle correct
  2. 28 Jul 2022, Shift 2 · Q57On reaction with stronger oxidizing agent like KIO4\mathrm{KIO_4}, hydrogen peroxide oxidizes with the evolution of O2\mathrm{O_2}. The…EasyNumerical value
  3. 16 Mar 2021, Shift 2 · Q35The correct statements about H2O2\mathrm{H_2O_2} are : (A) used in the treatment of effluents. (B) used as both oxidising and reducing…MediumOther
  4. 24 Feb 2021, Shift 1 · Q35(A) HOCl+H2O2→H3O++Cl−+O2\mathrm{HOCl + H_2O_2 \rightarrow H_3O^+ + Cl^- + O_2} (B) I2+H2O2+2OH−→2I−+2H2O+O2\mathrm{I_2 + H_2O_2 + 2OH^- \rightarrow 2I^- + 2H_2O + O_2} Choose the…EasySingle correct

Shifts: 24 Feb 2021, Shift 1, 16 Mar 2021, Shift 2, 29 Jun 2022, Shift 1, 28 Jul 2022, Shift 2.

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